Spotify Wrapped 2024
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forestsofpinePrevious: 2023
Well, I am still in a K-pop phase.
Top 5 Artists
According to Spotify, I listened to 1800 artists this year. My top five were:
1. Taemin (2023 ranking: #2)
2. ATEEZ (2023 ranking: #5)
3. SHINee (2023 ranking: #1)
4. ONEWE (2023 ranking: n/a)
5. Red Velvet (2023 ranking: >5)
SHINee and Taemin were #1 and #2 last year, but this year SHINee didn't have a comeback and Taemin did (plus I was still listening frequently to "Guilty" from his comeback at the end of 2023, as you will see below), so Taemin beat his own group this year for the #1 spot.
ATEEZ moved up to #2 after a very busy year with multiple Korean and Japanese comebacks, but they actually didn't get a comeback boost so much as a concert boost - I went to see them on their US tour this summer and they were fantastic live, so naturally I ended up listening to the concert setlist again and again (plus a bunch of other favorites that they had to leave out) for months afterwards.
As I mentioned in my Q1 K-pop recs, I got into ONEWE at the tail end of last year and they were love at first listen, so I had them on near-constant repeat all year, too, and am not at all surprised that they made it to #4 this year.
Red Velvet is one of the groups my daughter really liked in her K-pop phase, so they were one of the groups I occasionally listened to before getting more seriously into K-pop, and have listened to much more since. They jumped up to #5 this year because I lovedlovedloved their 10th anniversary comeback "Cosmic". It finished the year at #11 in my top songs and was my third most-listened-to 2024 release, after "Horizon", by Taemin (who is Taemin), and "BIBORA", by SF9 (which had a six month head start).
Top 5 Songs
According to Spotify, I listened to 3833 unique songs this year. My top five were:
1. Guilty, by Taemin
2. Rain to Be, by ONEWE
3. Universe_, by ONEWE
4. Strangers, by Taemin
5. End of Spring, by ONEWE
The only one of these that's even a slight surprise is "Strangers" and it's not that I didn't listen to it a zillion times this year, it's just that I also listened to a bunch of other Taemin songs a zillion times and I wouldn't necessarily have guessed that "Strangers" was the one that got a zillion and one listens lol.
Overall, Taemin had 17 songs in my top 100 songs of 2024, more than any other artist. From the rest of my top 5 artists, SHINee had 11 (top song: "Juliette", which was a bit of a surprise, I'd have guessed "Dream Girl" this year), ATEEZ had 8 (top song: "Cyberpunk"), and ONEWE and Red Velvet had 5 apiece (top songs: "Rain To Be" and "Cosmic", respectively, as discussed above) in my top 100 songs.
Honorable Mentions
SF9's "BIBORA" was a huge hit with me at the very beginning of the year and stayed on my playlists frequently enough to make it to #9 in my most-listened-to songs of 2024. 2024 was the year I finally dug into A.C.E and Day6's discographies more and became a fan, so they had four songs apiece in my top 100 (top songs: "Callin'" and "Welcome to the Show", respectively). I also started listening to TAN after their excellent "Hypertonic" comeback, just in time for them to disband. π₯² ONF and &TEAM had two more boy group comebacks I especially liked this year with "Bye My Monster" (those strings!) and "Aoarashi" (that chorus), plus Ten released his first EP, which I really enjoyed (top song: "Lie With You"). Finally, my beloved Key (top song: "Tongue Tied") and Seventeen (top song: "Super") also had multiple spots apiece in the top 100 songs.
On the girl group side, IVE continued to be a regular presence in my playlists with both older and newer songs (top song: "HEYA"), and I also particularly liked "Love Attack" by RESCENE and "Imaginary Friend" by ITZY of 2024 girl group releases, plus Rosé's very fun "APT." with Bruno Mars. Of older gg songs, "LA DI DA" by Everglow and "MAGO" by GFRIEND each barely missed out on a spot in my top 10 songs, at #12 and #13 respectively.
In non-K-pop, I got into Chappell Roan, like everyone else on the planet (top song: HOT TO GO!"). I also discovered KEiiNO in a TheBiasList global pop roundup and QNTAL in my never-ending quest for "stuff that sounds like Loreena McKennitt", and listened to a bunch of both (top songs: "Spirit in the Sky" and "Vedes Amigo", respectively). As I predicted in my 2023 Spotify Wrapped post, Vesna also got a couple entries into my top 100 songs this year (top song: BeΜzΜela jsem lesem).
Happy listening!
Well, I am still in a K-pop phase.
