[K-Pop Producer Spotlight] Sweetune

Sweetune is one of the most well known producer names in K-Pop, that's because most of the legendary tracks from KARA and INFINITE until 2014 are by them. This video showcases their work. (read more)

So Sweetune is a team consisted of many members. The most important ones are Han Jaeho, Kim Seungsoo, Lee Joohyung, G-High, Hwang Hyun and Song Sooyoon.

As you may already know, Lee Joohyung, G-High and Hwang Hyun left Sweetune in 2014 and formed Monotree, we will see their work as Monotree in another video.

You can see all the tracks every member of Sweetune has worked by visiting the following links and clicking the 작곡 button:

It was hard to pick which songs should be featured in this video, here they are:

KARA - MISTER
KARA - LUPIN
RAINBOW - A
KARA - JUMPING
INFINITE - BTD
INFINITE - Be Mine
KARA - STEP
INFINITE - Paradise
9MUSES - Ticket
SPICA - Russian Roulette
INFINITE - The Chaser
KARA - Pandora
9MUSES - Dolls
9MUSES - Wild
KARA - Damaged Lady
JIN - Gone
9MUSES - Glue
TOHEART - Delicious
BOYFRIEND - Obsession
STELLAR - Marionette
INFINITE - Last Romeo
STELLAR - Mask
BOYFRIEND - Witch
Nicole - MAMA
BOYFRIEND - Bounce
ROMEO - TARGET
SNUPER - Platonic Love

Some of the tracks left out are

KARA: Pretty Girl, Honey, Wanna
INFINITE: She's Back, Man In Love, Request
STELLAR: Study, Fool
9MUSES: Figaro, Gun
BOYFRIEND: I Yah, Janus
RAINBOW: Mach
SPICA: Lonely
Eric Nam: Ooh Ooh, Dream

Thumbnail is Seungyeon from KARA because Seungyeon is going to have a collaboration project with Sweetune soon!

[lberto]

The songs they did for nine muses are SOOO good

[alexhopkinz]

Of all the produers so far, Sweetune is my favorite.

[intothehappiness]

God they produced the biggest bop : Mister, A, Ticket, Marionnette, & INFINITE's biggest success 😱

[matcha_]

One of Sweetune's best works to date has to be "The Chaser". It's probably one of the best Kpop songs out there. It not only became Billboards #1 Kpop song of 2012 (beating out top artists like PSY and Big Bang), it was also on Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Boy Band Songs. Honestly, Sweetune is a huge part of what has made Infinite what they're known and recognized for- their 80's, old school retro/pop and ballad-rock sound. I noticed Sweetune's sound changed, but I didn't know members left. I had hoped that Infinite X Sweetune would happen again.

It's not just the producers of a song that make it as good as it is- the artists/groups who sing it also play a huge part. Both the producer, the type of music they make as well as the group itself all have to work well with each other. It was like that with Kara and it was like that with Infinite. It's not just the artists or just the producers that make a song great- they both have to work together in tandem for a song to be as good as it is. And this is the reason why Kara and Infinite did so well with Sweetune. It's kinda sad that Sweetune won't be the same Sweetune that it used to be due to people leaving, but I hope they keep doing well in the future.

Sweetune is and will always be known in Kpop for producing really high quality and unique songs.
I don't need Brave Brothers, I don't need Teddy, I don't need Shinsadong Tiger, I don't need E-Tribe, I don't need JYP.
Just give me Sweetune. I've been loving Sweetune since I first became a Kpop fan and I will continue to love Sweetune even if they stop making music. B/c that's the kind of impact they have.

[jeongyeonshighnote]

Sweetune lets the group sing together, which makes songs very catchy

[sof]

they wrote Before the Dawn. Lupin. Damaged Lady. Marionette. Paradise. Platonic Love. Be Mine. A.
Ticket. Russian Roulette. The Chaser. Pandora. Mask. They wrote the best, most iconic, most unique songs in Kpop. Are they South Korea's best producers? Yes, they are.

[zinja]

Sweetune does the cheesy but in a really good way music. A lot of it has an 80s vibe which is what made me like Infinite's and Kara's music.

[youmakemewannalala]

If you like retro sounding stuff, Sweetune are the best!

[hommefataltaemin]

WOW!!! I did not realize that it was the same producer for what I consider to be objectively two of the best songs in kpop: The Chaser by Infinite & Step by KARA. I love 9Muses, KARA, & Infinite so much, their discographies are so damn amazing

[angga]

now i wonder if i like these groups's music or i like sweetune's work.. lol
but srsly sweetune is one of the best kpop producer out there. their songs are magical and creates breakthrough and bops
Kara's, 9muses', and Infinite's whole discography which is mostly made by them, are very brilliant
and looking forward for monotree's and sweetune's work for another amazing songs :)

[bronaghmccabe]

God i love sweetunes works i feel like they perfectly encapsulate 2nd gen kpop god

[tunicy]

Omg Infinite, 9muses, KARA, Stellar, early Romeo and Snuper. I know and love every single song in this list. Sweetune is totally my style and what I come to look for in K-pop

[twwuwu]

Sweetune is officially my fav producer. From KARA, SPICA, NINEMUSES to STELLAR. They produced all my fav songs like Step, Damaged Lady, Dolls, Wild, Russian Roulette, Lonely, and Marionette. I've also heard that Monotree produced Vibrato. I'm not familiar with boygroups but those songs sounds great! Looking forward to their future production~

[bendororadenayuinspirit]

seriously sweetune gives spesific colour for INFINITE music&songs.. that become one from so many reasons i love them..

[coldwishes]

omg i just found ot that some of my fave kpop songs are produced by Sweetune esp KARA & INFINITE songs, Rainbow, Nine Muses and Boyfriend too 😍😍

[jbmusic]

Sweetune is back with BB Girls and the song never dissapoints. I love Sweetune’s music and production, same with 9Muses. KARA etc.

[druec]

Sweetune is that one production team that if I see their name on a track I will give it a listen. I love their use of horns in their songs!

[eyrairea]

no wonder i love nine muses' songs that produced in 2013, they were all from sweetune.

[mishapsmakemagic]

Sweetune really are the best of the best. I love how fun and usually retro inspired their songs are, and there's only a few songs by them that I don't genuinely love. Even the recent Monotree songs have been awesome as well. They really know what they're doing and I hope they continue producing awesome music!!

[maddiecruz]

Sweetune = LEGENDS! pay your respects to the most influential Kpop producer of all time! 👏