Release Date
July 8, 2022
Genre
K-pop / Dance / Pop
Label
Composers / Lyricists
Alma Goodman, Gabriella Grombacher, Christina Galligan, Lisa Yvonne Hickox, 송채리 (153/Joombas)
Participating Members
About the Song
《Lingo》 is a playful and stylish track by aespa, featured on Girls – The 2nd Mini Album, released in 2022 under SM Entertainment. Written by Song Chaeri (153/Joombas) and composed by Alma Goodman, Gabriella Grombacher, Christina Galligan, and Lisa Yvonne Hickox, the song turns private slang, inside jokes, and youthful confidence into a bright statement of identity. With its catchy energy and witty attitude, 《Lingo》 captures aespa creating their own language, their own rhythm, and their own world, even if outsiders cannot fully understand it.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
hey i think they wanna talk to us
should we let them join?
nah
they don’t understand our lingo
ha ha
make a lingo
neo-do tong-han-da-myeon amigo
u-ri-man-ui buzzword
saek-da-reun symbol
nae mal i-hae-haes-seo?
ma-ja bingo ah
pyeong-beom-ha-ji a-neun talk talk talk
meom-chul saeng-gak eop-seo
neom-chyeo-na-neun feel da-reun cha-won-ui
make a lingo ya
make a lingo ya
it’s a lingo ya
make a da-deul sol-jik-hi al-go si-peul geol
jae-min-neun geol eo-tteok-hae
mae-il sae-rop-ge
man-deu-reo gal-rae new wave
you know what we say
ga-kkeum oe-gye-in gat-dae
i-hae mot hae-do
ssok mam-e deu-reo nan
this is our lingo
make a lingo
neo-do geu-reo-da-myeon amigo
neu-reo-ga-neun buzzword
deo man-eun symbol
gyeo-u nun-chi-chaes-seo
jo-a bingo ah
neo-da-un geol mal-hae
talk talk talk
a-nim geu-nyang oe-wo
i-jen al-get-ji neu-kin geu-dae-ro
make a lingo ya
make a lingo ya
it’s a lingo ya
make a neo-do sol-jik-hi kki-go si-peul geol
jae-min-neun geol eo-tteok-hae
mae-il sae-rop-ge
man-deu-reo gal-rae new wave
you know what we say
ga-kkeum oe-gye-in gat-dae
i-hae mot hae-do
ssok mam-e deu-reo nan
this is our lingo
your voice
da so-yong-eop-seul geol nu-ga mwo-rae-do
jo-geum yu-chi-ha-ge-man bo-yeo-do
i know what i like
ui-mi eom-neun ma-ri a-nya
se-sang-gwa si-gan-eun ppal-li byeon-hae-ga-neun-de-do
so-tong-ha-neun bang-sik-deu-reun wae an doe-neun-de
it’s too bad
you better know
(make a lingo)
cheol-eop-seo-do mwo eo-ttae
(with ma lingo ya)
mae-il sae-rop-ge man-deu-reo gal-rae
new style
(hold up! you know what they say
we’re better)
you know what we say
(our lingo)
neo-mu eo-rin-ae gat-dae
(make a lingo ya)
i-hae mot hae-do
deo teuk-byeol-ha-ni-kka
this is our lingo
The lyrics express a playful confidence in creating a private language that outsiders may not understand but insiders instantly recognize. Rather than apologizing for being different, childish, or strange, the speakers turn their own slang, symbols, and unconventional style into a badge of identity. The song celebrates communication as something alive and changing, insisting that even if others call it immature, their shared code feels more special, more honest, and completely theirs: our lingo.
