I'll See You There Tomorrow
Updated: 2 days ago
⋆ Korean Title: I'll Be Waiting At Tomorrow
⋆ Genre: UK House
⋆ Producing Credits: Shift K3Y
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Lewis Jankel, Uzoechi Emenike, Yeonjun, Kim Min Hyung, Ellie Suh (153/Joombas), Maiz, Yi Yi Jin, "hitman" bang, Hueningkai, Taehyun, Jeon Jieun, danke, Stella Jang
ABOUT/MEANING: “I’ll See You There Tomorrow” centres on a promise to reunite with someone significant despite the distance that exists between them in the present. Rather than treating tomorrow simply as another day that will eventually arrive, the song imagines it as somewhere both people can reach - a future meeting place where they hope to fulfil the promise they once made.
That belief gives direction to the time spent apart. The boy cannot erase the distance or uncertainty of the present, but he can continue moving forward because he trusts that “you” are somewhere ahead of him. Waiting therefore becomes an active expression of commitment: tomorrow matters because it contains the possibility of finding one another again.
The song also draws closely from The Little Prince, particularly the Prince’s relationship with the Fox. When the Fox asks to be “tamed,” he explains that forming ties with someone makes them unique to you and transforms otherwise ordinary things through their association with that person. “I’ll See You There Tomorrow” echoes this through the idea that “we tamed each other” and its imagery of a wheat field, suggesting a bond that continues to give meaning to the world even while the two are apart.
Within minisode 3: TOMORROW, this return to an earlier promise is especially significant. After years of growing, separating, losing his way and confronting reality, the boy begins looking back towards a connection - and a promise - that has endured within his memories. Remembering what once tied them together gives him a new sense of direction: the future is no longer something he simply has to face, but somewhere he has a reason to keep moving towards.
“I’ll See You There Tomorrow” therefore transforms an ordinary farewell into a promise. “Tomorrow” represents hope not because everything will automatically become better with time, but because he believes there is someone worth continuing towards — and a promise worth keeping when they finally meet again.
TITLE TRANSLATION NUANCE: The Korean title 내일에서 기다릴게 (naeil-eseo gidarilge) carries a nuance that cannot be reproduced exactly in English. A close literal rendering would be “I’ll wait in/at tomorrow.”
What makes the phrasing distinctive is -에서 (-eseo), a particle commonly used to mark the place where an action occurs. It would ordinarily appear with locations such as “at school” or “at home”; attaching it to 내일 (naeil, “tomorrow”) gives this expression of time an unusual spatial quality. “Tomorrow” consequently feels not merely like a point in time, but almost like a place or destination where someone can wait.
The title can therefore evoke the image of one person reaching “tomorrow” and waiting there for the other to arrive. This beautifully reinforces the song’s themes of separation, promise and reunion: even if the two cannot be together in the present, tomorrow becomes a shared space towards which they can both continue moving.
Rather than simply hoping that the future will be better, 내일에서 기다릴게 makes that future feel almost tangible - somewhere their promised reunion can take place.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Someone like you, there's only one in this world
We tamed each other, you and I
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: This directly draws from The Little Prince, a major inspiration for minisode 3: TOMORROW. The Fox asks the Prince to “tame” him, explaining that to tame someone means to establish ties: through their relationship, each becomes unique and irreplaceable to the other. “We tamed each other” makes that bond mutual, suggesting that both people have been permanently changed by the connection they formed and remain responsible for what it has come to mean.
To me who wanted to run away
CONNECTION: This recalls “Run Away,” where the overwhelmed boy longs to escape reality with “you” into a magical world. Years later, TOMORROW finds him no longer asking “you” to run away with him; instead, remembering their connection gives him a reason to continue moving through reality towards the future where he hopes they will meet again.
There was a child who said, 'Let's meet again tomorrow.'
I was dazzled by the sparkle
Your hands slipped out of mine
After wandering for so long
I realized the meaning of your words from long ago
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: This echoes the Prince’s changing understanding of love in The Little Prince. Only after leaving his Rose and travelling away from her does he come to understand the significance of the bond they formed. Similarly, the boy here recognises the meaning of words spoken long ago only after separation, wandering and growth have given him a different perspective.
I believe we are meant to be
It's okay if you're late, I'll always be here
I'll be waiting in tomorrow
There'll be no more sorrow, I'll see you there tomorrow
There'll be no more sorrow, I'll see you thеre tomorrow
There'll bе no more sorrow, I'll see you there tomorrow
There'll be no more sorrow, I'll see you there tomorrow
There'll be no more sorrow, I'll see you there tomorrow
Because of your golden hair
It's like loving a shining wheat field
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: This directly recalls the Fox in The Little Prince. Before meeting the Prince, wheat means nothing to him because he does not eat bread; after being tamed, however, its golden colour will remind him of the Prince’s golden hair. Their relationship transforms something previously ordinary into a source of memory and affection. Likewise, the lyric suggests that loving someone changes the world around us: even in their absence, ordinary sights can carry the meaning
Just hearing the sound of your footsteps
Will be enough to make me happy
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: This also recalls the Fox, who explains that once he has been tamed, the Prince’s footsteps will sound different from everyone else’s and call him out of his burrow. Forming a bond makes even the smallest signs of another person’s presence recognisable and precious; here, simply hearing “your” footsteps is enough to bring happiness because they belong to the person the boy has been waiting for.
In that simple promise
There were only ordinary words
But the excitement that I feel in every moment
Feels like a miracle brought to me because of you
CONNECTION: The description of their connection as a “miracle” anticipates “Miracle,” another song on minisode 3: TOMORROW that centres on recognising the relationship between “you and I” as something miraculous and precious.
I believe we are meant to be
It's okay if you're late, I'll always be here
I'll be waiting in tomorrow
There'll be no more sorrow, I'll see you there tomorrow
Recall the promise between you and me
I will definitely recognize you
CONNECTION: Recognition and remembering are central to minisode 3: TOMORROW. In the album’s concept trailer, the now-grown boys encounter the Fox again but initially fail to recognise him, echoing The Little Prince’s wider concern with what can be forgotten as children grow into adults. Against that imagery, “I will definitely recognise you” becomes especially significant: the boy promises that separation, time and growing older will not make him forget the person with whom he formed this bond.
The "us" who will meet tomorrow
We'll be together beyond that
I'll see you there tomorrow
Together beyond that, I'll see you there tomorrow
Together beyond that, I'll see you there tomorrow
Together beyond that, I'll see you there tomorrow
Together beyond that, I'll see you there tomorrow
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