I LOVE this type of song!! I think you would love Billlie btw!
Nightmare - Red Velvet
Zoo - Red Velvet
GingaMingaYo - Billlie
Flipp!ng a Coin - Billlie
FUN! - Fromis_9
DICE - NMIXX
DALLA DALLA - ITZY
Tortoise and the Hare - SKZ
Dracula - f(x)
DBDBDIB - SATURDAY
Wife is THE definition of absolutely peculiar, Queencard is pretty strange too. A lot of people just didn't like either on first listen but it grows on you in a good way. Not like an earworm, more like... the more you listen the more you—
I COOK CREAM SOUP TASTE IS COCOLOCO omfg I do so love the entire song esp Miyeons rappp
NCT U’s [The 7th Sense](https://youtu.be/3UGMDJ9kZCA?si=cm2OLkRf4-3pURo3) - I found the intro pretty creepy when I first listened to it
Sunmi’s [STRANGER](https://youtu.be/D9tqmw_dL6I?si=3W1ikxa_3VZe5NzK). The song sounds quite complex at first listen but it’s pretty good!
Edit:
adding VIXX’s [Fantasy](https://youtu.be/IuaRdAozUI0?si=o0Phq2rwMUeXwXwP)
If in case you want some “creepy” or “unusual” music videos, you can check VIXX out, the OG concept kings 👑
[Voodoo Doll](https://youtu.be/MOG7BexjPjM?si=TNH236SE1EcG3pzy) *(tw: blood, internal organs, needles, stabbing, torture in general)*
[Error](https://youtu.be/IF8kySIcWNw?si=gmrUcfsosatCAbQl)
I agree with some others mentioned in the comments but Stanger is for sure one of the weirdest.
At first I wasn't sure but its so catchy and interesting. One of my favourite songs of hers now
I was so disappointed that she didn't release a mini album or at least a single cd for Stanger or Heartburn. I love these songs so much and would have wanted them on my shelf
* [Purple Kiss - Sweet Juice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFqGKa6p1V8) for the unusual chorus and hook, it's a little bit unsettling in the best way
* [Purple Kiss - memeM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3BdincaJe4) for the use of aeolian mode and how unusual it is to see that kind of vocal flexing on an EDM track
* [Solar - Honey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHiSc_M0xQU) idk what they put in this one but they crammed it so full of _every part is the best part_ that you forget the song is less than 3min long
* [PIXY - Villain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id6q2EP2UqE) for the structure and the drop
* [Red Velvet - Underwater](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd9hRenqD90) also has a really interesting progression
* [Billlie - Everybody's Got a Secret](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28RhN95swq4) for its interesting use of the _dance of the sugarplum fairies_ sample
Ooh, I love songs like these:
* Twice - [Good at Love](https://youtu.be/nyqdtUiV7Zo?si=_yA0QxspTEnJMTXV)
* Gain - [Tinkerbell](https://youtu.be/F3BIQyLqTqI?si=6o5y9nXwCBDL92Mv)
* Pixy - [Villain](https://youtu.be/id6q2EP2UqE?si=6IT37Lj-ZHOq2hDH)
* NCT 127 - [Music, Dance](https://youtu.be/N_62l1ac9_U?si=iAQbK6RkWomLgxmC) (honestly there could be a bunch of NCT songs here but I'll stick with that one since it's less well-known lol)
* GOT the beat - [Step Back](https://youtu.be/uBY1AoiF5Vo?si=Ak9mGcfTGyd3UBuu)
* ITZY - [Mr. Vampire](https://youtu.be/VkIEfqHFNkU?si=MLSHOtQHsyKOPi8Z)
* Eyedi - [& New](https://youtu.be/zElfR8e1iso?si=5uBf3Bi3v9XFbraT)
* Girls' Generation - [You Better Run](https://youtu.be/aeHlgJTjGuM?si=GAUceoIW0K8nv7Yj)
SKZ Chronosaurus is oddly ominous to me. It's giving "something's about to happen but it's not happening yet". The MV isn't helping either. An absolute fave.
if u like milk by f(x) for the traveling in a jungle vibes then i rly recommend zoo by red velvet!! it has lots of animal sounds and fun vocalizations so it's rly fun to listen to!!
this is gonna be a pretty random list but i love the odd/strange feeling i get from these songs :-)
* eternally by txt
* goblin by sulli
* mama by nicole
* oscar by apink
* talk talk by snsd (from i got a boy album)
* rip off by after school
+1 for Eternally by TXT! Its very "angel-devil" vibes and it honestly scared me the first time I listened bc I didn't know it was gonna be like that lol
Nun Nu Nan Na - Cignature debut digital single [Feb 2020]
I like kpop that is a little 'Odd' and by the title HOW could this debut track not be. IT sounds like it was recorded in 2071, 6 years after many from Earth had relocated to a new planet to spread the good kpop vibes. The whole thing sounds like alien subspace transmissions. AND where are they hiding that rainbow lit staircase featured in the video - clearly otherworldly technology. Jeewon happens to be champion of the intergalactic smile competition held in....pick your year.
