On the finish of every month, I look again at my three favourite title tracks by Okay-pop artists. I take my very own rankings into consideration, however there’s a little bit of wiggle room as sure songs are inclined to develop or fade.
July 2024 General Ideas
After a stellar June, July was all the time going to have a tough time maintaining. Add the Paris Olympics primarily cancelling most releases for the final week or two and we find yourself with a month that was fairly sparse and underwhelming. Fortunately, July ended with KCON LA (try my recap right here!), which positively saved my Okay-pop enthusiasm going regardless of a middling choice of new comebacks.
This doesn’t imply the month was fully devoid of latest releases from massive names. In actual fact, July noticed the return of Stray Youngsters, BTS’s Jimin, (G)I-DLE, BABYMONSTER, Taeyeon, ENHYPEN and NCT 127. While you put it like that, the month really feels fairly stuffed. I solely loved about half of those releases, however that’s nonetheless a notable checklist. July additionally noticed the continued rise of rookies Kiss Of Life, who scored a giant summer time hit with Sticky.
My high three picks are a giant shock, as the highest two are each teams who’ve by no means come even near my checklist earlier than. This simply proves {that a} good track is an effective track and acts all the time have an opportunity to reinvent themselves. Songs that just about made the lower had been ENHYPEN’s Introduced The Warmth Again and ALL(H)OURS’s Shock.
Relating to J-pop, July was one more month of stable however unspectacular music. I hope the business turns issues round within the second half of the yr as a result of proper now my 9+ rated highlights are few and much between. There have been none this month, sadly.
As we work our approach via this Olympics-driven lull, I’m curious how Okay-pop’s August will form up. The month has developed an unimaginable status over the previous few years, with a whopping seven songs positioned within the high ten of my year-end countdowns over the previous two years. 2024 has already been so sturdy that replicating this feat will likely be fairly troublesome, however I can actually root for August conserving its crown. Thus far, the month’s introduced comebacks aren’t filling me with a ton of optimism although…
Month Cumulative Score: 7.9
(compiled by averaging the scores of each Okay-pop overview from this month)
J-Pop Highlights
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week One
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week Two
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week Three
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week 4
TOP J-POP SONGS OF THE MONTH
3. Psychic Fever vs. Wolf Howl Concord – Yin Yang
1. &TEAM – Koegawari (full overview)
Honorable Mentions
ALL(H)OURS – Shock (overview)
Celest1a – Panda (overview)
Dignity – Cool Down (overview)
Dreamcatcher – Justice (overview)
ENHYPEN – Introduced The Warmth Again / XO (Solely If You Say Sure) (overview / overview)
from20 x Good day Gloom – Your Love (overview)
Kara – I Do I Do (overview)
KAVE – Legend (overview)
Kiss Of Life – Sticky (overview)
Lee Seung Yoon – Waterfall (overview)
n.SSign – Tiger (New Flavour) (overview)
NCT 127 – Stroll (overview)
STAYC – Cheeky Icy Thang (overview)
Stray Youngsters – Mountains (overview)
Waker – Vanilla Choco Shake (overview)
Weeekly – Lights On (overview)
90TAN – Tang Tang Tang (overview)
This Month’s Risers and Fallers
This Month’s World Pop Spherical-Up
TOP THREE SONGS
3. TWS – Double Take (overview)
2. BABYMONSTER – Endlessly (overview)
1. DKB – Flirting X (overview)
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of June 2024
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of Could 2024
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of April 2024
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of March 2024
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of February 2024
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of January 2024
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