Manga and Anime Maniac

NO.19

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Coming in at No.19 we have BOYNEXTDOOR with their 2nd mini album How?

Like with Xikers, BOYNEXTDOOR were also one of my favourite rookies of 2023. I've loved all their releases so far, but this one is definitely my favourite. I love the B-sides on this album.

Earth, Wind & Fire

Owned by KOZ Entertainment

HYBE LABELS

l i f e i s c o o l

NO.18

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Coming in at No.18 we have Bang&Jung&Yoo&Moon (B.A.P) with their Christmas special album Christmas With You..

This album really makes me feel Christmassy and it will definitely be an album I play each Christmas. I need to get my hands on a physical copy so I can share it on my blog in December.

Christmas With You

Owned by MA Entertainment

Snow

Owned by MA Entertainment

NO.17

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Coming in at No.17 we have The Boyz with their 9th mini album Trigger.

I've always loved their darker sounding songs and this is no different. If I remember correctly at their show in London, Eric said this album was hardcore and lit, which is the best description. I get Goosebumps whenever I listen to Bite Back as it takes me right back to seeing it live.

Trigger

Owned by IST Entertainment

THE BOYZ

Bite Back

Owned by IST Entertainment

THE BOYZ

NO.16

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Coming in at No.17 is Soo Young with her solo debut Japanese album Unstoppable.

I'm not surprised that this album is so good and it's definitely an expected release as Soo Young was initially meant to debut in Japan before she debuted in Girls' Generation. This album from start to finish is really catchy and I love her voice in each of the tracks.

Unstoppable

Owned by Avex

avex

C.A.L.M

ElyDha Subs

NO.15

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Coming in at No.15 we have ENHYPEN with their Repackaged album, Romance: Untold daydream.

I absolutely loved this album and I love their more mature sounding tracks, for me it shows that their allowing their music to grow with them. I love how different No Doubt and XO (Only If You Say Yes) are as title tracks.

No Doubt

Owned by Be:Lift

HYBE LABELS

Brought The Heat Back

Owned by Be:Lift

HYBE LABELS

NO.14

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Coming in at No.14 we have Bang&Jung&Yoo&Moon (B.A.P) with their return album Curtain Call.

I was over the moon when it was announced that B.A.P were returning and releasing a new album, watching their documentary made me cry and their album made me feel proud of their return. I get Goosebumps whenever I listen to this album because it reminds me of how much I love B.A.P and how much I've missed their voices together.

Gone

Owned by MA Entertainment

Farewell

Owned by MA Entertainment

NO.13

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Coming in at No.13 is (G)I-dle with their 2nd full album 2.

Super Lady was my most listened to song in 2024 on Spotify and I'm not surprised I loved Super Lady as the title track and all the B-side tracks were amazing. I had this album on repeat so much, just not more than some others.

Super Lady

Owned by Cube Entertainment

Revenge

Owned by Cube Entertainment

NO.12

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Coming in at No.12 we have ATEEZ with their 11th mini album Golden Hour Part.2.

I think for me musically, ATEEZ have had a really good year. Each release has really stood out and showcased different vibes and sounds.

Ice On My Teeth

Owned by KQ Entertainment

KQ ENTERTAINMENT

Selfish Waltz

NO.11

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Coming in at No.11 and just missing out on my top 10 is Stray Kids with their 1st mixtape album Hop.

This album is really good, not only do we get solo tracks from the members that they've been performing during their ongoing tour, but we also get 3 brand new tracks that are insanely catchy and stick in your head. They're never afraid to try new things while staying true to what they want to do.

Walkin' On Water

Owned by JYP Entertainment

U (Feat. TABLO)

NO.10

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Coming in at No.10 we have Kino with his 1st mini album If This Is Love, I Want A Refund.

This album is really good and really catchy. The album is mostly in English, which shows that he's trying to establish himself as a solo artist and create music different from PENTAGON. Out of all the PENTAGON solo releases in 2024, his is definitely my favourite.

