Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-29512888-20200125001849

Hello everyone! Welcome to a new episode of Weekly Boost! Sorry for being slightly late, I have quite a lot to study for university.

Easily Dreamcatcher's best song to date, it combines their usual formula with some delicious punk-rock influences that bring the already-thrilling listening experience to a whole new level. BAP had a lot of heavy metal influences in their early repertoire but, to me, none of them shines brighter than "One Shot", which wins over everything else thanks to some really nice strings and one hell of a chorus. Add some of the most inspirational, well-written lyrics in K-Pop and you've got a true classic. The rock never ends. This one sounds more like a fusion between Avril Lavigne and Evanescence, and it's just as good as both (if not better). The true definition of a banger. It sounds like new jack swing played with dubstep instruments, and the results are definitely messy, but in a good way. We'll close the K-Pop section with this 80's gem about closing a relationship in a peaceful way. As much as I love K-Pop, I have to admit satisfactory lyrics are not very easy to find, and that's why songs like this truly stands out. I had initially planned to feature Riley Green's "I Wish Grandpas Never Died", but I ultimately realised that 1) it had a Billboard debut so it wasn't that underrated, 2) I had already shown "More Hearts Than Mine" last week so adding Riley would have made the episode a bit more predictable, and 3) while it's good, there's no denying this other country song beats it by a long mile. This came out in September 2019 but, even thought I used to do Best and Worst lists back in the day, I never got to praise it because university life had grabbed me so much that the amount of time I could afford to spend on the series decreased in an eye blink. Anyway, this is absolutely amazing and it's got some of the most cathartic music I've ever heard, even though it takes about five minutes to reach that climax. Believe me, though, it's all worth the wait. Moving on to something happier now, which has the honour of being the first song from 2020 that I genuinely liked. From what I've heard in the EDM scene (especially house), it seems like MOTi is one of the very few DJs (if not the only one) capable to write decent music. Definitely not a masterpiece, but I still like it because it sounds quite a lot like Beyonce's "Halo", and it's also worth noting what an improvement from her awful debut this is. Man, Ariana has been a huge disappointment last year. I understand all the struggle she had to go through at the time, but most of the music from thank u, next just doesn't hold up (especially 7 rings and break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored), and the collaborations that came right afterwards, while slightly better, were still far from the quality content she used to churn out. It's clear that, sometimes, holding on and continuing the work isn't the best option and you just need to take a break, and I'm grateful Ariana realised it (or at least slowed the work down). Someone could learn from that - am I right, Ubisoft? In the meanwhile, I'll jam to this really cool "Lemon" soundalike. 