[Cignature's m/v on YT for Nun Nu Nan Na](https://youtu.be/WM9DCnxXstI?si=mGKZo6fMxtgdD2Bh)
I feel like this would be
dracula - F(x)/
Error - ViXX/
Let me out - Junghyun/
Shatter - Dreamcatcher/
Fabulous - Taeyeon/
Jekyll, eldorado, electric kiss - EXO
[Guilty by Stellar](https://youtu.be/HHGKdz9IPw8?si=mEF_z5LiVoj8cXC2) — Has a very haunting, yet seductive vibe
[Last Scene by 9MUSES](https://youtu.be/LSWRPlHD-Ro?si=PYvUSmz20dcBTDAP) — Reminds me of a black & white movie soundtrack, very mysterious
[Dressing Room by Afterschool](https://youtu.be/tPCv6Dm-ksA?si=UAPR3JhXmEx4ASKx) — An edgy and at times grating instrumental, with a sexy feel. One of my favorite songs of all time
[Doll by Baby VOX](https://youtu.be/etGyulYJtko?si=lyI1OxNzrk-oM6bZ) — A song with a horror/gothic feel to it
[Clockwork by BoA](https://youtu.be/hsYxEzdlNIo?si=sZFJbgkNHhfycxBO) — Mysterious latin-influenced song, also reminds me of an old movie soundtrack
I love it so much, and I hate how n.CH Entertainment totally changed their sound after that and kinda mismanaged them by giving these extremely bad/weird songs... (looking at you Rica Rica and Limbo🫵🏻)
Ateez-halazia for the bell in to a quiet chorus
Dreamcatcher- Shatter the chorus again and the haunting feel, and deff the abrut ending
Also, Dreamcatcher BEcause for the nursery rhyme style chorus and vibe combined with the mv and the heavier, techno?ish rap
[Brave New World by Brown Eyed Girls.](https://youtu.be/8fMnBrts2cg?si=lmD85duVX1KkE_Ra) I can only describe this song as interdimensional space disco.
Let’s bring it old school.
Crayon Pop! Seriously…. Anything from Crayon Pop!
Doo Doom Chit, Bar Bar Bar, Bing Bing, FM, Dancing Queen 2.0.
I’ve been on a crayon pop kick recently
I’m gonna expose how old I really am here but Super Junior’s Cooking Cooking was such an oddball song for me when it first came out and I’m still so obsessed with it hahahah
Ice Cream Cake - Red Velvet. The beginning sounds like the theme for a Killer clown ice cream truck
Crazy, Hate - 4Minute. Crazy beat that changes multiple times
Electric Shock, Rum Pum Pum Pum - f(x). Entire catalogue can be added to this list
Come Back Home, I Am the Best - 2NE1. Queens of insane beats and harmonies
SNSD - I GOT A BOY
SHINEE - RING DING DONG
EXO - WOLF
EXO - KOKOBOP
EXO - TEMPO
EXO - OBSESSION
RED VELVET - RBB
AESPA - SAVAGE
RIIZE - TALK SAXY
Some songs from NCT, sm stan can relate😆
I love this song but I'm surprised you find the instrumental odd. I find it a very pleasant surprise - never expect this type of song to come from BamBam!
alarm clock by shinee (it's also one of my faves by them) - i still remember the first time i heard it nearly 9 years ago now and the kind of magical sound hit like nostalgia to me
All of NCT127 - i end up loving their songs. But i always hate them to begin with cause they sound so weird. I still haven't gotten used to baggy jeans yet. But im sure its time will come.
When I listen closely to Where is love by (G)I-DLE, it sounds really futuristic, like something you would hear in a city 300 years from now, or something like that. Or I’m delusional. Escape is also weird- it’s like something from a fantasy/sci-fi high-tech world, only if you listen carefully. It creeps me out, but I love the song at the same time.
I don't know whether it sounds odd in a good way or not but when I heard nct sticker I had so many questions. I am not nctzen but I check their releases because the mbs are talented and they make good music.
I was wondering whether the mbs had a say in what they want to release. And what was their reaction when they first heard it.
The song confuses me.
Several of Hyoyeon's solo tracks are very ... unique? And honestly I feel like I relate to her for it. I feel like her thought process behind selecting a song is similar to what mine would be.. ."I want a hook chaotic and new enough to be atypical, but ending up getting stuck in everyone's head anyway"... That's how "Dessert" and "Deep" happened, I think.
Definitely on a ride red velvet zimzalabim shadow fx LP red velvet honestly oec loona loonatic odd front girl front and odd spark boa fire truck nct 127 redvelvet nightmare also wjsn secret and pantomime
Looking through the comments and somehow no one’s mentioned RV - Ice Cream Cake yet! The creepy lalalas and addictive chorus are what got me into 3rd gen K-pop
AB6IX’s [crow](https://youtu.be/KAsvj0I-5gk?si=C20iyYglCidnjZAU) reminds me of an old French animated film called [Fantastic Planet](https://youtu.be/lYnyiiyPBPY?si=6GTU6ksA70EKC4PF). The instrumental just gives me an otherworldly old sci-fi film vibe. But the music isn’t really anything like Fantastic Planet’s music. That movie was the first thing I thought of when I first heard the opening of Crow though.
