01. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint) –
02. IU – Twenty-three NEW
03. Zion.T – No Make Up↓(1)
04. Soyu, Brother Su – You Don’t Know Me OST –
05. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again ↓(2)
06. IU – Shower NEW
07. Zico – Yes or No (feat. Penomeco, The Quiett) NEW
08. Soyu, Kwon Jeongyeol – Lean On Me↓(3)
09. IU – Shoes NEW
10. IU – Knees NEW
11. iKON – My Type ↓(4)
12. Gary – Get Some Air (feat. MIWOO)↓(6)
13. XIA – Yesterday NEW
14. Huh Gak – Up All Night (feat. Basick) ↓(5)
15. IU – Red Queen (feat. Zion.T) NEW
16. Kyuhyun – A Million Pieces ↓(6)
17. Code Kunst – Parachute (feat. OhHyuk & Dok2) NEW
18. IU – Zezé NEW
19. Buzz – Forever Love NEW
20. IU – Glasses NEW
21. Taeyeon – U R ↓(13)
22. Beenzino – Break ↓(8)
23. Park Kyung – Ordinary Love (feat. Park Boram) ↓(10)
24. Zia – Sometimes OST↓(2)
25. Mino – Fear (feat. Taeyang) ↓(7)
26. iKON – Rhythm Ta ↓(10)
27. Yoo Jae Hwan, Lim Kim – Coffee (prod. by G-Park)↓(15)
28. Siwon – Only you NEW
29. San E – Like Father, Like Son ↓(7)
30. Sleepy – Kibuntat (feat. Baek Ah Yeon) NEW
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I think Twenty-three is really fun and different from what IU usually do. In fact, I’m not sure IU does things in usual ways ever, except maybe ballads. Because it seems her concepts are changing a lot from album to album. That’s good because the cabaret thing was boring and I was hoping we would forever forget it. So my wish became true. There’s a few song from her new album that are good, like Red Queen and Zezé, though that last one is strange a bit. IU might be trying to break from her “perfect little sister of the nation” image.
Total Chart Newbies from 1st place to 30th place on Instiz chart
77. Kim Min Seung – Thumping OST
87. Jeon Woo Sung (Noel) – I Wanna Walk With U
94. Truedy – Bandz Up (feat. Dok2/prod. by Dok2)
98. Zico – Yes Or No (feat. Penomeco, The Quiett)
Song Chart
87. 10cm – Secret Love
90. Acoustic Collabo – Will I Be Able to Forget You
01. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint)↑(1)
02. Zion.T – No Make UpNEW
03. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again ↓(2)
04. Soyu, Brother Su – You Don’t Know Me OST –
05. Soyu, Kwon Jeongyeol – Lean On Me↓(2)
06. Gary – Get Some Air (feat. MIWOO)↓(2)
07. iKON – My Type ↓(2)
08. Taeyeon – U R ↓(2)
09. Huh Gak – Up All Night (feat. Basick) NEW
10. Kyuhyun – A Million Pieces NEW
11. 10cm – October rain ↑(7)
12. Yoo Jae Hwan, Lim Kim – Coffee (prod. by G-Park)↓(4)
13. Park Kyung – Ordinary Love (feat. Park Boram) ↓(3)
14. Beenzino – Break –
15. Ailee – Mind Your Own Business ↓(8)
16. iKON – Rhythm Ta ↓(7)
17. BTOB – Way Back Home NEW
18. Mino – Fear (feat. Taeyang) ↓(6)
19. U Sung Eun – Nothing (feat. Moonbyul of Mamamoo) NEW
20. San E – Like Father, Like Son NEW
21. EU God-G isn’t EU (IU, Park Myung Soo) – Leon ↓(10)
22. Zia – Sometimes OST↑(11)
23. Red Velvet – Dumb Dumb↓(10)
24. Lyn, Ha Dong Kyun, Lee Jung – Because I ↓(8)
25. GFriend – Me Gustas Tu ↓(6)
26. Isu (M.C THE MAX) – My destiny ↓(9)
27. Mino, Zico – Okey Dokey ↓(3)
28. 오렌지 – 비밀연애 ↑(10)
29. Kyuhyun – Remember Me NEW
30. Sweet Sorrow – Rain In Seoul NEW
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I’m sorry about the 28 ranked song, I couldn’t find anything about it, at all.
