Lee Sun-mi (Hangul: 선미; born May 2, 1992 in Iksan, North Jeolla, South Kore… Read Full Bio ↴Lee Sun-mi (Hangul: 선미; born May 2, 1992 in Iksan, North Jeolla, South Korea), referred to as Sunmi, is a South Korean singer. She debuted in 2007 as a member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls and left from the group in January 2010 to pursue her academic career.

After three years hiatus from the music scene, Sunmi started her career as a soloist in August 2013 with her first digital single, "24 Hours". It was the lead single off her debut extended play, Full Moon (2014). The song peaked at number two on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, number three on Billboard's Korea K-pop Hot 100, and number thirteen on Billboard World Digital Chart, while the album charted at number twelve.

In 2015, Wonder Girls returned to music scene after two years hiatus with band formation and Sunmi also confirmed to re-joining the group after departure in 2010. In August, the group's third and final album Reboot was released, with Sunmi co-writing and co-producing three of its tracks. The group later disbanded in 2017 after Sunmi and Yeeun decided to not renewed their contract with JYP Entertainment. She signed with MakeUs Entertainment and continued her solo career.

She released a single album titled "Sunmi Special Edition (Gashina)" as well as the title track of the name same on August 22, 2017. It was her first release under MAKEUS after leaving JYP in January 2017 and her first solo comeback in three years. Gashina was a success in South Korea, having sold over 1,900,000 digital downloads in 2017. According to the Gaon Music Chart, it was the 32nd best-selling song of the year. The song also debuted at number 3 on the US World Digital Song Sales in the week ending September 9, 2017.

Sunmi returned with a single titled "Heroine" on January 18, 2018. She described the single as a prequel to her previous one Gashina.
On September 4, 2018, Sunmi released her second EP titled Warning along with the lead single "Siren". Siren received an all-kill on six local music charts.

On March 4, 2019, Sunmi released her single "Noir". She returned on August 27 with her fourth digital single titled "Lalalay".

Sunmi can play the bass and she currently attends Dongguk University majoring in musical theater. She is also fluent in English.

Call
SunMi Lyrics

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오늘은 왜 그리 시무룩해?
간밤에 무슨 걱정을 했길래

니가 못한다, 못한다 할 때마다
나는 잘한다, 잘한다 해줄 거야
니가 못났다, 못났다 할 때마다
나는 예쁘다, 예쁘다 해줄 거야

또, 또 그런다 너 아닌 거
다, 다 알면서 괜히
언제든 좋아 그러니 내 생각이 나면
You can just call me, baby
또, 또 이러다 넌 아닌 척
다, 다 괜찮다 하지
언제든 니 옆이야 넌 내 생각이 나면
You can just call me, baby

딴 애들 몰라 넌 맨날 웃잖아
괜찮아 내가 다 알아보잖아 mm-mm

니가 못한다, 못한다 할 때마다
나는 잘한다, 잘한다 해줄 거야
니가 못났다, 못났다 할 때마다
나는 예쁘다, 예쁘다 해줄 거야

또, 또 그런다 너 아닌 거
다, 다 알면서 괜히
언제든 좋아 그러니 내 생각이 나면
You can just call me, baby
또, 또 이러다 넌 아닌 척
다, 다 괜찮다 하지
언제든 니 옆이야 넌 내 생각이 나면
You can just call me, baby

Whenever you call my name
I'll hold your hands
Don't run away
Whenever you call my name
Just call my name
Just call my name
I'll be there

또, 또 그런다 너 아닌 거
다, 다 알면서 괜히
언제든 좋아 그러니 내 생각이 나면
You can just call me, baby
또, 또 이러다 넌 아닌 척
다, 다 괜찮다 하지

언제든 니 옆이야 넌 내 생각이 나면
You can just call me, baby

Overall Meaning

In SunMi's song "Call," the lyrics touch on the theme of a relationship that has come to an end. The song begins with the singer expressing their current state of mind, acknowledging that they are no longer in their right senses. They mention that the person they were before, the "good girl" that the other person desired, has changed. The singer questions why this person doesn't answer their calls anymore.

The chorus emphasizes that their relationship is over and warns the other person not to pretend like they understand or know what happened. The singer asserts that they have nothing more to see or say to this person and that they are no longer present in their life. The final lines of the song suggest that the singer wants this person to call them because there is nothing left to see or do.

Line by Line Meaning

알아 난
I know

지금 나
Right now, it's me

제정신 아냐
I'm not in my right mind

But you don't know, know, know
But you don't understand, understand, understand

니가 원하던 (good girl)
The girl you wanted (good girl)

여자야 나
It's me, the girl

근데 어딜 가 boy
But where are you going, boy

And why don't you pick up the phone
And why aren't you answering the phone

Used to be a good girl
I used to be a good girl

웃음만 나와 넌
You only see my laughter

다를 거라 생각했어 (oh, no, no)
I thought things would be different (oh, no, no)