I made a last minute month decision that since this is presumably my last mix CD of the "mix CD of every year of my life" vanity project, I'm totally justified in including 2021 songs that would've made it onto that unmade future mix. And I mean definitely would have made it. I'm not the quickest listener processing songs when I first hear them. I might like something right away, but it's basically in one ear and out the other and it often takes a handful of listens before a song really starts to sound like something with elements I can remember. But every once in a while a song will stop me in my tracks, grab me by the lapels and demand my attention leaving me slack-eyed and/or wide-jawed at how good it is for whatever reason. The five 2021 songs included on Disc 2 are in that league.
And I'll admit the decision to change the mixes to include 2021 songs was made rather recently after the Oh My Girl and fromis_9 songs on Disc 2 were released a week apart and made me wonder about including them. And I might also admit the decision was made easier because I had already shoe-horned the 2021 Chungha song into the original finalized track list because I couldn't make it work with only 2020 candidates. That song, released in January, was emotionally stunning and I tried slotting it in just to see how it sounded and I liked it! I ended up suppressing my obsessive-compulsive impulse to include only 2020 songs and tossed two 2020 songs to accommodate it. But then opening up the field for other 2021 songs that met the standard, in addition to the two mentioned above, I found two more and then a bunch of 2020 songs of the "original concept" went out the window.
There were no live audiences at the music shows for the entirety of 2020 so I avoided linking to those videos because the energy is different. Most are videos with mp3 sound and some supplemental live versions. Unfortunately I've found that mp3 sound is much better than the live sound videos I've been linking for the past 10 years! Maybe I shoulda been linking videos with mp3 sound all along :p
Disc One: (zip download)
1. I Can't Stop Me (Twice)
2. Feel Good (SECRET CODE) (fromis_9) (live version)
3. Voice (LOOΠΔ) (English version 'Star') (funny tweets described the choreo at the beginning as "train stopping at a station")
4. Oopsy (Weki Meki)
5. Butterfly (WJSN/Cosmic Girls)
6. No Big Deal (Elris) (lyric video)
7. Not Shy (Itzy)
8. Dingga (Mamamoo) (live version)
9. Dumhdurum (Apink)
10. Mago (Gfriend)
12. On Air (3YE)
13. Oops I'm Sorry (April) (live version)
14. Barbie (Ye-eun (CLC))
15. Eight (feat. Suga (BTS)) (IU)
16. Lazy Day (Tymee) (official audio)
17. Want It (Kisum x Bora (Cherry Bullet)) (audio only)
18. Pporappippam (Sunmi (ex-Wonder Girls))
19. D.B.D.B.DIB (Saturday)
20. yaya (ME TIME) (Yubin (ex-Wonder Girls)) (live version)
21. Push This Button (Baechigi) (official audio)
22. Diver (YooA (Oh My Girl)) (audio only)
24. Play (feat. Changmo) (Chungha) (live version)
2. Dun Dun Dance (Oh My Girl) (unofficial stage mix) (full-stage cam) 2021
3. Dumdi Dumdi ((g)I-dle)
4. Hands Up (Cherry Bullet)
5. Lalalilala (April) (stage mix)
7. Surf (Itzy) (official audio)
8. Alien (Lee Suhyun (Akdong Musician))
9. Naughty (Irene & Seulgi (Red Velvet))
10. The Paradise (Weki Meki) (audio only)
11. This and That (Yuju (Gfriend)) (audio only)
12. Things Are Going Well (Heize) (lyric video) (short music video)
13. Red Lipstick (Bolbbalgan4)
14. Hmph! (WJSN: Chocome) (live version)
15. Cry For Me (Twice)
16. Money Serenade (Mommy Son) (audio only) (annoyingly censored telecast)
17. Mimi (youra) 2021
18. Teddy Bear (Kim Sejeong (ex-gugudan) (audio only) 2021
20. X (No Flowers on the Path I've Taken) (Chungha) 2021
21. Daily (DIA) (lyric video)
22. Up No More (Twice) (official audio) (lyric video)
23. Travel (Mamamoo) (official audio) (lyric video)