2024 has been such a shitty kpop year

you shouldn't stan kpop groups for music in general, Pop as a whole is much like fast food - just consume it every now and then. The reason a lotta fans are drawn into Kpop is rather for the spectacle like music shows, lives, variety shows, awards, collabs, merch, events etc.

Nmixx released one of the best albums of the year in January. enhypen, itzy, twice, day6, illit, ive, aespa, riize and young posse all released solid albums as well. oh and bubble gum is one of the best songs released this year

I’m copy pasting from other thread my thoughts about music this year so far. The groups and soloists that I mentioned are loved by me or I’m their casual listener. If I didn’t mention certain groups I either forgot or their music is not my taste like Illit, Newjeans, StayC and etc.

Musically this year has been not really good for my personal taste at all. Like IVE’s comeback disappointed me so much. Gidle’s first comeback didn’t click well with me, and for summer cb I hate it honestly. For Stray Kids I didn’t like it either seemed similar to their older tts, thus nothing new on the table(I didn’t like a single song in Ate album). For Itzy I liked born to be and Untouchable, but again nothing exciting(other songs from album I didn’t like at all). For NCT dream and NCT 127 and WayV also a miss(last year I really loved all NCT unit cbs). Twice very dissapointing compared to last year when I loved set me free- my top 2 song from them, even tho I hate moonlight sunrise, for Jimin I didn’t like his cb at all, compared to face album, Babymonster- disaster cb(except like that, but it is Charlie’s song), treasure- disaster, ateez-very disappointed and cringe, le sserafim - a big downfall in interest with easy and smart(do not like those songs at all), boy next door- dissappointed, bad villain- big noo. Seventeen - didn’t vibe with Maestro and didn’t like b sides at all. Hwang Minhyun - worst cb that he had before enlistment. Yook Sungjae - very disappointing song. Taeyong - tap not my vibe at all. Doyoung- his solo debut disappointed me(tho I loooove his voice) .If I will remember more cbs I will edit and add them.

For half disappointed cbs - 1) Nmixx. Run for roses is cheff’s kiss, other songs a big noo(I hate Dash), 2) Enhypen I didn’t like Romance Untold album(their weakest and worst cb) at all, but I liked Memorabilia. 3) TripleS smth interesting but that’s it 4) Lisa- didn’t like the song except of the outro(when impala sample begins) 5) Jennie&Zico collab - generic repetitive pop song. 6) tws- plot twist good song others meeh 7) Chungha - eenie menie meh song, “I’m ready” one of the best songs this year. KoF Midas Touch very good song, but sticky cb meh

Cbs that I liked 1) Aespa- Armageddon-Supernova cheff’s kiss, best songs produced this year imho, but I didn’t like 4 songs from the album. 2) Riize I didn’t like half of the songs from their cbs, but I loved other half. 3) IU - Love wins all almost made me stan her, but her other songs not for me at all. 4) Nayeon- ABCD made me almost a fan. That’s why I liked not loooved

Cbs that I loveeed- 1) Nct Wish- liked every single song that they released. 2) TXT- best album by Hybe groups this year 3) Key - one of the best Japanese releases by kpop acts ever. 4) Red velvet - the only cb after psycho that I like is Cosmic. 5) Ten -I love his solo debut. Best solo debut for kpop act after Seulgi “I kiss your brother” song for me. I think that’s it from what I remember

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i totally get that, but for me the music will always come first. i love music so much. i listen to it all the time like when i’m driving, when i work out at the gym or go on hikes (which is a lot of the time) and it’s really meaningful for me.

then the next thing that’s important for me is performances. i love watching performances and going to shows.

the other fandom aspect things are of little interest to me. i’m not the biggest fan of variety shows and stuff.

i mostly catch important and trending clips on twitter which are fun but i can barely consume a full episode. that stuff is just kind of boring to me but i do understand the appeal overall.

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I understand, but what I'm saying is Kpop in terms of music quality is lowkey poor compared to what's available out there, that's why it's important never limit yourselves to a certain genre.

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i was contemplating aespa

I think you should stan aespa. I dont but I've noticed their cbs are very consistent in quality and the girls are interesting

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I think you should stan aespa. I dont but I've noticed their cbs are very consistent in quality and the girls are interesting

Their title tracks are top tier but yeah no their last good album was My world.

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Their title tracks are top tier but yeah no their last good album was My world.

hmmmm

Idk, I liked their latest releases

Maybe cause it feels like there's no real monster SOTY favorites. I guess Supernova's been crushing the Korean charts but I didn't love it so much. Feels like its been a year of quiet hits in terms of impact.