favorite kpop songs archive (2016-2019)

[hyojungss]

will make a new post this year so wanted to prepare by uploading the old lists in an organized place

2016

1. highlight - seventeen (performance team)
2. gold - hyomin
3. my dear - red velvet ✨
4. when the cherry blossoms fade - ioi **below this the order is kinda arbitrary
5. d (half moon) - dean, gaeko
6. once again - mad clown, kim na young
7. rollercoaster - pledis girlz
8. step by step - oh my girl
9. drummer boy - apink
10. i love you forever - btob

 

11. 1 of 1 - shinee **recency bias applies
12. blood sweat and tears - bts
13. i’ll be your man - btob
14. can’t help myself - eric nam
15. knock knock - oh my girl
16. attention - up10tion
17. i like that - sistar
18. promise (i’ll be) - 2pm
19. oh nana - kard
20. lucky one - exo
21. crush - ioi
22. secret - wjsn
23. rain - taeyeon
24. sentimental - winner
25. letting go - day6
26. someone like u - dalshabet
27. sting - stellar
28. whoo - rainbow
29. platonic love - snuper
30. my flower - ladies’ code
31. you’re so fine - cnblue
32. chaconne - ladies’ code
33. doll - lovelyz
34. fri.sat.sun - dalshabet

 
2017

my kpop favorites! not objective bests. i noticed my most actual listened to songs this yr were actually released in 2015 or 2016. it’s the relevancy that matters but u can see everything i loved this year on my listography or, last.fm last 365 days

 

 

gold

1. you were beautiful - day6
2. jam jam - iu
3. i need somebody - day6 also known as why am i alone on my last.fm bc i waited 2 hrs for itunes release and it didn’t and i got impatient. i’m forever bitter this isn’t a title track
4. really really - winner kang seungyoon created this song in 4 hours
5. i’m serious - day6 yes 3/5 top 5 day6 did that. im still mad at them for hiding some of the best songs as late game bsides but they couldnt afford to get too big i guess
6. (rainin’ with u - heize) this is an instrumental and it helps me fall asleep and its rly nice


silver (gold, but with less emotional attachment)

7. limitless - nct 127
8. wake me up - bap
9. pouring - day6 youngk is so good at writing lyrics...... it really evokes such strong imagery and emotions (where am i? like water rising....)
10. crazy sexy cool - astro i think this would be gold if it was released earlier. i rly love this song lol it’s so good... but im not in the mood yet. when i listen to rly good songs for the first time i rly often put them on never ending loop and then take a long break from wanting to listen to them (at least 1-2 months LOL) it’s what happened to everything currently on the gold list so
11. rocket - svt
12. fingertip - gfriend
13. if i - seventeen if i is the child i didnt give enough attention to
14. beautiful - mx
15. i wait - day6
16. movie - btob
17. kok kok - apink
18. change up - svt
19. say wow - day6
20. easy love - sf9
21. rollin’ - brave girls
22. just u - jeong sewoon
23. stardust - kevin oh
24. man in a movie - day6
25. deep blue eyes - girls next door
26. will you go out with me - dia
27. royal rumble - cnblue
28. girl front - loona 
29. a girl like me - gugudan
30. singing in the rain - loona
31. shine forever - mx
32. secret garden - iu
33. to my youth - bolbbalgan4
34. fan - snsd
35. rollin’ - b1a4
36. sleepless rainy night - iu
37. kingdom come - rv

bronze

38. spring day - bts
39. april story - april
40. rookie - rv
41. red flavor - rv
42. peekaboo - rv
43. excuse me - aoa
44. i’m the one - mxm
45. 365 fresh - triple h
46. when i was young - cnblue
47. 5:14 last page - mx
48. baby - astro
49. reload - t-ara
50. what’s my name - t-ara
51. babe - hyuna
52. best of me - bts
53. i would - day6
54. all night - snsd
55. with you - kevin oh
56. dance dance - day6
57. how can i say - day6
58. hello - svt
59. i (knew it) - sonamoo
60. my zone - block b
61. black out - iu
62. wee woo - pristin

