My Top 20 Kpop Songs of 2019

I’ve seen the Billboard lists and people making their own on various forums, but I wanted to share mine here. Let me know if you have similar music taste as me or where you would rank these songs on your own list (if at all)!

20. Umpah Umpah – Red Velvet
Red Velvet is known for their constantly changing sound and they did it again with this song. After the utter chaos of Zimzala-whatever, I was pleasantly surprised by this easy listen. While not the most sonically interesting in their repertoire, it is a fun, cute summer song that transports me to the beach where I am sipping on fruity drinks.

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    @turtuallysarcastic @carmen @nightmoon

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    I’ll have to give this another listen sometime. RV has always been one of the group that I’ve just never been able to get into. They seem to be really good vocalists, which is what usually of the first things to get my attention, but I just can’t seem to get into their sound. I’ve heard that their B-sides tend to be really good, though!

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      I tend to only follow their title tracks. I’ve never done a deep dive into their B-sides, but a few I like are: I Just, Kingdom Come, Zoo, and Butterflies.

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        I’ll have to check those out soon!

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          I checked all of these out a few days ago and actually ended up downloading I Just and Zoo. I’ve been slowly going through their entire discography the past few days. Sadly, nothing has grabbed me yet.

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    Where are the 19 others?

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    Oh, fun. Add me to the tag? I was listening to the Ask Me About Kpop best of list and the two host had a guest who loves girl groups. Anyway it made me laugh when they played Baekhyun’s UN Village (he hadn’t heard it till that day) and he said paraphrased, “this song is so easy to enjoy and it just reminded me of zimzalabim and we as a society had to figure out how to listen to it.”

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      Yes, I will add you! I so agree with that guest hahaha. I feel like my brain had to rewire itself to figure out how to follow Zimzalabim.

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