The tip of the 12 months countdowns are lastly right here! As all the time, we’ll kick off with the large one: The Bias Listing’s prime 50 songs of the 12 months! Every day this week, I’ll be counting down ten of the 12 months’s greatest, till primary is revealed on Friday.
To be eligible for this prime 50 record, songs will need to have had a Korean launch as a title observe, follow-up or promotional video between Dec. 1st, 2023 and Nov. thirtieth, 2024.
Interested by previous countdowns? Try the masterpost right here!
Honorable Mentions
Songs 50-41
Songs 40-31
30. DXMON – Women, Love Boys, Love Women
After an early-2024 debut marked by swaggering hip-hop, this attractive drum and bass observe wafted in like a nice spring breeze. The falsetto-kissed refrain is every part. (full assessment)
29. ITZY – Untouchable
ITZY had a robust 12 months and opened with their strongest blow. Untouchable‘s beat recollects clanging equipment, rumbling with addictive power. (full assessment)
28. Younger Posse – Ate That
I’ll all the time be biased towards nineties hip-hop, even when the tune in query is little greater than a pastiche. Ate That hits its objective after which some, providing a jolt of cartoonish vitality buoyed by automobile rattling bass. (full assessment)
27. DKB – Flirting X
DKB earn their first putting on this countdown with a dynamic summer season observe that showcases their vocals. The ad-libs that pepper the majority of Flirting X are completely sensible and provides it such spice. (full assessment)
26. BABYMONSTER – Ceaselessly
I’d be mendacity if I stated Ceaselessly wasn’t right here just because it jogs my memory of higher YG Leisure songs of the previous, however play rely knowledge doesn’t lie and I performed the hell out of this in the course of the summer season of 2024. I really like Ceaselessly‘s model of Eurodance cheese. (full assessment)
25. The Wind – Hi there, My First Love
My prime rookies of 2023 didn’t disappoint this 12 months. Hi there, My First Love echoes melodies of Ok-pop’s previous, standing because the group’s sweetest observe but. Pet love sounds good on them. (full assessment)
24. RIIZE – Love 119
You all know I bristle instantly after listening to a chanted boy group refrain, which explains my lackluster response to Love 119 initially. However then Sohee is available in with these ridiculously satisfying energy notes in the course of the tune’s finale and all musical sins are forgiven. (full assessment)
23. Simply B – Daddy’s Lady
Many teams tried their hand at a pop-punk sound this 12 months, however I discovered Simply B’s 5-Seconds-Of-Summer time-esque Daddy’s Lady to be essentially the most over-the-top enjoyable of the bunch. To be clear, it’s their foolish specific model that earns this spot on the record. (full assessment)
22. ZEROBASEONE – Good So Dangerous
Good So Dangerous‘s refrain is like cotton sweet, spun from sugar and ensuing instantly head rush. The group is at their greatest when leaning into this melodic magic, and that strategy cements their highest year-end placement but. (full assessment)
21. YOUNITE – Geekin
I don’t consider in “responsible pleasures,” but when I did Geekin could be my 2024 alternative. The tune is relentlessly silly in the absolute best method, incomes its glories via an excellent hip-hop beat and a few of the most ridiculous lyrical conceits of the 12 months. (full assessment)