What better way to celebrate than with one of her solo gems? Today we look back at “Psycho” from her 2021 album Windy — performed live again during the “I am FREE-TY” world tour. The track shows off her genius for mixing wit, swagger, and sharp wordplay.

Here’s the line we’re focusing on:

“매운맛은 아주 자극적인 만큼

난 뒤끝도 꽤나 길다고”

“Just like spicy food is that stimulating,

my aftertaste also lasts quite long.”

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📝 Key Grammar & Vocabulary

1️⃣ 매운맛은 – Spicy flavor

    •    매운 = spicy (from 맵다)

    •    맛 = taste

    •    -은 = topic marker

→ “As for the spicy flavor…”

2️⃣ 아주 자극적인 만큼 – As stimulating as it is

    •    아주 = very, extremely

    •    자극적이다 = to be stimulating, provocative, intense

    •    -인 만큼 = “to the degree that / as much as”

→ “To the extent that it’s extremely stimulating.”

3️⃣ 난 – I (topic marker)

    •    Contraction of 나는

    •    Shifts focus back to the speaker.

4️⃣ 뒤끝도 꽤나 길다고 – The aftertaste is quite long (I say)

    •    뒤끝 = aftertaste, lingering effect (can be literal taste or figurative, e.g., holding grudges)

    •    도 = also, even

    •    꽤나 = fairly, quite

    •    길다 = to be long

    •    -다고 = quoting particle (indirect speech, “I say that…”)

→ “I say my aftertaste lingers for quite a while, too.”

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💡 Language Tip:

The grammar A-만큼 B = “B to the extent of A / as much as A.”

Ex:

    •    너만큼 좋은 친구 없어. = There’s no friend as good as you.

    •    바람이 센 만큼 추워. = As strong as the wind is, it’s cold.

Here: 자극적인 만큼 뒤끝도 길다 → “As stimulating as spice is, the aftertaste is long.”

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💬 Why It Matters:

This lyric is classic Soyeon — mixing food imagery, rhythm, and attitude to describe herself. She’s not just spicy in the moment — the effect of her presence, her words, her music, lingers long after.

🔥 Do you think Soyeon is the 매운맛 of K-pop? Drop a 🌶️ if you agree!

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