I think the contrast between WayV’s English lyrics and their Chinese ones are always so funny, even within the literal same song? the mandarin chorus is all beautiful and poetic and then they go into English and it’s “all female’s lie” or something like that 😭 I think the issue with NCT’s English tracks are more about them getting demos with super racy lyrics that they don’t really modify too much when doing the English translations while the Korean lyrics seem to be completely rewritten? the love talk demo at least seems to be like that
Ooo I could definitely see that being the case. I'm getting war flashbacks to exo's Call Me Baby demo (it's called Call Me Daddy and the lyrics are, uh.... something...)
As someone who loves English releases let’s see how I feel about this list- -Am I the only Reveluv that doesn’t have a problem with changing the entrance of Bad Boy? It’s really just so ppl know which version is about to play tbh -Regular English version was the only reason I started listening to NCT so it’s a BIIIIIIIG DISAGREE 🤣 same with Who Do You Love with MX I listen to it all the time mainly because of French Montana seeing as I’m a big western rap fan - Love Talk IS A VIBE gotta turn it up everytime
As a Korean, I'm perfectly fine with the translated versions of songs, but I think that they sound clunky. As far as I know, none of my Korean peers even know the lyrics to the English versions of the songs on here but even if we did know we wouldn't feel uncomfortable or offended
Yeah I feel like the majority of the time English versions sound pretty awkward. I'm happy that most standalone English singles sound pretty coherent though!
I wholeheartedly believe if there was a well translated English version of My First and Last by NCT Dream we would finally have a good English NCT song
when i listened to love talk (both languages) I thought the song was originally english and then they toned it down for the chinese one, it just flowed better in english
Paint Me Naked was on repeat for so long.... it's engrained in my brain forever. It gave me rly strong 2015 US Teen Pop energy and that's when I started listening to non-Latine music for the first time so I'm rly nostalgic about to that type of sound, I loved it
I got unreasonably happy when A.C.E showed up 😭 my love for them aside, I think Down is one of the best English Kpop songs. It was written by native English speakers so the lyrics feel natural, and the production actually gave way from A.C.E's usual very strong Kpop sound to a soft Western feel, unlike most English Kpop songs that stick to Kpop trends but change the lyrics to English, so it ends up feeling a little contradictory. It was also as far as I know the first time anyone in Kpop did the phone screen MV style, which has become a bit of a thing now with Itzy doing it recently, so A.C.E trendsetters once again. They knew what they were doing, and it's one of the very few times they've "compromised" their hardstyle music for a cuter concept. They do that rarely enough that it's surprising but not inauthentic. Like with most of their music, if they were a more famous group from a richer company, Down would've blown up
I'll never miss an opportunity to promote A.C.E, they're one of my absolute favorite groups 😂 I'm really hoping Down becomes a sleeper hit, I could totally see it going viral. They do such a fantastic job at embodying every concept, they definitely need more recognition!!!
I feel like out of all of these songs, Nobody, Love Talk and Butter have the most like that Oomph. Nobody remains iconic, Butter is Bts' best and only good english single(i will fight people on this), and Love Talk is just Love Talk. Are you even in the kpop circle if you haven't heard "i can hear it calling" at least once? I also agree with Ten and h&m comment, new heroes remains my least favorite ten solo(i believe in dream in a dream supremacy) but it still has that tove lo vibe going on. For monsta x, i agree that who do u love does not have replayibility. The song is very much you listen to it, you like it, you get sick of it, you stop listening to it, you hear the song again somewhere and you're back to the beginning. But their two english albums are really solid pop pieces, my favorite Single remains Middle of the Night(so classy, so chill) and my fav eng song from them is probably Blame Me(cute, has that idk how to say it going to a carnival with your friends vibe)
You can see the thinking of JYPE in videos like The Feels (Clueless and Mean Girls) and Nobody (Motown) to give a familiar image to the western audience along with the familiar language.
This was really interesting and I also found it fun to see that my rankings would be pretty similar to yours. I didn't know all of the songs on this list (or for some I didn't know there was an English version), so I'll definitely check out all the ones that got good rankings. Of the songs not mentioned in this, I also quite like the English versions of Oh my god and Hwaa by (G)I-DLE and of Life is Beautiful by Oneus.
