K-PJ Directory + K-Pop Beginner's Guide

Sanctuary · Dec 21, 2017

Currently Active Rosters:

SM: Super Junior, TVXQ, SHINee, f(x), EXO, NCT, Red Velvet, BoA
YG: BIGBANG, Winner, iKon, Blackpink, CL, AKMU, Epik High, Lee Hi
JYP: GOT7, Day6, TWICE, Stray Kids, Nakjoon, Baek Ayeon, 15&

Currently Active Rosters:

A Team: VAV
Banana Culture: EXID
Beat Interactive: ACE
BigHit: BTS
Brave Ent.: Brave Girls
Cre.Ker: Melody Day, The Boyz
Cube: BTOB, CLC, Pentagon
Dream Tea: Girl’s Day, MAP6
DSP: April, KARD
Fantagio: ASTRO, Hello Venus, Weki Meki
FNC: AOA, CNBlue, FT Island, N.Flying, SF9
GH Ent.: B.I.G
Happy Face: Dreamcatcher, V.O.S
HUNUS - Elris, Romeo, Topp Dogg
JellyFish: Gugudan, VIXX
MBK: T-ARA, DIA
MMO: IN2IT
Plan A: Apink, Victon
Pledis: NU’EST, Pristin, Seventeen, fromis9 (Pre-Debut)
Polaris: LADIES’ CODE, LOONA
Rainbow Bridge: Mamamoo
Source Music: GFRIEND
Star Empire: 9Muses, Imfact
Starship: Boyfriend, Monsta X, WJSN
TOP: Teen Top, UP10TION
TS: B.A.P, SONAMOO
WAN: BigFlo
Widmay: Snuper
WM: B1A4, Oh My Girl, ONF
Woollim: Infinite, Golden Child, Lovelyz

Popular Solosits:

Holland - "Neverland" ️‍️‍️‍️‍| "I'm Not Afraid"
IU - "Good Day" | "Friday" | "23" | "Through The Night" | "Palette"
G-Dragon (BIGBANG) - "Heartbreaker" | "That XX" | "Crooked" | "untitled"
Sunmi (Wonder Girls) - "24 Hours" | "Full Moon" | "Gashina" | "Heroine" | "Siren"
HA:TFELT/Yenny (Wonder Girls) - "Ain't Nobody" | "I Wander" | "Pluhmm"
Hyuna (4minute) - "Bubble Pop" | "Red" | "Roll Deep" | "Babe" | "Lip & Hip"
Taeyeon (SNSD) - "I" | "Why" | "Fine" | "Make Me Love You" | "Something New"
Jay Park (2PM) - "Aquaman" | "Me Like Yuh" | "Drive" | "Soju"
Heize - "And July" | "Star" | "Don't Know You" | "Jenga"
Crush - "Oasis" | "woo ah" | "Fall" | "Outside"
Dean - "I'm Not Sorry" | "D (Half Moon)" | "Pour Up"
Zion.T - "Babay" | "No Make Up" | "The Song"
Chungha (P101) - "Why Don't You Know?" | "Rollercoaster" | "Love U"
BoA - "My Name" | "Girls On Top" | "Only One" | "Kiss My Lips"
Zico (Block B) - "Boys & Girls" | "I Am U" | "Artist" | "Soulmate"
Jessi (LuckyJ) - "SSENUNNI" | "Gucci" | "Down"
Ailee - "I Will Show You" | "Home" | "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow"
Hyolyn (Sistar) - "Blue Moon" | "To Do List" | "Dally" | "SeeSea" | "Bae"
Soyou (Sistar) - "Some" | "The Night"
Lee Hyori (Fin.Kl) - "U Go Girl" | "Miss Korea" | "Bad Girls" | "Black"
Taeyang (BIGBANG) - "Eyes, Nose Lips" |
Eunji (Apink) - "Hopefully Sky"
Suzy (miss A) - "Dream" | "Yes No Maybe"
K.Will - "Please Don't" | "You Don't Love Me" | "Day 1"
Taemin (SHINee): "Danger" | "Drip Drop" | "Press Your Number" | "Move"
Uhm Jung Hwa: "DISCO" | "Ending Credit"
Jonghyun (SHINee): Deja-Boo | End of a Day | She Is | Lonely
Gain (BEG): Irreversible | Bloom | Fxxk U | Paradise Lost | Carnival
Lee Hi - 1,2,3,4 | Rose | Breathe | Hold My Hand
Tiffany (SNSD) - I Just Wanna Dance | Heartbreak Hotel | Talk
Jessica (SNSD) - Fly | Wonderland | Summer Storm

