Not bad at all, but not their best (That would be The Chaser or 2014's Back). The string and keyboard arrangement is great, but the song suffers from a hip-hop non-chorus. At least the feel of that section kind of fits in with the song, I guess.
Oh My Girl - Closer
A little while before they learned the difference between "tourism" and "touring" the hard way, Oh My Girl released this really cool song. While not the best K-Pop song ever (Much too one note for my tastes, you've heard all the song has to offer by the first chorus.), it establishes a really nice mood and sticks to it.
Crayon Pop - FM
The T-ARA single we didn't get in 2015. Would be much higher on the list had I not burned out on the live performances the weeks before the song was officially released.
Primary ft Choa, Iron - Don't Be Shy
The one good thing Primary did this year. Choa sounds amazing on this, but it is a reggae song, and I happen to hate reggae, therefore this song never had a chance of getting onto the mainlist.
Sus4 ft Maboos - Shake It
The only relevant song named Shake It released in 2015. Nice job on Sus4's label for the AV room concept, it's certainly original!
Rainbow - Black Swan
Rainbow released this really cool totally metal influenced song back in February, and it's their best single ever. Naturally it flopped because Koreans hate anything remotely interesting.
ANDA - Touch
No idea why I like this when it's that same type of repetitive hip-hop crap that Beyonce and Rihanna have rehashed countless times now. Maybe it's the fact that those songs are unsettling and grim while this is uplifting and carefree? Damn, Anda has a nice body.
BoA - Kiss My Lips
This year's sexiest sounding song, even though BoA kind of looks like an alien now and I'm sure accepting the invitation to kiss her lips will end up like this scene.
Ask a room full of Barbz if they wanted another pop song from Nicki and you'll see as many hands as you would at a convention of double-amputees, but I thought this was pretty decent. No one seemed to noticed that the backing of this song during the chorus is just Super Bass's at half-speed, but it's not as bad in practice as it sounds on paper.
Zella Day - Hypnotic
One of the better implementations of Poor Little Country Maid I've heard, the use of it as a call and response is actually interesting and the main highlight in this admittedly by-the-numbers pop song.
BANKS - Beggin For Thread
Apparently there was some buzz for this song earlier in the year, but that never resulted in much of the way of this being a hit. It's a good song with some momentum in the chorus, but not the best I've heard all year.
Atlas Genius - Molecules
Sounds like every other "indie/alternative/insertnongenrehere" song ever but the pushing forward of the electronic elements helps to differentiate from the countless other soundalikes. Yes, this is a recommendation. Yes, hit music this year was so poor that a song this generic could make my honorable mentions.
The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
The best part of this song is honestly the intro pads. The verses are pretty sufficient but that chorus is a serious letdown. Gives way too much into the non-chorus/bass heavy songwriting and production school that is dominating right now. The vocoder usage after the second chorus is seriously cool, however.
Jason Derulo - Want to Want Me
Honestly, this song could've been Top 10 of the year worthy. The instrumental is great and it's one of the very few songs this year that actually captured the larger-than-life chorus that accompanied the great songs from the 80s. Unfortunately, the song is neutered by Derulo's testes-severing falsetto.
TNISY is a nice enough song, it's a jam on the radio definitely. Can't Feel My Face is one of my favorite bops of 2015 (I wish I had enjoyed his album more, though). WTWM is nice, too. I have always Jason for some very odd reason and this song is enjoyable although I am sick of hearing it all over every radio station.
You better drag I and Catch Me If You Can. So far your lists are great, with that being said I loved Love Me Like You Do, so mess at it being in your dishonourable mentions.
But your K-pop honourable mentions slay, Closer, Kiss My Lips and FM.
You better drag I and Catch Me If You Can. So far your lists are great, with that being said I loved Love Me Like You Do, so mess at it being in your dishonourable mentions.
But your K-pop honourable mentions slay, Closer, Kiss My Lips and FM.
Oh **** thanks for commenting because I went back to check my I write-up and turns out I ****ed up the links trying to cut corners. Fixed