K-pop guide for beginners · Part 2
Five more groups.
You already know BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE and Stray Kids. Here is what comes next: five more groups, 15 songs and every official video.
If the first guide left you wanting more, here are five essential groups to keep exploring K-pop. No experience needed.
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5 more groups for new fansSEVENTEEN
Who Thirteen-member boy band from Pledis Entertainment, known as "self-producing": the members write and produce much of their own music.
Debut 2015, with the EP 17 Carat.
Good to know Their 2023 EP FML was the world's best-selling album that year, according to the IFPI. With some members away for mandatory military service, the others keep releasing music in smaller units.
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Who Four-member girl group from SM Entertainment, with a futuristic "metaverse" concept.
Debut 2020, with the single Black Mamba.
Good to know Supernova spent eleven weeks at number one in South Korea and won Song of the Year at the 2024 MAMA Awards. Their 2025 single Dirty Work reached the top five of the Billboard Global 200.
ENHYPEN
Who Boy band from Belift Lab, formed on the 2020 TV competition show I-Land.
Debut 2020, with the EP Border: Day One, the best-selling debut album by a K-pop group that year.
Good to know In 2022 they became the fastest K-pop group to have two million-selling albums. They started as seven members; Heeseung left in 2026 and the group continues with six.
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Who Six-member girl group from Starship Entertainment, known for viral hits.
Debut 2021, with Eleven, one of the most successful K-pop debuts of recent years.
Good to know Love Dive was the best-performing song of 2022 in South Korea and won Song of the Year at the MAMA Awards. Rebel Heart (2025) was their sixth number one at home.
I-dle
Who Five-member girl group from Cube Entertainment who write and produce much of their own music. Until 2025 they were called (G)I-DLE.
Debut 2018, with the EP I Am and the single Latata.
Good to know Tomboy, Nxde and Queencard all reached number one in South Korea, a rare streak for a group outside the four biggest companies.
This is an independent fan guide. It is not made by or connected to any of these groups or their companies. It has no lyrics and no photos of the groups. The coloured covers are illustrations.
Group and song facts from Wikipedia, written here in our own words and checked on 29 October 2026. Video links checked as published by each label's official channel on YouTube: HYBE LABELS, SMTOWN, STARSHIP and the i-dle channel.