Hi /r/kpop. It's a new year and with it, I'd like to start up the community playlists again. Upon some discussion and permissions with /u/mwff, the creator of the themed playlists two years ago, we agreed that with the ever growing community and changing depth of Kpop, the playlists could see some updating.

I'm going to change it up a bit from last time, as I will repeat previously used themes for the weeks, but will also let the community vote on some upcoming themes. As well, you can PM me if you have any ideas for weekly themes, and I'll throw them up to be voted on!

The nominations will be in contest mode, so you won't be swayed by upvotes and the most popular won't be at the top. Try to nominate and vote for all the songs you'd like to see included!

If you have any further questions, feel free to send me a message and I'll try to answer it as soon as possible.

So here are the rules:

• Please post each song nomination separately (one per comment).

• There is no limit to the number of songs you can nominate.

• Each song must come with a YouTube link (use official channels if possible).

• The top 50% of the songs will make the playlist.

• PLEASE CHECK if the song you're going to post hasn't been already nominated (Ctrl F).

• Upvote the songs you would like to have in the playlist.

• Nominations and voting will end 7 days after this post (Friday, January 8th, 11:59pm PST). At this point I will take the qualified songs, make YouTube and Spotify playlists and begin the next week.

This week's theme is Cheerful / Mood Lifting. That are, happy Kpop songs that cheer you up and ones that make you feel good whenever you listen to them.

To vote for upcoming themes, click here.

Edit (160109): Just waiting on some work to be done on the contest mode, playlist will be up whenever after some technical work.

[PLAYLIST] 2016 | Week 1 - Cheerful / Mood Lifting

[YOUTUBE]