10 Essential K Pop Tracks, Vol. 1: After School, Girls’ Generation, U-Kiss, Super Junior, T-Ara, Gogo Star

Maybe you’re intimidated by the foreign language, or put off by the sometimes overwrought music video setups. Whatever your hangup may be about K Pop, also known as Korean pop music, you need to get over them because it’s some of the freshest pop music in the world today. Western pop from Europe and the United States has become somewhat stale in the past decade since it began its fusion with rap music in the United States and its continued use of tired dance hall beats in Europe that make tracks sound timeless but not in that good way. This list is no ranking of merit and all the tracks below are equal in our eyes but we do enjoy some more than others. Let us know what you think! If you have any music we should hear, send it our way!

  1. After School – Flashback
  2. Girls’ Generation – Run, Devil, Run
  3. Super Junior – Sorry, Sorry
  4. U-Kiss – Light It Up
  5. Hello Venus – Do You Want Some Tea?
  6. 2NE1 – Falling In Love
  7. Psy – Gentleman
  8. Co-Ed School – Too Late
  9. Gogo Star – Black Comedy
  10. T-ARA – Lovey Dovey