best of BlackoutZone's Best of 2020 | FINISHED

[BlackoutZone]

1 minute ago, hjelp said:

yes... minus Sehun 

 

1 minute ago, mokitsu said:

All of them minus Sehun

 

It's the vile homophobia for me

[hjelp]

1 minute ago, BlackoutZone said:

It's the vile homophobia for me

http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=sehun+useless

stream Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 & 2 for true ghey excellence

[BlackoutZone]

1 minute ago, hjelp said:

http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=sehun+useless

stream Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 & 2 for true ghey excellence

So now we're gonna pretend NGDA Act 2 isn't just skip after skip

[DancingShoes]

The immaculate taste of projects on the front page

[madonnas]

3 hours ago, BlackoutZone said:

 Anyway just realized this started kinda early so I decided to drop some projects that really made this year more enjoyable for me 

 

 

they aren't ranked, they all played a role in my musical journey this year and I appreciate them for that

pretty much all of these are good  iwhat are center row leftmost and rightmost columns though?

 

and WAIT IS THAT CLUB FUTURE NOSTALGIA?!

[mokitsu]

2 hours ago, BlackoutZone said:

So now we're gonna pretend NGDA Act 2 isn't just skip after skip

it's midtempo emotional serves, i get it u cant comprehend them!!

 

 

Edited November 30, 2020 by mokitsu

[mxoonlight]

stan in a dream

 

[fireaero]

Your albums list just called me tasteless and unworthy   

[potent]

Fiona and Jessie

I see plenty of other good albums there too, although Dua and Abel had my expectations a little too high tbh

[austinsuxx]

Say Something top 5 and it's not 2-5

 

[khalyan]

Love the album list  Ellie, Jessie, Rina, Dua x2, Christine, Kylie, Roisin, RAYE  

[Pink Matter]

Lowkey want to see CFN + FN snatch your #1 albums and Levitating snatch your #1 singles list

 

 

Also love a lot of those albums you posted  

[JGibson]

This will be a fun one. 

[BlackoutZone]

Spoiler

 

12 hours ago, DancingShoes said:

The immaculate taste of projects on the front page

Thank you  Are you doing a Best Of too?

12 hours ago, Madame X said:

pretty much all of these are good  iwhat are center row leftmost and rightmost columns though?

 

and WAIT IS THAT CLUB FUTURE NOSTALGIA?!

Left is Skott - Always Live For Always, she is a Swedish indie pop gurl. Very low key artpop/synthpop project with some folk influences, it doesn't have striking stand outs, but it's a pleasant listen as a whole. I really recommend her pre-album stand alones too  - Lack of Emotion, Mermaid.

Right is Jojo - good to know. This was kinda panned nn, but I found it to be a nice balance of sexy rnb bops and emotional mid tempos, Jojo is a great vocalist. Some tracks are straight up what I thought (and wished) Ariana would deliver with positions.

 

YES it is.

11 hours ago, mxoonlight said:

stan in a dream

 

King did that, we need a full album of this serve tho 

9 hours ago, fireaero said:

Your albums list just called me tasteless and unworthy   

The lies, we literally have the same taste king

8 hours ago, potent said:

Fiona and Jessie

I see plenty of other good albums there too, although Dua and Abel had my expectations a little too high tbh

Abel definitely didn't drop some career peak, but the stand outs were good enough to carry the album. Duallah however - AOTY  

7 hours ago, austinsuxx said:

Say Something top 5 and it's not 2-5

 

By TWICE? Maybe 

7 hours ago, jpow said:

Love the album list  Ellie, Jessie, Rina, Dua x2, Christine, Kylie, Roisin, RAYE  

Expecting to see these girls on your lists

7 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

Lowkey want to see CFN + FN snatch your #1 albums and Levitating snatch your #1 singles list

 

Everyone having different take on which Dua song will be my #1 this year 

7 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

 

Also love a lot of those albums you posted  

Perched for your Best Of then if it arrives soon  

7 hours ago, JGibson said:

This will be a fun one. 

Fun is the best description of music dominating my 2020

 

 

 

Side note: I swear if y'all still hate CFN I'm gonna be very disappointed. It IS good, both The Blessed Madonna seamless DJ Mix and full extended versions album. Not every track is excellent, but the stand outs manage to even elevate the actual songs. Doubters should revisit without the ATRL hate train on their mind 

[bestfiction]

Great picks mostly, aside from Jojo  people are doing too much on CFN tbh, it's obviously not as good and the original album but it's not an unlistenable mess either. That being said, the Blessed Madonna remixes memes are absolutely hilarious

[Pink Matter]

6 hours ago, BlackoutZone said:

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Thank you  Are you doing a Best Of too?

 

Left is Skott - Always Live For Always, she is a Swedish indie pop gurl. Very low key artpop/synthpop project with some folk influences, it doesn't have striking stand outs, but it's a pleasant listen as a whole. I really recommend her pre-album stand alones too  - Lack of Emotion, Mermaid.

Right is Jojo - good to know. This was kinda panned nn, but I found it to be a nice balance of sexy rnb bops and emotional mid tempos, Jojo is a great vocalist. Some tracks are straight up what I thought (and wished) Ariana would deliver with positions.

 

YES it is.

