NewJeans’ ‘Super Shy’ most popular summer song on TikTok
NewJeans members (from left) Hanni, Hyein, Danielle, Haerin, Minji. Image: NewJeans’ official website
Global short-form video platform TikTok announced Friday that K-pop girl group NewJeans’ “Super Shy” generated the most music-based content in Korea this summer.
TikTok’s “Song of the Summer” list by country and globally shows the top 10 popular singles used to create short-form content from June to August by collecting data on the most used songs within the platform.
K-pop sensation NewJeans topped the list for Korea with its latest single “Super Shy.”
Mae Stephens, who swapped supermarket shifts for TikTok stardom, landed at No. 2 on the list for Korea but at No. 1 on the platform’s global “Song of the Summer” list with her smash hit “If We Ever Broke Up.”
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Jungkook of BTS landed at No. 9 with his first solo single “Seven,” and Dynamic Duo at No. 10 with its song “AEAO” which went viral through TikTok nine years after its release.
Image: Tiktok via The Korea Herald
The list shows that sped-up versions of songs were popular in Korea as Fifty Fifty’s “Cupid-Sped Up Version” and thuy’s “girls like me don’t cry (sped up)” took No. 5 and No. 7 respectively.
J-pop was also popular in Korea this summer, as Japanese singer Yoasobi’s “Idol” and imase’s “Night Dancer” landed at No. 6 and at No. 8 respectively on the list. HM
