The 1st Generation of K-Pop Music started in 1992 and ended in 2001. Here are the pioneering groups and solo acts who started the modern K-pop that we all know today.
For an explanation on how we defined each generation, see: YourOnly.One’s K-pop Generations
[S.E.S.] YouTube: S.E.S. ‘Dreams Come True’ MV ↩︎
[Nylon Beat] YouTube: Nylon Beat - Rakastuin mä looseriin -live (27.1.1996) ↩︎
[Nylon Beat] Wikipedia: Nylon Beat ↩︎
[BoA] YouTube: BoA 보아 ‘No.1’ MV ↩︎
[BoA] YouTube: Every Heart-ミンナノキモチ- / BoA ↩︎
[BoA] YouTube: BoA 보아 ‘Milky Way’ MV ↩︎
[BoA] YouTube: BoA 보아 ‘아틀란티스 소녀 (Atlantis Princess)’ MV ↩︎
[BoA] YouTube: BoA 보아 ‘Only One’ MV (Dance ver.) ↩︎
[BoA] Heyday: Legend of Kpop? Korean Teenagers React to BoA’s golden days ↩︎ ↩︎
[BoA] Japan Times: No constrictions on BoA’s ambitions ↩︎
[PSY] YouTube: PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(강남스타일) M/V ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
[PSY] Guinness World Records: [PSY secures new YouTube world record with “Gentleman”](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/4/psy-secures-new-youtube-world-record-with-gentleman-48291 “PSY secures new YouTube world record with “Gentleman”) ↩︎ ↩︎
[Jang Na Ra] YouTube: 음악캠프 - Jang Nara - Sweet Dream, 장나라 - 스윗 드림, Music Camp 20021026 ↩︎
[Jang Na Ra] YouTube: [MV] 장나라(Jang Nara) - Someday [당신의 하우스헬퍼 OST Part.4 (Your House Helper OST Part.4)] ↩︎
[Jang Na Ra] YouTube: Jang Nara - Calling love, 장나라 - 사랑 부르기, Music Core 20070224 ↩︎
The 2nd Generation of K-Pop Music started in 2002 and ended in 2011 which was led by solo acts like Byul, Gummy, and Se7en; and the revival of K-pop groups by TVXQ!, SS501, and Super Junior.
For an explanation on how we defined each generation, see: YourOnly.One’s K-pop Generations
Debut: 2021-04-09 (as a member of We Girls)
Sample songs:
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[Byul] YouTube: 별 byul - 내가 정말 사랑하는 사람이 있죠 Dear My Love Official M/V ↩︎
[Gummy] YouTube: [MV] Gummy(거미) - You Are My Everything l 태양의 후예 OST Part.4 ↩︎
[Gummy] YouTube: [MV] 거미 (GUMMY) - Remember me (기억해줘요 내 모든 날과 그때를) (Hotel Del Luna (호텔 델루나) OST Part.7) ↩︎
[Girls’ Generation] YouTube: Girls’ Generation 소녀시대 ‘Gee’ MV ↩︎
[Girls’ Generation] YouTube: Girls’ Generation 소녀시대 ‘소원을 말해봐 (Genie)’ MV ↩︎
[Girls’ Generation] YouTube: Girls’ Generation 소녀시대 ‘Oh!’ MV ↩︎
[Girls’ Generation] YouTube: Girls’ Generation 소녀시대 ‘Run Devil Run’ MV ↩︎
[WONDER GIRLS] YouTube: 【TVPP】Wonder Girls - Nobody, 원더걸스 - 노바디 @ Comeback Stage, Show! Music core ↩︎
[WONDER GIRLS] YouTube: Wonder Girls ‘NOBODY (Eng. Ver)’ M/V ↩︎
[Davichi] YouTube: 달의 연인 - 보보경심 려 OST - Davichi 다비치 ‘Forgetting You’ 그대를 잊는다는 건 ↩︎
[Davichi] YouTube: [MV] DAVICHI (다비치) - Today I Miss You (While You Were Sleeping OST Part.7) 당신이 잠든 사이에 OST Part.7 ↩︎
[Davichi] YouTube: [MV] Davichi (다비치) - Falling In Love (꿈처럼 내린) | Beauty Inside 뷰티 인사이드 OST ↩︎
