The expansion of K-Pop around the world has had some side effects beyond simply hosting world tours for K-Pop groups. In fact, to make their music more accessible to a wider audience, some K-Pop groups have released full-length albums in English in recent years. Some artists also took the opportunity to experiment with new genres and try to reach more and more fans. Many groups have released English songs on Korean albums, BTS is probably one of the most obvious examples, however only a few full English albums have been released so far. Full albums in English are a great opportunity to consider for groups that have done a lot of collaborations with international artists like Steve Aoki, Nicki Minaj, or same pitbullhowever, many of them were not released on a special full English album.
International fans, as well as some Korean fans, tend to like English albums a lot, as it makes the lyrics understandable to most people around the world. And Korean fans also understand how releasing tracks in English helps their groups grow even more overseas. So let’s take a look at the 3 full English K-Pop albums already released!
Note: This is not a rating.
1. MONSTA X – “All About Luv”
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“All About Luv” was released on February 14, 2020, it was MONSTA X’s first English-language full-length album.
The album’s title track “All About Luv” is ‘Who Do U Love’, you can check it out here.
Tracklist:
1. ‘Who do you love?’ (title track)
2. ‘I love you’
3. ‘Happy without me’
4. ‘I have my number’
5. ‘Somebody’s Somebody’
6. ‘Middle of the Night’
7. ‘She’s The One’
8. ‘You Can’t Hold My Heart’
9. ‘Behave badly’
10. ‘Next to U’
11. ‘Who do you love?’ ft. French Montana (English version)
2. MONSTA X – “The Dream”
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“The Dreaming” was released on December 10, 2021. It was MONSTA X’s second English full-length album.
The title track of the album “The Dreaming” is ‘You Problem’, you can check it out here.
Tracklist:
1. ‘One day’
2. ‘You Problem’ (title track)
3. ‘Blame me’
4. ‘About Last Night’
5. ‘Whisper in the Dark’
6. ‘Secrets’
7. ‘Tied to your body’
8. ‘Best’
9. ‘Blow Your Mind’
10. ‘The Dreaming’
3. ODD – “Gravity”
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“GRAVITY” was released on January 28, 2023. This album is the compilation of a new song ‘GRAVITY’ and the English version of several songs that ONEWE released before their debut.
The title track of the album “GRAVITY” is ‘GRAVITY’, you can check it out here.
Tracklist:
1. ‘GRAVITY’ (title track)
2. ‘AuRoRa’
3. ‘Farewell’
4. ‘Regul’
5. ‘Assembly_’
6. ‘Rain to be’
7. ‘Ring in my ear’
8. ‘TRAUMA’
9. ‘LOGO’
10. ‘End of Srping’
11. ‘Good Crazy’
BONUS. BTS – “Butter” and “Permission To Dance” (English Singles)
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The single “Butter” was released on May 21, 2020. It was BTS’ first English single released. Her second release was “Permission To Dance” on July 9, 2021. As both are singles, there are no B-side titles or tracks as it only contains one song.
Tracklist:
‘Butter’
‘Permission to Dance’
If you’ve never heard of these albums, we hope you check them out and enjoy them as much as we do. And if you like English songs sung by K-Pop idols, we recommend that you check the groups you like to see if they have released any English songs on their Korean albums or even their YouTube channel for some cover. Korean artists are a background of pop music artists, you will easily find some covers of various K-Pop artists if you browse through various YouTube content.