 

2018

tier 1

1. bad boy - red velvet (kor. and eng. versions)

2. thinkin’ about you - seventeen

3. thanks - seventeen

4. remember me - oh my girl

5. what is love? - twice

6. the boots - gugudan

7. good evening - shinee

8. I'm so sick - apink

9. what's good - seventeen (hip hop team)

10. get it - pristin v

tier 2

11. i want you - shinee

12. forever young - blackpink

13. 1, 2, 3! - seungri

14. who waits for love - shinee

15. iam - 1am (produce 48)

16. something new - taeyeon

17. close over - jeong sewoon

18. rendezvous 18.6y - loona yyxy

19. love u - chungha

20. one of those nights - key ft. crush

21. shine - pentagon

22. secret garden - oh my girl

23. beautiful pain - btob

24. magic - oh my girl

25. forever yours - key ft. soyou

26. winter sleep - junho (kor. ver)

27. banana allergy monkey - oh my girl banhana

28. falling for you - seventeen (jeonghan & joshua)

29. baby - the rose

30. $$$ - (g)i-dle

31. countless - shinee

32. spring breeze - wanna one

33. lock you down - shinee

tier 3

34. a-teen - seventeen (joshua, hoshi, woozi, vernon, dino)

35. wind flower - mamamoo

36. WARNING! - day6

37. come to me - seventeen (vocal team)

38. favorite - loona

39. oh my! - seventeen

40. sixteen - oh my girl

41. just do it - bss (seventeen)

42. sunset - kim donghan

43. love bomb - fromis_9

44. gravity - exo

45. thinking about you - jeong eunji 

46. dkdk - fromis_9

47. tempo - exo

48. jealousy - monsta x

49. spotlight - pristin v

50. i don't miss u - bumzu

jpop corner

1. CALL CALL CALL! - seventeen

2. stop the rain - day6

3. ambivalent - keyakizaka46

honorable mention

• the summer night - pristin

2019

favorite songs released in 2019

KPOP TOP 40

1. tiki-taka (99%) - weki meki

2. fancy - twice

3. SSFWL (the fifth season) - oh my girl

4. psycho - red velvet

5. home - seventeen

6. network love - seventeen

7. violeta - iz*one

8. spring snow - pentagon

9. %% (eung eung) - apink

10. fear - seventeen

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11. guerilla - oh my girl

12. hit - seventeen

13. sunrise - gfriend

14. miroh - stray kids

15. dalla dalla - itzy

16. bungee (fall in love) - oh my girl

17. feel special - twice

18. underwater love - oh my girl

19. dear love - lim hyunsik

20. like a flowing wind - day6

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21. tropical love - oh my girl

22. twit - hwasa

23. universe - minhyun

24. highway to heaven - nct127

25. no - clc

26. remember - oh my girl

27. la la love - wjsn

28. butterfly - loona

29. let's dance - wjsn

30. oh my summer - wjsn

31. boogie up - wjsn

32. time of our life - day6

33. sweet chaos - day6

34. best part - day6

35. boom - nct dream

36. don't know what to do - blackpink

37. feeling - jeong sewoon

38. side effects - stray kids

39. blueming - iu

40. want - taemin

POP

1. cruel summer - taylor swift

2. sucker - jonas brothers

3. needy - ariana grande

4. i'll be your girl - carly rae jepsen

5. if i can't have you - shawn mendes

JPOP

1. kuroi hitsuji - keyakizaka46

2. happy ending - seventeen

3. hanabiratachi no march - aimer

4. heel no takasa - keyakizaka46

5. sing out! - nogizaka46

ANOMALIES

1. close to me - red velvet remix - ellie goulding

2. destiny - oh my girl (lovelyz cover)

3. egotistic - aoa (mamamoo cover)

4. don't need your love - nct dream, hrvy