All idol comebacks are worth the praise and many artists are on the rise with the K-Pop wave rising internationally. Many people are coming forward to appreciate Korean artists, therefore here are some of the comebacks that caused a stir in Korea and outside Korea, even during the pandemic. Some of these comebacks might not be recent, but were iconic at the time of release, which is why they deserve to be called iconic even after all this time.
1. Butter-BTS
BTS’ Butter which is of the genre dance-pop, became a best-selling album, broke many records, and became the most viewed music video within a day on YouTube. Butter even broke BTS’ previous records of Dynamite, and now Butter is being sold as CDs with their latest single, Permission to Dance. They have already sold many albums already, proving the popularity of BTS.
2. Any Song-ZICO
Any Song became a viral TikTok trend and was even played in dramas, like “Racket Boys,” the song became a challenge and people were crazy for the very catchy and easy steps of the choreography which was done by Zico on the track. Some of the celebrities who were a part of the challenge were Chungha, Hwasa, Sandara Park, Park Shin Hye, and Mino.
3. Kick It-NCT 127
Kick it by NCT 127 is a part of their new album which is called Neo Zone; the entire album has a blend of many genres, true to the nature of releases by NCT 127. They are well known for experimenting in genres like heavy bass hip hop to EDM-pop and funky groove. The song Kick is a very powerful display of their Asian identity, influenced by martial arts and legendary marital artists Bruce Lee.
4. Runaway-TXT
Boyband Tomorrow X Together, which comes under the same label as BTS, Hybe, made a comeback, and their song Runaway (9 and Three Quarters), belonging to the genre New Wave and Synth Pop was their lead single from their studio album debut, is influenced from the Harry Potter universe.
5. Butterfly-LOONA
The song’s MV was a high-budget inspiring idea, where women of every kind were featured including all types of creeds, races, etc. The MV was shot in Hong Kong, France, China, the United States, Iceland, and Korea. Their focus was on the theory of the butterfly effect, which talks about small changes that can affect existence.
6. Answer-ATEEZ
The song became a real hit and is a tribute to the journey of the entire right members. How they faced and accepted themselves and their years of youth, the boy band released Answer as the lead single to their Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer.
7. Eight-IU Feat Suga
The song was highly anticipated due to the collaboration of BTS’ Suga and IU, who had approached him with the offer of collaboration. The song is a mixture of different sentiments and acts like a confession song that has hidden messages of mental health issues, which is still a taboo in Korean society (or Asian society overall).
8. Left & Right-SEVENTEEN
The upbeat song Left and Right, which is a part of Seventeen’s mini-album Heng:garae, serves as a motivational song to not be easily upset about the downsides of life but be cheerful and to realize that we are doing our best in every situation given to us. The song trended on Twitter after its release.
9. Breath-GOT7
GOT7 has now officially disbanded and all the members are now focussing on their careers and have trolled the JYP Company online. Yet, the song Breath touched peaks of popularity and was trending on Weibo, QQ Music’s hot search, and on US iTunes. It was one of the hottest trends on Twitter.
10. Ice Cream-Blackpink Feat Selena Gomez
The song trended on YouTube, and ever since the surprise feature of Selena Gomez for the song was announced, there was a lot of hype around it. The song was shot separately for the girl group and Selena Gomez, but it panned out perfectly with the same retro aesthetic looks. It was even mentioned by some sites that Gomez lost weight to match perfectly with Blackpink given the Asian obsession with body types.
