On December 20, according to South Korean media reports, the magazine Billboard will choose the best K-Pop of the year at the end of each year, and this year is no exception. Today, the magazine featured 10 must-hear songs of the year on its website. Under the K-Pop ace combination led by the BTS Bulletproof Youth League, BLACKPINK and TWICE, the girl group with a team debuting for only one year actually won the runner-up, no wonder it is also known as the "monster newcomer".
Tenth place: CIX "Cinema". Compared to the strongly rhythmic K-Pop boy band dance music, Billboard said that this is a singing and undulating synthesizer pop music, just like the title, can be relived anytime and anywhere like a Hollywood movie.
Ninth place: Stray Kids, "Thunderous." Stray Kids has always been popular overseas, and the launch of "Thunderous" has taken them to the next level, and the fast-paced Rap in the song adds a lot of points to the song. The members of the group are praised for their own strengths, and working together makes them successful.
Eighth place: Chancellor feat. Gaeko《Midnight》。 Under K-Pop, Korean Hip-hop music is more popular in China. Both Chancellor and Gaeko are experienced producers, and together they are sure to be a high-quality piece.
Seventh place: NCT Dream "Hot Sauce". NCT Dream was a huge success after releasing its debut album this year, even breaking into Billboard's "Global 200 Chart". "Hot Sauce" is full of charming personal charm among the members of the praise, and is the first work that is ambitious and fearless.
Sixth place: BTS Bulletproof Youth League "Butter". "Butter" won a number of awards this year as "Song of the Year", a song that has been ranked on the "Hot100 Chart" for 10 consecutive weeks, and has once again established the group's position in overseas, especially in the American music market.
Fifth place: Heize, "Happen." After Heize joined PSY's new company, she released a new album, "Happen", from which it can be seen that she is reinventing herself, including singing methods and musical directions. Heize is a singer who is good at telling stories through music, and is not affected by external forces.
Fourth place: ONEUS "LUNA". After successfully combining modern and traditional Korean music, including Pansori, rap and classical instruments, LUNA boldly experimented with new styles and was particularly popular with overseas fans, and was called an "artist-like work".
Third place: IU "Lilac". IU's production this year is quite high, with "Lilac" ranking third by Billboard. The song uses elements of urban pop music to symbolize the future of Japan in the late 70s and 80s, and sings the subtle uneasiness of her heart with lyrics.
Second place: Aespa", "Next Level". Aespa debuted only more than a year ago, and won the runner-up of this selection, which shows the power of the combination. "Next Level" combines multiple songs, and although it was initially criticized, it has actually become the most popular K-Pop song of the year.
First place: TXT "0X1 = LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)". In 2021, the first place was won by BTS disciple TXT, "Billboard" praised "0X1 = LOVESONG" to join rock, although it is a song about love, but it successfully conveys the uneasiness of this depressed era; the group is also praised as the representative of Generation Z.