POP ARTISTS INFLUENCED BY K-POP
BY BRENESSA ROACH | AUGUST 26 2023
K-Pop is pop music that is sung in Korean, but over the last few years, K-Pop has developed it’s own sound and style that is different from Western pop. In our opinion, typical K-Pop songs have a more bright and bubbly vibe and production to it compared to regular pop songs. The four artists we featured in this article are heavily inspired by K-Pop or are even working closely in the Korean music industry. Their music is not sung in Korean and they are not Korean, but their music is different from a regular pop song and falls under that bubbly and bright K-pop sound.
So, let’s get started…
Jenny Lyric is an LA based singer and songwriter who blends R&B and K-Pop and is currently signed to the Korean label Localhigh Records. She was part of the K-Pop group Coco Avenue which was labeled as “the first black K-Pop group.” Coco Avenue disbanded in 2017 and she went to Korea and started working with Shin Insoo on the song “INS-REPLAY, Vol 2: CLOSER”. This song was her debut song on June 22nd, 2018 and it was distributed through Warner Korea and 1theK (Source: Spotify artist bio).
On May 28th, 2021, she released her second single “View” which was a collaboration with Ajk. Followed by the release of “View”, she released “Eottae (Acoustic Version)” in September, “Stop Talking” with Talent Bender and “HOMIES” in December. In 2022, she only released one single on July 14th titled “Love On The Dance Floor”.
On April 2nd, 2023, she released her first single of 2023 titled “Matter Of Time”. In July she released the Korean remix version of “Matter Of Time 시간이 흐르면” with FLANNEL ALBERT.
Listen to “Matter Of Time” by Jenny Lyric on Spotify:
Check out Jenny Lyric on Instagram: @jennythelyric
LYRE is a girl group consisting of 3 members; Alina Smith, Elli Moore and Giselle – who are all K-pop songwriters and producers. Together, the group worked on “In the morning” by ITZY, “Giddy” by Kep1er and more. LYRE debuted as a group on December 6th, 2022 with the single “WANNABES”. This single has over 304K streams on Spotify and is their second most popular song.
On January 18th, they released their first single of 2023 titled “Gimme Love” which is their most popular song with over 600K streams. Followed by “Gimme Love”, they released “CLICKBAIT” in February and “CRY WOLF” in May. Their latest single “Love & Pain” came out on August 9th.
Listen to “Gimme Love” by LYRE on Spotify:
Check out LYRE on Instagram: @lyremusicgroup
Niffi is a Pop and R&B artist from Germany. She debuted on December 30th, 2022 with the single “Fool”. Her first release of 2023 is also her latest release “Above Me” which came out on June 30th. “Above Me” is inspired by K-Pop and we really love the sound of this second single and hope Niffi makes more like it.
Listen to “Above Me” by Niffi on Spotify:
Check out Niffi on Instagram: @niffi_music
Boys World is an American R&B infused pop girl group consisting of 4 American members; Olivia, Lillian, Elana and Makhyli and 1 Filipino member, Queenie. They are signed to the Korean label KYN Entertainment. “Boys” stands for “Best of Yourself”, and “World” is the space they want to create where everyone can feel welcome (Source: Spotify artist profile).
They debuted on September 28th, 2020 with the single “please hold” followed by “Girlfriends” on October 23rd, 2020. “Girlfriends” is their most popular hit with over 9 million streams. On January 29th, 2021, they released the single “Wingman” which is another one of their popular songs with over 3 million streams. All those singles were pre-release tracks for their debut EP While You Were Out which came out on April 9th, 2021. Their last single of 2021 was “Something in the Water” which has over 5.7 million streams on Spotify.
In 2022, Boys World released only one single titled “SO WHAT” on July 27th. This is our favourite song of theirs and was also a pre-release track for their second EP me, my girls & i which came out on June 23rd.
Their latest release “Piña Colada” came out oh August 18th. They are currently doing a mini tour in a few places in North America.
Listen to “SO WHAT” by Boys World on Spotify:
Check out Boys World on Instagram: @boysworld
You can find all 4 songs mentioned in this article on our Spotify playlist below:
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