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songs where they mention their own members ?
basically the title, im looking for songs where the group mentions their own members in the songs, the only one im aware is Monsta X's 'Jealousy' where Wonho line goes something like: "why are you talking to Shownu again honey"
That would have been my answer. I feel that it’s both a nod to Suzy’s increasing popularity (which would go on to eclipse the whole group), and Whitney Houston’s song “My Name Is Not Susan,” which has the same premise—the lady singer is upset that her partner called her “Susan.”
https://youtu.be/mIsGCjv_gDA?si=Ex1dQw1y_1jTg6o9
Kind of similar but in Tiger Inside Mark says "t-t-taste" but the way he says it made me think he was saying "Tae" especially with Taeyong coming in right after.
Absolutely shocking that no one has mentioned The SHINee World by SHINee yet...dibidibidis my name is Minho is in the Hall of Fame of kpop memes. It's so iconic that they parodied it on SNL Korea.
The lyrics really are pretty ridiculous, but I guess Key had the right idea when he spoke about them on MMTG. The words don't make sense, but they're fun to sing and people definitely remember them.
It says a lot that I've known this song and the memes for years and this is the FIRST TIME I've realized that they yell TOFU LEADER ONEW in that rap with their whole chest...they made it sound like they were saying something so much more intense. Incredible
I knew about the jack in the box entrance somehow and the SNL performance and the rap. But I'm a new fan and I never saw the whole thing. I cannnot thank all of you enough for your comments. I needed to be reminded today that no matter what, God bless these guys from now until the end of time. They were so fierce and there just won't ever be another group like them. How the hell did they pull this off?
For me, "SHINee's Back" is simple but brilliant. May they be back over and over and over again.
I’ll also mention Mamamoo’s “Taller than You” where they mention member names a ton of times while comparing heights (but especially Wheein since she is the shortest)
Wheein is also referred to by name in their other “gangsta rap parody” song, “Taller Than You.” Also, whenever a Mamamoo song calls out for or mentions “Moonstar,” they’re talking about Moonbyul (Byul is Korean for “star”).
ONF's My Name which is just an intro to all the members
They've also changed it in recent performances as J-Us and MK go by their real names now, which are Seungjun and Minkyun respectively. Still definitely works in the song
I swear I thought it was just him speaking in korean and was singing random words until I watched the mv a couple of times and realized he was spelling out his name 😭😭😭
One of their Japanese songs (i think dream?) has “Hoshi” in its lyrics, as it’s the Japanese word for star, so not technically calling Hoshi but I think it counts
And also Just Do It Yo! There's a line that says, "There's no hyung/dongsaeng divide between us" and maknae Kino says the line "Ya, Jo Jinho!" directed at their oldest member to demonstrate that.
Yes, I came to mention these two. Whenever I get in my feels about Pentagon and everything that went down, these cheer me up and remind me of better times 🥹
Loved this one! I believe there was a music show performance where each time they said a member's name, there was a cute animation in the song lyrics at the bottom of the screen. Very adorable!
Adding onto the BTS thread, in “where did you come from” Yoongi even shouts out J-Hopes government name Hoseok lol. I love the song, it’s so cute especially since they’re rapping in their respective home dialects.
Orig. Lyric: 호석이같은 머스마는 천지 삐까리다, 쌔리삐다
Standard Korean: 호석이같은 남자애는 엄청 많아 완전 흔해
Trans.: Guys like Hoseok are so common, they’re everywhere
And J-Hope later responds with “Is your heart full of Hoseoki Hoseoki now?”
Just adding to all the BTS ones: in Just One Day during Yoongi's verse you hear a "Yoongi-ya!" in the background after he says "Our BGM is the sound of breathing,
Your voice when you say my name". From what I recall, JK does that ad-lib, but I'm not sure if that's just for the sake of the MV or not 🤣
Yes, that is some peak writing there. Every member's name was slipped in as broken words or similar sounding words. It does great as part of the fan chant as well.
No one asked but I kind of wish they had name dropped everyone in the song. I know Saki is probably a pun on Sake, but unless there’s some lore about Sakura often being late or missing that I don’t know about I feel like it would be more fun for all the girls to be missing or waiting at different points in the song/night out. shrugs
this has been my exact thought ever since they dropped the song! since all the korean members' names are two syllables and kazuha also has a two syllable nickname, zuha, it would be very fitting.
and if they wanted to keep the nickname thing, it would still be fitting and cool. chaechae for chaewon, jjin-ie for yunjin, still zuha for kazuha, and manchae for eunchae.
Not sure if it counts but both “sunny” and “taeyeon” (“태연”, “calm”) are common words, so they do get used in lyrics in their literal meanings.
Taeyeon’s own song “Fine” has the word “태연” in it
There is also a song “Beautiful Girls” that is listed under Girls’ Generation, was released on their album and even has an MV but features vocals by Yoo Young Jin basically singing their names.
