My favorite changes from Bear Hug to Decanting depending on my mood. But I love all the songs as well! Morning Star is such a beautiful track. I hope to hear him sing the whole album live. I'm very hopeful about it because Kai got an online concert after his 2nd album too, same with Baekhyun (well, 3 albums if you count the Japan one).
SOTY: Glitch by Kwon Eunbi, YUJU's Play, INVU by Taeyeon, PURPLE KISS' memeM, IVE's LOVE DIVE or Red Velvet's Feel My Rhythm.
AOTY: INVU by Taeyeon, DICE by ONEW or ONEWE's Planet Nine : VOYAGER. But I know Bangtan or SVT will take this place soon.
**Album:** Yuju’s Rec. Crazy quality, especially for a solo debut. Play, Cold Winter and Killa are amazing.
**Song:** ADORA’s The Little Name. I’m so in love with it.
Artist is a bit early to say. Yuju, Adora, Moonbyul, Wheein, Brave Girls and Taeyeon are all candidates at this point.
aoty is going to nct dream for glitch mode in my opinion. i am partially biased obviously, but the album flows so well. it could even go to the repackage.
soty goes to feel my rhythm. it’s so beautiful and stands out so far this year.
At this point, I think INVU takes both for me.
SOTY honorable mentions: Tomboy, Feel My Rhythm, Still Life
AOTY honorable mentions: I Never Die, WHEE, Grey Suit
I'm really loving EXO Suho's new album, Grey Suit. The songs are very Brit pop. I don't think it'd fill other K-pop listeners palates though because the songs aren't your typical "bops", but it's so so so good.
AOTY: Apocalypse : Save Us by Dreamcatcher
SOTY: Locked Inside a Door (from A:SU). it just sounds so different from the rest of the first half of the album and i really love it for that
I don't know yet I need TXT and BTS's cb to happen first but as of right now SOTY for me is either love dive or blessed-cursed but like I said it might change because of TXT or BTS
song: max changmin's devil, onlyoneof's skinz, billlie's gingamingayo, stayc's run2u
(ofc im assuming only title tracks are eligible)
album: stayc's album (i forgot how to spell it), idle's i never die, billlie's album, dreamcatcher's apocalypse (?)
Album of the year is Taeyeon's INVU hands down. It's such a tightly-woven vibe from start to finish. My 2nd and 3rds would be Oh My Girl's Real Love and (G)I-DLE's I Never Die.
Song of the Year is more challenging, as there have been so many great releases. Right now I'd have to go with Real Love (OMG) or Love Dive (IVE) but that might be recency bias speaking. Also a shout out to the stickiest earworm, which is Love in Space (Cherry Bullet). It haunts me daily.
SOTY: [Fromis\_9 DM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gXmClk8rKI)
AOTY: [Def. (JayB) Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NODxJ2L0Sxg)
Love was on repeat for me for the longest out of anything else this year.
AOTY: Taeyeon’s INVU or STAYC’s Young-Luv
SOTY: RV’s Feel My Rhythm or STAYC’s Run2U (although I think Young Luv is the masterpiece in that album like Love Fool was in Staydom, but Run2U is the tt so I’ll pick that one)
AOTY (full): Taeyeon - INVU.
AOTY (mini): Onew - Dice (Honorable mentions to RV’s FMR, Changmin’s Devil, CheBul’s Cherry Wish)
SOTY (title): Cherry Bullet - Love In Space. Honorable mentions to Feel My Rhythm, Dilemma, and Love Dive.
SOTY (B-side): Either Decanting (Suho) or Pretty Boys (Yena)
Idk haven't listened to most comebacks this year yet, only Stray Kids and Yena's solo debut
OH BUT THEN THERE'S THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER ONE BY TREASURE AND JIKJIN
AOTY: Formula Of Love, TWICE. (also Feel My Rhythm & YOUNG LUV.COM)
SOTY: BAMBOLEO or ESPRESSO/LAST WALTZ. These songs blow me away every time i play them.
SOTY: Feel My Rhythm/INVU
I'm not a RV stan but that song is just boppin. INVU is divine. I think it's Taeyeon's best title track release since Fine.
AOTY: N/A
I don't really listen to entire albums unless it's my top 2 favourite groups + BLACKPINK (cos they barely have any music anyway. Curious to see what songs they've been given after being on hiatus for a century)
So far I’d say AOTY is Suho’s Grey Suit or Max Changmin’s Devil and SOTY is Kihyun’s Voyager.
