25 Days Of Christmas Countdown Day #20: Top Non J/Kpop 2016

Yeah yeah I know I missed a day. This is the busiest week of the year for me and this isn't a top priority so I'm unconcerned. I also missed a day last year so it matches lol. Last year this one was known as "Top Western" but I don't like that because there's way more music out there than just stuff from Western countries (and I really really wanted to include that G.E.M. song in this so I made it work lol). I actually haven't listened to that many albums this year from any country or genre. I just haven't really had the time. I want to, and I have a HUGE list of things to get to, but I just haven't yet. That's why most of my list is just main singles and such because I haven't had the chance to delve into albums where usually there's better songs than the singles. This is also going to be an unranked list. It's going to go over 10 songs on purpose & I don't want those restrictions on this list. I'll do it alphabetically by last name/stage name/group name/whatever you get the picture.

Sabrina Carpenter - On Purpose

Sofia Carson - Love Is The Name

Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Fifth Harmony - The Life

G.E.M. - 死了都要 ‧ 愛

Ariana Grande - Touch It

Olivia Holt - Phoenix

JoJo - FAB (ft. Remy Ma)

KOLAJ - Into You (ft. Eric Nam)

Krewella - Broken Record

Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex

Neon Hitch - Please

Pentatonix - Hallelujah

Peter Possession - Have You Here (ft. Matt Pardus)

Samra - Miracle

Sia - Move Your Body

Lindsey Stirling - Hold My Heart (ft. ZZ Ward)

The Weeknd - Starboy (ft. Daft Punk)

25 Days Of Christmas Countdown Day #16: ?????

So. I really don't like last year's day 16 category and I couldn't think of anything else to put. Sure I could've just bumped everything up a day but meh. So I'm gonna put so music recommendations instead! For those wondering, last year's category was H!P/48G songs that weren't from the main groups/from disbanded groups. I didn't like the idea of doing that category again because neither company has really released any new side music in a long time. Because of that, nothing in the countdown would have changed & there would've been nothing to talk about. That's boring. So, random music recommendations instead.

G.E.M. - 死了都要 ‧ 愛

Anyone know what the English title of this is?? I have no clue & I don't like using the actual script for non-Latin charactered songs. Obviously the last character means "Love" but I don't know the rest of it. Whatever. It's a GREAT song. I adore G.E.M. She's one of the very few Chinese acts I really like. Her music is extremely well produced.

Sixth Sense - Don't Go

I REALLY like them. It's been years since I liked a non-major label new K-pop group. Two songs in a row that have been really good.

Sol-T - Bad Girls

Surprisingly another new unknown K-girl group with a great song. A different tone than Sixth Sense's song. They remind me of an updated To Anyone era 2NE1.

That's really all I've got for this. Not a whole lot of stand out stuff since the last time I did this type of post. Tomorrow everything will be back to normal on the countdown.

New Music Thursdays (Nov. 5, 2015)

Sorry this is a day late! I can't even blame being busy on the lateness....I just simply forgot. Gotta get back into the routine of doing it after missing two weeks' worth lol.

Track #1: Twice - Like Ooh Aah

I didn't like this when I first heard it, but now I love it. It's such a grower of a track. Reminds me a lot of earlier K-pop tracks from SNSD or KARA. On a side note, I ADORE Tzuyu's outfit with the black crop top. Twice's first mini album, The Story Begins, released on October 20th.

Track #2: f(x) - Papi

I was so incredibly disappointed with 4 Walls (the song, not the album). I guess I just had such incredibly high expectations because it was an f(x) comeback and they fell short. I immediately listened to the album clips to see if anything was better, and this stood out above the rest. I haven't heard the rest of the album in full yet, but this is certainly the most instant (and more "mainstream" K-pop, I guess you could say) song on the album. It's crazy catchy and would have made a great title track. f(x)'s new album, 4 Walls, released on October 27th.

Track #3: G.E.M. - Blindspot

I'm actually glad I didn't post this yesterday because this wouldn't have been on it. I've followed GEM on and off over the years and I was just absolutely blown away by this track. It's so gorgeous (THAT BRIDGE. WOW.) and the music video is equally as gorgeous. GEM's new album, Heartbeat, releases on November 9th (which, now that I look up the date, is coincidentally my birthday xD)

Enjoy!

Song Recommendations (April 11, 2015 Edition)

Who's ready for some new music to discover! I know I am. If anyone knows any good songs that I haven't covered at all feel free to leave them in the comments & I might feature them! :)

EXO - El Dorado

When I heard everyone gushing over this track, I was positive that it wasn't as good as people were saying. I generally don't trust K-pop fans (especially boy group fans) on the quality of a group because being a fan of something can really blind you (case in point: me & H!P xD). So I was bored and looked this up for the heck of it and fell in love. I haven't been impressed with EXO since their debut and this is just so much better than that.

GEM - Oh Boy

This is actually kind of older, but I was going through my liked videos a couple days ago and came across this. It reminded me how wonderful of a song this is. This is Chinese pop.

Alyson Stoner - Pretty Girls

Not really sold on the lyrical content, but wow she really stepped it up with this single. The beat is awesome and her voice sounds so much better than it did in Dragon.

X21 - Shoujo X

I really wish that the full video of this would be uploaded on YouTube....Jpopsuki is too slow to use on a regular basis. Absolutely stunning song though. Wasn't expecting it from them.

Fairies - Kiss Me Babe

Love these girls. Hope they put out another album this year.

Enjoy!