My Favourite K-pop Debuts of 2024

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There wasn't many debut's that stood out for me in 2024 especially for groups, as you can see above that it was mainly the solo debuts that really stood out for me. With that said I did enjoy a lot of the debuts but I want to share with you the main 10 that really stood out for me.

Here are the 10 debuts that stole the show for me in 2024.

Hui

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I loved Hui's solo debut, his album was one of my honourable mentions in my Top 20 K-pop Albums post. Hui really has a unique voice, he really excels and stands out with any song.

MELO

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Jinho

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Jinho's solo debut was amazing, there is a good mixture of songs on his mini album. I want to hear him do more rock sounding songs as they really suit his voice. His B-side Over gave me FTISLAND vibes and I can really see him being a frontman for a rock band.

Over

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Yuqi

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I don't know if I can really count Yuqi as she's released solo songs before but she finally got to release a mini album in 2024, and this is why I've included her. Because her solo album was too good to be ignored. I love every track on her album. I desperately want to get my hands on a physical copy.

Drink It Up

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Yoon San-Ha

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His solo debut mini album was stunning. San-Ha has always one of my favourite voices in Astro, I can't help but feel like Losing My Mind is about Moonbin because as soon as I heard this song it made me think about him and made me feel emotional. Even if you're not an Astro fan, I highly recommend this album it really showcases his voice.

Losing My Mind

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Yeonjun

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While it got some hate, I absolutely loves Yeonjun's solo debut single. It's really catchy and it's one of them songs that just gets stuck in your head. i really enjoyed seeing another side to him away from TXT.

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Yuta

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Yuta's solo debut was definitely one of my favourites. His album was amazing and definitely my favourite of all the NCT members solo debuts. If you checked out my top 20 K-pop albums post, then you know that his album came in first place.

Save You

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Tzuyu

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Tzuyu's solo debut has to be my favourite out of the Twice members so far. Her album is cute and catchy and really suits her. They didn't try to force her into any songs that were above her ability and it really shows she's a good vocalist. I really love her voice.

Fly

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Ten

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Like with Yuqi, Ten has had solo songs before but 2024 saw him release his first mini album. Each track on the album was really catchy and really showcase Ten's voice. Like with Yuta, if you're not an NCT fan, I still highly recommend giving Ten's album a listen.

Moonwalker

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TWS

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I absolutely loved TWS' debut mini album. Each track was really catchy and could have easily been a title track. Each release of theirs so far have been really catchy and sounding really fresh and new.

Oh Mymy: 7S

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Sphaze

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With how much I love and enjoy PLAVE and their music, when I cam across Sphaze, I decided to give them a listen. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked their debut single album. Sphaze are 2nd male lead webtoon characters, I'm interested in checking out each of the webtoon's they're in as well as what music they will release next.

Starlight

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There were many other debuts that I enjoyed and loved including Cha Eunwoo, NCT Wish, Jeonghan X Wonwoo and NOWADAYS.

So there was my favourite debuts of 2024, I look forward to seeing what debuts we get in 2025, whether it's group or solo.

Who were some of your favourite debuts in 2024?

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My Top 10 K-pop Singles of 2024

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I thought I'd keep up with sharing my top 10 K-pop singles of the year, like in 2023, there were quite a few songs that I really liked and enjoyed in 2024. Trying to pick just 10 was both hard and easy as I knew some of the songs needed to be in my top 10.

Some of the songs were just pre-releases to albums so it was hard to decide whether to include them or not.

NO.10

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Mirae will always have a special place in my heart. I've loved their music since 2021 all of their albums were catchy. This song is no different, I love the melody and their vocals. It's just sad that their final song before disbandment was a Korean version of a Japanese release. I hope nothing but the best for all the members and hope the continue to follow their interests.

Running up (Korean Ver,)

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MIRAE

NO.9

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I've actually liked TNX since 2023 as I love their song Love or Die, but I've only ever known of them as TNX that I didn't realise they changed their name to The New Six, which they've recently changed back to TNX, which I'm assuming was due to a member leaving the group. As soon as I heard Fuego I was hooked, I think this is why I tend to lean more to male groups as I love these types of songs.

