If you want to check out my rankings for other years: Top 100 K-pop songs of 2020 Top 100 K-pop songs of 2021 Top 50 K-pop songs of 2022 2024 List 50-41 + Honourable Mentions 40 - aespa - Live My Life A deviation from the experimental industrial pop sounds that have thus far marked … Continue reading The Top 50 Best K-Pop Songs of 2024 (40-31)
In my review for Riize's Impossible last month I had stated quite clearly that I had "fallen out of love" with K-pop. And while I do still hold that statement (to a certain extent) to be true, 2024 has delivered quite a few gems. In fact, it wouldn't be a far cry to call 2024 … Continue reading Best K-pop Songs of 2024 (Mid-Year)
EXO are one of the few groups who I consider to be foundational in terms of my introduction to the world of K-pop and despite my love for the them, I've rarely had the opportunity to talk about their work aside from some solo efforts. As such, in honour of Baekhyun's discharge from the military … Continue reading Top 20 Best Songs by EXO
Now, before we get into it, we gotta set some ground rules: To be eligible for this list, the song must have been released between the 1st of January 2022 and 15th December 2022. Song must be paired with a full music video and be promoted to some extent. Songs must be by a Korean … Continue reading The Top 50 K-Pop Songs of 2022 (10 – 1)
Now, before we get into it, we gotta set some ground rules: To be eligible for this list, the song must have been released between the 1st of January 2022 and 15th December 2022. Song must be paired with a full music video and be promoted to some extent. Songs must be by a Korean … Continue reading The Top 50 K-Pop Songs of 2022 (20 – 11)
Now, before we get into it, we gotta set some ground rules: To be eligible for this list, the song must have been released between the 1st of January 2022 and 15th December 2022. Song must be paired with a full music video and be promoted to some extent. Songs must be by a Korean … Continue reading The Top 50 K-Pop Songs of 2022 (30 – 21)
Now, before we get into it, we gotta set some ground rules: To be eligible for this list, the song must have been released between the 1st of January 2022 and 15th December 2022. Song must be paired with a full music video and be promoted to some extent. Songs must be by a Korean … Continue reading The Top 50 K-Pop Songs of 2022 (40 – 31)
After nearly a month of waiting, I've finally mustered the energy to sit my ass down and write up my end of year list for my favourite K-pop tracks of the year. And while that sentence may come off as me saying that this is something I'm reluctant to do, it's more the opposite. I … Continue reading The Top 50 K-Pop Songs of 2022 (50 – 41) + honourable mentions
aespa - Girls A mammoth SMP-style throwback from one of Korea's biggest and most popular groups, Girls reaches back to the SM sounds of old to create one of the years most magnetic singles. Endlessly creative and consistently thrilling, Girls stands as the groups most vocally exciting and instrumentally bombastic track yet, harnessing their many … Continue reading 2022 K-pop Roundup (July – August)
While K-pop dominated most of my artistic consumption for the past few years, this years overall lack of real standouts has really led me to expand my horizons. And while this is primarily a K-pop focused blog (as the name suggests), sometimes I just love to talk about things that interest me. So, I thought … Continue reading Arpydarpy’s 2022 favourites (Mid-Year)
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