Cover Kiri T’s melancholic ‘You Gotta Screw Up At Least Once’ is one of our favourite canto-pop songs released this year (Photo: courtesy of Warner)
Kiri T’s melancholic ‘You Gotta Screw Up At Least Once’ is one of our favourite canto-pop songs released this year (Photo: courtesy of Warner)
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Just like your 2024 Spotify Wrapped, Tatler Hong Kong looked back at the best songs released this year in the city—will your favourite canto-pop singer or indie musician be in it?
For people born in Hong Kong, raised in Hong Kong or who now call Hong Kong home, 2024 has been a year rich in musical releases. Without many surprises, Canto-pop has dominated the city’s charts, whether it’s with boy band Mirror’s latest releases, The Last Dance’s original movie soundtracks by Terence Lam or Kiri T’s melancholic You Gotta Screw Up At Least Once (至少做一件離譜的事).
But Hong Kong demonstrated in 2024 that its pool of musical talent runs deep and covers a wide range of genres, from experimental jazz to R’n’B and alternative music.
Here, in no particular order, we’ve narrowed down some of what (we think) are the best, most impactful songs produced by Hong Kong artists in 2024, which deserve a place on our playlist in 2025 and beyond.
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10 best Canto-pop and pop songs
Above “Hunt You Down” by Mirror
- Hunt You Down by Mirror
- You Gotta Screw Up At Least Once (至少做一件離譜的事) by Kiri T
- Moon Dance (月色魔美) by Serrini
- grwm by moon tang and Marf 邱彥筒
- Gradually (漸漸我們) by Jace Chan and Edan Lui
- idole sind tot (偶像已死 ) by Gareth.T
- See You Soon, It’s Not A Goodbye (會再見的) by Jay Fung
- The Last Dance (普渡眾生) by Terence Lam
- Mind Your Ex ( 小心碰頭) by MC Cheung
- Let’s Stay In by Joya
5 best R’n’B / hip-hop songs
Above “Like A Fool” by Kalai
- Like A Fool by Kalai
- 佛道說 by Novel Fergus
- Cool shit by W.Dat featuring Benny Hàn
- 雀斑 by Novel Friday
- Time by Derek Dali and Julia Wu
5 best alternative songs
Above “Goodnight, don’t wait” by cehryl
- Goodnight, don’t wait by cehryl
- Ladder by Code
- 輪迴德己立街 by $alty Chick
- California Trash by Deb Fan
- Me, Myself & Yu by Riddem
5 best indie rock songs
Above “冷氣機滴水” by N.Y.P.D.
- 冷氣機滴水 by N.Y.P.D.
- California (好鬼死浪漫) by Almond Milk featuring cehryl
- 木馬 Mukma by Wantamnam 我地希望
- My Valentine by Yokin and Yuetcover
- The Real World by Mr Koo
5 best electronic songs
- Searching For Love (尋愛) by Xiaolin
- Free Tekno by Mr.Ho and Luca Lozano
- Memories of you by Delf
- Honesty by Merry Lamb Lamb
- Frogs by Bolis Pupul
Salomé Grouard was Digital Editor and Front & Female Content Lead at Tatler Hong Kong. Primarily focused on managing Tatler Hong Kong’s digital platform and content, she also covers gender equality, the music scene and sports through interviews with industry leaders, experts and trendsetters.
Interview highlights include renowned conservationist Dr Jane Goodall, Korean actor Park Seo Jun, singer Jorja Smith, Chinese TV host Yue-Sai Kan, YouTuber Kimono Mom, Japanese rapper Awich, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter Mikey Musumeci.
She has also produced stories on revolutionising sexual wellness in Asia, activism within the surfing community, Asian trans musicians reclaiming their narratives through music and looked at the toxicity of gym culture through the lens of the plus-size community. She also covers music festivals, such as Hong Kong’s Clockenflap and Bali’s Suara.
