KpopVisage Community Post

K-pop’s summer sound is shifting toward slower, more restrained tracks that borrow from bossa nova, reggae and jazz-pop — exemplified by Red Velvet’s Velvet Summer lead “Surfin’ Boy,” NCT Wish’s midtempo “Sticky,” (G)I-dle’s “Gimme Dat Love” and Jennie’s lo-fi “Less than a Lover.”