Broken Heart

Owned by NAKED

KINO

Solo

Owned by NAKED

KINO

NO.9

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Coming in at No.9 we have Tzuyu with her solo debut mini album aboutTZU.

For me out of all of Twice's solo debuts, Tzuyu's is my favourite. All the tracks are really catchy and whenever I look as the track list each song pops into my head. I'll definitely be getting my hands on a physical copy. This album really allows her to shine as a vocalist, and it doesn't go above what she can do.

Run Away

Owned by JYP Entertainment

Lazy Baby (Feat. pH-1)

NO.8

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Coming in at No.8 we have NCT Dream with their 4th full length album Dreamscape.

From start to finish this album is amazing, it really gives off that NCT Dream sound and vibe. I got to hear a tiny snippet of title track When I'm With You at their London show, I knew we wouldn't get the full song but it still made it special. I also got to witness Rains In Heaven live.

When I'm With You

Owned by SM Entertainment

SMTOWN

i hate fruits

NO.7

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Coming in at No.7 we have Xdinary Heroes with their 5th mini album LIVE and FALL.

This album has seen Xdinary Heroes move up in my top albums chart, each track on this album really stand out. This is definitely my favourite release from them.

Night Before The End

Owned by JYP Entertainment

iNSTEAD (feat.YB Yoon Do Hyun)

Owned by JYP Entertainment

NO.6

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Coming in at No.6 and just missing out on my top 5 is Yuqi and her 1st mini album YUQ1.

I've had this album on repeat so many times, each track is different and really catchy. I've always loved her solo stuff so it was no surprise to me that I've loved this album from the first listen.

Freak

Owned by Cube Entertainment

Red Rover

Owned by Cube Entertainment

NO.5

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Coming in at No.5 we have Plave with their 2nd mini album Asterum: 134-1.

For someone who said they wouldn't get into any virtual group, I fell for Plave hard. I love this album and to say I only started listening to Plave in 2024, they were in my top 10 artists on my Spotify Wrapped. I can't wait for their comeback in February.

Way 4 Luv

Owned by VLAST

PLAVE 플레이브

Virtual Idol

NO.4

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Coming in at No.4 and just missing out on my top 3 is NCT Dream with their 6th mini album Dream()scape.

I've been in love with this album since it's release in March and I think I can honestly say it's one of my favourite NCT Dream albums. While I'm gutted Carat Cake wasn't on their setlist. They still picked the songs that would make an impact at the concert.

Smoothie

Owned by SM Entertainment

SMTOWN

BOX

PENTAGON 펜타곤 (Official YouTube Channel)

Keeping with my countdown in 2023, I want to share with you some honourable mentions before heading into my Top 3 albums. These albums while not making my list were really good and were strong contenders.

Here are my honourable mentions.

BXB - Chapter 2: Wings

Owned by Wolfburn

BXB

Blitzers - LUNCH-BOX

Owned by Wuzo Entertainment

BLITZERS OFFICIAL

FTISLAND - Serious

Owned by FNC Entertainment

FTISLAND (FT아일랜드)

Hui - Whu Is Me: Complesx

Owned by Cube Entertainment

KARD - Where To Now: Part 1 Yellow Light

Owned by DSP Media

KARD

TRENDZ - Dreamlike

Owned by Interpark Music Plus

TRENDZ(트렌드지)

NO.3

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Coming in at No.3 is ATEEZ with their 10th mini album Golden Hour Part.1.

This is definitely one of my favourite albums of 2024, each track is different but still showcase that ATEEZ style. I'm in official countdown to their Manchester show which is in just over 2 weeks.

Work

Owned by KQ Entertainment

KQ ENTERTAINMENT

Shaboom

NO.2

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Coming in at No.2 is Stray Kids with their 9th mini album Ate.

