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If you see any mistakes no you don't. I have been through it today trying to finish these videos lmao
Anyway, reminder: don't be a dick, we're just here to have some fun and celebrate an awesome year for releases. Let me know your own favorites and always remember to be respectful 🙂
Heres my top 11 2022 tittle tracks:
1. ANTIFRAGILE
2. DM
3. Loveable
4. The Little Name
5. FEARLESS
6. Underwater
7. Kiss
8. Limbo
9. Generation
10. Chiquita
11. Shut down by Class:y
Top 10 bsides:
1. Blue Flame – Le Sserafim
2. Blind Letter – fromis_9
3. Good Parts – Le Sserafim
4. Sour Grapes – Le Sserafim
5. Round And Around – Jo Yuri
6. Dear Leaf – Nature
7. ZEALOUS – Class:y
8. In The Air (777) – TRI•BE
9. Colors – Kwon Eunbi
10. CBGC – Adora
My top 4 solois:
1. Jo Yuri
2. Adora
3. BEN
4. Kwon Eunbi
I have no idea how you manage to narrow your list down every year, and this is no exception, especially when 2022 was such a great year for music in kpop. I've also gone down the rabbit hole of Le Sserafim and their content is just so… healing to me.
I tried to rank my favorites without overlaps, and I'm happy to say that I listened to way more than I expected:
Top 22 Title Tracks:
22. Feelin Like – Pentagon
21. Youth – Kihyun
20. Thank You – Brave Girls
19. Again – NU'EST
18. But You – IKON
17. I Like You – N.Flying
16. Du Du Du – TAN
15. Chiquita – Rocket Punch
14. Up – Kep1er
13. Girls – aespa
12. Last Sequence – WJSN
11. Antifragile – Le Sserafim
10. I Don't Know You Anymore – Eric Nam
9. Feel My Rhythm – Red Velvet
8. Talk that Talk – Twice
7. Sparkling – Chungha
6. Hype Boy – New Jeans
5. Scream – SF9
4. Drive – Miyeon
3. Underwater – Eunbi
2. Catch the Stars – woo!ah!
1. INVU – Taeyeon
Top 22 B-Sides: (okay, the resolution for overlaps failed, kind of)
22. Done – WJSN
21. Somebody – Wonho
20. Louder – Rocket Punch
19. Croquis – Eunbi
18. The Killa – Yuju
17. Love Burn – Baekho
16. Cyberpunk – ATEEZ
15. Lovin Me – Fifty Fifty
14. Illusion – aespa
13. AND – Monsta X
12. Te Amo – Miyeon
11. No Problem – Nayeon ft. Felix
10. Priority – Changmin, Taeyeon, Winter
9. GAME – Drippin
8. Liar – G-IDLE
7. Queen of Hearts – Twice
6. MVSK – Kep1er
5. Young Luv – StayC
4. Love Me Out Loud – Chungha
3. Blue Flame – Le Sserafim
2. In My Dreams – Red Velvet
1. Driver – SF9
I only have a top 3 for favourite title tracks, beyond that it becomes too difficult to choose.
3. Vision by Dreamcatcher
2. INVU by Taeyeon
1. Halazia by Ateez
And my bias list also only has a Top 5. My ults if you will. Again, I LOVE so many artists that it's hard to put them into an order past the first 5.
5. Ateez (bias: Mingi)
4. Mamamoo (bias: OT4)
3. Loona (bias: OT12 but Haseul in particular is my ult bias across all of Kpop)
2. Stray Kids (bias: Bang Chan but Changbin has been coming for my throat)
1. Dreamcatcher (bias: changes with every cb so I'm just gonna say OT7)
I love this! There was way too much good music this year!! Surprisingly, your 1 entry per artist rule made my lists much easier to make, so thank you! This is really the year the ladies snuck up on me and wrecked me.