Fuego

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NO.8

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I feel like I could be being biased with this one as White Christmas is one of my favourite Christmas songs (as well as one of my favourite Christmas films). The more I listened to this song the more I loved how V's voice worked perfectly with the melody as well as with Bing Crosby. It's definitely going to be in my Christmas countdown at the end of the year (I can use the same song twice right). Thank you the Crosby family for allowing V to do this.

White Christmas

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Bing Crosby

NO.7

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Yeonjun seemed to get a bit of hate for this track, both for the song itself as well as the choreography, I in fact love the song. It's really catchy and sticks in your head, I liked seeing a different side of Yeonjun away from TXT's music.

GGUM

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NO.6

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This is definitely my favourite ILY:1 track, while it's included on their album it was released digitally first and I'm obsessed with it. I always sing along with it when it comes on, this is definitely an underrated song for me.

I MY ME MINE

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ILY:1

NO.5

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Kino definitely knows what he's doing, all his solo stuff has been insanely addictive. While I've loved all of PENTAGON's solo stuff, for me Kino's stands out more. I definitely feel like he'll be successful, you can tell he enjoys what he does.

Dancing On The Road

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KINO

NO.4

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I absolutely adore Forestella, there's something about them that makes me stop and listen, they are the only group that I listen to that has this style of music. This song blows me away and definitely deserves to be on my list.

Apocalypse

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NO.3

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Plave always have such catchy songs and I've loved this one since it's release. I love the melody and I love how they sing it. I hope Plave continue to gain fans as their music definitely deserves it. Also my Ahgase heart with Youngjae opening up the song

Pump Up The Volume

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NO.2

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This has definitely been one of my favourite songs since it's release in 2024. This would have actually been at No.1 if it hadn't been for the song that took the win. When I first listened to this track I couldn't help laughing because they don't tend to have songs that are explicit but JustB really make it work. They always bring us something new and it really shows how versatile they are.

Daddy's Girl (Explicit Ver.)

WONNIE

NO.1

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I absolutely love this song I love how The Rose made an already amazing song sound even more amazing. This version is absolutely stunning and I hope they perform this version in the future. It really is a masterpiece.

Lifeline (Reborn)

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The Rose

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Other songs that I love from 2024 is BXB's cover of The Black Cat Nero, Jungkook's Never Let Go, Vanner's cover of I Don't Think That I Like Her, WEi's Love2You, Hui's Nameless and Kino's Everglow, just to name a few

I look forward to what 2025 will bring.

What were your favourite singles of 2025?

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Tomorrow X Together - The Name Chapter: FREEFALL

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The Name Chapter: FREEFALL is Tomorrow X Together 3rd full length Korean album.

On the 29th of August 2023, The Name Chapter: FREEFALL Video was released.

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On the 13th of September 2023, the Back For More Official Teaser was released.

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On the 15th of September 2023, the Back For More M/V was released.

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On the 8th of October 2023, The Name Chapter: FREEFALL Preview was released.

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On the 11th of October 2023, the Chasing That Feeling Teaser was released.

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On the 13th of October 2023, the Chasing That Feeling M/V was released, along with the physical and digital release of their album The Name Chapter: FREEFALL.

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The Name Chapter: FREEFALL sold over 2.4 million copies in it's first week of sales in South Korea.

Chasing That Feeling won Tomorrow X Together 2 music show trophies on Music Bank.

Yeonjun, Huening Kai and Taehyun co-wrote on the lyrics for Growing Pain.

Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu and Huening Kai co-wrote on the lyrics for Dreamer.

Yeonjun co-wrote on the lyrics for Deep Down.

Taehyun and Yeonjun co-wrote on the lyrics for Happily Ever After.

Beomgyu, Taehyun, Soobin, Yeonjun and Huening Kai co-wrote on the lyrics for Blue Spring.

The Name Chapter: FREEFALL peaked at No.1 on the Circle Albums Chart, No.1 on the Oricon Albums Chart, No.26 on the UK Downloads Album Chart, No.3 on the Billboard 200 Chart and No.1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart.

