Let’s see some K-pop artists that have been making English versions of their songs.
2NE1 – Can’t Nobody
2NE1’s song titled Can’t Nobody was released on September 12th, 2010. Can’t Nobody is an original song from the album ‘To Anyone’, and is a dance-pop song. This song was produced and written by YG Entertainment producer, Teddy Park, and was released as the sixth single from the album. The music video was released on September 12, 2010. The song was first shown on SBS’s ‘The Music Trend’. The English version was first released on February 2, 2011, exclusively on iTunes Japan. It was later announced on March 31, 2011, that the English would be uploaded by April 7, 2011. As planned, the English version of Can’t Nobody was re-released officially on 2NE1’s YouTube channel on April 11, 2011. The Korean version of the video currently has over 40 million views as of December, 2019. There wasn’t an English Version of music video, as the music video was only released in its Korean version.
Wonder Girls – Nobody
Nobody is a song performed by the South Korean girl-group Wonder Girls, from their first EP, The Wonder Years: Trilogy. The album was released as a digital download on September 22, 2008, in South Korea. The song was written and published by Park Jin-young and featured samples from La Italian trio Johnny Johnny. It soon rose to prominence, becoming the top searched term and ranking number one on various digital music sites. The song is supported and released in different languages: Korean, English, Mandarin, and Japanese. The live video of Nobody on M! Countdown was some of the most viewed K-pop video on YouTube until it was passed on September 1, 2011, by the music video for Gee by Girls’ Generation. The live show is also the first K-pop video to reach 50 million views on YouTube (in 2011). Even this song ranked at #43 on Billboard on the list of the 100 Best Girl Group Songs of All Time. On the October 31, 2009, issue of the Billboard Hot 100, the single debuted at number 76. Wonder Girls became the first South Korean group to enter the chart. By February 2012, the single had sold in excess of 120,000 copies in the United States, of both digital and physical copies combined. The single became the best-selling physical single of the year in the United States, and topped the Year-End Chart of the Billboard Hot Single Sales which indicates the official physical singles chart. Nobody had sold over 78,000 downloads in the United States.
NCT127 – Regular
NCT127’s song titled Regular is the title track of the Regular-Irregular album. The English version lyrics of Regular werewritten by Vedo, Taeyong, and Mark. Meanwhile, the song is produced by Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Vedo, George Kranz, and Yoo Young-jin. Some artists do not have other differences in their music video if they are releasing an English version of it, but NCT127 made differences between the Korean and English versions of the Regular video. You should go see it now!
