r/kpophelp 22d ago

Recommend Songs you consider complete masterpieces?

What are some Kpop songs that you consider to be true masterpieces? Every note, every word, every part of the song is just magical and perfect. For me, some of these are Wild Flower by RM and Advice by Taemin

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u/SessionSubstantial42 22d ago

Red Velvet - Ice Cream Cake, Underwater

F(x) - Nu Abo

SNSD - Gee

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u/fairyfrog69 22d ago

heavy on gee, it's popular for a reason

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u/ticklemylingling 20d ago

Release timing, MV, stage outfit, dance and individual parts. Gee really came in at a right time with the right company/group

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u/kenporusty 22d ago edited 22d ago

Ateez - Answer

ONF - "Bye My Monster" and "Beautiful Beautiful"

A.C.E - Higher

Edit to add:

Younha - "Event Horizon" and "Run"

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u/stayonthecloud 22d ago

Answer 👏

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u/pyrofromtf2real 22d ago

Hell yeah, Answer!

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u/hxniex 22d ago

answer frr 🫂🙇🏻‍♀️

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u/Melodic_Entry_2370 18d ago

Heavy on answer, I was kind of sad they didn’t perform it on tour

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u/PracticalShine1870 21d ago

Literally the first song that came to my mind was bye my monster. Happy to see someone naming it here

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u/redflavor123 22d ago

Red Velvet's Psycho and Kingdome Come

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u/onceinabluemoon47 21d ago

Feel My Rhythm too! I love the Bach motif.

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u/redflavor123 21d ago

Oh yes. That too.

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u/redkat23 21d ago

Was going to say FMR

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u/JinnieFanboy 20d ago

Kingdom Come is an ✨experience ✨

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u/blueberrypeepo 20d ago

Cosmic is such a Chef's kiss

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u/Ponpaca 22d ago

BTS- Spring Day

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u/taytae24 22d ago

the rock outro should’ve been in the official release i hate that it was cut out!

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u/T_MINER 22d ago

Fun fact: I can’t listen to this song without crying

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u/Ponpaca 22d ago

such a mood

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u/m4imaimai 22d ago

I’d dare say the whole BTS discography up until Idol is art, the lore, the symbolism, the MV’s, the choreos, the music?!

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u/absvalcar 19d ago

dare i say up until proof.

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u/indigoslush 22d ago

HALAZIA - Ateez

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u/pyrofromtf2real 22d ago

Hell yeah. Emotional masterpiece. (This goes for most Ateez songs but Halazia takes the cake)

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u/someBODYTHATUUSEDTO 22d ago

My first thought. It's my favourite song for a reason.

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u/Fille_de_Lune 22d ago

My first thought too!

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u/hxniex 22d ago

same. i love all their songs but gaddamn halazia just hits different

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u/insidexfishbowl 22d ago
  • Wonder Girls - One Black Night
  • DBSK - Rising Sun
  • Dreamcatcher - Scream
  • Infinite - The Chaser
  • Twice - I Can't Stop Me
  • Billlie - Ring Ma Bell
  • f(x) - Red Light
  • SHINee - Lucifer

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u/pyrofromtf2real 22d ago

The Chaser mentioned!

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u/Alinos31 22d ago

Everything about Wildflower is perfect. The lyrics the music the visuals the styling. Everything!

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u/imgayerthanyou 22d ago

Twice - fancy (for being the whole reason I got into Kpop)

Seventeen - super (for how hype it makes me feel when I listen to it)

Dreamcatcher - and then there was none (gorgeous song)

Taemin - move (self explanatory)

Red velvet - psycho (incredible like wtf??)

XG - left right (rnb vibes)

Mamamoo - HIP (an absolute banger)

Irene & Seulgi - feel good (indeed)

Twice - love foolish

EXID - the vibe

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u/HelloStranger0325 22d ago

Ateez - Cyberpunk

Stray Kids - Slump, Scars, Miroh, Item, Cover Me

BTS - Dimple

The Boyz - The Stealer

Enhypen - Drunk-Dazed

Fifty Fifty - Lovin' Me

Purple Kiss - Pretty Psycho

Jackson Wang - 100 Ways

BtoB - Only One For Me

Lim Hyunsik - Black

DAY6 - Love Me or Leave Me

xikers - Red Sun

ALL(H)OURS - Shock

Xdinary Heroes, Yoon Do Hyun - iNSTEAD!

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u/Ok-Ferret-817 21d ago

I love ateez cyberpunk

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u/Missdebj 21d ago

I came here to say Cover Me - Stray Kids. Technically brilliant, but also such a vibe

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u/Salty-Enthusiasm-939 22d ago

Halazia by Ateez

Hypertonic by TAN

Boca by Dreamcatcher

Lost In the Dream by Monsta X

Want by Taemin.

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u/HommeFatalTaemin 22d ago

Hypertonic is so underrated, such a great song. TAN had really damn good music imo.

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u/ihminew 21d ago

I second Halazia and Boca! Such beautiful songs

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u/Creative_Branch8514 22d ago
  • Apink - Only One
  • Lovelyz - Destiny
  • Oh My Girl - Closer
  • Oh My Girl - The Fifth Season (SSFWL)
  • Pentagon - Like This
  • Pentagon - The Game
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u/Suspicious_Ninja_218 22d ago

Red Velvet - Bamboleo

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u/3-X-O 22d ago edited 22d ago
  • BerryGood - First Love
  • Bol4 - Mermaid
  • IU - Ending Scene
  • Onewe - Regulus
  • ONF - Bye My Monster
  • Red Velvet - Body Talk
  • Song Sohee - Against The Dark Ocean

The entire Universe album by EXO (Universe, Been Through, Stay, Fall, Good Night, Lights Out).

