Release Date
September 23, 2019
Genre
Synth-pop / Deep House
Label
Composers / Lyricists
Shim Eun-ji, Versachoi, Louise Frick Sveen, Momo (TWICE)
Participating Members
About the Song
《Love Foolish》 is a sleek and emotionally charged track by TWICE that reveals a darker, more introspective side of the group’s sound. Built on a minimal yet tense groove, the song explores the feeling of knowingly falling into a love that is bound to hurt, capturing the conflict between reason and desire. The track appears on TWICE’s 2019 mini album Fancy You, released under JYP Entertainment, and stands out for its mature atmosphere and restrained intensity. Sim Eun-ji and Versa Choi participated in the composition alongside Louise Frick Sveen, while the lyrics were co-written by Sim Eun-ji and TWICE member MOMO, adding a personal touch to its honest portrayal of reckless love.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
cheon beon-jjeum cheon-man beon-jjeum
neo-ui gwi-e dat-gi jeon-e CUT AND REWIND
why can’t you be mine yeah
A thousand times, ten thousand times
Before it reaches your ears, CUT AND REWIND
Why can’t you be mine, yeah
it’s you
just round and round and round and
a-round you
It’s you
Just round and round and round and
Around you
i don’t know what to do
CRA-ZY LOVE
i love you love you hate FOO-LISH
I don’t know what to do
CRAZY LOVE
I love you, love you, hate FOOLISH
LOVE
i love you love you hate FOO-LISH
CRA-ZY LOVE
i hate you
make me so bad
mi-an-hae neo-reul mi-wo-ha-ge dwae
na-do nal mo-reu-ge-sseo seol-myeong-i an-dwae
GA-CHYEOT-SEO i na-tseon gam-jeong sok MI-RO-e
I’m sorry, I end up hating you
I don’t even know myself, can’t explain
Lost in this unfamiliar maze of emotions
i want to give you per-mis-sion that’s me
nae-ga ma-ni a-ni
neo-reul ma-ni a-ni
mal-ha-ji an-eul-rae for my-self
hal-su-rok hae-ro-wo TOX-IC LOVE
I want to give you permission, that’s me
It’s not me
It’s not you
I won’t say it for myself
The more I try, the more painful this TOXIC LOVE
it’s so i-ro-nic ro-nic ro-nic
yeah it’s true
yeok-si dal-kom-han geon WI-HEOM-hae-sseo
i know i was a fool
It’s so ironic, ironic, ironic
Yeah, it’s true
Sweet things are always dangerous
I know I was a fool
neol geu-ri-gi-man hae-do i’m EX-CI-TED
my FOO-LISH heart ooh yeah
i love you love you hate FOO-LISH
Even just missing you makes me EXCITED
My FOOLISH heart, ooh yeah
I love you, love you, hate FOOLISH
i love you love you hate FOO-LISH
I love you, love you, hate FOOLISH
this song captures the emotional contradiction of loving someone while knowing that love is slowly hurting you. the narrator is fully aware that the relationship is unhealthy, yet feels irresistibly drawn back into it, trapped between desire and self-blame. affection and resentment coexist at the same time, creating a loop of obsession, regret, and longing. the lyrics express the painful honesty of realizing that love can be both intoxicating and destructive, and that recognizing this truth does not make it any easier to let go.
