Usually, the music chosen because the title observe for a Okay-Pop album turns into the preferred music on stated album, by way of streams, music chart rankings, and different methods. They get promoted probably the most of any music from the album — typically the one observe to get promotion — and thus, extra individuals are extra prone to hear the music.
There are some situations, nonetheless, the place a B-side observe on a Okay-Pop album is so good that it finally ends up overshadowing the title observe! And this 12 months, there have been a pair situations of this occurring.
Recently on a web-based discussion board, netizens mentioned what they consider to be the three B-side tracks that almost all overshadowed the title tracks of their respective albums.
The first of the three B-side tracks chosen by these commenters was “Polaroid Love” by ENHYPEN.
“Polaroid Love” was the tenth observe on the group’s repackaged album, Dimension: Answer, which was launched on January 10. The title observe of the album was “Blessed-Cursed”, and whereas it additionally carried out properly, “Polaroid Love” did outperform it in some methods.
Most notably, whereas “Blessed-Cursed” presently has just below 56 million streams on Spotify, “Polaroid Love” is at practically 147 million streams — making it their third most-streamed music solely after “Fever” (one other notable B-side observe) and “Drunk-Dazed”.
The second of the three B-side tracks talked about is “A Journey” by DAY6 member Wonpil.
The music is the tenth and closing observe off of the soloist’s debut studio album, Pilmography, which was launched on February 7. The title observe of the album is “Voiceless”, and whereas it does have extra streams on Spotify — 1.63 million in comparison with 1.25 million — it isn’t by a lot, and the B-side has clearly caught the fandom’s consideration.
Finally, the final B-side observe talked about by netizens is “DARARI” by TREASURE.
“DARARI” is the third music on the group’s first EP, The Second Step: Chapter One, which got here out on February 15. The title observe of the album, “JIKJIN”, was removed from being a flop, however “DARARI” managed to go viral on TikTook which skyrocketed it to nice heights. At this time, “JIKJIN” has about 59 million streams on Spotify whereas “DARARI” has 131 million.
Were there another B-side tracks launched this 12 months that ought to have been on this record?
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