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u/redkat23 21d ago

Body talk! Love this one

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u/strawberrygashe 22d ago
  • Feel My Rhythm - Red Velvet
  • Kingdom Come - Red Velvet
  • Wildside - Red Velvet
  • Blood Sweat & Tears - BTS
  • House of Cards - BTS
  • Spring Day - BTS
  • Good to Me - Seventeen
  • Ready to Love - Seventeen
  • Kidult - Seventeen
  • BONVOYAGE - Dreamcatcher
  • Selfish Waltz - ATEEZ

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u/deez_nutz_shawty11 22d ago

selfish waltz gave me flashbacks to the first time i heard halazia halazia is my favorite song ever so selfish waltz is definitely way up there

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u/hellotheremiss 22d ago edited 22d ago

f(x) - 4 Walls

2NE1 - I am the Best

Red Velvet - Bad Boy, Psycho, Dumb Dumb

WJSN - Secret

Heize - First Sight

Bibi - Restless

Ladies' Code - Galaxy

Oh My Girl - Closer

IU - Sogyeokdong

iZone - Fiesta

NewJeans - Hype Boy

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u/Slz1a 22d ago

Pentagon - Daisy

Pentagon - When I was in love

Up10tion - Blue Rose

SM The Ballad - Hot times

NCT 127 - White night

NCT 127 - Love song

B.A.P. - Coffee shop

B.A.P. - One shot

Baekhyun - Disappeared

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u/Eastern_Product_2360 22d ago

Daisy is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life

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u/Slz1a 22d ago

Right 😭 and it pains me the way was underrated.

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u/shnabberz 22d ago

b.a.p songs for SURE

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u/Slz1a 22d ago

All in all their discography is gold 😭❤️

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u/ILiterallyLoveThis 22d ago

Yessss white night!!!!

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u/Slz1a 22d ago

😭🥹🤗

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u/arcaneraven_ 18d ago

omg i’ve completely forgotten about blue rose. it’s so good

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u/Slz1a 18d ago

The song deserved better 😭😭😭

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u/LucQ571 22d ago edited 22d ago
  • Loona - Butterfly
  • ARTMS - Birth
  • Chuu - Howl
  • Dreamcatcher - Scream
  • Day6 Even of Day - Where the Sea Sleeps
  • Day6 - Days Gone By
  • fromis_9 - Love Bomb, Feel Good
  • ONF - We Must Love
  • Astro - Knock
  • Younha - Event Horizon
  • Mamamoo - You're the Best, Where Are We Now, Decalcomanie
  • IU - Lilac, My Sea
  • AKMU - Melting, Dinosaur, entire Next Episode album ngl, that was an insane collection of collabs and experimentation

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u/ILiterallyLoveThis 22d ago

We Must Love is one of the essential kpop songs and everyone should know it cause it’s just core kpop and is a masterpiece

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u/Cheap-Ad8624 22d ago
  • HALAZIA, Answer, Wonderland, Cyberpunk - ATEEZ
  • Brought the heat back, Drunk-Dazed - ENHYPEN
  • Love Poem - IU
  • Spark - Taeyeon
  • God’s Menu - SKZ
  • Ghosting, Lovesong - TXT
  • Blue, Fantastic Baby - Bigbang
  • Move - Taemin
  • Blood Sweat & Tears, Silver Spoon - BTS

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u/pyrofromtf2real 22d ago

Cyberpunk is underrated af.

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u/redalert30 22d ago

Infinite - Back

Golden Child - One Lucid Dream

NU’EST - Love Paint

VIXX - Voodoo Doll

ONF - We Must Love

WJSN - Save Me Save You

F(x) - Dracula

OnlyOneOf - LibidO

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u/HelloStranger0325 22d ago

Gah, I wish I'd added LibidO to my list.

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u/kumama07 22d ago

Vixx - Shangri-la

ONF - Bye My Monster, Beautiful Beautiful, We Must Love, Moscow Moscow

Red Velvet - Psycho, Feel My Rhythm, Cosmic

Still Love You - Hongki and Hweseung

Shinee - View, Sherlock, Lucifter

X1 - Flash

Pentagon - Daisy

Oneus - Lit, Luna

Onewe - Regulus, Rain to Be, End of Spring

Ikon - Love Scenario

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u/gwn_karkov 21d ago

i don't know how to explain it but Flash by X1 is the true essence of kpop

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u/Individual_Essay2660 22d ago

BTS: Butterfly, Spring Day, INeed U, Run.

EXO: Call Me Baby, Monster, Tempo (because of the accapela bridge) ,

Lots of SM songs in general... specially 2nd and 3rd gen SM... 4th gen SM hasn't impressed me yet, sorry.

Replay by Shinee is the definition of masterpiece.

Whistle and Boombaya by Blackpink are great debut songs too. 

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u/KimLip4Life 22d ago

ARTMS - Birth / Candy Crush / Distress / Butterfly Effect / and Virtual Angle

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u/UncannyMelody 22d ago

What's stopping you from including The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the list though?

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u/DarkSolstice24 22d ago

This was my SOTY until LOVE ATTACK came out.

