I listened to more singles and fewer albums compared to previous years. Part of it was because of travel, where I would hear something like Pasoori and 可能, go down a rabbit hole, and listen to the tree of songs that grew from there to death. Another part of it was because I listened to more pop, old and new releases, and I think they’re fine with me not liking the whole album. Another change is I no longer religiously listen to Discover Weekly and Release Radar anymore. The reason is a combination of feeling like it’s getting slightly worse, trying to be less of a completionist generally, and because I got so much mileage out of reading Concrete Avalanche and AnyDecentMusic?. So many of the below albums I first heard there, and I think that will continue. Lana Del Rey was not in my Spotify Wrapped top 5 artists for the first time ever. But I found Jingfei Chen, who is like Lana but in Mandarin.
Finally, this year we welcome 爱情绣瓜 to These Songs Do Not Have Flaws and Biała flaga to These Albums Do Not Have Flaws.