kiiwii Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) By far the biggest year of discoveries for myself. Though, I was probably a bit too open with listening to music. Lots of duds, but there were some very nice finds too. The eligibility period for my Best Of list are things released between October 30, 2020 – October 28, 2021. Previous Best Of Lists: 2019 • 2020 Edited December 12, 2021 by kiiwii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiiwii Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) Spoiler MISOGI – little*stars Makari – Continuum Raissa – HEROGIRL L Devine – Near Life Experience Part One Pilar Victoria – Hi, My Name Is Pily! ELIO – Can You Hear Me Now? Alaska Reid – Big Bunny Magdalena Bay – Mini Mix, Vol. 2 ADOY – her LAUREL – Limbo Cherry Maggie Lindemann – PARANOIA RINSE – Wherever I Am Lava La Rue – Butter-Fly Fauness – Maiden No More Annie – Neon Nights YUKIKA – timeabout, Ellis – nothing is sacred anymore Fickle Friends – Weird Years (Season 1) Hope Tala – Girl Eats Sun Blu DeTiger – How Did We Get Here? Valley – Last Birthday beabadoobee – Our Extended Play Rebecca Black – Rebecca Black Was Here Ralph – Gradience Dad Sports – I Am Just A Boy Leave Me Alone !!! Doss – 4 New Hit Songs Alfie Templeman – Forever Isn’t Long Enough Foxes – Friends in the Corner Judah Just Kidding – Rocker Boy Ginger Root – City Slicker Spoiler CHVRCHES – Screen Violence Videoclub – Euphories Terror Jr – Rancho Catastrophe Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World Kylie Minogue – DISCO Roosevelt – Polydans Claud – Super Monster Sunshine Boysclub – Hut on the Hill Hayden Casey – Calamities Porter Robinson – Nurture girl in red – if i could make it go quiet Aly & AJ – a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun Kacy Hill – Simple, Sweet, and Smiling The Marías – CINEMA Zara Larsson – Poster Girl SG Lewis – times CHUNG HA – Querencia chloe moriondo – Blood Bunny Men I Trust – Untourable Album Small Black – Cheap Dreams BENEE – Hey u x Maisie Peters – You Signed Up for This Bladee – The Fool Tinashe – 333 LÉON – Apart Tigers Jaw – I Won’t Care How You Remember Me Hovvdy – True Love Paloma Mami – Sueños de Dalí Madison Beer – Life Support Sydney Sprague – maybe i will see you at the end of the world Wet – Letter Blue Far Caspian – Ways To Get Out allie – maybe next time Kinlaw – The Tipping Scale Mini Trees – Always In Motion Pom Pom Squad – Death of a Cheerleader THALA – adolescence Petite Amie – Petite Amie Luna Shadows – Digital Pacific COIN – Rainbow Mixtape Pale Waves – Who Am I? Half Waif – Mythopoetics Ali Gatie – The Idea Of Her Sam Smith – Love Goes slenderbodies – Are We? Bebe Rexha – Better Mistakes Foliage – Foliage ELIO – ELIO and Friends: The Remixes Porches – All Day Gentle Hold ! Adult Oriented Pop – 6:15 AM SONGS TBD Edited January 10 by kiiwii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiiwii Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) ALBUMS Spoiler Julia Michaels – “Not In Chronological Order” (Electropop) Molly Burch – “Romantic Images” (Indie Pop) Blackstarkids – “Puppies Forever” (Indie Pop) MARINA – “Ancient Dreams In A Modern Wonderland” (Pop) Sweet Trip – “A Tiny House, in Secret Speeches, Polar Equals” (Dream Pop) Ariana Grande – “positions” (Contemporary R&B) Svrcina – “Orchards” (Pop) Kacey Musgraves – “star-crossed” (Folk Pop) Slayyyter – “Troubled Paradise” (Electro-pop) caro♡ – “Heartbeats/Heartbreaks” (Ambient Pop) Mina Okabe – “Better Days” (Indie Pop) Amy Shark – “Cry Forever” (Electro-pop) Ruth B. – “Moments In Between” (Adult Contemporary) Dreamer Boy – “All The Ways We Are Together” (Bedroom Pop) Demi Lovato – “Dancing With The Devil… The Art of Starting Over” (Pop) EPs Spoiler Emotional Oranges – “The Juicebox” (Contemporary R&B) Future Jr. – “If You Don’t Love Me Back” (Synth-pop) Alex Porat – “MISS SICK WORLD” (Indie Pop) XYLØ – “Outsiders Club” (Electro-pop) Samia – “Scout” (Bedroom Pop) Charlie Houston – “I Hate Spring” (Bedroom Pop) Griff – “One Foot In Front Of The Other” (Electro-pop) DAYA – “The Difference” (Electro-Pop) Selena Gomez – “Revalación” (Latin Pop) Nasty Cherry – “The Movie” (Synth-pop) Edited December 12, 2021 by kiiwii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWayWeWere Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Positions, NICO, Ancient Dreams only on HMs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackoutZone Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Fair honorable mentions though I would put some of these albums way