Kpop song originally made for other kpop artists

I know a few like Salty by The Boyz being made for EXO, Around You by Hyunjin of LOONA being made for Ladies Code, View by Shinee for F(x), 4 Walls by F(x) for Shinee (them trading songs is kind of iconic), La Vie En Rose by IZ*ONE for CLC

I think cases like these are interesting because I like to imagine if the song really went to the original artist, how different would it have been?

first thread of 2022, let's make it a hit

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first thread of 2022, let's make it a hit

I mean it

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. . . . hasn't Ko Ko Bop made for Red Velvet , I think I can't remember

Yes, I think I heard that too!

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if i remember correctly SHINee's don't call me was originally for a female singer.

SHINee‘s recent comeback is already proving to be yet another success, as the song perfectly matches the powerful group. In fact, Minho revealed in an interview recently that the song was actually initially intended to be performed by a female artist, like BoA.

They gratefully mentioned that Lee Soo Man, founder and executive producer of SM Entertainment, worked actively and closely with the members in order to match even the smallest details of the track, and the rest of the album, to the group.

Key explained that the song ended up being SHINee’s impactful title track.

There were a lot of funky, pop tracks that we considered as the title track, but for “Don’t Call Me,” it was like a big final punch.

The song is different from what we’ve done before and it really captured our attention. We think this track makes the strongest impact.

– Key

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Interesting!! this is really feeding my "what if this happened instead of that?" brain rn. Thank you

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You're welcome! I wonder how it would sound if a top artist like BoA sung it

Me too, the song really suits her voice. Shinee did it amazingly though, The music industry never fails to fascinate me

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I wonder if they didn't go with Don't Call Me what they would have gone with instead

I wonder that too

Also, Siren was originally for Wonder Girls but JYP (the person) didn't like the song, so Sunmi released it for her solo. (thank god she did that, it's my second favorite song of hers, truly iconic)