aespa – Hot Air Balloon Lyrics | Romanization & Meaning

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Hot Air Balloon

aespa (에스파)

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Album

Drama – The 4th Mini Album

Release Date

November 10, 2023

Genre

Dance Pop

Label

SM Entertainment

Composers / Lyricists

Moa “Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Ellen Berg, ALYSA (153/Joombas), Nermin Harambasic, Stian Nyhammer Olsen

Participating Members

Karina Giselle Winter Ningning

About the Song

《Hot Air Balloon》 is a bright and uplifting B-side by aespa, released in 2023 as the fourth track on their fourth mini album Drama under SM Entertainment, capturing the exhilaration of rising emotions through vivid imagery of flight, warmth, and boundless skies, with its buoyant pop sound shaped by composers Moa “Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Ellen Berg, ALYSA, Nermin Harambašić, and Stian Nyhammer Olsen, as the song frames love and ambition as a shared ascent, turning anticipation, courage, and emotional lift into a radiant moment of freedom.

[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]

English Translation

nat-seon dae-gi-gwon no-pi deo
na-ra-o-reul te-ni
gi-da-ryeo jwo BABE
jeo pu-reun-bit nun-bu-sin ne-ge-ro
nae ma-meul ttwi-u-go
ja ji-geu-mi-ya 3, 2, 1

In the unfamiliar atmosphere, I’ll soar higher and higher, wait for me BABE, toward you with those dazzling blue eyes, my heart takes flight, now it’s time 3, 2, 1

got da-eul deu-tan
YOU’RE MY TRIP TO SPACE
du nu-neul ga-meun chae
on-do-reul CHECK
go-min tta-wi ssak-duk CUT IT OFF
him-kkeot ttang-eul bak cha ta-ta-tak
ne-ge-ro HIGHER AND HIGHER
seol-re-meun jeom-hwa-doen FIRE
deo keu-ge bu-pu-neun nae ma-eu-me
sso-da-ji-neun SHINE-kka-ji
wan-byeok-han DAY

It feels like I’ve reached you YOU’RE MY TRIP TO SPACE, with my eyes closed I check the temperature, cut off all worries clean, kick the ground with all my strength ta-ta-tak, higher and higher toward you, excitement ignites into fire, my heart swelling bigger and bigger until the pouring shine, a perfect day

a-deu-ki pyeol-chyeo-jin neon nae
BEAUTIFUL SKY
neol hyang-hae na-ra-ga

You spread wide before me, my BEAUTIFUL SKY, I fly toward you

nae ma-meun HOT AIR BALLOON
FLY AWAY nae nu-ne ga-deuk go-in
neol hyang-han kkum neo-meo-ui
(HOT AIR BALLOON)
keo-da-ran HOT AIR BALLOON
FLY AWAY deo no-pi na-ra bo-il
deo tteu-geo-un nae a-ne
HOT AIR BALLOON

My heart is a HOT AIR BALLOON, FLY AWAY filling my eyes completely, beyond the dream toward you (HOT AIR BALLOON), a huge HOT AIR BALLOON, FLY AWAY I’ll be seen flying higher, the hotter inside me, HOT AIR BALLOON

(UP UP UP UP)
JUMP IN MY
(UP UP UP UP)
HOT AIR BALLOON
(UP UP UP UP)
nae ma-me bun ba-ra-meul tta-reul-rae
HOT AIR BALLOON

(UP UP UP UP) JUMP IN MY (UP UP UP UP) HOT AIR BALLOON (UP UP UP UP) I’ll follow the wind blowing in my heart, HOT AIR BALLOON

SO HOT, SO HOT
SO HOT, SO HOT

I’M NEVER EVER GONNA STOP
ha-ya-ke pa-do-chi-neun CLOUD

I’M NEVER EVER GONNA STOP, white waves crashing CLOUD

beo-geop-deon no-peun byeok
kka-ma-deu-ki ja-ga bo-yeo
FROM PARIS TO LA
kka-ji LOVE YOU ALL THE WAY

Those heavy high walls now look tiny, FROM PARIS TO LA, LOVE YOU ALL THE WAY

eo-di-deun i-eo-jil neo-ran
WONDERFUL SKY
neol hyang-hae na-ra-ga

Wherever it continues, you WONDERFUL SKY, I fly toward you

(UP UP UP UP)
JUMP IN MY
(UP UP UP UP)
HOT AIR BALLOON
(UP UP UP UP)
nae ma-me bun ba-ra-meul tta-reul-rae
HOT AIR BALLOON

(UP UP UP UP) JUMP IN MY (UP UP UP UP) HOT AIR BALLOON (UP UP UP UP) I’ll follow the wind blowing in my heart, HOT AIR BALLOON

nu-neul ga-rin bam-do
meom-chu-ji a-na
bul-si-chak han dae-do
ham-kke-il neo-wa na
I NEVER EVER WANNA GET BACK DOWN
neon nal i-kkeu-neun SKY
HEAT IT UP, HEAT IT UP
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

Even the night that covers my eyes doesn’t stop, even an unstable landing, together you and I, I NEVER EVER WANNA GET BACK DOWN, you’re the SKY that leads me, HEAT IT UP, HEAT IT UP, YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

JUMP IN MY HOT AIR BALLOON
kkeu-teop-ge deo da-ra-o-reun yeol-gi
eo-ji-reo-un i sun-gan
(YEAH FEELING GOOD)
JUMP IN MY HOT AIR BALLOON
nal ne-ge-ro nal-ryeo bo-nael te-ni
ne neo-reun pum geu a-ne
HOT AIR BALLOON

JUMP IN MY HOT AIR BALLOON, the heat rising endlessly higher, this dizzy moment (YEAH FEELING GOOD), JUMP IN MY HOT AIR BALLOON, I’ll send myself flying to you, you embrace me inside, HOT AIR BALLOON

(UP UP UP UP)
JUMP IN MY
(UP UP UP UP)
HOT AIR BALLOON
(UP UP UP UP)
deo no-pi neol hyang-hae bun ba-ra-me
HOT AIR BALLOON

(UP UP UP UP) JUMP IN MY (UP UP UP UP) HOT AIR BALLOON (UP UP UP UP) the wind blowing higher toward you, HOT AIR BALLOON

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🗣️ Practice Korean Words

낯선 (natseon)

unfamiliar

💡 Note: describes stepping into new, unknown emotional territory

설렘 (seolleom)

fluttering excitement

💡 Note: conveys the nervous excitement of rising feelings

날아오르다 (naraoreuda)

to fly up

💡 Note: symbolizes emotional uplift and ambition

기다려 (gidaryeo)

wait

💡 Note: expresses trust and anticipation toward the other person

🎵 Song Meaning & Interpretation

The song expresses the thrill of rising beyond limits, using a hot air balloon as a metaphor for emotions that grow lighter, stronger, and more daring as love deepens. It portrays anticipation, trust, and excitement, with the speaker choosing to soar higher despite uncertainty, guided by passion and confidence rather than fear, turning emotional elevation into a joyful, unstoppable journey.