January is supposed to be a celebratory month for GFriend, as it serves as the anniversary of their debut. And while GFriend was strong enough to continue celebrating this for years to come, Source Music unexpectedly announced that the group would be disbanded in May 2021. Since then, Eunha, SinB, and Umji have redebuted as VIVIZ, YUJU and YERIN have debuted as solo artists, and SOWON has transitioned into acting.

Welcome to the combined announcement of nominations and voting form post for the 2025 KPOPREVIEWED Awards! Like previous years, I have put forward the nominees to you, which I will announce today. 2025 was another challenging year to propose 5-6 nominees per category—so many other artists, songs, and performances deserve nominations. It was to the point where I had to expand some categories to 8 nominees!

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 2 of December 2025, which spans from December 7 to December 13, 2025. As mentioned last week, I made a special announcement during the week - the annual KPOPREVIEWED Awards! I still have a bit of work to do on it to get it ready and go live tomorrow, so that will be the focus for the remainder of today.

Similar to JUNGWOO with SUGAR the other week, DOYOUNG also made a comeback the day after beginning his military service on 8 December 2025. The new single, titled Promise, follows his second studio album, SOAR, led by the single Memory. Unsurprisingly, DOYOUNG offers Promise as a ballad, a parting gift for his fans while he goes on hiatus to express his gratitude for the love and support he has received.

At the beginning of the month, VERIVERY made their first comeback in 2 years with their new single, RED (Beggin'). Their last comeback was in 2023 with Crazy Like That. Since then, one member (DONGHEON) completed his military service, 3 members (DONGHEON, GYEHYEON and KANGMIN) participated in Boys II Planet, and it was announced that most of the group re-signed with their current company (Jellyfish Entertainment) until the end of 2026.

A year on from its release, it is finally time for a review of TXT's 7th mini-album, The Star Chapter: Sanctuary. Led by the single Over The Moon, the mini-album features 6 songs in total. Overall, it was a really strong effort from TXT. Had some of the songs been longer, as I was left wanting more from most of the songs, I think the mini-album would have been much stronger.

Two weeks ago, ILLIT made their surprise comeback with NOT CUTE ANYMORE. Well, it was a surprise, for me at least, because I didn't see any pre-comeback promotions for this release. NOT CUTE ANYMORE is ILLIT's first Korean comeback since Do The Dance earlier this year. NOT CUTE ANYMORE takes on reggae-pop, but in a very beige manner. For a group that has been dependent on a cute sound since their debut, the reggae-pop could have been a very unique direction for them and/or their discography.

Another mid-November comeback that I have yet to review (until today) is ONF's Put It Back, the lead single off their 9th mini-album, UNBROKEN. Put It Back follows the release of the first part of their 2nd studio album, ONF: My Identity, and its title track, The Stranger. Put It Back is good, but not great compared to ONF's past hits.

With the end of 2025 fast approaching, it is time we celebrate the year that has just passed. And what better way to do that than by the 2025 KPOPREVIEWED Awards! Welcome to the annual event, where you (yes, YOU!) get to choose who were the best of the best in the year that has just passed. What does the 2025 KPOPREVIEWED Awards entail?

Making their comeback yesterday was ALLDAY PROJECT, with their self-titled debut mini-album. The mini-album does feature their recent single release ONE MORE TIME, but it is led by the single LOOK AT ME, which also dropped yesterday. After a successful debut with FAMOUS and a comeback with ONE MORE TIME, I am disappointed with LOOK AT ME…

Despite CRAVITY's Lemonade Fever being out for a month now, I am actually excited to finally get a chance to review the new single. Lemonade Fever is the title track of CRAVITY's Dare to Crave: Epilogue, the repackaged version of their 3rd studio album, Dare to Crave, that was released in June this year. Alongside that album, CRAVITY released…

Less than a year since their debut, BABYMONSTER released their 1st studio album, DRIP, in November 2024. And more than a year later, I am finally reviewing it. DRIP featured two title tracks: one sharing the same name as the album and CLIK CLAK. The album also features the pre-release track FOREVER (released in July 2024), a remix of their debut single…

