Album
Release Date
May 22, 2017
Genre
Hip-hop
Label
Composers / Lyricists
BUMZU, S.COUPS, Mingyu, Vernon
Participating Members
About the Song
《IF I》 brings a reflective and understated mood to SEVENTEEN, featured on SEVENTEEN 4th Mini Album ‘Al1’. Composed and arranged by BUMZU, with lyrics by Vernon, Mingyu, and S.COUPS, the track carries a quiet emotional weight built around regret, imagination, and the thoughts that linger after love. Its title suggests a question left unfinished, and 《IF I》 turns that feeling into a smooth, sincere performance that highlights SEVENTEEN’s softer storytelling and their ability to express complex emotions with restraint and depth.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
if i if i if i
ha-go si-peoss-deon list
deu-reul mot-haet-gi ttae-mun-e da
ui-mi-ga ba-kkwi-eo-beo-rin mal
if i if i if i
If I If I If I
Because I couldn’t do the list
All the words changed meaning
If I If I If I
u-ri-ui beo-reo-jin gak-do-reul
if i if i if i
if i if i if i
The angle between us
If I If I If I
If I If I If I
a-jik-kka-ji nan nun-gwa ip-ga-e ne-ga ga-deuk-hi
ha-ru-ga ji-na hu-hoe-ga neo-mu gi-peo
ppa-jyeo heo-u-jeok-geol-i-go iss-eo
You’re still full in my eyes and lips
As the day passes, regret deepens
I’m drowning, struggling
if i could
if i could
nan mwo-ra-do do
If I could
If I could
I’d do anything
a-jik seo-ro-reul jap-go iss-eul-kka
if i if i if i
if i if i if i
Would we still be holding each other?
If I If I If I
If I If I If I
nae-ga meon-jeo a-ra-bwass-da-myeon
if i if i if i
if i if i if i
If I had noticed first
If I If I If I
If I If I If I
why do i feel my grip loosening
neo-ui ot-ja-rak-eul but-ja-beun ju-meok, wae him pul-li-ji
seo-ro-ga ga-neun gil ham-kke hal geo-ran yak-so-geun
i-mi bi-kko-i-go ne geo-reum-eun na-reul deung-ji-ji
Why do I feel my grip loosening?
The fist holding your hem, why is it losing strength?
The promise to walk together
Is already twisted, your steps turn away from me
geu gwan-sim bak-eun neo-mu gong-heo-hae
geu jeom-i da-si nae ap-e do-ra-wa
ne-ga doe-gi-reul ba-rae
Outside that interest is so empty
I hope that point returns to me
And becomes you
if i could
if i could
nan mwo-ra-do do
If I could
If I could
I’d do anything
du son kkok jab-a on-gi-reul ju-go si-peo
tta-seu-hae-jin so-neu-ro du bol-eul gam-ssa-myeon
da-si us-eo jul-kka
geu-reoss-da-myeon do
I want to hold your hands tight, give warmth
If I cover your cheeks with warm hands
Will you smile again?
If so, I’ll do
if i if i if i
The lyrics center on a painful wave of remorse and bitter retrospection, repeatedly invoking hypothetical scenarios of what could have been done to save a failing relationship. Analyzing the widening distance and fading warmth between themselves and their lover, the narrator laments their past inability to recognize early emotional wounds. Ultimately, it highlights an agonizing retrospective paralysis and deep despair, describing how a broken promise reduces their shared universe to a barren emotional void while pleading for a desperate relational reversal.
