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The Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs of July 2024

indie1000.com August 1, 2024

On the finish of every month, I look again at my three favourite title tracks by Okay-pop artists. I take my very own scores into consideration, however there’s a little bit of wiggle room as sure songs are likely to develop or fade.

July 2024 Total Ideas

After a stellar June, July was at all times going to have a tough time maintaining. Add the Paris Olympics primarily cancelling most releases for the final week or two and we find yourself with a month that was fairly sparse and underwhelming. Fortunately, July ended with KCON LA (take a look at my recap right here!), which undoubtedly stored my Okay-pop enthusiasm going regardless of a middling choice of new comebacks.

This doesn’t imply the month was fully devoid of recent releases from massive names. Actually, July noticed the return of Stray Youngsters, BTS’s Jimin, (G)I-DLE, BABYMONSTER, Taeyeon, ENHYPEN and NCT 127. Once you put it like that, the month really feels fairly stuffed. I solely loved about half of those releases, however that’s nonetheless a notable record. July additionally noticed the continued rise of rookies Kiss Of Life, who scored a giant summer season hit with Sticky.

My high three picks are a giant shock, as the highest two are each teams who’ve by no means come even near my record earlier than. This simply proves {that a} good tune is an efficient tune and acts at all times have an opportunity to reinvent themselves. Songs that just about made the minimize had been ENHYPEN’s Introduced The Warmth Again and ALL(H)OURS’s Shock.

With regards to J-pop, July was yet one more month of strong however unspectacular music. I hope the trade turns issues round within the second half of the 12 months as a result of proper now my 9+ rated highlights are few and much between. There have been none this month, sadly.

As we work our approach by this Olympics-driven lull, I’m curious how Okay-pop’s August will form up. The month has developed an unbelievable repute over the previous few years, with a whopping seven songs positioned within the high ten of my year-end countdowns over the previous two years. 2024 has already been so robust that replicating this feat can be fairly troublesome, however I can actually root for August preserving its crown. To date, the month’s introduced comebacks aren’t filling me with a ton of optimism although…

Month Cumulative Score: 7.9

(compiled by averaging the scores of each Okay-pop overview from this month)