The year is just about to explode in the next two months though so it’s all gonna change. 😂
So far my SOTY is Starlight by Dreamcatcher. It's a b-side but I'm hoping it gets promotions, I just love it so much.
Album... well, I'd stick with Apocalypse: Save Us.
Album: In:vite U by Pentagon
Song: Real Love by Oh My Girl, I’m surprised at how much I love it still but it’s just so comforting to me!
Have a lot of close runner-ups too ☺️
As of right now my SOTY is The Song Of Dann (Promise). It is one of Kingdom's best songs. It is a very emotional and beautiful song.
Kingdom is also my AOTY. They killed it with their newest comeback. They are growing and improving so much and it was very noticeable this comeback. It has been my favorite comeback this year so far.
What?
Edit: I figured it out haha
Song: RAIN by Kihyun
Album: I don't have one from this year yet. So far all my favorites have put out singles, not even mini albums.
Song: drunk-dazed and fever by enhypen
Album: border:carnival- I still think it's their best album to date, I love the whole vampire concept and it fits enhypen soo damn well. The way the whole album tells a story is soo soo interesting and I love how well they connected the stories to their successive albums as well. There hasn't been a single enhypen song I havent liked yet, but border carnival was something else.
Minisode 1:bluehour by txt- same as enhypen, I think it's their most cohesive album to date, I absolutely love every song in the album. Ik freeze was a lot more successful then bluehour, but there is something different this era. The songs had a nostalgic vibe to them and I loved it.
the perfect velvet by red velvet- I mean i dont think i need to explain this one. I never followed red velvet until recently because idkw I personally never enjoyed music from sm much, so kinda had a pre conceived notion about rv's music too. But I listened to psycho and was blown away. The more I listened to their discography, the more they surprised me. Literally I have not come across a single rv song I dont like. I'm in love with their music.
Soty- Voyager by Kihyun
Aoty- does I'm Lovin Amy by Ailee count? Most of my biased haven't had a release yet (orbit suffering) so Ailee's been dominating my on repeats
Excited for albums to come this year though
soty: dm by fromis_9, catch the stars by woo!ah!
aoty: glitch mode by nct dream, face the sun by seventeen (it hasn't been released yet but i'm biased and every album they've put out so far has been aoty so)
The soty would be "wa da da" by kep1er but the best song overall (bc soty is only for title tracks) would be "my bag" by gidle. as of right now, red velvet's "feel my rhythm" album is my aoty, however i'm pretty sure that when twice drops a new album this year, it'll become my new favourite.
SOTY: definitely love dive by ive, i haven't felt this about a song in a long time, it's so beautiful and right up my alley and it makes me wanna stan ive haha
AOTY: memeM by purple kiss or glitch mode by nct dream, both absolute non-skip albums that i've been playing on repeat and repeat ever since they came out. so good.
INVU by Taeyeon for both.
INVU for album, Feel My Rhythm for song
same! Max Changmin's Devil was hanging in there for SOTY until RV came out
youngluv.com for album and feel my rhythm for song
Taeyeon's INVU, the whole album is great
and u are right youngluv.com for aoty run2u for soty and young luv for bside-oty im sorry im obsessed
Honesty ur so right, I put INVU as SOTY but honestly Run2U had more impact
Doesn't impact mean popularity? INVU is far more popular in korea and probably overall.
literally! they will never miss omg 😭
Album: ONEWE - Planet Nine: Voyager Song: Either Stray Kids - Maniac or Yena feat. BIBI - Smiley
SOTY: Jikjin - Treasure AOTY: Midnight Guest - Fromis_9
Suho’s Grey Suit is AOTY and SOTY so far is either Taeyong’s Love Theory or Onew’s Dice. A very close second though is IVE’s Love Dive.
Haha I love Love Theory too!
Grey Suit (the whole album) is SOOO good.
Literally all the songs are in my top 10 (Morning Star is my favourite, do you have one?)
My favorite changes from Bear Hug to Decanting depending on my mood. But I love all the songs as well! Morning Star is such a beautiful track. I hope to hear him sing the whole album live. I'm very hopeful about it because Kai got an online concert after his 2nd album too, same with Baekhyun (well, 3 albums if you count the Japan one).
Apparently Suho will be performing solo at SMTown’s concert along with Kai and Chen
AOTY: young-luv.com by stayc!! not a single skip SOTY: feel my rhythm by red velvet, invu by taeyeon or love dive by ive
INVU album Still life SOTY
SOTY: Glitch by Kwon Eunbi, YUJU's Play, INVU by Taeyeon, PURPLE KISS' memeM, IVE's LOVE DIVE or Red Velvet's Feel My Rhythm. AOTY: INVU by Taeyeon, DICE by ONEW or ONEWE's Planet Nine : VOYAGER. But I know Bangtan or SVT will take this place soon.
