#Top 10 Kpop

[softgeumhyuk]

I didn’t have time this year to make a gif set like the last few but if anyone was curious these are my top 10 kpop songs of 2022 ~

Gingamingayo - Billlie

Case 143 - Stray Kids

Nabillera - Hyuna

Doom Du Doom - P1Harmony

28 Reasons - Seulgi

Mango - Super Junior

Kiss - Tri.be

Hot - Seventeen

Shut Down - Blackpink

Beatbox - NCT Dream

[asianhaven4u]

KPOP OPINION

Top 10 HOTTEST bodies in Kpop👸

(Of July 2024)

- JEEWON (Cignature)

- NATTY (Kiss of Life)

- SOMI (IOI)

- KARINA (Aespa)

- JIHYO (Twice)

- KWON EUNBI (Iz*one)

- MOMO (Twice)

- YEL (H1-key)

- EUNHA (Viviz)

- MAGENTA (QWER)

[jonghoyah]

Top 10 Title Tracks Of 2023

in no particular order: seventeen - super • txt - sugar rush ride • ateez - bouncy • (g)i-dle - queencard • ive - i am • kai - rover • le sserafim - unforgiven • the rose - wonder • blitzers - maccarena • stray kids - s-class

(top 10 b-sides of 2023)

[beautifulpersonpeach]

Bpp I'm dying to know your song rankings in chapter 2 now they've all debuted. What are your top picks this year? I miss your writing and hope I can coax you back with 'a fun ask'

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Okay. :)

Since you asked...

Top 10 Non-BTS K-pop Songs in 2023

10 - Watch It - The Boyz (this song just dropped and it's already in my top ten, yes)

9 - Seoul - H1-key

8 - Ay-Yo - NCT 127

7 - Sweet Venom - ENHYPEN

6 - Neverland Farewell - TXT (Say whatever you like about BigHit, they know how to make good music. Soobin sounds incredible on this song. Beomgyu too. Really, they all do.)

5 - Cool With You - NewJeans

NewJeans isn't going anywhere, so everyone else really should get comfortable with the idea of seeing them at the top. That's all there is to say.

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4 - Crying - BOYNEXTDOOR

I don't know where my head was at when I ranked this the worst song on the album. Clearly, I was wrong. This song was a pleasant companion during the autumn months, and I can't wait to see what else they come out with.

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3 - Chaconne - ENHYPEN

Do you know what a chaconne is? That's not a rhetorical question btw. No shade either, I'm just curious. For those who don't know, a chaconne is a rhythmical and harmonic motif over a pronounced bass-line. That's my leftover understanding from music classes taken a lifetime ago. According to google, a chaconne is also "a slow, solemn dance in 3/4 time, of Spanish or Moorish origin, similar to the passacaglia." For a non-k-pop example, I recommend Hilary's rendition of Bach's chaconne (more leftover knowledge from a lifetime ago).

Anyway, this likely isn't important context. The use of "chaconne" in the song probably has more to do with how it sounds in the song, than what it means. In any case, Enhypen earned a gold star from me with this pantydropper anthem.

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2 - Criminal Love - ENHYPEN

I'm not sure how many of you were here when Heartbeat and Dream Glow were released. What I remember was shock, pure incredulity that BigHit would release songs of that quality for game OSTs. From ARMYs and k-pop stans alike, this was the sentiment. It was like a flex that BTS had such a peerless discography they could make songs like this for a side gig.

That's immediately what I was reminded of when I first heard Criminal Love, released as the OST for Enhypen's webtoon. It's moody, vampy, seduction in a song. That's what that song is. Sad too, when you hear the lyrics. Watching the live performance only drives it home.

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1 - Blind - ENHYPEN

This song has given me one of the best auditory experiences I've ever had in k-pop. Which is a bit odd because yes a lot happens in the production, but the switches are so subtle you almost don't notice it.

Heeseung, Ni-ki, Jay, Sunoo, Sunghoon, Jake, and Jungwon - all outdid themselves on this song. Vocally, they sound incredible. The writing, (again) is top notch. This is one of the only songs released this year that I genuinely struggle not to loop.

