fav kpop producers

i feel like these people often get overlooked by the kpop community a lot when they are the ones that bring kpop music to life. one day i was bored as hell and decided to compile a list of producers whose style i like and my favorite songs from them

production teams

producers who have also worked on a song but aren't part of said production teams will be mentioned but not bolded

NEWTYPE

my favorite production team! i can always trust them for a great electronic song. as far as i known they tend to compose songs that leans into heavy and layered electronic songs and in my opinion they are the best ones at delivering these types of songs!

their work as producers is mostly seen in the discographies of woollim entertainment artists. website: newtypeent.com

highlighted producers: TAK, 1Take, Corbin, Beatie

jan 2025 edit: TAK is no longer part of NEWTYPE*, his name is now mentioned under collaborators on their website. his solo stuff has been moved to individual producers section.

• DRIPPIN's switch / the one / seven sins - TAK, CORBIN
• DRIPPIN's 7villaz - TAK
• Golden Child's miracle - 1Take, TAK
• Stray Kids' give me your TMI / side effects - TAK, 1Take, 창빈 (3RACHA), 한 (3RACHA)
• Yukika's pit-a-pet - TAK, seibin (ESTIMATE)
• Rocket Punch's flash - TAK, Corbin, Beatie
• Kwon Eunbi's glitch / croquis - TAK, Corbin
• TAK x Corbin's tic! tac! toe!

full8loom

you know a song is gonna be good when it has that "AAAAH AH!" (their producer tag!) in the intro / instagram

highlighted producers: 영광의 얼굴들 (glory face), 진리 (jinli), HARRY

• DRIPPIN's nostalgia
• kep1er's UP!
• JO1's touch!
• Golden Child's spell - 영광의 얼굴들, 진리, Jake K (ARTiffect)

MonoTree

possibly one if the most well known producer teams in the kpop sphere! monotree's style is pretty diverse from producer to producer but the ones i've highlighted have worked on great dancepop and electropop tracks / website: monotreemusic.com

highlighted producers: G-High, Hyun Hwang, 김해론 (Heron Kim), INNER CHILD, pdly, onestar

• G-High
  • moonbin and sanha's bad idea
  • odd eye circle's loonatic / my secret playlist / sweet crazy love
• Hyun Hwang (황현)
  • X1's stand up
  • loona 1/3's valentine girl
• DRIPPIN's young blood prod. by inner child, pdly, 김해론

stardust

thank you to JohnDavid for the info of this team since for the longest time i thought it was just 1 person! i still sadly don't really have a way of knowing which individuals worked on each song but i will still list the members below.

producers: 임유섭 (Im Yuseop), 이상훈 (Lee Sanghoon), 박용성 (Park Yongseong), Jenny Hong, 88kief, 심재환 (Shim Jaehwan)

• drippin's utopia
• lovelyz's obliviate

individual producers

TAK

former member of NEWTYPE, he is currently listed as a collaborator on their website.

i have the knowledge that he started music production with rhythm games but i don't remember the source of this so take this a grain of salt. will put a link here once i find it.

• qwer's discord remix
• lemon melon cookie

not sure if these are teams or individuals tbh. i don't have a lot of info about them!

BADD

• loona - colors

l'emon

• weki meki - metronome