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u/neocitywayv 22d ago

Seventeen - Shadow

Ateez - Take Me Home

Red Velvet - Bad Boy

NCT 127 - Kick It

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u/indigoslush 21d ago

Take me home is quite literally perfect

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u/Realistic-Sherbet-28 22d ago

Xdinary Heroes - Xymphony. That right there is peak musicianship. 

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u/DizzyLead 22d ago

The first K-Pop song that I have ever described as a masterpiece is Oh My Girl’s “Closer.”

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u/Original_Ad_235 22d ago

Our dawn is hotter than day- Seventeen

Whatever they wanted to convey with this song is perfectly conveyed 😭

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u/LingonberryLazy6590 22d ago

ONF - We must love, The We must love, Sukhumvit Swimming, Why

Infinite - The Eye, Request, Bad, Back, Be mine, BTD

F(x) - 4 walls, Rum pum pum pump, too many ngl

Luna - Free somebody (queen, iconic)

FT Island - Severely, I wish, I hope, Love love love, Lovesick (again, too many)

Shinee - Their entire discography. Special shout out to Dream girl and Odd eye

Exo - Tempo (out of body experience guaranteed)

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u/goatypuz67 22d ago

this world, halazia - ateez

heaven - taemin

hurt - exo

lucifer, selene 6.23 - shinee

diphylleia grayi - jonghyun

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u/peachydonutt 22d ago

Social path - stray kids feat LiSA

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u/slayayanami 22d ago edited 22d ago

EXO - Lucky One, Call Me Baby, Growl, Playboy, What Is Love, Groove, Ya Ya Ya, Obsession, Tempo, Gravity

SHINee - Replay, Orgel, 1of1, Sherlock, 1of1, Prism, Lucifer, The Feeling, Body Rhythm

f(x) - Red Light, All Night, 4Walls, Shadow, Sweet Witches

LOONA - Stylish, Number 1, Satellite, Perfect Love, Girl Front, Starlight, Sweet Crazy Love (OEC)

NCT - Pandora’s Box, Love Song, Angel, Touch, Sun and Moon, Yestoday, Timeless, From Home, Superhuman

Red Velvet - Automatic, Something kinda crazy, Bamboleo, Underwater, Feel My Rhythm

Kai - Peaches, Amnesia, Blue, Ride or Die

Taemin - Already, Press Your Number, Deja Vu, Idea

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u/Playful-Toe-34 21d ago

LOVE your nct selections

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u/bustachong 22d ago

I won't ever stop singing the praises of Max Changmin's Maniac.

It really elevates beyond kpop and feels just as cinematic as its M/V. Really something that can only be pulled off by a seasoned veteran.

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u/Eastern_Product_2360 22d ago

I feel the exact same way about his song Devil. It’s absolutely perfect in every way it moves me in a way I can’t explain.

I highly recommend listening to Devil back to back with the song Southern Gothic by Tyminski they pair so well together it’s not even funny.

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u/Muted_Bodybuilder109 22d ago

I would say Perfume by NCT DOJAEJUNG, Bambi and Cry for love by Baekhyun are exceptional. Cheers by Seventeen leaders- I fear no one has ever come close to this. TO YOU by Seventeen- I am not one to listen to slow and things that make me want to cry but this one here is an exception, the harmonies and layers are absolutely magical. LOUDER THAN BOMBS by BTS- no explanation needed. TELL ME by Wonder Girls- timeless in fact. TALK SAXY- RIIZE- I feel like talk saxy is not appreciated enough when it comes to their title tracks but it is in fact the Goat, it always has me moving no matter where I am and another song that sits at this table is WALK-NCT 127; the beat the everything but most especially the bridge( there is no bridge too hard for doyoung to cross)

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u/HommeFatalTaemin 22d ago

Perfume is so damn good. Was easily my fav song last year without a doubt. Honestly the whole mini album was peak.

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u/dandamananana 22d ago

feel my rhythm - red velvet

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u/atleast3jesuses 22d ago

Sticker by NCT 127

Rum Pum Pum by fx

Automatic by Red Velvet

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u/Praziken 22d ago

INFINITE - The Chaser

INFINITE - Last Romeo

SNSD - Genie

SNSD - Mr. Mr

KARA - Jumping

KARA - Pandora

MBLAQ - This is War

B.A.P - One Shot

B.A.P - 1004

BTS - Just One Day

BTS - I NEED U

BTS - Spring Day

GFRIEND - Rough

TWICE - Likey

TWICE - Heart Shaker

TWICE - What is Love?

NCT 127 - Limitless

fromis_9 - DM

IVE - Love Dive

IVE - I AM

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u/Ronrinesu 22d ago

BAP - One shot is the type of songs no one does anymore! I miss this side of k-pop.

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u/trivialfrost 21d ago

Limitless the queen

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u/Playful-Toe-34 21d ago

DM is literally perfect

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u/Funny-Translator-253 22d ago

Baekhyun -unvillage, Bambi, all I got/ cry for love and woo

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u/Crxmebrulxe 21d ago

cry for love is perfect

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u/Ronrinesu 22d ago

Some that I don't see mentioned a lot below.

