KickFlip 'Kick Off The Wall' M/V

Why Koreans care

The captions turn the title into an extended skateboarding motif: kicking off a wall leads into jumping on the board, rolling without brakes and naming tricks such as a kickflip.

In the Korean comments

One comment reads, in translation, “I like that it isn’t a forced tough concept—it’s sporty, has youthful recklessness and wit, and feels like a boys’ manga. I don’t know what kind of music they’ll make next, but this song seems like it could be a good bridge.” The useful idea is not simply that the commenter likes the song, but that they see it connecting the group’s present image to whatever direction comes next.

What the words mean

The comment’s `떳으면 (tteosseumyeon, hope it takes off)` (tteosseumyeon, “I hope it takes off”) is a casual misspelling of `떴으면 (tteosseumyeon, hope it takes off)` (tteosseumyeon, “I hope it takes off”). The verb literally involves rising, but here `뜨다 (tteuda, to become popular or successful)` (tteuda, to break out) means becoming popular or successful; the phrase is an informal, emphatic wish that the song will blow up.