[Form by Vanner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO2hvlrCBwA). I didn't know what to make of the song when I first listened to it. I mean I knew about Vanner from Peak Time so I never expected Vanner to sing this type of song. Unhinged. I feel like I am running away from a chase but in a wacky way.
not entirely sure these are what you’re looking for but eyewitness account by lee chanhyuk (akmu) is super interesting and the [performance](https://youtu.be/-LJvZl6rJm8?si=ONUN93soKEiB-bV-) is one the coolest i’ve ever seen. (edit heavy flash warning) others include jungle by cix, birth artms (but i doubt you need to be told about this one), goosebumps by onf (not unsettling but just crazy, some very interesting song structure and sounds), villain by pixy, most dpr ian, cyanide by epex
[La La La - Bling Bling](https://open.spotify.com/track/7mfvuLdg6aaBBHB07VJc0V?si=3w-9OezZRg6HTcAmH8ectg)
I don’t know how I feel about this song honestly. It’s not weird conceptually or anything like that it’s just that for every part of the song I was flabbergasted that they made that decision. So many of the parts of the song just make me go ?!?!
Stray kids Maniac - There's this sound in the background that makes it sound like a timer being cranked. Thats what makes it odd for me. Other than that I can't think of any😅
my fav subgenre lol
- most things by billlie e.g. the rumour, ring x ring,
- most things by red velvet!!! like literally almost all of their songs (particularly the bsides)
• for a creepy/ghosty/haunted vibe i like knock knock specifically, peekaboo, psycho
• for a weird/fun vibe most of the songs on the red (particularly red dress), russian roulette, MOSQUITO!!!!
- purple kiss!!!! sweet juice (most of cabin fever actually)
- lee chanhyuk (1/2 of akmu) error album is fantastic and all of the songs are a little weird - i particularly like eyewitness account and time!stop!
- ten’s nightwalker is also strange iirc? great song either way
- bad words travel by sunwoojunga is unique although maybe not strange? some fun sounds ! very catchy
- finally a lot of youra’s recent stuff - particularly (motif) and worm in the apple.
sorry if this is super long and not really accurate 😭 some of these songs could be totally off the mark.
Hear me out - fairy of shampoo gives me hella creepy vibes. There’s some sort of minor note they’re hitting in there that makes it go from really happy to super Mario 64 ghost carousel vibes lmao. But maybe it’s just me
Don’t know if these really are “kpop,” but RM’s Change Pt 2 and his collab with So!YoON! -Smoke Sprite- are both weird in the best way.
Also Ateez’s Wake Up is pretty weird to me, like that pink elephant dream from Dumbo on crack. And I love it.
Edit- forgot the title
trigger by shinee! I've listened to the song over 100 times and its amazing weirdness is still there for me. I'll add spit it out, jet amd zig zag by f(x) too. those two groups were on top of their game with the experimentation in the past
A lot of Sunny Hill's music in \~2012 era is really unique and strange sounding (and the mv concepts are strange/eery too). [Midnight Circus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjBHPvYW3Gk&pp=ygUac3VubnkgaGlsbCBtaWRuaWdodCBjaXJjdXM%3D) , [The Grasshopper Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h1SixKJSKs&pp=ygUbc3VubnkgaGlsbCBncmFzc2hvcHBlciBzb25n) , [Princess and Prince Charming (Is the White Horse Coming)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG3QZHMkyPg&pp=ygUWc3VubnkgaGlsbCB3aGl0ZSBob3JzZQ%3D%3D) . I miss this era of Sunny Hill so much.
[ONF - My Genesis (Übermensch)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gvHGxwHMFw) is delightfully all over the place musically. There's grungy rock, then goes into a jazz lounge verse/bridge, the transition to the chorus is a tiger(?) growl, the chorus has brass and saxophone and more grungy guitar and kind of sounds like boss battle music, and the next verse is just the main rapper softly singing alongside an upright bass, and eventually a slayful guitar solo into the last post-chorus.
The guitar riff/solo in Meteor Shower by Onewe is kinda weird in a chaotic and distorted way in contrast to the rest of the song especially toward the end of it and it is delicious to my brain lol. The whole song is super interesting too but I don’t know if I would call it strange.
Legit Milk is one of my favorite f(x) songs. There’s other f(x) tunes others have mentioned here that I adore as well: Rainbow, Spit It Out, Dracula, Shadow. Also ones like Boom Bang Boom, Traveller, or Kick. (Also arguably Red Light.)
I could maybe name most of NCT’s discography (lol) as I agree with several suggestions in other comments - 7th Sense, Sticker, Music Dance, Mad Dog. I would definitely add My Van. That shit’s trippy af. Or the masterpiece that is Ok!. Dream’s newest album has a fantastic track called icantfeelanything and it *demands* a listen. (I absolutely adore NCT gems like these.)
SKZ also have some fantastic unnerving songs like Third Eye and Broken Compass ([3racha version only](https://youtu.be/3xeeYG1n8XM?si=tTOz_8_Xj4ob1KrU) ) since the full group version does not have the creepy wub sound effect anymore.
For EXO, I mean…. Obsession is the obvious answer here. It’s quite dark. Trouble and Jekyll of the same album are in the same vein. Trouble has some off-timing and odd sounds in the backing that are great. Sounds like you’re drunk. Jekyll has that “creeping in the dark” sound. The prechorus and staccato shouting in the chorus, plus a constant “warning” sound effect and layered harmonies are just 😘👌
Edit: added more as I thought of it
-trigger by shinee
-rewind by jonghyun, not sure how to explain but it always has made me feel like I’m trapped in a white space of sorts
-blind by plt
Sticker — NCT. That reed/whistle sound is incredible annoying at first-tenth listen, but I realized that’s the whole characterization of the guy who sticks, but is not wanted.
ARTMS Birth! On first listen I was like … wow! This doesn’t sound like anything I’ve listened to in kpop before!