higher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguine Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Nice honorable mentions, Slayyyter is definitely my favorite here and I would put her higher but a lot of these are fitting. Sweet Trip, Caro, Ariana are cute! Samia and Nasty Cherry had good EPs too though I've liked their other projects better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamofyou Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 ancient dreams and star-crossed kinda deserved main list though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckystrike Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Julia and MARINA in HMs, twins DWTDTAOSO was worthy of a mention too, good for them Daya and Selena in EPs kinda robbed tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousalex Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 had to erase The Juicebox from my mind because there’s no way they declined that fast after The Juice Vol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minho Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 TP excellence, wish it was higher but at least it was mentioned! Samia and Nasty Cherry also had great EPs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allday Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Ari & Demi ♡ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan Chaos Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Lots of awesome honorable mentions. Marina, Molly, Sweet Trip, Kacey, Slayyyter I'm sure the official list will be even BETTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapelHooker Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 scout ep ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinashegrande6 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 One foot in front of the other was a solid debut EP, can't wait for her album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) Daya released an Ep? Let me look Edit: nevermind I heard this I didn't realize Bad Girl came out in 2021 Edited December 13, 2021 by Insanity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Blue_Shirt Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 MARINA, Ariana, Kacey, Griff * Julia Michaes on HM Until this this day i haven't listen to Selena's spanish EP But happy for her to snatch her first Grammy nomination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Romantic Images and Troubled Paradise are by far by faves off this set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KasioKas Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Perched! DWAT just an HM though.. ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K$Ellie Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Troubled Paradise deserved more than an honorable mention Star Crossed and Positions were really cute albums Marina and Julia had 2 or 3 bops as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiiwii Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 thanks y'all Spoiler On 12/12/2021 at 2:18 PM, TheWayWeWere said: Positions, NICO, Ancient Dreams only on HMs these 3 were within the next 10 spots, so they were close to making it On 12/12/2021 at 3:02 PM, BlackoutZone said: Fair honorable mentions though I would put some of these albums way higher! it gets real tough ranking these 23 hours ago, Sanguine said: Nice honorable mentions, Slayyyter is definitely my favorite here and I would put her higher but a lot of these are fitting. Sweet Trip, Caro, Ariana are cute! Samia and Nasty Cherry had good EPs too though I've liked their other projects better slayyyter's was an album i just didn't revisit as much, but i like hearing the songs when they come up on shuffle! tea about Nasty Cherry tho 23 hours ago, dreamofyou said: ancient dreams and star-crossed kinda deserved main list though taste! i'm sure this opinion is like a broken record, but star-crossed just didn't hiT me like Golden Hour did 23 hours ago, luckystrike said: Julia and MARINA in HMs, twins DWTDTAOSO was worthy of a mention too, good for them Daya and Selena in EPs kinda robbed tho! i noticed that too! the EPs are cute, but kinda faded into the back for me 23 hours ago, dangerousalex said: had to erase The Juicebox from my mind because there’s no way they declined that fast after The Juice Vol 2 what?! i probably enjoyed The Juicebox more tbh 22 hours ago, hofork said: TP excellence, wish it was higher but at least it was mentioned! Samia and Nasty Cherry also had great EPs! TP definitely is enjoyable! and for what it's