It’s My Birthday🐾🐶

What happened

Seungmin celebrates his birthday in a livestream, singing the birthday song to himself before mapping out an ideal day that includes movies, video games, a sunrise walk and breakfast.

Why Koreans care

Look for how often 미역국 (miyeokguk, seaweed soup) enters the birthday talk: Seungmin says he ate it with his family and later builds it into his ideal birthday breakfast. In Korea, it is traditional birthday food linked to the soup mothers eat after childbirth, so a 생일상 (saengilsang, birthday meal spread) can also carry gratitude toward the mother who gave birth to you.

In the Korean comments

One comment thanks Seungmin for “always giving us great songs and laughter,” then adds, in translation, “Thank you for being born.” The Korean phrase 태어나줘서 고마워 (taeeonajwoseo gomawo, “Thank you for being born”) is common in idol birthday messages and expresses gratitude for the person’s existence, not merely congratulations on the date.

What the words mean

The title 생일이땨 (a cutesy “It’s my birthday”) playfully alters 생일이다 (saengirida, “It’s my birthday”). The final syllable is baby-talk-like spelling rather than a separate word, giving the title an intentionally cute, casual voice.