VVS just dropped a performance video for Touch It — and while they might not yet be the biggest name in K-pop, their vibe is undeniable. With their debut EP they’ve been carving out a bold, rizz-filled space of their own, and this track shows exactly why they deserve more attention.

Here’s the part we’re diving into today:

“멈추기엔 늦지, 이미 깊게

남은 환상이 된 game

환상이 돼”

“It’s too late to stop, already too deep,

the leftover game becomes an illusion,

it turns into fantasy.”

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📝 Key Grammar & Vocabulary

1️⃣ 멈추기엔 늦지 – It’s too late to stop

• 멈추다 = to stop
• -기 = turns verb into a noun (the act of stopping)
• -에(는) → -엔 = “for / when it comes to”
• 늦지 = 늦다 (to be late) + -지 (softening ending, “you know…”)

→ Literally: “For stopping, it’s late.” = “Too late to stop.”

2️⃣ 이미 깊게 – Already deeply

• 이미 = already
• 깊게 = deeply (adverb from 깊다 = deep)

→ Describes being drawn in too far.

3️⃣ 남은 환상이 된 game – The game that’s become a leftover illusion

• 남은 = remaining, leftover (from 남다 = to remain)
• 환상 = illusion, fantasy
• -이 된 = has become (되다 → 된 = noun modifier form)
• game = English loanword

→ “A game that has become just illusion.”

4️⃣ 환상이 돼 – It becomes fantasy

• 되다 → 돼 = to become (casual present tense)
• Parallel with the previous line, reinforcing the transformation.

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💡 Language Tip:

The form Verb stem + -기엔 … = “when it comes to doing …, [it’s …].”

Ex:

• 가기엔 멀어. = It’s too far to go.
• 먹기엔 많아. = It’s too much to eat.

Here: 멈추기엔 늦지.

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💬 Your Turn:

Try making your own sentence with -기엔!

👉 Example: 공부하기엔 너무 피곤해. = I’m too tired to study.

What’s yours?

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