Nick posted: "Following a tradition first established in 2020, I'm celebrating the holidays today with the opening of gifts. These packages come in the form of seasonal K-pop tracks not yet reviewed on the blog. Like last year, I'm either keeping the gifts or planning" The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion Unwrapping 2023's K-pop Holiday Tracks: Keep Or Return? Nick Dec 25 Following a tradition first established in 2020, I'm celebrating the holidays today with the opening of gifts. These packages come in the form of seasonal K-pop tracks not yet reviewed on the blog. Like last year, I'm either keeping the gifts or planning to return them. Nothing this year is objectively bad, but I only have so much room on my holiday playlist so I have to be a bit picky. A.C.E. - Christmas Love This is actually jauntier than I would have expected it. Verdict: Keep Apink – Pink Christmas This ticks off a lot of the boxes you'd expect. It's nothing amazing, but I'll take it. Verdict: Keep BOL4 – Snowball I prefer a more festive Christmas. This is a bit too moody for me. Verdict: Return CLASS:y – Winter Bloom Oh yes, here come the sleigh bells! Other than that, this sounds like a typical fourth-gen girl group track, but I'll keep it. The chorus is good. Verdict: Keep Fantasy Boys – Christmas Day I like the sleigh bells, but there's not much of a song here. Verdict: Return Hwang Chi Yeul - Beautiful Winter The melody has strong Sweetune vibes. I'm digging it! Verdict: Keep IVE – Payback This was already included on their most recent album. It's an above average b-side that works well for the season but could also be played all year long. Verdict: Keep Jeon Somi x Big Naughty – Ex-Mas This isn't for me. Verdict: Return Lucy – Over The Christmas I'm keeping anything Lucy gift me, but this is kind of dull. Verdict: Keep, but rarely use NINE.i – Back To Christmas I like this festive kind of sound. The melodies could be stronger, but I'll add this to my playlist. Verdict: Keep Palmtree Island Artists – My Christmas Wish I always love these agency holiday tracks. This is so cheesy but that's kind of what makes it fun. It's very Disney sounding. Verdict: Keep PLAVE - MERRY PLLIstmas Yep, it takes a Christmas feature for me to finally write about PLAVE. Surprisingly, this is one of the stronger tracks in this round-up! Verdict: Keep Rocky – Christmas Dance This is fine but doesn't really do anything for me. Verdict: Return Ryeowook – Lingering Nice mood music that would fit right alongside the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack. I'd rather listen to that, though. Verdict: Return Xodiac – First Snow The jaunty parts are good. The song drags a bit in the middle, though. Verdict: Keep (but just barely) Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Manage your email settings or unsubscribe.

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