K-pop Female Groups: My 2022 Top 20 Songs ~ No. 10 to 1

    Let’s wrap this up! Recently I posted songs from number 20 to 11, so it's time to list the top 10 now. Can you guess which songs made it to the top of my list?

    Just a quick note for everyone: there is one song released in December 2021. I actually considered songs with music videos released between December 2021 and November 2022. That's how I manage my list while charting the songs. I just wanted to put that out there in case people are wondering why that particular song is on the list.

    Alright, without further delay, here are the top 10 songs.

No. 10: Starlit by UiU

No. 9: Fearless by LE SSERAFIM

No. 8: DM by fromis_9

K-pop Female Groups: My 2022 Top 20 Songs ~ No. 20 to 11

    I usually have several parts for this type of post because I have a lot of songs to list; for 2021 list, I had 70 songs! So for 2022, I will only list my top 20. I'm already behind and need to catch up, so I guess it will be faster if I don't have too many songs to list. The downside, of course, is that several underrated gems will be excluded. Such a shame.

    Without wasting any more time, let's start! Here are my top 20 K-pop girl group songs of 2022, and we're starting with number 20 until 11. Some of these groups might already be inactive or disbanded, but good songs are timeless, so I hope you will still check them out if you haven't already.

No. 20: GingaMingaYo (the strange world) by Billlie

No. 19: WooAh HIP by M.M.D

No. 18: Hype Boy by NewJeans

My Top Films for 2023

It's 2026! It's time to list down my top movies for 2025, right? Well...sadly I'm always behind in my posting. So let's go back to 2023 because that's where I'm currently at right now with my movies list. That's not too far behind, right?

How many movies did I watched in cinemas in 2023? It's only 9 movies so I can't even make a top 10 list but it's up from previous year, so at least that's an improvement (I guess). I only watched 6 movies in cinemas in 2022.

Ok, let's not waste any more time. Below is my list of films for 2023 from the bottom to the top. Let's begin.

 

No. 9 ~ The Marvels

Image source from Marvel official website

Despite being at the bottom of my list, The Marvels is actually not that bad. Okay, so it is considered a box-office bomb and is currently the lowest-grossing film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) but it's still quite enjoyable to watch. It doesn't have the best story or the best villain but the three main heroes; Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, are all great characters and by the end of the movie, I kind of liked them. Technically, I always liked Captain Marvel so it's the other two characters that I originally not too familiar with. But like I mentioned, I ended up liking them. Hopefully, despite their box-office performance, we will get to see all 3 characters again in future MCU movies.

No. 8 ~ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Image source from Marvel official website

Another movie which placed lower in my list but is actually not that bad. The movie served as quite an interesting introduction to Kang the Conqueror, the supposedly next big bad villain of the MCU after Thanos. With Jonathan Majors, who played Kang, out from MCU and Marvel not intending to re-cast the role, we probably won't be seeing Kang in another MCU movie anytime soon, which is a shame because he is quite a fascinating villain. While Paul Rudd will reprise his role as Ant-Man again in Avengers: Doomsday, I'm not sure when will we see the rest of the characters next.

No. 7 ~ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Image source from Marvel official website

This is quite a satisfactory conclusion to the trilogy, and the ending that involved Rocket is surprisingly quite sad. I didn't know he got such a tragic backstory. The rest of the cast, as always, was excellent and there are quite a few funny moments in the film which I loved. The High Evolutionary is quite an intriguing villain but I find him not quite memorable. The film is highly successful but I don't think you would see the same team again in future Guardians of the Galaxy film, so most probably we would see some of them in other Marvel movies instead, which is fine I guess. Time for other Marvel characters to take center stage.

My 2021 Top 70 Songs From Female K-pop Groups ~ No. 10 - No. 1

Let's finish this. It's already massively overdue.

Here are the songs from number 10 to number 1. Click the links and enjoy the music.

No. 10 - Boyfriend by cignature

No. 9 - After 'We Ride' by Brave Girls

No. 8 - Addicted by Pixy

My Top Films for 2022

I used to list the movies that I watched in the cinema for the year but I've missed out to post about it for so many years. I'm catching up now, so that is why you're seeing the 2022 list in 2025. I didn't watch too many movies per year especially after the pandemic so it's not really hard to rank it. How many movies do you watch at the cinema/movie theaters now?

Here's how my 2022 movie list looks like. There's only 6 movies in it...it's not much but it's something.

