These picks whew Boukyaku is my fave from Fantome and PC is the best song E-girls have put out this year the units included. Let me check out KAYTRANADA's album someday.
My Willing Art is easily one of the best sings on his album, Frank won agree about I Just Wanna Dance, I actually thought this was overhyped and decent at best at first but I kept replaying it and just one day fell in love with it. DTMH is a masterpiece, that goes without saying, and I'm Fine is... fine
So much quality on the last page though!
Also loons is interesting to me but vivid is the only track I can fully get behind. I'm worried their debut will disappoint but maybe it'll be gain levels of art.
It is... a bit unfortunate that the majority of the public latched onto the concepts of "separation" and Beyoncé's own supposed marital troubles from Lemonade rather than the overarching messages of solidarity and uniquely tying in the experience of a Black woman in the U.S.
YAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSS PREACH
i bet on losing dogs as a fave too, i can't. + anderson and legend solo. ugh this list, i'm slayed
10. The Weeknd - Starboy - So, I guess he's pretty divisive as a figure but I can't deny how incredible this song was to me. On my first listen I was basically blown away at the fact that he actually did something like this. Interestingly enough his collaborations with Daft Punk ended up bringing the best out of both of them, ending up as pop perfection really. This song is just so perfect for a night drive, whew. This is one of #1 hits of the year that I actually liked.
9. IOI - Very Very Very - I dare you to listen to this song and not have that chorus stuck in your head for the rest of the day. From those opening seconds of this beat you know you are in for one of the most infectious and incredible pop songs of the year. It's hopelessly cute but still has an edge to it, and the way it slows down just before the chorus pops off again >>>. It's so in-your-face with its hook that you can't help but love it. I'm honestly so heartbroken that they're about to disband into their own groups
8. DΞΔN - what2do - While D (half moon) was an obvious standout that went on to sell a LOT of copies, I preferred the slow-jam esque feel good old school vibe of what2do. It's so smooth and classic feeling, it encapsulates all that I love about DEAN's brand of R&B.
7. Red Velvet - Russian Roulette - My favourite GG doing it right now. Red Velvet are exciting for the sheer fact that they're changing it up from single to single. This song is colourful and cute, but they make it work and take it to something different. The slick '80s synth pop feel is very very welcome on this track because RV make it their own. It's pop perfection (I say this a lot don't I?).
6. TAEMIN - Drip Drop - THAT INSTRUMENTAL!!!! HIS VOICE!! AHH
5. AOA - 10 Seconds - Carly who? AOA are reliable for making really solid singles, but for me this year it was this non-single that really shined through. The '80s wonderment has legs to stand on, which gives it a refreshing feel in the midst of everybody else who's desperately trying to throw synths at their music. The delivery is emotional and soft which gives a unique flair to the song. It's sexy and exciting, but also very emotional and heavy. A weird mix that no one else is doing.
4. Beyoncé - All Night - One of the most exquisite statements on Lemonade is one of the most straight-forward. At the end of the emotional whirlwind that Beyoncé explores is a song that is about the ultimate strength and power of the Black woman - the intense ability to love. Bey spins her own relationship and ties it in perfectly, the power of true love, a generations-passed wisdom is the theme that runs the best throughout the narrative. The unrelentless care and protection of one's love is where Bey comes into her own, all the while backed by a perfect Outkast sample to create one of her best love songs ever.
3. NU'EST - Love Paint - As soon as those strings open the song you know that this is going to be spectacular. A complex instrumental with tons of little intricacies weaves and pulsates into the greatest build up to the greatest chorus of the year. It hits you like a ton of bricks and keeps that momentum going the entire way. How a song can be so powerful and yet subtly beautiful is truly a mystery.
2. NCT U - The 7th Sense - Speaking of pulsating, a beat this sinister should not exist. Each of the members of this unit bring their own flair to the table and quite literally OWN the song. That's the key here. Too many times artists/groups will take a beat like this and get lost in the mix, this is at its heart their song, no one else can do it the same. What a song it is.