Circle Sales = 2,736,654+

Oricon Sales = 277,009+

US Sales = 106,000+

Giving the album a total of 3,119,663+ in physical sales.

*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*

The M/V for Chasing That Feeling has so far gained 85,413,396 million views, with the views increasing on a daily basis.

The Name Chapter: FREEFALL was released in 8 versions: Reality, Melancholy, Clarity and 5-member Gravity versions.

The Reality, Melancholy and Clarity versions are set out in a paperback book style case and comes with the Cd, photobook, lyric poster, sticker pack, poster, random mini poster A, random mini poster B, random postcard, Blue Spring card and 2 random photo cards.

The Gravity versions are set out in a paperback book style case and comes with the Cd, member based photobook, sticker pack, postcard, mini poster and a random photo card.

All versions have different photobooks.

Track List

Growing Pain

Chasing Thar Feeling

Back For More (TXT Ver.)

Dreamer

Deep Down

Happily Ever After

물수제비 (Skipping Stones)

Blue Spring

Do It Like That (With Jonas Brothers)

Chasing That Feeling (English Ver.) *Digital Only*

I have Yeonjun's Gravity version. It's rare that I pull anything Yeonjun related, so I was extremely happy to pull his album. The layout of the Gravity version is pretty basic and simple, and I love that the photobook seems to have a space style concept. it's really pretty.

The album itself is amazing, each track shows us a new side to Tomorrow X Together, it's definitely my favourite album of their so far.

I absolutely love Growing Pain, it's definitely one of my favourite tracks on the album. I love the rock sound and vibe and I've loved this song since the first listen. It blew me away. This is one of those songs that shows how versatile Tomorrow X Together is.

Growing Pain

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Chasing That feeling is such an addictive song I love the melody, as well as the vocals. It's one of those songs that you can't help but sing along to.

Chasing That Felling

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I love Back For More (TXT Ver.), for me this is the type of track I'd thought I'd hear on UK radio, but I don't think it did as well in the UK as it did in America. Which for me shows that the UK isn't still as accepting to K-pop as other countries.

Back For More (TXT Ver.)

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Dreamer gives me fantasy vibes, their vocals with the melody is stunning. It's one of those songs that makes you stop and listen.

Dreamer

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For me Deep Down sounds like something we've never had from Tomorrow X Together. While it doesn't seem to have that TXT vibe, I love it. Their vocal tones match perfectly with the melody.

Deep Down

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I love how upbeat Happily Ever After is, it gives of a childlike and youthful vibe. Showing that while for me TXT excel at their darker concepts, they're still able to pull off tracks like this. For me it shows that no matter your age, you can show off your youthful side.

Happily Ever After

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Vocally for me 물수제비 (Skipping Stones) is the best track on this album, each of them blew me away with their voices, especially for me Yeonjun. For me this song was created for Yeonjun and I want to hear more of him like this. It also gives me DAY6 vibes. If I was going to play TXT song to someone to show off how talented they are, it would be this one. No matter how many times I listen to this song it still takes my breath away and leaves me in awe of them.

물수제비 (Skipping Stones)

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I love Huening Kai's voice as he opens up Blue Spring. This song gives me TXT vibes and I feel this was definitely made for Huening Kai's voice, his vocal tone matches the melody perfectly.

Blue Spring

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Do It Like That (With Jonas Brothers) is one of those songs that you can't help but sing along to. It's such a short but catchy track.

Do It Like That (With Jonas Brothers)

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I can honestly say I've listened to the original release more than I have Chasing That Feeling (English Ver.). That's also with mainly listening to it through streaming service.

Chasing That Feeling (English Ver.) *Digital only*

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This is definitely Tomorrow X Togethers best album so far, and definitely my favourite album of theirs so far. With each album they take it to the next level for me and never fail to surprise me.

I can't wait to see what they bring us with their next comeback.

Were you a fan of The Name Chapter: FREEFALL?

Do you have a physical copy?

Which version(s) did you get?

What were your thoughts on Chasing That Feeling as the title track?

Do you have a favourite track from the album?

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