I like No Make Up. I don’t love it yet though. But the thing is, most Zion.T stuff is better than about half or 2/3 of everything that is released. So yeah, I’ll enjoy it, even if it’s a little less than his previous songs. At the same time, I really got into Zero Gravity lately, that I thought was a bit lacking specialness before.
Song Chart
92. Hyorin – Money (feat. Jay Park, Geegooin/Prod. by Jay Park, Cha Cha Malone)
96. Yim Jae Beum – Name
98. Gavy NJ – Thank You (feat. Jang Hee Young, Misty, Jung Hye Min)
99. Wax – Not my mind
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Nothing that great this week. Byeol’s song is fine.
01. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again –
02. Taeyeon – I (feat. Verbal Jint)NEW
03. Soyu, Kwon Jeongyeol – Lean On Me↓(1)
04. Gary – Get Some Air (feat. MIWOO)↓(1)
05. iKON – My Type ↓(1)
06. Taeyeon – U R NEW
07. Ailee – Mind Your Own Business ↓(1)
08. Yoo Jae Hwan, Lim Kim – Coffee (prod. by G-Park)↓(3)
09. iKON – Rhythm Ta ↓(1)
10. Park Kyung – Ordinary Love (feat. Park Boram) ↓(3)
11. EU God-G isn’t EU (IU, Park Myung Soo) – Leon ↓(1)
12. Mino – Fear (feat. Taeyang) –
13. Red Velvet – Dumb Dumb↓(2)
14. Beenzino – Break NEW
15. Taeyeon – Gemini NEW
16. Lyn, Ha Dong Kyun, Lee Jung – Because I ↓(7)
17. ISU (M.C THE MAX) – My destiny NEW
18. 10cm – October rain NEW
19. GFriend – Me Gustas Tu ↓(6)
20. Taeyeon – Farewell NEW
21. iKON – Airplane ↓(7)
22. Taeyeon – Stress NEW
23. Yezi – Solo (Remix) (Feat. Jay Park, Loco/Prod. by Jay Park, Cha Cha Malone) –
24. Mino, Zico – Okey Dokey ↓(3)
25. Lil Boi, Basick – Call Me (feat. Hwa Sa) NEW
26. 2BiC – I Will Love You Like Now NEW
27. Park Boram – I’m Sorry NEW
28. Girls’ Generation – Lion Heart ↓(12)
29. Mamamoo – Girl Crush↓(14)
30. FLY TO THE SKY – It Happens To Be That Way ↓(13)
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I think I kinda like I from Taeyeon, even though I forget Verbal Jint is a part of the song every time I listen to it (he’s there for a little part and never comes back, so maybe that’s why) and that Taeyeon has trouble with her English pronunciation at the end of the chorus (or it’s the way the melody is done, it kinda blurs the pronunciation and make it sounds like “My life is so beauty”, which doesn’t make any sense). I’m usually not into emotional vocal stuff, but I really like it in this song for some reasons. The MV is pretty too.
Listing
1. Chancellor, Bumkey – Son E Ga
2. Gary – Get Some Air (feat. Miwoo)
3. Yoo Jae Hwan, Lim Kim – Coffee (Prod. by G-Park)
4. CNBLUE – Cinderella
5. Mamamoo – Girl Crush
6. Kangnam – Chocolate (feat. San E)
7. Red Velvet – Dumb Dumb
8. Super Junior – Magic
9. Unicorn – Huk
10. Miwoo – Broken Doll
11. Soyu, Kwon Jeongyeol – Lean On Me
12. Bigstar – Full Moon Shine
13. Purfles – A Bad Thing
14. Jooyoung – Wet
15. Bay.B – Fancy
16. Cho Hyung Woo – Scar (feat. Cheetah)
17. Tablo, Joey Bada$$ – Hood (Prod. by Code Kunst)
18. Black Nut – Gagalive (feat. 175.211.*.*)
19. Gary – Joa (feat. Jay Park)
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A few things to talk about. I already glossed over a few song that are here in the chart overview, but there’s a few that never came up (if I remember correctly).