Sanctuary · Dec 21, 2017

groups organized by year of debut
[jyp doesn't put their music on Spotify outside of Hong Kong & Taiwan]

gray = disbanded or inactive

BOY GROUPS

2018:

N.Tic: "Once Again"
Noir: "Gangsta"
Spectrum: "Light It Up"
Stray Kids: "Hellevator" | "District 9" | "My Pace"
Target: "Awake"

2017:

14U: "VVV" | "Don't Be Pretty"
ACE: "Cactus" | "Callin'" | "Take Me Higher"
Black6ix: "Please" | "Like A Flower" | "Alone"
BLANC7: "Yeah" | "Hello"
BLK - "Hero"
The Boyz: "Boy" / "Giddy Up"
Golden Child: "DamDaDi" | "Let Me"
Hyeongseop X Euiwoong (Duo): "It'll Be Good"
IN2IT: "Amazing" | "Snapshot" | "Sorry For My English"
JBJ [P101]: "Fantasy" | "My Flower"
Longguo&Shihyun (Duo): "the.the.the"
MVP: "Take It"
MXM (Duo): "I'm The One"
MYTEEN: "Amazing" | "She's Bad"
ONF: "ON/OFF" | "Complete"
RAINZ - "Juliette" | "Turn It Up"
Seven O'Clock - "Echo"
TST (formerly TOPSECRET): "She" | "Mind Control" | "Love Story"
TRCNG: "Spectrum" | "Wolf Baby"
Varsity: "Hole In One" | "Flower"
VERMUDA: "Dream Girl"
Wanna One [P101]: "Energetic" | "Beautiful" | "Light"

2016:

ASTRO: "Hide & Seek" | "Baby" | "Crazy Sexy Cool"
Imfact: "Lollipop" | "Tension Up" | "NaNaNa"
INX: "Alright" | "2GETHER"
KARD (Co-Ed): "Oh Na Na" | "Don't Recall" | "Hola Hola" | "Ride On The Wind"
KNK: "Knock" | "Rain"
MASC: "Tina" | "Do It"
NCT 127: "Firetruck" | "Limitless" | "Cherry Bomb"
NCT Dream: "Chewing Gum" | "We Young" | "Go"
NCT U: "The 7th Sense" | "Without You" | "Boss"
Pentagon: "Gorilla" | "Critical Beauty" | "Like This" | "Shine"
SF9: "Fanfare" | "O Sole Mio"
Victon: "I'm Fine" | "Remember Me"
Voisper: "In Your Voice" | "Crush On You"

2015:

Day6: "Congratulations" | "Letting Go" | "I Wait" | "How Can I Say?"
iKon: "My Type" | "Rhythm Ta" | "Bling Bling" | "Love Scenario"
Monsta X: "Hero" | "All In" | "Fighter" | "Beautiful" | "Jealousy"
N.Flying: "Awesome" | "Lonely" | "The Real" | "Hot Potato"
Romeo: "Lovesick" | "Target" | "Stay With Me"
Seventeen: "Very Nice" | "Don't Wanna Cry" | "Clap"
Snuper: "Platonic Love" | "Back:Hug"
UP10TION: "So Dangerous" | "Catch Me" | "Going Crazy" | "Candyland"
VAV: "Venus" | "Flower (You)" | "She's Mine" | "Gorgeous"

2014:

