2024 In Evaluate
1. Introduction + Finest Album Artwork
2. Track of the Yr
3. Album of the Yr
4. R&B and Soul
5. Rock and Various
6. Rap and Hip-hop
7. Dance and Digital
8. Pop and Ballad
9. People and Nation (Jan. 22)
10. Jazz, Crossover and World (Jan. 23)
11. Finest Collaborative Work (Jan. 24)
12. Rookie Artist of the Yr (Jan. 25)
13. Artist of the Yr (Jan. 26)
14. Different Recognition (Jan. 27)
15. Concluding Remarks (Jan. 28)
2024 was a notably robust 12 months for idol soloists within the pop and ballad sphere, with robust entries from Sungjin, Seola, Yena, and extra even past the names that seem within the high 12 under. Elsewhere, bold full-length debuts and daring, dramatic sounds – from orchestral to rock ballads – made robust impressions.
The “Subsequent 10” and honorable point out lists are sorted by artist identify. Bolded honorable mentions acquired significantly critical consideration for the Subsequent 10.
Finest Pop and Ballad Album 2024
Savina & Drones – Lasha
A need to present consolation within the face of despair and isolation once more fills out the minutes of Lasha, which feels very a lot an extension of 2016’s Our Time Lies Inside in that approach. The gorgeous consoling language of “No person Is aware of”, “A Deaf Life”, and pre-release “The place All Loves Finish”, alongside the constant colour of effervescent piano and caressing strings, definitely really feel just like the album’s emotional heart. However that giving additionally usually seems to be inward Sasha, in no place extra apparent than “Prelude” (the place Savina actually calls her personal identify) but in addition in spots like “Nonetheless”, the album’s swelling, cresting emotional climax the place a pivotal Hangul verse is spoken to the self, and the playful “Delulu World” the place Savina’s quirkier and extra experimental spirit present via. It gave Lasha richer depth to savor as we shared within the heat with which the artist sees the world and the self.
The Runner-up
Sunwoojunga – 너머 (Past)
Albums which are launched in a number of components, even for good inventive motive, usually lose one thing within the presentation. Within the case of Past – whose two components have been launched in July and October, adopted by the mixed launch with adjustments to some preparations – the break up launch considerably masked the sheer density of standout tracks. Even for a SWJA album, the Zitten-like spectacle of “Shimmer” and rousing grandeur of “Too Late”, the brittle but elegant buildup of “Please Be Grasping” and explosive catharsis of “What the Hell”, and the surprising zest of “Star Sweet” all coexisting in a single album was astounding. The dreamy and echoing soundscape and SWJA’s emotional performances tied collectively these doubtlessly disparate tracks, and Past grew to become one of many 12 months’s most satisfying programs.
The Subsequent 10
Doyoung – 청춘의 포말 (Youth)
John Park – Psst!
Kimhwol – 아름다운 세상 (Lovely World)
Kim Yuna – 관능소설 (Tales of Sensuality)
Kyuhyun – Colours
Minsu – Me, Stranger
Okdal – 40 (Forty)
Park Ji-yoon – 숨을 쉰다 (Breathe Breathe)
Younha – Development Concept: Last Version
Zitten, 곶 (Cape)
Finest Pop and Ballad Track 2024
Park Ji-yoon – 사랑을 사랑하고 싶어 (Love Was My Track)
Lyrics and composition by Hen
Association by Moonseorim
“Love Was My Track” was in all probability Park Ji-yoon’s most bold single: in distinction to the shimmering revelation of “Tree of Life” or the flowing sorrow of “With out You”, this one was intentional about spectacle and brazenly unorthodox in construction. Nonetheless, Park shrewdly averted the locations the place it may have tripped over itself. She pulls the association again after the primary impatient swell, withholding the true, full-bodied explosion till later. Her expressions are plain and sober however not predictable. What emerged was a wuthering reflection on a soul that has had love burnt out of it, a dried wick that also needs to come back alight.
The Runner-up
Yoon Ji-young – Love Is All over the place
Lyrics, composition, and association by Yoon Ji-young
The attitude of “Love Is All over the place” in direction of a world devoid of “the heat of affection”, “clamoring to be embraced” seems advanced. There’s pity there, sympathy and sorrow; however anger too, urgency and desperation for issues that we’re shedding even now. Yoon Ji-young’s characteristically ethereal, light-touch vocals don’t betray an excessive amount of of that, as normal: she delivers warmly however calmly, whereas letting the dramatic composition and explosive instrumentation communicate. In a drained and tiring world, it was a message that yearned to be heard.
