This list is probably less accurate than my best of, because although I listened to a tonne of k-pop this year, if I got the impression that something sucked I was less motivated to bother with it
I think less nugus are here than the best list because if some irrelevants came out with a **** song, who'd bother to share it?
Boredom and headache-inducement were recurring themes this year, making artistic choice the prime issue rather than songwriting and sound engineering ability
Part 1
zico - i am you, you are me
I have no clue how this attracted so much attention from some corners.
I have zero interest in anything this homophobe does, including mumbling
about his boring feelings for a boring girl, over a beat determined to
challenge the boredom already reaching life-threatening levels.
ailee - home
Something else attracting undeserved hype this year was Ailee's grand
transition to copy and pasting the discography of Beyoncé to copy and
pasting the discography of Zayn. The cringeworthy dancing didn't do
her many favours either.
anda - taxi
Everyone accepted that Like Family was pretty ****, and yet there were people
who found this to be decent. She's been producing awful music ever since
that Billionaire proposed to her, I hope she realises she's a Lesbian again
and goes back to making bops.
park kung ft. eunha - inferiority complex
The coffee shop soundtrack fails to grab my attention enough that every time I've
viewed this, I'm forced to pay attention to the music video in an attempt for any
kind of mental stimulation and I'm reminded just how irritating that patented
creepy GFriend stare can be.
kittib ft. verbal jint - doin' good
KittiB never really impressed me much on Unpretty Rapstar, I thought her
status as a fan favourite largely arose from the fact that she was the
furthest placing non-idol who wasn't Truedy and fans were thinking this would
give them street cred or something. She still fails to impress me with her
cracks at hollow self-empowerment rap.
twice - TT
I'm just sick of nu-house at this point man, it's been a trend over in the
UK for 3 years now, and it's no better in it's watered down form here.
Also there's too many post-Sha Sha Sha forced gimmicks here which
obviously failed to take off, and the chorus lacks the punch their last
two comebacks supplied.
I'm very stupid and had to re-do the first part of Honourable Mentions.
The songs are the same but the write-ups are simpler because I'm lazy, however I feel like this makes them cleaner and less convoluted now if that interests anyone lmao.
Lim looks super cute here in this MV, it's wasted on such a boring
song with no substance and an irritating faux romance with a professional
OST singer. JYP could've just used the budget on an MV for Oppa.
nct u - without you
The 7th Sense and it's surprising trip-hop/hip-hop fusion JUST missed my list,
so I'm really befuddled at the people who said that song was basic
thought this 2006 Coldplay demo had any artistic substance.
girls on top (produce 101) - In The Same Place
I really don't understand what's remotely special about any of Jinyoung's
soft twinke twinkle r&b/pop songs that APink rejected, and really there's
barely enough difference between them that any of them could've taken this
spot but this slice of pedobait was the one that nobody would shut up up about
the most.
bts - fire
Boygroups threw out a load of this noisy crap this year, but BTS'
tryhard attitude made this one somehow more annoying than the
rest. All the time spent in the dance studio and recording studio
listening and listening to this, I'd snap and become a pyromaniac
too.
I think i'd agree completely with every dishonourable mention EXCEPT Without You because I just like it a lot for some reason that I wouldn't be able to explain. (Also drag Fire, Taxi, and that Ailee song, I can't with those)
TT was the best Twice song for me but still, nothing spectacular.
I pretty much like every song in your honorable mentions pt 3. Except Cream (so disappointed by the album to be ****ing honest!! from HOT PINK to this?)
Gain's release was so disappointing She can do so much better.
some replies, but this update attracted quite a bit of attention, thank you for all comments!
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Originally posted by 8thPrince
Yes drag In the Same Place
I actually like With You, I thought it kind of worked as a bossanova piece! But yes the MV could've gone to Oppa
btw can you help me get to the last page on my best of so I can finish my list?
EDIT: Actually all your dishonorables this page are definitely crappy bar With You and surprisingly the Twice song. For once.
I think it was always going to be difficult for me to like With You , because it was never gonna be the fun, bratty hip-pop offering that I dream of one day recieving.
Re: the Twice song I guess something in me wanted to be contrarian for contrarian's sake and have their two songs from this year reversed from the places they'd make on most other people's lists
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Originally posted by Suilen
I like Home and TT. Agree with everything else. Boring and uninspired.
Those ARE actually the songs I can attempt to find somewhat redeeming features in!
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Originally posted by madonnas
I like noisy boyband crap. I mean, it has no staying power. But I like it.
I think TT is a good song! BUT the pre-chorus sounds a bit off? You know?
Not knowing a lot of these, so I think that's a good thing?
I am hypocritical in that I'm somewhat more open to the random noise when it comes from girlgroups (Boombayah?), the difference in vocals in my excuse.
Wouldn't listen to what you haven't heard unless you wanted to see how truly low some artists hit this year.
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Originally posted by madonnas
I pretty much like every song in your honorable mentions pt 3. Except Cream (so disappointed by the album to be ****ing honest!! from HOT PINK to this?)
Gain's release was so disappointing She can do so much better.
Street did disappoint me but I did prefer two songs on it to Hot Pink.
Agreed on Gain, probably her worst mini album BUT I still enjoyed some of it!
There's nothing special about this 4 Walls reject and it's no more experimental
or exciting than any of the other variations on this template SM have been
pumping out for a year now. This "stan talent" mentality is also becoming
really irritating and Luna got a ton of that this year from people who probably
didn't even buy the mini album themselves.
taeyeon - 11:11
This is literally just a 2007 Jordin Sparks demo, except with all of the synths
and the beat, the only thing that made those mid-00s Stargate midtempos
remotely interesting, torn out so Taeyeon warbles over some guitar
string plucks and if we're really lucky and significantly emotionally
prepared we get blessed with one cautious tap of a piano key.
IOI sub-unit that still promoted as IOI - whatta man
I can't believe everyone loved this and trashed Back in the girlgroup rate when
not only do both mine from the same source, but Back actually copied
Salt n Pepa from the era when they were worth bothering with.
I honestly believe that people only loved this so much because it was
marginally better than Dream Girls and they needed something to cling onto
to validate their stanning for a group that failed to produce the
musical output to back it up.
This was honestly one of my most anticipated releases of the year.
After their return to the 80s with Someone Like U, teasers showing a similar
sleek, sexy look and an Shinsadong Tiger writing and production credit,
I really thought we were in for a sequel to B.B.B. . Instead we got a showcase
of the girls trying out their future careers after their impending disbandment to
a soundtrack of turgid trap-lite. Btw, WHERE is the pre-chorus???
red velvet- one of these nights
I tried my hardest to convince myself this song was good at the beginning
of the year, when I stanned Red Velvet for a period of 4 months.
I also thought Happiness was a good song at that point, which explains a lot.
Wow I like every song. It took me awhile to get into Fri. Sat. Sun. but I eventually ended up liking it. Someone Like God is 10x better though. The only song I don't listen to as much anymore is Whatta Man.
Wow I like every song. It took me awhile to get into Fri. Sat. Sun. but I eventually ended up liking it. Someone Like God is 10x better though. The only song I don't listen to as much anymore is Whatta Man.
ddfs dyeah I'm VERY aware how controversial this set is
Thank you for still reading as I drag all of your faves!