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Top 5 BTS Solo Songs

5 - Yes or No - Jung Kook

This is one song I'm praying and begging that we get thousands of remixes of. HYBE, please work your magic and give us 10 remixes of Yes or No. I need it. This is the perfect pop song in that it makes you crave more. I know it's got a predictable, common almost, chord progression in VI -> V -> I -> IV, but it's perfect in that it's impossible to get sick of it. It just worms itself into your head and all you can think of is all the ways to sing all over those chords.

Jung Kook's vocal work on that song is irreproachable. He's really set himself apart with this album and I'm glad he did it.

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4 - Snooze - AGUST D, ft. Ryuichi Sakamoto & Woosung

HUH?! should be here, as should Amygdala so consider this a triple entry: HUH + Snooze + Amygdala. The reason why is self-evident (I hope).

Anyway... I want to talk a bit about Snooze.

Yoongi loves using the piano. He likes the sound of it, and you can tell in songs like Snooze. He has such a profound love and respect for that musical instrument that it only makes sense a man like Ryuichi acknowledged Yoongi before he passed.

With everything that happened this year, remembering Moonbin, and knowing that Yoongi made this song for his juniors... the first time I heard this song it completely destroyed me. Anyone who hasn't paid attention to the lyrics yet should check it.

When I casually listen in to TXT, SVT, Enhypen, BoyNextDoor, and see the work they're doing, putting out easily some of the best music and performances in their generations, I hope and pray they develop a support system that genuinely values them, soon. I hope they survive this industry, and thrive in it.

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3 - All Day - RM ft Tablo

Not to be that person (since he's canceled for reasons and it actually makes sense why), but when I first saw the song title All Day, I immediately remembered All Day by Kanye West - one of the sauciest and meanest songs he's ever made. I was worried, given the tone of the album to that point, that Namjoon was going to give us his take on Ye's original. Joon is more than capable of dropping a track just as mean if not more. I didn't put it past him to pay homage to the Kanye joint by taking a spin on it. But, thankfully, All Day is nothing like Kanye's song, and it's my favourite song on Indigo because it's the best.

Joon's diction on this track is *chef's kiss*. His voice.... that outro, and thank goodness, Tablo came through. He actually has a presence on the track and made it even more worth the listen.

It kills me that we don't even have a visualizer for this masterpiece.

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2 - Set Me Free Pt 2 - Jimin

Thank you for giving me another chance to talk about Set Me Free Pt 2.

One reason all the anxiety and fear-mongering around Jimin seems insane to me is because Jimin dropped this song and ended k-pop in 2023. He literally has no real competition. He came in, showed out, and left. That song is the sexiest joint out of Korea this year. It's so nasty. He's absolutely disgusting on this song in how brutally he makes rubbish of everything beneath him. Like, he literally has people bowing down to him in the choreography. Bobbing their heads like Funko Pops, while he sings to be set free. I'm going on a bit of a tangent here, but I want to say something. There's a cruelty in the way Jimin speaks. Whether to someone else or to himself. It's often (somewhat) restrained, born of the way he sees the world I think, and it was especially brutal in their early days, but he's toned it down significantly since 2016. It's virtually non-existent in his speech patterns and word choice now. Jimin of the last few years communicates gently, directly, tactfully, and at worst, bluntly. A lot of that cruelty is toned down but he unleashes a whisper of it on SMF Pt 2. Just listen to what he's saying on that song. That autotune effect on his voice was for our benefit and safety. Nothing can convince me otherwise. And we haven't even yet gotten into the full symbolism of the MV and his lyricism...

The moment I heard this song I knew I would bias Jimin. He's a man who knows what he's doing.

Jimin is a one of a kind wonder. Real magic in a person. An artist. He proves it on Set Me Free Pt 2. Kudos to PDogg too - the GOAT.

