# 1 sober (feat. Geum Danbi) by JUNNY ♡
without a doubt, danbi’s first (semi-)solo release is her most listened to song for the year! to some, it might be weird to stream your own song so many times, but this is the first time she’s ever ventured beyond the ‘rapper’ image she initially portrayed during the first season of ‘future dreams’, and a monumental step towards the artist she’s always dreamed of becoming. sober is a feel-good, r&b track that’s widely different from that of the discography of lgc girls & co., and its sound perfectly encapsulates her charming maturity and previously-overlooked vocals—she just can’t get enough of it!
# 2 zombie pop by DPR IAN ♡
if it wasn’t obvious already, danbi’s actually a pretty big r&b fan—maybe it’s a mix of some sort of occupational hazard and her age that she’s grown less and less fond of listening to mainstream pop in her free time; it reminds her too much of training and practice, plus, she’s at the point of her life where’s she sentimental so zombie pop allows her to reminisce on simpler days and, as the lyrics suggest, makes her want to dance. the track’s in english (and fairly short), so she doesn’t understand entirely what the song’s meaning is, but it’s still good, regardless.
# 3 I’m Gonna Love You (feat. Wonstein) by D.O ♡
aside from how obviously-addicting d.o’s and wonstein’s vocals are individually and together, i’m gonna love you symbolizes a lot of how danbi currently views love. she’s still navigating a lot of what it means to be a ‘girlfriend’, and especially with so little time to actually invest in her current (and first ever) relationship, she’s unsure to properly show her care and affection to @lgcjaesun. despite dating for a year and a half already, she still has these doubts, and yet, at the end of the day, she’s just going to love (like?) him as naturally and as best as she currently can.
this year was rough—in more ways than one. going into her sixth year of training, danbi was battling a lot of insecurity and self-doubt about whether or not she’d chosen the right path for herself; a fourth of her life thus far had been spent as a trainee, and she’d be lying if she said she was completely happy with where she was in her career for most of the year. whenever she felt an urge for self-reflection (which was a lot, trust me), she’d turn my sea on, pity herself, cry, go train, and do it all over again.
# 4 Blue Hour by V&A (AGITO) ♡
even though her boyfriend is in versus, danbi definitely considers agito the superior v&a unit. blue hour is just so fucking fun; it’s actually crazy how addicting it is, and she’d still have this song on repeat even without jiho and haru, two of her favorite boys, singing it (though, they definitely make it better). she immediately learned the song’s choreography, and you can bet she’ll be covering this song as much as possible once she debuts. blue hour definitely ranks high in her mental list of ‘best debut songs of all-time’, and she can only hope that crystallis’ eventual debut track can be as good, if not better.