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Unwrapping 2024’s K-pop Holiday Tracks: Keep Or Return?

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2019 K-Pop Christmas Songs
Following a tradition first established in 2020, I’m celebrating the holidays today with the opening of gifts. These packages come in the form of seasonal K-pop tracks not yet reviewed on the blog.

Like last year, I’m either keeping the gifts or planning to return them. Unfortunately, there was a lot of coal in the stocking this time!

I’ll see you later today for a write-up on the SBS Gayo Daejun. Happy Holidays! 

BANG&JUNG&YOO&MOON – Christmas With You

It’s definitely sleepy, but this is the one time of year I have room for this jazzy style. Unfortunately, there’s just not enough going on with the melodies for me.

Verdict: Return

Brand New Music Artists – Make It New

It’s refreshing to get a New Year’s song amidst all the Christmas fare, but otherwise this is a skip.

Verdict: Return

Chungha – There Goes Santa Claus!

This is really fun and jaunty.

Verdict: Keep

Dreamcatcher – My Christmas Sweet Love

This is not the group I’d expect to do a Christmas track! This works quite well, though.

Verdict: Keep

FAVE1 – Christmas Kiss

A bit toothless, even for a Christmas song.

Verdict: Return

Hyojung (Oh My Girl) – Hot December

It’s just a bit boring, unfortunately.

Verdict: Return

Jooan (TAN) – Because It’s Christmas

Repetitive as hell, but I like the energy.

Verdict: Keep

Kei (Lovelyz) – Winter Garden

We need her official solo debut because this is not tiding me over.

Verdict: Return

Moonbyul – Make It Christmas

The sleigh bells are here to save the day, but otherwise this is too sleepy for me.

Verdict: Return

NCHIVE – NChristmAs!

No thank you.

Verdict: Return

ONEWE – We X Mas

This feels like it could be played all year long but unfortunately I find it a little dull.

Verdict: Return

Super Junior-D&E – Jingle Jingle

That chorus is a definite chop.

Verdict: Return

Twice – Magical

This is quite pleasant. I’ll always love a chugging synth beat.

Verdict: Keep

TWS – Highlight (Holiday Version)

I much prefer the original mix, but I’m not about to return any gift TWS delivers.

Verdict: Keep

Young Posse – Street Carol… (with John Park)

I did not expect this to be so… serious?

Verdict: Return

18 thoughts on “Unwrapping 2024’s K-pop Holiday Tracks: Keep Or Return?”

  1. I finally found this Japanese Christmas classic I’ve been looking for. To me, this is up there with the best (i.e. Infinite, EXO). I don’t think it’s on Spotify, so it took me awhile to figure out who sang it.

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  2. Despite my highlight of Twice’s recent EP being Kiss My Troubles Away, I find myself ended up repeating Magical.
    Like I love the retro-ish touch on the Christmas song.

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  3. Listening to these, for me the keepers are by TWICE and ChungHa. I just wish they weren’t 100% in English, that’ll probably keep them off my playlists.

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  5. I think that of these tracks the only ones I evaluated were Bang&Jung&Yoo&Moon and Hyojung’s song. There were some on this list that I wrote down but they weren’t promoted very well. Well, I can’t say that this is something new for December in K-Pop…

    Merry Christmas to everyone at TheBiasList. My Christmas was ordinary. I’m not very excited about celebrating dates to be honest

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  6. This feels like it could be played all year wrong but unfortunately I find it a little dull.

    is that a typo lmao 😭

    I love that you included the Highlight remix!

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  8. There are 2 definitive Christmas songs for me (aside from the classics)

    1. SKY-HI & CHANMINA = Holy Moly Holy Night (very funky & cheeky with the twist of celebrating Christmas on Armageddon with your enemy! Both sound good too)
    2. back number – The Christmas Song (very classic romantic soppy look at Christmas and love – Christmas done right imo!)

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    • Honestly this feels like such a flex by 100RED, as if they’re meaning to say “look at this roster of artists we have assembled over our various sub-labels”. And you know what it worked, I was suitably impressed/intimidated.

      As for the song itself, it’s really well done! They did a good job fitting everyone in it, including their 7-member rookie girl group. And the video is, um… it’s a whole journey.

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  10. Everytime I read something about the Young Posse christmas song I remember there was originally also supposed to be another song called ‘Santa Claus is coming to hood’ that got scrapped for… obvious reasons. I wonder what it would’ve sounded like, with such a song title.

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  11. I’m liking this Dreamcatcher Christmas mini more than Villains/Versus and almost as much as Virtuous. I don’t know how I feel about this. They’re my ult group but I haven’t loved anything they’ve done in a while.

    That said, OT7 Jazz Bar. Aww yeah.

    Merry Christmas and happy holidays Nick!

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