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Last year I made goldenmelisande make a list of her 30 favorite kpop songs from 2011 so I could compare it to my own list, and it was THE BEST, because some of our choices were exactly the same and some things were hilariously not the same?? I don't know, it was fun. So this year I am asking everyone that I know who likes kpop, so like... FOUR OF YOU but w/e.
But wait first some very arbitary but important rules:
- RANK THEM!
- thirty songs exactly, no honorable mentions or "these two are tied for thirty and thirty-one", you're gonna have to make some hard decisions and it's gonna be okay.
- they all have to be Korean promotional tracks!! I don't know why I insist on this, but I do. So no "Let's Try" and no "Paparazzi" (...I guess I'm gearing that sentence at myself, BECAUSE I LOVED BOTH OF THOSE THINGS). Mostly what qualifies is songs sung in korean that have music videos, but I think there are minor exceptions to that -- Hello Venus' "Like A Wave" doesn't have a MV and I'd say it counts, and Boa's "The Shadow" DOES have a MV and I would say it does not count.
- this is a list of favorites, not a list of bests. That means weird little things like "the mv was really cool and spacey" and "BUT I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH I CAN'T HELP BUT LIKE EVERYTHING THEY PUT OUT" are allowed to factor into your decisions.
So yes! Do it! I'll probably end up putting my own list in the comments later. Also I doubt anyone will do this but I just thought I'd say that if you have friends that are not my friends that you want to compare ~your list~ to, I would love to see their lists too. I really love reading a range of opinions. I don't know what that is.
But wait first some very arbitary but important rules:
- RANK THEM!
- thirty songs exactly, no honorable mentions or "these two are tied for thirty and thirty-one", you're gonna have to make some hard decisions and it's gonna be okay.
- they all have to be Korean promotional tracks!! I don't know why I insist on this, but I do. So no "Let's Try" and no "Paparazzi" (...I guess I'm gearing that sentence at myself, BECAUSE I LOVED BOTH OF THOSE THINGS). Mostly what qualifies is songs sung in korean that have music videos, but I think there are minor exceptions to that -- Hello Venus' "Like A Wave" doesn't have a MV and I'd say it counts, and Boa's "The Shadow" DOES have a MV and I would say it does not count.
- this is a list of favorites, not a list of bests. That means weird little things like "the mv was really cool and spacey" and "BUT I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH I CAN'T HELP BUT LIKE EVERYTHING THEY PUT OUT" are allowed to factor into your decisions.
So yes! Do it! I'll probably end up putting my own list in the comments later. Also I doubt anyone will do this but I just thought I'd say that if you have friends that are not my friends that you want to compare ~your list~ to, I would love to see their lists too. I really love reading a range of opinions. I don't know what that is.