On the finish of every month, I look again at my three favourite title tracks by Okay-pop artists. I take my very own scores under consideration, however there’s a little bit of wiggle room as sure songs are inclined to develop or fade.
July 2025 Total Ideas
Within the context of this yr, the previous two months have been fairly sturdy. Or slightly, they’ve been fairly stable. I say this as a result of there have been many good-to-great releases however frustratingly few knock-my-socks-off standouts. Nevertheless, typically amount compensates for high quality and that was the case for the primary half of July.
In distinction to final yr’s starkly populated July, the primary two weeks of this month have been filled with releases. Higher but, they have been filled with good releases. In actual fact, I believe July might need set a brand new report for the variety of tune evaluations on this weblog. We had many full albums, with SM Leisure using the format significantly effectively. We had sturdy debuts from teams like AHOF and 1VERSE and robust follow-ups from rookies like Shut Your Eyes and NOWZ. Veterans additionally shone, with the likes of Tremendous Junior, NCT Dream, BLACKPINK and ATEEZ all releasing stable materials.
Then, midway by way of the month issues began to crumble. Not solely have been there much less large releases, however the high quality of those tracks undoubtedly dipped. We had some outright clunkers (Picasso and Trendy say hello) from acts who ought to know higher and a few of this period’s worst traits reared their ugly head but once more.
When it got here right down to it, selecting my high tune of the month was fairly simple. It actually looms over every part else. Spots two and three have been extra aggressive, although not too tough to position ultimately. I appreciated each songs immediately and every has grown even farther from there. Candidates for an imaginary fourth place slot would most likely be ATEEZ and BLACKPINK.
This month additionally noticed the beginning of Boys II Planet, which is bound to spawn a really profitable group when all is claimed and finished. I’ve been (considerably reluctantly) recapping every episode in the event you’re curious about that type of factor. In the meantime, the Okay-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack really exploded in reputation this month. I additionally wrote about that right here.
J-pop had a reasonably respectable month as effectively. My high three was truly aggressive, for as soon as. My quantity two choose has a music video (a prerequisite for being chosen on this round-up) however it isn’t but accessible on-line, so I posted a clip as a substitute.
With few promising bulletins thus far, August may very well be a bang or a bust. It’s laborious to know at this level, however I’m excited for brand new albums from Key and BoA and I’m curious how Massive Hit’s new boy group will sound. August has traditionally been a reasonably sturdy month for brand new releases, so let’s hope this yr follows that custom.
Month Cumulative Score: 7.7
(compiled by averaging the scores of each Okay-pop evaluation from this month)
J-Pop Highlights
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week One
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week Two
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week Three
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week 4
TOP J-POP SONGS OF THE MONTH
3. xikers – Up All Evening (evaluation)
2. Shunsuke Michieda & Kyohei Takahashi (Naniwa Danshi) – Satan Or Angel
1. Ryugujo – OSHIBAI (evaluation)
Honorable Mentions
AHOF – The Universe (evaluation)
ASC2NT – Don’t Transfer (evaluation)
ATEEZ – In Your Fantasy (evaluation)
BLACKPINK – Leap (evaluation)
Shut Your Eyes – Snowy Summer time / Paint Sweet (evaluation / evaluation)
Dragon Pony – Radio Silence (evaluation)
HYO – Sure (evaluation)
IDID – Step It Up (evaluation)
ifeye – R U OK? (evaluation)
ILLIT – Jellyous (evaluation)
Nam Woohyun – Solely Ahead (evaluation)
NCT Dream – Chiller (evaluation)
Ryu Sujeong – New Automobile (evaluation)
STAYC – I Need It (evaluation)
Tremendous Junior – Categorical Mode (evaluation)
VIVIZ – La La Love Me (evaluation)
Yena – Being A Woman Hurts (evaluation)
Yoon Sanha – Further Virgin (evaluation)
Youngtak – Juicy Go (with Kim Yon-ja) (evaluation)
XngHan & Xoul – Waste No Time (evaluation)
ZEROBASEONE – Slam Dunk (evaluation)
1VERSE – Multiverse / Shattered (evaluation / evaluation)
This Month’s Risers and Fallers
This Week In Okay-pop: Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4
This Month’s World Pop Spherical-Up
TOP THREE SONGS
3. NCT Dream – BTTF (evaluation)
2. NOWZ – Everglow (evaluation)
1. AHOF – Rendezvous (evaluation)
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