 

King did that, we need a full album of this serve tho 

 

The lies, we literally have the same taste king

 

Abel definitely didn't drop some career peak, but the stand outs were good enough to carry the album. Duallah however - AOTY  

 

By TWICE? Maybe 

 

Expecting to see these girls on your lists

 

Everyone having different take on which Dua song will be my #1 this year 

 

Perched for your Best Of then if it arrives soon  

 

Fun is the best description of music dominating my 2020

 

 

 

Side note: I swear if y'all still hate CFN I'm gonna be very disappointed. It IS good, both The Blessed Madonna seamless DJ Mix and full extended versions album. Not every track is excellent, but the stand outs manage to even elevate the actual songs. Doubters should revisit without the ATRL hate train on their mind 

Might end up setting up a thread either tonight or tomorrow!

[Blue Rose]

One of your honorable mentions is literally in my top10. The snub of the century 

Spoiler

justice for græ 

Actually 4-5 of these albums will be ranked on my list. The taste

[Vilppu]

idk what those replies are talking about sehun is obviously very talented in terms of having godly proportions and lusting for older men and like what other skill do you need as a kpop idol

 

will be checking for this x

[Ewan Chaos]

There's one album on your collage that I reaaaaaally did not like, 2 other dislikes, and one MEH, but the rest ranges between pretty good to flawless, with most of them leaning to the flawless side  

[BlackoutZone]

Spoiler

 

7 hours ago, bestfiction said:

Great picks mostly, aside from Jojo  people are doing too much on CFN tbh, it's obviously not as good and the original album but it's not an unlistenable mess either. That being said, the Blessed Madonna remixes memes are absolutely hilarious

Poor Jojo I knew she would be p*nned, must be Demi curse 

FF I agree, I'm glad she takes it all lightly too, she is honestly such a fun person it makes the project easier to stan.

2 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

Might end up setting up a thread either tonight or tomorrow!

Well I'm perched then!

2 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

One of your honorable mentions is literally in my top10. The snub of the century 

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justice for græ 

Actually 4-5 of these albums will be ranked on my list. The taste

These aren't even honorable mentions honestly, but the albums I listened to/liked the most this year, just unranked. You might see Moses on the main song list though  

2 hours ago, Vilppu said:

idk what those replies are talking about sehun is obviously very talented in terms of having godly proportions and lusting for older men and like what other skill do you need as a kpop idol

 

will be checking for this x

They are just pressed by beautiful gay man, ignore them x 

1 hour ago, Ewan Chaos said:

There's one album on your collage that I reaaaaaally did not like, 2 other dislikes, and one MEH, but the rest ranges between pretty good to flawless, with most of them leaning to the flawless side  

Now you need to spill which one was the big flaw of the list  Thank you though

 

 

x

 

And now time for actual honorable mentions

[BlackoutZone]

 

 

This list features artists I've snubbed from the main list, but they still managed to catch my attention with their releases or I was obsessed with them just for a short period of time and they simply... aged

 

 

J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - UN DIA (ONE DAY)

I'm not a raggaeton fan by any means, however this song has very unique feel to it compared to other songs I've heard in the genre and obviously Dua being a part of it heavily increased my enjoyment too. It would be better as simply Dua x Bad Bunny song, but Balvin served his purpose.

 

 

Romy - Lifetime

Breezy, super catchy, super synthy track with quite of a replay value.

Hopefully Romy releases more solo material.

 

 

VÉRITÉ - younger women

Might be surprising VÉRITÉ only made it this far considering I put her in my Top 10 last year however her new EP is just there, it's not bad, but I find nothing groundbreaking about it either, both of her albums are better. Still it was a pleasant listen and younger women is a stand out to me.

 

 

Katy Perry - Tucked

It's not secret Katy's new album is weak and the formerly stand alone single Never Really Over remains its best offering, but Tucked is one of the album tracks that I happened to loop quite a lot. I don't come back to it anymore, but along with Champagne Problems it was a still a hit waiting to happen!

 

 

Skott - Stay Awake

I've been waiting for Skott's debut album for like 2 years loving every single she put out. It finally arrived, it's pretty good, but she dropped what's best these past 2 years before the album release. Still, Stay Awake and Burning Incense are my favorite album tracks so I'll give her a nod.

 

Alice Chater - Aries

This big flop I swear to God I'm so over her, but I've been waiting for "Breathe" for so long and now that we finally got it I have to say I love it. Her output this year overall was very disappointing though, Ava won

 

KABBA - Muscle

Formerly known as A*M*E, Kabba dropped an EP this year that made 0 absolutely 0 noise yet it's filled with super catchy, basic, inoffensive bangers produced by MNEK. Especially Muscle and Glue, check it out.

 

 

Tove Lo - I'm Coming

Tove dropped so many various singles and collabs this year and honestly all of them turned out to be underwhelming. I still stan her, but she's been on some quality downfall lately. Yet I happened to play I'm Coming and Bikini **** from time to time, so let me put her here.

 

[Blue Rose]

Romy’s Lifetime is cute. But Im waiting for the full album to really get into her songs. I cant believe she promised us a full album and all we got was this song + 1 unreleased. Scammer! 

[mokitsu]

I'm Coming and Lifetime deserved main list placements

 

The Dua payola already

 

[K$Ellie]

I'm Coming was nice enough and Bikini **** was a massive bop but that re-release had one of her worst songs ever

Tucked is deffo the best smile album track for me  I use most of the albums on the HM list, CFN making it tho kiiiiii

 

 

Jessie, Ellie, Rina, Grimes, Yukika and Dua especially tho

[khalyan]

Lifetime is really good.

 

Tucked is my favorite non-NRO song from Smile