B.I.G.: "Hello Hello" | "1.2.3."
Be.A (formerly K-Much): "Good To Go" | "Magical"
BIGFLO: "Delilah" | "Obliviate" | "Upside Down"
GOT7: "Stop Stop It" | "Just Right" | "If You Do" | "Fly" | "Look"
HALO: "Mariya" | "Here I Am"
HIGH4: "Not Spring, Love, or Cherry Blossoms" | "Love Line"
Hotshot: "Watch Out" | "Jelly"
UNIQ: "EOEO" | "Best Friend" | "Next Mistake"
WINNER: "Empty" | "Sentimental" | "Really Really" | "Everyday"

2013:

Boys Republic: "Party Rock" | "Get Down"
BTS: "I Need U" | "Fire" | "Blood Sweet & Tears" | "DNA" | "Idol"
HISTORY: "Tell Me Love" | "Queen"
TOPP DOGG: "Arario" | "Rainy Day"

2012:

100%: "U Beauty" | "Better Day"
24K: "Super Fly" | "BINGO" | "Only You"
A.cian: "Driving" | "Touch"
A-JAX: "One 4 U" | "Hot Game"
B.A.P: "Crash" | "Stop It" | "1004 (Angel)" | "Wake Me Up"
BIGSTAR: "Run&Run" | "Full Moon Shine"
BTOB: "Wow" | "Insane" | "Beep Beep" | "It's Ok" | "Movie" | "Only One For Me"
C-Clown: "Far Away Young Love" | "Let's Love"
EXO: "Wolf" | "Growl" | "Overdose" | "Call Me Baby" | "Monster" | "Kokobop"
Map6 (formerly A-PRINCE): "Swagger Time" | "I'm Ready" | "Love Is Gone"
NU’EST: "Face" | "Action" | "Where You At"
VIXX: "Dynamite" | "Chained Up" | "Shangri-La" | "Scentist"

2011:

AA: "So Crazy" | "Come Back"
B1A4: "Baby I'm Sorry" | "Baby Goodnight" | "Sweet Girl" | "Solo Day" | "Rollin"
Block B: "Very Good" | "Toy" | "Her" | "Yesterday"
Boyfriend: "Boyfriend" | "Janus" | "I Yah" | "Witch"
MYNAME: "Message" | "Baby I'm Sorry" | "Wiz"
Phantom: "Burning" | "Could You Be Mine?"

2010:

Dalmation: "Round 1" | "E.R"
Infinite: BTD (Before The Dawn) | Be Mine | The Chaser | Bad
Teen Top: "No More Perfume On You" | "Miss Right" | "To You" | "ah-ah" | "Seoul Night"
ZE:A: "Malzeltov" | "Breathe"

2009:

HIGHLIGHT (formerly B2ST): "Fiction" | "Beautiful Night" | "Ribbon"
CNBlue: "LOVE GIRL" | "I'm Sorry" | "Can't Stop" | "You're So Fine"
MBLAQ: "Y" | "Stay" | "This Is A War" | "Smoky Girl" | "Mirror"

2008:

2AM: "A Friend's Confession" | "Never Let You Go" | "I Wonder..."
2PM: "I'll Be Back" | "Hands Up" | "A.D.T.O.Y" | "Go Crazy" | "My House"
SHINee: "Replay" | "Lucifer" | "Sherlock" | "View" | "1 of 1" | "Good Evening"
U-KISS: Man Man Ha Ni | NEVERLAND | Tick Tack | Stalker

2007:

F.T. Island: "Love Love Love" | "Severely" | "I Wish" | "Take Me Now"

2006:

BIGBANG: "Bad Boy" | "Fantastic Baby" | "BANG BANG BANG" | "FXXK IT"

2005 & Before:

