#top seed

I already know how this is going to play out.

Pentagon is gonna feed me the best album of 2020 in the first quarter.

Infinite did it in 2018 with Top Seed (released in January)

Lee Minhyuk (huta) did it in 2019 with Hutazone (also released in January)

And Pentagon is gonna do it in February of 2020.

From 2010 to forever, I’ll always be a sucker for the strings in Infinite songs

Novak beat Alexis Popyrin 6-4 6-2 and reached the second round in Tokyo.

Not that y’all care. But I’m doing it anyways because this was fun! 😂

10.Kim Sungkyu- 10 Stories

This whole album is just gorgeous in every aspect. Sungkyu has one of most beautiful voices in K-POP and this album really showcases that. He did such an amazing job on this

9. EXO-Countdown

EXO’s countdown which yes was their Japanese album is also to this day my favorite EXO album. It’s what got me into EXO and they just pop off in it! I know a lot of their songs on here were originally in Korean, but I don’t give a flying fok. Its all around such a bop!

8.  NCT 2018- Empathy

When SM labeled them as NCT 2018, they really meant it. NCT is not my ult group, nor are they in my top 3, but you cant deny that 2018 was their year. So many releases, so many good bops. I loved this album, especially because it was my first NCT album and what got me into them!

7. Seventeen-You Make My Day

It hurts my heart to put Seventeen so low on here (Because they are my ult group) but that doesn't make this album bad at all! It was the summer album we needed and that Seventeen gave to us! Its such a classic Seventeen album with light hearted, loving life songs and it just makes me smile every time I hear it.

6. iKON-Return

Ahhhhh iKON. Honestly, me and iKON have a weird relationship. Its weird in the fact that Im not a hard core fan. Honestly I would barley consider me a soft core stan. But this album.....this album....WOOOW. Just Wow. They did an amazing job on this album that has hard going bops like Sinosijak to sad ballads like Dont Forget and to light hearted bops like Love Sceanrio. Amazing Amazing Job, honestly should win Album of the year in my mind.

5.  ATEEZ-Treasure EP.1: All To Zero

(These explanations are slowly getting longer the farther down I get)

Out of all the groups I got into in 2018, ATEEZ is one of my favorites. I say one because 2018 I got into a lot of groups like Pentagon, NCT,  and Infinite. But after those 3 its ATEEZ haha. The newest addition to my list of groups! This album blew me away! Like holy shit. I was so impressed by all of it. The song writing, the producing, the rapping, the vocals, the rude ass bitches. ATEEZ after Stray Kids is my new favorite Rookie group and they are going places man. Im so whipped and its this albums fault. 

Where is my Stray KidsXATEEZ collab?

4 SF9-Sensuous

Awww Ye. My SF9 babies! Needless to say, I love SF9. And this whole album......Oh man... I wanna frame it. I don’t wanna say I was shocked when listening to it for the first time because that makes it sound like I didn’t expect them to just slay me. I totally understand their talent and how good they are. But.... I.LOVE.EVERY.SINGLE.SONG. Like most albums I always have like 1 or 2 songs that Im like “Oh man....its good....but I like ____ more” Nope, not with this album. Every single song is a certified bop and yall need to stop sleeping on SF9.

3.  BTOB- Hour Moment

I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH. BtoB is also another group I got into this year, and even tho this is their first album as a 6 member group (soon to be 5) it is on repeat for me. Ballads are my weakness, so a ballad group like BtoB makes me wonder why I didnt get into them earlier????

(Also Climax is my favorite song of 2018)

2.  Monsta X-The Connect

ALL HAIL MONSTA KINGS. 

Like how are some of you still sleeping on them????

But anyways, this album....man oh man. I will say while Jealousy was my least favorite title track song out of theirs the album as a whole is so fucking strong. Monsta X is that type of group that with every album they get so much better, so much stronger, so much.....UGH. This album is just one example of that. Jooheon and I.M’s rapping? Find me another group with that level of rapping talent. Kihyuns vocals? Dude. So unique. If you like hard core bops that make you just wanna bang your head, then this is your album (and your group)

1.Infinite- Top Seed, Stray Kids- I am NOT

Leave it to me to cheat the system. But sorry, nope, cant choose between these 2. 2018 was the year I got into Infinite, and is my top group that I got into this year. I LOVE them. Their vocals...oh man...next to BtoB they have the best vocals in kpop. Just how the mesh together and everything, but anyways the album Sarah the album. .They really show what a veteran group can do and all the songs make me wanna either laugh or cry, or both. The album in itself got to showcase all their individual talents in solo songs and I was NOT disappointed See what I did there? I was NOT? I am NOT? (Okay sarah stop the cringe is real)

Do I even need to explain this last one? For those that don’t know, even tho my tumblr name and icon are Monsta X related and my ULT group is Seventeen, I am 100000% whipped for the 9 member rookie group Stray Kids. I truly believe they are going to be the next big thing, or at least they are going to be their version of the next best big thing. They are trying to step out of the normal world of kpop and push their boundaries. I’ve been following them since their survival show and so when their debut album came out I definitely was not disappointed. Every single song showcases what they are about, their lyrics...so deep ...deeper then what I expect a rookie group of mostly Teenagers to write about....man....3RACHA outdo themselves. This deserves my #1 spot.

Well that was fun! 2018 was such an amazing year for kpop. So many AMAZING albums it was so hard to pick just 11 haha. I can’t wait to see what 2019 has in store for us in the Kpop world.

1. Sungyeol mistaking Sungjong's solo for Myungsoo's

2. Sunggyu being petty about L not mentioning INFINITE during the award presentation

3. Sunggyu saying he'll mention INSPIRITS and all the members if he ever wins an award

4. Members asking if Myungsoo spoke to the Swedish composer for his song over the phone

5. OT6 jamming to TGIF every few min

6. Members teasing each other every few seconds

7. Members giving out spoilers, thinking the parts are in the album preview, then freaking out

8. Sunggyu's eternal love for Tell Me, he did the guy, called Woohyun over to do the guide with him, and pushed it as the the title track.

9. Sungyeol saying he didn't get to film the mv with the actress, only saw her in the teaser and Sunggyu said that she didn't want to film with him.