'Star Trace' Release Countdown Day 14

Why Koreans care

발매기원 14일차 (balmae giwon sip-sailcha, day 14 of wishing for the release) presents the short as one installment in a continuing countdown-style campaign for “Star Trace,” rather than announcing that the song is already out.

In the Korean comments

One comment reads, in translation, “It’s gotten to the point where I can’t move on after watching the short just once. I have to watch Yejun, the captions, and the background separately, so I end up replaying it endlessly.” Another jokingly wonders whether the dolphins have heard the full song before everyone else.

What the words mean

킹받네 (king-batne) is comic slang built from 열받네 (yeol-batne, “this is making me mad”), with “king” exaggerating it. Here it conveys amused, playfully exasperated irritation, not serious anger.