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1 - On The Street - j-hope ft J. Cole

When it comes to song construction, I have to give credit where credit is due and the fact is Hoseok outdid himself with this song. It is perfect, my top pick for a k-pop song in 2023. Jermaine did good on it too. But, you know... Hoseok.

The whistle melody he came up with, the beat, the vocal layering, the mixing, the MV direction - all of it is perfect. If we were giving scores based on separate components, OTS would get 10s in every category.

Honestly, Hoseok coming out at number 1 is kind of expected of him lol.

[incorrectplanet]

junhyeon: i asked taerae out.

seunghwan: oh, i’m sorry.

junhyeon: why?

seunghwan: i assume he said no.

junhyeon: …he said yes.

seunghwan: well, then, i’m sorry for him.

[lady-hibiscus]

roasting the top 10 most streamed spotify artists and also your taste

taylor swift: stop calling her by her first name, october is not the best month, and if i hear cruel summer one more time it'll be a cruel winter as i bury your remains into the slowly rising snow

drake: "separate art from artist" bro separate your lil sister from him. drake fans really be not like us

bad bunny: who?

the weeknd: if you sing "ooh i'm blinded-" one more time you sure will be

ed sheeran: liar, there are no default factory settings mfs (non-lgbtq) on this app. you're dancing in the dark because it's three am and you're imagining female y/n reader x dark prince mafia boss in the forest

ariana grande: stop trying to hit her high notes omfg you are not her. (no) thank you next, we can't be friends

eminem: aww look at little controversial edgy boy. who's a good little edgy boy you yes you. who likes listening to a straight white guy insult your minority twelve times a song at 13 words per second. yes you good lil edgy boy

justin bieber: i need you to stay... the fuck away from me

post malone: needless to say if you play sunflower next to me you better start praying because it'll be the last time your god will hear you.

kanye west: single-handedly killing the "you can't be racist against your own race" argument

none of them: oh you think you're so special now you little queer? "ew haha... so basic none of them" ok will wood (tapeworms optional) listener. yeah you read that right. tally hall. miracle musical. jackstuber. fucking mitski and laufey and you call them basic. vocaloid ahh listener. hazbin hotel soundtrack, hamilton soundtrack, omori soundtrack ahh. you call them basic and listen to billie eilish and girl in red. don't think i forgot you penelope scott rats, kpop & jpop stalker fans. why not include the entire odetari 6arelyhuman asteria etc gang too. "um i never listened to any of those" wow okay marina, tv girl + weezer. BO BURNHAM is crazy. i cannot even associate with people who listen to artic monkeys, toby fox or melanie martinez. and don't forget mcr, green day n evanescence for people whose favorite color is black like thEiR sOuLs. actually get out if you have melanie martinez, tyler the creator, and crane wives or leanna firestone on your playlists. imagine. actually imagine.

[moontaeddybear]

170122 Vlive Global Top 10

[byemambo]

Yeah, I ran away countless times just out of fear Leaving you waiting at the starting line The morse code amidst the ruins an old promise, promise Not knowing the reason of my tears, my anemoia

20240401 | TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Deja Vu

My Favorite Scenes [1/7] | dir. Kwang Geong Yu

[welcome2thetop]

[girlscapitalism]

© flying petals

[haveyouheardthiskpopgroup]

Song you might know: Flowering

[asianhaven4u]

Asianhaven4u

TOP 10 KPOP VISUALS👸

[jonghoyah]

Top 10 B-Sides Of 2023

in no particular order: the rose - you're beautiful • (g)i-dle - i do • agust d - amygdala • kai - bomba • ateez - outlaw • stray kids - megaverse • txt - devil by the window • onf - dam dam di ram • d.o. - lost • kang daniel - wasteland

(top 10 title tracks of 2023)

[theroguequeenaniki]

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[beeautycutiee]

MY TOP 10 KPOP IDOLS OF 2023 (26/3/23)

Literally can't decide between the members of Kep1er, Newjeans and Le sserafim lol

[mcondance]

I JUST WANT YOU, STAY WITH YOU