CHEESE

**CHEESE** is a song recorded by South Korean boy group Stray Kids. It is the first track from their second studio album *NOEASY*.

## Composition

> We expressed our own naughty colors with a fun word play on "cheese", which we use for smiling, and an analogy to different types of cheese. You'll have fun spotting the main lyrics from our past titles in the witty lyrics. You'll also enjoy the powerful rock sound, gritty bass synths, and heavy kick.
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## Lyrics

 All   Bang Chan   Lee Know   Changbin   Hyunjin   HAN   Felix   Seungmin   I.N
* HAN
* ROM
* ENG

뚜뚜뚜뚜뚜뚜 웃겨?

머리가 아픈 게 웃겨?

A급 감성이 웃겨?

하 CHEESE

옷차림 헤어스타일

내 눈엔 폼나지

외부인 외계인

취급은 익숙해 난 뻔뻔하지

Funny funny 날 보고 웃었다면

더 빵빵 터지게 해줄게

딱 봐도 born to be 광대

다 같이 붕붕 날아볼래?

Hold up

우습기에 굳었지 파마산 치즈

너네 한마디면 분위기 freeze

개그 코드가 모자라 치즈

Jeez Jeez

I love what you hate

네가 뭐라든 재밌거든 다

Thank you, I love it

헛소리 대판 벌인다

검지 (엄지) 중지 (검지) 약지 새끼 what?

검지 중지 약지 새끼 접어 what?

씹고 뜯고 맛보다 즐길 거면서

What's the matter?

정색 말고 인상 좀 피자 like 반죽

CHEESE

뚜뚜뚜뚜뚜뚜 웃겨?

머리가 아픈 게 웃겨?

A급 감성이 웃겨?

웃겨? CHEESE

비둘기 까치가 웃겨?

까마귀 소리가 웃겨?

A급 감성이 웃겨?

웃겨? CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 웃어봐

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 웃어봐

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

웃기지 내 걸음걸이

우리가 만든 거 다 놀림거리

Look, why did you say it like that?

혓바닥 shotgun 장전

Click Clack Bang

그래 생각해요 네 맘대로

이러쿵저러쿵 I don’t know

Do what you do, out of 안중

내가 내려가는 건 걍 네 개꿈

검지 (엄지) 중지 (검지) 약지 새끼 what?

씹고 뜯고 맛보다 즐길 거면서

What's the matter?

정색 말고 인상 좀 피자 like 반죽

“자 하나 둘 셋”

CHEESE

뚜뚜뚜뚜뚜뚜 웃겨?

머리가 아픈 게 웃겨?

A급 감성이 웃겨?

웃겨? CHEESE

비둘기 까치가 웃겨?

까마귀 소리가 웃겨?

A급 감성이 웃겨?

웃겨? CHEESE

Blue Cheese

Cheddar Cheese

Parmesan Cheese

CHEESE

뚜뚜뚜뚜뚜뚜 웃겨?

머리가 아픈 게 웃겨?

A급 감성이 웃겨?

웃겨?! CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 웃어봐

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 웃어봐

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

ttuttuttuttuttuttu utgyeo?

meoriga apeun ge utgyeo?

Ageup gamseongi utgyeo?

ha CHEESE

otcharim heeoseutail

nae nunen pomnaji

oebuin oegyein

chwigeubeun iksukae nan ppeonppeonhaji

Funny funny nal bogo useotdamyeon

deo ppangppang teojige haejulge

ttak bwado born to be gwangdae

da gachi bungbung narabollae?

Hold up

useupgie gudeotji pamasan chijeu

neone hanmadimyeon bunwigi freeze

gaegeu kodeuga mojara chijeu

Jeez Jeez

I love what you hate

nega mworadeun jaemitgeodeun da

Thank you, I love it

heotsori daepan beorinda

geomji (eomji) jungji (geomji) yakji saekki what?

geomji jungji yakji saekki jeobeo what?

ssipgo tteutgo matboda jeulgil geomyeonseo

What's the matter?

jeongsaek malgo insang jom pija like banjuk

CHEESE

ttuttuttuttuttuttu utgyeo?

meoriga apeun ge utgyeo?

Ageup gamseongi utgyeo?

utgyeo? CHEESE

bidulgi kkachiga utgyeo?

kkamagwi soriga utgyeo?

Ageup gamseongi utgyeo?

utgyeo? CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah useobwa

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah useobwa

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

utgiji nae georeumgeori

uriga mandeun geo da nollimgeori

Look, why did you say it like that?

hyeotbadak shotgun jangjeon

Click Clack Bang

geurae saenggakaeyo ne mamdaero

ireokungjeoreokung I don’t know

Do what you do, out of anjung

naega naeryeoganeun geon gyang ne gaekkum

geomji (eomji) jungji (geomji) yakji saekki what?

ssipgo tteutgo matboda jeulgil geomyeonseo

What's the matter?

jeongsaek malgo insang jom pija like banjuk

“ja hana dul set”

CHEESE

ttuttuttuttuttuttu utgyeo?

meoriga apeun ge utgyeo?