[Davichi] YouTube: [더 킹 : 영원의 군주 OST Part 6] 다비치 (DAVICHI) - Please Don’t Cry MV ↩︎
[2PM] YouTube: 2PM ‘HANDS UP’ M/V ↩︎
[IU] YouTube: IU(아이유) - Good Day(좋은 날) (Sketchbook) | KBS WORLD TV 200918 ↩︎
[IU] YouTube: IU You and I live 2011 KBS drama awards ↩︎
[IU] YouTube: [ENGSUB] IU & Jo Jung Suk - Beautiful Song (예쁘다송) You’re The Best Lee Soon Shin FMV ↩︎
[IU] YouTube: [IU] Blueming Live Clip (2019 IU Tour Concert ‘Love, poem’) ↩︎
[IU] YouTube: IU(아이유) - BBIBBI(삐삐) (Sketchbook) | KBS WORLD TV 201918 ↩︎
[IU] YouTube: [최초 공개] 아이유(IU) ‘Celebrity’ 라이브🎤 | 스페셜클립 | Special Clip | 셀러브리티 | LYRICS | 4K ↩︎
[IU] YouTube: [MV] IU(아이유) _ strawberry moon ↩︎
[2NE1] YouTube: 2NE1 - I DON’T CARE M/V ↩︎
[2NE1] YouTube: 2NE1 - LONELY M/V ↩︎
[T-ara] YouTube: T-ARA - Bo Peep Bo Peep, 티아라 - 보핍보핍, Music Core 20091219 ↩︎
[T-ara] YouTube: T-ARA - Roly Poly, 티아라 : 롤리폴리, Music Core 20110716 ↩︎
[T-ara] YouTube: [쇼! 음악중심] T-ARA - Lovey Dovey, 티아라 - 러비 더비, Music Core 20120107 ↩︎
[T-ara] YouTube: [MV]티아라(T-ARA) - TIKI TAKA(티키타카)ㅣ딩고뮤직ㅣDingo Music ↩︎
[Eun Jung] YouTube: EUN JUNG 《DESIRE》 MUSIC VIDEO ↩︎
[Eun Jung] YouTube: Sweet Snow ↩︎
[f(x)] YouTube: f(x) 에프엑스 ‘Electric Shock’ MV ↩︎
[Hyolyn] YouTube: [명불허전 OST Part 2] 효린 (Hyolyn) - ALWAYS MV ↩︎
[Hyolyn] YouTube: [MV] Hyolin(효린) _ I Miss You(보고싶어) (Uncontrollably Fond(함부로 애틋하게) OST Part.5) ↩︎
[Hyolyn] YouTube: [MV] Hyolyn(효린) _ Good bye(안녕) (My Love From the Star(별에서 온 그대) OST Part 4) ↩︎
[Hyolyn] YouTube: [겨울왕국] ‘오늘도 또 들으러 왔어요’ 한 번만 들은 사람은 없다는 효린의 Let It Go | 디즈니OST ↩︎
[miss A] YouTube: miss A ‘Love Alone’ M/V ↩︎
[miss A] YouTube: miss A ‘Only You(다른 남자 말고 너)’ M/V) ↩︎
[Suzy] YouTube: Suzy(수지) ‘Yes No Maybe’ M/V ↩︎
[Suzy] YouTube: [SUZY - I’m In Love With Someone Else] Comeback Stage | M COUNTDOWN 180201 EP.556 ↩︎
[Suzy] YouTube: [MV] Sooji(수지)(miss A) _ Don’t forget me(나를 잊지말아요)(Kangchi, the Beginning(구가의서) OST Part 5) ↩︎
[Suzy] YouTube: [MV] Suzy(수지) _ Ring My Bell(Uncontrollably Fond(함부로 애틋하게) OST Part. 1) ↩︎
[Suzy] YouTube: [MV] Suzy (수지) - I Love You Boy (While You Were Sleeping OST Part.4) 당신이 잠든 사이에 OST Part.4 ↩︎
[Suzy] YouTube: [MV] Suzy (수지) - Words I Want To Hear (듣고 싶은 말) While You Were Sleeping OST Part.13 ↩︎
[Suzy] YouTube: [MV] 수지 - My Dear Love [스타트업 OST Part.14 (START-UP OST Part.14)] ↩︎
[Girl’s Day] YouTube: [Music Bank K-Chart] Girl’s Day - Don’t Forget Me (2012.11.02) ↩︎
[Girl’s Day] YouTube: Girl’s Day(걸스데이) ‘Expectation(기대해)’ Official MV (Dance.ver) ↩︎
[Girl’s Day] YouTube: [MV] GIRL’S DAY(걸스데이) _ Something (Dance ver.) ↩︎
[Ben] YouTube: Ben (벤) - Starlight Heart (잠들지 않는 별) The Red Sleeve (옷소매 붉은 끝동) OST Part 2 Lyrics/가사 [Han|Rom|Eng] ↩︎
[Ben] YouTube: [MV] 벤 - Whenever Wherever Whatever [앨리스 OST Part.2 (Alice OST Part.2)] ↩︎
[Ben] YouTube: Ben (벤) - 꿈처럼 (Like a Dream) FMV ↩︎
[Ben] YouTube: [FMV] Ben – STAY (Oh My Ghost OST) ↩︎
[Kimi] YouTube: Mammy Mammy ↩︎
[Apink] YouTube: [MV] Apink(에이핑크) _ NoNoNo ↩︎
