{"id":165173,"date":"2026-04-26T10:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=165173"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:24:43","slug":"electronic-music-is-back-in-the-kpop-charts-the-cases-of-le-sserafm-aespa-blackpink-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/electronic-music-is-back-in-the-kpop-charts-the-cases-of-le-sserafm-aespa-blackpink-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic music is back in the KPop charts: The cases of LE SSERAFM, aespa, BLACKPINK, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>House music returns to KPop<\/h2>\n<p>Electronic dance music has been part of KPop for more than a decade, with songs like PSY\u2019s \u201cGangnam Style,\u201d f(x)\u2019s \u201c4 Walls,\u201d and SHINee\u2019s \u201cView\u201d helping shape the sound. While the style has always been prominent, it became more noticeable again in 2025 and has continued into 2026, especially among girl groups. As of now, house music has become one of the clearest influences, with recent songs like \u201cWhiplash\u201d by <strong>aespa<\/strong>, \u201cCrazy\u201d by <strong>LE SSERAFIM<\/strong>, \u201cRude!\u201d by <strong>Hearts2Hearts<\/strong>, \u201c404 (New Era) by <strong>KiiiKiii<\/strong>, \u201cBLACKHOLE\u201d by IVE, and \u201cGala\u201d by <strong>XG<\/strong>, showing how strongly the style fits KPop\u2019s dance identity.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"aespa \uc5d0\uc2a4\ud30c &#039;Whiplash&#039; MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWQx2f-CErU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Music critic Lim Hee-yun has said this trend is a natural evolution from KPop to dance-oriented music as a compatible style. He said electronic dance music and house are built on a steady four-on-the-floor beat. KPop is, in a similar way, dance music at its core, which makes the combination natural.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;The reason house and EDM are frequently used in K-pop is that house is built on a steady four-on-the-floor beat, which is fundamental to dance music. K-pop is also electronic dance music at its core, so the combination is natural.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"XG - GALA (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8cEdndsuzSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Girl groups lead the new electronic dance music wave<\/h2>\n<p>Several releases have helped push the trend forward. First, aespa used house influences in \u201cSupernova\u201d and \u201cWhiplash,\u201d then LE SSERAFIM did the same with \u201cCrazy.\u201d Hearts2Hearts also built much of its early sound around house music after debuting in February 2025. The group released \u201cStyle\u201d in June 2025, followed by \u201cFocus\u201d in October 2025 and \u201cRude!\u201d in February 2026, both anchored by playful electronic sounds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hearts2Hearts \ud558\uce20\ud22c\ud558\uce20 &#039;RUDE!&#039; MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7sGJVUrkjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, XG brought house and UK garage influence with \u201cGala\u201d and \u201cHypnotize.\u201d Then KiiiKiii joined the wave with \u201c404 (New Era),\u201d which blended elements of house music and UK garage. IVE followed the trend in February 2026 with \u201cBANG BANG,\u201d a UK hard house track that stayed at #1 on Melon for five weeks in March 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Techno tracks will be expanding the trend<\/h2>\n<p>The trend has also expanded beyond house music. BLACKPINK took the first step after they released the techno-inspired \u201cJump\u201d in July 2025. Following the same steps, LE SSERAFIM released \u201cCelebration\u201d on April 24, 2026. In addition, ILLIT is also returning with the techno house track \u201cIt\u2019s Me,\u201d releasing on April 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLACKPINK - \u2018\ub6f0\uc5b4(JUMP)\u2019 M\/V\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CgCVZdcKcqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House music returns to KPop Electronic dance music has been part of KPop for more than a decade, with songs like PSY\u2019s \u201cGangnam Style,\u201d f(x)\u2019s \u201c4 Walls,\u201d and SHINee\u2019s \u201cView\u201d helping shape the sound. While the style has always been prominent, it became more noticeable again in 2025 and has continued into 2026, especially among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":165183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1019,17,1672],"class_list":{"0":"post-165173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-aespa","11":"tag-blackpink","12":"tag-le-sserafim"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165189,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165173\/revisions\/165189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}