KPB Classique ⚣ 2018-2019 Edition ~ FINALE

Salami

Salami

Joli Chat said:
The fact Yeeuniconic has a lower average that @Salami, i mean... queen
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Lovely rate @boom bazooka joe i was sure Highway to heaven was going to take, but congrats Gravity i guess
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You aren’t that much higher than me!
 
MmmDani

MmmDani

@humbleandkindness80s:
Can you send along my thanks to everyone on the rate esp Joe? I went in with an open mind concerning the huge amount of songs I hadn't heard yet, and came out on top because of it. Discovered so many songs that I now love, to the point that they were many of my top rated, including my 11! So thanks to all for letting me participate - I hope to again in the future!

@yeeungelic:
Thank you very much for allowing us to join in! It was a lot of fun keeping up with the thread and hopefully registrations open soon, I’d love to participate more.
 
boom bazooka joe

boom bazooka joe

he/him
Hello friends!

So, as you know, when Glitterizer decided to opt out of rates moving forward (before he decided to opt out of PopJustice for the rest of time ddd), I decided to take hosting duties for the K-Pop Boys yearly rate. And it's time to get the 2023 Rate going!

The official thread will open in early June, but I wanted to get a little head start and give a little advantage to you lovely people here who participated in the first edition of KPB Classique.

Here is how the song list is going to work...

The final rate will contain somewhere between 50-60 songs (participation depending.)

The first 35 songs will be pre-selected based on the monthly charts. However, I've decided to switch things up just a little bit. I am only including one song by each group/soloist in the initial 35 song selection (Subunits count as different acts for the sake of this rate). While this does eliminate a lot of songs that I love and adore from groups I ult, I want this rate to be a bit more of a celebration of all groups that made 2023 fabulous, not just a tiny selection. By making this switch, it guarantees 19 more acts are automatically included in the rate. Huzzah! I had been thinking about doing something like this for a while, and this rate (and the KSOTY2023 rate ddd) have shown that when one or two groups dominate a rate, what ends up more often than not is voter fatigue and bad scores anyway, so I'm going to avoid that if I can.

Here are the 35 songs that are already included in the rate:

Killer - Key ( 208 points )
Rover - Kai ( 185 points )
Sugar Rush Ride - TXT ( 181 points )
Perfume - NCT DOJAEJUNG ( 173 points )
Get A Guitar - RIIZE ( 160 points )
The Feeling - SHINee ( 149 points )
Puzzle - SF9 ( 123 points )
Guilty - Taemin ( 111 points )
Super - SEVENTEEN ( 110 points )
O (Circle) - Onew ( 92 points )
Broken Melodies - NCT Dream ( 92 points )
Cotton Candy - Jinyoung ( 84 points )
Beautiful Liar - Monsta X ( 84 points )
Firework - &TEAM ( 80 points )
Hear Me Out - EXO ( 77 points )
Fact Check - NCT 127 ( 76 points )
Kick It 4 Now - The New Six ( 74 points )
Turn It Off - NINE.i ( 71 points )
Trouble - EVNNE ( 71 points )
Rebel - TVXQ! ( 71 points )
Love Effect - ONF ( 66 points )
Roar - The Boyz ( 64 points )
Icky - KARD ( 62 points )
In Bloom - ZEROBASEONE ( 61 points )
Bite Me - ENYHYPEN ( 60 points )
Jump - P1Harmony ( 60 points )
Hidden Side - Minhyun ( 59 points )
Predator - Lee Gi Kwang ( 58 points )
Somebody - D.O. ( 56 points )
Standing Next To You - Jungkook ( 54 points )
Fighting - BSS ( 53 points )
Island - The Wind ( 52 points )
On My Youth - WayV ( 51 points )
Unbelievable - LUCY ( 50 points )
Save Me, Kill Me - CIX ( 48 points )​

With the remaining songs, the first 15 (to 25) people who DM me with a song choice will get it included in the rate. I'm attaching below in a spoiler tag all the other songs that charted last year. You do not need to choose from this selection, but it is here to give you ideas if you need any! I'm also not putting any stipulations on the song you submit, meaning you are more than welcome to submit a song from an artist that is already on the list above.

