10 Hit Songs by Teddy Park, Producer of BLACKPINK's 'How You Like That': From Sunmi's 'Gashina' to Big Bang's 'Bang Bang Bang'

Kapanlagi.com - Park Hong Jun, or better known as Teddy Park, is a rapper, producer, and renowned songwriter in South Korea. Recently, his name has been widely heard again after becoming the producer for BLACKPINK's latest comeback with the song titled 'How You Like That'. Born on September 14, 1978, he started his career as the leader of the hip hop group from YG Entertainment called 1TYM.

In his career, he was once offered to collaborate with artist Lady Gaga in 2009, but because of the commitment he made to focus on 2NE1, Teddy decided to reject the offer. He now also has his own hip-hop label called 'THE BLACK LABEL' with several famous artists under his wing, such as Zion.T and Somi. These are some of the favorite songs, let's see the hit songs that Teddy has created.

1. 2NE1 - Lollipop (feat. BIGBANG)

2NE1 © YG Entertainment

Lollipop is a collaboration song sung by Big Bang and 2NE1. The song was created to promote a mobile phone product, as well as being the unofficial debut song for the girl band 2NE1. Although the song was only made for an advertisement, it managed to top various music charts in South Korea at that time.

2. 2NE1 - I Am the Best

2NE1 © YG Entertainment

I Am the Best is one of the songs that placed 2NE1 in their prime. The song is a single from their second mini album titled 2NE1. It was so successful that the song was later re-released under Capitol Records in the United States.

3. Big Bang - Fantastic Baby

Big Bang © MV Fantastic Baby

Fantastic Baby is the fourth song in the album Big Bang, ALIVE. This song reached the top of various music charts in South Korea as well as Billboard World Digital Songs and became Top 10 on Japan Hot 100. In fact, the song is also dubbed as 'One of the biggest K-Pop songs ever'. Other successes can also be proven by the appointment of Big Bang as one of the greatest boy groups of all time by ROLLING STONE magazine.

4. G-Dragon - That XX

G-Dragon Big Bang © YG Entertainment

That XX is a single in the second solo album G-Dragon titled ONE OF A KIND which was released on September 1, 2012. After its release, this song successfully achieved a Perfect All-Kill on various music charts in Korea. Through its MV, we can also see Blackpink member Jennie as the model in the music video for that song.

5. Lee Hi - Rose

Lee Hi © YG Entertainment

In 2013, Lee Hi released Rose as the 6th song in her album titled FIRST LOVE. This song successfully topped the charts in Gaon and Billboard Korea. Through this song, the name of Lee Hi became more recognized in the Korean music industry.

6. Taeyang - Eyes, Nose, Lips

Taeyang Big Bang © MV Eyes, Nose, Lips

Eyes, Nose, Lips is the second single from Taeyang's album RISE. This song has achieved success on several music charts in Korea as well as the K-Pop Hot 100. Through this song, Taeyang also won the 'Song of the Year' award at the MELON MUSIC AWARDS (MMA), MNET ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS (MAMA) 2014, and GOLDEN DISC AWARDS (GDA) 2015.

7. CL - The Baddest Female

CL 2NE1 © MV The Baddest Female

The Baddest Female is the solo debut song of CL 2NE1. The music video for this song reached over one million views in less than 24 hours. Additionally, it has a unique story where YG Entertainment initially announced 'Bad Girl' as the title of the song, but later changed it when Lee Hyori released a single with the same title, Bad Girls.

8. Big Bang - BANG BANG BANG

Big Bang © MV BANG BANG BANG

BANG BANG BANG becomes the second single from Big Bang's album MADE in the A version of the album. This song won 'Song of the Year' at the MNET ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2015, besides that Gaon Chart announced that BANG BANG BANG is the best-selling and most streamed single in South Korea in 2015. In Japan, BANG BANG BANG topped the Japan Hot 100 chart and was awarded Asian Song of The Year in 2016 and 2017.

9. BLACKPINK - Whistle

BLACKPINK © MV Whistle

Whistle is one of the debut songs from the girl band BLACKPINK which was released on August 8, 2016. In addition to Whistle, BLACKPINK also released the song BOOMBAYAH in their album titled SQUARE ONE. Whistle topped the Gaon chart from August 8-13 with 150,747 downloads and 4,302,547 streams.

10. Sunmi - Gashina

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Gashina is Sunmi's comeback song after deciding to leave JYP Entertainment some time ago. This song was released on August 22, 2017. Being a successful song, Gashina topped the Gaon Digital Chart and also ranked third on the US World Digital Chart (Billboard). In addition, Sunmi also won the weekly chart of SBS INKIGAYO for 3 consecutive weeks, as well as MBC SHOW CHAMPION and MNET M COUNTDOWN.

Those are some of the works created by Teddy Park that you can enjoy. Known for his skills, Teddy has successfully created successful songs in the market and made the singers of those songs more well-known by the public worldwide.

Written by: Ghariza Fathia

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