6 - The Matrix Resurrections

Image source from WarnerBros

Technically this movie was released in December 2021, but I watched it in 2022 so that's why it is in this list. I don't remember much what happened in the previous 3 movies but surprisingly it's not too hard to follow the story in this latest installment. There's some really good casting here with the new characters. The movie is quite enjoyable with some pretty cool sequences but sadly the box-office returns was quite poor. Maybe it didn't feel as special as the original trilogy? I kind of feel something missing too, but I can't quite make out what it is. Still, like I said, the movie is enjoyable and I feel it improves with repeat viewing.

5 - DC League of Super-Pets

Image source from WarnerBros

This is a really fun and funny movie. It's seriously better than I anticipated. While the superhero animals are great, the one that steals the show for me is the main villain, a skinny pig named Lulu, who has flight and telekinesis power and voiced by Kate McKinnon. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation has some great and smart animation films under its belt like The Lego Movie and Storks, and this movie is another good addition to their list.

My 2021 Top 70 Songs From Female K-pop Groups ~ No. 20 - No. 11

I'm continuing a post from years ago. I still have the full list so might as well finish it while I still can. Better late then never I guess.

Here are my favourite songs for 2021 from female K-pop groups, and these are the songs from number 20 to 11.

No. 20 - Bewitched by Pixy

No. 19 - Ring X Ring by Billlie

No. 18 - BEcause by Dreamcatcher

My 2021 Top 70 Songs From Female K-pop Groups ~ No. 30 - No. 21

Here's Part 5 for my 2021 list of favourite songs from female K-pop group. You can check out the links below if you missed the previous parts;

Songs from number 70 to 61

Songs from number 60 to 51

Songs from number 50 to 41

Songs from number 40 to 31

Hope some of the songs in my list piqued your interest to check them out if you haven't already. Now let's get on with the list.

No. 30 - Let Me Know by Pixy

No. 29 - First by Everglow

No. 28 - Tiki Taka by T-ara

My 2021 Top 70 Songs From Female K-pop Groups ~ No. 40 - No. 31

Here is Part 4 for the 2021 list of my favourite songs from female K-pop group. Missed the earlier 3 parts? Click the links below to go there;

Songs from number 70 to 61

Songs from number 60 to 51

Songs from number 50 to 41

What other songs do you think will be in my list? Let's continue the journey with songs at number 40 to 31.

No. 40 - Gray Area by Hi Cutie

No. 39 - I Cook by HeyGirls

No. 38 - Stop by Minimani

My 2021 Top 70 Songs From Female K-pop Groups ~ No. 50 - No. 41

Back again with Part 3 of my favourite songs for 2021 from female K-pop groups. If you missed the first 2 parts, you can find the link here for songs at number 70 to 61, and here for songs at number 60 to 51.

More great songs below for your enjoyment. Let's begin!

No. 50 - Got Chu by PoshGirls

No. 49 - Only You by Saturday

No. 48 - ASAP by STAYC

My 2021 Top 70 Songs From Female K-pop Groups ~ No. 60 - No. 51

Here's the 2nd post for my favourite songs of 2021 from female K-pop groups. If you missed the first part, you can find it here.

If you didn't fancy any of the songs in the first part, hope these next 10 songs might be of interest to you. Enjoy!

No. 60 - DA DA DA by Skyle

No. 59 - Stalker by 3YE

No. 58 - Panorama by IZ*ONE

My 2021 Top 70 Songs From Female K-pop Groups ~ No. 70 - No. 61

Okay, it's time to do this again.

Welcome to my list of favourite songs from female K-pop groups for 2021. I do this every year since...few years ago and I'm always late as usual. Anyway, I love archiving this as it helps me whenever I want to search for older K-pop songs that I might forget, and I hope somehow I help people discover something new to listen to as well.

I've increased the songs to 70 from 60 songs the previous year. It's just too many songs that I feel would be left out if I did not listed them. So I hope you found some of these to your liking.

Just a side note, my consideration is based on the release date of the music video on YouTube, and for this 2021 list I take songs released from Dec-2020 until Nov-2021.

No. 70 - Hola by Pritty-G

No. 69 - Oh Mama by Bling Bling

No. 68 - Perfect World by Twice

My Top Films for 2021

I only have 7 movies here in my 2021 list, so it's obviously not a top 10 list as per usual, but at least it's more than the 6 movies that I've listed for 2020...so I guess that's still a win? The pandemic really hampered me from going to the cinemas but to be honest, it really changed my habit of watching movies too. So far in 2022, I've only watched 5 movies, far less than what I used to before the pandemic.