Good & Great Key ( 165 points )
Memories RIIZE ( 96 points )
Best Friend Ever NCT Dream ( 86 points )
Chasing That Feeling TXT ( 84 points )
CoolAs Key ( 83 points )
ISTJ NCT Dream ( 78 points )
Hard SHINee ( 74 points )
Identity SHINee ( 69 points )
Talk Saxy RIIZE ( 68 points )
Back For More TXT feat. Anitta ( 62 points )
Lip Gloss The Boyz ( 59 points )
Be There For Me NCT 127 ( 59 points )
God Of Music SEVENTEEN ( 58 points )
Melting Point ZEROBASEONE ( 58 points )
Devil By The Window TXT ( 56 points )
Ay-Yo NCT 127 ( 55 points )
Let Me In EXO ( 55 points )
Cream Soda EXO ( 52 points )
Watch It The Boyz ( 50 points )
Beat It from20 ( 48 points )
Seven Sins DRIPPIN ( 47 points )
Wait Dino ( 47 points )
Slow Jackson Wang and Ciara ( 46 points )
Shalala TAEYONG ( 46 points )
Journey WOODZ ( 45 points )
Number Boy Holland ( 44 points )
Bouncy (K-Hot Chili Peppers) ATEEZ ( 44 points )
Fix You TAN ( 43 points )
Like It SHINee ( 43 points )
Amnesia WOODZ ( 42 points )
Sweet Venom ENHYPEN ( 41 points )
Seven Jungkook feat. Latto ( 40 points )
New Emotions INFINITE ( 39 points )
Feel Me Golden Child ( 39 points )
Down TVXQ! ( 39 points )
New Days TRENDZ ( 38 points )
Juice SHINee ( 38 points )
Don't Go Insane DPR Ian ( 38 points )
Tinnitus (Wanna Be A Rock) TXT ( 37 points )
Eyes On Me Hello Gloom ( 37 points )
Chrome Arts OnlyOneOf ( 36 points )
Groovy CRAVITY ( 36 points )
Seoul Drift OnlyOneOf ( 36 points )
Bad Revenge from20 ( 35 points )
Lime & Lemon TVXQ! ( 35 points )
Sweet Misery SHINee ( 35 points )
Baila Conmigo ONEUS ( 35 points )
Crush ZEROBASEONE ( 35 points )
Island The Wind ( 34 points )
So I Danced DPR Ian ( 34 points )
beyOnd Nine ( 33 points )
DJ NCT 127 ( 33 points )
Crazy Form ATEEZ ( 33 points )
Erase Me ONEUS ( 32 points )
Easy Key ( 30 points )
Dust SEVENTEEN ( 30 points )
Without You KARD ( 30 points )
BACK TO ZEROBASE ZEROBASEONE ( 30 points )
blueblueseOul OnlyOneOf ( 29 points )
Jelly Pop Boys Planet ( 29 points )
Bills ENHYPEN ( 29 points )
Heartbeat TAN ( 28 points )
We Go The Wind ( 27 points )
Kiss NCT DOJAEJUNG ( 26 points )
Golden Hour Mark ( 26 points )
Baggy Jeans NCT U ( 26 points )
Home Alone NCT 127 ( 26 points )
Boogie Man LUCY ( 26 points )
Blah Blah The Boyz ( 25 points )
Slow Dancing V ( 24 points )
Pado NCT U ( 23 points )
Deep Down TXT ( 23 points )
Rush Troye Sivan (feat. PinkPantheress & Hyunjin of Stray Kids) ( 22 points )
Heaven on Earth Hello Gloom ( 22 points )
Abyss WOODZ ( 21 points )
I Don't Understand But I Luv U SEVENTEEN ( 21 points )
Free World Chen ( 21 points )
Heartless Key ( 19 points )
Like Crazy Jimin ( 19 points )
Dangerous TEMPEST ( 18 points )

You are welcome to start submitting songs to me now, and I will let you all know when submissions are closed (again...depending on participation fff.)

Hope you are all excited for the next boy's rate!
 
MmmDani

MmmDani

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Sorry for the delay! I've still stuck with my personal goal of 5 eliminations a week, so let's proceed!























































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OnlyOneOf | Savanna
Dot Point Jump - The 1st EP
May 28, 2019
Submitted by boom bazooka joe, MmmDani, ohdenny, soratami

Score: 7.59
TOPS: (10) @boom bazooka joe @ysev (9.25) @ohdenny (9) @chrisjche @leedlelee... @soratami @tj-x @Untouchable Ace (8.75) @RUNAWAY (8.5) @MmmDani @ohnostalgia @Remorque (8) @Slice of Life
BOTTOMS: (6) @askew @Glitterizer @Wills (5.5) @humbleandkindness80s (5) @Salami @yeeungelic (4) @eatyourself

5 VOTES: 40
10 VOTES: 36
15 VOTES: 38
20 VOTES: 35
FINAL PLACEMENT: 36

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Another day for me to lose a 10 in this rate. I know I had COVID last week, but it seems like it was the rest of you viewers who are experiencing lost of taste, as this deserved much better than this!

