소녀시대의 “아이 갓 어 보이(I Got A Boy)가 “타임(Time)”지가 선정한 “2013년 최고의 곡 10” 중 5위로 선정되었다.
타임지는 “여성 9명으로 구성된 한국 그룹 소녀시대는 터무니없을 정도로 효과적인 후크 제조기이며, 아시아에서 엄청난 존재이다”라고 평했다.
타임지는 이어 “당신이 모든 걸 한꺼번에 해내는 노래를 좋아한다면 유튜브에 가서 이 뮤직비디오를 찾아보라”면서 이 곡이 덥스텝, 하드록과 가벼운 가요의 혼합물이며, 한국말 가사가 “Ayo, stop, let me put it down another way”과 같은 어울리지 않는 영어 문구와 섞였다고 설명했다.
타임지가 선정한 “2013년 최고의 곡” 1위에는 프랑스 출신 일렉 듀오 다프트 펑크의 “겟 럭키(Get Lucky)”가 선정되었으며, 마일리 사이러스의 “위 캔트 스탑(We Can’t Stop)과 데이빗 보위의 “러브 이즈 로스트(Love Is Lost) 역시 리스트에 올랐다.
한편 전세계적으로 힙합 디스전을 촉발시킨 빅션의 “콘트롤'Control)”은 3위에 올라 올해 가장 뜨거운 힙합 곡이었음을 증명했다.
타임지 선정 “2013년 최고의 곡 10” 목록
1. “Get Lucky” - Daft Punk
2. “The Wire” - Haim
3. “Control” - Big Sean feat. Jay Electronica & Kendrick Lamar
4. “Ohm” - Yo La Tengo
5. “I Got a Boy” - Girls’ Generation
6. “Cut Copy Me” - Petula Clark
7. “We Can’t Stop” - Miley Cyrus
8. “Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy)” - David Bowie
9. “Cups” - Anna Kendrick
10. “Royals” - Lorde
Time announces top songs of 2013; Girls’ Generation at No.5
By Yoon Min-sik
K-pop group Girls’ Generation turned heads on Wednesday by making No.5 on Time magazine’s list of “Top 10 Songs of 2013” with "I Got A Boy."
“The nine-woman, South Korean group Girls’ Generation is a ridiculously effective hook machine, and a major phenomenon in Asia,” the magazine said. While the group enjoys gigantic popularity here and in most parts of Asia, it is still a relative newcomer on the world pop stage.
The group, which unexpectedly took “Video of the Year” at the first-ever YouTube Music Awards in November, already appears to have gained a sizeable nonmainstream audience in the U.S. On YouTube, a parade of netizens have expressed both confusion and amusement at its over-the-top music videos and rather out-of-place English lyrics.
French electronic music duo Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” topped the list, while American pop singer Miley Cyrus and British old-timer David Bowie also made the list with “We Can’t Stop” and “Love Is Lost.”
No.3 was “Control” by Big Sean, featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica. Despite not being officially released, the track touched off a diss war in the U.S. hip-hop scene when Lamar challenged a handful of rappers in his verse.
The trend of releasing diss tracks using the “Control” beat eventually expanded overseas, making “Control” one of the most talked about tracks in 2013.
Time’s Top 10 Songs of 2013
1. “Get Lucky” - Daft Punk
2. “The Wire” - Haim
3. “Control” - Big Sean feat. Jay Electronica & Kendrick Lamar
4. “Ohm” - Yo La Tengo
5. “I Got a Boy” - Girls’ Generation
6. “Cut Copy Me” - Petula Clark
7. “We Can’t Stop” - Miley Cyrus
8. “Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy)” - David Bowie
9. “Cups” - Anna Kendrick
10. “Royals” - Lorde
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