Honorable Mentions: Best K-Pop Music Videos of 2023
The runner-ups for my Top 50 List!
The Top 50 K-Pop Music Videos of 2023
#50: aespa, “Better Things”
#49: MAMAMOO+, “dangdang”
#48: STAYC, “Teddy Bear”
#47: TWICE, “MOONLIGHT SUNRISE”
#46: Stray Kids, “S-Class”
#45: PARK JIHOON, “Blank Effect”
#44: SEVENTEEN, “F*ck My Life”
#43 and #42: NewJeans, “Cool With You” and “Get Up”
#41: DINO, “Wait”
#40: NTX, “Holy Grail”
#39: Billlie, “EUNOIA”
#38: KINGDOM, “Dystopia”
#37: TAEYONG, “SHALALA”
#36: KAI, “Rover”
#35: JISOO, “FLOWER”
#34: DAWN, “Dear My Light”
#33: Stray Kids, “LALALALA”
#32: Epik High ft. Hoshi, “Screen Time”
#31: BSS ft. Lee Young Ji, “Fighting”
#30: NCT DOJAEJUNG, “Perfume”
#29: aespa, “Drama”
#28: BIG Naughty, “ICN > YVR”
#27: LE SSERAFIM ft. Nile Rodgers, “UNFORGIVEN”
#26: NCT 127, “Fact Check”
#25: NewJeans, “Super Shy”
#24: JUN, “PSYCHO”
#23: COOING, “The Milky Way”
#22: Dreamcatcher, “BONVOYAGE”
#21: IVE, “Kitsch”
#20: KIM SEJEONG, “Voyage”
#19: Jimin, “Set Me Free Pt.2”
#18: SUNMI, “STRANGER”
#17: CHUU, “Howl”
#16: PURPLE KISS, “Sweet Juice”
#15: TAEYEON, “To. X”
#14 and #13: WOODZ, “ABYSS” and “Journey”
#12 and #11: KISS OF LIFE, “Bad News” and “Nobody Knows”
#10: TXT, “Sugar Rush Ride”
#9 and #8: (G)I-DLE, “Allergy” and “Queencard”
#7: ENHYPEN, “Bite Me”
#6: ENHYPEN, “Sacrifice (Eat Me Up)”
#5: AB6IX, “LOSER”
#4: tripleS LOVElution, “Girls’ Capitalism”
#3: Agust D, “AMYGDALA”
#2: SEVENTEEN, “Super”
#1: SEVENTEEN, “God of Music”
Read all about them here!
Here are the videos that were originally on the Top 50 List but were omitted from the final version:
ATBO, “Next to Me”
ATEEZ, “BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPERS)”
THE BOYZ, “ROAR”
Cherry Bullet, “P.O.W! (Play On the World)”
CRAVITY, “Groovy”
IVE, “I AM”
KANGDANIEL, “SOS”
KIM WOO SEOK, “Dawn”
LEE CHAE YEON, “KNOCK”
LEEWOO & YUJU, “Happiness index”
MAMAMOO+, “GGBB”
MARK, “Golden Hour”
MONSTA X, “Beautiful Liar”
SF9, “Puzzle”
TEMPEST, “Dangerous”
TRI.BE, “WE ARE YOUNG”
10CM, “My Ultimate First Love”
And here are more Honorable Mentions!
aespa, “I’m Unhappy”
aespa, “Spicy”
Agust D, “Haegeum”
BamBam, “Sour & Sweet”
BOBBY, “Cherry Blossom”
BOBBY ft. SOLE, “Drowning”
BOYNEXTDOOR, “But Sometimes”
CRAVITY, “Ready or Not”
DeVita, “Naughty”
D.O., “Somebody”
Everything from DPR IAN! (“LIMBO,” “Don’t Go Insane,” “So I Danced,” “Peanut Butter & Tears”...)
DreamNote, Secondary Page pair of videos: “BLUE” and “Lemonade”
EPEX, “Sunshower”
FIFTY FIFTY, “Cupid”
HELLO GLOOM, “Dancing In The Dark”
Holland, “NUMBER BOY”
ICHILLIN’, “KICK-START”
iKON, “U”
IVE, “Baddie”
IVE, “Off The Record”
IVE, “Either Way”
KANGTA & Lee Areum, “When I Close My Eyes”
KARDI, “Skybound”
KIM JAE HWAN ft. BOBBY, “Lucky!”
KIM SEJEONG, “Top or Cliff”
LE SSERAFIM, “Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s wife”
LIMELIGHT, “HONESTLY”
LØREN, “Folks”
NCT DREAM, “ISTJ”
NCT 127, “DJ”
THE NEW SIX, “Kick It 4 Now”
Nicole, “Mysterious”
No Sleep Club, “i don’t want <3”
ONEUS, “ERASE ME”
OnlyOneOf, “chrOme arts”
PIXY, “KARMA”
PRIMROSE, “PRIMROSE”
P1Harmony, “JUMP”
Ra.D, “Kidult”
Red Velvet, “Chill Kill”
Ryu Sujeong, “How can I get your Love”
SUPERKIND, “MOODY”
TRENDZ, “NEW DAYZ”
tripleS +(KR)ystal Eyes, “Cherry Talk”
TWICE, “SET ME FREE”
TXT, “Chasing That Feeling”
xikers, “ROCKSTAR”
Zior Park, “HERO IN THE MIRROR”
Zior Park ft. Sion, “BYE BYE BYE”
Zior Park, “QUEEN”