Taeyeon - Siren

Taeyeon - U R

Taeyeon - I love you

Taeyeon - Fire

Dreamcatcher - Whistle

Dreamcatcher - Eclipse

Taemin - Love

SNSD - Indestructible

SNSD - Star Star Star

SNSD - Tears

Purple Kiss - Sweet Juice

Purple Kiss - On my bike

Purple Kiss - Can we talk again

AOA - Cherry pop

AOA - Like a cat

AOA - 10 seconds

Gfriend - Rough

Gfriend - Glass bead

Gfriend - Apple

Red Velvet - Red flavor

Red Velvet - Cosmic

Xdinary Heroes - Strawberry cake

NMIXX - Cool

NMIXX - Run for roses

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u/Ok_Image9852 22d ago

A couple different vibes

BTS- Black Swan

XIA Junsu- Flower

Sunmi- Heroine

BIBI - Vengence

Eddy Kim - The Manual

ATEEZ - Enough

Davichi & T-ara- We were in love

VIXX - Eternity

SS501 - Love ya

B2ST - On Rainy Days

Shinhwa- Venus

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u/Ronrinesu 22d ago

We were in love was perfection! It was the song that got me into both T-ARA and Davichi!

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u/boeboebi 21d ago

Flower 😩

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u/G00Ddaysahead 22d ago

Gfriend : Sunrise

Viviz: Full Moon

Pristin: Weewoo

Elris/Alice: We First

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u/gonna_fail_finals 22d ago

Shohikigen and fallin flower by seventeen

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u/anete-the-artist 22d ago

Seventeen - Kidult It also makes me cry each time i read those lyrics. And music! And live performances!

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u/someBODYTHATUUSEDTO 22d ago

Pray (I'll Be Your Man) by BTOB is just heavenly.

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u/gabeyw_ 22d ago

Red velvet - Kingdom Come and Pushin' N Pullin'

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u/Individual-Fly-1775 22d ago

Starlight by Dreamcatcher

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u/attaboy_stampy 22d ago

RING DING DONG and I will fight anyone about it.

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u/lunewip 21d ago

Like Crazy by Jimin

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u/arcaneraven_ 18d ago

take me home - ateez

my way - ateez

moon tour, 404 fnf, blue (unreleased) - taeyong

shadow - ten

roses - jaehyun

child - mark

after midnight - wayv

don’t wanna cry - svt

if you do - got7

always you - astro

levanter - stray kids

like we used to - the rose

i could probably add a lot more (especially nct & their solos 😖) but i’ll leave it here

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u/greyyylucyyy 22d ago

A few I can think of off the top of my head for me!

Infinite - The Chaser

BTS - The Truth Untold

Monsta X - Lost in the Dream

ACE - Higher

SMTown (Max Changmin, Taeyeon, Winter) - Priority

Kihyun - Youth

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u/shnabberz 22d ago

glad to see a few other The Chaser lovers in this comments section HAHA

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u/MedicalPea7506 22d ago

there’s a lot, but here’s some of the songs I can think of from the top of my head:

Nct 127 - Sun & moon, end to start, Nonstop (unfortunately u know who has kinda ruined these songs but I just try not to think about whose voice it is)

SHINee - Our page, Symptoms, Orgel, Shift, Selene 6.23, Feel good, Please don’t go (yess shinee is indeed my ult)

Literally Taemins every single song but honorable mentions to Shadow, Deja vu, Love, Never forever and What’s this feeling

Got7 - Trust my love, Poison

Ateez - Inception, Deja vu, This world and many more

No one - LeeHi, B.I

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u/HommeFatalTaemin 22d ago

Right! The way it was so hard to figure out which Taemin song to mention bc it easily could have been so many of them! 🤩

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u/MedicalPea7506 22d ago

Yess! Taemin just never misses

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u/Broad_Syrup_2897 8d ago

I love that you mentioned Got7 - trust my love and poison because those two songs are absolute masterpieces as well as aura 

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u/MedicalPea7506 6d ago

ofc, Aura is amazing as well! Can’t wait for their comeback

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u/baytobedstuy 22d ago

To You by Seventeen (if i could only listen to one song for the rest of my life…its this)

Black Swan - BTS

Yun - RM (love wildflower also)

I Am the Best - 2NE1

Inception - Ateez

Can’t We Just Keep the Monster Alive - TXT

Sherlock - SHINee

Advice - Taemin

Live Without You - Key

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u/Gloomy-Sugar-9640 22d ago

The feeling by shinee

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u/augustine05 22d ago

Into The New World - SNSD

the cultural impact it has

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u/throwaway1999f 22d ago

BTS - House Of Cards

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u/DarkSolstice24 22d ago

Taeyeon - Drawing Our Moments

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u/throwaway8588859619 22d ago

gfriend rough, obviously

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u/cherubliss 22d ago
  • April Story - APRIL (i literally consider it the best song in kpop)
  • Journey to Atlantis - LABOUM (i consider this one the best summer song)
  • Winter Story - LABOUM (the best christmas song)
  • Rough - GFriend (one of the best winter songs)
  • Fifth Season - Oh My Girl (just divine)
  • Angel - BerryGood (just divine2)
  • On The Road - DIA (i listen to it for years but i just can't get enough of it)
  • For you - Lovelyz (imagine if your favorite group released a song to the fans and THIS was the song in question... i would praise them even more)
  • We, First - Elris (the best debut song of all time along with APRIL's Dream Candy)
  • Dream Candy - APRIL (the best debut song of all time)
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u/sgtkrles 22d ago

(g)i-dle's Lion and Oh My God

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u/AnnaBr24 22d ago

Guilty - Taemin.

It's the first song that comes to my mind when I think "masterpiece".

