Can anyone tell me the artist and title of this Korean song?

August 27, 2008 10:30 PM

Can anyone tell me the artist and title of this Korean song?

Hey all:

This is my first post, so yay! Anyway, I have had this Korean song for a long time, but I'm not Korean and I don't speak Korean at all. Could someone who DOES have some experience with Korean language or culture tell me who the singer of this song is, and what the title is? If you can link me to a translation of the lyrics, and/or if you can link me to another site that hosts a copy of this song with the artist and title (so I can verify for myself), I would REALLY appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!!

Link: The song

posted by Fareed to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Best answer: The song is 'Hokshi', or 'Maybe', by the singer BoA. (yes, pronounced like the snake.)

Here's a phoneticization. And here's an English translation of the lyrics.
posted by suedehead at 10:56 PM on August 27, 2008

Oh, and the translation isn't literal, so the meanings don't match up line-by-line, but they're pretty accurate otherwise.
posted by suedehead at 10:57 PM on August 27, 2008

Response by poster: Fantastic! Thank you! Can you tell me what album this is on???
posted by Fareed at 11:13 PM on August 27, 2008

yes, pronounced like the snake.

Nopre, not pronounced like the snake. Pronounced Bo Ah, not Bo Uh.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:50 PM on August 27, 2008

Best answer: Nopre, not pronounced like the snake. Pronounced Bo Ah, not Bo Uh.

Oh yeah whoops, stavros is completely right.

The song was on a summer collection album produced in the summer of 2003, called SM Town Summer Vacation 2003, and was apparently a online streaming-only track. So if you want to listen to similar stuff, I'm guessing your best bet is to listen to her album produced around the same time.

You might want to ask around some BoA forums though -- K-pop isn't really my forte.
posted by suedehead at 7:50 AM on August 28, 2008