And by karaoke we mean noraebang, with a can of Hite and honest-to-goodness tambourines.
S.E.S. – I’m Your Girl
The mother of K-pop girl group anthems.
FinK.L. – Ruby
I can’t cry I can’t cry
g.o.d. – Blue Sky Balloons
The one song that makes people of a certain age simultaneously go, “OH MY GOD THIS IS MY JAM.”
Kim Gun-mo – Wrongful Meeting
How fast can you sing in Korean? The ultimate challenge.
H.O.T. – Hope
The joy in yelling, “Let’s party! H! O! T!” is too pure for words.
Solid – Holding Onto The End Of The Night
’90s K-pop R&B done so, so right.
Fly To The Sky – Day By Day
Fly to the Sky had, hands-down, the best K-pop group name ever.
DJ DOC – Dance With DOC
Come on, you know the words to this.
Turbo – December
It was a really, really, really tough choice between this and “Black Cat.”
Kim Hyun-jung – Breakup With Her
So much yes.
Cool – Sorrow
Cool is still the coolest in our book.
Sechskies – Couple
Oh love~
Jo Sung-mo – I Swear
For you unironic jacket flappers.
Uhm Jung-hwa – Poison
Queen.
NRG – You Can Do It
You ~can~ do it.
Koreans call their go-to karaoke jam their No. 18. What’s yours?