Top Titles:
Purple Kiss – Nerdy
Bibi – Bibi's Vengeance
StayC – Beautiful Monster
Zico – Freak
TriBe – Kiss
Kwon Eunbi – Underwater
Class:y – Tick Tick Boom
KARD – Ring the Alarm
SKZ – Circus
TAN – Du Du Du
Victon – Stupid O'Clock
Yuju – Play
Verivery – O
Yena – Smiley
IVE – Love Dive
Itzy – Cheshire
Tempest – Bad News
Luminous – Wish You Were Here
Oneus – Same Scent
Mamamoo – Illella
Seulgi – 28 Reasons
JunJi – be mine
Top B-Sides:
Chen – I Don't Even Mind
Chung Ha – Love Me Out Loud
(G)Idle – Villain Dies
TXT – Opening Sequence
Bibi – Witch Hunt
Stray Kids – 3Racha
Moon Byul – Shutdown
Whee In – Pastel
Seventeen – Don Quixote
Onewe – Trigger_
Pentagon – The Game
KARD – Break Down
Tempest – Bad At Love
Taeyon – Cold As Hell
Kang Daniel – Don't Tell
CIX – Bend the Rules
BVNDIT – Don't Mess with Me
Purple Kiss – Fireflower
Oneus – Full Moon
The Rose – Cure
WEi – ROSE
Yuju – The Killa
My Top 10 Title Tracks of 2022:
1. HOT – Seventeen
2. Again – Nu'est
3. BTBT – B.I
4. Cheers – SVT Leaders
5. 458 – CIX
6. Same Scent – Oneus
7. Under The Skin – &team (I don't care that it's jpop)
8. Love – Monsta X
9. Blessed-Cursed – Enhypen
10. Mascara – XG
My Top 10 B-Sides of 2022:
1. ,(COMMA) – Kihyun
2. Fairytale – Dreamcatcher
3. Wildfire – Monsta X
4. Rain – Kihyun
5. Locked Inside A Door – Dreamcatcher
6. Shadow – Seventeen
7. And – Monsta X
8. Ash – Seventeen
9. Bad Liar – Kihyun
10. Sector 1 – Ateez
Top 3 Albums of the 2022:
1. Face the Sun / Sector17 – Seventeen
2. Shape of Love – Monsta X
3. Magic Man – Jackson Wang
Glad to see Seoyeon making her way up there this year. We like an all rounder including composing and producing.
yay, my favorite type of video! and seeing your smile always makes my day so much better <3
Just a reminder to those in the comments: These are Kaia's opinions. If you don't agree, well you don't have too – these are her choices. Make your own Top 22 in the comments and don't be an assclown.
There were so many good songs this year that I even forgot some of them where released in 2022 while watching your list ^^
My Top 20 Title Tracks:
1. Le Sserafim – Antifragile
2. New Jeans – Hype Boy
3. StayC – Beautiful Monster
4. Cherry Bullet – Love in Space
5. New Jeans – Cookie
6. Pixy – Villain
7. Red Velvet – Wildside (yes, it's a japanese release, but it's RV)
8. Fromis_9 – DM
9. New Jeans – Attention
10. CLASS:y – Tick Tick Boom
11. Kwon Eunbi – Esper
12. TripleS – Generation
13. Le Sserafim – Fearless
14. EXID – Fire
15. Yena – Smartphone
16. KARD – Ring the alarm
17. Blackpink – Pink Venom
18. StayC – Run2U
19. Wanna One – Beautiful (Part 3)
20. IVE – Love Dive
My Top 20 B-Sides:
1. StayC – I Want You Baby
2. Le Sserafim – Impurities
3. IVE – My Satisfaction
4. New Jeans – Hurt
5. Kep1er – MVSK
6. Kep1er – Downtown
7. Viviz – Tweet Tweet
8. Blackpink – The Happiest Girl
9. Fromis_9 – Escape Room
10. StayC – Same Same
11. Le Sserafim – Sour Grapes
12. Red Velvet – Bamboleo
13. Sua of Dreamcatcher – No Dot
14. Chungha – XXXX
15. StayC – Young Luv
16. Blackpink – Typa Girl
17. Le Sserafim – Blue Flame
18. Billlie – McGuffins (Who's the joker)
19. Yuju – The Killa
20. NMIXX – Cool
Great list and thanks for the content! I was surprised to see Eunbi at your top soloist but as a Rubi I’m definitely not complaining
Woo!ah! gets the spotlight they deserve.
Catch the stars been staying in my list throughout my 2022. Such a great song
First of all, Chaeyoung at 1? That’s the only thing in this world that I can predict correctly lmao. Fromis is my ult too (with IZ*ONE). Seeing WJSN, Youha, Limelight, woo!ah!, Billlie, iChillin’, FIFTY FIFTY and others here makes me happy and really respect you more as a listener/reactor/person. They’re in the less known spectrum and other reactors would straight up ignore them. I hope 2023 will be a better year for Kpop and ofc for the world. I hope no group disbands anymore lol, or at least no more members leaving. Thank you!
I only listen to GGs, and female soloists so, here.
Best TT: DM (Sorry, I’m just emotionally attached to this song.)
