NewJeans - Ditto (English Translation)
NewJeans - Ditto (English Translation) Lyrics
Hoo-ooh, ooh-ooh
Hoo-ooh, hoo
[Chorus: Hanni]
Stay in the middle
Like you a little, don't want no riddle
Say it, say it back, oh, say it ditto
Can't wait 'til the morning, so say it, ditto
[Verse 1: Haerin, Danielle]
My feelings for you
Like the memories we share
Have grown so big
Summer's already gone and it's autumn
Been waiting all this time
Do you want somebody?
Like I want somebody?
You smiled at me but
Do you think about me now, yeah?
All the time, yeah, all the time
[Pre-Chorus: Hyein, Hanni]
I got no time to lose
I had a long day
I miss you
Ra-ta-ta-ta echoes my heart (Ra-ta-ta-ta)
I got nothing to lose
I like you, ooh-woah, ooh-woah, ooh-woah
Ra-ta-ta-ta echoes my heart (Ra-ta-ta-ta)
But I don't want to
Stay in the middle
Like you a littlе, don't want no riddle
Say it, say it back, oh, say it ditto
Can't wait 'til the morning, so say it, ditto
I don't want to walk in this maze
Not that I know еverything but
Just as I want it, say it, say it back
Oh, say it ditto
I want you so, want you, so say it ditto
[Verse 2: Danielle]
Not just anybody
I imagined you
With the feeling
That's been always there I've been
Waiting all this time
[Pre-Chorus: Hyein, Haerin]
I got nothing to lose
I like you, ooh-woah, ooh-woah, ooh-woah
Ra-ta-ta-ta echoes my heart (Ra-ta-ta-ta)
But I don't want to
[Chorus: Hanni, Minji]
Stay in the middle
Like you a little, don't want no riddle
Say it, say it back, oh, say it ditto
Can't wait 'til the morning, so say it, ditto
I don't want to walk in this maze
Not that I know everything but
Just as I want it, say it, say it back
Oh, say it ditto
I want you so, want you, so say it ditto
Hoo-ooh, ooh-ooh
Hoo-ooh, hoo
About
Ditto is about a girl, who’s name is Hee-seo, being friends with NewJeans and recording them. Throughout the A-side, it shows Hee-seo hanging out with them and memorable moments with them and her. But at the end, it shows that all those moments were just illusions, and that NewJeans wasn’t with her and she was just imagining it.
This song is supposed to represent fans of K-pop idols, who imagine that their idols are their friends and know them, when they really don’t. In side B, it shows NewJeans dancing without Hee-seo recording them, which makes Hee-seo realize that NewJeans will still be friends without her recording them. This goes back to the topic of K-pop idols and fans, meaning that if they unstan the group, or forget them, they’ll keep going without you.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
When I heard “Ditto”, it just popped into my head: this main image of a winter mountain that felt kind of cold, but warm at the same time… So I tried to put some objects inside the mountain, for example, like a tree house and a campfire.
–Minji via NME
This, coincidentally, was the first track Minji had ever had a songwriting credit on.
- 2.NewJeans - Ditto (English Translation)