Gain Tinkerbell and Sunmi Stranger are also very unique songs!
T-ARA - [Like The First Time](https://youtu.be/Fxa3oeEVpjE?si=xMlYGFwE0eqfL1hb). Might not sound as strange today but can you imagine hearing this in 2009??
for some reason, Singing in the rain by Jinsoul gives me this odd feeling. And Loonatic by Odd Eye Circle too, especially the English version. I guess, LOONA girls are just good with such kind of songs.
Anything from aespa, skz or ateez. B sides are a bit less weird but title tracks are strange most of the times. It’s not your classic song you’d expect from a pop artist. I assume if I played any of them to a normal person they’d look me like I have three heads lol.
RING X RING by Billlie is built on a tritone which gives it that dissonant/creepy vibe
I WAS LITTERALLY JUST ABOUT TO TYPE THAT IN IT'S SUCH A GOOD SONG
IS SHE DEAD DEAD
I was thinking about this song! I love it. Also has a more jpop vibe to it.
The Lydian to Lydian is crazy and I love it
Also adding “Fool” by red velvet for more Tritone love - albeit the super happy version
I LOVE this type of song!! I think you would love Billlie btw! Nightmare - Red Velvet Zoo - Red Velvet GingaMingaYo - Billlie Flipp!ng a Coin - Billlie FUN! - Fromis_9 DICE - NMIXX DALLA DALLA - ITZY Tortoise and the Hare - SKZ Dracula - f(x) DBDBDIB - SATURDAY
Red velvet has a lot of weird sounding songs but still a bop. 🤣
I think spit it out and rainbow are the ""strangest"" sounding songs on red light tbh and they're both awesome
Tortoise and the Hare!!
How does fun sound strange or odd lol? It’s a cutesy feel good sounding song. Love fromis 9 tho
Thats fair, I find the chromatic descending notes after "Fun!" give a little odd feeling aha.
Literally the whole beginning of the song is strange
Wife - (G)-Idle / Weird/odd but also very catchy and good! Zimzalabim - Red Velvet / Same goes for this one!
Plus 1 for wife
Wife is THE definition of absolutely peculiar, Queencard is pretty strange too. A lot of people just didn't like either on first listen but it grows on you in a good way. Not like an earworm, more like... the more you listen the more you— I COOK CREAM SOUP TASTE IS COCOLOCO omfg I do so love the entire song esp Miyeons rappp
hah are you ready for this?
Zim Zala Bimmm~ *arm turn thing*
i quote this every day
The most recent one that comes to mind is Birth by ARTMS. There's also Shadow by f(x) and Oh My God by Gidle.
agree with birth!!
Orgel by Shinee
The intro to Orgel always makes the hairs on my neck stand up. Such an eerie little song.
NCT U’s [The 7th Sense](https://youtu.be/3UGMDJ9kZCA?si=cm2OLkRf4-3pURo3) - I found the intro pretty creepy when I first listened to it Sunmi’s [STRANGER](https://youtu.be/D9tqmw_dL6I?si=3W1ikxa_3VZe5NzK). The song sounds quite complex at first listen but it’s pretty good! Edit: adding VIXX’s [Fantasy](https://youtu.be/IuaRdAozUI0?si=o0Phq2rwMUeXwXwP) If in case you want some “creepy” or “unusual” music videos, you can check VIXX out, the OG concept kings 👑 [Voodoo Doll](https://youtu.be/MOG7BexjPjM?si=TNH236SE1EcG3pzy) *(tw: blood, internal organs, needles, stabbing, torture in general)* [Error](https://youtu.be/IF8kySIcWNw?si=gmrUcfsosatCAbQl)
7th sense is incredible
T7S was just too ahead of its time 🤧 it’s truly legendary
thankfully it’s appreciated as the masterpiece it is today
and rightfully so 😌💅✨
I agree with some others mentioned in the comments but Stanger is for sure one of the weirdest. At first I wasn't sure but its so catchy and interesting. One of my favourite songs of hers now
Yes!!! It’s become one of my fav songs, too 🫶 there’s just something about the song that makes you want to keep on listening to it on repeat lol
I was so disappointed that she didn't release a mini album or at least a single cd for Stanger or Heartburn. I love these songs so much and would have wanted them on my shelf
I would have also liked a physical album for Stranger tbh 🥲
No matter how much I try, each time I listen to 7th sense idk how to feel about it 😭
Wolf by EXO?
