Which song would you use to introduce your friend to K-Pop?

cmbryrmnAug 30, 2026

I think some songs by Aespa like whiplash or Jellyous by Illit are a good introduction, depending on what the friend listens to in general 🥸 What do you think? 🧐

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_s4ao__

Am I the only one who would go for mommae 😭? However, I do think it really depends on the person fav gender of music, a nice thing about kpop is that there's so many within it! For my family member they like songs such as katseye gabriela or kiss of life type of things 🤷🏻‍♀️

zlilya360

I think magnetic illit or not cute anymore

cmbryrmnOP

Good choices! Illit also helped me to convince my friend 🥹

andwoozy

probably anything by cortis honestly considering my mom vibed to their stuff LMAO

cmbryrmnOP

Lmao Cortis is just that good 😭😂

annaisanarchy

I showed my friend who thought k-pop was cringe Rosé's 'On The Ground' and she admitted it was actually pretty good! I think mature/elegant songs with English lyrics are always good to convert people because they can follow along well and won't find the song too awkward or weird.

cmbryrmnOP

Yeah that makes sense! Rosé and Blackpink in general is good when it comes to getting known worldwide 🥸

afterschool

i’ll usually ask them about their taste beforehand but some general songs i recommend that anyone can like are: glam girl - brown eyed girls campfire - red velvet flashback - afterschool you know that - aoa no mercy - miss a these are songs that got me into kpop personally so i love to recommend them because they hold a special place in my heart

cmbryrmnOP

Have to listen to them myself! I don‘t know most of them 🫪

katastrophe

Probably some of blackpink's older songs... they are basically the ones that got me into kpop so i sort of see them as the embodiment of it lol

cmbryrmnOP

Good Point, I think many also know some blackpink songs already so maybe that‘s a good way to introduce K-Pop to them!

katastrophe

@cmbryrmn we even get bp on radio sometimes where i'm from, so maybe even more people are familiar with them here than i would expect %)

cmbryrmnOP

Probably! Most of the people probably listened and liked some songs already without knowing that it‘s K-Pop!

dante_ae

To introduce kpop to my friend who likes rock and edm, I showed him aespa. Whiplash, Kill It, Lemonade. Then I showed him their performance of Girls at the Tokyo Dome for Synk Hyper Line. Yeah, he’s a fan now haha

cmbryrmnOP

Lmaoo with Aespa it doesn‘t need much to show how great K-Pop can be 😂 Did he have an instant Bias as well?

brooklynrawlins14

Hmm probably something depending on their music taste. Like hiphop- Lngshot or CORTIS or like more pop songs- P1harmony and stuff but I may be biased loll

cmbryrmnOP

Cortis is a good call! I think everyone would vibe to a Cortis song!