What if I started this post with a whole "2020 was a challenging year blah blah blah" spiel. NOPE it's time for LISTS!

Previous years: 2019 - 2017 - 2016 Podcasts - 2016 Albums

Top 7 Video Games I Played In 2020 (that weren't all from 2020)

• 7) Far Cry 5 (PS4)
• 6) Superstar JYP/Superstar SM/Superstar YG (iOS)
• 5) Mario Kart 8 (Switch)
• 4) Cyberpunk 2077 (Stadia)
• 3) The Return Of The Obra Dinn (Switch)
• 2) The Outer Wilds (PS4)
• 1) Breath of the Wild: The Champions Ballad (Switch)

Top 10 TV Or Internet Shows Of 2020

• 10) Making Home (Youtube, TheSorryGirls)
• 9) The Chef Show (Netflix)
• 8) Hoobastank2 (Twitch)
• 7) Blackpink 24/365 (Youtube)
• 6) The Outsider (HBO)
• 5) Amazing Saturday (tvN)*
• 4) The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
• 3) Dare Me (USA)
• 2) Learn Way (Youtube, 1theK Originals)
• 1) Harley Quinn (HBO Max)

*Just my luck that I get into Amazing Saturday, a wonderful show, and fully fall in love with Hyeri literally WEEKS before she leaves the show.

**Also, notably there is no Bachelor/ette on here because this year was BAD! BAD I say!!

Top 6 Honorable Mention Albums Of 2020

Strangers/Lovers - Dagny; miss_anthropocene - Grimes; Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple; Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers; how i'm feeling now - Charli XCX; RTJ4 - Run The Jewels

Top 9 Blackpink Songs of 2020

• 9) You Never Know
• 8) How You Like That
• 7) Ice Cream
• 6) Crazy Over You
• 5) Love To Hate Me
• 4) Sour Candy
• 3) Pretty Savage
• 2) Bet You Wanna
• 1) Lovesick Girls

Folkmore Ranked

• 32) hoax
• 31) mad woman
• 30) epiphany
• 29) betty
• 28) evermore
• 27) peace
• 26) closure
• 25) happiness
• 24) the 1
• 23) tolerate it
• 22) the last great american dynasty
• 21) dorothea
• 20) the lakes
• 19) willow
• 18) marjorie
• 17) invisible string
• 16) champagne problems
• 15) 'tis the damn season
• 14) cardigan
• 13) coney island
• 12) my tears ricochet
• 11) this is my trying
• 10) exile
• 9) illicit affairs
• 8) no body, no crime
• 7) ivy
• 6) mirrorball
• 5) long story short
• 4) gold rush
• 3) cowboy like me
• 2) august
• 1) seven

Top 11 Albums Of 2020

• 11) Ungodly Hour - Chloe X Halle
• 10) Kinsey: A Memoir - Roy Kinsey
• 9) Eyes Wide Open - Twice
• 8) Anime, Trauma, And Divorce - Open Mike Eagle
• 7) Honeymoon - Beach Bunny
• 6) Brave Faces Everyone - Spanish Love Songs
• 5) folklore - Taylor Swift
• 4) Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
• 3) The Album - Blackpink
• 2) evermore - Taylor Swift
• 1) SAWAYAMA - Rina Sawayama

Top 11 Blackpink Miscellany Of 2020

• 11) That one bad youtube interview show thing that aired before the Lovesick Girls music video premiere
• 10) The fact that coronavirus meant The Show didn't happen in 2020, preventing Blackpink from living up to my joke that Taylor Swift followed her 2020 Netflix documentary with a 2020 psuedo-concert film so now the ball is in Blackpink's court
• 9) The over-the-top game episodes of 24/365
• 8) The fact I actually bought a full deluxe version of the album chock full of a ton of stuff I'd never in a million years need but still love and am glad I made that objectively silly purchase.
• 7) The group's full appearance on Running Man
• 6) The actual day-in-the-life episodes of 24/365
• 5) The PUBG Mobile event
• 4) The "Prison Interview" on 1theK
• 3) The specific clip of Jennie with cute bangs and bunny ears being a stone-cold goofball on Running Man
• 2) Rosé and Jisoo on Amazing Saturday
• 1) The group's appearance on Knowing Bros

Top 5 New Podcasts Of 2020

• 5) Setlist In Seattle
• 4) Dead Eyes
• 3) Recipe Club
• 2) The Scaredy Cats Horror Show
• 1) The Content Mines

Top 5 Podcasts That Were New To Me In 2020

• 5) Cannes I Kick It
• 4) Podcast Like It's 1999
• 3) Blink-155
• 2) The Modern Maker Podcast
• 1) Screen Drafts

Top 7 Podcasts That Were Dormant But Made A Glorious Return In 2020, Either Because People Were Bored, Needed Money During The Pandemic, Or Other Extenuating Circumstances Like A New Taylor Swift Album, For Example

• 7) The Besties
• 6) The Relentless Picnic
• 5) Kinda Neat
• 4) We Have Concerns
• 3) Don't Get Me Started
• 2) Holy Swift
• 1) Election Profit Makers

Top 10 Podcasts That Aren't On Any Of Those Lists

• 10) Reply All
• 9) You Must Remember This
• 8) The Weeds
• 7) Fighting In The War Room
• 6) Do By Friday
• 5) Doughboys
• 4) Lovett Or Leave It
• 3) The Big Picture
• 2) Reconcilable Differences
• 1) Blank Check

Top 10 Honorable Mention Movies Of 2020

Palm Springs, Unpregnant, The Vast Of Night, The Trial Of The Chicago 7, On The Rocks, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Tenet, The Sound Of Metal, Da 5 Bloods

Every 2020 Movie I Saw, Ranked

https://letterboxd.com/awhipple/list/2020-ranked/

Top 4 Times I Watched Blackpink: Light Up The Sky on Netflix

• 4) The third time in two weeks
• 3) The fourth time, on NYE where it ended literally a minute before midnight
• 2) The first time
• 1) The second time in two days

Top 10 Movies I Discovered During Quarantine

• 10) Polytechnique
• 9) Inside Man
• 8) Jaws
• 7) Red Eye
• 6) The Town
• 5) Battle Royale
• 4) Arrival
• 3) The Wind Rises
• 2) Chicago
• 1) Princess Mononoke

Top 5 2020 Movies I Didn't See But Want To

• 5) Color Out Of Space
• 4) The Way Back
• 3) Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
• 2) Possessor
• 1) Shithouse

Top 10 Movies Of 2020

• 10) Dick Johnson Is Dead
• 9) Blackpink: Light Up The Sky
• 8) Mank
• 7) Babyteeth
• 6) Wolfwalkers
• 5) Bad Education
• 4) Hamilton
• 3) Lovers Rock
• 2) Birds Of Prey
• 1) Portrait Of A Lady On Fire