Since it’s the end of the year and so many sites have published their own “Best K-Pop” rankings in 2025, I just realized I don’t really care much about rankings or charts, same with review sites such as Metacritic or RateYourMusic. Of course, those articles are good for giving recognition to lesser-known artists or just to appreciate the artists’ work, but music and arts in general are highly subjective at the end. With criticism for movies, series, or video games, I understand the point since most of the time, you need to spend a lot of time and some money for that. So, reviewers are still needed to make sure you spend your time and money’s worth. However, that is not the case with music, which these days, can be listened to with a click of a button.
I have listened to many songs in each year’s “best songs” or “best albums” list in many genres and I do not like most of them. Most of the songs that I consider to be my favorites throughout my life came to me by chance, either a random song in my algorithm, my friends’ or family’s playlist, or just on the streets.
At the end I think those kinds of lists are pointless articles to help fans circle jerk. I find that some people cannot decide by themselves if they like or dislike a certain song and must bring up charts, awards, or some sort of recognition to justify their opinion.
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