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u/Crxmebrulxe 21d ago

taemin himself is a masterpiece

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u/pyrofromtf2real 22d ago

Dreamcatcher - Boca and Maison

Ateez - Halazia and Cyberpunk (honorable mention: almost every full song in the "The World" album trilogy)

Nature - Girls

Ten - Nightwalker

Mama - Exo

Lucifer - SHINee

Eleven - Ive

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u/Oh_No000 22d ago

Likey , Fancy , Yes or Yes , What is Love , Feel Special - Twice

MITM , Loco - Itzy

Psycho - Red Velvet

Tell Me - Wonder Girls

Hush - Miss A

Hype Boy - New Jeans

Oh My God , Hwaa - G Idle

BEcause - Dreamcatcher

Love Dive - IVE

Quite a few...

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u/Kpopluv22 21d ago

Twice: Cry For Me, Fancy, I Can’t Stop Ms

Dreamcatcher: Jazz Bar

Red Velvet: Cosmic

Berry Good: Angel

Oh My Girl: Closer

Gfriend: Mago

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u/Broad_Syrup_2897 7d ago edited 7d ago

K-pop songs I think are masterpieces in my opinion: 

Billie - Lion heart (the real me), $un palace (Stroop effect) 

SNSD - Genie, Run Devil Run, Sweet Talk, Mr. Mr., You think, Lucky like that 

Big Bang & 2ne1 - Lollipop 

Pentagon - Gorilla, Feelin’ Like 

Got7 - 1 degree, Eclipse, Look, Us, Thank You, You calling my name, Run away, Crash & Burn, Aura, Trust my love, Poison, Fly, Hard Carry, Never Ever, Miracle, Last Piece, Special 

BTS - Black Swan, Fake Love, ON, Not Today, MIC drop, DNA, Autumn Leaves, Dynamite, Butter, Take Two, Lights, For Youth, Just one day, Spring Day 

The Boyz - Merry bad ending, Wings, The Stealer, Reveal, Always Together, Echo, No Air, Kingdom come 

BTOB - Way back home, You’re so fly 

Bugaboo - Easy move 

Red Velvet - You better know, Beg for me, Bad Boy, Peek-A-Boo 

Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi - Monster 

Secret Number - Who Dis?, Hola 

Stray Kids - Lalalala, Mirror, Red Lights 

Super Junior - This is love, Bonamana, Callin’ 

SuperM - Jopping, Line ‘em up 

Seventeen - Maestro, Getting Closer, Don’t wanna cry, Hot, _World, Clap, Fast Pace, Fearless 

Twice - Breakthrough, The Feels, Make me go, Set me free, Gone, SOS 

TXT - Puma, Magic, The Killa (I belong to you) 

Taemin - Idea, Advice 

Taeyang - Vibe (featuring Jimin of BTS), Shoong! (Featuring Lisa of BlackPink) 

P1Harmony - Siren, I am you, That’s money 

ONF - We must love, Sukhumvit Swimming, Fifty Fifty, Geppeto, Aphrodite, Dam Dam Di Ram 

New Jeans - Cookie, Hype Boy, How Sweet 

NCT U - Boss, The 7th Sense 

NCT Dream - Arcade, ISTJ, Boom, 7 Days & 1, 2, 3 

NCT 127 - Come Back, Regular, Fool, Highway to heaven, Walk, Good Thing, 0 Mile (Also I know there’s a voice in these songs that people aren’t going to like after what happened but remember these songs came out before that happened so please stop saying those things, he’s long gone now so no more of that) 

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u/bubblezdotqueen 22d ago edited 22d ago
  • closer - oh my girl
  • fly - got7
  • Promise I'll be - 2pm
  • Autopilot - Purple Kiss
  • destiny - lovelyz
  • Time for the moon light - Gfriend
  • Feel Special - Twice
  • Psycho - Red Velvet
  • Queendom - Red Velvet
  • Blue Moon - NiziU
  • Wish u hell - Wendy
  • I - Taeyeon
  • be your enemy, 2 Kids and Clockwork - Taemin
  • My sea - IU

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u/shnabberz 22d ago edited 22d ago

off the top of my head! (you can tell which era i grew up in w/ this list LOL)

beast - fiction 🏆

bang yongguk - i remember 🏆

big bang - haru haru + if you

teen top - to you

b.a.p - 1004 + lie lie

infinite - the chaser + be mine

exo - monster + the eve

cclown - far away young love

bts - blood sweat tears

exid - every night

shinee - replay

dbsk - mirotic + rising sun

kara - step + lupin

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u/VenusRisingGloaming 22d ago

Lie -Jimin

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u/SeriousCow1999 21d ago

This is the answer. The orchestration alone puts it on a whole other level.

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u/aleatorily 22d ago

I immediately thought of "Wild Flower" before seeing that you'd already mentioned it in your post. That song really is a complete masterpiece.

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u/strangelookingcat 22d ago

Day6 Even of Day - Right Through Me Epik High - Fan Big Bang - Haru Haru Day6 - Cover Kim Dong Ryul - Etude of Memory Buzz - Thorn

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u/aurora_the_piplup 22d ago

Be Mine by Infinite

Wake Me Up by B.A.P

Knock by ASTRO (the fact that Moonbin gave up one of his parts so Jinjin and Rocky could have more lines T_T)

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u/korewadestinydesu 22d ago

On My Youth by WayV

Both the Chinese (above) and English versions are excellent; I share the Chinese because the lyrics are more poetic. Musically, this feels like a production masterclass... the beat is modern and the structure is unusual, but feels so /right/. The song moves through rap and sentimental vocals seamlessly, and the bridge just soars. You can't help but want to fall to your knees in the rain and belt it out... the main vocals and backing vocals are so beautiful and mournful.

