2023 K-Pop Songs That Were Expected To Be HITS But FLOPPED

How is “I Love My Body” a flop? That song was everywhere.

Just because a song doesn’t become a trend on tiktok doesn’t mean it’s a flop

i’ve just learned that unforgiven apparently “flopped” 🤨 i think antifragile will always be their most iconic comeback despite perfect night charting so well right now but every group will have THAT song so if unforgiven was lackluster it’s solely because it came after antifragile and not every song is gonna reach the exact same level of success so it’s ridiculous to call it a flop.

The thing about “I Love My Body” is that Hwasa wasn’t even pushing for the song to go number one, she did it because she liked it and she wanted to express herself through the song and the fact that the song still hit number one on certain charts and it still doing good says enough.

Unforgiven was not a flop 💀 It literally won so many awards and some people even have it as their favorite tt from le sserafim

I honestly don't understand how hwasa's "I Love My Body" & Le'Serrafim"s "Unforgiven" were considered flops, both gained a lot of recognition and view counts were high, If I am not wrong hwasa's solo was used in over 100,000 shorts (one of the highest numbers) and entered billboard hot 100. A lot of people loved the concepts of BOTH and everybody was dancing to these BOP's Even my friends who barely knew kpop, just a few groups and a few of their songs other than mainly all songs of BTS and Blackpink had listen to both!! This is just my honest opinion, no hate to any of the other songs LOVE THEM TOO

I want to lay all the blame at SM's feet when it comes to Exo's Cream Soda not doing as well as it should have. They always drop the ball when it comes to promoting their older groups and often it's the groups or soloists themselves that have to do it. I don't think Kai's Rover would have blown up like it did unless Kai didn't say he'd do the challenge with anyone and everyone and First Snow blowing up on TT was because of fans, not because of SM. They dropped the ball with their lawsuit with CBX. They dropped the ball when it came to Kai's sudden enlistment. SM really is a terrible company and I wish EXO could take everything that the did with them.

I think calling Cream Soda a flop is way off the rails. Cream soda did better than previous exo releases and the whole album itself out performed their previous releases. For the lack of promos that Cream Soda received, it did way better than expected. And honestly, it wasn't meant to be a mainstream song, it was meant to be a release for EXOL. And to say the album is "forgotten" is beyond me. The fact that Dazed ranked Let me In as the #1 kpop song of 2023 says compeltely otherwise.

I Love My Body flop? That song peaked at 8 on the World digital song sales and 9 at the circle digital chart and currently has around 120 million digital index points, was in the melon daily and weekly top 10 for weeks, 20m+ streams on melon and 28m+ streams on spotify as at this moment, 330k+ shorts on yt, 110k+ reels on ig and 75k+ reels on tiktok. Even a casual kpop fan will encounter a tiktok/ig reel or youtube short with ILMB sound almost everyday. Every week you'll hear that song on at least one variety show be it Amazing Saturday, Running Man or even your faves' web variety shows. For the Gallup Korea Year-end Public Opinion Survey released 2 days ago for Koreans aged 13-39 who were asked their favorite Korean Artist of the year and Hwasa placed 13th with a 3.8% vote. 13th with just 2 songs released this year. The only soloists above her were IU, Lim Young Woong and Jungkook full stop. If this is what you consider a flop then I don't know what to tell you. Put some respect on that queen's name and at least do a bit of research instead of just focusing on 5-6 groups while using "he said, she said" for other artists. "Everyone was disappointed" my ass.

I’m not MIDZY but I really wanted more for ITZY. I think MIDZY has no problem with sneakers and cake. I think there’s truth in all of your takes on these comebacks except for LE SSERAFIM… Unforgiven was everywhere and everyone was dancing to it.

calling cream soda a flop is crazy

Jini’s mini album “An Iron Hand In A Velvet Glove” is PHENOMENAL! One of the best releases of 2023 in my opinion. It’s a shame it didn’t take off like I thought it would.

I think Cream Soda- EXO literally with no proper promotions by SM did pretty well. Yes not extremely popular like their previous comebacks but cannot be considered a flop. All together EXIST album is a masterpiece.

I'm not sure why they're saying Hwasa would have more creative freedom in PNation. I'd say Mamamoo in general has a lot of creative freedom with their music than most kpop groups. Is that just me? I mean, Taller than You and Waggy were actual tracks on their album. Name a group from the big three companies besides Straykids (😂) that could write those kind of songs and have it be on their album.

I think Cream Soda views were really manipulated. Seeing how their Killing Voice's 19 minute video has same views as a 4 minute MV. Also, there were like two music shows. And no proper promotions. Sue SM, I guess.

WITH ALL THAT HAPPEND WITH HWASA THIS YEAR AND STILL CHARTING TOP 10 ON ALL THE CHARTS FOR ALMOST ONE MONTH AND HALF THATS NOT FLOP AT ALL SHE DID AMAZING

Cream soda was definitely not a flop! Have been waiting for a comeback and finally got it. And It's now something new how SM treat EXO. Still they are doing grear!! Anyway, it’s your opinion. This is mine. People have different views, I understand and respect it!

Calling EVERGLOW’s “Slay”, LE SSERAFIM’s “Unforgiven” & EXO’s “Cream Soda” flops, tells me everything I need to know about this channel, lol. Also, Jini’s debut album was fire. I’m sure her not promoting on more music shows, hurt her the most.

I love seeing Hwasa with no makeup on. She's a natural beauty.

calling EXO's album a flop with 1 million sales is CRAZY