'05 - Super Junior: "Twins" | "Sorry Sorry" | "Mr. Simple" | "Devil" | "Black Suit"
'03 - TVXQ: "MIROTIC" | "Keep Your Head Down" | "Catch Me" | "Spellbound"
'99 - g.o.d.: "To My Mother" | "Road" | "Sky Blue Promise"
'98 - Shinhwa: "Eusha Eusha" | "Hey Come On" | "Perfect Man" | "Touch"
'97 - Sechs Kies: "Road Fighter" | "Couple" | "Sad Song"
*'96 - HOT: "Candy" | "We Are The Future"
*'92 - SeoTaiji and Boys: "I Know"

————————————————————

GIRL GROUPS

2018:

Cherry On Top: "Hi Five"
fromis9: "Glass Shoes" | "To Heart" | "DKDK"
G-IDLE: "LaTaTa" | "Hann"
LOONA: "favOrite" | "Hi High"
NeonPunch: "Moonlight"
Saturday: "MMook JJi BBa"

2017:

Apple.B: "Woochuchu"
Elris: "We First" | "Pow Pow" | "Summer Dream"
HASHTAG - "Hue"
Marmello - "Puppet"
P.O.P: "Catch You"
Pristin: "Wee Woo" | "We Like" | "Get It"
Weki Meki: "I Don't Like Your Girlfriend" | "Lalala"

2016:

Blackpink: "Whistle" | "Playing With Fire" | "As If It's Your Last" | "Ddu-du Ddu-du"
Gugudan: "A Girl Like Me" | "Chococo" | "The Boots"
I.O.I [P101] : "Very Very Very" | "Whatta Man"
KARD (Co-Ed): "Oh Na Na" | "Don't Recall" | "Hola Hola" | "Ride On The Wind"
MIXX: "Oh Ma Mind" | "Love Is A Sudden"
Momoland: "Wonderful Love" | "Freeze" | "BBoom BBoom" | "Baam"
WJSN: "Secret" | "I Wish" | "Happy" | "Babyface" | "Dreams Come True"

2015:

April: "Muah" | "Tinkerbell" | “April Story” | “Mayday” | "Blue Bird"
CLC: "Pepe" | "Like" | "Hobgoblin" | "Where Are You?" | "Black Dress"
DIA: "Will You Go Out With Me?" | "Kiss Me" | "Mr Potter" | "Woo Woo"
GFRIEND: "Rough" | "Navillera" | "Fingertip" | "Time For The Moon Night"
Playback: "Playback" | "Want You To Say"
Oh My Girl: "Cupid" | "Closer" | "Coloring Book" | "Banana Allergy Monkey"
TWICE: "Like Ooh Ahh" | "Cheer Up" | "TT" | "Signal" | "Likey" | "Dance The Night Away"

2014:

BerryGood: "Don't Believe" | "BibbidiBobbidiBoo" | "Crazy Gone Crazy"
D.Holic: "Chewy" | "Color Me Rad"
Dreamcatcher (formerly MINX): "Chase Me" | "Good Night" | "Fly High" | "You & I"
Laboum: Fresh Adventure | Hwi Hwi | Only U | "Between Us"
Lovelyz: "Ah-Choo" | "Destiny" | "WoW!" | "That Day"
Red Velvet: "Ice Cream Cake" | "Dumb Dumb" | "Russian Roulette" | "Red Flavor" | "Peek-a-boo" | "Bad Boy"
SONAMOO: "Friday Night" | "I (Knew It)"

2013:

BESTie: "Pitapat" | "Excuse Me"
LADIES' CODE: "Pretty Pretty" | "The Rain"
Melody Day: "Color" | “Kiss On The Lips”
Wa$$up: "Wa$$up" | "Color TV"

2012:

AOA: "Miniskirt" | "Like A Cat" | "Heart Attack" | "Excuse Me" | "Bingle Bangle"
Crayon Pop: Rate | Dancing Queen | Bar Bar Bar | FM | Doom Doom Chit
EXID: "Up & Down" | "Ah Yeah" | "Night Rather Than Day" | "Lady"
Fiestar: "Vista" | "One More" | "Apple Pie"
GLAM: "Party (XXXO)" | "I Like That"
Hello Venus: "Sticky Sticky" | "Wiggle Wiggle" | "I'm Ill" | "Mysterious"
Spica: "Russian Roulette" | "Tonight" | "You Don't Love Me" | "Secret Time"
Tahiti: Love Sick | Skip | The Secret

