Rolling Stone rates top 100 songs of year, includes 13 Kpop songs

yeah bigbang and idle

btw i already posted this

Has RS always had that many kpop songs?

A lot of these were in my top 100 on spotify too Bops!

Yes BP and BB! Queens and kings!! And yeeeees 2 bitches 2 bitches 1 porrrrrsche!!!!! A booooooooops!

Congrats to all!!

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I really love the diversity of the list, which really reflects the wide range of sounds in Kpop!

I personally think that they settled for easy choices. They included no rock band, or a solo artist from hip hop scene. But I'm still happy to see (G)I-DLE and BIGBANG in the rankings

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Has RS always had that many kpop songs?

No. 'Fake Love' in 2018 was the first. I doubt most western media knew kpop exists before BTS.....

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No. 'Fake Love' in 2018 was the first. I doubt most western media knew kpop exists before BTS.....

Uhhh

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I don’t think so. Let me go back and look at the last two years.

Do the research

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https://www.rollingstone.com/m…eahs-blacktop-1234632636/

On the list - which is all songs, not just a list of kpop songs - are:

#24 - NewJeans - Hype Boy

#35 - Blackpink - Pink Venom

#38 - Seventeen - Hot

#53 - Ive - After Like

#56 - Stray Kids - Maniac

#65 - aespa - Girls

#68 - Jin - The Astronaut

#71 - NCT 127 - 2 Baddies

#73 - Big Bang - Still Life

#75 - Le Sserafim - Antifragile

#86 - Nayeon - Pop

#88 - (G)I-DLE - Nxde

#93 -Psy feat Suga - That That

Are you surprised by any of the songs in the list?

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2 Baddies and Hot are two of my least favorite title tracks this year. So yes, I'm surprised.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/m…eahs-blacktop-1234632636/

On the list - which is all songs, not just a list of kpop songs - are:

#24 - NewJeans - Hype Boy

#35 - Blackpink - Pink Venom

#38 - Seventeen - Hot

#53 - Ive - After Like

#56 - Stray Kids - Maniac

#65 - aespa - Girls

#68 - Jin - The Astronaut

#71 - NCT 127 - 2 Baddies

#73 - Big Bang - Still Life

#75 - Le Sserafim - Antifragile

#86 - Nayeon - Pop

#88 - (G)I-DLE - Nxde

#93 -Psy feat Suga - That That

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No. 'Fake Love' in 2018 was the first. I doubt most western media knew kpop exists before BTS.....

Yeah nobody ever heard of Gangnam Style

I’m mad that Nxde isn’t higher given it’s message, but it’s whatever.

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No. 'Fake Love' in 2018 was the first. I doubt most western media knew kpop exists before BTS.....

Actually i think they discovered South Korea just in 2018 too.

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2 Baddies and Hot are two of my least favorite title tracks this year. So yes, I'm surprised.

thought i was the only one not enjoying hot lol seventeen has better songs but this is the one blowing up smh

Pop Pop Pop! You want it

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Actually i think they discovered South Korea just in 2018 too.

I doubt that but good for you if you think so.....

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Yeah nobody ever heard of Gangnam Style

Did I say nobody? Ever took grammar classes?

Also 'Gangnam Style' made Psy popular. That's it.

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ShaShySha

All the previous years were just 50 songs, not 100. It looks like they expanded the list this year.

2021: 3 Kpop songs - Butter by BTS at #16 , Epik High Rosario at #40 and Twice’s The Feels at #50

2020: 2 Kpop songs: BTS Dynamite at #7 and Blackpink Ice Cream at # 13

2019: none

2018: BTS - Fake Love at #38

2017 - none

2016 - none

2015 - none

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So this is BP second entry powerful! And i love how BB Still Life is here, it is such a beautiful and meaningful song

anti ti ti ti fragile

The Astronaut and That That we love to see it. Congrats to the rest!

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I doubt that but good for you if you think so.....

Olivia song, uh? Yeah, i like it!

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ShaShySha

All the previous years were just 50 songs, not 100. It looks like they expanded the list this year.

2021: 3 Kpop songs - Butter by BTS at #16 , Epik High Rosario at #40 and Twice’s The Feels at #50

2020: 2 Kpop songs: BTS Dynamite at #7 and Blackpink Ice Cream at # 13

2019: none

2018: BTS - Fake Love at #38

2017 - none

2016 - none

2015 - none

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Not every kpop release being disappointing in 2019 damn 😔

I am only surprised to see EH there

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I doubt that but good for you if you think so.....

Did I say nobody? Ever took grammar classes?

Also 'Gangnam Style' made Psy popular. That's it.

If gangnam style didn't become popular i would have never gotten into kpop and i'm sure it's the same for many others lol that's just a lie..

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I’m mad that Nxde isn’t higher given it’s message, but it’s whatever.

They at least acknowledged it in the commentary, so I'll take it as a win.

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G)I-dle’s music seems to gain new layers of depth and meaning with each release. Just when we thought “Tomboy” couldn’t be topped, (G)I-dle dropped this groundbreaking track, based on the powerful lyrics and arrangement of the group’s leader, Soyeon. You might expect a song called “Nxde” (pronounced “nude”) to be a sexy, sultry one, but they redefine the word to emphasize the idea of being one’s truest, barest self. With a melody taken from the 1875 opera Carmen and references to Marilyn Monroe in the lyrics and the video, “Nxde” addresses the objectification of women in a way that’s rare for a K-pop girl group. — K.K.

Especially since a lot of people seemed to just listen to it and go "so they're bimbos."

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Yeah nobody ever heard of Gangnam Style

gangnam style was never explicitly a kpop song, it's the media that conflated him with idol groups.

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They at least acknowledged it in the commentary, so I'll take it as a win.

Especially since a lot of people seemed to just listen to it and go "so they're bimbos."

True, I’ll give them credit for that much at least.

I'm surprised with after like over love dive

Imagine random people trying to listen to some of these

2 baddies would give them an experience they'll remember, that's for sure

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I'm surprised with after like over love dive

I think the person who ranked them is me, then

I also prefer after like

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I think the person who ranked them is me, then

I also prefer after like

I like both songs but after like definitely doesn’t deserve the slander at least we have taste unlike them

the list is pretty good, and kpop isnt the weirdest thing on here, if anything they';ll be refreshing

After Like over Love Dive??? THATS surprising

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After Like over Love Dive??? THATS surprising

I know! That caught me way off guard.