Here's a playlist I made on Spotify of every single K-Pop idol, group, and soloist who are openly LGBT that I could find. If I find more, I will update the playlist with that artist's work added in. If I don't find any other openly LGBT K-Pop artist's work and I do happen to find songs that have LGBT themes instead, I will update the playlist with those songs.
Would anyone be interested in a playlist with openly LGBT J-Pop artists too?
This playlist includes the following (so far):
Harisu, the first trans female idol in K-Pop. She's the OG. She was an entertainer during first gen. It's only appropriate that all of her music is here.
Choi Han-Bit, a trans woman who was formerly from the second gen girl group Mercury. She's a singer, actress, and model.
Lady, the first and only girl group made up of all trans women. They're from early second gen and were fairly short-lived. They were inspired by Harisu.
Maman/Magolpy, the first openly LGBT idol ever. She's a lesbian. Maman got kicked out of the entertainment agency she was under due to her coming out. She has not been active in the music industry since 2015.
Jiae, a soloist formerly from the girl group Wa$$up. She's openly bisexual.
Som Hein, a soloist from School Idol. She's openly bisexual.
Holland, a soloist. He's openly gay. He's probably the first idol you picture when you hear "LGBT idols in K-Pop." He's the best known one on this list.
Marshall Bang/MRSHLL, a soloist. He's openly gay. He's another fairly well-known LGBT artist in the K-Pop industry.
Aquinas, a soloist. He is openly bisexual.
LIONESSES, the first and only boy group (so far) made up of all men who are openly LGBT. All the members are hidden except for their leader, Damjun. Kanghan, one of the members, is a drag queen.
QI.X, the newest one on this list. The first group in K-Pop where all the members are openly genderqueer. All the members, aside from JiGOOK (who uses he/they pronouns), use they/them pronouns.
The only openly LGBT artist in the K-Pop industry that I couldn't find on Spotify is Kwon Do Woon. He's a Korean trot singer who's openly gay. He came out during his tenth anniversary. Do Woon was the first active celebrity to come out as LGBT since Hong Seok Cheon, an actor who came out in 2000 and is still the most prominent openly gay celebrity in Korea.
Wide eyed
No one’s gonna save you now
Mind your time
And don’t ignore what’s inside
Wanna deny
And just let it carry away
Run with me babe
Ya know like Bonnie and Clyde
Wish i could return
to my childhood days
when i was blind to the way
i saw the whole world
Thought i was protected
by His hands
The emptiness beckoning to me
Tryna resist don’t let them in
Oh someone save me now
Now i’ve come to…
This is the remix
Oh baby
Slowly falling down
‘nother go-around
cuz baby i’m here to give
my love transformative
dontcha know u need me babe
dontcha know i need ya babe
but everytime i see you
oh i know u want me to
u playin hard to get
i know you been waitin for me
why u tryna hide
and tell me what’s inside
all i want is you yeah you
in daylight by my side
holding hands together
our love we…