Yesterday, the K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER returned with their sixth EP, Minisode 3: TOMORROW, and several of the tracks have been occupying prime real estate on the Genius Top Songs chart. The leader thus far is “The Killa (I Belong to You,” a loping Afrobeats jam about a type of love that borders on religious devotion.
“The Killa” is a showcase for the sub-unit of Yeonjun and Soobin, and it features production from Dystinkt Beats, Uv killin em, and Ebby. Despite the track’s cool, relaxed feel, Soobin initially struggled to record his vocals.
“It’s not my go-to genre, so I had some trouble singing the song in the beginning, and it took me quite a while to wrap my mind around the vibe of it,” Soobin told NME. Fortunately, he was able to follow Yeonjun’s lead and complete the assignment.
The lyrics are all about surrendering completely to another person, and in the first verse, Soobin vows to “follow” and “serve,” according to the English translation.
Want you to tame me now
웃으며 나를 애태워도 but you’re worth it (Worth it)
무슨 말이냐며 웃는 널
그저 널 따르겠어 난 serve you
In the chorus, Yeonjun gives his lover his heart and soul. “You are the fever that makes me sick forever,” he sings.
The killa (Oh-oh)
심장, 영혼까지 다 네 것 (Oh-oh)
넌 나를 앓게 하는 fever
마침내 날 제거하길 빌어
At the end of the chorus, Soobin dismisses the common phrase, “I love you.” He’s more interested in saying, “I belong to you.”
내가 미쳐 널 위해 나를 give up
흔하디흔한 말 te quiero
대신 I belong to ya
In the second verse, Soobin admits his “deep deficiency” (or “immense weakness,” according to another translation) and allows himself to be dominated by this other person.
오로지 너만이
나의 짙은 결핍 위의 everything
날 지배하고
그대 권능 아래 거두리
Yeonjun co-authored four songs on the EP, including “The Killa,” and he’s not the only one who contributed to writing on the seven-song collection. “We have collectively been improving in our lyric writing, and I think it shines through in this album,” he told EW. “As we aim to give voice to the common experiences of our generation, we tried to focus on applying our own stories in the lyrics.”
You can read all the lyrics to “The Killa (I Belong to You)”—and its English translation—on Genius now.
