K-pop girl group RESCENE / Courtesy of The Muze Entertainment
Remakes are accounting for a growing share of K-pop releases this year, with rookie idol groups and established vocalists alike reinterpreting hits from past decades.
Rookie girl group AtHeart will release its take on "3! 4!," a 1996 hit by hip-hop and dance pop group Roo'Ra, on Aug. 19. The single is the second installment of the group's "Time Travel Project," a series built around songs that were hits in 1996 in Korea and the United States.
The multinational seven-member group, which debuted in August 2025, has framed the concept as a 30-year leap intended to connect generations of listeners. It opened the series in June with "Say It," a recreation of The Cardigans' "Lovefool" that charted on Melon's HOT100.
Girl group RESCENE has seen the strategy pay off.
