In USPEER’s “WICKED GAME,” Cupid seems to need a little help.

The funniest Korean part is this chain of tiny sound-effect words:

귀에 훅 바람을 불어

몰래 툭 발끝을 걸어

살짝 쿡 심장을 찔러

훅 feels like a sudden whoosh.

A quick breath. A sudden movement.

So:

귀에 훅 바람을 불어

= blow a quick breath into his ear

Then:

툭 feels like a small tap, bump, or sudden little contact.

몰래 툭 발끝을 걸어

= secretly trip him with your foot

And:

쿡 feels like a small poke or jab.

살짝 쿡 심장을 찔러

= gently poke his heart

So the whole lyric feels like:

whoosh — tap — poke.

Not elegant romance.

More like Cupid causing tiny emotional accidents.

Especially because later they sing:

Oh, Cupid is out of arrows

그렇다면 해 봐 뭐라도

Cupid is out of arrows?

Then try something. Anything.

Which Korean sound word is your favorite?

훅 whoosh

툭 tap

쿡 poke