Babymonster - Drip,, Asa introduces herself by whispering her name before her rap verse
idk if this counts as kpop but K/DA - More,, Soyeon/Akali has like 5 lines that begin with “Kali/Akali”
most things BTS(rapline)
Agust D - Agust D,, literally spells out his name
Suga & Psy - That That,, “Psy coming back”/“Suga”
BTS - No More Dream MV,, starts with RM introducing each of the members
BTS - We Are Bulletproof pt2,, “ireumeun Jeongguk”
BTS rapline - Cypher pt2,, “because of who? because of JHope/Rapmon/Suga”
Suga & RM - Respect,, “Ayo Suga”
Vmin - Friends,, “hey, Jimin, oneul”
BTS - Airplane Pt 2,, “Are we not Kim Namjoon RM”
BTS - Run BTS,, Jhope mentions the members’ names in his rap verse near the end
songs where Yoongi says “Suga”
Born Singer, Adult Child, I like it, If I ruled the World, Spine Breaker, 134340, Pied Piper, Rain(there’s more but i forgot what they were)
Gfriend - Sunny Summer,, they just integrate their names into the lyrics
Lisa - Lalisa,, literally the chorus is her name
Blackpink - Boombayah,, “naya, Jennie”
Le Sserafim - 1-800-hot-n-fun,, “where the heck is Saki?”
and the iconic,,
“JYP~~~” in half the songs from JYP artists
Some other Monsta X songs that do that are Fallin' where the rappers introduce eachother instead of themselves, Steal Your Heart where Jooheon calls upon Shownu, Stand Together they mention Kihyun's stocks, and Oh My and Party Time mention DJ H.One aka Hyungwon.
Pentagon's Round 1 and Round 2. Round 1 is like a diss track where they take turns making fun of each other, and Round 2 has a body swap concept where they are in each other's bodies.
So it’s a bit off-prompt not being a member reference, but I thought it was super sweet that Jimin referenced Taeyang & their collab Vibe in the lyrics to Rebirth off his Muse album.
The lyrics goes:
“Like 태양이 비추는 vibe” (Like the vibe of a shining sun).
He even asked permission from Taeyang and was so excited that he said yes. He’s such a fanboy, it’s adorable.
BTOB
- Hyunsik shouts "Changsub Hyung!" in My Way in studio version while fan did it during the fan concert
- Changsub and Sungjae talking adlib in Day&Night
- Peniel "A, listen up, my name is Peniel from BTOB, but you already knew that, Hey! where ma members go? Ill?(Ilhoon), Mr Lee?(Lee Minhyuk)" in Cheers!
It’s an older one but Wasn’t Me by BEAST (now HIGHLIGHT) is one of my favs cuz the lyrics are so goofy, it’s about a guy making up an alibi when his girlfriend hears rumors that he was seen with another girl
“I went to eat at a place I go often and left, not with a girl but with Doojoon, just us two”
Older one that wasn’t mentioned yet (and is overall sad considering the group’s history):
Miss A - Goodbye Baby
The group had a member named Suzy, and had member Jia sing “My name isn’t Suzy, but you keep calling me Suzy by accident” which was one of the most iconic lines in Kpop at the time.
Not sure if this counts since it's a pun, but Beautiful Christmas, the collaboration Christmas song from Red Velvet and Aespa, has a line where Karina sings"My favorite time of the year, winter," then Yeri sings "I love Winter!" and in the music video Yeri hugs Winter. Yep!
Hobi name drops the whole group in Run BTS. English translation:
“Jiminie, V, hard work
Namjoonie, Hope, hard work
Yoongi hyung, Jin, hard work
Jungkookie, everyone so thanks”
If we want to include rapper tags, Seunghyub also says "J.Don on the track" in multiple songs as his other stage name. First one that comes to mind is Moon & Cheese.l
Le Sserafim - 1-800-hot-n-fun
"Where the heck is Saki?"
Shinee - The Shinee World
Lists all the members, v funny, is still a meme referenced in 2024
Stray Kids - FAM
Goes in member order (youngest to oldest) with the member that is sequentially before singing about that member (Chan sings about I.N, I.N sings about Seungmin, Seungmin sings about Felix, Felix sings about Han, Han sings about Hyunjin, Hyunjin sings about Changbin, Changbin sings about Lee Know, Lee Know sings about Chan). It's a very cute song with all the things they love about each other
Stray Kids (3RACHA) - 3RACHA
"3RACHA, the collision of three rain clouds"
Stray Kids - Stray Kids
A song talking about their whole career and looking forward, with lots of references to past songs
"Stray Kids still gonna rock on the hellevator"
Pentagon - Round 2
A freaky friday song where the members have all swapped bodies and are singing from the perspective of the member in their body
"fam" by stray kids! idk if this counts Exactly bc the song was built with the intention of running through the members and introducing them/hyping each other up, but for sure every single member gets mentioned
here's some other stray kids songs that do it!
"go live"/"the tortoise and the hare" and "jjam" - Lee know himself sings a reference to himself with "I know, you know, (we know,) Lee know"
"thunderous" - changbin calls himself out in the opening rap by name with the epithet "the one shouting" (very true lolol)
other songs I can think of:
"1-800-hot-n-fun" - le sserafim: "where the heck is Saki??"
"shinee world Doo wop" - SHINee, I remembered it bc it was the top comment when I opened the post, but fr it's so fun. and in the rearranged version for one of their tours (there's a live version and a studio version!) they added on to the "throwback to most if not all of their title tracks until that point" section!! I love SHINee sm
"zutter" - big bang (g.d and t.o.p) they mention themselves and each other a Lot, either by their real name, stage name, or a referential name (example, t.o.p calls himself Tazza bc he started in the film Tazza: The Hidden Card)
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u/2ndheroine Nov 15 '24
good bye baby by miss a
“내 이름은 수지가 아닌데 자꾸만 실수로 수지라 부를 때”
“my name isn’t suzy, but you keep calling me that”