I really like it!!! It kinda reminds me of Count On Me by Bruno Mars? D.O's voice is perfection, his pronunciation really sounds like a native speaker. I also love his version of For Life, I was thinking of putting it in the video but I cut it since it doesn't have an official studio version 😔
@@YeriPotter true idk why sm tends to be like that with red velvet 😭 it seems like they tend to lose functioning brain cells when doinh promotion from them
Thank you!!! I'd probably put them in Naevis, We Love You; I really like all of them, but they're not as addicting as The Feels. The whole Formula of Love album is fantastic :)
I'm a bit conflicted; on one hand, I definitely think the lyrics and flow of the song are great, but on the other, Zombie is one of my least favorite Day6 title tracks and I don't really listen to it anymore. I'd probably have to make space between the middle tiers 😂
I think the contrast between WayV’s English lyrics and their Chinese ones are always so funny, even within the literal same song? the mandarin chorus is all beautiful and poetic and then they go into English and it’s “all female’s lie” or something like that 😭 I think the issue with NCT’s English tracks are more about them getting demos with super racy lyrics that they don’t really modify too much when doing the English translations while the Korean lyrics seem to be completely rewritten? the love talk demo at least seems to be like that
Ooo I could definitely see that being the case. I'm getting war flashbacks to exo's Call Me Baby demo (it's called Call Me Daddy and the lyrics are, uh.... something...)
As someone who loves English releases let’s see how I feel about this list-
-Am I the only Reveluv that doesn’t have a problem with changing the entrance of Bad Boy? It’s really just so ppl know which version is about to play tbh
-Regular English version was the only reason I started listening to NCT so it’s a BIIIIIIIG DISAGREE 🤣 same with Who Do You Love with MX I listen to it all the time mainly because of French Montana seeing as I’m a big western rap fan
- Love Talk IS A VIBE gotta turn it up everytime
I was honestly surprised at how many songs I liked while making this!
As a Korean, I'm perfectly fine with the translated versions of songs, but I think that they sound clunky. As far as I know, none of my Korean peers even know the lyrics to the English versions of the songs on here but even if we did know we wouldn't feel uncomfortable or offended
Yeah I feel like the majority of the time English versions sound pretty awkward. I'm happy that most standalone English singles sound pretty coherent though!
You JINXED it, THE FEELS DID REALLY WELL IN THE WESTERN MARKET
I wholeheartedly believe if there was a well translated English version of My First and Last by NCT Dream we would finally have a good English NCT song
I wouldn't mind a full English version of Don't Need Your Love either!
songs like regular english ver and money while are definitely bad, are so enjoyable, I lable them as clown hype songs that I would sing to at a party
Regular actually grew on me a bit when making this, the lyrics are so funny but the melody is so addictive 😂
I actually love Tens Paint me naked, and the duo song with Yangyang called "Low Low". Their english is really good so it sounds great to me.
Ten's back must hurt from carrying English kpop releases 😫
when i listened to love talk (both languages) I thought the song was originally english and then they toned it down for the chinese one, it just flowed better in english
Paint Me Naked was on repeat for so long.... it's engrained in my brain forever. It gave me rly strong 2015 US Teen Pop energy and that's when I started listening to non-Latine music for the first time so I'm rly nostalgic about to that type of sound, I loved it
This Woodz Comeback is really something else :0
Yes!!! The whole mini is phenomenal, I've had Chaser on repeat for the past month 😳
I got unreasonably happy when A.C.E showed up 😭 my love for them aside, I think Down is one of the best English Kpop songs. It was written by native English speakers so the lyrics feel natural, and the production actually gave way from A.C.E's usual very strong Kpop sound to a soft Western feel, unlike most English Kpop songs that stick to Kpop trends but change the lyrics to English, so it ends up feeling a little contradictory. It was also as far as I know the first time anyone in Kpop did the phone screen MV style, which has become a bit of a thing now with Itzy doing it recently, so A.C.E trendsetters once again. They knew what they were doing, and it's one of the very few times they've "compromised" their hardstyle music for a cuter concept. They do that rarely enough that it's surprising but not inauthentic. Like with most of their music, if they were a more famous group from a richer company, Down would've blown up
I'll never miss an opportunity to promote A.C.E, they're one of my absolute favorite groups 😂 I'm really hoping Down becomes a sleeper hit, I could totally see it going viral. They do such a fantastic job at embodying every concept, they definitely need more recognition!!!
Yesss
I am anticipating my Spotify rapped because I know that Down will be in the Top 5, I love that song so much.
