RANK: BEST K-POP SONG 2023

WHAT IS THE BEST K-POP SONG 2023?

Check out the nominees:

Agust D – Haegeum, BamBam – Sour & Sweet, JEON SOMI – Fast Forward, JIHYO – “Killin’ Me Good”, Jimin – Like Crazy, JISOO – FLOWER, Jung Kook – Seven (feat. Latto), KAI – Rover, I.M – Overdrive, LEE CHAE YEON – KNOCK, TAEYANG – VIBE (feat. Jimin of BTS) and V – Love Me Again.

RANK: BEST K-POP SONG 2023:

12. LEE CHAE YEON – KNOCK (39 votes)

LEE CHAE YEON – KNOCK – Chaeyeon is a South Korean singer, dancer, rapper and songwriter. She is known as the former member of the South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One after placing 12th place on Mnet’s girl group survival show Produce 48. Chaeyeon made her solo debut with the extended play Hush Rush on October 12, 2022.

11. JEON SOMI – Fast Forward (49 votes)

JEON SOMI – Fast Forward – Jeon Somi is a Korean and Canadian singer, rapper and dancer signed under The Black Label. Jeon shot to domestic stardom as the first-place winner of the survival reality show Produce 101 and a member of the show’s eleven-piece project girl group I.O.I.

10. I.M – Overdrive (152 votes)

I.M – Overdrive is the second extended play by the South Korean rapper I.M. It was released by Sony Music Korea on June 23, 2023. The EP contains six tracks, including the lead single of the same name.

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9. JIHYO – “Killin’ Me Good” (163 votes)

JIHYO – “Killin’ Me Good” The song is part of the ZONE album, also released today. With seven tracks in all, six of them co-written by Jihyo herself, the album includes partnerships with American rapper 24kGoldn and South Korean singer Heize.

8. BamBam – Sour & Sweet (165 votes)

BamBam – Sour & Sweet Released on March 28, 2023, Sour & Sweet is BamBam’s first music release after one year and two months. The music video for the homonymous title track was filmed in Greece, and sees BamBam becoming a detective who chases a criminal, only to discover it was him.

7. KAI – Rover (193 votes)

KAI – Rover – “Rover” is the lead single off of KAI’s third mini-album of the same title. The song interpolates the 2022 single by the same name released by Bulgarian artist DARA.

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6. JISOO – FLOWER (1.081 votes)

JISOO – FLOWER – JISOO debuts solo with a confident track that describes the downfall of a relationship, where she shames her significant other for not being able to catch up on their break-up. For the instrumental, JISOO comes out with a light electronic-dance pop song to serve as the lead single to her solo debut single-album, ME.

5. TAEYANG – VIBE (feat. Jimin of BTS) (5.278 votes)

TAEYANG – VIBE (feat. Jimin of BTS) – “VIBE” marks South Korean singer-songwriter, TAEYANG’s return as a solo artist for the first time since 2018. The R&B-pop song is a collaboration with Jimin of BTS. The accompanying music video for the song features sleek choreography performed by the two artists, who are both known for their dancing skills.

4. Jung Kook – Seven (feat. Latto) (8.446 votes)

Jung Kook – Seven (feat. Latto) – Officially marking the first solo debut of Jung Kook from BTS, “Seven” is a refreshing reintroduction of the skilled singer. This catchy summer single, surprise featuring rapper Latto, was released on July 14, just a day after the trailer that garnered over a staggering 12 million views in just one day. Accompanied with the pop track was the highly anticipated music video, one featuring popular Korean actress Han So Hee, and directed by LA-based, director duo Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler.

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3. Agust D – Haegeum (15.843 votes)

Agust D – Haegeum – The haegeum is a traditional string instrument from Korea that is related to the ancient Chinese xiqin and looks like a vertical fiddle with two strings. In Korean, however, it also implies “lifting a ban.” Yoongi continues to masterfully combine various alphabets in this wordplay. Yoongi prefers to use the Hanja word “haegeum,” which literally means “lifting a ban” in traditional Chinese and is spelt “haegeum” in English.

2. V – Love Me Again (16.615 votes)

V – Love Me Again – In “Love Me Again,” V goes through a break-up and now misses his former lover. All he wants now is to get back with them and for them to just love him back. This is the lead single to the singers 2023 mini-album titled, Layover.

1. Jimin – Like Crazy (83.413 votes)

Jimin – Like Crazy – ‘Like Crazy’ is the title track and second single off Jimin’s debut solo album ‘FACE’, released March 24th. In the genre of synth-pop, it cites the 2011 movie of the same name as inspiration.