British music magazine NME has drawn attention by including a whopping five K-pop girl groups in its list of the ‘50 Best Songs of the Year’. On the list released by NME on its homepage on the 4th (Korean time), aespa‘s ‘Supernova’ ranked 9th, the highest-ranking K-pop song. Rosé’s duet with pop star Bruno Mars, ‘Apartment’, and Illit‘s ‘Magnetic’ ranked 14th and 27th respectively. HYBE’s global girl group Cats Eye‘s ‘Touch’ ranked 43rd, building on the favorable reviews of its ‘K-pop methodology’. Kiss of Life’s ‘Sticky’ followed in 46th place.


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com