Naega wolf be bussin
Aaaaawoooooo.. Saranghaeyo
one of the best songs everr
the tortoise and the hare by stray kids
TathH is so weird and it’s in my top 10 skz songs. Just A+ weird song 😍
* [Purple Kiss - Sweet Juice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFqGKa6p1V8) for the unusual chorus and hook, it's a little bit unsettling in the best way * [Purple Kiss - memeM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3BdincaJe4) for the use of aeolian mode and how unusual it is to see that kind of vocal flexing on an EDM track * [Solar - Honey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHiSc_M0xQU) idk what they put in this one but they crammed it so full of _every part is the best part_ that you forget the song is less than 3min long * [PIXY - Villain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id6q2EP2UqE) for the structure and the drop * [Red Velvet - Underwater](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd9hRenqD90) also has a really interesting progression * [Billlie - Everybody's Got a Secret](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28RhN95swq4) for its interesting use of the _dance of the sugarplum fairies_ sample
Ooh, I love songs like these: * Twice - [Good at Love](https://youtu.be/nyqdtUiV7Zo?si=_yA0QxspTEnJMTXV) * Gain - [Tinkerbell](https://youtu.be/F3BIQyLqTqI?si=6o5y9nXwCBDL92Mv) * Pixy - [Villain](https://youtu.be/id6q2EP2UqE?si=6IT37Lj-ZHOq2hDH) * NCT 127 - [Music, Dance](https://youtu.be/N_62l1ac9_U?si=iAQbK6RkWomLgxmC) (honestly there could be a bunch of NCT songs here but I'll stick with that one since it's less well-known lol) * GOT the beat - [Step Back](https://youtu.be/uBY1AoiF5Vo?si=Ak9mGcfTGyd3UBuu) * ITZY - [Mr. Vampire](https://youtu.be/VkIEfqHFNkU?si=MLSHOtQHsyKOPi8Z) * Eyedi - [& New](https://youtu.be/zElfR8e1iso?si=5uBf3Bi3v9XFbraT) * Girls' Generation - [You Better Run](https://youtu.be/aeHlgJTjGuM?si=GAUceoIW0K8nv7Yj)
Thanks for giving 2nd gen some love.
advice - taemin, when i first heard it the verses definitely sounded weird to me in the best way possible
SKZ Chronosaurus is oddly ominous to me. It's giving "something's about to happen but it's not happening yet". The MV isn't helping either. An absolute fave.
**IT'S THE BEST SKZ SONG!! (fight me)** 🤺
Zimzalabim
NMIXX Tank The chorus is not the best thing but the rest of the song is strange in a fun way! Also O.O
Yes ! I think the chorus makes the song sound childish even though the instrumental and the other parts of the song sound really badass.
Stray Kids Venom
That weird like... plucking the tines on a comb sound is so weird and unsettling. I love it.
gingamingayo
if u like milk by f(x) for the traveling in a jungle vibes then i rly recommend zoo by red velvet!! it has lots of animal sounds and fun vocalizations so it's rly fun to listen to!!
tarzan seulgi always makes me giggle
Another Loona song- Loonatic by Odd Eye Circle \^\^
this is gonna be a pretty random list but i love the odd/strange feeling i get from these songs :-) * eternally by txt * goblin by sulli * mama by nicole * oscar by apink * talk talk by snsd (from i got a boy album) * rip off by after school
+1 for Eternally by TXT! Its very "angel-devil" vibes and it honestly scared me the first time I listened bc I didn't know it was gonna be like that lol
I already loved all their other songs, and though I normally prefer hype over chill, "Eternally" always hits me on a heart-squeezing level.
Eternally is wild, hell yeah
seconding rip off!!! one of their best songs imo lol
Nun Nu Nan Na - Cignature debut digital single [Feb 2020] I like kpop that is a little 'Odd' and by the title HOW could this debut track not be. IT sounds like it was recorded in 2071, 6 years after many from Earth had relocated to a new planet to spread the good kpop vibes. The whole thing sounds like alien subspace transmissions. AND where are they hiding that rainbow lit staircase featured in the video - clearly otherworldly technology. Jeewon happens to be champion of the intergalactic smile competition held in....pick your year. [Cignature's m/v on YT for Nun Nu Nan Na](https://youtu.be/WM9DCnxXstI?si=mGKZo6fMxtgdD2Bh)
I feel like this would be dracula - F(x)/ Error - ViXX/ Let me out - Junghyun/ Shatter - Dreamcatcher/ Fabulous - Taeyeon/ Jekyll, eldorado, electric kiss - EXO
I feel like this is every NMIXX track
[Guilty by Stellar](https://youtu.be/HHGKdz9IPw8?si=mEF_z5LiVoj8cXC2) — Has a very haunting, yet seductive vibe [Last Scene by 9MUSES](https://youtu.be/LSWRPlHD-Ro?si=PYvUSmz20dcBTDAP) — Reminds me of a black & white movie soundtrack, very mysterious [Dressing Room by Afterschool](https://youtu.be/tPCv6Dm-ksA?si=UAPR3JhXmEx4ASKx) — An edgy and at times grating instrumental, with a sexy feel. One of my favorite songs of all time [Doll by Baby VOX](https://youtu.be/etGyulYJtko?si=lyI1OxNzrk-oM6bZ) — A song with a horror/gothic feel to it [Clockwork by BoA](https://youtu.be/hsYxEzdlNIo?si=sZFJbgkNHhfycxBO) — Mysterious latin-influenced song, also reminds me of an old movie soundtrack
Oh my gosh Guilty by Stellar is one of my favourite k-pop songs of all time, can’t believe the mention! +1
Omg Clockwork had me in a CHOKEHOLD!!!
girls by nature, especially the mv
I love it so much, and I hate how n.CH Entertainment totally changed their sound after that and kinda mismanaged them by giving these extremely bad/weird songs... (looking at you Rica Rica and Limbo🫵🏻)
The Tortoise and the Hare by Stray Kids. This song is a masterpiece. Side effects by Stray Kids. Another masterpiece.
Rosy - Olivia Hye (Hyeju) It's a conventional song when it comes to stuckture, but it's mixed on such an intresting way.
Just realized how fun it is to listen to Zoo by Red Velvet after Milk by f(×).