Top 5 Artists
According to Spotify, I listened to 1800 artists this year. My top five were:
1. Taemin (2023 ranking: #2)
2. ATEEZ (2023 ranking: #5)
3. SHINee (2023 ranking: #1)
4. ONEWE (2023 ranking: n/a)
5. Red Velvet (2023 ranking: >5)
SHINee and Taemin were #1 and #2 last year, but this year SHINee didn't have a comeback and Taemin did (plus I was still listening frequently to "Guilty" from his comeback at the end of 2023, as you will see below), so Taemin beat his own group this year for the #1 spot.
ATEEZ moved up to #2 after a very busy year with multiple Korean and Japanese comebacks, but they actually didn't get a comeback boost so much as a concert boost - I went to see them on their US tour this summer and they were fantastic live, so naturally I ended up listening to the concert setlist again and again (plus a bunch of other favorites that they had to leave out) for months afterwards.
As I mentioned in my Q1 K-pop recs, I got into ONEWE at the tail end of last year and they were love at first listen, so I had them on near-constant repeat all year, too, and am not at all surprised that they made it to #4 this year.
Red Velvet is one of the groups my daughter really liked in her K-pop phase, so they were one of the groups I occasionally listened to before getting more seriously into K-pop, and have listened to much more since. They jumped up to #5 this year because I lovedlovedloved their 10th anniversary comeback "Cosmic". It finished the year at #11 in my top songs and was my third most-listened-to 2024 release, after "Horizon", by Taemin (who is Taemin), and "BIBORA", by SF9 (which had a six month head start).
Top 5 Songs
According to Spotify, I listened to 3833 unique songs this year. My top five were:
1. Guilty, by Taemin
2. Rain to Be, by ONEWE
3. Universe_, by ONEWE
4. Strangers, by Taemin
5. End of Spring, by ONEWE
The only one of these that's even a slight surprise is "Strangers" and it's not that I didn't listen to it a zillion times this year, it's just that I also listened to a bunch of other Taemin songs a zillion times and I wouldn't necessarily have guessed that "Strangers" was the one that got a zillion and one listens lol.
Overall, Taemin had 17 songs in my top 100 songs of 2024, more than any other artist. From the rest of my top 5 artists, SHINee had 11 (top song: "Juliette", which was a bit of a surprise, I'd have guessed "Dream Girl" this year), ATEEZ had 8 (top song: "Cyberpunk"), and ONEWE and Red Velvet had 5 apiece (top songs: "Rain To Be" and "Cosmic", respectively, as discussed above) in my top 100 songs.
Honorable Mentions
SF9's "BIBORA" was a huge hit with me at the very beginning of the year and stayed on my playlists frequently enough to make it to #9 in my most-listened-to songs of 2024. 2024 was the year I finally dug into A.C.E and Day6's discographies more and became a fan, so they had four songs apiece in my top 100 (top songs: "Callin'" and "Welcome to the Show", respectively). I also started listening to TAN after their excellent "Hypertonic" comeback, just in time for them to disband. π₯² ONF and &TEAM had two more boy group comebacks I especially liked this year with "Bye My Monster" (those strings!) and "Aoarashi" (that chorus), plus Ten released his first EP, which I really enjoyed (top song: "Lie With You"). Finally, my beloved Key (top song: "Tongue Tied") and Seventeen (top song: "Super") also had multiple spots apiece in the top 100 songs.
On the girl group side, IVE continued to be a regular presence in my playlists with both older and newer songs (top song: "HEYA"), and I also particularly liked "Love Attack" by RESCENE and "Imaginary Friend" by ITZY of 2024 girl group releases, plus Rosé's very fun "APT." with Bruno Mars. Of older gg songs, "LA DI DA" by Everglow and "MAGO" by GFRIEND each barely missed out on a spot in my top 10 songs, at #12 and #13 respectively.
In non-K-pop, I got into Chappell Roan, like everyone else on the planet (top song: HOT TO GO!"). I also discovered KEiiNO in a TheBiasList global pop roundup and QNTAL in my never-ending quest for "stuff that sounds like Loreena McKennitt", and listened to a bunch of both (top songs: "Spirit in the Sky" and "Vedes Amigo", respectively). As I predicted in my 2023 Spotify Wrapped post, Vesna also got a couple entries into my top 100 songs this year (top song: BeΜzΜela jsem lesem).
Happy listening!
