Stray Kids – After You Lyrics | Romanized & Meaning

After You

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Stray Kids (스트레이 키즈) After You lyrics romanization and English meaning
A sudden love transforms an ordinary life, leaving the heart restless, captivated, and forever changed.

Release Date

August 7, 2026

Genre

K-pop / Pop

Label

JYP Entertainment

Composers / Lyricists

Bang Chan (Stray Kids), Changbin (Stray Kids), HAN (Stray Kids), Stefan Johnson, Jordan K Johnson, Jackson Foote, Oliver Peterhof, The Monsters & Strangerz, German

Participating Members

Bang Chan Lee Know Changbin Hyunjin HAN Felix Seungmin I.N

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[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]

English Translation
i had to catch my breath, saw you walking past
didn’t know someone could turn my world around like that
you took a piece of me, it all happened so fast
meom-chul su eop-seo
I had to catch my breath, saw you walking past
Didn’t know someone could turn my world around like that
You took a piece of me, it all happened so fast
Can’t stop
and i can’t survive
yeah i swear i tried
but i’m up all night and i don’t know what to do
how can i breathe the same after you
oh i’ll swim through ocean eyes tryna get to you
i’ll never be the same after you
i’ll never be the same after you
after you
(after you)
won-hae neo-ui geo-reum-ui bang-hyang-i na-wa gat-gil-reul
seo-tun nae cheot-ma-di-neun meos-eop-si eo-saek-hae
eo-tteon ttae wa-do dal-la i-geon love affair
I want your steps to be in the same direction as mine
My clumsy first words are awkward without style
No matter when it comes, this is a love affair
oh yeah for real i-dae-ro-do
wan-byeok-han gam-jeong-deul-i metaphor
man-deul-eo ga-ja-go anecdote
jom deo ttwige hae-jwo nineteen ttae-cheo-reom
Oh yeah for real, even like this
Perfect emotions are metaphor
Let’s create an anecdote
Make my heart race more like when I was nineteen
ma-ju-chi-ji nun-gwa nun sa-i
man-hwa-cheo-reom spark ttwinda
bul-gat-eun nun-chi-ui ssa-um
du bal-man dong-dong gu-reu-neun-gu-na yeah
Eyes meet between eyes
Sparks fly like a comic
A fiery battle of wits
Just pacing back and forth, yeah
and i can’t survive
yeah i swear i tried
but i’m up all night and i don’t know what to do
how can i breathe the same after you
oh i’ll swim through ocean eyes tryna get to you
i’ll never be the same after you
after you
(after you)
before you, i was lost inside the dark
nowhere to move
mae-il gat-eun scene gat-eun il-sang sok-e
i had no clue
Before you, I was lost inside the dark
Nowhere to move
In the same scene, same routine every day
I had no clue
after you, i’m addicted to
meo-ri-sok-ui déjà vu
every road i’m running through
you changed my view
got me chasing after you
After you, I’m addicted to
Déjà vu in my head
Every road I’m running through
You changed my view
Got me chasing after you
chasing after you
chasing after you
so i’m up all night and i don’t know what to do
how can i breathe the same after you
oh i’d swim through ocean eyes tryna get to you
i’ll never be the same after you
🗣️ Practice Korean Words
걸음 (georeum)
step
💡 Note: Refers to a person’s footsteps or direction, expressing the hope that two lives will move along the same path.
서툰 (seotun)
awkward
💡 Note: Describes inexperience or clumsiness, capturing the vulnerability of trying to express new romantic feelings.
마주치지 (majuchiji)
meet
💡 Note: Describes two gazes coming face to face, creating the charged instant when mutual attraction becomes visible.
일상 (ilsang)
everyday life
💡 Note: Refers to ordinary daily existence, contrasted here with the dramatic transformation brought by love.
🎵 Song Meaning & Interpretation

The lyrics capture the overwhelming moment when meeting someone suddenly transforms an ordinary life into something vivid and impossible to escape. The narrator is left sleepless and breathless, drawn toward the other person with a force that feels both exhilarating and uncontrollable. Awkward first words, exchanged glances, and sparks of attraction reveal a love still taking shape, while memories of a darker, repetitive past make the change feel even more profound. Once this person enters their world, every road seems to lead toward them, leaving the narrator completely changed, irresistibly drawn closer, and unable to imagine returning to life as it was before.