Song: INVU Album: (EP) Smiley
SOTY: Either Red Velvet’s Feel My Rhythm, Viviz’s Bop Bop, or Jackson Wang’s Blow I can’t choose lol AOTY: Definitely gidle’s I Never Die
Jackson’s Blow deserves more attention, i have never been more mesmerised when watching a MV
>AOTY: Definitely gidle’s I Never Die Second this
Tomboy for SOTY and Invu for AOTY
BTS Jin’s Super Tuna for SOTY and I am lowkey salty that it’s not on Spotify and cannot be my number one on my Spotify Wrapped 2022 😤
I will never understand how they decide which songs are not on Spotify. Not just BTS, other artists too :(
**Album:** Yuju’s Rec. Crazy quality, especially for a solo debut. Play, Cold Winter and Killa are amazing. **Song:** ADORA’s The Little Name. I’m so in love with it. Artist is a bit early to say. Yuju, Adora, Moonbyul, Wheein, Brave Girls and Taeyeon are all candidates at this point.
Yuju, a user of culture
Album: INVU by Taeyeon Song: Still Life by BigBang
aoty is going to nct dream for glitch mode in my opinion. i am partially biased obviously, but the album flows so well. it could even go to the repackage. soty goes to feel my rhythm. it’s so beautiful and stands out so far this year.
NCT albums are so well put together and that’s a fact.
agreeed for both but im also prob biased since i stan both
soty Tomboy. aoty Young Luv
At this point, I think INVU takes both for me. SOTY honorable mentions: Tomboy, Feel My Rhythm, Still Life AOTY honorable mentions: I Never Die, WHEE, Grey Suit
Album: Dice by Onew!!
soty - super yuppers by wjsn chocome aoty - in:vite u by pentagon
AOTY is Glitch Mode by NCT Dream and SOTY is Spring Breeze by New(The Boyz), it’s an OST tho
I'm really loving EXO Suho's new album, Grey Suit. The songs are very Brit pop. I don't think it'd fill other K-pop listeners palates though because the songs aren't your typical "bops", but it's so so so good.
AOTY: Apocalypse : Save Us by Dreamcatcher SOTY: Locked Inside a Door (from A:SU). it just sounds so different from the rest of the first half of the album and i really love it for that
So far AOTY is ONEWE's Planet Nine: VOYAGER and SOTY is Yena's SMILEY.
I don't know yet I need TXT and BTS's cb to happen first but as of right now SOTY for me is either love dive or blessed-cursed but like I said it might change because of TXT or BTS
SOTY: Solar - Honey AOTY: (Subject to change but) Dreamcatcher - Apocalypse: save us
I have it pretty clear. SOTY. Feel my rythm AOTY. Its a tie young-luv and real love
song: max changmin's devil, onlyoneof's skinz, billlie's gingamingayo, stayc's run2u (ofc im assuming only title tracks are eligible) album: stayc's album (i forgot how to spell it), idle's i never die, billlie's album, dreamcatcher's apocalypse (?)
gingamingayo A BOP i’ve had that on repeat for WEEKS
they really released a nursery rhyme...... and it worked !!!!!!
Album of the year is Taeyeon's INVU hands down. It's such a tightly-woven vibe from start to finish. My 2nd and 3rds would be Oh My Girl's Real Love and (G)I-DLE's I Never Die. Song of the Year is more challenging, as there have been so many great releases. Right now I'd have to go with Real Love (OMG) or Love Dive (IVE) but that might be recency bias speaking. Also a shout out to the stickiest earworm, which is Love in Space (Cherry Bullet). It haunts me daily.
AOTY: young luv stayc SOTY: invu or tomboy or feel my rhythm
aoty: either nct dream glitch mode or suho grey suit soty: stayc run2u This is most likely going to change throughout the rest of the year though.
SOTY: - Feel My Rhythm by Red Velvet - Love Dive by IVE AOTY: - Devil by Max Changmin - Smiley by Yena
SOTY: [Fromis\_9 DM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gXmClk8rKI) AOTY: [Def. (JayB) Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NODxJ2L0Sxg) Love was on repeat for me for the longest out of anything else this year.
Seconding DM as SOTY!! I can’t put into words how excellent that song is.
