This may be my K-Pop-heaviest set in my countdown, but that's not to say there isn't more to come.
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40.
Miley Cyrus
Wrecking Ball
Oh my, now this is the definition of a guilty pleasure lmao. I mean the
song's not awful - it's a semi-decent ballad - but still, it doesn't really
belong in any "best of year" lists, and it's only here because I love it so
much. Me and my sister tend to get all dramatic and powerful while
belting out the chorus. It's kind of great and I can see it eventually
becoming nostalgic for me.
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39.
G-Dragon
Coup d'Etat
I'll be honest, I haven't heard this song more than about 10 times and
it's kind of filler on my list. Having said that, it's growing on me
constantly and it really is a great song, a la Doom Dada, Ringa Linga
and such. I hated a lot about it at first but the pros and currently
outweighing the cons so I'll happily place it here.
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38.
MBLAQ
스모키걸
Smoky Girl was a really random find for me, but I'm glad I made it. The
song captured me in a weird way the first time I heard it; it captured me
because of the atypical production and chorus, but it was weird
because it was a slow song without much happening at once. I've
listened to it a little and it's not a regular play for me, but I really enjoy playing it when I do.
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37.
Kanye West
Black Skinhead
All rise for the honourable best song of Yeezus.
What can I say about Black Skinhead that everyone doesn't already
know? It's incredible, plain and simple. The only reason it isn't higher
is because I don't play it enough to warrant it being higher.
Good job, Yeezus.
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36.
T-ARA
Number 9
Number 9 is a bop. Like, a boppy bop. It's so free of care and restraints
that the production is spectacular with its beats and the chorus is easy
to enjoy. I love how Eurovision-y it sounds, and that was a huge selling
point for me with the song.
Coup d'Etat is too slow for me to get into. I'm not surprised though, considering it's very rare I find a G-Dragon song that I like.
When I saw the cover for Smoky Girl way back when, I thought it was going to be an electropop JAM. Of course, it was a slow song so I was disappointed.
As for Number 9, it's okay. I would never go out of my way to listen, but I wouldn't skip if it came on shuffle. As much as I want to like T-Ara, I can't get over their bullying scandal.
"Wrecking Ball" grew on me right before Bangerz dropped, but then became boring quickly after that.
I like "Coup D'Etat" and "Black Skinhead" though and "Number 9" is good for a mindless bop.
"Smoky Girl" is alright, I've seen it played on TV a few times. It might grow on me in the future.
"Wrecking Ball" grew on me right before Bangerz dropped, but then became boring quickly after that.
I like "Coup D'Etat" and "Black Skinhead" though and "Number 9" is good for a mindless bop.
"Smoky Girl" is alright, I've seen it played on TV a few times. It might grow on me in the future.
I get what you mean, I don't think it'll be long until I get bored of it either.
Smoky Girl is great, I just wish it appealed to more people. There's a subtle beauty about it.
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Coup d'Etat is too slow for me to get into. I'm not surprised though, considering it's very rare I find a G-Dragon song that I like.
When I saw the cover for Smoky Girl way back when, I thought it was going to be an electropop JAM. Of course, it was a slow song so I was disappointed.
As for Number 9, it's okay. I would never go out of my way to listen, but I wouldn't skip if it came on shuffle. As much as I want to like T-Ara, I can't get over their bullying scandal.
I really didn't like Coup d'Etat at first, but something about it eventually caught me. I don't even know what.
I actually thought the same, although I began to realise that the cover was actually really perfect for the song.
I completely get what you mean, since I've been like that a lot this year. I don't think I've actually gone out of my way to play it more than 5-10 times actually. But I had no idea they were in a bullying scandal, how bad was it?
Okay so this is the hardest set I've chosen so far, I shuffled each song around 10 times before deciding on this ranking. I guess it's only going to get harder now, but this really did my head in lmao.
I guess this set is all about soundtracks and compilations, although there's still another soundtrack song to come. 3/5 non-English songs is a good lot though.
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35.
Stromae
Papaoutai
Papaoutai is an amazing ballad/uptempo crossover and I wish I could
place it higher, if not purely because of how much I've listened to it.
Unfortunately I prefer all the other songs from here on out so it'll have
to settle here. I highly recommend it because the chorus instantly
catches you and the synths overlay the piano beautifully.
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34.
Aliona Moon
O Mie
So this was my favourite performance from this year's Eurovision, and
the reason is because it just slayed so damn hard. Aliona's vocals are
powerful and flawless, with the ability to flow so easily it's unreal. I'm
so jealous of the Moldovan bitch. But hey, I'm just glad they learned
from Pasha's 2012 performance that Aliona could put on the superior show.
I wanted to include her Final performance in this entry but anything other than 1080p doesn't do it justice.
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33.
Lana Del Rey
Young and Beautiful
Basically I'll start off by saying that I love Lana, and I have since last
July. I slated her in my album review last year for whatever reason but
hey, 'bygones be bygones and all.
Young and Beautiful is a really incredible ballad by Lana, and it's so
impressive. If anyone ever said Video Games was her best song after
the rest of Born to Die was released then they better finally be eating their words.
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32.
Sia
Elastic Heart (feat. The Weeknd & Diplo)
Ah, this is an odd placement.
I didn't like it at first, then I was obsessed, now I'm a little 'eh' and then
whenever I play it I'm like 'woah'.
Basically this is a really great song. The production is flawless and Sia,
once again, executes unnaturally well. The fact that Abel is present and Diplo resided over the production just make it all the better.
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31.
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Toy
Damn, how did you get in there?
So I was shown Toy about a month ago by semaJ and I really liked it;
it was a good bop with a chatty verse and a huge, orchestral-centric
chorus that almost blew me away. I guess I still don't realise how much
I love this song, given that I've played it a ton of times and had it at
the bottom of this set for a long time. But I sort of realised that actually
I prefer it to all the songs in this set so it belongs at the top. Blimey.
Papaoutai is not bad... but something is missing for me.
Lana and Elastic Heart!!! Never been a big fan of Sia tbh but when I heard the CF soundtrack this was my favorite song! Amazing production, and Sia sounds great