This is a new peak for Stray Kids since their first appearance on my top albums list, they always tend to get top 5 and if it wasn't for my No.1 pick this would have been my No.1 album for 2024, but they were just pipped to the post. This album is amazing and definitely one of my favourites of theirs. I can't wait to see them live again this year and I can't wait to see them perform Stray Kids.

Chk Chk Boom

Owned by JYP Entertainment

Stray Kids

Owned by JYP Entertainment

Stray Kids

It's time.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!

NO.1

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Coming in at No.1 is Yuta with his solo debut mini album Depth.

While this album is in Japanese it's too good not to be included. This is by far my favourite NCT solo debut. Each track is amazing, there is no song that I want to skip, and even if you're not an NCT fan, I highly recommend checking out Yuta's album. This definitely was my favourite album to be released in 2024.

Off the Mask

Owned by SM Entertainment

SMTOWN

Save You

Prometheus

Bad Euphoria

Prometheus

So there you have it, that's my Top 20 K-pop Albums of 2024. I look forward to what the rest of 2025 brings, so far GFriend have reunited and GOT7 are releasing a new album this month and (G)I-dle's Minnie is releasing her first mini album. I look forward to see what groups debut this year and what solo debuts we may get. I also look forward to what new music we will get from the groups I love.

I have 2 K-pop concerts so far for this year, which is ATEEZ in Manchester at the end of the month an Stray Kids in London in July. I also have 2 normal shows with You Me At Six in March for their farewell tour and BUSTED vs McFly in September. I'm hoping for more K-pop concerts as we've decided to have another f**k it year to a certain extent.

2025 let's get it.

Who had your No.1 spot?

Which albums were your favourite in 2024?

Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!

안녕

(Annyeong)

さようなら

(Sayonara)

再见

(ZaiJian)

Bye

Tuesday, 11 June 2024

(G)I-DLE - 2

Hello

안녕하세요

(Annyeonghaseyo)

こんにちは

(Konnichiwa)

你好

(Ni Hao)

2 is (G)I-DLE's 2nd full length album.

On the 7th of January 2024, the 2nd full album [2] Logo Motion video was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 11th of January 2024, the 2nd full album [2] Comeback Trailer 'A Reminder: (G)I-DLE' was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 18th of January 2024, the 2nd full album [2] Audio Snippet was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 20th of January 2024, the Wife M/V Teaser was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 21st of January 2024. the Wife M/V was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 23rd of January 2024, the Story Film: 'Super Lady' was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 24th of January 2024, the Super Lady M/V Teaser 1 was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 25th of January 2024, the Super Lady M/V Teaser 2 was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 29th of January 2024, the Super Lady M/V was released, along with the digital release of their 2nd full length album.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 30th of January 2024, 2 was released physically. Then on the 15th of February 2024, the Revenge M/V was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

On the 13th of March 2024, the 나는 아픈 건 딱 질색이니까 (Fate) Live Clip was released.

Owned by Cube Entertainment

2 has surpassed the previous record set by their I Feel album, selling over 1,163,395 copies. Remarkably the album achieved million-seller status within 2 days of it's release, a notable feat give then recent download trend in K-pop idol group sales. Positioning (G)I-DLE as the 5th highest-ranking K-pop girl group for all-time initial release sales.

Super Lady won a total of 4 music show trophies, winning 1 on Show Champion and 3 on M Countdown. 나는 아픈 건 딱 질색이니까 (Fate) has also wont them 3 music show trophies winning 3 times on Inkigayo.

Soyeon wrote the lyrics for Super Lady, Revenge, 나는 아픈 건 딱 질색이니까 (Fate) and Wife, she also co-composed on the tracks.

Yuqi wrote co-wrote and co-composed the tracks Doll and Rollie.

Minnie co-wrote and co-composed the track 7 Days.

Miyeon and Minnie co-wrote on the lyrics for Vision, with Minnie also co-composing on the track.