worth, i didn't delete any of the songs from my library like i tend to do with some albums 22 hours ago, Sempiternal said: Ari & Demi ♡ 21 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said: Lots of awesome honorable mentions. Marina, Molly, Sweet Trip, Kacey, Slayyyter I'm sure the official list will be even BETTER. we love to see taste 12 hours ago, ChapelHooker said: scout ep ! a cute EP 11 hours ago, Tinashegrande6 said: One foot in front of the other was a solid debut EP, can't wait for her album it was! def keen on hearing more from her 11 hours ago, Insanity said: Daya released an Ep? Let me look Edit: nevermind I heard this I didn't realize Bad Girl came out in 2021 lol yesss. it was released at the beginning of the year, so i dont blame you for forgetting 7 hours ago, Mr. Blue_Shirt said: MARINA, Ariana, Kacey, Griff * Julia Michaes on HM Until this this day i haven't listen to Selena's spanish EP But happy for her to snatch her first Grammy nomination taste but oop! really? the EP is a cute moment 5 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said: Romantic Images and Troubled Paradise are by far by faves off this set. i wish i came back to Romantic Images some more, was real cute 1 hour ago, KasioKas said: Perched! DWAT just an HM though.. ouch at least it got some recognition 7 minutes ago, K$Ellie said: Troubled Paradise deserved more than an honorable mention Star Crossed and Positions were really cute albums Marina and Julia had 2 or 3 bops as well! they were cute, likely would have done better if i listened some more! update below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiiwii Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) #30 – 26 30. Ginger Root – City Slicker Is city pop having a resurgence, or have I just been blind to it? Either way, I really enjoy the genre. There’s a feel-good vibe to it and I think Ginger Root captures it well. Favorites: “Loretta”, “Entertainment” 29. Judah Just Kidding – Rocker Boy Cute, summery songs backed by a guitar. Favorites: “Sunflower”, “Is It Over?” 28. Foxes – Friends in the Corner This is the first full body of work I’ve listened to of her’s, and I thought it was cute. Nothing too special, but I am really looking forward to her new album. Favorites: “Love Not Loving You”, “Dance” 27. Alfie Templeman – Forever Isn’t Long Enough I discovered Alfie last year with his EP ‘Happiness in Liquid Form’ and while this may not be as strong as that one, it’s still a pretty fun listen. Favorites: “Everybody’s Gonna Love Somebody”, “To You” 26. Doss – 4 New Hit Songs The title is self explanatory. Short EP, but the songs all pack a punch. Favorites: “Puppy”, “Strawberry” Edited December 13, 2021 by kiiwii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiiwii Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) #50 – 46 50. Adult Oriented Pop – 6:15 AM This album teeters on the edge of being dreamy, without being full out dream pop. Favorites: “Good Golly Miss Molly”, “Some Might Say” 49. Porches – All Day Gentle Hold ! The production can feel pretty noisy and clashy. It won’t be to everyone’s taste, but there’s some catchy songs. Favorites: “I Miss That”, “Watergetsinside” 48. ELIO – ELIO and Friends: The Remixes Her first “album” being a collection of remixes of tracks from her EPs is a cackle. I like her music, but other than the collab with Charli, the tracks aren’t really better than their originals. Favorites: “CHARGER (feat. Charli XCX)”, “LA in Two (feat. Valley)” 47. Foliage – Foliage This has some hazy vocals and production, which I tend to be a fan of. Favorites: “Straight Out of the Gate”, “Hand” 46. Bebe Rexha – Better Mistakes These tracks are all over the place and definitely don’t make for a cohesive album or anything, but a lot of them are decent alone. Most noticeably the banger that is Sacrifice. Favorites: “Sacrifice”, “On the Go (feat. Pink Sweat$ & Lunay)” Edited December 13, 2021 by kiiwii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allday Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Bebe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KasioKas Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) Didn't really like bebe's album I ran through it and only kept Sabotage Edited December 13, 2021 by KasioKas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamofyou Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 naur not the ELIO remix album better mistakes though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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