Best B-side: STAYC’s YOUNG LUV, Billlie’s B’rave, NMIXX’s COOL (Can’t pick)
Best Album: STAYC’s YOUNG-LUV, NewJeans, TripleS AAA, FIFTY FIFTY’s Debut EP
ROTY: IVE or NewJeans
Best GG: IVE (Easiest category)
Best Soloist: Youha or Eunbi
Bias:
1. Park Jiwon (fromis)
2. The Rest lol
Hayoung (fromis), Aran (FIFTY), Haewon (NMIXX), Rei Liz Gaeul (IVE), Kazuha (LS)
Everytime you make one of these I'm once again amazed by how dis-similar our taste is, and yet I love watching your reactions..
WJSN was so shine in 2022 !!!
2022 Fav Title Track List
1.Red Velvet – Feel My Rhythm
2.woo!ah! – Catch the Stars
3.Younha – Event Horizon
4.woo!ah! – Rollercoaster
5.Newjeans – Ditto
6.ILY:1 – Love In Bloom
7.FIFTY FIFTY – Higher
8.ALICE – Dance On
9.TWICE – Talk That Talk
10.STAYC – Beautiful Monster
11.CSR – Pop?Pop!
12.TripleS AAA – Generation
13.fromis_9 – DM
14.Newjeans – Hype Boy
15.IVE – LOVE DIVE
16.Kwon Eunbi – Underwater
17.CSR – ♡TiCON
18.LIGHTSUM – ALIVE
19.Jo Yuri – Love Sssh!
20.LOONA – Flip That
21.SNSD – FOREVER 1
22.MAJORS – Giddy Up
2022 B-Sides Fav List
1.LIMELIGHT – Eye To Eye
2.CSR – Anding (&)
3.FIFTY FIFTY – Lovin' Me
4.Younha – Big Picture
5.aespa – ICU
6.Younha – How U Doing
7.Dreamcatcher – Fairytale
8.CSR – Euratcha!
9.TRI.BE – In The Air (777)
10.LIGHTSUM – Bye Bye Love
11.LIMELIGHT – Cha Cha
12.DAVICHI – Sandcastle
13.ILY:1 – AZALEA
14.CSR – Manito
15.Hi-L – Beautiful Night
16.STAYC – Love
17.Dreamcatcher – Starlight
18.BLACKPINK – The Happiest Girl
19.Lee Chaeyeon – Aquamarine
20.CSR – 72.72Hz
21.Youha – Numb
22.ITZY – Sooo Lucky
Top 10 Bias (Girl Group)
1.Yang Yeonje ALICE
2.Kim Minjoo IZ*ONE
3.Lee Soojin Weeekly
————(fixed top 3)
4.Yoon Seoyeon TripleS
5.Kim Nayoung LIGHTSUM
6.Wooyeon woo!ah!
7.Jang Wonyoung IVE
8.Yuqi (G)I- DLE
9.Wang Yiren EVERGLOW
10.Gu Yeham CSR
Top 10 Bias (Soloist/Duo/etc)
1.Younha
2.Punch
3.Rothy
4.Kang Minkyung DAVICHI
5.Kriesha Chu
6.Kim Sejeong
7.Hong Jinyoung
8.IU
9.Wendy
10.Song Sohee
i dont have a ranking but mine is definitely TREASURE,Jikjin,Darari,hello and all the other b-sides blessed my 2022<3
Your lists are always so much fun to see, especially the year end one. It's been a lot of fun to see how your favorite groups and bias list has evolved over the past year! It also definitely gives me a bit of pride to see both Fifty Fifty and Limelight on your lists since I pinged you about them in discord. Not that you wouldnt have eventually found them, but I knew as soon as I heard both of them that they would be groups that you loved and I'm happy I was right! As for my end of the year lists, both my girl group and boy group list are pretty long, so I'll just put my top 10 of each on here, with my top group, top rookies, and bias list under that:
Top Girl Group song list:
