Words Behind The Music: 4men & Mi's 그 남자 그 여자 / That Man That Woman

그 남자 그 여자 / That Man That Woman
-4men & Mi



밥을 먹어도 혼자 야구를 봐도 혼자
While eating: alone. While watching baseball: alone
거리를 걸어도 나 혼자 혼자이기 싫은데
while walking down the street, I’m alone. I hate being alone.

또 방에 누워도 혼자 거실에 나와도 혼자
also when lying in my room: alone. When I come out to the living room: alone
가슴이 아파서 식탁에 앉아서 나 엎드려 또 울잖아
my heart aches so I sit at the table and hunch over to cry again

라면을 끓여도 괜히 니 생각이 나서
while cooking ramyun (instant noodles) I think of you for no reason
그릇을 놓아도 꼭 두 개를 놓고
while setting out plates, I always put out two
먹지도 못하고 눈물만 삼켜내
I can’t even eat, and just swallow my tears
이젠 찬물을 마셔도 쓰린 내 속이 안풀려 떠난 니 생각에
now even if I drink cold water, my insides won’t settle down because of thoughts of you who left

오늘도 술이야 취해 헛소리야 니가 보고싶다
alcohol again today. I get drunk and talk nonsense. I miss you.

친구를 만나도 그냥 수다를 떨어도 그냥
even while meeting friends: just whatever. Even when chatting: just whatever.
별로 관심없잖아 내 속이 안풀리잖아 뭘 해도 소용없잖아
I’m not interested. My insides won’t settle down, doesn’t matter what I do.

예쁘게 머리를 해도 다 맘에 안들어
even if I make my hair all nice, I don’t like it
정말 괜찮다 말해 줄 사람 자랑 할 사람 내 곁에 없잖아
there’s no one to say “it looks good” or to brag about by my side
정말 사랑해 웃는 연인들 다 꼴보기 싫어 가슴이 멍들어
I really love you. I hate all those smiling couples. My heart aches.

나 혼자 술이야 취해 헛소리야 니가 보고싶다
I’m alone, drinking. When drunk I talk nonsense. I miss you.
오늘도 술이야 취해 헛소리야 너무 보고싶다
today is more drinking. When drunk I talk nonsense. I miss you so much.

Words Behind The Music: 4men "Say I Love You"

“Say I Love You”
-4Men
*requested by Pa Xiong




입을 맞춰도 불안하고 품에 안아도 초조하고
Even as I kiss you I’m nervous. Even as I hold you, I’m anxious
잠이 들때도 꿈처럼 사라질까 밤새 뒤척이고
even when sleep’s upon me, I’m afraid it will all disappear like a dream so I toss and turn awake all night
보면 볼수록 겁이나고 겁이 날수록 더 보고싶고
the more I see you, the more I get scared. And the more I get scared, the more I want to see you.
사랑할수록 니가 날 떠날까봐 두려워지나봐
as I fall more in love with you, I guess I’m afraid that you’ll leave me

사랑을 다줘도 불안한건 남자야
even after giving all his love, being nervous is what a man is like
넌 너무 모르지 남자의 사랑을
you have no idea huh? About a man’s love.


사랑할수록 더 보고싶고 보면 볼수록 더 안달나고
the more I love you the more I want to see you. The more I see you, the more I gotta have you
평생 내 여자로 만들고픈 조급한 마음인걸
it wants to forever make you my woman, this impatient heart of mine.
평생 내 여자로 살아줄래 나 말곤 없다고 말해줄래
won’t you live as my woman for the rest of your life? Won’t you tell me that there’s no one else but me?
조금도 불안해 하지 않게 한번 더 말해줄래
to make me a bit less anxious, won’t you say it one more time?
Say I love you..

사랑할수록 닮아가고 날이 갈수록 더 좋아져
the more we love, the more we become similar. As the days go by, it gets better

함께 할수록 나 너없인 못살어 너 책임져
the more we’re together, I can’t live with out you. You better take responsibility for that

사랑을 다줘도 불안한건 남자야
even after giving all his love, being nervous is what a man is like
넌 너무 모르지 남자의 사랑을
you have no idea huh? About a man’s love.