I don't know how my 2022 list will look like but let's just focus on the current list. Late as per usual, here's my top films for 2021 (only those that I watched at the cinemas).

7 - The Vigil

Image source from Wikipedia

Have you heard about this movie before? I certainly didn't before I went to see it, so I didn't really had any expectation going into the cinema hall. I did quite enjoyed watching it; it has its moments and the creepy atmosphere was well done despite the small budget and the limited setting. The Vigil is the directorial debut feature of Keith Thomas (he later directed Firestarter) and starred Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Lynn Cohen and Ronald Cohen. The story involves the culture and relationship in the Orthodox Jewish community which I'm not familiar of and so I find the story quite interesting.

6 - Venom: Let There be Carnage

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This sequel to the 2018 movie Venom see the return of Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams and Reid Scott alongside newcomers Woody Harrelson, Naomie Harris and Stephen Graham. Directed by Andy Serkis, the movie continue to explore the love hate relationship between Venom and its human host Eddie Brock, while facing new enemies in the form of Carnage and its human host, a psychotic serial killer Cletus Kasady, as well as Kasady's lover Frances Barrison. The relationship between Venom and Eddie Brock is the most interesting aspect of the movie in my opinion beside some of the fun action scenes. I can't decide if I like this movie or the 1st one better, both movies have things that I like and dislike, either way I hope they can make it even more interesting for the 3rd movie which was confirmed to be in development by Sony.

5 - Mortal Kombat

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I watched this at the cinema despite it being released in HBO Go here in Malaysia as well. I do find myself enjoying the movie more while watching it at home on HBO Go compared to the cinema which I find kind of interesting. Where did you watched Mortal Kombat if you did watched it? Nevertheless, it was a fun movie overall with many great fight scenes, especially the one involving Sub-Zero and Scorpion. The ice special effects involving Sub-Zero were really beautiful to look at. I particularly love the opening of the movie which shows the back story of Hanzo Hasashi who would later become Scorpion. I don't think there is anything to shout about plot-wise since this is a martial arts movie so obviously the fight scenes should be the draw of this film. While the fight scenes were good, I do wish some of them were a little bit extended; some fights were shorter than others... although that kind of understandable considering the many characters that were featured in this movie. A sequel had been greenlit by the studio so if you're a fan, watch out for more news on that.

My 2020 Top 60 Songs: The Best From K-pop Female Groups ~ No. 10 - No. 1

Here's the final part for my favourite songs from female K-pop groups in 2020 where I finally can introduce to you my top 10. Wow, such a long journey. Sorry for procrastinating this. Now, let's go to the songs. Can you guess which group top my list?

10 - Fiesta by IZ*ONE

IZ*ONE had officially disbanded in April 2021 but that's okay, we still can enjoy their music and music videos through various platforms. They had lots of cool music and Fiesta is probably one of my favourite. It's a super upbeat song and it's almost as if they were rushing when they are singing this song which kind of funny when I think about it. Still, it's super catchy and a highly addictive song so you've been warned.

9 - Why Not? by LOONA

I'm so in love with this song. It's different, it doesn't really sound like a K-pop song and I think I did need some time to get used to it when I first heard it but I was definitely hooked by the time the song was over. I'm in love with the music video too; it was beautifully shot, the edits were good, the members were stunning and the choreography was just perfect. For some reason, I was mesmerized by the flying orbs scene in the music video. I'm not sure why....

8 - Girls by Nature

This song and the music video that accompanied it were such a nice surprise, because it was a departure from the type of songs that the group used to release before. It was an experiment for them I guess, but it worked, they all committed to it and they delivered. The link that I provided for the music video is for the normal version but I really recommend that you check out the uncensored version as well; it was interesting and well made and definitely my choice when I want to watch the music video.

My 2020 Top 60 Songs: The Best From K-pop Female Groups ~ No. 20 - No. 11

*I can't believe I had been postponing this yet again! A lot is happening in my personal life and I just can't find the right time to write. However, I am determined to finish this list and then straight away continue with my 2021 list as well so...let's just hope I will make it.*

Here's Part 5 for my top 60 K-pop songs from female groups in 2020 for songs at number 20 until 11. Let's jump right in!

