There’s been no scarcity of wonderful Okay-pop albums in 2022 and Billboard desires to know which full-length has helped outline your yr.
Although BTS remained on hiatus because the seven members put together to begin their obligatory service within the South Korean army, each RM and J-Hope delivered solo albums to maintain ARMY blissful. J-Hope’s Jack within the Field got here first with its classic hip-hop sound, colourful cowl artwork by KAWS and idea impressed by Pandora’s Field.
5 months later, RM dropped Indigo, full with a star-studded visitor roster that included Erykah Badu (“Yun”), Anderson .Paak (“Nonetheless Life”), Tablo (“All Day”) and extra.
BLACKPINK additionally got here raring again with their full-length sophomore effort Born Pink whereas TOMORROW X TOGETHER dropped Minisode 2: Thursday’s Youngster and SEVENTEEN repackaged their fourth album, 2022’s Face the Solar, as Sector 17 with new tracks like “Cheers (SVT Leaders)” and “_World.”
So far as solo albums go, Lee Chanhyuk dreamed up Error, an idea album telling the story of somebody who’s fallen right into a coma and Heize enlisted the likes of Monsta X’s I.M, (G)I-DLE’s Minnie and Giriboy for Undo, her first album in additional than three years.
HIGHLIGHT reintroduced themselves with Daydream — their first full-length since altering their identify from Beast again in 2017. Lim Younger Woong delivered on his potential after successful the 2020 Korean singing competitors Mr. Trot along with his genre-hopping debut Im Hero. And NewJeans established themselves as one of many style’s most enjoyable new woman teams with their self-titled debut.
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