FARMING — Stray Kids: meaning, key lines and pronunciation
What does “FARMING” by Stray Kids mean?
Stray Kids’ “FARMING” is about a group that keeps grinding day and night, treating their career like a game where experience points pile up. Gaming, harvest and mining images blend, with their sweat becoming a rich yield that others may covet but can never take.
What the song is about
Feeling satisfied never arrives, so they push on, driven, confident and a little playful.
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.
피와 땀이 만들어 낸 수확 ain't cheapListen from this lineRomanization (as sung): pi·wa tta·mi man·deu·reo naen su·hwak ain't cheap
Meaning: A harvest made of blood and sweat ain't cheap
Words in this line- 피와pi·wablood and
- 땀이tta·misweat
- 만들어man·deu·reomaking
- 낸naenproduced
- 수확su·hwakharvest
피 (blood) and 땀 (sweat) are just fluids alone, but together they are the idiom 'blood, sweat' for hard labour.
그 정도면 충분하지 않냐 묻지 우린 아직Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): geu jeong·do·myeon chung·bun·ha·ji an·nya mut·jji u·ri na·jik
Meaning: They ask 'Isn't that enough?', but we still aren't done
Words in this line- 그geuthat
- 정도면jeong·do·myeonto that extent
- 충분하지chung·bun·ha·jienough
- 않냐an·nyaisn't it
- 묻지mut·jjithey ask
- 우린u·riwe
- 아직na·jikstill
The ending -냐 is a casual question form and 묻지 means 'they ask'. Together: people question us, but we still want more.
만족이란 단어를 몰라 주머니 빈 것 같지Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): man·jo·gi·ran da·neo·reul mol·la ju·meo·ni bin geot kkat·jji
Meaning: We don't know the word 'contentment'; our pockets still feel empty
Words in this line- 만족이란man·jo·gi·ranthe thing called contentment
- 단어를da·neo·reulword
- 몰라mol·ladon't know
- 주머니ju·meo·nipocket
- 빈binempty
- 것geotthing
- 같지kkat·jjiseems like
Word for word: Contentment-called word don't know, pocket empty thing seems, right.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 몰라 alone means 'I don't know', but with 'the word contentment' it means that concept doesn't exist for us. 빈 주머니 isn't about money but about constant hunger. The tail 같지 ('seems like, right?') adds a tone that seeks agreement.
계속해 수확의 낫을 들고 다 쓸어 담지Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): gye·so·kae su·hwa·ge na·seul deul·go da sseu·reo dam·jji
Meaning: Keep going — sickle of harvest in hand, we sweep everything up.
Words in this line- 계속해gye·so·kaekeep going
- 수확의su·hwa·geof harvest
- 낫을na·seulsickle
- 들고deul·goholding
- 다daall
- 쓸어sseu·reosweeping
- 담지dam·jjiwe put in
Word for word: Continue, harvest's sickle holding, all sweeping we put in.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 낫 alone is just a sickle and 수확 is harvest, but together they make a reaper gathering loot, which is the farming image. 쓸어 담다 literally means 'sweep and put in', yet it means 'scoop up every last bit'. The ending -지 adds a confident 'of course, that's what we do'.
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Song facts
- Lines
- 60
- Key lines explained
- 4
- Words explained
- 18
- Length
- 2:31
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Words from the song in Korean alphabetical order, with pronunciation and meaning.
| Word | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 가방 | ga·bang | bag |
| 광산을 | gwang·sa·neul | mine |
| 귀에 | gwi·e | in the ear |
| 긁어 | geul·geo | scraping |
| 내도 | nae·do | even if shown |
| 넘쳐나지 | neom·cheo·na·ji | overflows |
| 노동요 | no·dong·yo | work song |
| 늘려 | neul·lyeo | increasing |
| 늘리지 | neul·li·ji | I increase |
| 동요 | dong·yo | unrest |
| 뒤집으면 | dwi·ji·beu·myeon | if you flip |
| 들려 | deul·lyeo | audible |
| 들리지 | deul·li·ji | audible |
| 따위 | tta·wi | and such |
| 모아 | mo·a | gathering |
| 못해 | mo·tae | can't |
| 박혀 | ba·kyeo | embedded |
| 배로 | bae·ro | double |
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Questions about “FARMING”
What is “FARMING” by Stray Kids about?
Stray Kids’ “FARMING” is about a group that keeps grinding day and night, treating their career like a game where experience points pile up. Gaming, harvest and mining images blend, with their sweat becoming a rich yield that others may covet but can never take. Feeling satisfied never arrives, so they push on, driven, confident and a little playful.
What does “만족이란 단어를 몰라 주머니 빈 것 같지” mean in “FARMING”?
In “FARMING” by Stray Kids, “만족이란 단어를 몰라 주머니 빈 것 같지” means: We don't know the word 'contentment'; our pockets still feel empty. 몰라 alone means 'I don't know', but with 'the word contentment' it means that concept doesn't exist for us. 빈 주머니 isn't about money but about constant hunger. The tail 같지 ('seems like, right?') adds a tone that seeks agreement.
What does “계속해 수확의 낫을 들고 다 쓸어 담지” mean in “FARMING”?
In “FARMING” by Stray Kids, “계속해 수확의 낫을 들고 다 쓸어 담지” means: Keep going — sickle of harvest in hand, we sweep everything up. 낫 alone is just a sickle and 수확 is harvest, but together they make a reaper gathering loot, which is the farming image. 쓸어 담다 literally means 'sweep and put in', yet it means 'scoop up every last bit'. The ending -지 adds a confident 'of course, that's what we do'.
How do you pronounce “피와 땀이 만들어 낸 수확 ain't cheap”?
“피와 땀이 만들어 낸 수확 ain't cheap” from “FARMING” by Stray Kids is romanized as “piwa ttami mandeureo naen suhwak ain't cheap”: that is how it is actually sung, sound changes included, not the textbook spelling.
Where can I see every line of “FARMING” explained?
This page explains 4 key lines. In the theIDOL app Hyunwoo goes through all 60 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
- Stray Kids
- Official video
- Stray Kids · YouTube
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