2011:

Apink: "No No No" | "LUV" | "Mr Chu" | "Five" | "I'm So Sick"
BP Rania: "Dr. Feel Good" | "Just Go" | "Start A Fire"
Brave Girls: "Deepend" | "High Heels" | "Rollin"
Chocolat: "Syndrome" | "Black Tinkerbell"
DalShabet: "Supa Dupa Diva" | "B.B.B" | "Joker" | "Someone Like U" | "Fri. Sat. Sun"
F-ve Dolls: "Lip Stains" | "Like This Or That"
Stellar: Marionette | Vibrato | Sting | Crying | Archangels of the Sephiroth

2010:

9Muses: Figaro | News | Wild | Glue | Hurt Locker | Remember
Girl's Day: "Expectation" | "Something" | "Thirsty"
miss A: "Bad Girl Good Girl" | "Hush" | "Only You"
Sistar: Rate | "So Cool" | "Alone" | "Touch My Body" | "I Like That"

2009:

4Minute: Volume Up | Whatcha Doin' Today | Crazy | Hate
2NE1: Rate | Fire | I Am The Best | I Love You | Missing You | Come Back Home
After School: Song Survivor | "Bang!" | "Shampoo" | "Flashback" | "First Love"
f(x): "Electric Shock" | "Rum Pum Pum Pum" | "Red Light" | "4 Walls"
Rainbow: A | Mach | TO ME | Black Swan
Secret: "Magic" | "Madonna" | "Poison" | "I'm In Love"
T-ARA: "Roly-Poly" | "Lovey Dovey" | "Number Nine" | "Sugar Free"

2008:

Miss $: "Don't Cheat"

2007:

KARA: "Step" | "Pandora" | "Mamma Mia" | "Cupid"
SNSD: Singles Rate | "Gee" | "Genie" | "Mr Taxi" | "Flower Power" | "All Night"
Wonder Girls: Rate | "Tell Me" | "Be My Baby" | "I Feel You" | "Why So Lonely"

2006:

Brown Eyed Girls: Abracadabra | Sixth Sense | Kill Bill | Brave New World

2005 & Before:

'01 - Jewelry: "I Love You" | "One More Time" | "Hot & Cold"
'01 - MILK: "Come To Me" | "Crystal"
'98 - Fin.K.L: "To My Boyfriend" | "Forever Love" | "Now"
'97 - S.E.S: "I'm Your Girl" | "Dreams Come True" | "Paradise"
'97 - Baby VOX: "Ya Ya Ya" | "Betrayal" | "Game Over"

Sanctuary · Dec 21, 2017

send photo said:
Seriously though thanks for organising this.

Ddd if anyone has any suggestions / corrections for the top and how it's organized, let me know. I thought about doing it Girl Group / Boy Group / Soloists, but thought it wouldn't be helpful to let people know who isn't making music anymore.

Some of these groups in active haven't released since like 2014 but won't say they're disbanding, so if you know someone's in the wrong spot, let me know.

Squashua · Dec 21, 2017

You could potentially do a Hiatus section for those that are in limbo but it might end up being too much work to juggle everyone around every time a comeback rumour reveals itself.

@Sanctuary such amazing work. The graphics, the organisation, the sheer volume of content... Somebody pin this quick.

BEST FICTION · Dec 21, 2017

Sanctuary said:
Inactive/Disbanded:
SNSD

ericcccc · Dec 21, 2017

Thanks for this sis. I need to catch up on my K-POP teebs.

Dangerous Maknae · Dec 21, 2017

I stan @Sanctuary so much. Tell us if you needed help for recommendation songs, sis.

This thread must be pinned. But I suggest to unpin the ''New to K-Pop?'' thread cause we already have 4 pinned threads.

