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)
As someone who's kind of bored with the state of music right now, I've spent most of time either going back and listening to some of my favourite songs of all time or, at least according to last.fm, Taylor Swift (I know I know). And though I never really thought to really put all my … Continue reading Every 10/10 of the Past Five Years (2017 – 2021)
Kbopped's End Of Year Countdowns have finally (after much delay) arrived! This has been a pretty slow year on the blog with me not posting as much as my first year but I'd like to thank those that still read and visited the blog despite my rather disparate and erratic posting schedule. So instead of … Continue reading The Top 100 K-Pop Songs of 2021 (Honourable Mentions)
As many of you know, Cosmic Girls are one of my absolute favourite girl groups In the industry. Their spacy sound is right up my alley and they've consistently come back with material that feels fresh and addictive but never too far from their core sound. Last years excellent Butterfly continued that trend but opted … Continue reading SONG REVIEW: Unnatural – WJSN (Cosmic Girls)
When it comes down to K-pop and music in general, the best songs usually aren’t the ones getting promoted. And because of this, their quality is most of the time never unearthed or just completely overlooked by the majority of listeners. I want to change that and that’s why I’m going to be counting down … Continue reading The 100 Best K-pop B-Sides / Album Tracks of 2020 (25 – 1)
When it comes down to K-pop and music in general, the best songs usually aren’t the ones getting promoted. And because of this, their quality is most of the time never unearthed or just completely overlooked by the majority of listeners. I want to change that and that’s why I’m going to be counting down … Continue reading The 100 Best K-pop B-Sides / Album Tracks of 2020 (50-26)
It’s time to countdown my top 100 songs of 2020! 10 songs, everyday, for the next 10 days. The rules for the countdown are as follows: To be eligible for this list, the song must have been released between the 1st of January 2020 and 15th December 2020.Song must be paired with a full music … Continue reading The Top 100 K-Pop Songs of 2020 (30 – 21)
While title tracks are usually what steal the show, I'm someone more interested in what the accompanying albums contain. I've often found that some of my favourite songs of the year are unprompted album tracks that I never would have found if I had not actively began looking for and listening to most of what … Continue reading KBOPPED’S Best KPOP B-Sides of 2020: Mid-Year Edition
It's finally that time of the year! Given that most us have been stuck indoors for the greater part of 2020, it's hard to believe that we've already reached the halfway mark. And apart from the global pandemic, rising international tensions, social uprisings and natural disasters I would like to think that it's been a … Continue reading Best Kpop Songs of 2020: Mid-Year edition
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