1. Solange - Cranes In The Sky - I mentioned how A Seat At The Table's subtle brilliance comes from its toned-down message. The result is music that reads like stunning poetry, that hits you and sits with you as you ponder the message. The kind of music that lingers and makes you want to go back time and time again. Solange takes an approach to this song that is nothing short of sheer beauty. From the way it is arranged to her solemn yet heartfelt delivery of some of the most wanderlust lyrics of the year, everything is so meticulously crafted to create a song that is definitive of "BEST". But what makes this so special is that its not too polished, there are moments when her voice wavers the right amount to make the emotion that much more hauntingly exquisite. Solange took this chance to give her words right at their core, and in that sense she won the year with this song.
you might notice no SHINee? I decided to leave them out to spotlight others. I think its pretty reasonable to know that they defined my 2016 for me anyways dd
10. The Weeknd - Starboy - So, I guess he's pretty divisive as a figure but I can't deny how incredible this song was to me. On my first listen I was basically blown away at the fact that he actually did something like this. Interestingly enough his collaborations with Daft Punk ended up bringing the best out of both of them, ending up as pop perfection really. This song is just so perfect for a night drive, whew. This is one of #1 hits of the year that I actually liked.
9. IOI - Very Very Very - I dare you to listen to this song and not have that chorus stuck in your head for the rest of the day. From those opening seconds of this beat you know you are in for one of the most infectious and incredible pop songs of the year. It's hopelessly cute but still has an edge to it, and the way it slows down just before the chorus pops off again >>>. It's so in-your-face with its hook that you can't help but love it. I'm honestly so heartbroken that they're about to disband into their own groups
8. DΞΔN - what2do - While D (half moon) was an obvious standout that went on to sell a LOT of copies, I preferred the slow-jam esque feel good old school vibe of what2do. It's so smooth and classic feeling, it encapsulates all that I love about DEAN's brand of R&B.
7. Red Velvet - Russian Roulette - My favourite GG doing it right now. Red Velvet are exciting for the sheer fact that they're changing it up from single to single. This song is colourful and cute, but they make it work and take it to something different. The slick '80s synth pop feel is very very welcome on this track because RV make it their own. It's pop perfection (I say this a lot don't I?).
6. TAEMIN - Drip Drop - THAT INSTRUMENTAL!!!! HIS VOICE!! AHH
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5. AOA - 10 Seconds - Carly who? AOA are reliable for making really solid singles, but for me this year it was this non-single that really shined through. The '80s wonderment has legs to stand on, which gives it a refreshing feel in the midst of everybody else who's desperately trying to throw synths at their music. The delivery is emotional and soft which gives a unique flair to the song. It's sexy and exciting, but also very emotional and heavy. A weird mix that no one else is doing.
4. Beyoncé - All Night - One of the most exquisite statements on Lemonade is one of the most straight-forward. At the end of the emotional whirlwind that Beyoncé explores is a song that is about the ultimate strength and power of the Black woman - the intense ability to love. Bey spins her own relationship and ties it in perfectly, the power of true love, a generations-passed wisdom is the theme that runs the best throughout the narrative. The unrelentless care and protection of one's love is where Bey comes into her own, all the while backed by a perfect Outkast sample to create one of her best love songs ever.
3. NU'EST - Love Paint - As soon as those strings open the song you know that this is going to be spectacular. A complex instrumental with tons of little intricacies weaves and pulsates into the greatest build up to the greatest chorus of the year. It hits you like a ton of bricks and keeps that momentum going the entire way. How a song can be so powerful and yet subtly beautiful is truly a mystery.
2. NCT U - The 7th Sense - Speaking of pulsating, a beat this sinister should not exist. Each of the members of this unit bring their own flair to the table and quite literally OWN the song. That's the key here. Too many times artists/groups will take a beat like this and get lost in the mix, this is at its heart their song, no one else can do it the same. What a song it is.
1. Solange - Cranes In The Sky - I mentioned how A Seat At The Table's subtle brilliance comes from its toned-down message. The result is music that reads like stunning poetry, that hits you and sits with you as you ponder the message. The kind of music that lingers and makes you want to go back time and time again. Solange takes an approach to this song that is nothing short of sheer beauty. From the way it is arranged to her solemn yet heartfelt delivery of some of the most wanderlust lyrics of the year, everything is so meticulously crafted to create a song that is definitive of "BEST". But what makes this so special is that its not too polished, there are moments when her voice wavers the right amount to make the emotion that much more hauntingly exquisite. Solange took this chance to give her words right at their core, and in that sense she won the year with this song.
you might notice no SHINee? I decided to leave them out to spotlight others. I think its pretty reasonable to know that they defined my 2016 for me anyways dd
SO THANKS FOR COMMENTING EVERYONE!!
I had a lot of fun with this Best Of and it might be my favourite one yet. As you might've been able to tell I was unorganized the whole way through but I pulled it together somehow. Now let me go comment on everyone elses nn.