Moa Diary (Dubaddu Wari Wari)
Updated: 2 days ago
⋆ Genre: Dance Pop
⋆ Producing Credits: Arcades
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Thomson, Graham, Brandes, Alex Karlsson, Taehyun, James F. Reynolds, Beomgyu, Soobin, Yeonjun, Hueningkai
ABOUT/MEANING: “MOA Diary (Dubaddu Wari Wari)” is TXT’s love letter to MOA, celebrating the relationship they have built with their fans and the memories that belong uniquely to them. Written with contributions from all five members, the song takes the form of a diary, preserving the affection, gratitude and happiness TXT associate with the people who have accompanied them throughout their journey.
Rather than simply thanking MOA for supporting them, the song emphasises the reciprocal nature of that connection. TXT and MOA have encouraged one another, made memories together and gradually developed their own language of names, references, jokes and codes, giving the relationship a history that belongs particularly to them. The playful “Dubaddu Wari Wari” refrain embodies that intimacy: something deliberately childish and affectionate that gains meaning because TXT and MOA understand and share it together.
Within the emotionally turbulent The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE, “MOA Diary” offers something unusually grounded and real. Away from the album’s fictionalised struggles with a chaotic world, TXT turn directly towards the people who have accompanied their actual journey. Looking back on what they have already experienced together becomes inseparable from looking forward: the diary is still being written, with TXT expressing the hope that they and MOA will continue filling its future pages together.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATION
❗This song contains several references and nuances that aren't covered in the lyric video. To gain a deeper understanding of the song, feel free to check them out in the written lyrics below.
Look back, the times of you and I that feel like a dream
Gather forever/Forever MOA
WORDPLAY: 모아 (moa) is both TXT's fandom name, MOA, and a form of the Korean verb 모으다, meaning “to gather” or “collect.” This allows the line to be heard in two overlapping ways: as “forever MOA” and as an invitation to “gather” the dreamlike memories TXT and MOA have made together forever. The wordplay is particularly fitting for a song structured like a diary, preserving the moments they have shared.
Until we’re shining again
Remember? the day we first met
Only the little mermaid txt
Your name that I wanted to call out
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: Before TXT's debut, fans nicknamed them “Little Mermaid TXT” because the members communicated through written social-media posts before their voices had been revealed - like the voiceless Little Mermaid. The following line, “Your name that I wanted to call out,” extends the reference into TXT and MOA's history: after their original fandom name was withdrawn, TXT did not officially name their fans MOA until August 2019. The song looks back on a time when TXT first had no audible “voice” and then no permanent name by which to call their fans.
(MOA MOA MOA MOA)
It’s a little embarrassing just with words
To show you my heart like this
So how about that, just the two of us?
(E-oh e-oh e-oh e-oh)
Dubaddu wari wari, dubaddu wari wari
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: “Dubaddu” (두밧두) is a playful variation of “Tubatu” (투바투), the commonly used Korean abbreviation/nickname for TOMORROW X TOGETHER.
He-e-ey whisper it
The secret between you and I
They say it's childish,
So what? It fits us
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: Soobin wrote “They say it's childish / So what? It fits us” after worrying that “Dubaddu Wari Wari” might sound childish to people outside the fandom. Rather than removing the playful phrase, he incorporated that possible reaction into the song itself, embracing it as something that suits TXT and MOA.
One more time!
Dubaddu wari wari
Memorize this spell
CONNECTION: Calling “Dubaddu Wari Wari” a “spell” continues TXT's recurring use of magical words as symbols of connection. “CROWN” uses a spell-like phrase as loneliness disappears, while “Run Away” imagines creating a spell that can connect “you” and the boy. Here, TXT and MOA have developed a spell of their own: a phrase understood particularly between artist and fans that can provide encouragement and remind them of their connection.
Look back, the times of you and I that feel like a dream
Gather forever/Forever MOA
Until we’re shining again
Kick back
Every moment that we’re together
Take my hand all night so I don’t go anywhere
Even on these ordinary days
Even on the days we lost the summer
Record it in our diary tonight
It’ll comfort you on our summer night
CONNECTION: The lyrics directly reference both “We Lost the Summer” and “Our Summer.” Placing the two titles together connects very different periods of TXT's journey: the warmth and happiness represented by “Our Summer” and the separation and disruption captured by “We Lost the Summer.” “MOA Diary” preserves both kinds of memories - ordinary, joyful and difficult - as part of the history TXT and MOA have shared.
Send to me
Walk with me
Don’t worry, just tell you story
Bad feeling? Feel silly?
Just remember our code
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: While “Dubaddu” playfully refers to TXT, “Wari Wari” was created without a fixed lexical meaning, allowing the phrase to function as a special code between TXT and MOA. It has since become a real-world call-and-response: MOA can say or gesture “Dubaddu,” with TXT responding “Wari Wari.” The idea also echoes TXT's long-running use of coded communication, particularly the Morse code that has appeared throughout their story since their pre-debut introductions and “CROWN.”
Dubaddu wari wari, dubaddu wari wari
He-e-ey whisper it
The magic between you and I
CONNECTION: “The magic between you and I” references “Magic,” which similarly describes another person's presence as something capable of transforming an otherwise difficult or ordinary world. In “MOA Diary,” that idea is applied directly to TXT and MOA: their shared connection becomes its own kind of “magic.”
When you say it, you'll gain strength
One more time!
Dubaddu wari wari
Caught in this spell
Look back, the times of you and I that feel like a dream
Gather forever/Forever MOA
Until we’re shining again
Kick back
Every moment that we’re together
Take my hand all night so I don’t go anywhere
I am here for you
Till the end, till the end
Till you call my name
CONNECTION: Names and being called by name are recurring motifs throughout TXT's music, often representing identity, recognition and connection - the experience of being seen, remembered and accepted for who you are by another person. Beginning with “CROWN,” where being called by “you” helps transform the boy's understanding of the parts of himself that once made him feel different, the motif continues through songs such as “Run Away,” “Magic Island,” “Way Home” and “Magic.” In “MOA Diary,” it moves beyond the songs' fictionalised relationships and into TXT's real connection with MOA: “Till you call my name” becomes a promise to continue recognising, remembering and being there for one another.
Here for you
I’ll be there, I’ll be there
Till the sweeter end
WORDPLAY: “Till the sweeter end” playfully rewrites the familiar expression “till the bitter end,” meaning to remain committed until something is completely finished despite difficulty. Replacing “bitter” with “sweeter” turns the phrase into a warmer promise to continue the journey together.
Here for you
The words ‘let’s be together tomorrow too’
CONTEXT/EXPLANATION: “Let's be together tomorrow too” reflects TXT's full name, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and is also a phrase the members chant together before significant performances and events. Within the song, it becomes a promise extended to MOA: not simply remembering the time already shared, but continuing to meet one another in the “tomorrow” still ahead.
Here for you
Please promise me that here
Dubaddu wari wari, dubaddu wari wari
He-e-ey whisper it to me
The secret between you and I
They say it's childish,
So what? It fits us
One more time!
Dubaddu wari wari
Memorize this spell
Look back
All the moments when you felt alone
Stand by me all night
We’ll be together forever
Kick back
The times we cried and laughed together
And for tomorrow that will come
It will all shine brightly
I am here for you
Till the end, till the end
Till you call my name
Here for you
I’ll be there, I’ll be there
Till the sweeter end
Here for you
The words ‘let’s be together tomorrow too’
Here for you
Please promise me that here
(Shine shine)
Until your shining,
Shining shining by my side
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