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pixiecata, 4 months ago

As of Dec. 22, 4:35 EST, Jimin's "Closer Than This" is #1 in 68 countries on iTunes.

pixiecata, 4 months ago

Closer Than This is #1 in 100 countries on iTunes!

pixiecata, 4 months ago

Paste Magazine ranks Agust D's Snooze (feat. Ryuichi Sakamoto and WOOSUNG) as #1 in the 20 Best Songs of 2023.

1. Agust D ft. Ryuichi Sakamoto and Woosung: “Snooze”
   The third album/mixtape released under the BTS rapper-producer Suga’s Agust D moniker, D-Day offered listeners closure on the trilogy, which explored (among other subjects) Suga’s struggles with trauma and mental illness. Nowhere was the album’s cathartic might more visceral than in “Snooze.” The track is offered up as comfort for and encouragement to young artists entering the notoriously harsh K-pop industry, but—like other songs that fall somewhere under the BTS umbrella—it has much broader relatability under late-stage capitalism: “Cry out loud, when you become to hate the world … It’s okay to let out a big sigh and yell out ‘this shit is fucked up’ / Because you too are just a human, just like everyone else.”

“Snooze” features a stirring vocal performance from The Rose’s Woosung and a piano melody from the great Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto—one of his final collaborations, released shortly after his death in March. The song is a bridge between generations of East Asian musical artists, working mostly outside of the U.S. system. When Suga became overcome with emotion while performing “Snooze” on stage during the final show on his world tour, it was one of the year’s most powerful moments in pop music—the culmination of an arduous journey of self-knowledge and healing, and a testament to one musician’s deep connection to his art.

pixiecata, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Agust D's D-Day is #1 in NME's Highest Rated Hiphop Albums of 2023, with a perfect score of 100/100.

Original NME review here.

ernest, 10 months ago

I appreciate the concern, and it seems to me that kbin is no longer just one person ;) Currently, kbin is a team of wonderful people who handle development work, devops, project management, and more. Additionally, Piotr helps me with administering kbin.social. There will be significant changes here soon, things are happening quickly. But to be honest, I wasn't fully prepared for such substantial growth, and it will probably take some time before everything stabilizes. But... this is just the beginning ;) What's important is that the snowball starts rolling, regardless of whether kbin, Lemmy, or Mastodon gains the most users. We all win in this situation.