In K-pop, the Perfect All-Kill (PAK) remains a coveted achievement, symbolizing a song's unparalleled success across various music charts.
The Perfect All-Kill is a music chart achievement in the Korean music industry when a song simultaneously reaches number 1 on the daily and real-time charts of major music streaming services, including Melon, Genie, Bugs!, Vibe, Flo, and YouTube Music. Not only this, the song has also simultaneously be number 1 on the Instiz real-time and weekly charts.
This year, six outstanding tracks have soared to clinch the elusive PAK status and leaving an indelible mark on the industry.
The 6 tracks are:
IVE's "Kitsch"
IVE's "I AM"
(G)I-DLE's "Queencard"
NewJeans' "Super Shy"
AKMU's "Love Lee"
IVE's "Baddie"
Remarkably, what stands out in this roster is the fact that three out of the six tracks that attained the Perfect All-Kill (PAK) belong to one of the most popular 4th generation girl groups, IVE.
Netizens were also impressed with this year's PAK list and commented, "Wow, IVE," "I thought 'Ditto' would be on the list but realized it was from last year," "All the songs are good," "Wow, IVE has three songs with PAK," "It's so impressive with IVE," "ETA didn't get a PAK?," "IVE's the first girl group to have three PAK songs in one year, which is so impressive," and "IVE is legendary."