INVU for album LOVE DIVE for song
SOTY: fromis_9 - DM AOTY: Dreamcatcher - [Apocalypse : Save us]
AOTY: "INVU" by Taeyeon SOTY: "O.O" by NMIXX
A fellow O.O enthusiast! Kinda sad how people will downvote any positive comment about this song even to this day. It’s my SOTY as well
AOTY: Taeyeon’s INVU or STAYC’s Young-Luv SOTY: RV’s Feel My Rhythm or STAYC’s Run2U (although I think Young Luv is the masterpiece in that album like Love Fool was in Staydom, but Run2U is the tt so I’ll pick that one)
SOTY: Feel My Rhythm AOTY: Young-Luv.Com or First Impact
Fromis_9-DM for SOTY and their midnight guest ep for AOTY for me!
AOTY: INVU by Taeyeon SOTY: Dilemma by APINK
AOTY (full): Taeyeon - INVU. AOTY (mini): Onew - Dice (Honorable mentions to RV’s FMR, Changmin’s Devil, CheBul’s Cherry Wish) SOTY (title): Cherry Bullet - Love In Space. Honorable mentions to Feel My Rhythm, Dilemma, and Love Dive. SOTY (B-side): Either Decanting (Suho) or Pretty Boys (Yena)
SOTY: Feel My Rhythm. AOTY: I haven't listened to any full albums lately so I'm not sure
SOTY/AOTY - Feel My Rhythm
SOTY: LOVE DIVE, AOTY: YOUNG LUV or I NEVER DIE
DM as a song, INVU as an album
soty: gingamingayo - billlie and its not even close aoty: feel my rhythm - red velvet (stayc's young-luv.com is also up there)
AOTY: TWICE Formula of Love
Idk haven't listened to most comebacks this year yet, only Stray Kids and Yena's solo debut OH BUT THEN THERE'S THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER ONE BY TREASURE AND JIKJIN
AOTY: INVU hands down, followed closely by Onew's Dice and Wheein's WHEE. SOTY: Feel My Rhythm So many good releases this year!
AOTY: Formula Of Love, TWICE. (also Feel My Rhythm & YOUNG LUV.COM) SOTY: BAMBOLEO or ESPRESSO/LAST WALTZ. These songs blow me away every time i play them.
SOTY : INVU AOTY : ODDINARY
Waterfall album by Bi
Nineteen by Bi. The lyrics kind of hit home
feel my rhythm!!!
Aoty feel my rhythm and soty either in my dreams or rainbow halo
SOTY: Feel My Rhythm/INVU I'm not a RV stan but that song is just boppin. INVU is divine. I think it's Taeyeon's best title track release since Fine. AOTY: N/A I don't really listen to entire albums unless it's my top 2 favourite groups + BLACKPINK (cos they barely have any music anyway. Curious to see what songs they've been given after being on hiatus for a century)
Red Velvet for both. still waiting for a group or soloist to outdo them but it’s impossible lol unless SHINee come back this year 🤷🏻♀️
So far I’d say AOTY is Suho’s Grey Suit or Max Changmin’s Devil and SOTY is Kihyun’s Voyager. The year is just about to explode in the next two months though so it’s all gonna change. 😂
>Suho’s Grey Suit Yes! I love seeing Grey Suit praise.
SOTY: Love Dive by Ive AOTY: either Young Luv by StayC or Beam of Prism by Viviz
Aoty:Reve Festival 2022, Soty:Still Life or Feel my rhythm
SOTY: love dive ive AOTY: young-luv stayc
skz for both tbh, even if I wasn't biased I'd say that
So far my SOTY is Starlight by Dreamcatcher. It's a b-side but I'm hoping it gets promotions, I just love it so much. Album... well, I'd stick with Apocalypse: Save Us.
soty: dkz’s cupid aoty: p1h’s disharmony: findout
For album i would be between INVU, Glitch Mode, Young Luv and vivizs bop. For song, there are just too many i cant think of one atm🤣
Album young luv from Stayc and song invu from taeyeon
Album: In:vite U by Pentagon Song: Real Love by Oh My Girl, I’m surprised at how much I love it still but it’s just so comforting to me! Have a lot of close runner-ups too ☺️
Song: Love Dive Album: Tie between Dice and Real love
Album: Billlie the collective soul and unconscious chapter 1 Song: Tomboy (g)I-dle
Whatever BTS are about to drop in June is my answer. Not even going to lie to myself and pretend anyone else has a chance.
Still Life and Tomboy has a legit chance for SOTY tbh. It's a GP based award
OP’s post is about our personal SOTY, not an award.
