Songs for kids
Top 25 K-pop songs families like
K-pop that families listen to together: the KPop Demon Hunters songs, BTS's English singles and girl-group hits with easy dance steps.
Compiled Oct 2026 from public chart history (Spotify and YouTube kids and family charts, Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales and Hot 100, Kidz Bop and soundtrack streaming through 2025/2026) and from the songs' release records. Order is an editor's ranking of lasting popularity with kids, not a single chart's numbers. Titles, artists and years should be spot-checked against the artist's page before use. Checked 2026-10-25. Nobody paid to be here. The buy links are plain search links, not affiliate links, so Peabody earns nothing from them.
Golden
HUNTR/X (KPop Demon Hunters) · 2025 · Ages 5-13
The hit from Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters, a No. 1 US pop song in 2025 that kids sing in the car; big chorus, easy to learn.
Watch for: Cartoon demon-fighting story around it; the song itself is clean.
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How It's Done
HUNTR/X (KPop Demon Hunters) · 2025 · Ages 6-13
The film's opening number: fast, bold girl-group pop that works for workouts and dance breaks.
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Takedown
Jeongyeon, Jihyo, Chaeyoung (TWICE) as HUNTR/X · 2025 · Ages 6-13
The movie's anthem aimed at the rival demon boy band, sung by TWICE members for the film; a favorite for dance routines.
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Soda Pop
Saja Boys (KPop Demon Hunters) · 2025 · Ages 6-13
The film's bubbly boy-band villain song; very catchy and clean.
Watch for: Sung by the film's demon boy band; fantasy menace is played for fun.
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Dynamite
BTS · 2020 · Ages 6-13
BTS's first all-English single and first US No. 1.
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Butter
BTS · 2021 · Ages 6-13
A smooth pop-funk song, No. 1 in the US for 10 weeks.
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Permission to Dance
BTS · 2021 · Ages 5-13
A positive dance song co-written with Ed Sheeran.
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Boy With Luv
BTS feat. Halsey · 2019 · Ages 8-13
A bright pop song about loving small things.
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Spring Day
BTS · 2017 · Ages 9-13
A slow, emotional song about missing someone.
Watch for: Understood to be about loss and grief.
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How You Like That
BLACKPINK · 2020 · Ages 7-13
Pink Venom
BLACKPINK · 2022 · Ages 7-13
DDU-DU DDU-DU
BLACKPINK · 2018 · Ages 7-13
The first K-pop girl-group video to pass 2 billion YouTube views.
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Hype Boy
NewJeans · 2022 · Ages 8-13
A light, retro dance-pop song.
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Ditto
NewJeans · 2022 · Ages 9-13
A dreamy winter song about longing.
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Super Shy
NewJeans · 2023 · Ages 8-13
A bouncy, simple chorus for dance covers.
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OMG
NewJeans · 2023 · Ages 8-13
A bright track with a big hook.
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Cheer Up
TWICE · 2016 · Ages 6-13
The song that launched TWICE's wave of fans.
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TT
TWICE · 2016 · Ages 6-13
A hair-flip dance hit.
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What Is Love?
TWICE · 2018 · Ages 6-13
A playful song about imagining romance from movies.
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Fancy
TWICE · 2019 · Ages 8-13
A punchy, confident track.
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Gangnam Style
PSY · 2012 · Ages 5-13
The first video to reach 1 billion YouTube views.
Watch for: Satire of a wealthy Seoul district; the horse dance is the point.
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God's Menu
Stray Kids · 2020 · Ages 9-13
A punchy, noisy hit with rapid rap sections.
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Antifragile
LE SSERAFIM · 2022 · Ages 8-13
A sharp, chant-based girl-group song.
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Supernova
aespa · 2024 · Ages 8-13
An electronic-hip-hop hit with a stuttering hook.
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Dalla Dalla
ITZY · 2019 · Ages 8-13
A short self-confidence dance song.
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