Sanctuary · Dec 21, 2017

Alouder98 said:
I stan @Sanctuary so much. Tell us if you needed help for recommendation songs, sis.

This thread must be pinned. But I suggest to unpin the ''New to K-Pop?'' thread cause we already have 4 pinned threads.

I asked the subforum's mod to unpin that one and pin this when they have the chance ddd.

I'm thinking of possibly listing notable groups by debut year and next to their name having suggested songs since breaking down kpop groups by generation seems easiest for people to follow. I was going to copy/paste the suggestions from the other thread, but if y'all have others for groups, let me know.

For things like soloists, I mainly did what is popular in Korea for a good reference point (see: including Soyou because Some is one of the most successful songs in Korean history), but also included some K-PJ fave (Jessi ddd), so if y'all have suggestions for that too (including what songs the forum best things represents artists), let me know.

junglefish · Dec 21, 2017

Could you add the Queen of pop Uhm Jung Hwa to the list of soloists?

Slice of Life · Dec 21, 2017

THANKS FOR DOING THIS, @Sanctuary UNNIE!

Honestly, the reason why I never bothered with the "New to K-Pop" thread is because it's so... obsolete so a revamp of it is absolutely amazing in my book. I had a plan to do a revamp of it myself but because life is a binch, I just didn't have enough time for it.

One of my ideas was to ask y'all unnies to write about your favourite K-Pop acts - a simple introduction to the act, essential singles and albums, interesting trivias and shit. We can all 'reserve' an artist we want to talk about then we'll post our 'introduction' post about them here. And then those posts will be linked to the first post of the thread. I hope I'm making sense? ddddddd But yeah I hope we can do this. Dibs on NCT Dream xoxo.

Slice of Life · Dec 21, 2017

Sanctuary said:
YG: BIGBANG, Winner, iKon, Blackpink, CL, AKMU, Epik High

JYP: GOT7, Day6, TWICE, Stray Kids (Pre-Debut)

Also, I think we're missing some people here like Lee Hi, Park Jimin and Baek Yerin of 15&, Nakjoon (Bernard Park) and Baek Ayeon.

ohnostalgia · Dec 21, 2017

This is beautiful.

ryan_riot92 · Dec 21, 2017

Might I suggest we add the queens of trash to the list?

Maybe some of our newer members will appreciate them as much as D and I do. kii yeah right

digitalkaiser · Dec 21, 2017

This is incredible going into 2018, great job @Sanctuary !

Sanctuary · Dec 21, 2017

Hello, the 2nd post is updated dddd.

Let me know if I've missed anyone essential.
I'll be copying/pasting the suggestions from the previous thread.

This is your time to post any suggestions you think represent the best of the acts in the 2nd post and I'll link them in the post.

Also, are T-ARA and Brown Eyed Girls active? I had trouble figuring that out. And do we as a forum consider SNSD active?

eccentricsimply · Dec 21, 2017

Sanctuary said:
Let me know if I've missed anyone essential.

Sanctuary said:
Popular Solosits:

Sanctuary · Dec 21, 2017

junglefish said:
Could you add the Queen of pop Uhm Jung Hwa to the list of soloists?

eccentricsimply said:

Added both. Let me know if you have different suggestions since I just put their most known / successful singles from what I can tell. It doesn't have to be a single, I just rely on those since they usually have videos and it's easier to get into k-pop for many with visuals.

send photo said:
Maybe we can have a "limbo" section for them and f(x)?

I just added SNSD to active. I misread and we don't even have a BEG thread ddd. Let me put out positive vibes for all girl groups that they'll return.

ohnostalgia · Dec 21, 2017

Why isn’t queen of the BBC, Miss Amber Liu mentioned somewhere? Maybe eventually we should have a videos to watch section (not music videos, but just funny Kpop moments).

ohnostalgia · Dec 21, 2017

send photo said:
Amber's videos wouldn't make the cut.

Fuck off.

Dangerous Maknae · Dec 21, 2017

Sanctuary said:
This is your time to post any suggestions you think