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2018 · From the album Trip (feat. Hannah) - Single
Trip (feat. Hannah)
by Leellamarz
The reading
A Korean rapper daydreams about throwing a backpack on and disappearing for a short trip, promising whoever's listening he'll be back before sunrise
02 · Interpretation
Leellamarz's 'Trip': A Daydream About Disappearing for a While
Leellamarz's "Trip," released in September 2018 with vocalist Hannah, is built around one small, very recognizable impulse: the moment you decide you need to leave town for a few days before you lose your mind. It is less a travel song than a song about wanting to travel, which is a different and arguably more universal feeling.
The opening sets the premise plainly. The narrator wonders aloud whether he should grab a backpack and go somewhere, alone, with no plan, just to cool his head and breathe. There is no crisis named, only the low pressure of needing air. That refusal to specify what he is escaping is part of the song's charm; the listener fills in their own reason.
The hook is a negotiation, probably with a partner, possibly with himself. He repeats that it will only take a moment, that he will be back in the blink of an eye, that he will return before the sun comes up. The insistence is suspicious in the way these promises usually are. The more times you have to say "just a second," the less you mean it.
The verses: a travel résumé and a fantasy
Leellamarz's verses move from the present headache to memory and back. He frames the trip as a way to gather material, promising to feel everything, the good food and the good sights, and turn it all into songs. Then he flashes through a brief autobiography of travel: Japan around age five, Europe in middle school, the whole world in college. Now, he says, he wants somewhere quiet. The arc is telling. Someone who has already seen a lot of the map is not chasing novelty; he is chasing stillness.
The shopping list for this fantasy trip is minimal. A companion named yolin, a plane ticket, nothing else. That economy is part of the song's mood. "Trip" is not about luxury or destination, it is about the lightness of having almost nothing with you.
Hannah's turn: the version that does not come back
Hannah's section quietly raises the stakes. Where Leellamarz keeps reassuring everyone that he will only be gone a second, she says the thing he will not: she might not want to come back. She wants the freedom, the slack time, new people, new feelings. Her verse reframes the hook in retrospect. The repeated promise of "just a moment" starts to sound like the polite lie you tell on the way out the door.
This split between the two voices is the song's real idea. One narrator is bargaining for permission to leave briefly. The other is admitting that brief might not be enough. Together they cover the full range of the escape fantasy, from the harmless weekend version to the one where you keep driving.
Context and sound
"Trip" arrived during a productive stretch for Leellamarz, a rapper associated with the Korean label Ambition Musik and known for melodic, easygoing hip-hop rather than hard-edged battle rap. The track sits comfortably in the late-2010s Korean hip-hop and R&B mode where rapping and singing blur, hooks are sung softly, and the production stays warm and uncluttered. Hannah's feature pushes it further toward R&B, which suits a song whose subject is mood rather than action.
The lyric also fits a broader cultural moment in South Korea around burnout and the appeal of short solo travel, a theme that surfaced often in pop culture of the period. The song does not editorialize about overwork, but the line about wanting to breathe carries that subtext for many listeners.
Why it lingers
"Trip" endures, modestly, because it captures a very small and very common feeling without dressing it up. Most songs about leaving are about heartbreak or rebellion. This one is about the Tuesday afternoon when you open a flight search tab and do not book anything. The hook's repetition of "just a moment" is the sound of someone trying to convince themselves they will be reasonable about it. Hannah's verse is the sound of someone who already knows they won't.
Themes catalogued
03 · Lyrics
"Trip (feat. Hannah)"
배낭 메고 여행이나 갈까
머리도 식힐 겸 지금 말야
아무런 계획도 없이 나 혼자
여행이나 다녀오지 뭐
숨 좀 쉬고 싶어서
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
눈 깜빡한 사이에 돌아올게
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
해 뜨기 전 까지 딱 돌아올게
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐
잠깐 hol'up wait
머리는 아파 오는데
어디 잠깐 나를 달래줄 곳으로
여행이나 다녀오려 해
맛있는 거, 멋있는 거
전부 느끼고 노래로 쓸게
바래졌던 나의 기억 속
잠들었던 그 추억 속에 나는
다섯 살 때쯤 일본에서
중학교 때쯤 유럽으로
대학 들어가곤 전 세계를
이제는 가고파 조용한 곳
맛있는 거, 멋있는 거
전부 느끼고 노래로 쓸게
옆에는 yolin, 비행기 표
다른 건 하나도 필요 없어
배낭 메고 여행이나 갈까
머리도 식힐 겸 지금 말야
아무런 계획도 없이 나 혼자
여행이나 다녀오지 뭐
숨 좀 쉬고 싶어서
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
눈 깜빡한 사이에 돌아올게
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
해 뜨기 전 까지 딱 돌아올게
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐
Hmm, wait, take me away
나도 떠나고 싶어 나도 느끼고 싶어
그 자유 그 여유 그거 누리고 싶어
여행 떠날래 너가 제일 잘 알잖아
돌아오고 싶지 않을지도 몰라 hmm
만나볼래 새로운 사람 새로운 느낌
가보고 싶어 떠나고 싶어
이제는 떠나볼래
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
눈 깜빡한 사이에 돌아올게
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
해 뜨기 전 까지 딱 돌아올게
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐이면
잠깐이면 돼 잠깐
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