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 you can be shit at singing but if it has a good beat i'll listen to anything.

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.

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

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

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)

individual producers

TAK

former member of NEWTYPE, he is currently listed as a collaborator on their website. now part of a group called DORIDORI. i was honestly a bit sad when i found out he left NEWTYPE so i no longer won't get any kpop songs with his sauce BUT i think him becoming a (mainly) vocaloid producer and just getting off kpop to do his own thing was a great tradeoff. you can really hear his sound shine in these types of works. one of my fav electronic producers nowadays.

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. / tak's notion site / instagram

BADD

producer currently chief music director of modhaus. / instagram

l'emon

songwriter and lyricist part of 153/joombas music group. not exactly a producer but i might as well keep her here for her great contributions to society / instagram