Okay-pop is suffering from acts who – for one purpose or one other – didn’t get the complete highlight they deserved. I’ve spent loads of time rating and reviewed the trade’s largest artists, however these underrated acts ought to by no means be forgotten.
This function will check out disbanded teams and rank/charge their whole singles run, inserting them within the pantheon of Okay-pop historical past.
First up is certainly one of my private favorites… BESTie!
Profession timeline: 2013-2015
General sound: Effusive pop music with a deal with melody and vocals. They obtained many comparisons to Sistar and that feels very apt.
7. Zzang Christmas (ft. Yoo Sae Yoon) (2013)
It feels bizarre to kick this off with a Christmas music, particularly this time of 12 months! However so far as seasonal choices go, Zzang Christmas is a spotlight. It’s enjoyable and sprightly and really in step with the remainder of their discography.
Score: 8.25
6. Excuse Me (2015)
I doubt BESTie anticipated this to be their swan music. Excuse Me embraces the favored brass development of 2015 within the group’s personal type, delivering a whopper of a hook and angle to spare.
Score: 8.75
5. Pitapat (2013)
The group debuted with a splash, heralded by the ultra-catchy “dugundugun” intro of this observe. Pitapat has a bounding vitality that may barely be contained. I like how the refrain pulls no punches. Not even misplaced autotune can mar its impact.
Score: 8.75
4. Scorching Child (2014)
I dwell for this type of summer-themed Okay-pop. BESTie’s indefatigable vitality relaxes a bit for Scorching Child however climaxes in a rousing, roller-rink-ready refrain that makes sensible impact of backing vocals.
Score: 8.75
3. Love Choices (2013)
Simply pure Courageous Brothers produced goodness. The retro synths are completely scrumptious and the cyclical melodies have that trademark sound we all know and love. The refrain is deceptively catchy.
Score: 8.75
2. I Want You (2014)
That is in all probability BESTie’s most profitable bid at a Sistar-style summer season traditional. The melodies are beautiful and shimmering and the manufacturing bounds with an effusive sense of pleasure. Then now we have a superb melodic coda on the finish that switches issues up in anthemic vogue.
Score: 9
1. Thank You Very A lot (2014)
That is the sort of pop refrain you wish to shout from the rafters. The verses set it up properly, however Thank You Very A lot is all about its mammoth centerpiece. Duble Sidekick know how one can write a melody, and this one is so fleshed-out and multifaceted that it felt like an on the spot traditional from the very first hear.
Score: 9.25
OVERALL RATING: 8.8