Like Purfles for example. They had a great debut, and I think A Bad Thing is a strong song too. I hope they get more recognition and continue on the path they are right now.
I’m not sure if I talked much about Miwoo yet. And I wasn’t sure also about how I was feeling about that song for a while. But I quite like it now and I still think her voice is beautiful.
I quite like Huk, even though sure, Unicorn isn’t the greatest girlsgroup there is and the MV is a little not up to the standard somehow. The song is still catchy and I find myself wanting to dance to the chorus.
That said, the few songs that really got in my head throughout the month are Son E Ga, Get Some Air and Cinderella. I’m not saying the others are not as great (though Son E Ga really is awesomesauce), but either they didn’t get the “earworm” effect with me or I haven’t listen to them enough so they get stuck up there. I got to get on top of things and listen to a few of them a lot more because, while doing the playlist, I realize I’ve been missing out on great music.
Song Chart
94. Ailee – Insane
98. Yang Da Il – Think
100. Sweden Laundry – Two Hands, to You (feat. Choi Baek Ho)
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I think Welcome Back is maybe one of the only song of iKON I like. It sounds a little like something I know, but I cannot quite put my finger on it. Anyway, I would have prefer that song to go high up in the charts and have a MV to support it.
I really like Scar. The chorus is catchy and it’s not just a sad ballad that goes on and on with the vocal performance. Maybe it’s because Cheetah is there for the verses or something. Or it’s because it has this upbeat punchy twist that makes it a little less ballad-ish.
As I said in the Top 30, I need to listen to Ailee song a few more time. Why? Because I’ve been listening to Insane a few times, then left it aside for little while. Then, returning back to it now, I really enjoy the chorus a lot more and kinda like the song as a whole. The MV is a little too… into itself, so maybe that’s partially why it threw me up at first. But the song is nice.
01. Lim Chang Jung – Love Again ↑(7)
02. Soyu, Kwon Jeongyeol – Lean On Me ↓(1)
03. Gary – Get Some Air (feat. MIWOO)↓(1)
04. iKON – My Type ↓(1)
05. Yoo Jae Hwan, Lim Kim – Coffee (prod. by G-Park)↓(1)
06. Ailee – Mind Your Own Business NEW
07. Park Kyung – Ordinary Love (feat. Park Boram) ↓(2)
08. iKON – Rhythm Ta NEW
09. Lyn, Ha Dong Kyun, Lee Jung – Because I ↑(30)
10. EU God-G isn’t EU (IU, Park Myung Soo) – Leon ↓(4)
11. Red Velvet – Dumb Dumb↓(4)
12. Mino – Fear (feat. Taeyang) ↓(3)
13. GFriend – Me Gustas Tu ↑(2)
14. iKON – Airplane NEW
15. Mamamoo – Girl Crush↓(4)
16. Girls’ Generation – Lion Heart ↓(4)
17. FLY TO THE SKY – It Happens To Be That Way ↓(7)
18. HwangTaeJi (Kwang Hee, Taeyang, G-Dragon) – OMG ↓(4)
19. Zion.T – Yanghwa BRDG ↑(12)
20. Hyukoh – Wi Ing Wi Ing ↓(2)
21. Mino, Zico – Okey Dokey ↓(1)
22. Incredivle, Tablo, Jinusean – Oppa Car ↓(5)
23. Yezi – Solo (Remix) (Feat. Jay Park, Loco/Prod. by Jay Park, Cha Cha Malone) NEW
24. Baek A Yeon – So We Are OST↓(8)
25. GOT7 – If You Do NEW
26. Homme – No More Cry NEW
27. Zia – Sometimes OST↓(1)
28. iKON – Today NEW
29. Heize – Me, Myself & I (feat. Jessi, Wheesung/Prod. by Verbal Jint) ↓(1)
30. Ailee – I Love You, I Hate You NEW
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I think I might need to listen to Mind Your Own Business a few more time to see if I like it or not. For the moment, I think it’s okay, but I’ve heard better stuff from Ailee before so I don’t know.
Then, the only thing I really like in Yezi’s Solo is Jay Park’s part, which is the main thing in his version of the song. So why bother with this one?