Xdinary Heroes returned last month with their 7th mini-album, LXVE to DEATH, and the title track ICU. This new release follows their July digital single, Fire (My Sweet Misery), which has yet to be reviewed, and their March mini-album release, Beautiful Mind, featuring the title track Beautiful Life. For my constant desire for hard-hitting, intensely powerful and bold rock music, Xdinary Heroes is one band that I can rely on to deliver on this craving.

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 1 of November 2025, which spans from November 2 to November 8, 2025. If you haven't noticed, this post is a few days late. That is because I am currently on break. But don't worry, a few reviews are coming out this week (one for each day) before I return to my desk to review more songs, albums, and prepare some end-of-year content.

Making her solo comeback last week was MIYEON from i-dle, with the single Say My Name, which serves as the title track off her 2nd solo mini-album, MY, Lover. This new release marks her first solo comeback in several years, following her solo debut with Drive and the mini-album My, released in 2022. Say My Name sees MIYEON delve into a pop ballad, providing us with a perfect dose of melancholy that puts the lyrics into perspective (more on the lyrics later).

I am planning a week in the very near future that will focus solely on the rookies who made their debut this year. AHOF is potentially one of the groups I could cover during this week, but since I have already reviewed their debut single, Rendezvous, I thought I would focus on the groups that I have yet to review on the blog.

It has been a while since I wrote a review for SUNMI. The last one was 2023's STRANGER. Since then, SUNMI has been relatively quiet, with only a single release in 2024 (Balloon In Love) and another earlier in 2025 (BLUE!). Last week, SUNMI made her solo return with her first studio album (12 years after her solo debut), …

The next album up for review comes from last year. In October 2024, ITZY made their comeback with their 9th mini-album, GOLD, which was led by the title track of the same name. Also featured alongside that track were five new songs and five re-released versions of songs ITZY had released earlier in 2024 as part of their BORN TO BE…

A year on from his solo debut with GGUM, YEONJUN from TXT is officially back with his first solo mini-album, NO LABELS: PART 01. Leading the mini-album is the title track Talk To You. Since GGUM, YEONJUN returned to his group for releases like Love Language, Beautiful Strangers, and most recently, Can't Stop. Talk To You…

Since their debut earlier this year with The Chase, Hearts2Hearts have released two singles that I have yet to review - Style and Pretty Please. While the length of time since the release and their potential review might be an indicator, it can also be said that Hearts2Hearts is also impacted by my inability to keep up with new releases.

One of the songs released last week that caught my attention was xikers' comeback single, SUPEROWER (Peak), which serves as the lead single off their 6th mini-album, House of Tricky: Wrecking the House. Their last comeback, Breathe, was released in April this year, as part of their 5th mini-album, House of Tricky: Spur. There were a few things that caught my attention within…

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 5 of October 2025, which spans from October 26 to November 1, 2025. I apologise for my absence from the blog this past week. It was just one of those weeks where I wasn't motivated to do anything at the end of the day. Literally, I doom-scrolled every day from dinner to bedtime.

If you cannot tell by the title of the post, SF9's LOVE RACE is the next mini-album up for review (still a massive backlog to push through). It is SF9's 15th mini-album since their debut in 2016 (almost 10 years ago!), and was released back in March this year. LOVE RACE features a total of 6 songs, including the title track of the same name.

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 4 of October 2025, which spans from October 19 to October 25, 2025. I am hoping to resume the usual review transmission this week for new releases (and some older ones) following a brief work trip last week. It is also because of this that I didn't listen to any past songs this past week for the '

CHUNG HA's February 2025 mini-album release, ALIVIO, is up next for an album review. ALIVIO is the soloist's 5th mini-album since her debut and follows the digital single Algorithm released last year. The mini-album features 8 songs, including the title track STRESS and a collaboration single with SUNMI. The latter in itself is something enticing and to look forward to, but there is a lot more to the mini-album, particularly in the latter half of the mini-album, where CHUNG HA featured strong track after track.