I'm 90% sure that Down will be my top song from this year 😂
I feel like out of all of these songs, Nobody, Love Talk and Butter have the most like that Oomph. Nobody remains iconic, Butter is Bts' best and only good english single(i will fight people on this), and Love Talk is just Love Talk. Are you even in the kpop circle if you haven't heard "i can hear it calling" at least once? I also agree with Ten and h&m comment, new heroes remains my least favorite ten solo(i believe in dream in a dream supremacy) but it still has that tove lo vibe going on.
For monsta x, i agree that who do u love does not have replayibility. The song is very much you listen to it, you like it, you get sick of it, you stop listening to it, you hear the song again somewhere and you're back to the beginning. But their two english albums are really solid pop pieces, my favorite Single remains Middle of the Night(so classy, so chill) and my fav eng song from them is probably Blame Me(cute, has that idk how to say it going to a carnival with your friends vibe)
As soon as you mentioned the feels I had to open a new tab to go listen to it before I finished the video.
You can see the thinking of JYPE in videos like The Feels (Clueless and Mean Girls) and Nobody (Motown) to give a familiar image to the western audience along with the familiar language.
i really love chungha's english debut idk why but it sounds a lot like dua lipa's break my heart or something
It does! All of her English songs are great tbh, her style is perfect for the Western market
Loving the different intro omg 😳 nice video !!
Thank youuuuuu 💗
@@YeriPotter you’re welcome 😊
this video made my evening! I loved it 💗
Awww thank you so much!
I think I would put "SOBER" by Hyoyeon, it was good but thanks to SME it was not known but at least it have 50M views
Sober and Punk Right Now have fun English versions!
i really liked twice's english version of icsm - i thought it translated the original songs message really well, but maybe that's just me!
G-Idle's English version of Oh My God is SO GOOD! You should definitely listen to it.
I love star, but Dance on my own by Loona is my personal favorite english release
Omg YESS we need the Ten solo nowwwww
This was really interesting and I also found it fun to see that my rankings would be pretty similar to yours. I didn't know all of the songs on this list (or for some I didn't know there was an English version), so I'll definitely check out all the ones that got good rankings. Of the songs not mentioned in this, I also quite like the English versions of Oh my god and Hwaa by (G)I-DLE and of Life is Beautiful by Oneus.
I forgot those had English versions! Also I'm so happy oneus finally got their first win :)
@@YeriPotter Me too! It's been so long overdue.
Wow it's so nice💗🤍💗💗💓💓💓❤️💖💖💖💗💖💗💖💖💗💖💗❤️❤️❤️💗❤️💗❤️❤️❤️💗❤️❤️❤️💗❤️💗
The only English version of a kpop song that I love is cry for me English vers
Omg Big Chance my favorite SuperM song its sooooo good why does no one know it exists
It really is! I blame SM for giving it no promo :/
Im kinda curious. Where would you put Day6's Zombie?
how I wish D.O's Rose and EXO's For Life is in the list. Bad Boy is really a bop
Ok but I Cant Stop Me?
I'm curious as to where you'd put rose (English version)
I really like it!!! It kinda reminds me of Count On Me by Bruno Mars? D.O's voice is perfection, his pronunciation really sounds like a native speaker. I also love his version of For Life, I was thinking of putting it in the video but I cut it since it doesn't have an official studio version 😔
Star really slayed
7:22 It is 🤣
Also i believe that sm is hesitant with red velvet so bad boy didnt get the promo she deserves 😭
SM is awful promoting Red Velvet internationally... like they had a whole collab with Diplo and Ellie Goulding which got zero promo
@@YeriPotter true idk why sm tends to be like that with red velvet 😭 it seems like they tend to lose functioning brain cells when doinh promotion from them
Where would you put the three English b-sides from Twice's new album? I loved all three of them! Great video btw
Thank you!!! I'd probably put them in Naevis, We Love You; I really like all of them, but they're not as addicting as The Feels. The whole Formula of Love album is fantastic :)
Hey bestie💕💕💕💕
Hiiii
I’m honestly offended Can’t Nobody by 2NE1 wasn’t on here. They ate and left no crumbs.
Ok
Im kinda curious. Where would you put Day6's Zombie?
I'm a bit conflicted; on one hand, I definitely think the lyrics and flow of the song are great, but on the other, Zombie is one of my least favorite Day6 title tracks and I don't really listen to it anymore. I'd probably have to make space between the middle tiers 😂
Ok