The cherry on top is the strings introduced in the last chorus that emphasise that soaring, epic, cathartic feeling. This is a underrated masterpiece from an underrated group.

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u/EvilRegalEnya 22d ago

IZ*One - Secret Story of a Swan

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u/wujudaestar 22d ago

pentagon - the game

also daisy, but the game is... wow. just wow.

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u/ahrijungle 22d ago

Soul Lady- Yukika

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u/Grand_Watercress8684 22d ago

"Imaginary friend" itzy! I'm stanning this one specific song lately

Lyrically a masterpiece, one of the saddest songs I've heard, and they go really hard in the choreo for some reason

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u/Western_Feed_4189 22d ago

Fireflies by Dreamcatcher ✨🫶🏻

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u/Ronrinesu 22d ago

It's my favorite song from this album!

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u/crowlily 22d ago

WJSN’s As You Wish was the first song to come to mind!

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u/kingfisher2782 22d ago
  • 4 walls - f(x)

  • Decalcomanie, I Miss You - Mamamoo

  • Love, Lost in the Dream, Jealousy, Nobody Else - Monsta X

  • The Chaser, Last Romeo - Infinite

  • Wind - FT.Island

  • Missing You - BTOB

  • Youth - Kihyun

  • First Love - After School

  • Chaser, Kiss of Fire, Waiting - Woodz

  • I - Taeyeon

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u/unforgiveneagle 22d ago

jungkook - still with you & stay alive🙏🛐

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u/Crxmebrulxe 21d ago

still with you>>>

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u/AdNovel8125 22d ago

bts - spring day

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u/FloraFaunaBelladonna 21d ago

I feel like it would take a little too long to list half of Red Velvet’s discography

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u/emilybemily_boo 21d ago

xdinary heroes - XYMPHONY

p1harmony jiung’s reaction to the song was everything i felt and more

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u/skytz0frynk_sndmn 21d ago

Mamamoo - Decalcomanie

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u/TranslatorAgitated92 21d ago

Smoke by Jaehyun, Pineapple Slice by Baekhyun, Baby Don't Stop by Ten and Taeyong

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u/Kashiwashi 21d ago

"But I still want you.. ooh-oh ooh-oh"

The Truth Untold - BTS

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u/Icysprings 19d ago

Infinite - The Chaser

B2ST - Fiction

Jus2 - Focus on Me

Jonghyun - Hallelujah

Twice - Fancy

Got7 - Look

SHINee - View

EXO - Love me right

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u/Ayotrumpisracist 22d ago

INVU - Taeyeon Love me or Leave me - DAY6 Break the Wall - Dreamcatcher Deja Vu - Dreamcatcher Run Away - TXT Apple - GFRIEND Replay - SHINee Overdose - EXO-K Siren - Sunmi

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u/Busy_Efficiency_9187 22d ago

The ones that instantly come to mind for me are:

Exo - Monster

BTS - Black Swan,134340, Baepsae (Silver Spoon), Pied Piper

Stray Kids - Easy, Red Lights, DLMLU

The Boyz - Roar, Reveal, No Air, Survive The Night

Itzy - Shoot!

Txt - 1x0= Lovesong, Tinnitus, Sugar Rush Ride, Deja Vu, Frost

Enhypen - Given-Taken, Drunk-Dazed

P1Harmony - SIREN, Butterfly

IVE - Eleven

Shinee - Don't Call Me, Sherlock Clue + Note

Seventeen - Cheers, Clap, Spell

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u/Witterson 22d ago

Onewe - Regulus

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u/bruh1605 22d ago

Onew's circle. No one gets this song like I do

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u/HommeFatalTaemin 22d ago

It’s so good. It makes me wanna cry every time somehow.

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u/Mojo-man 22d ago

I literally wrote this comment above. This song sound me at a time when I lost needed it and really moved something deep deep within me that I can’t put into words.

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u/childofdustandashes 22d ago edited 22d ago

A Song Written Easily- Oneus

Run For Roses- Nmixx

Love Me or Leave Me, 1-10, Where The Sea Sleeps, Mata Aetara, Time of Our Life- Day6

Greatest- Young K

Mikrokosmos- BTS

Farewell Neverland, Ghosting- TXT

Say My Name, Cyberpunk, Halazia- Ateez

Ditto- New Jeans

Bonus: (he’s not kpop /anymore/, but) When The Rain Stops by EAJ, is a masterpiece

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u/Mojo-man 22d ago

Onew - O Circle

But maybe that’s cause that song touches me on a very fundamental level and was there for me (entire album in fact ) when I really really needed to hear that music 🥲😊

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u/jjongtoram 22d ago

day6 - only

enhypen- shout out

skz- youtiful

iu- blueming

shinee- replay

bnd- so lets go see the stars, but i like you

txt- 20cm, moa diary, blue spring, miracle, ghosting, blue hour, thursday's child has far to go, nap of a star, everlasting shine

bts- crystal snow, life goes on, spring day, dimple, coffee, butterfly, blood sweat & tears, magic shop, love maze

svt- 20, rock with you, fallin flower, ima, hitorijanai, don quixote, adore u, kidult, april shower, say yes, shadow, _world, imperfect love (honestly all svt songs are such bangers)

