Nod to The Legend · The producers · 2000s–
Teddy Park
YG and The Black Label producer
A former member of 1TYM, Teddy produced for BIGBANG, 2NE1 and BLACKPINK, mixing trap drums, EDM drops and pop hooks into hits.
Still heard: Hard drops inside a pop song are a K-pop signature.
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- The Yamaha DX7: FM synthesizer
- Backwards Tape on "Rain": John Lennon at home
- Sidechain Pumping: French house and Eric Prydz's "Call on Me"
- Denniz PoP and Cheiron: Stockholm producer
- Bang Si-hyuk: Founder of Big Hit
- MIDI: Dave Smith and Ikutaro Kakehashi