Stray Kids recently made their comeback with their fourth studio album, KARMA, led by the title track CEREMONY. However, I still have a backlog of song reviews related to Stray Kids that I have yet to post, including the solo tracks from their Hop mixtape and the unit tracks from their Mixtape: Dominate album. I have already made a start on this backlog, with Lee Know’s solo single from 

You know the term 'no skip albums'? BLUE PARADISE, ZEROBASEONE's 5th mini-album, can be described by that. While no song was a knockout (i.e., 10/10 for me), all 6 songs on BLUE PARADISE are of consistently high quality, making the album suitable for the 'no skip' description. For those tuning in for the first time to BLUE PARADISE or needing a reminder, the mini-album was released in February of this year, led by the single 

WENDY made a comeback last month with the mini-album, Cerulean Verge, her first solo release since leaving SM Entertainment and signing with ASND for solo promotions (which is also the home for fromis_9). WENDY remains under SM Entertainment for Red Velvet activities. The mini-album serves as her third solo mini-album, following last year's Wish You Hell, and is led by the single…

BOYNEXTDOOR is back with their 5th mini-album, The Action, led by the single Hollywood Action. It follows the release of their 4th Korean mini-album, No Genre (yet to review) and the single I Feel Good, as well as their Japanese single, Count To Love. I have been a little busy the last couple of weeks, so I hadn't checked out any teaser material for BOYNEXTDOOR's newest album.

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 3 of October 2025, which spans from October 12 to October 18, 2025. Once again, not much to update you now. Almost midnight where I am, but not as bad as last week. I will be absent from the blog during the week, so I have scheduled some posts already for a couple of days.

Also making their comeback this week is NMIXX with their first studio album, Blue Valentine, and the title track of the same name. It is their first comeback since Fe3O4: Forward from earlier this year, led by the single KNOW ABOUT ME. Following the promotions for Blue Valentine, the group will embark on their first world tour. Blue Valentine…

Yesterday, TWS dropped their 4th mini-album, PLAY HARD, with the single OVERDRIVE serving as the title track to the mini-album. It follows the pre-release of Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes, which dropped two weeks ago. It also follows TWS' earlier comeback, Countdown and the mini-album Try With Us (yet to be reviewed), which occurred in April. OVERDRIVE seems to bring together the edgy influences that were heavily present in 

Stray Kids recently made their comeback with their fourth studio album, KARMA, led by the title track CEREMONY. However, I still have a backlog of song reviews related to Stray Kids that I have yet to post, including the solo tracks from their Hop mixtape and the unit tracks from their Mixtape: Dominate album. I have already made a start on this backlog, with CHANGBIN’s solo single from…

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 2 of October 2025, which spans from October 5 to October 11, 2025. Not much to update you, and it is also quite late here (past midnight at the time of posting). So I am going straight to the rest of the Weekly KPOP Charts post. What else am I listening to?

It is almost 10 years to the day that TWICE made their debut with the mini-album The Story Begins and the hit single Like OOH-AHH. TWICE has gone on to have multiple hits since then. Not many groups go on to celebrate their 10th anniversary, so to commemorate this fantastic milestone, TWICE released their special album titled TEN: THE STORY GOES ON…

Next up on the album reviews front is SEVENTEEN's 12th mini-album, SPILL THE FEELS, released in October last year. Actually, it is almost to the day the mini-album dropped! The mini-album is led by the single LOVE, MONEY, FAME, featuring DJ Khaled. In addition to LOVE, MONEY, FAME, the mini-album also features 5 additional side tracks, including…

Last month, SUHO from EXO made his solo comeback with his 4th mini-album, Who Are You, and the title track of the same name. It follows his 3rd mini-album released in May 2024, 1 to 3, led by the title track of the same name and the pre-release single CHEESE. Who Are You is another pop-rock single. While this one is quite a decent listen, I found the instrumental to be the more engaging part of the new single.