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Date: 2024-12-05 02:35 am (UTC)ONEWEEEEEEE I absolutely adore them, their vocals are incredible (so far I'm only listening not stanning, but when the wooooooo guy does his woooooo? Ah, my soul floats up into the clouds) and I am always ready to embrace an actual band. Speaking of bands, have you tried checking out Xdinary Heroes? Tonally they're definitely rowdier than Onewe, but their stuff hits emotionally (something that I've been sadly missing from Ateez's titles) and isn't overly saccharine (like I unfortunately found the Day6 albums post-Demon :(()
I actually went to check how's Taemin doing on my artist list, and he's actually right under Onewe! Great company. I wasn't as obsessed with Horizon as I was with She loves me, she loves me not (both my top tracks from his recents), but it was still a Very good mini and I'm looking forward to what he bestows upon us next π
A l s o somewhat unrelated but somewhat re: concert boosts, man I really wish kpop artists released albums with concert mixes of their songs! I mean they do, sometimes, but you can hear the crowds and it's not as satisfying. There's a youtube channel that posts concert versions of Ateez songs, I think they're remaking them?, and I was GOBSMACKED by how good some of them are! I remember being head over heels in love with BTS's ON:E concert mixing of... Dionysus, I think? I'd love to listen to those remixes, much more than I'm interested in "slowed down" and "sped up" versions that artists are so fond of releasing nowadays :')
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Date: 2024-12-05 03:27 pm (UTC)ONEWE's vocals are SO BEAUTIFUL. It was truly love at first listen for me. "Rain To Be" was one of those songs where I could tell in the first five seconds that I was going to like it, and that was even before the vocals kicked in and I ascended to heaven. π
I have listened to a few Xdinary Heroes songs and liked them, so they're on my list to explore more. If you have any particular favorites of their songs, I'd love to hear them!
"She loves me, she loves me not" was one of my favorites from the Guilty EP, too! Honestly, most of both the "Guilty" and "Eternal" EPs ended up in my top 100 songs, as did "Bones", "Want", and a bunch of songs from the NGDA albums. If you count the SHINee songs, Taemin was responsible for more than a quarter of my list.
Ooo, I will definitely check out that Youtube channel! SHINee has a few concert versions that I prefer to the album version ("Stranger" from SHINee World IV, for example) and ATEEZ are such good live performers that I bet some of theirs would be the same. I can now say from personal experience that "Guerilla" with fan chants is life-changing, for one π€©
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Date: 2024-12-07 02:59 pm (UTC)I think the first Onewe song I've ever heard was The End of Spring, and then similarly I found the "Rain to Be" album and fell in loooooove. I love how they can be both dramatic and happy/silly ("Veronica"! π) And of course I loved the OFF ROAD single, all three tracks were a delight. ROCK MUSIC MY LOVE.
XDH MY LOVES their first couple of releases were wonderfully, hmm, how to put it? Wacky? Eccentric? They made you think "oh, whoever made this certainly loves Tim Burton's movies" lol. I gotta say I prefer their later music which lost a bit of that kooky style but gained in passion! Livelock is my beloved album of theirs, I can honestly recommend every single song on that album with special recommendation of "Freddy", "Bad Chemical" (the synths are Evil) and "PLUTO", which never fails to tear my chest open in the final chorus! Deadlock (technically the earlier album) is great too, it also explores different feelings without losing a cohesive sound -- I particularly like "Freakin' Bad", "Bicycle", and "Good enough". They released their first full album this year, and it's yet another top to bottom bangerfest (that sounded dirty.) -- "No Matter", "Little Things", "Money On My Mind", "until the end of time"... "Night of Fireworks" has almost Onewe-y lightness to it hehe. And then there's LIVE and FALL, and half of the mini is pre-release singles, but my faves are "LOVE and FEAR", "FEELING NICE" and "Boy Comics". Aaaaand that's how I ended up recommending you half of their discography, sorry ^^;;;;;
I'm not as well-versed in Taemin's discography but every once in a while I find something I haven't heard before that stays in my brain for a good couple days and refuses to leave lol ("Heaven"!). I also just realized I never gave a listen to Bones, and I told myself to check it out! Recently I've also gave a listen to someone's "SHINee BEST" playlist, and found Jonghyun's "Just for a day" -- what a lovely gem!
Ohh man I really hope "Guerrilla" will be in next year's concert setlist because I am EAGER to break that wall lol;;; Now that I think about it, Ateez remixes (the old ones on the Japanese albums in particular) are so good... Of course, Japanese "Utopia" with its guitars is a classic (to me.), and so is "Aurora", but "Promise" and "Say My Name" with Park Juwon's guitars, or the ones off the Halazia single? GENIUS. I'm listening to the concert version of "Stranger" now and ahhhh it really hits different!
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Date: 2024-12-07 05:20 pm (UTC)Thank you for the Xdinary Heroes recs! I will definitely check those out. It's been such a great year for K-bands, I hope it continues in 2025.
Bones is absolutely quintessential Taemin with how unhinged it is, I loved it. I really wish it had gotten an MV, but I'm sure his tour is keeping him much too busy. Speaking of live performances vs album versions, I like the album version of "Heaven" but the arrangement he's been doing in the Ephemeral Gaze tour is nothing short of spectacular - I highly recommend you look it up if you haven't seen it already.
I will be really surprised if they drop "Guerrilla" from the setlist - audiences go crazy for it, and rightfully so. I hope you have as much fun at their concert as I did!
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