K-Popjustice Charts ♕ September 2020 Edition ♕ Season Four Finale ♕ Complete Results

He already confirmed there is, luckily!!!!!

 

Finale night. Let's go.


Four incredibly amazing songs...


But only one could take the top spot...



















But first, our amazing fourth placer...





















4



OBLIVIATE
Lovelyz
from the Unforgettable mini album
Woollim Entertainment

165 points

Last Month's Position: N/A
Peak Position: 4
Months on Chart: 1

Voters:
10 - @BeingNormal
9 - @RUNAWAY, @ryjm, @Newbie Four, @Kuhleezi, @enjoy, @Vixen
7 - @Crafty, @Hurricane Drunk, @Love Deluxe
6 - @thommyh, @aux, @Island, @Ana Raquel, @GeiPanda, @Oleander, @Empty Shoebox
5 - @He, @junkos
4 - @vague, @eatyourself, @Slice of Life
3 - @Ultravioletvvvvv, @savilizabeths
2 - @Salami, @Crisp X, @evilsin, @OspreyQueen
1 - @junglefish, @BEST FICTION

Finally... a top 5 placement after four years of KPJC for Lovelyz! Well fucking deserved. This is Lovelyz's new single, Obliviate.

I won't say I'm a huge Lovelyz stan but I have always enjoyed majority of Lovelyz's singles. But even I can't deny that Lovelyz was in need of a little concept/sound change-up. Kudos to them for building a sound that is so recognizable but it was time to try new flavours. And I think they did it fabulously with Obliviate. Obliviate is just the right amount of change to freshen up the group's image but not too drastic that it would alienate old fans.

I love the focus on showcasing Lovelyz's vocals. I feel like people (at least people outside the subforum) aren't aware that Lovelyz have a very formidable vocal line. Kei, Sujeong, Baby Soul and Jin... four vocalist kweens that deserve more recognition. My favourite vocal moment is of course this line:
GEUMANHALLAEEEEEEE




Iconique.

The "don't take me down down stop it down down" section is also a little cunty affair.

Even if Obliviate isn't as culturally resetting as, say, Apink's I'm So Sick, I'm still so glad it happened. Honestly, I didn't really get properly obsessed with Obliviate on my first few listens because I did expect more. But now, I think Obliviate is an almost perfect single.

Empty Shoebox: Points subtracted for Mijoo being aggressively heterosexual. (SOL: JHSAKD WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS)

Newbie Four: 0:13-0:16 Looks like Sujeong is center of this formation, but hidden center Yein appears from nowhere.
1:15-1:30, 2:20-2:28 ,parts, where mostly Sujeong (with Jin and Baby Soul) is singing, match to Sujeong's solo "Tiger Eyes" (as in similar energy)
Of course Sujeong plays big role in "Obliviate", I mean when Lovelyz concept as a group became closer to "Tiger Eyes" concept.

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Coming in at second place...























2



FEEL GOOD (SECRET CODE)
fromis_9
from the My Little Society mini album
Off The Record Entertainment

198 points

Last Month's Position: N/A
Peak Position: 2
Months on Chart: 1

Voters:
10 - @codecat, @Cotton Park, @Empty Shoebox, @Slice of Life, @savilizabeths TEAM TALENT
9 - @Serg., @FunkyButChic
8 - @BeingNormal, @junglefish, @Kuhleezi, @eatyourself, @ThighHighs
7 - @Ultravioletvvvvv, @ryjm, @Crisp X, @Newbie Four, @He, @Rem
6 - @eccentricsimply, @Squashua
5 - @RUNAWAY, @Love Deluxe, @vague, @TéléDex
4 - @GeiPanda, @BEST FICTION
3 - @Wills
2 - @aux, @Oleander
1 - @soratami

Now this is how you make a comeback. This is pop perfection. This is fromis_9's best single yet, Feel Good (Secret Code). And I'm so happy we got to reward them with such a high placement on our song chart. It's what they deserve!

As y'all probably know, fromis_9 have not made a comeback in over a year. I was starting to worry when IZ*ONE was able to make a comeback but somehow, there was no news whatsoever about fromis_9's whereabouts. Just like IZ*ONE, fromis_9 was also affected by the great Mnet scandal. But that's all in the past and now, fromis_9 are back and everything is right again.

After the misfire that was FUN! (why would you follow up the iconique Love Bomb with that mess smh), I'm glad fromis_9 are back to releasing good music again... and it's even better than Love Bomb! That's talent! I'm also loving the more mature image of fromis_9 right now. Honestly, I was so shqqk at the visual overload of the music video. I didn't know fromis_9 has no visual hole? At least five of the members can be main visuals to be honest.

The song grows on you like crazy. That's what happened to me. I thought Feel Good was already good on my first day of listening... but on the second day, the song sounded even better??? It's the combo of the pre-chorus and the chorus for me. That shit is orgasmic. I can never get enough and because of it, I listen to the song at least three times more before moving on to the next song on my playlist.