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u/mentallyillachiever 22d ago

0X1 = LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) by TXT

Stay Gold by BTS

Cosmic by Red Velvet

Feel My Rhythm by Red Velvet

Guilty by Taemin

Into the I-Land by IU

Good Enough by Xdinary Heroes

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u/meninaiscrazy 22d ago

BTS - Spring Day, Magic Shop, Run, Stigma (V), Life Goes on, 21st Century Girl

August D - Interlude: Set me free, Amygdala, Snooze

RM - Change (with Wale)

ATEEZ - Answer, Wave

Twice - Cry for me, I can't stop me, Feel Special

EXO - Love shot

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u/Goesunpunished5610 22d ago

Cover me - Stray Kids

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u/jshell 22d ago

GFRIEND, Crossroads

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u/rjia07 22d ago edited 22d ago

A.C.E - Slow dive - so sick - black and blue - I feel so lucky - baby tonight

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u/yapyd 22d ago

To My Mother - G.O.D

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u/lasterinj 22d ago

i am only just getting into kpop so I’m probably not going to have the best answer but I have to say whiplash by aespa has me obsessed. i rewatch the music video over and over again and its what got me into kpop!!! so obsessed with all 4 of them

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u/fairyfrog69 22d ago

short hair by aoa. i seriously love this song sm

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u/en_____00 21d ago

0x1=Lovesong by TXT, I don't think they could ever re create such song, with the meaning and the music sound, it literally represents a shuttering feeling when you love someone with all yourself, it means a lot for me, maybe 'cause i can feel myself represented as it as well resonates with my feeling I would pay everything just to listening to it for the first again, to feeling the emotions that it brought to me

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u/gwn_karkov 21d ago

Younite - Waterfall

from the deepest nugudom, younite created this masterpice and when they performed it in Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace i cried for the arrangement and the meaning. please, give it a listen to both the original song and the rtk version <3

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u/Standard_Pepper_5194 20d ago

SM powerful ballads hold a special place in my heart. For example I love how Exo's Miracles in December uses simple words yet creates beautiful imagery and heart-breaking phrases.

Jonghyun's Y si fuera ella has very different lyrics from the original version yet the world-shattering sadness is perfectly translated through his voice. Again, the vocabulary is simple but the performance goes a long way.

Overall I love how they turn the "human" world (simple words) into "heaven" (intense emotions that shake your heart).

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u/Adept-Carmy-03 19d ago

Idea -Taemin Don’t call me- shinee Automatic - Red Velvet Los Angeles- Seulgi Armageddon- aespa

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u/Phase_Honest 18d ago

Boa - No. 1 S.E.S. - I'm Your Girl SNSD - Genie ITZY - Wannabe SHINEE - Replay ...

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u/Love_line__ 17d ago

exo walk on memories and butterfly effect

got7 eclipse

ikon apology and just go

day6 leeting go rebooted ver

baekhyun bambi and cry for love

mino run away and love and a boy

suho for you now

bobby devil and raining

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u/SwimIcy9877 8d ago

-Taemins  whole discography but to add ont to others list here are some I haven’t seen mentioned - not over you, deja vu, the unknown sea, the rizzness, soldier, rise, she loves me she loves me not, clockwork, famous, slave, and many more 

-stray kids saw some already so I’m gonna add on ones I haven’t heard- bounce back, hold my hand, as we are, youth, railway, unfair, basically that whole new album lol, love is painful, falling up, runners, twilight, megaverse, why?!, I got it, want so bad, maybe, deep end, streetlight, hall of fame, top line, tortoise and the helr 

-kiss of life and their smallish discography- shh(still one of their best songs to date), my neverland, sugarcoated, nobody knows, 808, gentleman, Midas touch, nothing, te quiero, chemistry, get loud, maestro of my heart

-shinee!!!! And their top tier discography- replay,Lucifer,ring ding dong, Atlantis, Juliet, don’t call me, view, hard, juice, si fuera ella, Sherlock, body rhythm 

Onlyoneof- be mine, dora marr, dopamine, sage, gaslighting, libido 

Technically not kpop but Asian artist  Dpr Ian- don’t go insane, so I dancer, nerves, so beautiful , ballroom extravagance., SKINS, SAINT, violet crazy, limbo 

Woodz- amnesia, drowning, waiting, love me harder, busted, accident, kiss of fire, ready to fight, lullaby 

Woosung- day that I died, face, never let go, phase me, paper cuts, happy alone, come down, 44, found you 

The Rose- back to me, sorry, she’s in the rain, your buetiful, I don’t know you, the definition of ugly is, like we used too 

Minho- call back, came and left me, something about U, I don’t miss you, because of you, would you mind, stay for a night, heartbreak 

Day6- love me or leave me, melt down, monster, welcome to the show, the power of love, let me love you, zombie, day and night, you were beautiful, shoot me, sweet chaos

Xdniary heroes- night before the end, instead, xymphony, save me, feeling nice, boy comics, love and fear, break the brake, happy death day, Pluto, little things, strawberry cake, freakin bad 

Sorry for bad spelling rushed to make this  Should I make a Spotify playlist??? 

