Alex Posted December 15, 2021 Posted December 15, 2021 Rochelle Jordan’s album was soooo samey i didn’t return to it but she is extremely talented and i can tell she has so much potential also ddd I just got into LA DI DA the other day and i totally get what you’re saying about You can’t sit with us, which over was definitely a cringefest lyrically. LA DI DA’s excellent melody made me overlook the questionable lines however. off-topic but everglow - pirate a bop
theblackestday Posted December 15, 2021 Posted December 15, 2021 Love You Good best DnB song of the year, love you PinkPantheress but that's the tea. I respect you for the Broken Steel shoutout Forgot to listen to the new Sunmi EP, let me doing that. Lovemonth a collapse
KasioKas Posted December 15, 2021 Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/14/2021 at 7:40 PM, BlackoutZone said: Ultimate ass-shaker of 2021, infectiously catchy and sexy. At first I thought it's a bit lacking and was hoping for some good rap feature to elevate it, but it quickly grew and I'm still listening to it all the time. One of the biggest bops of '21 agreed
kiiwii Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 broods the easy remix is cute, but i do prefer the original lovemonth that EP was really good. i also listened to SUNMI's, but idr how it sounded
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted December 16, 2021 ATRL Moderator Posted December 16, 2021 Easy is such a masterpiece
nasa Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Fallen Fruit, GOD rush and Easy Remix I will be perched for this list
BlackoutZone Posted December 16, 2021 Author Posted December 16, 2021 K-pop SOTY revealed today! My top 5 kinda honors everyone - best bg, best gg, best new group, best male soloist, best female soloist Thanks for comments as always! Spoiler 22 hours ago, Tinashegrande6 said: Yep can confirm I was one of the people who forgot about Easy. It came on shuffle a couple of weeks ago and I was reminded of its excellence Exactly like we don't talk about it enough! 22 hours ago, Remmy said: Blast Off is a lovely album closer, wraps things up so nicely. Easy (Remix) Don't worry, I had it on my rotation for a while! Not sure which version I prefer tbh. Broods Yeah POMM is another serve... yup... yup || You can't sit with us really does have a lazy hook Something feels off about Abittipsy's chorus as well. Lovemonth sounds cute, I'm liking some of these city pop releases. Stan BROODS Citypop better overtake mainstream kpop soon enough, Lady by Yubin is still one of the best kpop songs ever 22 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said: Easy Remix is so good, I do kinda forgot about it before BO section, but it hasn’t aged a day I knew yall forgot, cause it was nowhere to be found on everyone's lists 22 hours ago, Enigmanotta said: The Easy remix is beautiful, but I have to admit that it really came and went. I was disappointed by how repetitive Silk Sonic's album turned out to be and I only listened to it once, therefore I don't even remember how this one goes. The Feels is simply horrendous in English. Thankfully, they saved it by including its Korean version on CDs, which transformed it into a bop! You can't sit with us, Lovemonth and Queendom were blessings this year. I haven't heard Abittipsy yet, I need to check it out. Perched for the remaining top 5! It came and went cause you haven't streamed I wouldn't say it's horrendous (especially if you compare their english or the lyrics to like BTS recent releases), but Korean version is all it needed to be The top 5 is gonna be pretty predictable I fear 22 hours ago, TalkThatRihanna said: I’ve had the Easy Remix on RIHpeat as well. Both the original and remix are perfect Just listened to The Taeyeon song and it’s literally Say So 2.0, I stan! Lemme add it to my playlist NN stan it, it's very innocent and light version of Say So 22 hours ago, dangerousalex said: Rochelle Jordan’s album was soooo samey i didn’t return to it but she is extremely talented and i can tell she has so much potential also ddd I just got into LA DI DA the other day and i totally get what you’re saying about You can’t sit with us, which over was definitely a cringefest lyrically. LA DI DA’s excellent melody made me overlook the questionable lines however. off-topic but everglow - pirate a bop I get it, I love listening to it at night I hate when they just put random English hooks for the sake of it as if Korean's can't cringe to them Pirate is an improvement from First for sure, but it missed the deadline nn, we will see next year! 21 hours ago, theblackestday said: Love You Good best DnB song of the year, love you PinkPantheress but that's the tea. I respect you for the Broken Steel shoutout Forgot to listen to the new Sunmi EP, let me doing that. Lovemonth a collapse It's 100% the tea, love PP and how she is working with Mura Mara even, but Rochelle ate her this year. Sunmi EP not the highest highs of her abilities, but it's decent 19 hours ago, KasioKas said: One of the biggest bops of '21 agreed Stan! 16 hours ago, luckystrike said: Easy remix The chemistry 15 hours ago, kiiwii said: broods the easy remix is cute, but i do prefer the original lovemonth that EP was really good. i also listened to SUNMI's, but idr how it sounded I do love both Time to revisit, cause the whole mini was very decent! 15 hours ago, Legend E said: Easy is such a masterpiece 12 hours ago, JGibson said: Easy The Easy Remix acclaim 6 hours ago, nasa said: Fallen Fruit, GOD rush and Easy Remix I will be perched for this list Oh hi KING! Only just recently I realized you changed nickname 4 minutes ago, Sunderland 4ever said: My favorite is Blast Off. It's so beautiful!
