Release Date
January 21, 2019
Genre
Hip-hop / Rap
Label
Composers / Lyricists
Vernon, BUMZU, Park Ji-yong (The Soul Sauce), S.COUPS, Mingyu, Wonwoo
Participating Members
About the Song
Chilli is a stylish and laid-back track by SEVENTEEN, featured on SEVENTEEN 6th Mini Album ‘YOU MADE MY DAWN’, released in 2019 under PLEDIS Entertainment. Composed by Vernon, BUMZU, and Park Ji Yong(Soul Saramdeul), with lyrics by S.COUPS, Vernon, Mingyu, and Wonwoo, the song brings out SEVENTEEN’s hip-hop team charm with a relaxed groove and playful confidence. Chilli feels cool, casual, and effortlessly addictive, balancing smooth rhythm with a sharp personality that gives the track its own spicy flavor.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
geot-ot chaeng-gyeo-seo na-wa yeah
saeng-gak-bo-da bak-ke nal-ssi jo-a
de-ri-reo gal-ge na-wa yeah
gu-seo-ge ssa-a-bo-ja
got deo-u-ni-kka
Grab your coat and come out, yeah
The weather’s better than I thought
I’ll come pick you up, come out, yeah
Let’s pile it up in the corner
It’s going to get hot soon
bun-wi-gi ol-lyeo-bo-ja
chil-li chil-li-hae-jin deok-e
seop-seop-han chin-gu bul-leo mo-a
jil-li jil-li-do-rok deu-reun eum-seong
yeon-gyeo-reul hal su eop-seo
Let’s raise the mood
Thanks to the chilliness
Call up the lonely friends
Voices we’ve heard too much
Can’t connect
nae-nyeon gyeo-ul ap-e but-cheo-seo
ol han-pa-bo-dan o-neul-i
deo deo deol chu-wo
i-bul deo-peo-do chu-wo chu-wo
bo-il-leo-reul teu-reo teu-reo
Before next winter comes
Today is less cold
Than this year’s cold wave
Even with a blanket, it’s cold, cold
Turn on the heater, heater
chin-gu-deu-reul bul-leo bul-leo
chu-wo-seo an na-wa-do
na hon-ja-seo eo-reum ttaeng
i-reon nal-ssi-e
a-mu-do an na-wa
Call up the friends, friends
Even if they don’t come out because it’s cold
I’m playing freeze tag alone
In this weather
No one comes out
doesn’t stop us from breathin’
sin-ba-ram ip-gim
watch me and my team
sa-si-sa-cheol we just chillin’
ssol-li-neun si-seon-e
Doesn’t stop us from breathin’
Excited breath
Watch me and my team
All year round, we just chillin’
Attracting attention
chilli
oh so chilli
oh so chilli
ssol-li-neun si-seon
drip drip my chilli sauce
Chilli
Oh so chilli
Oh so chilli
Attracting attention
Drip drip my chilli sauce
i don’t want no other sauce
gi gi-bun so chilli ba-ram-i mae-seop-ne oh
sweet like chocolate
wanna be like willy
dal-kom-hi ji-na-gat-seum hae i gyeo-ul-i
I don’t want no other sauce
Feeling so chilli, the wind is fierce, oh
Sweet like chocolate
Wanna be like Willy
Hope this winter passes sweetly
hot pack ttak ha-na-myeon dwae
yeah si-rin ga-seum mu-eo-seu-reo ttwige ha-ji
i don’t know
i-bul deo-peo-do chu-wo chu-wo
bo-il-leo-reul teu-reo teu-reo
Just need one hot pack
Yeah, what makes this cold heart beat?
I don’t know
Even with a blanket, it’s cold, cold
Turn on the heater, heater
chin-gu-deu-reul bul-leo bul-leo
chu-wo-seo an na-wa-do
na hon-ja-seo eo-reum ttaeng
i-reon nal-ssi-e
a-mu-do an na-wa
Call up the friends, friends
Even if they don’t come out because it’s cold
I’m playing freeze tag alone
In this weather
No one comes out
doesn’t stop us from breathin’
sin-ba-ram ip-gim
watch me and my team
sa-si-sa-cheol we just chillin’
ssol-li-neun si-seon-e
Doesn’t stop us from breathin’
Excited breath
Watch me and my team
All year round, we just chillin’
Attracting attention
chilli
oh so chilli
oh so chilli
ssol-li-neun si-seon
drip drip my chilli sauce
Chilli
Oh so chilli
Oh so chilli
Attracting attention
Drip drip my chilli sauce
let’s show them
what we got um mae-un-mat
u wo
let’s show them
what we got u-ri mae-un-mat
Let’s show them
What we got, spicy taste
Woo wo
Let’s show them
What we got, our spicy taste
drip drip our chilli sauce
i eo-reo-beo-rin se-sang
u wo
Drip drip our chilli sauce
In this frozen world
Woo woah
The lyrics clever play on the homophones “chilly” and “chilli,” contrasting the freezing, uninviting winter weather with the spicy, confident attitude of the hip-hop team. Instead of letting the biting wind ruin their mood, the members turn the frozen environment into their own playful stage. Ultimately, it highlights an unbothered self-assurance and a warm camaraderie, asserting that their unique flavors will heat up an otherwise stagnant world with flamboyant charisma.
