Musical advent day z!! Made it to the end!!! ZZ FUCKING TOP, SHARP DRESSED MAN #musicadvent
...and that's the end of this year's #MusicAdvent! here's the playlist of all tracks (bonus included) on deezer:
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or their korean debut, which is a celebration of linkin park in the shape of an utter banger AND ties beautifully/creepily into their werewolves lore AND has another choreo full of stunning imagery and.... look, just check out &team, i promise they're worth your time
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or this funky glitterball of a song with some cheeky echoes of taylor swift in the lyrics
(K did the choreo for this one; it is just as flirty and silly and breathtakingly performed as expected)
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and a few more from &TEAM because they are a freakin' delight 🐺
like this moody, sexy track tense with anticipation - and choreo that goes from a gorgeous balletic moment to a mimed (gay) disemboweling i mean WHO TF DOES THAT
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X is, once again, for XLOV - rizz
omg they are SO BRILLIANT?!? the choreo, the lyrics, the genderfuckery infusing every layer of this track and his mv... 💖
(their 4 riders of the apocalypse parallel with queen by perfume genius, anyone?)
and then most of the other ones were me deciding which of the anxiety-singing playlist songs i wanted to include. queen's the show must go on was one of those, and it feels like as good a place as any to transition between years. love you, freddie #MusicAdvent www.youtube.com/watch?v=huc7...
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T is for TAEMIN - move (performance video, duo version)
this video is the most bisexual thing i have experienced in kpop and i will use any and every excuse to link to it, mkay? (jfc koharu is the sexiest woman alive)
like it happened in the pop scene in 2024, billie eilish got bumped for the bigger names. but man, i love her songwriting #MusicAdvent www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9PV...
most of these got cut because they either weren't super year relevant or i didn't have much to say (or both). the latter is why i didn't end up posting APT. it's just a banger! #MusicAdvent www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekr2...
#MusicAdvent day 31, yo gabba gabba - "don't bite your friends" www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6UW...
1. yes this is my second yo gabba gabba song on this advent. i'm not sorry
2. they did an actual banger set at coachella this year and this song was probably my fave
3. bite bite bite? no no no
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T is for The 8 - orbit
the smooth, warm sensuality of this song works perfectly with minghao's performance style; bonus points for introducing me to the featured rapper
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W is also for WONHO - if you wanna
ooh that early 2000s r&b throwback with a filthy beat and filthier lyrics - while being 100% about consent! (english words now get kpop songs banned for broadcast; we've come a long way 😂)
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W is for WOOSUNG - driver
aw, so nice to hear a familiar voice of The Rose's frontman in the OST for taxi driver s3! love this return to his rock roots, but pls check out his last album full of STUNNING electro anthems 💖
I was away from home and didn't manage to post Z for day 26 of the #MusicAdvent. Now I'm home and have a chance to check... I don't have any songs saved bands starting with Z. So I'm cheating, and giving you Beausoleil, the band that introduced me to zydeco music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSTH...
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S is for STRAY KIDS - easy
at some point in my listening of their extensive oeuvre, this track stuck in my ear and decided to become my fave skz song; and honestly i can't be mad about it.
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S is for SHINEE - view
this song is one of the early bringers of house genre into kpop - and i love the performance even more than the music video. just look at themmmmmmm 💞
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S is for SEO TAIJI AND BOYS - as the night goes on
this song from 1992 (!) appeared in the #KpopDemonHunters - at the start of the scene in which jinu meets rumi by the wall for their "date". respect for including OG kpop.
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O is for OnlyOneOf - dora maar
they may have gained attention for provocative dance moves in #libido, but their choreos are SO lyrical and gorgeous and full of imagery that fits their songs beautifully - like this one 💙
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N is for NiiHWA - what i want
army may know this artist from a collab with suga; anyway, this track is possibly my fave k-OST ever (the show is #MadDog, leverage-esque & rather slashy if you're into that sort of thing)
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M is for MONSTA X - baby blue
retro synths work PERFECTLY in a song about being stuck in the past; and lyrics like "no easy way to lose / a love that you get used to" are soooo painful as subtext to a post-military comeback 💙
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M is for MAMAMOO - egotistic
almost posted their killing voice instead but you know what? if you know them, you've heard it already, and if you're new to them, you'll get there soon enough. they're SO FREAKIN' GOOD.
#MusicAdvent day 30, vienna vienna - "god save the queens" www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGFN...
1. god save the queens. and all the in-betweens!
2. another song i got desperately earwormed by on tiktok (42 most listened to of the year)
3. i blame pete wentz for this (vienna vienna is a dcd2 act)
It is day x for music advent and there is only one band that fits. I would choose this song anyways. Unsteady by x ambassadors. I consider it part of my own personal sound track. #musicadvent
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the final J is for JEON SOMI - fast forward
linking the dance version bc there's a clear shot in choreo of her putting her foot on a kneeling dancer's chest... if that's relevant to your interests ahem
(also: tecktonic!!!)
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J is for JUST B - chest
this is the other song from their latest album i almost included in the original list; i told you i have trouble picking favorites! they're so good!!!
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J is for JENNIE - zen
this song... wow. WOW.
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I is for I-DLE - wife
YAY FEMINIST ICONS YAAAAYYYYYY (cube, come the fuck on and update their labeling please)
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H is for HEARTS2HEARTS - the chase
and another gg SM debut 14 years later, this one with an alice in wonderland vibe
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G is for GIRLS' GENERATION - into the new world
a true anthem 😭