HWASA – WHY Lyrics | Romanized & Meaning

WHY

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화사 (HWASA) WHY lyrics romanization and English meaning
An agonizing cry of unrequited love reframes a blind devotion into a vulnerable search for reciprocity.

Album

María

Release Date

June 29, 2020

Genre

Pop / R&B

Label

RBW

Composers / Lyricists

Adam H. Evans, 유주이, 화사 (HWASA)

Participating Members

About the Song

《WHY》 is a solo track by , released on June 29, 2020 as part of the album María. Composed by Adam H. Evans and Yujui, with lyrics by , Adam H. Evans, and Yujui, the song brings a quiet emotional tension to HWASA’s expressive solo world. Arranged by Adam H. Evans and Yujui, 《WHY》 unfolds like a late-night question that cannot be easily answered, capturing uncertainty, longing, and the fragile weight of unspoken feelings.

[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]

English Translation
neo-e-ge dat-gi-kka-ji
nan meol-li do-ra-wass-eo
but neo-e-ge-neun easy love
neo-neun fuck it easy love
ae-ga nu-ni meo-reoss-dae
sok-ji-ma mo-du-ga nae-ge mal-eul hae
Until I reached you
I took a long way around
But to you, it’s Easy love
You say Fuck it easy love
They say I’m blinded
Don’t be fooled, everyone tells me
al-go iss-eo easy love
i’m alone as crazy love
you’re my hero
dal-meun jeom-i manh-a ma-chi mirror
a-mu mal an hae-do we know
everything i want is you is you
I know it’s Easy love
I’m alone as crazy love
You’re my hero
We have many similarities like a Mirror
Even without words, We know
Everything I want is you is you
nae ma-eum ju-go
mo-deun geol bul-tae-weo
neo-e-ge-ro ga-neun nae-ga an-bo-yeo
why don’t you love me
why don’t you need me
why don’t you love me
I give my heart
Burn everything
I can’t see myself going to you
Why don’t you love me
Why don’t you need me
Why don’t you love me
baby
why don’t you love me
why don’t you love me you love me
baby
why don’t you love me
why don’t you love me you love me
hyang-gi-man ga-deuk-hae
wae nae-ge bom-eul jwoss-eo
do-li-ki-gi-en
meol-li do-ra-wass-eo
but neo-e-ge-neun easy love
you’re my hero
Only fragrance fills the air
Why did you give me spring
To turn back
I took a long way around
But to you, it’s Easy love
You’re my hero
dal-meun jeom-i manh-a ma-chi mirror
a-mu mal an hae-do we know
everything i want is you is you
nae ma-eum ju-go
mo-deun geol bul-tae-weo
neo-e-ge-ro ga-neun nae-ga an-bo-yeo
We have many similarities like a Mirror
Even without words, We know
Everything I want is you is you
I give my heart
Burn everything
I can’t see myself going to you
why don’t you love me
why don’t you need me
why don’t you love me
baby
why don’t you love me
why don’t you love me you love me
baby
why don’t you love me
why don’t you love me you love me
mae-il bam ne mo-seub-eul geu-ryeo
a-mu-do mo-reu-ge feel you
yeo-jeon-hi nan ba-bo gat-a
Baby
Why don’t you love me
Why don’t you love me you love me
Every night I picture you
Secretly Feel you
I’m still like a fool
bo-yeo i wanna love you
neo-yeo-ya-man han i-yu
so why why why
why don’t you love me
baby
why don’t you love me
I see I wanna love you
The reason it has to be you
So why why why
Why don’t you love me
Baby
Why don’t you love me
why don’t you love me you love me
baby
why don’t you love me
why don’t you love me you love me
🗣️ Practice Korean Words
눈이 (nuni)
eyes
💡 Note: Refers to being metaphorically blinded by a passionate devotion, ignoring warnings from the outside world.
불태워 (bultaewor)
burning up
💡 Note: Captures the intense act of destroying or sacrificing everything within oneself to chase after a lover.
향기만 (hyanggiman)
only scent
💡 Note: Describes the lingering, phantom presence of a transient affection that was left behind like a cruel vestige.
봄을 (bomeul)
spring
💡 Note: Symbolizes a fleeting period of warmth and emotional rebirth given by the lover that makes the current rejection hurt even more.
🎵 Song Meaning & Interpretation

The lyrics explore the agonizing despair and longing born from a deeply unrequited and one-sided romance. Despite journeying a long, exhausting way to reach the partner, the narrator finds that her devotion is met with a casual, easy love that lacks genuine reciprocity. Even as others warn her that she has been blinded, she willingly surrenders her heart and burns everything away, desperately questioning why the person who gave her a temporary spring refuses to return her deep affection, turning a passionate pursuit into a cry of vulnerable longing and profound isolation.

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