Top 75 Favorite K-pop Singles, 2021

“Singles” denotes anything that got a YouTube push via music video, with exception of one song which is an album track. Big thanks to the folks in the K-pop group chat for introducing me to quite a few songs on here and just making it fun overall to continue keeping up with K-pop. Here’s a Spotify playlist of all of the songs.

1. CIX: “Cinema”
2. WJSN THE BLACK: “Easy”
3. HEARTCORE: “Yuppie”
4. YONGYONG: “RAIN STAR *:・ﾟ”
5. HOT ISSUE: “GRATATA”
6. Golden Child: “Breathe”
7. PURPLEKISS: “Can We Talk Again”
8. IU: “LILAC”
9. BDC: “MOONLIGHT”
10. JOY: “Hello”
11. EVERGLOW: “Pirate”
12. DRIPPIN: “Young Blood”
13. MIRAE: “KILLA”
14. Crystal Tea: “Romanticist A.I.”
15. NU’EST: “INSIDE OUT”
16. Twice: “Alcohol-Free”
17. Jeon Soyeon ft. BIBI & Lee Young Ji: “Is this b***** number?”
18. Uhm Jung Hwa ft. Hwasa & DPR LIVE: “Hop In”
19. fromis_9: “WE GO”
20. WJSN: “UNNATURAL”
21. Rocket Punch: “Ring Ring”
22. ICHILLIN’: “GOT’YA”
23. lilli lilli: “BARCODE”
24. T-ARA: “TIKI TAKA”
25. JO YURI: “GLASSY”
26. LOONA: “Hula Hoop”
27. TXT ft. Seori: “0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)”
28. SUNMI: “Go or Stop?”
29. Cherry Bullet: “Love So Sweet”
30. TO1: “Son of Beast”
31. YUKIKA: “Insomnia”
32. YUBIN: “PERFUME”
33. Whee In: “water color”
34. WEi: “Starry Night”
35. PinkFantasy: “Tales of the Unusual”
36. THE BOYZ: “THRILL RIDE”
37. PIXY: “Let Me Know”
38. PRITTI-G: “Hola”
39. PoshGirls: “Got Chu”
40. BEBE YANA: “Strawberry Kisses”
41. ara: “Reason”
42. P1Harmony: “Scared”
43. WayV/TEN & YANGYANG: “Low Low”
44. CRAVITY: “Gas Pedal”
45. ROCOBERRY: “THIS CITY”
46. Dreamcatcher: “BEcause”
47. SF9: “Tear Drop”
48. YUQI: “Bonnie & Clyde”
49. ENHYPEN: “Drunk-Dazed”
50. aespa: “Savage”
51. MRSHLL: “show me what U got”
52. AB6IX: “CLOSE”
53. VERIVERY: “TRIGGER”
54. Cotton Candy: “Honest”
55. 3YE: “STALKER”
56. HONG EUNKI: “ON&ON”
57. Ciipher: “Blind”
58. TRI.BE: “WOULD YOU RUN”
59. HOSHI: “Spider”
60. Weeekly: “After School”
61. DALsooobin: “Sign”
62. G-reyish: “Blood Night”
63. MY.st: “*DAZZLE”
64. DKB: “Rollercoaster”
65. STAYC: “STEREOTYPE”
66. PENTAGON/Yuto, Kino, Wooseok: “Cereberus”
67. SEVENTEEN: “Rock with you”
68. CRAXY: “GAIA”
69. NCT DREAM: “Hot Sauce”
70. Meaningful Stone: “Dancing in the rain”
71. UP10TION: “SPIN OFF”
72. Bling Bling: “Oh MAMA”
73. EXN: “Law of Gravity”
74. LIGHTSUM: “VIVACE”
75. Epik High ft. CL & ZICO: “Rosario”

Previously: 50 favorite K-pop singles of 2020