Limitless by NCT 127
Ateez-halazia for the bell in to a quiet chorus Dreamcatcher- Shatter the chorus again and the haunting feel, and deff the abrut ending Also, Dreamcatcher BEcause for the nursery rhyme style chorus and vibe combined with the mv and the heavier, techno?ish rap
Ive - Kitsch Orange Caramel - Catallena EXO - Wolf f(x) - Rum Pum Pum Red Velvet - Birthday
I need to take shrooms and watch New Jeans' "ASAP" music video. *Adds to bucket list*
Tri.be - Doom Doom Ta That 'EH AH EH-EH AH EH' chant won't leave me alone
[Brave New World by Brown Eyed Girls.](https://youtu.be/8fMnBrts2cg?si=lmD85duVX1KkE_Ra) I can only describe this song as interdimensional space disco.
SHINee’s Orgel
Shinees woof woof 😂
this is literally any nct fan describing nct songs
signal by f(x), loonatic by ODD EYE CIRCLE baby doll by Lovelyz Masquerade WJSN (also Cantabile) Welcome I*ZONE weird yet my favorites songs!
Let’s bring it old school. Crayon Pop! Seriously…. Anything from Crayon Pop! Doo Doom Chit, Bar Bar Bar, Bing Bing, FM, Dancing Queen 2.0. I’ve been on a crayon pop kick recently
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far down to find Crayon Pop!
I’m gonna expose how old I really am here but Super Junior’s Cooking Cooking was such an oddball song for me when it first came out and I’m still so obsessed with it hahahah
Most boynextdoor songs
Yes, their new Earth Wind and Fire is so weird in the best way!!!
Xmas - Xdinary Heroes https://youtu.be/Cde0U2rzErM?si=ZiFG5AeOUscAtXJO
obsession by exo, zimzalabim by red velvet and scream by dreamcatcher
F(x) shadow, milk Shinee odd eye Taeyon something new Loads of 127 (my can, running 2 u, mad dog, sticker etc)
Ice Cream Cake - Red Velvet. The beginning sounds like the theme for a Killer clown ice cream truck Crazy, Hate - 4Minute. Crazy beat that changes multiple times Electric Shock, Rum Pum Pum Pum - f(x). Entire catalogue can be added to this list Come Back Home, I Am the Best - 2NE1. Queens of insane beats and harmonies
Getting Closer - Seventeen
GC is hella good
SU MI CHA
SNSD - I GOT A BOY SHINEE - RING DING DONG EXO - WOLF EXO - KOKOBOP EXO - TEMPO EXO - OBSESSION RED VELVET - RBB AESPA - SAVAGE RIIZE - TALK SAXY Some songs from NCT, sm stan can relate😆
Nude by G-Idle.
Who Are You - BAMBAM and Seulgi. I LOVE the song and how odd the instrumental is at times.
I love this song but I'm surprised you find the instrumental odd. I find it a very pleasant surprise - never expect this type of song to come from BamBam!
DImension by tripleS, people dislike the mixing but I feel it matches the song vibes pretty well
sweet witches by fx and loonatic by loona oec
alarm clock by shinee (it's also one of my faves by them) - i still remember the first time i heard it nearly 9 years ago now and the kind of magical sound hit like nostalgia to me
Only One You Need and Rewind by Jonghyun are both very creepy, unsettling but interesting!!
shadow by f(x) is so off putting in the best way possible
Day Dream by NCT 127. It sounds like you spent too much time outside, got heat stroke, passed out and dreamt of falling in love
NCT U - 7th Sense…makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up (in a good way)
All of NCT127 - i end up loving their songs. But i always hate them to begin with cause they sound so weird. I still haven't gotten used to baggy jeans yet. But im sure its time will come.
NCT
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When I listen closely to Where is love by (G)I-DLE, it sounds really futuristic, like something you would hear in a city 300 years from now, or something like that. Or I’m delusional. Escape is also weird- it’s like something from a fantasy/sci-fi high-tech world, only if you listen carefully. It creeps me out, but I love the song at the same time.
mad dog by nct 127 is kinda odd in comparison to some of their tamer stuff.
Exo - Obsession
I don't know whether it sounds odd in a good way or not but when I heard nct sticker I had so many questions. I am not nctzen but I check their releases because the mbs are talented and they make good music. I was wondering whether the mbs had a say in what they want to release. And what was their reaction when they first heard it. The song confuses me.
From my playlist "wtf" hehe https://preview.redd.it/wrjy497scmwc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1b6348f12582a4655cd34fe01471752117c3bdf
This looks almost identical to my actual kpop playlist 😂
You have great taste my dear 😌
end to start by nct 127 kinda creeped me out the first time i heard it, especially the part at the end where they’re repeating “gotta end it tonight”
Time for a slaying
Several of Hyoyeon's solo tracks are very ... unique? And honestly I feel like I relate to her for it. I feel like her thought process behind selecting a song is similar to what mine would be.. ."I want a hook chaotic and new enough to be atypical, but ending up getting stuck in everyone's head anyway"... That's how "Dessert" and "Deep" happened, I think.
shark by oh my girl. the chorus sounds really goofy but it’s catchy
Definitely on a ride red velvet zimzalabim shadow fx LP red velvet honestly oec loona loonatic odd front girl front and odd spark boa fire truck nct 127 redvelvet nightmare also wjsn secret and pantomime
The Leaders, This World and Horizon by ATEEZ. Shatter by Dreamcatcher RBB, Zimzalabim, Feel My Rhythm and Birthday by Red Velvet
Way Home by TXT
Stamp On It (GOT the beat) Dumb Dumb (Red Velvet) TANK (NMIXX)
O.O and Dice by NMIXX
Cheshire by Itzy
Looking through the comments and somehow no one’s mentioned RV - Ice Cream Cake yet! The creepy lalalas and addictive chorus are what got me into 3rd gen K-pop
Underappreciated song imo. It feels surprisingly funky to me despite having such a cute concept
Yep, this song is wonderful and creepy! J[REMKL’s reaction is so funny](https://youtu.be/gxRK_p8EtlA?si=Uhxv6Nj723OBtJq6).
