I stay dedicated to shining a highlight on Okay-pop producers every year, however this listing is changing into tougher to create. The times of “tremendous producers” with signature sounds appear to be behind us. The trade now stuffs its track credit with many names, making it tougher to discern which producer is answerable for what. I firmly consider this strategy is answerable for a few of Okay-pop’s extra generic leanings of late, however that’s simply the way in which it’s in the mean time. Due to this, my listing is shortened from ten to eight this yr.
No Sweetune in 2024, sadly!
2024 12 months-Finish Masterpost
8. BRAVE BROTHERS
Celebrity producers of yore have gotten much less frequent in Okay-pop, however I’m all the time pleased to have somebody like Courageous Brothers again within the enterprise. As regular, he gave his finest 2024 materials to a bunch that isn’t even a part of his company.
2024 Highlights:
TRENDZ – Go Up
DKB – Flirting X, Traveler, Hi there Goodbye (Rollercoaster)
Sweet Store – Good Woman, Sweet#, Don’t Cry, Tumbler (Scorching & Chilly),
7. DAVID WILSON
Among the many varied names in Okay-pop’s track camps, David Wilson stands proud as a expertise who had his hand in plenty of my favourite 2024 tracks. I imply, co-composing Unimaginable and Love 119 alone reveals his versatility.
2024 Highlights:
RIIZE – Unimaginable, Love 119
Twice – I Bought You
NMIXX – Passionfruit
&TEAM – Beat The Odds, Huge Suki
Key – Overthink
Chuu – Strawberry Rush
ZEROBASEONE – Really feel The Pop, You Had Me At Hi there
NCT Dream – icantfeelanything
6. POP TIME / KAKO
Pop Time had extra credit than those listed under, however it was his work with Kako that really stood out. The duo was answerable for most of BOYNEXTDOOR’s materials — alongside the members themselves, after all.
2024 Highlights:
BOYNEXTDOOR – Earth, Wind & Hearth, So Let’s Go See The Stars, Good Man, Harmful, Amnesia, Life Is Cool, Expensive. My Darling, Gonna Be A Rock, 20, Name Me
Yena – NEMONEMO
(G)I-DLE – Revenge
5. VAHN
Vahn slips only a bit in comparison with final yr’s rating as a result of his 2024 work was primarily dedicated to his personal solo initiatives. Nevertheless, these solo initiatives had been universally nice so it’s laborious to argue with high quality!
2024 Highlights:
Vahn – Crush On You, D.T.R (Day by day Temperature Vary), What Is It?, Candy!, Feeling, Seasons, Tonight, Sucker For You, I Swear, Goodbye
RE:REVOLUTION – Volcano
4. HELLO GLOOM
Hi there Gloom produces all of his personal work in addition to the music from agency-mate from20. All of it was nice this yr. He additionally branched out by providing a ballad to ex-bandmate Park Jeup.
2024 Highlights:
Hi there Gloom – Mamacita, Any person
from20 – Demon
from20 x Hi there Gloom – Your Love, Blue
Park Jeup – My Every little thing
3. KENZIE
22 years into her profession, Kenzie continues to be one of the crucial necessary composers within the trade. SM Leisure is fortunate to have her, however she additionally writes for different businesses. The mammoth success of Supernova alone earns her a spot on this listing, however there’s so many different highlights past that.
2024 Highlights:
aespa – Supernova, Bahama, Scorching Mess
RIIZE – Combo
ZEROBASEONE – Good So Unhealthy
TWS – Preserve On
NCT Want – Want, Regular, Fingers Up, Landing
Bang Yedam & Winter – Formally Cool
WayV – Give Me That, Go Larger
Purple Velvet – Cosmic
Key – Contemporary
NCT 127 – Like A Film
Irene – Calling Me Again
Doyoung – Dallas Love Area
2. KZ / DINT / 1984 / NTHONIUS / MEISOBO
My favourite manufacturing group of 2023 maintains their profitable batting common with some nice materials for The Wind. The group prolonged their attain this yr with robust work for different acts. They’re one of many few currently-working groups who appear to have their very own sound and strategy to music.
2024 Highlights:
The Wind – Hi there, My First Love, Friendship, Coronary heart Fluttering, Sirius Pt.2
WHIB – Play
EPEX – It Is What It Is
Younha – Quasar
1. WASURENAI (BUMZU) / JEON JIN / GLENN / HEON search engine optimisation / T-SK
TWS’s track credit are full of completely different names, however these appear to be the core abilities behind their greatest hits. I didn’t be taught till simply now that Wasurenai is definitely a pseudonym for producer Bumzu (of Seventeen, Nu’est fame), which makes me marvel at his versatility. I applaud the alchemy this group has managed to forge as a result of their materials feels particular and refreshingly trend-free. I hope they proceed to pump out hits in 2025.
2024 Highlights:
TWS – Plot Twist, If I’m S, Might You Be My N?, hey! hey!, Oh Mymy: 7s, Unplugged Boy, You+Me=7942, Preserve On, Final Pageant