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.

Another album review for a 2024 release. ILLIT's I'LL LIKE YOU was released October last year and serves as the group's 2nd mini-album since their debut earlier in 2024 (with Magnetic). Leading the 5-track mini-album was the title track Cherish (My Love) and follow-up promotional single Tick-Tack. Overall, this was a fair mini-album in my opinion. More recently, ILLIT released their 3rd mini-album, 

As mentioned in yesterday's review, Stray Kids is officially back with their second mixtape, Do It, led by the single of the same name and Divine. The group has yet to release the music video for Divine, so the focus of this post will be on Do It. This is the group's third release of the year, following the…

With Stray Kids due to make their comeback on Friday with their new mixtape, Do It, led by the title tracks Do It and Divine, I thought it might be nice to quickly wrap up the review of the solo tracks from their Hop mixtape released last year. The final song to review is BANG CHAN's Railway. For the other reviews of Stray Kids’ solo songs from the 

One of the biggest rookies of the year is without a doubt ALLDAY PROJECT. In case you missed it, they kicked off their careers in June with the singles FAMOUS and WICKED. Almost five months on, they are back with their third single, ONE MORE TIME. To be honest, I was a little sceptical whether the group would be able to exceed the heights of…

Just four months after dropping their 5th studio album, Go Back to the Future (led by the singles BTTF and CHILLER), NCT DREAM re-enters the KPOP scene with another release, making this one of the busiest years yet! Their new mini-album, Beat It Up, features the title track of the same name. It also follows the solo debut of HAECHAN with…

Welcome to the next Weekly KPOP Chart post for Week 2 of November 2025, which spans from November 9 to November 15, 2025. I'm back from my break and will restart song and album reviews tomorrow! I just needed a few days away from work (I had become very drained), and I ended up going to another city for this break.

BABYMONSTER also made their comeback last month with their second mini-album, WE GO UP, led by the title track of the same name (focus of this post). It is their first album release in almost a year, following their November 2024 DRIP studio album, which was led by the double title tracks DRIP and CLIK CLAK. But that wasn't their last comeback to date.

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