GQ UK: The game-changers from a decade of K-pop
From BTS and Blackpink to EXO and TWICE, these are the songs to reel in any rookie K-pop fan
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2015, a new era: 'Dumb Dumb' by Red Velvet
In the spotlight were heavy hitters Big Bang (following a long creative block) and Exo, with their formidable LP, Exodus, but K-pop’s wheel was turning. Seventeen debuted their self-produced funk-pop, Twice had overnight successes and BTS’s career rocketed when they reconfigured their look and sound for the narrative-led two part album The Most Beautiful Moment In Life. But “Dumb Dumb” was Red Velvet’s step up into becoming one of the decade’s best girl groups, while also marking the rise of video collective VM Architecture and British producers LDN Noise. The latter gave Shinee, F(X), Exo, Astro and NCT some of their finest moments, while VM’s block colours, overhead shots and stylised sets would be emulated ten-fold, helping shape K-pop over the next four years.