Red Velvet’s Joy dropped her first solo EP a few days ago, and the title track Love Splash is everything you want from a late summer release: bright, catchy, and sizzling hot. The lyrics describe a love so intense that even ice water can’t cool it down.

Here’s today’s line:

“한여름 낮의 열병 같은 너

얼음물에도 나 식지 않아”

“You’re like a midsummer fever,

even ice water can’t cool me down.”

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📝 Key Grammar & Vocabulary

1️⃣ 한여름 낮의 열병 같은 너 – You, like a midsummer day’s fever

• 한여름 = midsummer
• 낮 = day
• -의 = possessive particle (“of”)
• 열병 = fever
• -같은 = like, similar to (used as a modifier before a noun)

→ “You, who are like a fever in the midsummer day.”

2️⃣ 얼음물에도 – Even in ice water

• 얼음물 = ice water
• -에도 = even in, even with

→ Emphasizes extreme contrast (ice water still isn’t enough).

3️⃣ 나 – I / me (subject)

• Functions here as the subject of the verb 식지 않아.

4️⃣ 식지 않아 – Don’t cool down

• 식다 = to cool off
• -지 않다 = not (negation)
• 식지 않아 = does not cool down

→ Present tense negative form.

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💡 Language Tip:

Notice the pattern Verb + -지 않아 = “does not [verb].”

Ex: 끝나지 않아 = “It doesn’t end.”

Lyrics often use this to show persistence or intensity.

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💬 Join the comments:

What’s something in your life that 식지 않아 (doesn’t cool down) even with time? Your passion? A hobby? A love? Share below! 💖

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