The Happiest Girl
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The song captures a woman’s brave choice to hide her pain and appear joyful for one last night after heartbreak.
Album
BORN PINK
Release Date
September 16, 2022
Genre
Ballad
Label
YG Entertainment
Composers / Lyricists
Teddy Sinclair, Willy Sinclair, Paro, 24
Participating Members
Jisoo
Jennie
Rosé
Lisa
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[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
English Translation
Don’t hold my hand
Don’t beg me back
Don’t say that we’ll make it through this
If I’m so beautiful then why
Don’t beg me back
Don’t say that we’ll make it through this
If I’m so beautiful then why
The doors we slammed
The plates we smashed
Echo with the sound of madness
I can’t remember why we try
The plates we smashed
Echo with the sound of madness
I can’t remember why we try
My heart only wants you
The moment you say no
The moment you say no
But tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it doesn’t matter
Tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
You’ll see like it doesn’t matter
Tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
But tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
You’ll see like it never happened
Don’t make us saints
We’re wards of pain
The past and a perfect picture
There’s no one else to blame this time
We’re wards of pain
The past and a perfect picture
There’s no one else to blame this time
Don’t change the truth
We can’t undo the high
we chase steal the crash no
You’re not the one, who gets to cry
We can’t undo the high
we chase steal the crash no
You’re not the one, who gets to cry
My heart only wants you
The moment you say no
The moment you say no
But tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it doesn’t matter
Tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
You’ll see like it doesn’t matter
Tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
But tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
You’ll see like it never happened
All it takes is a smooth pop of a bottle top
to fix a heart
A broken heart baby
to fix a heart
A broken heart baby
All it takes is a little rolling paper
take us to the start
Go back to the start
take us to the start
Go back to the start
But tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it doesn’t matter
Tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
You’ll see like it doesn’t matter
Tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
I can stop the tears if I want to
But tonight I’ll be the happiest girl in the world
You’ll see like it never happened
You’ll see like it never happened
🗣️ Practice Korean Words
광기
(gwang-gi)
madness
💡 Note: Refers to the chaotic and irrational state of a relationship ending in conflict.
성인
(seong-in)
saint
💡 Note: A person recognized for high holiness, used here to say they are not perfect people.
되돌리다
(doe-dol-li-da)
undo
💡 Note: To reverse or cancel something that has happened, specifically the pain of the past.
눈물
(nun-mul)
tears
💡 Note: The physical expression of sadness that the protagonist is determined to stop.
🎵 Song Meaning & Interpretation
the song portrays the bittersweet struggle of a woman trying to maintain her composure and dignity during a painful breakup. she makes a firm resolve to act like the happiest person in the world for just one night, choosing to suppress her tears and ignore the echoes of madness from a relationship that can no longer be fixed.