The Subsequent 10
Cloud – 하늘, 손, 풍선 (Sky, Fingers, Balloons)
Doyoung – 반딧불 (Little Gentle)
Kangziwon – Jubilee
Kimhwol – 숲의 아이 (Forest Youngster)
Kim Yuna – 카멜리아 (Camellia) (Feat. Kim Really feel)
Kyuhyun – 하루마다 끝도 없이 (Never-ending Days)
Lee Heemoon – 입술이 마주치는 순간 (The Second I Kiss Your Lips) (Ballad Model)
Ryu Jisu – 사랑해. (Yearn Me)
Savina & Drones – Nonetheless
Younha – 맹그로브 (Mangrove Tree)
Albums
Betti Blue – Loneliness Is Relative
Chawool – The whole lot Bagel
Cho Kyu-chan – 조규찬 10 1st Half (Cho Kyu-chan 10 1st Half)
Chosng – 사랑형 (Form of Love)
Cloud – 나폴리탄 악몽 산책 (Naporitan Nightmare Stroll)
Eundohee – Blue Comedy
Gio the Gigantea – 아무것도 없는 (Nothing Is Over Right here)
IU – The Profitable
Jean Chirac – Traces of Apathy
Joonil Jung – 어떤 무엇도 아닌 (Not Something)
Kang Jeon-han – 무채색 (Achromatic)
Kim Bum-soo – 여행 (Journey)
Kim Soo-chul – 너는 어디에 (The place Are You)
Kimminseong – Dangerous Dream
Kyuhyun – Restart
Lee Chang-sub – 1991
Lee Mu-jin – 만화 (Youth)
Minho – Name Again
Minji Ma – 지금 하고 싶은 얘기들 (Tales I Wish to Inform Proper Now)
Minkang – Borngarden
Moonbyul – Starlit of Muse
QWER – Algorithm’s Blossom
Sohyang – Diva
Soran – Setlist
Sungjin – 30
Songs
(G)I-dle – 7Days
10cm – 소년 (Pricey)
Ahn Ye-eun – 이내 (Quickly)
Ashmute – Saudade
Avokid – Fallen Angel
Baek A – 발송 (Despatched)
Baek A – 시차 (Letter)
Betti Blue – Autumn
Betti Blue – Okay
Billlie – 기억사탕 (Remembrance Sweet)
Chanmin – Cinema
Chanyeol – Again Once more
Chawool – 하늘이 (Baba) (Feat. Crush)
Cheon Ju-yeong – 파란불 (Blue Gentle)
Cho Yong-pil – 왜 (Why)
Choi Jung-yoon – 수영 (Swim)
Choi Yu-ree – 메아리 (Echo) (Feat. Jukjae)
Choi Yu-ree – 오랜만이야 (It’s Been a Whereas)
Choi Yu-ree – 일렁이자 (Wave)
Chosng – 어항 (Fishbowl)
Cloud – 잘 지내나요? (How Have You Been)
Dosii – 춤 (Chum)
Doyi Lee – 얼마나 (Am I the Solely One)
Doyoung – 새봄의 노래 (Starting)
Doyoung – 시리도록 눈부신 (The Story)
Effie – 24hrs in Seoul
Eundohee – Evening (Feat. Damons Yr)
Gio the Gigantea – Jupiter
Gyubin – Satellite tv for pc
Gyubin, Kim Jong-wan – Particular
Ha Hyun-sang – Ache
Ha Hyun-sang – 서로가 없는 곳 (The place Am I)
Hanroro – 생존법 (How one can Go On)
Hanroro – 하루살이 (Mayfly)
Heo Hoy-kyung – 그 무엇도 어떤 것도 (None)
Heo Hoy-kyung – 난 묻어요 (Buried)
Hunjiya – Echo
IU – I Stan U
IU – Love Wins All
IU – Shopper
It’s – 푸른 (Bluish)
Jean Chirac – 향수 (The Nostalgic Scent)
Jeon Jin-hee – Momo
Jeon Jin-hee – 영원속에서 (In Eternity)
Jeonain – 틈 (Breakwater)
Joonil Jung – Love Once more
Kang Jeon-han – 네 마음이 필요해 (Want You)
Kang Jin-ah – 멀어진 친구에게 (To My Distant Pal)
Kangziwon – Troublemate
Kim Boo-gyeong – 슬픔에 무게가 있다면 (My Wobbly Disappointment)
Kim Bum-soo – 꿈일까 (Dream)
Kim Bum-soo – 너를 두고 (Apart)
Kim Marie – 난기류의 사랑은 (Turbulent Love)
Kim Min-seok – 사랑할 수 있을 만큼만 (Don’t Wanna Damage Anymore)
Kim Yuna – 부사의 정원 (The Backyard of Adverbs) (Feat. Lee Hello)
Kim Yuna – 종언 (An Finish)
Kim Yoon-ah – 해피엔딩 (Completely satisfied Ending)
Kimhwol – 다 괜찮아질 거래 (It’s Gonna Be All Proper)
Kimhwol – 행복하게, 자유롭게 (Love, Coronary heart, Religion)
Kimminseong – 낙원 (Paradise)
Kwon So-jeong – Discover a Will
Kyoungseo – 밤새도록 어떤 말을 할까 고민해 봤어 (What’s Up)
Kyoungseo – 탈출속도 (Escape Velocity)
Kyuhyun – Restart
Kyuhyun – 슬픈 밤 (Nights with out You)
Lee Chang-sub – 33
Lee Mu-jin – 청춘만화 (Coming of Age Story)
Lee Shin-hyuk – 부유 (Float)
Lee Younger-ji – Small Woman (Feat. D.O.)
