Album Leak Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) Last year I complained about 2022 being a bad year for music and humanity. The latter hasn't changed for 2023 but I think I've gotten out of whatever musical slump I was in last year and I've managed to find plenty of good new music this time around. 2023 was also a year of like, realizing things, and I've just realized that I'm not an album listener. I rather collect a few songs to my collection and leave the duds alone. Thus I am making the very brave choice of only ranking my top songs and not ranking any albums! This year, instead of ranking measly 20 songs, I'm going to be ranking 100 songs. I might also dabble into ranking some movies I've watched this year (from any year of release) and shouting out some of the best YouTube channels/videos of 2023 as well. We'll see how much energy I have left after posting all the 100 songs I have lined up lmao. General overview of music in 2023: Disco and (emo) pop-rock seems to be going out of style (GOOD!), while DnB seems to be a trending genre that is being infused in other genres, which I welcome to some degree, knowing full well it's going to get old real fast. I'm not looking forward to the (depressive) singer-songwriter trend (a la Lana, Billie and Taylor) becoming even more pervasive. I don't need that, thank you. What is also concerning is that the music industry and fans have fully accepted and endorsed 2 minute songs. And even this list is full of them. I don't like it, but at this point I guess there's nothing we can do about it now. I wish I had more time and energy to check out Japanese releases this year, but nothing major has happened in the Japanese musical landscape. From my brief excursion, there are a lot of artists with great production and decent vocals, but it's somewhat predictable and boring all around. Still, a lot of great songs made it into my list, and I'm eager to see what next year has to bring. K-pop on the other hand is just disappointment after disappointment. Where is the class, the talent, the elegance? Even the good cute concepts are kind of missing. I think I've just grown out of k-pop and I should be looking at k-indie, soloists and not idol group music. Perhaps that'll be my goal for 2024. Finnish music on the other hand is thriving for me, and I'd say almost 1/4 of the list is just Finnish girlies dominating, and I couldn't be happier. General rules for the list 1 song per artist, otherwise it'd be too long and boring of a list and some artists just would just dominate. I'm not sure why I omitted Finnish artists last year but this year I'm debuting some Finnish music to the list as well. The cut off point for entries in 31.12.2022. I AM NOT DOING GRAPHICS, I HAVE AN ART BLOCK OKAY. Edited December 19, 2023 by Album Leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Album Leak Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) Best Of: Songs 2023 Spotify Playlist (excluding #3 Dedicated to Moonlight, because it is not available on streaming) plays from SOTY->#99 Best Of: Songs 2023 List 100-91 90-81 80-71 70-61 60-51 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1 100. Gabry Ponte - Easy On My Heart 99. Akemi Fox - give it to me 98. Immy - Sweet Nirvana 97. Uffie - Oopsie 96. NMIXX - Love Me Like This 95. Baby Queen - All The Things 94. Toaka - Discord-disco 93. Moyka - Rear View 92. syudou - Gingiragin 91. DANA - Hungry 90. Rose Gray & Kungs - Afraid Of Nothing 89. anaïs - You Got Style 88. LVRA - clones (feat. girl_irl) 87. Mae Stephens - Cheeky But Charming (feat. KUROMI) 86. Låpsley - Paradise 85. Angelica - Bye Bye 84. NOIA - glitter blanca 83. AVA CROWN - Sky (feat. Öwes & Joe Kox) 82. King Gnu - IKAROS 81. ATARASHII GAKKO! - The Edge 80. Alice Auer - Baby, Cry 79. Alicia Creti - Strange 78. Remi Wolf - Prescription 77. パソコン音楽クラブ − Day After Day feat. Mei Takahashi 76. Vira Talisa - Like It Was Meant To Be 75. Mimi Webb - Freezing 74. Alice Ivy - Broke My Heart (feat. Mallrat & Jelani Blackman) 73. pin.sku - Tapan sut 72. Troye Sivan - Rush 71. Dreamilla & Aatulove - en sua haluu 70. Karina Magallon - Lucid Dreaming 69. Olivia Dean - Dive 68. Lucia & The Best Boys - Burning Castles 67. PinkPantheress - Mosquito 66. Aiida - August 65. ALMA - Run Run Run 64. Charlotte Cardin - Feel Good 63. Rachel Sermanni - Big Desire 62. Maria José Llergo - TANTO TIEMPO 61. Lola Young - Revolve Around You 60. NiziU - Heartris 59. LÈON - Dirt 58. Caroline Polachek - Fly To You (feat. Grimes & Dido) 57. Serafiina - Player 56. Emmeline - The Dance 55. Eli Rose - CDN 54. Anabel Englund - strangely sentimental 53. Tilly Valentine - Statue 52. Lyn Lapid - ok with it 51. FILLY - Discotheque 50. Luísa Sonza - La Muerte (feat. Tokischa) 49. Tkay Maidza - Love and Other Drugs 48. Luna Morgenstern - SOS/Stranded 47. Leadley - Thank You 46. MILLI - Puhu mut ympäri 45. ROSALÍA - LLYLM 44. XG - LEFT RIGHT 43. Elohim - Afraid To Fail 42. Fanny Bloom - Holistique 41. Kylie Minogue - Tension 40. Lastlings - Holding Me Like Water (Mona Yim Remix) 39. Vera Wall - PULSSI 38. Laura Moisio - Päätös 37. Mili - Between Two Worlds (Realm Of Darkness) 36. Karen Harding - Wild Wild Water 35. Amaarae - Angels in Tibet 34. Oh Land - Bleeed 33. Olivia Ruiz - La Réplique 32. Catie Turner - Hyperfixations 31. Molly Burch - Physicaö 30. WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA - Mermaid 29. Elle Darlington - wish you would 28. LOVA - Nitty Gritty 27. BESS - Riivattu 26. London Grammar & CamelPhat - Higher 25. JEON SOMI - Fast Forward 24. Nuppu Oinas - Ruusuja 23. Ado - Show 22. CHÉRI & Chilla - Karma 21. RINNI - switch 20. Mall Boyz (Tohji & gummyboy) - Do u remember me 19. Riutta & Kasii - Kuutamolla (Se Ei Mee Pois) 18. Ari Abdul - BURY YOU 17. Vesala - Painajaisii 16. Runo - Entä jos 15. Elsa Brotherus - Kokonaan 14. Anna Sofia - I CAN'T FLY 13. Vilma Jää - Kosto 12. Apink - D N D 11. Sakima - Love On Repeat 10. Jess Glynne - What Do You Do 9. June The Girl - Hello Mr Slender Man 8. ELIO - A2B 7. Romy - One Last Try 6. Ruusut - Oppsei 5. Malla - Hidastan aikaa 4. NEEA RIVER - Cyanide 3. Masayoshi Soken - Dedicated to Moonlight 2. EastNewSound - 逢魔紅月、奉還ノ絶 1. SKYLAR x AC13 feat. piri - Crocodile Tears Edited December 19, 2023 by Album Leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoatGly Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 2023 got me out of a music slump too tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kern Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 we are perched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 2023 was not the worst year for music tbh, a big improvement over 2022 for albums at least perched for your song list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Blue_Shirt Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 2023 for had a lot of great singles but the albums are kinda lackluster compare to last year to me nn Perched for the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Album Leak Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 Best Of: Songs 100-91 100. Gabry Ponte - Easy On My Heart '' This samples Cascada's Everytime We Touch. I'm not saying that this version is better, I'm saying that Everytime We Touch has kind of a dated dance sound that needs a very specific vibe and moment for me to enjoy it. Gabry Ponte's version is more in line with my current music sensibilities so... yeah. '' youtube 99. Akemi Fox - give it to me youtube 98. Immy - Sweet Nirvana youtube 97. Uffie - Oopsie '' It's cute and fun, but nothing compared to most things in Sunshine Factory. Gives us more where does the party gos, dominoes', prickling skins, anna jetsons, sophias and cools! '' youtube 96. NMIXX - Love Me Like This '' Their best song, and at the rate they are going, their only good song for the foreseeable future. Congrats girls. '' youtube 95. Baby Queen - All The Things youtube 94. toaka - Discord-disco '' That instrumental is sexy. The chorus is quite fun. Intrigued by what she comes up with next. '' youtube 93. Moyka - Rear View '' Was kind of iffy about it at first, but the song grew on me more that I expected! '' youtube 92. syudou - ギンギラギン youtube 91. Dana - Hungry '' I don't know who you are but this is a really nice ballad queen! '' youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alldeezy Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 need to check out some of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Album Leak Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Alldeezy said: need to check out some of these That's really why I'm doing this, to shove my music taste in everyone's faces It's going to be a very eclectic list for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldwide angel Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 i did not know that uffie released next year excited to see the updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Album Leak Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, worldwide angel said: i did not know that uffie released next year excited to see the updates I only knew she was releasing new music this year.. She has been really doing some great things recently, excited to see what future brings for her! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kern Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Don't know anything from this list so far, need to do some research Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Blue_Shirt Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Love Me Like This is sooo Red Velvet during The Red era back in 2015 coded i'm kinda obsessed. Also it's kinda make sense that LDN Noise produced it Everytime We Touch is very much sounds like its time but Cascada lowkey invented sampling the old songs and remaking it into a new song kinda way, like any current dance music this year. They were ahead of its time i fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Album Leak Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Mr. Blue_Shirt said: Love Me Like This is sooo Red Velvet during The Red era back in 2015 coded i'm kinda obsessed. Also it's kinda make sense that LDN Noise produced it Everytime We Touch is very much sounds like its time but Cascada lowkey invented sampling the old songs and remaking it into a new song kinda way, like any current dance music this year. They were ahead of its time i fear Oh god, I completely forgot that the original Everytime We Touch was by Maggie Reilly, and I just learned this like a month ago in general Cascada kind of came and made that song their own lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartak92 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 10 songs that I didn't know they existed lol, let's see... 100. Not bad, kinda reminds me 90's EDM 099. Uhh... no... 098. Nope... 097. Annoying IMO 096. They are so damn sexy but... no 095. So so... 094. Catchy. 