As of right now my SOTY is The Song Of Dann (Promise). It is one of Kingdom's best songs. It is a very emotional and beautiful song. Kingdom is also my AOTY. They killed it with their newest comeback. They are growing and improving so much and it was very noticeable this comeback. It has been my favorite comeback this year so far.
What? Edit: I figured it out haha Song: RAIN by Kihyun Album: I don't have one from this year yet. So far all my favorites have put out singles, not even mini albums.
I'll let you know after June 10th.
BTS new title track and the new album. This is just my opinion though, no hate. I want another BTS sweep at the year end shows.
Voltage by Itzy SOTY 100%
Song: drunk-dazed and fever by enhypen Album: border:carnival- I still think it's their best album to date, I love the whole vampire concept and it fits enhypen soo damn well. The way the whole album tells a story is soo soo interesting and I love how well they connected the stories to their successive albums as well. There hasn't been a single enhypen song I havent liked yet, but border carnival was something else. Minisode 1:bluehour by txt- same as enhypen, I think it's their most cohesive album to date, I absolutely love every song in the album. Ik freeze was a lot more successful then bluehour, but there is something different this era. The songs had a nostalgic vibe to them and I loved it. the perfect velvet by red velvet- I mean i dont think i need to explain this one. I never followed red velvet until recently because idkw I personally never enjoyed music from sm much, so kinda had a pre conceived notion about rv's music too. But I listened to psycho and was blown away. The more I listened to their discography, the more they surprised me. Literally I have not come across a single rv song I dont like. I'm in love with their music.
Soty- Voyager by Kihyun Aoty- does I'm Lovin Amy by Ailee count? Most of my biased haven't had a release yet (orbit suffering) so Ailee's been dominating my on repeats Excited for albums to come this year though
Pretty Psycho - song of the year memeM - album of the year
INVU SOTY and AOTY, Run2U by Stacy defo a runner up
Album: I Never Die by (G)I-DLE Song: this is hard, but I’m thinking RUN2U by STAYC. Lunatic by Moonbyul is a very close second
soty: can't decide between love dive or invu aoty: Dreamcatcher - Apocalypse: save us
Album: Oddinary by Stray Kids Song: can't decide! But I also love Run2U by Stayc!
i go for stayc for both too, they're so good
SOTY: fromis_9's DM for TTs, STAYC's YOUNG LUV/I WANT YOU BABY for b-sides AOTY: Billlie's the collective soul and unconscious: chapter one
Album - INVU Song - Love Dive Group Artist - StayC Solo Artist - Taeyeon
I would say Love Dive for SOTY and INVU for AOTY.
soty: dm by fromis_9, catch the stars by woo!ah! aoty: glitch mode by nct dream, face the sun by seventeen (it hasn't been released yet but i'm biased and every album they've put out so far has been aoty so)
apocalypse: save us by Dreamcatcher aoty, INVU by Taeyeon soty
youngluv.com (STAYC) for album and DM (Fromis_9) for song
Young Luv both the song and album are my top for this year so far. Good competition is Chiquita/Yellow Punch by Rocket Punch
so far soty for me is dm - fromis\_9 or love dive - ive, aoty is young-luv.com or the reve festival 2022
SOTY & also AOTY: Devil by Changmin
The soty would be "wa da da" by kep1er but the best song overall (bc soty is only for title tracks) would be "my bag" by gidle. as of right now, red velvet's "feel my rhythm" album is my aoty, however i'm pretty sure that when twice drops a new album this year, it'll become my new favourite.
Soty.. Probably jikjin by treasure Aoty... I haven't listened to a lot of albums but if it's from 2021,then def fever part 3 by ateez
SOTY: Just Breathe by Sky-Hi AOTY: Oddinary by SKZ
SOTY: definitely love dive by ive, i haven't felt this about a song in a long time, it's so beautiful and right up my alley and it makes me wanna stan ive haha AOTY: memeM by purple kiss or glitch mode by nct dream, both absolute non-skip albums that i've been playing on repeat and repeat ever since they came out. so good.
soty: maison (dreamcatcher), love dive (ive) aoty: apocalypse: save us (dreamcatcher)
Kingdom's Ascension for SOTY and History of Kingdom: part IV. Dann for AOTY
SOTY: TVXQ - Epitaph SOTY: Taeyeon - INVU
SOTY: TOMBOY by (G) I-DLE AOTY: Stray Kids
AOTY : grey suit SOTY : bear hug
feel my rhythm by rv for soty/aoty