“Savanna” was part of a duel title track release (along with the inferior “time leap”) for OnlyOneOf’s first mini album Dot Point Jump. The two videos were released on May 28, 2019, with the remaining four tracks being released after every 5,555th instance of #OnlyOneOf being used on Twitter. How convoluted and stupid ddd. It’s giving:

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OnlyOneOf is a 6 member group (originally 7) formed by 8D Entertainment as the second brainchild of producer and creative director Jaden Jeong. Unlike many of their contemporaries, OnlyOneOf came out of the gate with a very different vibe. Eschewing bright and bubbly, loud and bombastic, or hard and aggressive concepts, they went for fully grown and sexy sound from right out the gate. Songs like “libidO” and “skinz” really cemented their sound and aesthetic as sexy, provocative (and gay), but they’ve always had that side of them, albeit less overt (and gay.)

The numbers are certainly nothing to really gag for in comparison to the other groups in this rate, but despite their sales continuing to increase and their popularity continuing to rise over the years, “Savanna,” which is sitting at 11M views on YouTube, is their second highest view count to date (almost double “libidO.”) I think the Jaden Jeong/LOONA’s brothers connection had a lot to do with the initial interest in them.

Depending on the time of day and what direction the wind is blowing, there are four groups that fight for the title of my favorite K-Pop group: NCT, SEVENTEEN, CIX, and these boys. But if you put a gun to my head, I would say OnlyOneOf is my favorite. Maybe it’s because I root for the underdog. Maybe it’s because I’m a deep homosexual who appreciates that angle of their whole package. But really? It starts and ends with the music. I can listen to their entire discography and not skip a single song. (Except “seOul drift.”) They have an extremely unique sound in K-Pop and they are one of the few groups where I don’t feel like nearly every one of their songs could be performed by any other group. It helps that members Nine, KB (and former member Love, when he was still part of the group) are so involved in the writing and production of their music, even from the first mini. (It’s giving Woozi!) Because of that, their sound is uniquely their own.

I’ve talked about them a lot just as a group in general, and I apologize for gushing for so long, but let’s get into the song itself. I had no delusions that this would make top 10 or 15, but I did expect and hope that it would do a little bit better than this. “Savanna” is smooth and sexy, with a catchy and infectious chorus. It doesn’t necessarily make the biggest statement or impact, so I guess I can understand why it wasn’t showered with 10s, but I did expect (or at least hope) it would gain a few new fans here.

Let’s get to the commentary shall we? eatyourself says “This sounds…soggy.” Takes a soggy bottom to know one! Glitterizer lets me down, but I’ll forgive him because I know he’s a fan now: ”this is kinda faceless, i'm afraid. i really prefer their current gritty sound.” Salami lets me down and continues to let me down: ”An OnlyOneOf song I don't hate instantly! I just don't like it enough to go back to again.” Considering your chaotic and eclectic enjoyment of K-Pop, I would assume you could get down to this! Must be a straight thing.

yeeungelicangel is bopping her head slightly: ”They have better bangers, but it’s a perfectly nice summer song.” Christopher appreciates the vibe: ” Laid back tropic-house pop. I’ll take it.” Slice of Life namedrops one of the two iconic lines from the song: ”Oh the bitch from Savanna song!!!!!! Ok lemme give this a good score xoxo.” Ddd yes, despite what I know you are all hearing, the lyrics are “I don’t give a shake what they think about us” and “Youre like a beach from Savanna.” Sure, Jan. And finally, MmmDani finds himself a budding fan: “Incredibly slick, I’m starting to really like this group. If you need anyone to help convince you I AM YOUR MAN. Xx ​

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Next 5 eliminations:
- Two groups who have been unscathed so far lose their first track. Is it GOT7? SHINee? TXT? NCT?
- One of our SHINee soloists loses a track. Jonghyun? Key? Taemin?
- One of our groups gets wiped out for good. Is it BTS or Stray Kids?
- One of our groups with only one entry do we say goodbye to. CIX? Day6? Imfact? KNK? NU'EST? ONEUS? ONF? SF9?

Sound off on your predictions below...​
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@yeeungelic, @humbleandkindness80s and I went to OnlyOneOf’s first European tour date last night. They’d both like to submit public apologies for massively underrating Savanna (which they performed yesterday as surprise). A 5 and 5.5 us shameful.

Savanna deserved at least top 25! Hopefully Dopamine will do better in 2024.
 
boom bazooka joe

boom bazooka joe

he/him
MmmDani said:
@yeeungelic, @humbleandkindness80s and I went to OnlyOneOf’s first European tour date last night. They’d both like to submit public apologies for massively underrating Savanna (which they performed yesterday as surprise). A 5 and 5.5 us shameful.

Savanna deserved at least top 25! Hopefully Dopamine will do better in 2024.
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Hah! They are great live, yeah? I saw them last year and had such a blast. I was supposed to see them again this year until ... I went to go look for my tickets on the night of the concert and realized I never actually completed the checkout so that was insanely dumb of me.
 
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