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 4 of November 2025, which spans from November 30 to December 6 2025. Okay, that fourth thing from last week kind of did snowball this week. But I did manage to get a little more out than last week, so that should count for something. Anyhow, in addition to (hopefully) more reviews this week, keep your eye out for a…

Next up for an album review is Kep1er's Tipi-Tap mini-album, the group's 6th. Leading this five-track mini-album is the title track, which gives the album its name. Both the Tipi-Tap song and mini-album mark Kep1er's first Korean release since June 2024's Shooting Star and the studio album Kep1going On, as well as Kep1er's first release as a 7-member group (following the departure of MASHIRO and YESEO, who redebuted as part of MADEIN).

Earlier this week, TAEYEON made her comeback with her first Korean compilation album, Panorama: The Best of TAEYEON, to celebrate 10 years as a solo singer. That was 2015 with the I (ft. Verbal Jint), though this album only features a solo version of her solo debut track. Leading the 23-track album of TAEYEON's past hits and title tracks is the new single, …

It has been almost a month since ITZY made their comeback, but I am finally getting around to reviewing their comeback single. The five-member group from JYP Entertainment returned in November with their 11th mini-album, TUNNEL VISION, led by the title track of the same name. It is the group's first release since their Korean comeback with Girls Will Be Girls…

ICYMI - Stray Kids' latest mixtape, Do It, features double title tracks. The first shares the same name as the mixtape and I have already reviewed it. The second is titled DIVINE, which will be the focus of this post. A music video for DIVINE was finally unveiled at the end of last week and was later performed for the first time at the 2025 MAMA Awards, where the group clinched onto the Album of the Year award for KARMA (led by…

Released at the end of October 2024 is THE BOYZ's 9th mini-album, 導火線(TRIGGER). Over a year later, I am finally getting around to reviewing the mini-album (sorry about that). Led by the single that shares the same name as mini-album, the release features a total of 6 songs and is a fairly consistently good mini-album from the group. …

Released at the end of October 2024 is THE BOYZ's 9th mini-album, 導火線(TRIGGER). Over a year later, I am finally getting around to reviewing the mini-album (sorry about that). Led by the single that shares the same name as mini-album, the release features a total of 6 songs and is a fairly consistent mini-album from the group. A lot has happened with THE BOYZ since the release of 導火線(

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 4 of November 2025, which spans from November 16 to November 22 2025. Between the first part of the final season of Stranger Things, trying to progress the end-of-year events for the blog, the MAMA Awards and just good old dissociating from life to think about life, I didn't turn anything around this week for the blog.

Ahead of his upcoming military enlistment in December 2025, JUNGWOO has made his solo debut with the single SUGAR. This is his first music release in over a year - his last was through his participation in NCT 127's Walk studio album. Since then, NCT 127 embarked on a world tour, Neo City – The Momentum, which ended back in May this year.

aespa really hit it big last year with their lead singles. After the likes of Supernova (which took the industry by storm), followed by their Armageddon title track and studio album, aespa also returned in October 2024 with another hit - Whiplash. Just over a year after its release, I have finally gotten around to reviewing the mini-album of the same name, which features 6 songs (including the title track itself).

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 3 of November 2025, which spans from November 16 to November 22 2025. Nothing new from me this week. I am still writing posts in the background and preparing for the end-of-year stuff. You can expect an announcement soon about the latter. But until then, here are the Weekly KPOP Charts for Week 3 of November 2025.

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 3 of November 2025, which spans from November 16 to November 22 2025. Nothing new from me this week. I am still writing posts in the background and preparing for the end-of-year stuff. You can expect an announcement soon about the latter. But until then, here are the Weekly KPOP Charts for Week 3 of November 2025.

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 3 of November 2025, which spans from November 16 to November 22 2025. Nothing new from me this week. I am still writing posts in the background and preparing for the end-of-year stuff. You can expect an announcement soon about the latter. But until then, here are the Weekly KPOP Charts for Week 3 of November 2025.