Are you a fan of baseball? Honestly, I do not know that much about baseball, but I am still a Lotte Giants fan.

There is a quote that says, “you don’t choose your family. They choose you.”

It is like how you can’t choose who your family is, you can’t choose which baseball team to cheer for. If you were born in Busan, you are supposed to cheer for the Lotte Giants. That’s that.

Let me tell you a little bit about the team song that the Busan fans chant at each game.

It’s called ‘Busan Seagull’.

Many of these songs have lyrics that inspire victory and excitement such as the verses “we are the champions” or “we will rock you” by the band Queen.

But Busan Seagull is not like other songs.

This song was sung by Moon Sungjae (문성재) and was released in 1982. This was not meant to be the Lotte Giant’s theme song, but it was adopted later into the development of the team.

Here are the lyrics to 부산 갈매기:

파도치는 부둣가에 지나간 일들이 가슴에 남았는데

Every memory we had near the port remains in my heart

부산 갈매기 부산 갈매기 너는 정녕 나를 잊었나

Busan Seagull Busan Seagull, have you really forgotten me?

Obviously, the song is not all about victory, but when cheering for the Lotte Giants, the meaning of the words and their connection to the team is not what is most important. How the song makes the team and Busan citizens feel is all that matters.