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Songs about confidence
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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K/DA, League of Legends Music, i-dle & Mimi Webb
FIRESTARTER (feat. Sophie Powers, MIYEON & SOYEON)
A pop-rap arson anthem in which K/DA and (G)I-DLE's Miyeon and Soyeon play the chaos agent you can't look away from, equal parts in-game villain swagger and K-pop stadium bait
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IVE
Looks Can Kill
A K-pop declaration of self-made glamour as weaponry, where beauty, stage presence and showmanship are framed as the group's instrument of attack
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Bella Kay
ur new girlfriend
A queer kiss-off in which the singer tells an ex she's fallen for his new girlfriend and fully intends to steal her
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Jhené Aiko
So Good (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
A sunlit, confident duet about mutual attraction that treats desire as both holy and a little wicked, with the West Coast as its mood and setting
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ADÉLA
Nicole Kidman
A pop-star fantasy anthem that treats fame, sex appeal and self-belief as a performance the singer stages nightly in front of the mirror before the car pulls up
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RIIZE
Do your dance
A confidence anthem that turns a nursery-rhyme body-part chant into a dance-floor declaration of a young group refusing to be edited down
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NewJeans
Hype Boy
A giddy crush song about wanting to be the person who believes in someone louder than anyone else does
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NewJeans
Cookie
A flirt song built around a homemade-cookie metaphor: an offer of something addictive and exclusive, dangled with full awareness of the power the offer holds
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Hearts2Hearts
Secret Recipe
A K-pop confection that turns baking a cake into a metaphor for a girl group's self-assured recipe for charm, chemistry, and getting what they want
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RESCENE
LOVE ATTACK
A debut-era declaration of confidence and instant chemistry, framing first love as a sudden collision the singer welcomes rather than resists
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BABYMONSTER
CHOOM
A maximalist dance-floor flex from a seven-member K-pop group, built around the Korean word for "dance" as both invitation and identity
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DaBaby, GloRilla & YKNIECE
POP DAT THANG (feat. Yung Miami) [Official Remix]
A maximalist strip-club anthem where three women trade boasts about sex, money and self-image, with DaBaby barging in to claim the remix as his comeback
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YENA
Catch Catch
A flirty K-pop dare to a crush who hasn't quite picked up the signal yet, framed as an archery game where the heart is the target
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izna
SIGN
A K-pop confession song that asks a hesitant crush to stop stalling and signal back, framing attraction as a force as obvious as gravity
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Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa
One Kiss
A confident proposition dressed as a pop song: the narrator promises that a single kiss will be enough to convince a hesitant stranger they belong together
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BOYNEXTDOOR
ddok ddok ddok
A bratty, multilingual arrival anthem in which BOYNEXTDOOR knocks on listeners' doors to announce themselves as the year's most confident uninvited guests