5 Most Iconic K-pop Music Videos of All Time

K-pop music videos are dramatic short films with million-dollar budgets, outfit changes every 12 seconds, and enough eyeliner to fuel a goth comeback. Over the years, some videos straight-up caused emotional damage in the best way. So here are five music videos that basically defined eras, broke records, and set the bar impossibly high for everyone else. Watch at your own risk, side effects may include spontaneous fan chants and intense nostalgia.

PSY – Gangnam Style (2012)

This one broke YouTube. No, literally, the platform had to upgrade its view counter after this video hit a billion. It was weird. It was chaotic. It had a man doing invisible horse choreography in a tuxedo. And somehow, the world couldn’t get enough. You couldn't go anywhere in 2012 without hearing “Oppa Gangnam Style,” and if you say you didn’t try the dance at least once… you’re lying.

BIGBANG – Fantastic Baby (2012)

The phrase “Boom shakalaka” has no business being as iconic as it is, but here we are. Fantastic Baby was a fever dream of royalty, rebellion, and guyliner. Everyone looked like they just walked out of a high-fashion apocalypse, and honestly, it worked. If you didn't feel something when G-Dragon popped up with that blue hair, you're emotionally unavailable.

BTS – Blood Sweat & Tears (2016)

This is the one where BTS said, “Let’s go full art student.” While most of us pretended to understand the plot, we were really just here for Jimin’s shoulder and that one stare Jungkook gives the camera. It marked their shift from “rising idols” to “global art house kings.” Still not over it.

BLACKPINK – DDU-DU DDU-DU (2018)