Buried Pleasure

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NCT Dream - My First and Last

I was ambivalent about Chewing Gum, but I dig this. 

Still don’t understand the NCT thing.

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Boni - Episode

This is practically engineered to hit my sweet spot. Love.

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KARD - Don’t Recall

Not as good as their first single, but really digging the tropical thing happening in Kpop right now.

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Gallant x Tablo x Eric Nam - Cave Me In

Nice to see a collab with an american artist asking KPop artists to join him. It feels like it is usually the other way around.

Also I am really feeling the new R&B flavored Eric Nam sound.

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Day 6 - I Wait

An idol rock band seems like the kind of idea that could go off the rails pretty easily, and I haven’t really cared for any of their music in the past. 

This song though has been stuck in my head for some reason. I’ll be curious to see if the rest of their monthly releases grab me as much.

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2NE1 - Goodbye

I like CL fine enough but I was never a blackjack so I had very little expectations for this song, but I really like it.

A very nice send off

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SeoHyun (SNSD-Girls Generation) - Love & Affection

I really like her entire mini, but for some reason this song keeps getting stuck in my head. LOVE!

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Seo In Guk - BeBe

another late 2016 release that just slays me. Loving this synthy R&B thing going on now.

If this is his goodbye before enlisting, it’s a good one.

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Uhm Jung Hwa & T.O.P - Disco (live)

Just because. They’re both absolute legends

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Uhm Jung Hwa - Watch Me Move

This came out too late to make any of my 2016 lists but holy smokes does she kill it in her first comeback in 8 years. 

Absolute Queen!!

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Far East Movement (feat YoonMiRae) - Fighter

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WJSN (Cosmic Girls) - I Wish

I don’t know what it is about them, but I just really love WJSN. Fun, light songs that make me happy.

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Koh Nayoung - Cold Night, You Were Warm

Whoa. This is the first song of 2017 to make me stop in my tracks. Loved it.

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HELLOVENUS - Mysterious

This one surprised my. I wasn’t familiar with them even though it’s their sixth mini and Brave Brothers produced them in the past.

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AOA - Bing Bing

In the AOA battle between themselves I have to give the win to Bing Bing.

Excuse Me is an earworm of immense power, but it just isn’t interesting enough to me.

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KPop Top Ten Songs 2016

And now for the final list of the year, here are my top ten songs and a few honorable mentions. It feels weird to me not to include a Beenzino solo song since he released my album of the year and was far and away my artist of the year, but he’s at least represented with his appearance with Eddy Kim. 

And now, in no particular order:

BIGBANG - Fxxk It [I’m going to miss T.O.P so much]

BTS - Save Me

Jonghyun - Moon

Double K - OMG (feat. Seo In Guk and Dok2)

Mamamoo - You’re The Best

Eddy Kim - Paldangdam (feat. Beenzino)

Heize - And July (feat Dean) [I want an entire album of duets from them]

J-Min - Ready For Your Love

Younmirae - Jam Come on Baby

Hexe - Fallin’ Fallin’

Honorable Mentions:

Sam Kim - No Sense (feat. Crush)

EXO - Lucky One

Berry Good - Don’t Believe [this was so close to both album and song top ten]

TK - One More Night

ELO - Rose

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KPOP TOP TEN ALBUMS 2016

And for the next to last installment of 2016 goodies, here are my top ten albums/minis of 2016. as always in no particular order:

Beenzino - 12 [hands down one of the most innovatice KHop/KPop artists]

Seventeen - Love & Letter (Repackage) [these guys really surprised me this year.]

BTS - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Forever Young

Ahn Ye Eun - Ahn Ye Eun [beautiful indie KPop album]

Akdong Musician - Spring

Jonghyun - She Is [this has everything I want from an album]

Shinee - 1 of 1

Kisum - Musik

Twice - Page Two

EXO-CBX - Hey Mama [this one really grew on me unexpectedly. I wish there was a video for the fantastic garage tune ‘The One.’]