And for what it's worth, listening to Feel Good really does make me feel good ffffffff. It's such a little slice of wholesomeness and... fun... just so fucking fun that listening to it just immediately brightens up my day. I love it so much.

Empty Shoebox: Continuing from Brave Girls in our 'Back from the dead dungeon' series. Next...gugudan?

Newbie Four: Nice song, beautiful video. fromis_9 visuals (not only) and MV director Wooje Kim (ETUI) is good combination. I hope that Off The Record Entertainment, which is subsidiary of Stone Music Entertainment, which is subsidiary of CJ ENM's E&M division etc will get themselves together and will manage their artists better. Same can be said about other rich and not rich labels.

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And our amazing, showstopping number 1 song for September 2020...
























1



LA DI DA
Everglow
from the -77.82x-78.29 mini album
Yuehua Entertainment

304 points

Last Month's Position: N/A
Peak Position: 1
Months on Chart: 1

Voters:
10 - @Ultravioletvvvvv, @ryjm, @Salami, @Hurricane Drunk, @Squashua, @thommyh, @junglefish, @Ana Raquel, @GeiPanda, @Kuhleezi, @enjoy, @OspreyQueen, @Rem, @ThighHighs
9 - @Crafty, @Crisp X, @codecat, @vague, @eatyourself, @ohnostalgia, @soratami, @Slice of Life
8 - @RUNAWAY, @Serg., @Island, @savilizabeths, @evilsin
6 - @BeingNormal, @Newbie Four, @Wills, @FunkyButChic, @junkos
5 - @Oleander
4 - @eccentricsimply, @Love Deluxe, @Vixen
3 - @Sanctuary
1 - @Monkey0, @He

And in their fourth try, Everglow has successfully copped the top spot of our song chart! Congratulations to the girls, the stans and the YouTube bots! This is La Di Da. And it's honest-to-god one of the best singles of the year, point-blank. If it wasn't for fromis_9's Feel Good, La Di Da would've easily gotten my 10 points.

I would like to believe that ever since their debut, Everglow was always meant for great things. The talent was there. The charisma was present. The music was good, if a little rough on the edges, but now I think it has finally caught up and match Everglow's potential. La Di Da is the sound of a group at the top its powers. It's just... so fucking good.

From the perfect Sweetune-esque production to the vocals to the rap to the mesmerizing choreography to the visuals, everything just fell into place for Everglow. It's like the stars aligned perfectly and all that. It's really a complete package, it's practically bulletproof.

K-Popjustice has always been kinda hard on Everglow but look at us all gagging for La Di Da. I think that's testament to the song's strength. It's so good, almost to the point that I wish my actual faves released this instead ffffff. But Everglow deserves all the accolades for this. They sold the concept and the song so well. Once again, huge congratulations to the girls!

thommyh: Excellence. Also, that final set piece in the music video at the end with all the pastel rainbow lights, a moment most pleasing to me in my Everglow stannage.

Kuhleezi: your faves couldn't even SPELL double entendre

Newbie Four: My problem with EVERGLOW is that part of fans of EVERGLOW hates BLACKPINK. In some places (not Popjustice) there are even zero BLACKPINK-friendly or neutral EVERGLOW fans. It poisons my EVERGLOW experience. Isn't it a contradiction (hating BLACKPINK and at the same time be EVERGLOW fan)? "Adios" and "Dun Dun" are BLACKPINK-"inspired", I'll skip the details for this, thank you. Like some of K-pop songs are inspired by other songs, it is OK. Also BLACKPINK are personal role models for Aisha. Like why to hate inspirations of your group? Maybe these EVERGLOW fans secretly hate EVERGLOW as well?

But lets talk about "LA DI DA". MV directed by Woogie Kim (GDW). Focus in EVERGLOW MVs is switching. My opinion is that focus was on Yiren, E:U, Onda in "Bon Bon Chocolat". Then Mia, Yiren, E:U, also people really started to notice Aisha in "Adios". Then Mia, E:U, Yiren, also Sihyeon received some more focus and better focus, than usual, in "Dun Dun". Some people began to notice Sihyeon with this "Dun Dun" comeback. I mean I myself rewatched "Bon Bon Chocolat" and Sihyeon is of course here! But focus was not enough and I didn't know enough of her talent earlier. In "LA DI DA", main or almost main focus is on Sihyeon. Also Aisha, and I think it is her best performance and she continues her kinda vampire role, but not only that. Also E:U. Speaking of Sihyeon, in "LA DI DA", she really does damage, it is display of high-grade slayage, many wigs were harmed in result of production of this album etc All these face expressions, hair flips, makeup, outfits, choreo (dynamic choreo as EVERGLOW themselves describe it) . . . It is nice, that all worked out, something really aligned to make this happen on this scale. (SOL: Stan Kween Sihyeon a bitsy!)

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A well deserving top 2!

 

Funny that this month had two of my favorite girl group releases of the year (fromis_9 and Everglow) but it also felt like a very light month. Nothing close to what October is going to be.