‘The first song of the New Year’ determines your luck for the year?

It may seem a bit absurd, but it‘s not something you can beat. The ‘First song of the New Year rule’, which is popular among the MZ generation, states that your luck for the year will flow according to the lyrics of the song you’re listening to when December 31st turns to January 1st.

Naturally, around the end of the year, K-pop fandoms tend to focus on songs with messages of economic abundance or happiness as candidates for the ‘First song of the New Year’. In these chaotic times, when even the smallest bit of luck is essential, being able to start the new year off lively with just one song would be more than just cost-effective; it‘s ‘Godly cost-effective’.

The song ‘IruLi’ released by the group WJSN in 2019 is considered a ‘New Year’s pension song’ that is loved every New Year‘s because of its title that sounds like ‘Everything will come true’. Even the lyrics stand out with a hopeful atmosphere such as “May all your wishes come true””“Just as you wish, just as you’ve dreamed”. Thanks to this, the song recently ranked first place as the ‘First Song of the New Year’ on the KBS radio program ‘Park Myung Soo‘s Radio Show’, five years after its release.

There are also songs that encourage those who dream of ‘daebak’. The ‘New Year’s first song playlist’ created by music platforms Melon, Flo, and others included Jobin‘s ‘Music that makes you successful just by listening to it’, and Daesung’s ‘It‘s Daebak!’.

‘Music that makes you successful just by listening to it’ is the perfect song to boost your self-esteem as it is filled with spells for good luck such as “Your current efforts will meet the great energy of the universe and give you infinite success, wealth, and honor”. ‘It’s Daebak!’ is also notable for its straightforward lyrics wishing for success, with the word ‘Daebak’ appearing 34 times.

Some fandoms are even sharing ‘Play Guides’ that help you welcome January 1st when lyrics symbolizing good luck appear. The group Tomorrow X Together is a representative example. If you want the lyrics “The future will become reality” from their new song ‘Over the Moon’ to play at midnight on January 1st, you have to press the play button at 11:58:25 PM the previous day.


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com