Say I love you.. Say I love you..
약속해줘 You are the only my love..
promise me, you are the only my love

한 여자만을 사랑하니까 내겐 그 여잔 너 하나니까
Because I only love one woman. Because to me, that woman is you and you only
자꾸만 니 사랑을 보채도 날 미워하지는 마
even if I keep begging/badgering for your love, don’t hate me
평생 내 여자로 살아줄래 나 말곤 없다고 말해줄래
won’t you live as my woman for the rest of your life? Won’t you tell me that there’s no one else but me?
조금도 불안해 하지 않게 한번 더 말해줄래
to make me a bit less anxious, won’t you say it one more time?
Say I love you..

Words Behind The Music: Mi feat. Yong-jae from 4Men "7월 15일" "July 15th"

Words Behind the Music

Mi featuring 4Men's Yong-jae
“7월 15일” “July 15th”



7월 15일.. 혼자 맞은 아침..
July 15th, starting another morning by myself
니가 없이 눈을 뜨는 맑은 아침은 맑아도 눈물이 흘러..
Despite it being a clear morning, without you, no matter how clear, tears start to flow

오전 10시 반.. 혼자 먹는 아침..
10:30 AM, eating breakfast by myself
젓가락도 잘 못집던 니가 보여서 손등에 자꾸 내 눈물이 흘러..
I remember how you used to have trouble using chopsticks and tears start to trickle onto the back of my hand

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---어떡해야 눈물이 멈춰 어떡해야 눈물이 멈출까
How can I stop these tears? How can I stop these tears?
너와 함께 했던 모든 기억들이 눈물로 다 흐르고
All of my memories with you are flowing out as tears---

어떡해야 눈물이 멈춰 어떡해야 눈물이 멈출까
How can I stop these tears? How can I stop these tears?
너와 함께 했던 모든 기억들이 사라질까봐 난 두려워
I’m so afraid that all my memories with you will disappear

저녁 10시 반.. 시끄러운 술잔..
10:30 PM, [having a] noisy drink
말이 많은 친구들도 쉬운 농담도 널 대신 할 수 없었고..
My friends normally have so much to say, but even they can’t make a light joke in place of you
새벽 몇실까.. 불이 꺼진 니 방..
What time at late night is it…lights going off in your room
울다 죽을 사람처럼 눈물을 먹고 돌아와 가슴이 미어지지만..
Crying like I’m a dying person, I return while hating my heart

Boyz II Men Concert With 4Men as the Opening Act!

So this past weekend in Korea, we had the LEGENDARY group BOYZ II MEN perform at Olympic Park! 4Men was the opening act .

I have just one word:
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

4Men fans, please don't take this the wrong way because the three guys did a great job. They can SING and their songs are absolutely beautiful.





However, you just can't compete with Boyz II Men who have like 20 years of experience under their belt! They're just a bunch of ajushis (Korean for older man), but MAN! Can they move!! And more importantly, CAN THEY SING! They simply just went from talking to singing in one breath and their voices are just silk. When they harmonized, you couldn't pick apart the separate voices singing different notes. It just sounded like ONE VOICE, but with different dimensions to it. Just DEPTH. Some singers are just album singers meaning they can't perform live. However, Boyz II Men ARE NOT one of them. They were even BETTER live. These men have been in the industry for this long for a reason! They were simply just amazing. Some songs they had us cheering our hearts out and some just left us speechless. There were several songs where at the end of it, I couldn't even get myself to cheer or clap. It numbed you. Wowed you. Literally took your breath away.





When they say music transcends all barriers (i.e. language), it's sooo true. Koreans love Boyz II Men despite the fact that it's in a language that most of them don't understand. And Boyz II Men even said that they're all about LOVE. Their songs are all about love and all the emotions tied with it. Let me just say, that you can FEEL the love through their songs. If love was manifested into sound, it's their music. =)

At the end, Boyz II Men invited 4Men on the stage to sing "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" and it was kind of cute. They did this battle thing between the two groups where 4Men's Yong-jae did this fancy-shmancy vocal thing full of vibration and complex notes. Then Nathan from Boyz II Men went and copied it...and then some! Haha The guys of 4Men were all laughing in awe. It was cute^^

Like I said, 4Men is very talented too! There's no doubt about that. All in all, great concert!!!