Into The New World — Girls' Generation: meaning, key lines and pronunciation
First verse: the song, every line and what it means — in sync움직이는 마음 너를 향한 내 눈빛을um·ji·gi·neun ma·eum neo·reul hyang·han nae nun·bi·cheulThis stirring heart, my gaze turned toward youListen to this line with the translationNo sign-upWhat the song is about
Girls' Generation's “Into The New World” is about facing an uncertain future with someone you love and choosing to keep going instead of giving up. The singers acknowledge a painful past and a rough road blocked by walls they can't see past, yet they hold onto an unchanging love and a faint light ahead. Sadness is sent away, and the feeling that remains is one of quiet strength and togetherness.
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.
움직이는 마음 너를 향한 내 눈빛을Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): um·ji·gi·neun ma·eum neo·reul hyang·han nae nun·bi·cheul
Meaning: This stirring heart, my gaze turned toward you
Words in this line- 움직이는um·ji·gi·neunstirring
- 마음ma·eumheart
- 너를neo·reulyou
- 향한hyang·hanturned toward
- 내naemy
- 눈빛을nun·bi·cheulgaze
Word for word: Moving heart, you-toward facing my eye-light-object
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 눈빛 literally means 'eye-light' but means 'gaze'. The object marker 을 at the end shows this whole line is the object of a verb from another verse ('feel this').
그려왔던 헤매임의 끝Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): geu·ryeo·wat·tteon he·mae·i·mui kkeut
Meaning: The end of the wandering I had imagined
Words in this line- 그려왔던geu·ryeo·wat·tteonhad been imagining
- 헤매임의he·mae·i·muiof wandering
- 끝kkeutend
Word for word: had-been-imagining wandering-'s end
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 그리다 alone means 'to draw/imagine'; with 왔던 it becomes 'what I had long pictured'. 헤매임 is the noun form of 헤매다 'to wander'.
수많은 알 수 없는 길 속에Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): su·ma·neun al ssu eom·neun gil so·ge
Meaning: Among countless roads that cannot be known
Words in this line- 수많은su·ma·neuncountless
- 알alknow
- 수ssuway
- 없는eom·neunthere being none
- 길gilroad
- 속에so·gewithin
Word for word: countless know-way-none roads inside-at
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 알 수 없는 is a fixed pattern: 알다 'to know' + 수 'way' + 없다 'to not exist' = 'no way to know'. Literally three nouns, the translation compresses them into one adjective.
이 순간의 느낌 함께 하는 거야Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): i sun·ga·nui neu·kkim ham·kke ha·neun geo·ya
Meaning: It means feeling this moment together.
Words in this line- 이ithis
- 순간의sun·ga·nuiof the moment
- 느낌neu·kkimfeeling
- 함께ham·kketogether
- 하는ha·neundoing
- 거야geo·yait's that
Word for word: This moment-'s feeling together doing thing-is.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 거야 (것이야) turns the phrase into an assertion 'it is that...' — the literal 'thing-is' carries no meaning alone. 하는 here means 'sharing/experiencing' the feeling, not literal 'doing.'
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Words from the song in Korean alphabetical order, with pronunciation and meaning.
| Word | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 거친 | geo·chin | rough |
| 기다리지마 | gi·da·ri·ji·ma | don't wait for |
| 기적을 | gi·jeo·geul | miracle |
| 길은 | gi·reun | road |
| 도와줘 | do·wa·jwo | help |
| 만난 | man·nan | met |
| 말은 | ma·reun | words |
| 맘까지 | mam·kka·ji | even my heart |
| 멈춰져 | meom·chwo·jyeo | stopped |
| 미래와 | mi·rae·wa | future and |
| 반복되는 | ban·bok·ttoe·neun | repeating |
| 사랑해 | sa·rang·hae | I love |
| 세상 | se·sang | world |
| 속에서 | so·ge·seo | within |
| 슬픔 | seul·peum | sadness |
| 안녕 | an·nyeong | goodbye |
| 이대로 | i·dae·ro | as is |
| 이젠 | i·jen | now |
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Questions about “Into The New World”
What is “Into The New World” by Girls' Generation about?
Girls' Generation's “Into The New World” is about facing an uncertain future with someone you love and choosing to keep going instead of giving up.
What does “움직이는 마음 너를 향한 내 눈빛을” mean in “Into The New World”?
This stirring heart, my gaze turned toward you. 눈빛 literally means 'eye-light' but means 'gaze'.
What does “그려왔던 헤매임의 끝” mean in “Into The New World”?
The end of the wandering I had imagined. 그리다 alone means 'to draw/imagine'; with 왔던 it becomes 'what I had long pictured'.
How do you pronounce “수많은 알 수 없는 길 속에”?
In the song it sounds roughly like “su·ma·neun al ssu eom·neun gil so·ge”: that's how it's actually sung by Girls' Generation, not the textbook romanization.
Where can I see every line of “Into The New World” explained?
This page explains 4 key lines. In the theIDOL app Rena goes through all 48 lines word by word, in sync with the song; the first verse is free and needs no sign-up.
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Credits and sources
- Artist
- Girls' Generation
- Official video
- SMTOWN · YouTube
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