[Apink] YouTube: [MV] Apink(에이핑크) _ Mr. Chu(미스터 츄) ↩︎
The 3rd Generation of K-Pop Music started in 2012 and ended in 2021. In this generation’s first year it was clear that K-pop is here to stay. Solo act Ailee together with groups Crayon Pop, NU’EST, EXO, and AOA showed what the third generation should be.
For an explanation on how we defined each generation, see: YourOnly.One’s K-pop Generations
[Crayon Pop] YouTube: Crayon Pop-Dancing Queen 2.0 MV(크레용팝 댄싱퀸2.0 뮤직비디오) ↩︎
[Crayon Pop] YouTube: Crayon Pop - Bar Bar Bar, 크레용팝 - 빠빠빠, Show Champion 20130724 ↩︎
[Crayon Pop] YouTube: [Official M/V] 히어로(HERO)-김장훈&크레용팝(Kim Jang Hoon&Crayon Pop) ↩︎
[Crayon Pop] YouTube: [Crayon Pop] 크레용팝 ‘어이’ Uh-ee M/V ↩︎
[Crayon Pop] YouTube: Dancing All Night (댄싱 올 나잇) ↩︎
[Crayon Pop] YouTube: [Crayon Pop]《Dancing All Night / (댄싱 올 나잇)》 ミュージックビデオ- Official MV ↩︎
[Ailee] YouTube: [도깨비 OST Part 9] 에일리 (Ailee) - 첫눈처럼 너에게 가겠다 (I will go to you like the first snow) (Official Audio) ↩︎
[Ailee] YouTube: [MV] 에일리 (AILEE) - Blue Bird [스타트업 OST Part.9 (START-UP OST Part.9)] ↩︎
KProfiles: TEMPEST Profile and Facts ↩︎ ↩︎
[SKarf] YouTube: SKARF - Luv Virus (2013.06.22) [Music Bank w/ Eng Lyrics] ↩︎
[SKarf] YouTube: SKARF @ Super KPop - Love Virus, Bye Bye Bye, Hana’s Aegyo ↩︎
[SKarf] YouTube: My Turn (내 차례) ↩︎
[SKarf] YouTube: SKARF (스카프) SHOW EP.2 - Sunny Day Vocal Performance (써니 데이 보컬 퍼포먼스) ↩︎
[HIGHTEEN] YouTube: Jessica Lee ↩︎
[Kim Se Jeong] YouTube: [MV] KIM SEJEONG(김세정) _ Baby I Love U ↩︎
[Kim Se Jeong] YouTube: [MV] KIMSEJEONG(김세정) _ Warning (Feat. lIlBOI) ↩︎
[Kim Se Jeong] YouTube: 🎬Like a scene from a movie, singing in front of the skyline🏙✨ SEJEONG - SKYLINE LIVE 4K | dingomusic ↩︎
[Kim Se Jeong] YouTube: 세정(SEJEONG) - ‘Whale’ LIVE CLIP ↩︎
[Kim Se Jeong] YouTube: [MV] SEJEONG(세정) _ Plant(화분) ↩︎
[Kim Se Jeong] YouTube: [ENG SUB] 세정 (SEJEONG) ‘터널 (Tunnel)’ Lyric Videoㅣ리릭비디오 | 4Kㅣ딩고뮤직ㅣDingo Music ↩︎
[BLΛƆKPIИK] YouTube: BLACKPINK(블랙핑크) - How You Like That @인기가요 inkigayo 20200719 ↩︎
[Cherry Bullet] YouTube: [Cherry Bullet - Really Really] Comeback Stage | M COUNTDOWN 190523 EP.620 ↩︎
[Cherry Bullet] YouTube: [Cherry Bullet - Aloha Oe] Comeback Stage | M COUNTDOWN 200806 EP.677 ↩︎
[STAYC] YouTube: STAYC(스테이씨) ‘ASAP’ MV ↩︎
[STAYC] YouTube: STAYC(스테이씨) ‘색안경 (STEREOTYPE)’ MV ↩︎
[æspa] YouTube: (ENG sub) [쇼! 음악중심] 에스파 - 드림스 컴 트루 (aespa - Dreams Come True), MBC 220108 방송 ↩︎
[Nylon Beat] YouTube: Nylon Beat - Rakastuin mä looseriin -live (27.1.1996) ↩︎
[Nylon Beat] Wikipedia: Nylon Beat ↩︎
The 4th Generation of K-Pop Music started in 2022 and will end on 2031. Already an exciting generation as it was opened by supergroup Girls On Top through its subgroup GOT the beat which was quickly followed by newcomer girl group Kep1er, a generation which will definitely become a Girls’ Generation and everyday a Girl’s Day.
In February, VIVIZ and NMIXX strenghtened the girl power theme with their powerful debut songs.