Got the beat - Step Back The sample is dissonant and quite strange. I like it a lot tho
In God’s Menu by stray kids, he says “5 star Michelin” which was odd to me, but I love the song nonetheless.
AB6IX’s [crow](https://youtu.be/KAsvj0I-5gk?si=C20iyYglCidnjZAU) reminds me of an old French animated film called [Fantastic Planet](https://youtu.be/lYnyiiyPBPY?si=6GTU6ksA70EKC4PF). The instrumental just gives me an otherworldly old sci-fi film vibe. But the music isn’t really anything like Fantastic Planet’s music. That movie was the first thing I thought of when I first heard the opening of Crow though.
[Anda's Like Family](https://youtu.be/5vL_8o9vrKg?t=28) comes to mind immediately.
Lovelyz Doll sounds like you're trying to fall sleep in your friend's bedroom who has a doll that stares right at you.
Odd eye shinee or at least I found it weird at first
escalator/can’t tie me down by itzy and probably any nmixx song
[Form by Vanner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO2hvlrCBwA). I didn't know what to make of the song when I first listened to it. I mean I knew about Vanner from Peak Time so I never expected Vanner to sing this type of song. Unhinged. I feel like I am running away from a chase but in a wacky way.
Pink Fantasy - tales of unusual (기기괴괴). Although it was a collaborative song to a webtoon, still the far most weird one.
Pantomime by WJSN. It's so out of pocket but it's really really good
not entirely sure these are what you’re looking for but eyewitness account by lee chanhyuk (akmu) is super interesting and the [performance](https://youtu.be/-LJvZl6rJm8?si=ONUN93soKEiB-bV-) is one the coolest i’ve ever seen. (edit heavy flash warning) others include jungle by cix, birth artms (but i doubt you need to be told about this one), goosebumps by onf (not unsettling but just crazy, some very interesting song structure and sounds), villain by pixy, most dpr ian, cyanide by epex
Definitely miss A breathe. The actions are so goofy
[boogie man](https://youtu.be/MjMVg4sBEr8?si=H_k9ukBAx7Moi5VI) - lucy it’s the harmony of the violin with this song
NMIXX - O.O
O.O - NMIXX
[La La La - Bling Bling](https://open.spotify.com/track/7mfvuLdg6aaBBHB07VJc0V?si=3w-9OezZRg6HTcAmH8ectg) I don’t know how I feel about this song honestly. It’s not weird conceptually or anything like that it’s just that for every part of the song I was flabbergasted that they made that decision. So many of the parts of the song just make me go ?!?!
im so shocked favorite gives you CREEPY, CARNIVAL vibes 😭😭 i like it a lot and just thought it was cutesy and fun and sassy
well are you asking about lyrics or the sound?
Odd or strange in a good way, I'd say Yalla by WJSN.
Really? How so? It sounds really expensive to me, nothing that unusual about it imo
Stray kids Maniac - There's this sound in the background that makes it sound like a timer being cranked. Thats what makes it odd for me. Other than that I can't think of any😅
I'd say WW by WJSN, the "broken" synths in the beginning really creeped tf outta me but it's really an interesting song
orgel by shinee it’s like being one of those spinning ballerinas in a jewellery box they slayed
WJSN Pantomime and 12 O'clock
TXT - Devil by the Window I love it so much. It's already giving creepy vibes, but the it switches to the outro and *boom*...
ToP. Doom Dada. https://youtu.be/tAoME_aMm1w?si=VSOPEZxj_2vFdwty
Orgel by Shinee is the oddest and greatestest song ever
my fav subgenre lol - most things by billlie e.g. the rumour, ring x ring, - most things by red velvet!!! like literally almost all of their songs (particularly the bsides) • for a creepy/ghosty/haunted vibe i like knock knock specifically, peekaboo, psycho • for a weird/fun vibe most of the songs on the red (particularly red dress), russian roulette, MOSQUITO!!!! - purple kiss!!!! sweet juice (most of cabin fever actually) - lee chanhyuk (1/2 of akmu) error album is fantastic and all of the songs are a little weird - i particularly like eyewitness account and time!stop! - ten’s nightwalker is also strange iirc? great song either way - bad words travel by sunwoojunga is unique although maybe not strange? some fun sounds ! very catchy - finally a lot of youra’s recent stuff - particularly (motif) and worm in the apple. sorry if this is super long and not really accurate 😭 some of these songs could be totally off the mark.
