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SM Entertainment‘s music topped Rolling Stone magazine’s “100 Greatest Songs in K-pop History” list, along with a total of 14 songs.
Rolling Stone released the “100 Greatest Songs in K-pop History” on its official website on July 20 (local time). The list included songs from SM Entertainment artists such as GIRLS’ GENERATION’s “Gee,” which topped the list, as well as H.O.T., S.E.S., BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, SHINee, FX, EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, and AESPA, ranking the most songs among entertainment companies.
In particular, Rolling Stone cited GIRLS’ GENERATION‘s “Gee” as No. 1 and praised it, saying, “‘Gee” shows how the ecstasy of inexplicable love can be translated into popular music.” It went on to praise its debut song “Into the new world“, which ranked 33rd, saying, “It opened the door to girl group stories in the late 2000s and early 2010s at an important time when K-pop was gaining global popularity.“
In addition, SUPER JUNOR‘s “Sorry sorry,” which ranked 12th, was billed as an “earworm,” a song that keeps haunting the ears, and RED VELVET’s “Red Flavor,” ranked 13th, “a song with summer fun, adventure, and romance,” and SHINee’s “Lucifer” ranked 16th, showcased the production concept. “Four Walls” is the “most evolved form of pop EDM” for F(X) and BoA songs with “No.1” ranked 17th and 18th respectively, are also fantastic hits.
TVXQ’s ‘Mirotic’, which ranked 25th, was then considered an ‘incredibly appealing title track’, while EXO’s ‘Growl’, ranked 34th, was hailed as ‘the most exciting boy group mega hit of the era’ and NCT 127‘s ‘Cherry bomb‘, ranked 59th, as ‘a masterpiece that has made K-pop the most ambitious and most ambitious. exploratory”. TAEMIN’s “Move” at #86 was billed as “a song that caused a stir among idols and dancers with genreless choreography,” and AESPA’s “Next level” at #89 is “the first addictive song by a K-pop group with an AI avatar,” proving that SM Entertainment’s music and artists’ global influence touches the world.
In addition, songs from legendary groups that have made SM Entertainment history, such as H.O.T.’s “Candy”, which ranked second, and S.E.S.’s “I’m your girl“, which ranked 27th, were also selected.
Journalist: Shawn
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Source: Rolling Stone