20 - Apple by Gfriend

This is one of those songs that doesn't sound like a Gfriend song. You know, usually you can hear in their songs that kind of familiar sounds that you can straight away associate with them but no, not this one. Apple sounds different and that is actually good for them. It shows their versatility. As of this writing, Gfriend has disbanded. To be honest, how many of us would expect that this would be one of the last songs that they would release?

19 - Hmph! by WJSN Chocome

I'm so in love with this song! It's fun, cute and reminded me of the concepts that Orange Caramel used to pull when they were active. Seriously, more groups should try quirky concepts like this, I don't think we have enough of them nowadays.

18 - More & More by Twice

They never take a break, do they? They keep releasing song after song after song...sometimes I wonder if they have enough rest between releases. Anyway, More & More is an awesome dance track and the dance break in the music video was phenomenal. The music video was beautifully shot too. In my opinion. this is one of their best track.

My 2020 Top 60 Songs: The Best From K-pop Female Groups ~ No. 30 - No. 21

Here's Part 4! We're past halfway through the list now so I hope I can finish this soon because 2022 is almost upon us and I'm still on the 2020 list. Okay, let's do this, let's go through the songs from number 30 until 21.

30 - Cool by Weki Meki

This is definitely edgier than what they used to release but I like it. It reminded me of their debut song, I Don't Like Your Girlfriend, which is also a lot edgier compared to their other songs like Picky Picky and Dazzle Dazzle. The styling for this music video is great too, I like the look that they went with.

29 - Black Mamba by aespa

This is a very strong debut. Seriously, they look like they have been in the industry for awhile but it's actually their debut. I like the concept and styling for the girls in the music video, but what I really find impressive is the camerawork for it especially when the camera followed them when they are dancing, it makes the music video somewhat unique for me. Also what's with the silhouette at the end? Are they hinting at a fifth member joining the group?

28 - How You Like That by Blackpink

How You Like That is the lead single from Blackpink's first Korean studio album. It's fun, it's funky, and has Blackpink's signature all over it, and what I mean by that is when you listen to the song, you know it's from the group because it has that sound that is familiar to them.

My 2020 Top 60 Songs: The Best From K-pop Female Groups ~ No. 40 - No. 31

Here's Part 3! Here are my favourite songs for 2020 from female K-pop groups, and in this part, I will be revealing songs at number 40 until 31. Let's go!

40 - Now or Never by April

It's from their summer special album 'Hello Summer' so the upbeat and high energy of the song together with the sunny, fun and chilling-by-the-beach concept of the music video really oozed summer vibe. It's kind of catchy too.

39 - D.B.D.B.DIB by Saturday

Saturday is really an underrated group, I mean, seriously all of their title tracks before this were really good. I don't think there is any one that I don't like before, and D.B.D.B.DIB is another cute song from them. It's fun, catchy, the music video is humorous and the girls look gorgeous. They really deserve more attention than what they are getting now.

38 - Secret Story of the Swan by IZ*ONE

I have to be honest, this is one of my least favourite songs from the group, but still, it's a catchy, upbeat, full of energy song that makes you want to get up and dance. The song also has a very curious title which begged me to google for its meaning, and my finding? Well, I have to apologize because I'm not exactly sure what it means. Anyone else care to explain it?

My 2020 Top 60 Songs: The Best From K-pop Female Groups ~ No. 50 - No. 41

Welcome to Part 2! Let's jump straight in. These are my favourite songs for 2020 from female K-pop groups.

Here are the songs from number 50 until 41.

50 - Don't Touch Me by Refund Sisters

Yes, it's just a project group but with a fabulous song like this, how can I not included it in my list? Four very charismatic singers band together to form a super group, it's like a dream team come true. The song and the fierce concept suit them very much. If you could form your own dream group, who would the members be?

49 - Cool by BVNDIT

It's an english song, and it's a really cool song! (no pun intended) You should check out the music video too, it's simple but creative and funny to watch. I don't think this was promoted in music shows because it was just a new music project from their company, but still it's a really nice song to listen to.

48 - Future by Girlkind

This is the second entry from Girlkind. Another one of their song, Psycho4U, charted at number 60 in my list. This is another dreamy and futuristic sound from them, kind of similar to Psycho4U. It's a very unique-sounding song with a cool concept. I think they might be experimenting with their songs and image for this comeback because this surely isn't your typical K-pop song.