FIFTY FIFTY Or NewJeans? American Singer-Songwriter’s Viral Hit Mistaken For A K-Pop Song

Netizens thought it was by a K-Pop girl group!

A Western song is being mistaken for K-Pop on the video-sharing app TikTok.

Recently, LA-based Vietnamese American singer-songwriter thuy shared a video clip from her “girls like me don’t cry” music video. She wrote, “pov: instead of going to cry i made this song.”

@thuymusic

its cheaper anyways 🥴🥲

♬ girls like me don’t cry (sped up) – thuy

It went viral with 804K views at the time of writing. Netizens were shook to discover that the song was not by a K-Pop artist.

| @thuymusic/TikTok

Thuy responded with a couple of videos. In one, she asked why so many thought “girls like me don’t cry” was a K-Pop song. But she was complimented!

@thuymusic

Replying to @🇨🇴 def a compliment to me!!

♬ Girls Like Me Don’t Cry – thuy

In another, she responded to a comment that read, “I was so convinced this was a kpop.” So, thuy shared a clip from her music video, adding the text, “pov: u all thought this was a kpop song.”

@thuymusic

Replying to @🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 if u didnt know, hi hello :)

♬ girls like me don’t cry (sped up) – thuy

This video went viral with 4.9M views at the time of writing. Even more, netizens were shocked to discover the song was not by either K-Pop girl groups NewJeans or FIFTY FIFTY.

@thuymusic/TikTok

Discovering that a lot of people, especially K-Pop fans, mistook her song for one by FIFTY FIFTY, thuy shared a mashup of “girls like me don’t cry” and FIFTY FIFTY’s “Cupid” by MADTREE (@madfntree on TikTok).

@thuymusic

Replying to @ₓ˚. ୭ ˚sammi ˚ ୧ .˚ₓ i luv this mashup hehe

♬ girls like cupid dont cry – MADTREE

@thuymusic

Replying to @eva !! shout out to the person who made this remix :)

♬ girls like cupid dont cry – MADTREE

Now, fans were convinced the songs were soulmates. It only made them want an official collaboration.

@thuymusic/TikTok

We can only imagine how magical that collab would be!

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