Welcome to the first ManelyMix Playlist Update! This series will be updated weekly, every other week, or once a month, depending on feedback and, honestly, how much work keeping it fresh actually takes, the next one will be next week though. The playlist can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lUji6oSe81pdwETg6TLbr?si=qeYL9KczRzmiCsQuH3SLfg
One last note, this article will have a supplemental piece of media, a listening and discussion stream at https://www.twitch.tv/manelykpop. The first listening party will be on Saturday, January 4th, at 9 PM Chicago time, give either twitch or my instagram a follow to make sure to see when it goes live.
That’s the end of my upkeep step, let’s see what’s in the playlist this week! I’ll group up some explanations as it’s a large amount of new songs and I don’t want this article to be as long as the last one.
Additions:
Oh My Girl- Step by Step
EXID- L.I.E.
AoA Black- Moya
Gain feat. Jay Park- Apple
Apink- Mr. Chu
HyunA- Babe
NCT U- Baby Don’t Stop
Loona’s Kim Lip- Eclipse
GWSN- Total Eclipse (Black Out)
Dreamcatcher- Wonderland
These first 10 songs are my top K-pop songs of the decade, as detailed in yesterday’s article.
Juice Wrld, Future- Fine China
Juice Wrld- Lucid Dreams
Juice Wrld has been my favorite rapper the last few years, and he recently passed away, these are here in honor of him.
Fromis_9- Love Bomb
Ateez- Hala Hala
My favorite songs from these two artists, and some of my favorite K-pop songs ever. The more I think about it, I wonder if I should have placed Love Bomb higher…
Kara- Pandora
HyunA- Bubble Pop!
Girl’s Day- Expectation
The first K-pop song I ever heard Bubble Pop! along with Pandora which made me get into the genre, and Expectation which made me deep dive the rest of the way in.
Iz*one- Up
Finally coming off of their hiatus due to the Produce controversy, I am excited to see what’s UP next. Finally getting to throw my money at their new album.
Taking Back Sunday- MakeDamnSure
Taking Back Sunday- My Blue Heaven
Alesana- Apology
Alesana- Fatal Optimist
Lights- Pretend (Reprise)
I got into K-pop in 2012, what was I listening to before that? Here’s some of my favorite songs from some of my favorite western artists.
WJSN- As You Wish
G-reyish- KKILI KKILI
These are two songs that just get me hyped when I hear them these days, songs that make me motivated to get things done. Also, I just bought two versions of the As You Wish album, so I’m excited for those to come in.
NCT Dream- We Go Up
(G)I-dle- Lion
SNSD- Lion Heart
Lights- Lions!
I’m called ManelyKPop, so I’m staying on brand to end off the playlist with some of my favorite lion related songs.
Removals:
None, this is the first week silly.
Well, that’s it for this week’s playlist update, see you on Saturday for the listening party! The next playlist update is currently scheduled for next week on Thursday, and check back tomorrow for article 3 of launch week!