Lena – Blame the Summer time
Limelight – Ta-Da!
Loossemble – Truman Present
Lucia – 난설헌 蘭雪軒 (Orchid within the Snow)
Lucia – 요란 (Tempest)
Mewmung – 금붕어 (Goldfish)
Minji Ma – 깊은안개지나고 (Previous the Deep Fog)
Minkang – 만개 (Full Bloom)
Minkang – 봉숭아 (Backyard Balsam)
Minsu – Nearer
Minsu – 사랑 놀이 (Love Play)
Minsu – 자아 충돌 (Ego Site visitors)
Niel – 이별하러 가는 길 (Parting Path)
Nmixx – Passionfruit
Okdal – 다이빙 (Diving)
Okdal – 드웨인존슨 (Dwayne Johnson)
Omibi – 타오르는 선 (Ablaze)
Onee – 투명하고 물렁이는 게 우리 사이 (Clear? Or Damaged?)
Park Ji-yoon – 고래, 달빛아래 꿈 (Whale, Moonlight Beneath the Moon)
Park Ji-yoon – 그래서 미안해 (I’m Sorry)
Park Ji-yoon – 숨을 쉰다 (Breathe a Breath)
Park Ji-yoon – 온몸이 다 아프도록 (Till My All Hurts)
Park So-eun – 너와 나 (You & Me)
QWER – 메아리 (Rebound)
QWER – 불꽃놀이 (Make Our Spotlight)
QWER – 안녕, 나의 슬픔 (Goodbye My Disappointment)
Roy Kim – 봄이 와도 (When Spring Comes)
SBGB – Cinema
Sansa – 지평선 (Horizon)
Savina & Drones – 귀머거리 인생 (A Deaf Life)
Savina & Drones – 아무도 모른다 (No person Is aware of)
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Seola – With out U
Seori – Faux Completely satisfied
Seyan Kim – Pricey My Island
Shin Seol-hee – Echo
Shin Seung-eun – 그 꿈에선 (In Your Dream)
Track Hee-jin – Able to Love
Soran – 너는 내 (You Are)
Stella Jang – I Can Do This Each Day
Suho – 점선면 (1 to three)
Suji – 대머리 (Baldies)
Sujo – 꽃다발 (Bouquet of Flowers)
Sunburnkids – Purple Cheek Boys
Sungjin – You Wake Me Up
Sungjin – 동화 속 아이처럼 (Lined in Love)
Sunwoojunga – Too Late
Sunwoojunga – What the Hell
Sunwoojunga – 별사탕 (Star Sweet)
Sunwoojunga – 욕심 (Please Be Grasping)
Sunwoojunga – 포옹 (Po.Ong) (Feat. Kim Min-seok)
Uju – 표류의 시간 (Time of Flowing)
Uyeon – 보잘것없는 (Nothing) (Feat. Lee Search engine optimisation-young)
Uyeon – 지하철 (Subway) (Feat. Lang Lee)
Weeekly – Stranger
Wendy – Want You Hell
Woo Ye-rin – 튤립 (Tulip)
Woosoo – 이름 모를 숲 (Unnamed Forest)
Yang Ju-eun – 마음과는 반대로 (Past the Thoughts)
Ye Ram – 요정과 춤을 (Fairy Dance)
Yena – Good Morning
Yerim – 날갯짓 (Flapping)
Yerim – 판타지 (Fantasy)
Younha – 라이프리뷰 (Life Evaluate)
Younha – 은화 (Silvering)
Younha – 케이프 혼 (Consideration!)
Younha – 태양물고기 (Sunfish)
Yuna Bae – 웅크린 문장 (Sentences Left within the Frozen Time)
Yuqi – Everytime (With Minnie)
Zitten – 빈 배 (Empty Ship)
Zitten – 섬광 (Flash)
Lyric translations by writer. Artist profile and album cowl photographs from Bugs Music.
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