093. This one is catchy too 092. So so. 091. Nope Interesting first set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Album Leak Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 Best Of: Songs 90-81 90. Rose Gray & Kungs - Afraid Of Nothing '' It's pretty generic dance music, but I have a hard time skipping it when it comes on because it's so.. comfortable, I guess? I also think Rose's vocal delivery is very nice. '' youtube 89. anaïs - You Got Style '' The chorus and last minute of the song carries the whole song. A bop. '' youtube 88. LVRA - clones (feat. girl_irl) '' Ooo that sort of industrial beat is HOT. Overall I think the song is good, but I think it could be better. Something is missing. But the instrumental.. mwah. '' youtube 87. Mae Stephens - Cheeky But Charming (feat. KUROMI) '' It's very charming, just like it says in the song title! The 2:08 song length... I suppose that's the cheeky part. Wish it was a bit longer. '' youtube 86. Låpsley - Paradise '' Cautionary Tales of Youth was a fine album, with some career highs, Paradise being one of them, but also some meh duds. Paradise is definitely on the more mainstream pop side of the album imo, but I also enjoy 32 Floors, Dial Two Seven and Levitate. It's just that the final chorus of Paradise just kind of destroys careers, and Dial Two Seven was released last year so I can't add it to the list. Oop. '' youtube 85. Angelica - Bye Bye '' You could catch bees with the chorus, like it's so SWEET and SMOOTH. '' youtube 84. NOIA - glitter blanca '' This song is like a musical alien parasite trying to crawl right through your speakers/headphones into your brain, but in a... positive way, because it's a nice parasite. '' youtube 83. AVA CROWN - SKY (feat. Öwes & Joe Kox) '' IS IT BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL? NO. Leave me alone about it. But there's something about this specific type of dance sound that takes me back to early-mid 2000s. And for that, I love it. '' youtube 82. King Gnu - IKAROS '' This song is expensive, luxurious, glamorous and rich as ****. But I tend to like more lowbrow music so that's why it's not higher in the list. Like it's amazing, but I need to concentrate on it to really take it all in and appreciate it, and I'm rarely in that head space when just casually listening to my bops. King Gnu remains geniuses though. '' youtube 81. ATARASHII GAKKO! - The Edge '' They are so much fun omg, but they are definitely a more comedic music group which often affects their musical output being extremely campy and not just run of the mill pop music. The Edge is definitely more... serious leaning for them, I guess, but even there you can notice from the vocal delivery that they are having fun with it, which I love.. in moderation, and The Edge has just that moderation I need. '' youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Album Leak Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Spartak92 said: 10 songs that I didn't know they existed lol, let's see... 100. Not bad, kinda reminds me 90's EDM 099. Uhh... no... 098. Nope... 097. Annoying IMO 096. They are so damn sexy but... no 095. So so... 094. Catchy. 093. This one is catchy too 092. So so. 091. Nope Interesting first set Thank you for taking the time to check out each song! Even if you don't like most (OR ANY) of it, it's still fun for me to see the reactions either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted December 12, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2023 Excited for this I don't know much but unfortunately for me that Lapsley album was a dirge to get through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator khalyan Posted December 12, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2023 I've never heard of a single song so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Blue_Shirt Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Låpsley and LVRA are one of my favorite discoveries this year. Can't believe i just know about them now That Mae Stephens song is actually more tolerable than the break up song she made that went viral on TikTok nn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K$Ellie Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Wasn't a big fan of the NMIXX song, I'd probably prefer all their title tracks over it except DICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartak92 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 90. So so... 89. Not bad 88. Nope 87. Not a big fan of happy beats tbh 86. Nope 85. Kinda boring IMO 84. Oh a half spanish track... mmm nope 83. I know that I said "not a big fan of happy beats" but this is kinda cool, reminds me those DDR songs 82. Nope 81. Interesting, i'm digging it Nice set, a really change of pace of what I usually listen to 22 hours ago, Album Leak said: Thank you for taking the time to check out each song! Even if you don't like most (OR ANY) of it, it's still fun for me to see the reactions either way! No prob, I hate those "i don't know any of this songs" comments, I mean, there's a f***ing link to listen to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTPØP Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Sadly haven't heard of any of these songs before But going to add some to my "check out" list based on their covers, alone! Excited to see the rest of your list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldwide angel Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) oooh i want to check out angelica Edited December 13, 2023 by worldwide angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alldeezy Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 will also need to check these out .. may do what sparks doing tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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