For an explanation on how we defined each generation, see: YourOnly.One’s K-pop Generations
[TEMPEST] YouTube: Covered by TPST|SEVENTEEN - HIT ↩︎
KProfiles: TEMPEST Profile and Facts ↩︎
NAVER News: 위에화, ‘템페스트’ 상표권 출원…형섭X의웅 속한 보이그룹 론칭? [엑’s 이슈] ↩︎
[Le Sserafim] LESSERAFIM (레세라핌) OFFICIAL FANCLUB & OFFICIAL COLOUR’S (공식 팬클럽 & 공식 팬콜럴) 🙌👏👏 ↩︎ ↩︎
2021 was not a good year for most just as 2020 was before it. Despite that, hope is in the air as billions of people ushered in 2022 in a joyous way.
The joke for this new year is that 2022 sounds like 2020 too and that what happened in 2020 will happen again in 2022. But as Canadian comedian Rick Mercer said:
I agree. The new decade starts right now.
Here are seven (7) of the best 2022 New Year Celebrations I found online.
The best 2022 New Year celebration is Hyundai’s New Year’s Eve countdown in Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was a very beautiful drone show with timely message of hope for everyone.
Next is the BBC’s production all over London, the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It takes us back to the UK’s greatest achievements and takes us to various locations in London as fireworks all over fires in celebration bidding 2021 a farewell and welcoming the new year 2022.
Easily dismissed as “the usual fireworks show from the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa” but Dubai sure knows how to outdo themselves.
The biggest and longest (15 minutes and 20 seconds) [pure] fireworks display, and the largest attendance to ring in 2022 goes to Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! They also earned the most heart-shaped firework display!
What is a new year celebration without a music party? Canadian comedy icon, Rick Mercer, hosted Canada’s New Year’s Eve countdown in true Canadian way, featuring an hour long of musical performances from across the country.
If you are curious how the magical world of Disney celebrates New Year, watch the upgraded Fantasy In The Sky fireworks show in celebration of the 2022 New Year!
Sergio & Rhoda in Israel stayed in Nazareth during the New Year and recorded how the Christians, Arabs, and Jews of Nazareth celebrate the New Year.
The best drone footage goes to Traveller In The Whole World for the slow and smooth drone control covering the New Year celebration in Reykjavik, Iceland!
The annual fireworks show in Auckland, New Zealand was cancelled due to COVID-19 but that did not stop them from organising an amazing light show, and drivers were honking too.
Like in Auckland, New Zealand, there were no fireworks in The Bund, Shanghai, China. However, it did not stop people from visiting The Bund in the hopes of seeing any alternative celebration and in the absence of it, they just celebrated amongst themselves.
Happy New Year 2022 from YourOnly.One!