1. La Luna – IChillin
2. Lovin' Me – Fifty Fifty
3. Stay This Way – Fromis_9
4. Eye To Eye – Limelight
5. Clap Clap – NiziU
6. Catch The Stars – Woo!Ah!
7. Fairytale – Dreamcatcher
8. Underwater – Eunbi
9. Love In Space – Cherry Bullet
10. LXXK 2 U – Yena
Top Boy Group song list:
1. Cyberpunk – Ateez
2. Gasoline – Key
3. X-Ray – Ghost9
4. Hope To Be Like You – Woodz
5. Guerrilla – Ateez
6. March – Seventeen
7. Your Song – ONF
8. I hate you – Woodz
9. Case 143 – Stray Kids
10. Sparkling Night – Pentagon
Top 5 Rookies:
1. Fifty Fifty
2. Class:y
3. Kep1er
4. Le Sserafim
5. NMIXX
Top 5 Groups:
1. Weeekly
2. NiziU
3. Dreamcatcher
4. Fromis_9
5. GWSN
Top 5 Bias:
1. Soeun – Weeekly
2. Chaeyoung – Fromis_9
3. Yeji – ITZY
4. Mayuka – NiziU
5. Exy – WJSN
I'm sorry these videos seem like such a bear to edit, but seriously, thank you so much for making them! I always find new groups, new songs, new music videos, new biases through them. My favorite song of the year is "Le Voya9e" from Kep1er and I found it through your summer video! Thank you so much for all the work you put into your channel!
Omg LOVE that The Boyz "Survive The Night" and NCT Dream "To My First" are on your B-side list, those songs are SO GOOD!!! And of course "MVSK" and "Done," ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECES!!!
I spent a long time trying to put together my top songs from the year, and it's just so freaking hard, serious props for taking the time to do this!! A few of my faves this year were "Youth" by Kihyun, "Shadow" by Seventeen, "Modern Life" by Woosung, and "I Can't Sleep" by Key, "New World" by Ateez, "Impuritites" by Le Sserafim, "Generation" by tripleS and SO MUCH MORE! 2022 was rough, but what a great year for music.
Interesting. I would have guessed rewind(fromis) to be in your top 22 as well. I was surprised to not see it. Same with the midnight guest album. And from our momento box being only 8. But I loved watching this! Even tho I don't watch your lesserafim reactions, I was guessing yunjin to be your second bias and I was genuinely surprised to be right LMAO. and glad fromis is still one of your ults! Happy you're getting into fromis content a bit more ^^
I don't stan any other group except red velvet, twice and fromis_9 so my list would be short.
Album:
1. From our momento box
2. Midnight guest
3. Birthday
4. Feel my rhythm
Sadly didn't find the time to listen to between 1&2 album.
Title tracks:
1. Dm/Feel my rhythm(best songs they ever released, both fromis and RV)
2. Stay this way
3. Antifragile
4. Talk that talk/Cheshire
5. Birthday
B-side:
1. Rewind!!!!!!! Confused how nobody has this in their list?!
2. Escape Room
3. Blue Flame
4. 0g
5. Bye bye
Bias:
1. Chaeyoung(fromis)
2. Jeongyeon(twice)
3. Yerim(rv)
Great lists!!
My favourite songs of 2022 (very hard to choose): NCT Dream – Teddy Bear, Taeyeon – INVU, Seulgi – Dead Man Runnin’, Seulgi – Anywhere But Home, Red Velvet – Feel My Rhythm, BIBI – Animal Farm, Mark – Child, NCT 127 – 2 Baddies, Key – Villain feat. Jeno, Seulgi – 28 Reasons, SNSD – Forever 1, B.I – BTBT, Red Velvet – Bye Bye, NCT U – coNEXTion (Age of Light), Jaehyun – Forever Only, Acid Angel from Asia – Generation, Kai+Seulgi+Jeno+Karina – Hot & Cold, Taeyong – Love Theory feat. Wonstein, NCT Dream – Beatbox, aespa – Illusion, NewJeans – Attention, P1Harmony – Doom Du Doom & IVE – Love Dive
we love yujeong appreciation
Nc List😍 just abit bummed out that Yena's Smiley wasnt in the Top Titles of this year 😣
I really enjoyed your list. I even saw song groups and solos that I haven't checked out yet and i really would like to.
YOUHA – LAST DANCE YESSSSS OMFG
Here is my 22 favorite songs of 2022
1. Enhypen – Blessed-Cursed
2. Secret Number – Doomchita
3. BoA – Forgive Me
4. Stray Kids – Freeze
5. SVT Leaders – Cheers
6. Aespa – Girls
7. Taeyon – INVU
8. Lapillus – Hit ya
9. Ive – Love dive
10. Irris – Wanna know
11. AleXa – Back in vogue
12. Red Velvet – Wildside
13. Ateez – Guerilla
14. Bvndit – Venom
15. Treasure – Jikjin
16. Chung Ha – Sparkling
17. WEi – Spray
18. Itzy – Voltage
19. Dreamcatcher – Vision
20. Twice – Talk that talk
21. Nayeon – Pop
22. The Boyz – Whisper
Antifragile is THAT SONG
I'm so happy people are really embracing Fifty Fifty. 🥰