I'm an 17-year-old Indian American teenage girl that absolutely loves K-Pop. Ever since I was introduced to then BTS Army my freshmen year (just in time too as my ex-favorite band, One Direction, had just disbanded), my knowledge of the Korean language and culture only exploded. I fell in love with so many different groups and learned about how different the music industry was there.
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I get weird looks whenever I talk about the releases of new albums or the debut of a new group. But the biggest question I'm asked is, "How can you like the music when you don't even understand what they're saying?"
My answer: "Who says I don't?"
After watching so many Korean dramas and listening to so much music, I've actually picked up a little bit of Korean. Not enough to speak fluently of course. The thing is, I fell in love with K-Pop before I even was able to understand what the singers were singing. That made me realize that K-Pop, like all music, is pretty lit to listen to, even if you don't understand what they're saying. The passion the singers have and the rockin' music in the background is enough to get anyone jammin'. Here are 101, in no particular order, of my most favorite upbeat K-Pop songs that'll get you screaming, dancing and make you feel like you're the ruler of the universe.
1. GOT7 — My Swagger
2. BTS — War of Hormone
3. Winner — Island
4. Big Bang — Bang, Bang, Bang
5. Winner — Really Really
6. Blackpink — As If It's Your Last
7. SHINee — Lucifer
8. BTS ft. Steve Aoki — Mic Drop
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9. EXO — Monster
10. BTS — Not Today
11. Stray Kids — Hellevator
12. EXO — Ko Ko Bop
13. GD X Taeyang (Big Bang) — Good Boy
14. Blackpink — Boombayah
15. GOT7 — Hard Carry
16. Monsta X — DramaRama
17. EXO-K — Overdose
18. BTS — Fire
19. B.A.P — Skydive
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20. Super Junior — Black Suit
21. Big Bang — Fxxk It
22. Sistar — Touch My Body
23. NCT — 7th Sense
24. EXO — Wolf
25. EXO — History
26. Big Bang — Fantastic Baby
27. SNSD — Mr. Mr.
28. Block B — Yesterday
29. NCT U — Boss
30. B.A.P — That's My Jam
31. NCT 127 — Cherry Bomb
32. NCT 127 — Fire Truck
33. Seventeen — Mansae
34. Red Velvet — Russian Roulette
35. K.A.R.D — Rumor
36. K.A.R.D — Hola Hola
37. B.A.P — One Shot
38. MonstaX — Hero
39. EXO — Call Me Baby
40. Red Velvet — Red Flavor
41. Monsta X — Fighter
42. I.O.I — Very Very Very
43. Jay Park X Gray — Drive
44. Bboombbom — Momoland
45. Hyolyn — Blue Moon
46. Kara — Cupid
47. CLC — Black Dress
48. INFINITE — Tell Me
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49. VAV — Gorgeous
50. INFINITE — Bad
51. Seventeen — Don't Wanna Cry
52. PSY — Gangam Style
53. BTS — Run
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53. IU — Twenty-Three
54. Crush — Ooh Ahh
55. SHINee — Everybody
56. BTS — DNA
57. Luna — Free Somebody
58. BTS — Danger
59. Zico — Artist
60. Jessi — Gucci
61. BTS — Dope
62. SNSD — I Got A Boy
63. Taemin — Drip Drop
64. EXID — Up and Down
65. iKON — Rhythm Ta
66. Dean X Zico — Pour Up
67. Jay Park — Limousine
68. JJCC — Bing Bing Bing
69. Fanxy Child — Bermuda Triange
70. Wanna One — Energetic
71. Zico X Zion T.— Eureka
72. Sunmi — Gashina
73. N. Flying — Hot Potato
74. Triple H — 365 Fresh
75. Monsta X — Newton
76. G-Dragon — Crooked
77. GOT7 — Just Right
78. BTS — We Are Bulletproof Pt.2
79. GOT7 — Fly
80. Airplane — Give Me A Chance
81. SHINee — Sherlock
82. AOA — Miniskirt
83. SHINee — 1 of 1
84. BTS — No More Dream
85. Twice — Likey Likey
86. SHINee — Ring Ding Dong
87. APINK — No No No
88. Big Bang — Bae Bae
89. Monsta X — Hero
90. Minzy — Ninano
91. GOT7 — Put Them Up
92. GFRIEND — Rough
93. Red Velvet — Peek A Boo
94. Pentagon — Like This
95. BTS — Boy In Luv
96. VIXX — Chained Up
97. TVXQ — Mirotic
98. EXO — 3.6.5
99. VIXX — Fantasy
100. Monsta X — Rush
101. BTS — Go Go
Keep an eye out for my second part of the March Music Madness series!
