World Countdown 2023
By Lionina - 9:14 PM
Genre categories go out the window this year and I considered blending the Kpop and World Countdown lists.
+ Japan cosplays the West via Korea via the West
+ Pan Asia shows up in English + Ciara
XG - ...everything
XG might be my NewJeans for 2023. Bringing more quality than expected and doing very little wrong. We are really not sure who the audience is though.
"Left Right"
"Grl Gvng"
WayV - "Blame it on my youth"
Hear me out. No wait, let ReacttotheK explain. (They literally went through the same journey.)
Jackson Wang & Ciara - "Slow"
Jessica - "Get it? Got it? Good" (with Amber), "Beep Beep"
Alamat - "Day and Night"
Wren Evans - Loi Choi (Album)
The gateway drug to Wren is definitely the gentle afrobeat sensuousness of "Call Me", but the entire album is actually quite lovely. A dash of this and that, from flamenco to a touch of electro/fonk, trap skitters over citypop adjacent retro, are all produced with a very light touch. Fuzzy metallic sub bass weaves through warm classical guitar, synths blossom into petite glitches or chiptune style adlibs, and everything is delicately arranged over a skeleton of sweet balladry with Wren's agile, buoyant vocals threading the fabric together. The album is a delight to steep in.
Rema - Ravage (Album), "DND"
Jessie Ware - "Hello Love"
This made me cry.
Paramore - "Running out of Time"
Kylie - "Padam Padam"
Octo Octa - "Late Night Love"
Mechanarium meets Trance
Signal X - "Love Me"
Rhyw - "Wolf Town" [FAM12]
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