Why does AKMU use so many everyday objects in their lyrics?

AKMU often reaches for familiar things — a fish, an egg, a block of ice — to turn an abstract feeling into a concrete scene. It keeps the lyrics accessible while letting the meaning shift a little every time you hear the song again.

Where can I read the full lyrics?

For the official lyrics, check a music streaming service or the credits published with the album. This list avoids quoting the lyrics directly out of respect for copyright, and only summarizes the shape of the story.

What order should I listen to these songs in?

If you want the narrator's perspective to widen as you go, start with the songs about personal feeling and move toward the ones with a more social lens. There's no fixed order, though — starting with whichever title catches your eye works just as well.

AKMU Lyrics & Storytelling: 6 Songs, No Spoilers

Beyond the Lyrics: Six AKMU Songs Read for Their Story

Rather than quoting the lyrics, this list follows where the narrator stands and which image keeps returning in six AKMU songs.

Under AKMU's bright melodies, there's often a tighter story than it first sounds. Rather than reproducing the lyrics themselves, this list picks six songs based on where the narrator stands, which image keeps coming back, and how the title returns with a different weight by the final chorus.

Each entry sketches only the bare structure of the story, on purpose — the rest is worth discovering by actually listening. Play the song alongside this description and fill in the scene yourself.

Ice

From the first album 《PLAY》, this song paints a world gone cold, and the people who've lost their warmth along with it, through the image of ice. It's worth listening for whether the narrator sounds like an outside observer or someone slowly turning cold themselves — the chorus offers clues either way. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUCIzn0mRHc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch the official video</a>

Fish in Water

From the regular 3rd album 《Voyage》, this song ties the Korean idiom for feeling completely in your element to the literal image of a fish returning to water. Notice how that phrase comes back with new weight by the final chorus — there's more going on here than a simple ode to freedom. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMgFEl5h8nI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch the official video</a>

Boat Song

A short track that opens 《Voyage》 like a preface, framing the whole album around departure and waiting through the image of setting sail. Listen to it alongside the tracks that follow, and you can trace how the question it raises carries forward into the rest of the album. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NewORF3VFeA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch the official video</a>