The High Three Ok-Pop Songs of February 2024

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The High Three Ok-Pop Songs of February 2024

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March 1, 2024

The High Three Ok-Pop Songs of February 2024

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On the finish of every month, I look again at my three favourite title tracks by Ok-pop artists. I take my very own scores under consideration, however there’s a little bit of wiggle room as sure songs are likely to develop or fade.

February 2024 Total Ideas

On account of its positioning within the lifeless of winter and the cancelling of music exhibits due to Lunar New 12 months celebrations, February tends to be a slight month for Ok-pop. Aside from December, it’s persistently the month with the fewest releases, and the primary half of this February bore that out.

The ultimate two weeks picked up the slack, with a number of large comebacks and plenty of new music from smaller teams. As has been the development this yr, a lot of the strongest music has emerged from these smaller teams. Boy teams specifically have been on a significant roll these previous two months. I’m actually liking the place the musical traits appear to be moving into that regard.

Talking of musical traits and the final altering of the guard, the most important February story for me truly concerned a music launched again in January. The surprisingly potent chart run for TWS’s Plot Twist has received me excited that audiences could also be prepared for brighter pop sounds and massive melodies. It helps that the music is a complete bop and I now sort of remorse not placing it in my high three of final month. Plot Twist undoubtedly has legs.

February was filled with ups and downs. There have been a number of undisputed highlights alongside a number of the lowest-rated songs I’ve featured on the weblog in awhile. My scores had been a bit extra excessive than traditional, which makes issues sort of spicy and likewise made for a lower-than-average month-to-month cumulative score. February’s greatest disappointment was in all probability LE SSERAFIM’s Simple as a result of each the group and their company have the capability to provide a lot greater than what they’re delivering. I want a few of this yr’s infectious, upbeat boy group vitality to rub off on woman group traits.

My high three songs of the month are all throughout the identical vary of “actually good, however in all probability not a future traditional.” I like all three songs quite a bit and struggled to rank them. In the end, I went again to that almost all dependable of knowledge factors: private play rely. The proof is within the pudding, and one music was undoubtedly extra of a fixture alone playlist. Being launched earlier within the month in all probability helped, too.

It’s with nice disappointment that February additionally marked the passing of honored Ok-pop producer Shinsadong Tiger. The sound of Ok-pop wouldn’t be the identical with out him, and he’s left behind so many traditional songs as a permanent legacy. TRI.BE’s Diamond grew to become an sudden swan music, although subsequent month’s comeback from TAN will seemingly stand as the ultimate new Shinsadong Tiger single. It’s fairly heartbreaking and such a loss.

In a reversal from final yr, J-pop lags behind Ok-pop to date. I can’t say any of my high three songs will characteristic within the higher realms of my year-end countdown come December… in the event that they make the countdown in any respect! I anticipate issues to actually get going subsequent month when two of my favourite acts (Genic and Ryugujo) return with new music. At this level, I’m undoubtedly listening to far more outdated J-pop than new stuff.

The confirmed comeback slate for March feels just a little unexciting to date, with a few large releases scheduled for the tip of the month however not an excessive amount of new music at present introduced. I anticipate this to alter, and there appear to have been rumblings of many deliberate comebacks up to now day or so. They only want dates and particulars. We’ll see the way it all performs out, however I proceed to be happy by the general output 2024 has given us to date.

Month Cumulative Score: 7.5

(compiled by averaging the scores of each Ok-pop overview from this month)