Nxde — (G)I-DLE: meaning, key lines and pronunciation
First verse: the song, every line and what it means — in sync말투는 멍청한 듯 몸매는 섹시, 섹시요mal·tu·neun meong·cheong·han deut mom·mae·neun sek·ssi, sek·ssi·yoTalks like she's a bit dumb, but her body's sexy, sexyListen to this line with the translationNo sign-upWhat the song is about
In “Nxde,” (G)I-DLE turns a taunt about nakedness back on the people doing the judging. The heroine is a self-made, bookish woman whom an audience has labeled and sneered at, and she answers by stripping away shame and the roles others assigned her. The mood moves from mocking and defiant to calm and self-possessed, ending on the idea that the dirty-minded view belongs to the viewer, not to her.
Key lines
4 lines from the song in Korean, with how they sound and what they mean. The full line-by-line breakdown lives in the app.
말투는 멍청한 듯 몸매는 섹시, 섹시요Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): mal·tu·neun meong·cheong·han deut mom·mae·neun sek·ssi, sek·ssi·yo
Meaning: Talks like she's a bit dumb, but her body's sexy, sexy
Words in this line- 말투는mal·tu·neunway of talking
- 멍청한meong·cheong·handumb(-seeming)
- 듯deutas if
- 몸매는mom·mae·neunbody
- 섹시,sek·ssi,sexy
- 섹시요sek·ssi·yosexy (polite)
Word for word: Speech-manner dumb as-if, body sexy, sexy
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 멍청한 alone means 'dumb,' but the following 듯 softens it to 'seems/as if' — not a flat insult, but an ironic quote of an outside impression.
그럼 다이아 박힌 티아라 하나에Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): geu·reom da·i·a ba·kin ti·a·ra ha·na·e
Meaning: So with just one diamond-studded tiara
Words in this line- 그럼geu·reomso/then
- 다이아da·i·adiamond
- 박힌ba·kinembedded
- 티아라ti·a·ratiara
- 하나에ha·na·ein just one
Word for word: Then diamond embedded tiara one-in
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 박힌 literally means 'stuck/embedded,' rendered naturally as 'studded with.' The line's point only lands with the next one, setting up the sarcastic 'as if I'd laugh.'
싸가지없는 이 story에 무지 황당한Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): ssa·ga·ji·eom·neun i story-e mu·ji hwang·dang·han
Meaning: In this tactless story, utterly absurd
Words in this line- 싸가지없는ssa·ga·ji·eom·neunshameless
- 이ithis
- story에story-ein the story
- 무지mu·jisuper/extremely
- 황당한hwang·dang·hanabsurd
Word for word: Shamelessness-absent this story-in very absurd
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 싸가지없다 is blunt slang for 'shameless/rude,' not a neutral 'impolite.' 무지 here isn't 'ignorance' — it's a dialectal slang intensifier meaning 'extremely,' so the line reads 'utterly absurd,' not 'absurd out of ignorance.'
아리따운 날 입고, 따따랏따라Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): a·ri·tta·un nal ip·kko, tta·tta·rat·tta·ra
Meaning: Wearing my beautiful self, ta-ta-rat-ta-ra
Words in this line- 아리따운a·ri·tta·unbeautiful
- 날nalme
- 입고,ip·kko,wearing
- 따따랏따라tta·tta·rat·tta·rascat syllables
Word for word: Beautiful me wearing, ta-ta-rat-ta-ra
Why it doesn't translate word for word: "입다" (to wear) normally takes clothing as its object, but here the object is "날" (me), modified by "아리따운" (beautiful) — she literally "wears" herself, her body/beauty as the only garment, tying into the nude motif. "따따랏따라" stays a non-literal filler.
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Words from the song in Korean alphabetical order, with pronunciation and meaning.
| Word | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 같지 | gat·jji | feels like |
| 계신 | gye·sin | who are (honorific) |
| 관객들 | gwan·gaek·tteul | audience |
| 그딴 | geu·ttan | that kind of |
| 기대하셨다면 | gi·dae·ha·syeot·tta·myeon | if you expected |
| 까고 | kka·go | cracking open |
| 깨져버린 | kkae·jyeo·beo·rin | shattered |
| 꼴이 | kko·ri | appearance |
| 누드 | nu·deu | nude |
| 다신 | da·sin | again |
| 못한대도 | mo·tan·dae·do | even if can't |
| 발가벗겨져 | bal·ga·beot·kkyeo·jyeo | stripped bare |
| 버린 | beo·rin | (completive) |
| 볼품없대도 | bol·pu·meop·ttae·do | even if shabby |
| 사랑받지 | sa·rang·bat·jji | be loved |
| 아름다운 | a·reum·da·un | beautiful |
| 웃게 | ut·kke | would laugh |
| 퍽이나 | peo·gi·na | as if! |
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Questions about “Nxde”
What is “Nxde” by (G)I-DLE about?
In “Nxde,” (G)I-DLE turns a taunt about nakedness back on the people doing the judging.
What does “말투는 멍청한 듯 몸매는 섹시, 섹시요” mean in “Nxde”?
Talks like she's a bit dumb, but her body's sexy, sexy. 멍청한 alone means 'dumb,' but the following 듯 softens it to 'seems/as if' — not a flat insult, but an ironic quote of an outside impression.
What does “그럼 다이아 박힌 티아라 하나에” mean in “Nxde”?
So with just one diamond-studded tiara. 박힌 literally means 'stuck/embedded,' rendered naturally as 'studded with.' The line's point only lands with the next one, setting up the sarcastic 'as if…
How do you pronounce “싸가지없는 이 story에 무지 황당한”?
In the song it sounds roughly like “ssa·ga·ji·eom·neun i story-e mu·ji hwang·dang·han”: that's how it's actually sung by (G)I-DLE, not the textbook romanization.
Where can I see every line of “Nxde” explained?
This page explains 4 key lines. In the theIDOL app Sohee goes through all 54 lines word by word, in sync with the song; the first verse is free and needs no sign-up.
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