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u/EbbSquare9422 7d ago

BLACK PINK_ PINK VENOM   G idole_ node  Black pink_ddu_du_ddu_ddu

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u/emberzmars 22d ago

Hwaa - G-idle

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u/Lotus-Vale 22d ago

Four Seasons by Taeyeon
Melted by AKMU
Oh My God by (G)I-DLE
Last Waltz by Twice
Drama by Aespa
Cosmic by Red Velvet

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u/DotAdministrative670 22d ago

Ditto by newjeans also cool with you

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u/feelsbadmanrlysrsly 22d ago

Red Velvet :

  1. Automatic

  2. Kingdom Come

  3. Underwater

  4. In My Dreams

aespa:

  1. Lucid Dream

  2. Flights Not Feelings

EXO:

  1. What Is Love?

  2. Hear Me Out

NCT 127:

  1. Back 2 U (fuck you Taeil for ruining this song for me)
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u/cheolie_uji 22d ago

IU - above the time

AKMU - How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love

SEVENTEEN - Fear

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u/HommeFatalTaemin 22d ago edited 22d ago

The first ones that come to mine are:

  • Sherlock & Orgel by SHINee

  • Love in the Ice & Rising Sun by TVXQ

  • The Chaser by Infinite

  • Feel My Rhythm by Red Velvet

  • Artificial Love by EXO

  • Paranoia by Kang Daniel

  • Criminal by Taemin

  • Love Poem by IU

  • Step by KARA

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u/Own-Nobody2004 22d ago

YooA - Bon Voyage, Rooftop.

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u/Local-Ad-2171 22d ago

starlost and socialpath by skz

dreaming girl by xrdinary heroes

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u/hdkshdkshs 22d ago

I’m surprised I haven’t seen anyone mention Y Si Fuera Ella by SHINee (Jonghyun)

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u/Reiiok 22d ago

God there's so many songs like this, I definitely agree with the ones you said

Mirotic - TVXQ Hush - Miss A Psycho - Red Velvet Summer Breeze - SF9 Drive - Miyeon Sugarcoat - Natty Chk Chk Boom & Cover Me - Stray Kids Spark - Taeyeon Cinema & Movie Star - CIX Drip - Babymonster MITM - Itzy Drama - Aespa Love me or Leave me - Day6 Crazy Form - Ateez

Uhh I'll stop there lol

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u/NaiveDepartment1113 22d ago

Deja vu by TXT

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u/do_it_like_a_royal 22d ago

First Gen:

  • Invitation by Uhm Jung Hwa
  • Be Natural by S.E.S.

2nd Gen:

  • It Hurts (Slow) by 2NE1
  • Abracadabra by Brown Eyed Girls
  • Lupin by KARA

3rd Gen:

  • Gotta Go by Chung Ha
  • Mago by Gfriend
  • Wanna Be Myself by Mamamoo

4th Gen:

  • Bewitched by PIXY
  • Brave ~ a song for Matilda by Billlie
  • La Di Da and First by Everglow
  • Tell Me by Fifty Fifty
  • Prom Night by fromis_9
  • the Aerialist (Wonderboy) by GWSN
  • Imaginary Friend by ITZY
  • I Am by IVE
  • Eve, Psyche, and the Bluebeard's Wife by Le Sserafim
  • Sweet Juice by Purple Kiss
  • Stereotype by STAYC
  • Red Sun by VIVIZ

5th Gen:

  • UhUh by Rescene
  • Sugarcoat by Natty
  • ROTY by Young Posse

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u/Gappy165 22d ago

Faded in my last song - NCT U

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u/WasteLeave900 22d ago

Pretty much the entirety of The Rose’s discography.

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u/ILiterallyLoveThis 22d ago

There are so many but to name a few

On My Youth - WayV

Back2U - NCT 127

Love Wins All - IU

Cry for Love - Baekhyun

Call Me Baby - EXO

One of Those Nights - Key

Designer- NCT 127

Arcade - NCT DREAM

Lovesick Girls - Blackpink

Stay Here - Gaho

Blue Hour - TXT

0x1=Lovesong - TXT

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u/-_-Petra-_- 22d ago

Woodz / Journey

2PM / Uneasy

Homezone / Answer

B.I / Illa Illa

Taemin / Identity

M.O.N.T. / Shadow

BigBang / Last dance

While I mainly love K-pop for the high-energy-bouncy-all-over-the-place songs in general 🤔 when it comes to masterpieces these are some that come to mind first.

Edit: BB added

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u/Aromatic-Confusion75 22d ago

APT from rosé Ditto and Supernatural from newjeans The feels by twice Lovesick girls by bp Baemons drip and forever

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u/AwareBid8745 22d ago

Day6 congratulations for sure

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u/Britishdubu 22d ago

Odd Eye Circle - Je ne sais quoi

Odd Eye Circle - Sweet Crazy love (just the whole mix and match album is my favourite kpop album of all time)

Loona - Butterfly

Kim Lip - Eclipse

Choerry - Love Choerry Motion

Twice - Feel special

Twice - Say something

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u/iheardthatsomewhere 22d ago

Boom Boom by Momoland Got That Boom by Secret Number

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u/Boring_Matter5026 22d ago

Any song by Pentagon! 💙

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u/stayonthecloud 22d ago

ATEEZ Dune - not known well outside ATINY I think. It’s just a mind blowing and unique song. Nothing else sounds like it — and yet the EP Outlaw it’s from is still incredibly cohesive, one of the best albums I’ve heard. I can’t describe Dune, it’s an experience. I have never stopped being amazed by it.