BlackoutZone Posted December 16, 2021 Author Posted December 16, 2021 This bombed hard huh, on both charts and year end lists, but I struggle to see why. It's an excellent song that feels like natural progression from the After Hours / Blinding Lights sound. Excited for The Dawn is Coming if this song is any indication of its sound. Just when I was fully convinced they are washed up and over Coldplay surprised me with this absolutely stunning track and their best one in a very long time. I really love long, excessive songs, but they have to offer something throughout and Coloratura really fulfils it all, the song just gets better as it progresses. Sadly nothing else on their garbage album comes close to it and they are still very much washed up and over x Completely unexpected duo that caught me off guard, but it absolutely works and was a huge step back on track after the very mediocre, generic Love Is Dead. Whole Sceen Violence was great, but How Not To Drown is a step ahead of other songs on the record. Knew this would be the one from the moment he dropped that snippet on Twitter. Super catchy, pure fire, packed in this fun concept of Nas expressing his sexuality and parodying Biblical myths. And of course it goes without saying, but I'll mention it here, cause I forgot to do it in Wild Side write up - the extended version is much better and it's the one I listen to by default. Megan was always the best mainstream female rapper for me ever since she appeared, but Thot Shit turned me into a stan. She wasted on time on that beat, her lyrics are always so clever and so catchy and I hope this banger is an indication of her next project, cause Good News as very so-so.
BlackoutZone Posted December 16, 2021 Author Posted December 16, 2021 Here comes the best boy-group release of 2021! I already gave a shoutout to very decent Don't Call Me and its great parent project, but Atlantis came like a tsunami shortly after and quickly became my favorite. It's a classic SHINee track for me, a whole groove, their vocals clashing on the hook and that post-chorus is just fantastic. As the title suggests, this song is just next level and I myself wasn't ready for it when I heard it for the first time and initially labeled it as "disjointed mess". Lord how I switched once it hit me. This experimental masterpiece, this is what we need in K-pop, variation and surprise through unexpected changes in sound. The fact this song has no business being so good on paper, cause who the fuck came up with an idea to rework a Fast & Furious soundtrack from a few years ago and thought it would work? Somehow, they were right, it insanely does. KAI completely unexpectedly dropped one of the best K-Pop projects last year with his debut self-titled mini album so my expectations for this follow up were huge and thankfully he didn't disappoint. While the b-sides are not as good as on KAI the title track is stunning and his best. Excited for him to continue outdoing his bandmates. I already expressed how obsessed and amazed by her I am, but INSOMNIA is just YUKIKA at her best. The melodies, her vocals, the instrumentation, all so dreamy, mesmerizing, enchanting. Nothing more to add, pure bliss throughout. but the K-Pop song of the year title goes to... Spoiler If someone asked me to describe K-Pop as a genre beyond it being just pop music in Korean I would focus on the aspects of this song. Unnatural captures everything I love about mainstream Korean pop music, it's a defining K-Pop song I can't imagine ever getting tired of. It feels like magic! Every section offers something new, every member has a chance to shine. The production is sleek, nothing gets buried or oversaturated. The pre-chorus is probably my favorite part with full-blown instrumentation holding back for a second while keeping the pace of the song just like we hear them singing in the lyrics 'How can I breathe now, now, now? 숨 쉬는 법을 잊은 듯 Feels like I forgot how to breathe I'm holding my breath 숨이 막혀 난 모두 out of my control' It's suffocating, everything is out of my control and then it all explodes in the bombastic, extremely catchy chorus, joyful as hell! It wouldn't be a "defining K-pop song" without some subtle rap-like performance in second verse which works so well and doesn't take away any grace from the song. It's all coming together nicely and the absolute cherry on top is the flawless pre-chorus becoming an extension of the final chorus at the very end making the song reach even higher, even better, ultimate climax. SOTY x stream now:
dreamofyou Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 take my breath is a cute song, but kinda aged quickly for me
Take Me Apart Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) Oh wow the taste I'm really happy to see WJSN stannings on ATRL, they're paid dust everywhere, even on the KTRL thread Edited December 16, 2021 by Take Me Apart
Remmy Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 LNX messing the first set up Thot Shit is the first song I really enjoyed from Megan, so catchy and her flow is fire on it. Colortura is a little too long for my taste, still like it though. Take My Breath mmm How Not to Drown more like how not to SLAY! and they didn't read the directions!! || Atlantis sounds cute! I actually heard Next Level around the time it was released due to word of mouth... I guess it's too ahead of its time for me I was wondering why Peaches sounded familiar but I think it was on another Best Of (maybe Hug's?) Unnatural seemed nice until the chorus left me unimpressed, which I feel like has happened with a lot of the songs I've tested, the hook either doesn't hit me hard enough or doesn't feel that smooth.
Alex Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Thot Shit a mega bop Take My Breath aged for me Next Level amazing song
TalkThatRihanna Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Take My Breath aged like yogurt for me CMBYN on the other hand
TheWayWeWere Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Take My Breath was cute... for a minute, but I get tired of it in a minute Colorature is major highlight from their album
nasa Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Montero is truly a hit Take My Breath didn't really do anything to me, it's cute but I can't stream it on repeat or whatever The Coldplay song is a great addition to the list!
ATRL Moderator Tsareena Posted December 16, 2021 ATRL Moderator Posted December 16, 2021 thot shit is such a bop. also enjoyed aespa's ep
Enigmanotta Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 I would've definitely swapped Next Level with Savage and moved Insomnia above Unnatural, but positions aside, I completely agree with your choices for this top 5; they were all some of the very best k-pop songs this year.
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted December 17, 2021 ATRL Moderator Posted December 17, 2021 Take My Breath and How Not To Drown
luckystrike Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 Take My Breath, MONTERO and Thot Shit all smashes yas at Next Level that high, an avant garde masterpiece might have to check out your #1 cause I've never heard it!!
worldwide angel Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 thot shit, montero and peaches take my breath is cute but moth to a flame >
kiiwii Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 montero + thot shit how not to drown really grew on me, i remember not liking it at first yukika making top 2, yas
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