The top of the 12 months countdowns are lastly right here! As all the time, we’ll kick off with the large one: The Bias Record’s high 50 songs of the 12 months! Every day this week, I’ll be counting down ten of the 12 months’s finest, till primary is revealed on Friday.
To be eligible for this high 50 record, songs should have had a Korean launch as a title monitor, follow-up or promotional video between Dec. 1st, 2024 and Nov. thirtieth, 2025.
Interested in previous countdowns? Try the masterpost right here!
Honorable Mentions
Songs 50-41
40. NouerA – N (Quantity Of Circumstances)
Although I had some preliminary issues with a few of this track’s structural decisions, its steadfast loyalty to NouerA’s crunchy, jagged electro sound made it successful I saved returning to. (full evaluate)
39. &TEAM – Again To Life
Repetition could be a double-edged sword, and Again To Life‘s droning melodies are certain to polarize opinion. Nevertheless, its stomping rock-infused refrain acts as a pure extension to the group’s wonderful Japanese output. (full evaluate)
38. ALLDAY PROJECT – One Extra Time
We’re again to the early-2010s with this unabashedly BEP-esque EDM monitor. One Extra Time provides potent melodies to ALLDAY PROJECT’s cartoonish schtick and reminds us that drum and bass doesn’t should be sluggish and subdued. (full evaluate)
37. NCT Want – Surf
One of many summer time’s kitschiest tracks, Surf doubled down on Want’s shiny jubilance however sidestepped cloying chant-sung catchphrases in favor of kaleidoscopic pop hooks. (full evaluate)
36. NOWZ – Fly To The Youth (ft.Yuqi)
NOWZ pulled off the 12 months’s most placing reinvention and it began with this stunning early-summer monitor. i-dle’s Yuqi gifted them a set of unbelievable melodies and even made a cameo herself. (full evaluate)
35. Key – Hunter
That is Key doing his Key factor, and that nacho reheating (final time I take advantage of that phrase, I promise) prevents this from charting larger. Nevertheless, a strong Key synth-banger will all the time be one thing to have a good time. (full evaluate)
34. KickFlip – Band-Help
KickFlip discovered their area of interest with an angsty teen pop/rock sound, contrasting their shiny facet with extra pathos and beefed up guitar. (full evaluate)
33. ATEEZ – Lemon Drop
It’s been years since ATEEZ’s music has stunned me, however Lemon Drop‘s stripped again summer time sound is a contemporary avenue for the group and loved an extended life by myself summer time playlist. (full evaluate)
32. Fairy Mai – Gentle Please
This could be the least-known artist on my countdown, and that ought to change instantly. Fairy Mai carved her personal distinctive musical path with this propulsive boogie guitar banger. (full evaluate)
31. Shut Your Eyes – Paint Sweet
Previous-school hip-hop beats are a dime a dozen in Okay-pop, however Paint Sweet takes Shut Your Eyes’s idiosyncratic sound and ties it to acquainted new jack swing parts to craft one thing that feels distinctive to them. (full evaluate)