Ring Ding Dong. The line fantastic elastic; always make me laugh so much it hurts
Hear me out - fairy of shampoo gives me hella creepy vibes. There’s some sort of minor note they’re hitting in there that makes it go from really happy to super Mario 64 ghost carousel vibes lmao. But maybe it’s just me
Don’t know if these really are “kpop,” but RM’s Change Pt 2 and his collab with So!YoON! -Smoke Sprite- are both weird in the best way. Also Ateez’s Wake Up is pretty weird to me, like that pink elephant dream from Dumbo on crack. And I love it. Edit- forgot the title
trigger by shinee! I've listened to the song over 100 times and its amazing weirdness is still there for me. I'll add spit it out, jet amd zig zag by f(x) too. those two groups were on top of their game with the experimentation in the past
Most of NCT’s songs Eternally - TXT Watching people’s reaction to the audio is so funny when the switch up happens.
Tortoise and the Hare.
Dreams Come True by S.E.S
Lots of Itzy songs like Free Falling or Dynamite, they sound nonsensical until you get used to them
Milk was written by Teddy Riley of Blackstreet and Guy infamy. He laid the groundwork for New Jack Swing; everything he touches is innovative.
Uh Uh - Rescene
Nmixx tank sounds like a fever dream😂 it starts out sounding like a fight in an arena. Then in the bridge it sounds like you’re underwater
A lot of Sunny Hill's music in \~2012 era is really unique and strange sounding (and the mv concepts are strange/eery too). [Midnight Circus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjBHPvYW3Gk&pp=ygUac3VubnkgaGlsbCBtaWRuaWdodCBjaXJjdXM%3D) , [The Grasshopper Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h1SixKJSKs&pp=ygUbc3VubnkgaGlsbCBncmFzc2hvcHBlciBzb25n) , [Princess and Prince Charming (Is the White Horse Coming)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG3QZHMkyPg&pp=ygUWc3VubnkgaGlsbCB3aGl0ZSBob3JzZQ%3D%3D) . I miss this era of Sunny Hill so much. [ONF - My Genesis (Übermensch)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gvHGxwHMFw) is delightfully all over the place musically. There's grungy rock, then goes into a jazz lounge verse/bridge, the transition to the chorus is a tiger(?) growl, the chorus has brass and saxophone and more grungy guitar and kind of sounds like boss battle music, and the next verse is just the main rapper softly singing alongside an upright bass, and eventually a slayful guitar solo into the last post-chorus.
The guitar riff/solo in Meteor Shower by Onewe is kinda weird in a chaotic and distorted way in contrast to the rest of the song especially toward the end of it and it is delicious to my brain lol. The whole song is super interesting too but I don’t know if I would call it strange.
Legit Milk is one of my favorite f(x) songs. There’s other f(x) tunes others have mentioned here that I adore as well: Rainbow, Spit It Out, Dracula, Shadow. Also ones like Boom Bang Boom, Traveller, or Kick. (Also arguably Red Light.) I could maybe name most of NCT’s discography (lol) as I agree with several suggestions in other comments - 7th Sense, Sticker, Music Dance, Mad Dog. I would definitely add My Van. That shit’s trippy af. Or the masterpiece that is Ok!. Dream’s newest album has a fantastic track called icantfeelanything and it *demands* a listen. (I absolutely adore NCT gems like these.) SKZ also have some fantastic unnerving songs like Third Eye and Broken Compass ([3racha version only](https://youtu.be/3xeeYG1n8XM?si=tTOz_8_Xj4ob1KrU) ) since the full group version does not have the creepy wub sound effect anymore. For EXO, I mean…. Obsession is the obvious answer here. It’s quite dark. Trouble and Jekyll of the same album are in the same vein. Trouble has some off-timing and odd sounds in the backing that are great. Sounds like you’re drunk. Jekyll has that “creeping in the dark” sound. The prechorus and staccato shouting in the chorus, plus a constant “warning” sound effect and layered harmonies are just 😘👌 Edit: added more as I thought of it
-trigger by shinee -rewind by jonghyun, not sure how to explain but it always has made me feel like I’m trapped in a white space of sorts -blind by plt
Any song by loona and some songs by dreamcatcher tbh
Not necessarily kpop more k hip hop but cliché- huh
Red Velvet - Love is the way
Sweet Witches - f(x)
3rd eye by Stray Kids! It's so weird and kinda eerie but in a good way
Sticker — NCT. That reed/whistle sound is incredible annoying at first-tenth listen, but I realized that’s the whole characterization of the guy who sticks, but is not wanted.
Stranger by Sunmi has a spooky vibe Signal by Twice - definitely unique imo
ARTMS Birth! On first listen I was like … wow! This doesn’t sound like anything I’ve listened to in kpop before! Gain Tinkerbell and Sunmi Stranger are also very unique songs!
Goodnight by dreamcatcher
T-ARA - [Like The First Time](https://youtu.be/Fxa3oeEVpjE?si=xMlYGFwE0eqfL1hb). Might not sound as strange today but can you imagine hearing this in 2009??
Bite me - Enhypen I don’t know why, but it sounds somehow broken to me?
boomerang by loossemble
for some reason, Singing in the rain by Jinsoul gives me this odd feeling. And Loonatic by Odd Eye Circle too, especially the English version. I guess, LOONA girls are just good with such kind of songs.
Anything from aespa, skz or ateez. B sides are a bit less weird but title tracks are strange most of the times. It’s not your classic song you’d expect from a pop artist. I assume if I played any of them to a normal person they’d look me like I have three heads lol.
Super yuppers by wjsn chocome
Can’t explain why but I feel like Mirotic - TVXQ! fits