2 peaked at No.1 on the Circle Albums Chart, No.19 on the Oricon Albums Chart, No.22 on the UK Physical Albums Chart and No.3 on the Billboard World Albums Chart.

Circles Sales = 1,677,030+

Oricon Sales = 12,929+

Giving the album a total of 1,689,959+ in sales.

*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*

The M/V for Super Lady has so far gained 82,200,091 million views, with the views continuing to increase on a daily basis.

2 was released in 8 versions: 3 standard versions named 0,1 and 2 and 5 jewel case versions.

The standard versions are set out in a hardback book style case with a lenticular cover and comes with the Cd, photobook, lyric paper, a random mini poster, sticker sheet, random film photo card, random message card and a random photo card.

The jewel case versions are set out in a typical jewel case and are member based, and comes with the Cd, booklet, lyric paper and a random photo card.

All photobooks are different and pre-orders also came with a poster.

Track List

Super Lady

Revenge

Doll

Vision

7 Days

나는 아픈 건 딱 질색이니까 (Fate)

Rollie

Wife

0 Version

2 Version

As you can see, I have 2 versions of the album and I absolutely love how they've made the albums cover lenticular so it changes between the members, but taking photo's doesn't do it justice. I absolutely love the photobooks for these 2 versions. As soon as I saw the teaser pictures, I knew they were the versions I wanted. Version 0 gives me goddess vibes, while Version 2 gives me military/emo vibes as it makes me think of My Chemical Romances Black Parade. Both photobooks are stunning.

The album itself is amazing, each track is different and I feel it's a step up from their previous album, I have tracks that stick out more to me than others, but it really is a no skip album.

I wondered how they would raise the bar after 퀸카 (Queencard) as I had it on repeat so much, it was my most listened to song through my Spotify wrapped for 2023. Now with the release of Super Lady, I think I'll have a new No.1. Also from it's release until recently, through my receiptify it was my most listened to song.

This song is really catchy, I love how it changes towards the end, and as expected it didn't take me long to learn the lyrics, or the choreography for the chorus. My only criticism is that it's way too short. I also loved that for this comeback they were a unit it that they all wore the same and they all had their hair styled the same.

Super Lady

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As soon as I heard Revenge I knew I was going to love it. I love the melody, the vocals, the rap, Soyeon did such an amazing job with it all. This is another song that I learnt pretty quickly and I just know this will be even better performed live.

Revenge

I absolutely love Doll, this song is perfect for any relationship whether it be romantic, family or friendship where people are being controlled and moulded into what the other party wants. It's also a perfect message of saying never change who you are for someone else.

Doll

I love the melody for Vision, I love their vocals against the melody too. I also love how the melody changes between the vocals and Soyeon and Minnie's raps, while changing up again for the chorus.

Vision

When I first heard 7 Days, I was in love with it straight away and the fact that it's in English is a bonus, it makes me think it's meant to be a song for the fans and Minnie made it to be more inclusive for all of their fans. I just know that this song will be stunning live.

7 Days

Jaeguchi

I love how different 나는 아픈 건 딱 질색이니까 (Fate) is. I read that this was originally the title track for this album, but Soyeon changed it up as she wanted a song that could open concerts, which is where Super Lady came in. I love the love this song is getting and that they've promoted it as a b-side because of the love and interest it's gotten, even getting them music show wins. It's just a shame that Shuhua was on hiatus while they promoted it. The more I listen to this song the more and more I fall in love with it.

나는 아픈 건 딱 질색이니까 (Fate)

Chaereve

I love that Rollie has a darker vibe to the rest of the tracks and album, Yuqi always knows how to change it up.

Rollie

What better pre-release single could we get than Wife. For me this was so odd from (G)I-DLE, but it's extremely addictive and I was in love from the first listen. All their raps are on point for this track and I love the difference between the raps and vocals Also what better song to close the album with. They did get a bit of hate for this track because they said the Korean lyrics was too sexualised.

Wife