Consequence’s Annual Report continues with a roundup of essentially the most memorable dwell performances of 2024. Because the yr winds down, we’ve bought tons of awards, lists, and interviews about the very best music, movie, and TV 2024 needed to supply, together with our record of the 200 Greatest Songs of the 12 months.
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In 2023, I completely liked launching the Okay-Pop Yearbook, celebrating a yr within the style with superlative-style accolades. Placing collectively these titles for soloists, bands, and music that moved us all year long was such a blast that I merely needed to do it once more. Assume again on all of the music you streamed over the course of 2024; did you, like me, make that cash make purse? Had been you mastering the “Supernova” choreography, or unable to cease replaying that P1Harmony TikTok?
It appears like an understatement to say that 2024 was an particularly wild yr for Okay-pop, however right this moment, we’re specializing in the very best and brightest. I really feel so fortunate to have spoken to and related with so many of those artists all year long, each in my weekly column and elsewhere on the location, and was delighted that so lots of them wished to verify in to replicate on the yr. If you happen to haven’t already, however positive to subscribe to my column right here to get enjoyable items like this delivered proper to your inbox every week.
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2024 Hitmakers: aespa
aespa, picture courtesy of SM Leisure
Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning have launched among the finest music of their profession this yr. 2024 noticed aespa drop two killer songs back-to-back with “Supernova” and “Armageddon,” after which adopted it up a couple of months later with “Whiplash.” No skips, all hits is the secret for these ladies, and their demanding choreography stays on par with their reliable vocals.
The four-member act out of SM Leisure stays an instance of forward-thinking power; aespa had been one of many first teams to full embrace themes and visuals across the metaverse, crafting their very own cyber-toned narrative from the soar. The truth that the music has remained as partaking because the idea is a testomony to their arduous work.
Greatest Tour: ATEEZ
ATEEZ, picture courtesy of KQ Leisure
Named the most effective all-genre dwell reveals of 2024, ATEEZ’s “In the direction of the Mild: Will to Energy” tour feels prefer it marked a turning level within the band’s story. Whereas the eight-member act has been steadily sustaining momentum for years, this yr’s North American outing nudged Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho into much more formidable territory, and the end result was one narrative, immersive, and extremely spectacular tour.
As I wrote in my evaluate of their US stadium debut, there’s one thing notably satisfying about witnessing an act like ATEEZ — who clawed their strategy to the massive leagues from a small label by means of the mixed powers of sheer will, teamwork, and interesting music — play to among the greatest crowds of their profession. Their swashbuckling story is much from over, however 2024 was an particularly deserved chapter.
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