It's the first Top 10 of the year!!!
Wow, what a year it was, 2017. However, New Year means more new music, and
hopefully, great music. This Top 10 was a difficult one, so many release on the
New Year and great ones. Here are my favorites, hope you like it and leave a
comment if you please.
1.
MAMAMOO: Paint Me
The vocal performance from Solar and Hwasa are just out of
this World on this new single called "Paint Me". Moonbyul surprised
us singing on the track, since we are used to her unbelievable rapping skills.
Of course, Wheein doesn't stays back with her parts of the song. To our
enjoyment, all the members have incredible vocal skills and don’t disappoint us
with their work. Instead of their previous jazzy work, "Paint Me" is
a ballad full of emotions and incredible tune.
2.
Amber X Luna [Station]: Lower
At the begging of the year, SM released their first SM
Station track of the year with f(x) members, Amber and Luna. The house track is
a powerful song about finding our place to be free. For this project, Amber has
taken once more the position of director, being the MV of "All Mine"
with the group f(x) her first with the members.
3.
Soyou: Grown up
We can always be satisfied with the great work of Soyou since
her days with SISTAR. The new solist has started the year with the song
"Grow Up", a gift to her fans. Yoo Jong Shin, singer / songwriter,
and talks about departing from someone after learning more about herself
produced the song. The track is a bonus one from her mini album "Re:
Born".
4.
Sunmi: Heroine
Sunmi has made us go crazy once again with the great track
"Heroine". Teddy, who previously produced “Gashina”, her latest
successful project, produced this song. The bass is the key attraction of the
melody of this song, and the lyrics are just great for what Sunmi has shown us
among her career. She has shown us her unconventional side, which has a
positive effect on her music career and projects.
5.
Davichi: Days Without Yoou
The ballad duo is celebrating their 10 year anniversary with
the new studio album "&10". The MV of their track has a movie
like vibe and has Wanna One's Kang Daniel as the main character. This song
talks about the emptiness that one felt after a break up. "Days Without
You" is full of emotions, and the orchestral melody goes great with their
voices. Lee Haeri and Kang Minkyung had made a statement as the ultimate ballad
duo on the kpop scene.
6.
Jonghyun: Shinin'
On January 23 we got the surprise of Jonghyun's second and
last LP release, "Poet|Artist". The album is a posthumous gift to
fans, and it takes us through his career with similar melodies of previous
projects with SHINee and his poetic reflection through his lyrics. The mix of
sentiment and dance pop is the best way for Jonghyun say good-bye to his fans,
and leave a mark on the kpop industry. The MV on "Shinin'" was filmed
before his dead that shows his dance moves to a trap song mixed with tropical
vibes.
7.
Suzy: I'm In Love With Someone Else
Suzy made a pre-release with the track "I'm In Love
With Someone Else" on January 22. The song topped the real time charts on
South Korea, making it the second pre-release of the artist to do so, with the
song "Pretend" the first one. Armadillo, a JYP producer/songwriter,
wrote both tracks. The track is part of her second album, "Faces of
Love", which would be her first project after MissA made official their
disbandment. The song talks about a break up and the reason about been her
falling for another person.
8.
iKON: Love Scenario
After almost two years, iKON has made their proper comeback
with the album "Return", which has 12 songs. The title track for
their project is "Love Scenario", which is different from their usual
party and fun vibe. The song is mellow break up son but an upbeat sound that
goes great with the choreography. The MV of the song show us the great dance
formation of the group, along with their incredible style. Besides "Love
Scenario", the group is promoting the track "Beautiful", which
can be placed as a traditional pop song.
9.
Red Velvet: Bad Boy
Red Velvet has made their comeback with the track "Bad
Boy", after their success with Peek-A-Boo" and the album
"Perfect Velvet" the past November. For the begging of the year the
group has re-release their previous album with three new tracks and the new
title "The Perfect Red Velvet". "Bad Boy" is a song with a
groovy strong bass that talks about being attracted to a bad boy. The girls use
a more mature style for this project, along with a "sexy"
choreography.
10.
BoA: Nega Dola
The ultimate "Kpop Queen" has made her comeback
with the track "Nega Dola" The track talks about the hard times of a
girl with an obsessive guy, the sound of it is more like hip-hop with Latin
vibes. BoA is an all-around artist, from acting in Hollywood projects, been the
first Korean to jump to the Japanese market, and owning stocks from SM Company,
which made her part of the board since 2014 as a Creative Director.
This is all for now people, I hope
you all like it and comeback next time. Keep on listening to new music from
around the globe; it's always good to learn about other cultures through music.
'Till later, and thank you guys!!! ^.~
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