[INTRO]
(All) Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo...
(Member 1) VIVID!
(All) La-la-la, Latte! La-la-la, Love!
[VERSE 1]
(Member 1): Sunlight in my cup, feel so light.
(Member 2): Nuni busyeo (So dazzling), everything's right.
(Member 3): Caramel clouds in a lavender sky,
(Member 4): Dalkomhan (Sweet) feeling, I’m flying high.
[PRE-CHORUS]
(Member 5): Jogeumssik (Little by little) closer to you...
(Member 2): My heart is racing, what should I do?
(Member 1): One, two... Sijakhae (Start it!)
(All): Sparkle!
[CHORUS]
(All): La-la-la, Latte! La-la-la, Love!
(Member 3): Simjang bubbling, high above!
(All): La-la-la, Latte! La-la-la, Love!
(Member 5): Niga pil-yohae (I need you), all I think of!
(All) Drip, drop, sugar pop! (x2)
[VERSE 2]
(Member 5 - Rapper): Espresso shot, naneun (I am) hot, naneun bold.
(Member 1): Dugun-dugun (Pit-a-pat), story untold.
(Member 4): Urimane (Our own) flavor, let it flow,
(All): Don't be shy, let the world know!
[BRIDGE]
(Member 4 - High Note): Neon naui (You are my) cream, neon naui gold...
(Member 3): Everything is melting, never getting old.
(Member 4): MY LATTE LOOOOOVE! (Breathy high note)
[FINAL CHORUS & OUTRO]
(All): La-la-la, Latte! La-la-la, Love!
(All): La-la-la, Latte! La-la-la, Love!
(All): Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo...
(Member 3): Dalkomhae (It's sweet).
(All): V-I-V-I-D!
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CHORUS MELODY (TOPLINE) — 8 bars in C major, 120 BPM
- Key: C major | Tempo: 120 BPM | Lead range target: A3 (57) — E5 (76)
- Lead center for chorus: G4 — C5 (sparkly launch to C5 on the long note)
Bar 1 ("La-la-la, Latte!")
- Solfège / scale degrees: 5 - 5 - 6 - 5
- Notes (octave & MIDI): G4 (67) - G4 (67) - A4 (69) - G4 (67)
- Rhythm: quarter, quarter, eighth, eighth (then small rest to breathe)
- Delivery: bright, slightly clipped on the first two "La"s, little portamento into the A on the third syllable.
Bar 2 ("La-la-la, Love!")
- Scale degrees: 3 - 3 - 4 - 3
- Notes: E4 (64) - E4 (64) - F4 (65) - E4 (64)
- Rhythm: quarter, quarter, eighth, eighth
- Delivery: a softer fall—use gentle head-voice on the final E to create contrast with Bar 1.
Bar 3 ("Simjang bubbling, high above!")
- Scale degrees: 5 - 6 - 7 - 1(upper)
- Notes: G4 (67) - A4 (69) - B4 (71) - C5 (72)
- Rhythm: eighth, eighth, quarter, half (hold the C5 on "a-bove" as a breathy sustained note)
- Delivery: launch upward; long, breathy sustain on C5 for sparkle. This is the emotional peak of the chorus.
Bar 4 ("La-la-la, Latte! ...")
- Repeat Bars 1-2 with a small variation: add a 16th grace into the second "Love" (quick slide into E4)
- Notes & Rhythm: mirror Bars 1-2 but with the grace note on the final syllable for a cute, kawaii ornament.
Bars 5-8: Repeat the 4-bar phrase for symmetry but introduce:
- Bar 6: harmony stack enters (3rds above on sustained notes)
- Bar 7: overlap ad-libs (high oohs on A4-B4) behind the long C5
- Bar 8: close with rhythmic "Drip, drop, sugar pop!" tag (see rhythmic placement below)
Rhythmic placement & the hook
- Place primary hook syllables on
