When I saw @SpiderManFan2002 s mytake A Pop Song For Each Year This Decade (2010s)😂
I had to make one too :)
so let's get into it.
2010
2NE1 is one of my favorite groups and they brought out a great album that year. They're actually all great singers but in their early songs they used a lot of autotune just for the style of it I think. They're a very unique group that don't fit the style of other kpop girl groups at all but that's why I love them their presence and confidence and coolness is amazing :).
2011
In 2011 there were a lot more options than in 2010 so the choie is tougher but I have to go with The Boys by Girls' Generation the best selling Kpop girl group album to this day. This is where they went from stars to legends :). They even performed this song on Letterman which is kinda weird but epic ^^
2012
2012 was the year Gangnam Style came out and also Fantastic Baby which is one of the most famous songs in Kpop but I wanna give this spot to That XX by G-Dragon. He's a rapper but he has a incredible variety in his music and this song is one of my favorites by him because of that. He's alone just singing about a girl he likes who's with a guy who's cheating on her but she's the only one who can't see it. I just like the vulnerability and intimacy of this song and how he switched up his style so much from other songs he did but makes it seem effortless.
2013
In 2013 G-Dragon released one of the best K-Pop albums ever Coup D'Etat but he already got mentioned so I'm giving this year to: One of the most underrated groups and one of my favorite groups Crayon Pop. They got famous for this song but they have a lot of other good songs. Bing Bing, Dancing Queen, Saturday Night etc. I loved their enthusiasm and their courage the way they bought into their concept 100% even though it looks weird to someone who sees it for the first time. And their road to fame is also a very touching story. Sadly Soyul my bias got pregnant and left the group and they haven't come back since.
2014
The competition keeps getting tougher. The song I hose this time is one of the first boygoup songs I liked since I started out with only girl groups. This song really makes an impact. I still don't understand how this song didn't blow up more in Korea but it definitely deserves this spot :).
2015
In 2015 Monsta X debuted and I liked them from the start. My favorite song by them is Rush but this song made bigger impact. I remember watching this video over and over just for the view alone. I was blown away by the city and I knew I had to go there one day. I've already been there now but I'm gonna go back again :P. The song is also really good, catchy and energetic :)
2016
I chose this song as my favorite Kpop song of the year in 2016 and I can't disagree with it now. I love the calming beautiful atmosphere and her singing. The MV is a work of art, it's just great all around. Taeyeon is from the group Girls's Generation who is also on this list and this was her second solo song.
2017
I decided to mix it u a bit here to represent some different styles of music too :) I'm a big fan of Sik K everything he makes I just like I also like pH-1 and Jay Park there's some really good solo artists out there. There's a lot of good korean hip hop and R&B even though most people don't agree with me on that one. It's true though!
2018
One of my favorite groups I can't stop being a fanboy ^^. Their dancing is insane, I love the more hip hop influenced style everything they do is so clean. A lot of people don't seem to get their style of music but to me it's amazing.
2019
I might have taken some libeties and not always picked a song that represented the year as a whole or was super popular but some lesser known artistsalso deseve the spotlight sometimes. In 2019 this was my favorite Kpop song. It doesn't even have a music video yet it was made for the finale of a TV show. The show was about girl groups covering each others songs but in the finale each goup performed a new original song. There were a lot of good ones but this one won't let me go. I love the song and the performance.
I hope you liked at least one of the songs let me know if you did.
Have a nice day :)
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