Hrtz.Wav brings us ‘Nineteen’ from their album The First Wave. The group offers a warm look back at young love and nostalgia. Lyricists Youngjun and Riaan write about memories that stay with you.
Released: April 8, 2026
Nineteen
Hrtz.Wav • From “The First Wave”
Nineteen Lyrics Translation – The First Wave Soundtrack
The song talks about a love that feels like an infinitely looping tape. Hrtz.Wav mentions a hundred pictures from a day off to show these stuck memories. The vocalist asks for one simple thing: ‘hold me like we used to.’
I’ve been counting daysI’ve been counting the days,
Amu maldo mot han chaero maeilunable to say anything every day.
Meomchwo isseo neowa naui sungan sogeI’m frozen in the moments you and I shared.
Honjanmarirado, girl, I hope you notice, I, I want you toEven if I’m talking to myself, girl, I hope you notice, I, I want you to.
Mirai ga fuan ni naru toki moEven when the future makes me anxious,
Be mine, da da da dareun gose isseodobe mine, e-e-even if we’re in different places.
Neomaneul hyanghan mameun yeojeonhaeMy feelings for you remain the same,
Sunsuhan moseup geudaerojust as pure as they were.
Cause all you gotta do, ooh, ooh, ooh‘Cause all you’ve got to do, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Is hold me like we used to, ooh, oohis hold me like we used to, ooh, ooh.
Yeongwonhal geot gatdeon youth, ooh, ooh, oohThe youth that felt like it would last forever, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Forever, forever like nineteenForever, forever like nineteen.
Let me know if you want me, let me know if you need meLet me know if you want me, let me know if you need me.
Deureobwa, hear your heartbeat getting louderListen, hear your heartbeat getting louder.
Malhaejwo ’cause I want you, tell the truth ’cause I need youTell me ’cause I want you, tell the truth ’cause I need you.
Forever, forever like nineteenForever, forever like nineteen.
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ahAh, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
Eoreunin cheok mareun haedoEven if I talk like I’m a grown-up,
Thought about it over and over againI thought about it over and over again.
Soljiki ttokgata, geuttae geu gyejeoreHonestly, it’s exactly the same as it was in that season.
Uh, muhan banbokdoen teipeu, uh, beoseonajil mothaeUh, like an infinitely looping tape, uh, I can’t escape it.
Still my head is like chaos, chaosStill my head is like chaos, chaos.
A hundred pictures from our day off, day offA hundred pictures from our day off, day off.
Iksukaejin sajin sogeInside those familiar photographs,
Namabeorin dulman aneun chueokdeul jeonbu daare all the memories left behind that only we know.
Rewind, kimi to no kioku oRewind the memories I have of you.
Be mine, ppeo-ppeo-ppeo-ppeonhan mariljiradoBe mine, e-e-even if it sounds like a cliché.
Neomaneul hyanghan mameun yeojeonhaeMy feelings for you remain the same,
Cheoeum geu neukkim geudaerojust like that very first feeling.
Cause all you gotta do, ooh, ooh, ooh‘Cause all you’ve got to do, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Is hold me like we used to, ooh, oohis hold me like we used to, ooh, ooh.
Yeongwonhal geot gatdeon youth, ooh, ooh, oohThe youth that felt like it would last forever, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Forever, forever like nineteenForever, forever like nineteen.
Let me know if you want me, let me know if you need meLet me know if you want me, let me know if you need me.
Deureobwa, hear your heartbeat getting louderListen, hear your heartbeat getting louder.
Malhaejwo ’cause I want you, tell the truth ’cause I need youTell me ’cause I want you, tell the truth ’cause I need you.
Forever, forever like nineteenForever, forever like nineteen.
One last tryOne last try,
Doragal su itgeso we can go back.
Light the skyLight the sky,
I’ll find your silhouetteI’ll find your silhouette.
Jiteun eodumeIn the deep darkness,
Neoreul bichulgeI’ll shine a light on you,
Like a satellitelike a satellite.
Cause all you gotta do, ooh, ooh, ooh‘Cause all you’ve got to do, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Is hold me like we used to, ooh, oohis hold me like we used to, ooh, ooh.
Yeongwonhal geot gatdeon youth, ooh, ooh, oohThe youth that felt like it would last forever, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Forever, forever like nineteenForever, forever like nineteen.
Let me know if you want me, let me know if you need meLet me know if you want me, let me know if you need me.
Deureobwa, hear your heartbeat getting louderListen, hear your heartbeat getting louder.
Malhaejwo ’cause I want you, tell the truth ’cause I need youTell me ’cause I want you, tell the truth ’cause I need you.
Forever, forever like nineteenForever, forever like nineteen.
Nineteen Music Video
‘Nineteen’ is about holding onto a pure first love. The lyrics show how a special age can define a feeling forever.