These are our favorite tracks of 2021 — unranked and individually selected — they helped us get up in the morning and fall asleep (or stay awake) at night. Or sometimes we simply played them on repeat ...

2021 was a fantastic year for K-pop ... If you haven’t kept up with K-pop aside from BTS or Blackpink, you should check out our top picks from this past year: Just as you thought Baekhyun ...