Ageup gamseongi utgyeo?

utgyeo? CHEESE

bidulgi kkachiga utgyeo?

kkamagwi soriga utgyeo?

Ageup gamseongi utgyeo?

utgyeo? CHEESE

Blue Cheese

Cheddar Cheese

Parmesan Cheese

CHEESE

ttuttuttuttuttuttu utgyeo?

meoriga apeun ge utgyeo?

Ageup gamseongi utgyeo?

utgyeo?! CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah useobwa

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah useobwa

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

Du-du-du-du-du-du is that funny to you?

Is it funny that we have a headache?

Are these A-grade vibes funny to you?

Ha CHEESE

Our hairstyle and our fashion

Looks good to me

I am used to being treated like an outsider

An alien, I am that bold

Funny, funny, if you laughed at me

I'll crack you up even harder

Just by looking at me, you can tell, I was born to be a clown

Do you go for a ride together?

Hold up

We're so funny you all got stiff, Parmesan cheese

If you say one word, the vibe freezes

Your humor is a bit mozzarella cheese

Jeez, Jeez

I love what you hate

Whatever you say, it's all fun to me

Thank you, I love it

Gonna create chaos with our nonsense now

Index finger (thumb) middle finger (index finger) ring finger, pinky, what?

Index finger, middle finger, ring finger, pinky, put them down like, what?

Bite down, take a bite yeah, and enjoy yourselves anyway

What's the matter?

Turn that frown upside down, and put on a smile, like pizza dough

CHEESE

Du-du-du-du-du-du is that funny to you?

Is it funny that we have a headache?

Are these A-grade vibes funny to you?

Is this funny? CHEESE

Is the pigeon and the magpie funny to you?

Is the crow's crowing funny to you?

Are these A-grade vibes funny to you?

Is it funny? CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah smile

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah smile

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

Isn't how we walk so funny?

Everything we made is a joke

Look, why'd you say it like that?

Shotgun in your tongue reload

Click Clack Bang

So think whatever you like

This and that, I don't know

Do what you do, out of fucks to give

My downfall is just a stupid dream of yoursm

Index finger, (thumb) middle finger, (index finger) ring finger, pinky, what?

Index finger, middle finger, ring finger, pinky, put them down like, what?

Bite down, take a bite yeah, and enjoy yourselves anyway

What's the matter?

Turn that frown upside down, and put on a smile, like pizza dough

“Let's say one, two, three”

CHEESE

Du-du-du-du-du-du is that funny to you?

Is it funny that we have a headache?

Are these A-grade vibes funny to you?

Is this funny? CHEESE

Is the pigeon and the magpie funny to you?

Is the crow's crowing funny to you?

Are these A-grade vibes funny to you?

Is it funny? CHEESE

Blue Cheese

Cheddar Cheese

Parmesan Cheese

CHEESE

Du-du-du-du-du-du is that funny to you?

Is it funny that we have a headache?

Are these A-grade vibes funny to you?

Is this funny?! CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah smile

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah smile

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah CHEESE

## Videos

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## Performances

-2021 MAMA- Stray Kids - CHEESE - Mnet 211211 방송*2021 MAMA*
## Media Evaluation

> Reclaiming the criticism Stray Kids have received in their career, “Cheese” not only brings the lyricism which is a big FU to their haters but also the “noisy” production. An incredible opener for the album, “Cheese” contains some of Stray Kids’ most clever lyricism. And also pays homage to two of Stray Kids’ most popular experimental tracks: “부작용 (Side Effects)” and “神메뉴 (God’s Menu).” The industrial rock production of the song plays into the “noisy” stereotype but Stray Kids make it work as they always have.
> ― Genius Korea: 20 Best B-Sides of 2021
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## Trivia

* The song was created with the British animation *Wallace and Gromit* in mind, particularly the catchphrase "Cheese, Gromit, Cheese".
* Self referencing lyrics include:
	+ "Du-Du-Du-Du-Du-Du" (chorus of "God's Menu")
	+ "Is it funny that we have a headache?" (hook of "Side Effects")
	+ "Is the pigeon and the magpie funny to you?" (Changbin's verse in "God's Menu")
	+ "Is the crow's crowing funny to you?"(crow sound in "Awkward Silence")
* The lyrics "index finger (thumb), middle finger (index finger), ring finger, pinky, what?" describe putting down the index, middle, ring and pinky fingers, leaving the thumb up. Only listening to the adlibs, however, describe putting down the thumb, index, ring and pinky fingers, leaving the middle finger up; Stray Kids' implied gesture towards those who target their music.

## Navigation

1. ↑  Stray Kids: [INTRO "NOEASY"] (August 22, 2021)