The Bias List is a K-pop blog that also covers a fair amount of J-pop. But just like most music fans, I enjoy tracks from all around the world. So, I thought I’d start a monthly round-up of some of the non-K-pop songs that have caught my ear. No ratings — just highlights!
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Dragonette & The Knocks ā Love Me Alive / Friday Night
Their collaboration album is great and these new tracks are more shimmering 80ās synth highlights.
Drƶmhus ā Perfection
Scandipop hooks with club production.
Dylan ā Bad
Sheās back after a bit of a hiatus and hasnāt lost any of her raucous pop rock energy.
Goldielocks ā Push Back My Alarm
I prefer this to her UMK entry. Itās very disco!
Honey. ā Dreams
Slightly more upbeat than usual, but no less shimmering and beguiling.
Hotel Apache ā Lonely2
Anthemic, synth-sparkled pop rock.
Jade ā Plastic Box
Her most atmospheric single yet? I love the chugging electro beat.
Joe L – MitƤ sƤ teet tƤƤl (ft. Robin Packalen)
Very groovy ā especially that syncopated chorus!
Jolin ā Pleasure
The Taiwanese legend gives a very Gaga-esque performance in this evocative standout. K-pop could use some of this energy.
Kesha x Slayyyter x Rose Gray ā Attention
Now this is a bonkers collaboration!
The Kid Laroi ā How Does It Feel?
Some nice, groovy Y2K funk/R&B.
Madison Rose ā Daydreaming
Sheās back to her euphoric EDM sound and thank goodness for that! This absolutely soars.
Magic Dance & The Runaway Wild – Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Wilder
Two fantastic synthwave/synthrock artists come together to maximize their joint slay.
Mariah Carey ā Type Dangerous
Not a discography standout for sure, but its breezy groove goes down easy and itās so nice to have new material from the original diva.
Maris ā Mary + I
This is very Chappell Roan in the best possible way. The chorus is immense!
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
Plastic Box is very Dancing On My Own/we can’t be friends. another very good song from her, but I wish she released less singles, almost half of the album has already been out š©
Madison Rose’s music needs to blow up immediately! it’s been overdue.
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Now that The Knocks’ and Dragonette’s collab album has finally dropped I can stop campaigning for it in your comments lol. Love the album as a whole as much as I’d hoped; the title track (Revelation) and Love Me Alive are my personal standouts. Revelation gives me a feeling of infinite potential waiting to burst that I can’t get enough of, and I believe Love Me Alive was the first track they recorded for the album – it was their attempt at recapturing the gold they struck with their first collab, Slow Song, and apparently it went well enough they made a whole project out of it!
(Slow Song is also amazing, and was why I was so hyped for this full collab)
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I still canāt get over the fact that Mr beast just appears out of nowhere in Mariah Careyās new song
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What did you rhink about Ed Sheeran’s Sapphire? I really like the chorus!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgDNFQ2RaLQ&list=RDJgDNFQ2RaLQ&start_radio=1
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I think it’s good, but it barely missed the round-up since I had about 7,000 other songs to write about haha
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Looooove Hotel Apache!!
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