This Week In KPOP - September 13, 2025

I’m looking for new music to listen too so give me any kpop song you want and I’ll rate it😸 submitted by /u/Strawberry_0cean [link] [comments]

Okay so a very unserious rant here and i just need to get this off my chest. I used to be a huge super junior fan because I genuinely enjoyed their music and i was still a baby kpop fan(think i had only been into kpop for three years at that point and never bothered to look into the artist’s past). But eventually i found out about everything and immediately i took them off my spotify. And it would be one thing if i could just take them off my spotify and not listen again like i did with kiof, but the issue is their music is insanely good. Like i regularly get it’s you, super clap, 2yao, mr simple, mamacita, devil and u stuck in my head and it’s so annoying because they’re such bad people but the music slaps. And i can’t even separate the artist from the art BECAUSE I FEEL GUILTY WHEN I PIRATE. NOT EVEN BECAUSE I’M PIRATING BUT BECAUSE I’M LISTENING TO SUPER JUNIOR. So i litterally don’t even know what to do here. submitted by /u/Wildfire_0703 [link] [comments]

For me it has to be "Secret Secret"....Honestly, Secret Secret from NOEASY is one of SKZ’s most underrated songs. The lyrics are heartbreaking yet comforting at the same time, and the way they deliver each line feels so raw and emotional. It really captures that feeling of carrying things silently, keeping pain hidden while wanting someone to notice. The vocals are absolutely stunning! Seungmin and IN’s soft tones, Han’s emotional delivery, and the overall atmosphere give me chills every time. It’s such a different side of Stray Kids that we don’t always get to see, and that’s why it feels so special. I just wish this track had gotten more love during promotions. Even one live stage or a small MV would have highlighted how beautiful it is. Instead, it feels like a hidden treasure only Stays know about, and sometimes I think it deserved to reach more people outside the fandom. For me, Secret Secret is a late-night comfort song, but also one that makes you reflect on your own emotions. It’s one of those b-sides that shows just how versatile SKZ are... not just loud/hype, but also deeply vulnerable and poetic... Curious to know what y’all think, which hidden gem do you wish got promoted more? submitted by /u/LunaVixen7 [link] [comments]

For girl groups I'd say ifeye or fiftyfifty, or kiss of life, their discography is the best excluding the big 4,for bg I'd say xikers, literally SO underrated, idk if they they count but also zb1 submitted by /u/hearts4him_ [link] [comments]

┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Hey Everyone, I hope you all had a great week. I know my week was fantastic, as some of my favorite artists returned with new projects that swept the week away in anticipation. Autumn is approaching in 15 days, which is hard to believe we are already moving into that season. Today we are doing a special episode cause not much was released this week outside of albums. In this episode, I’ll be shuffling my 2010s kpop playlist and reviewing five songs that come on as a bit of a throwback. Now let’s jump into the music and see what the songs are. ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ https://preview.redd.it/23m66tpcwyof1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7e3fc499d00aeacb09ffe8eee281eeb641a8919 Other Korean Releases of the Week: 소나기 - Oh My Girl The first song to come on shuffle is "Shower" by Oh My Girl, from their studio album called The Fifth Season, released in 2019. Synths open up the track, bringing in a magical synth-pop vibe that works perfectly with the group's smooth vocals. I remember the chorus as it kept pulling me back for more that year. The hook does have strings that add to the overall vibe the producers crafted. The Fifth Season album was a project I remember being obsessed with in 2019, and I recommend you check it out if you have never heard it. If you are not familiar with Oh My Girl, then I recommend you check out their old stuff from 2015-2019, cause all of that music slaps. https://preview.redd.it/qnvn3vynwyof1.jpg?width=1900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8421c7e9252e1343b2065726b670517bc0401e6d ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 그 시절 우리가 사랑했던 우리 (Beautiful Days) - Lovelyz The second song to come on shuffle is the title track for the 6th mini album from Lovelyz. Lovelyz debuted in 2014, quickly becoming one of my favorite groups. Beautiful Days has that innocent sound with a funky instrumental that fits the smooth and sweet vocals like crazy. I do remember the hook growing on me that year, as I wasn’t a fan of it the first time hearing it. Beautiful Days was released the same year as the Oh My Girl album Fifth Season. Lovelyz did go on Queendom before releasing their final album in 2020, which was pretty sad to see. I still return to the group's music as it feels like a blast from the past and a group that will always have a special place in my heart. https://preview.redd.it/6i9zgoouwyof1.jpg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d48585f4e17a5b320688b74eb3d7c82ee1ff97de ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 광화문에서 At Gwanghwamun - Kyuhyun For the third song, we’re switching up the vibe and going back to 2014 with the title track for Super Junior member Kyuhyun’s debut solo project. The piano crafts this beautiful melody that blends with the beautiful vocals Kyuhyun brings to the table. You can feel the emotion from his singing that impressed me the first time I heard it. 2014 was my first year in Kpop, and Kyuhyun quickly became one of my favorite singers. Kyuhyun released a Chinese version in 2014, which hits as hard as the original, and we also have a Japanese version, which he included on his 2017 Japanese album. Each time I return to this song, it takes me back to 2014, a time in my life filled with wonder and discovery since I found Kpop for the first time. https://preview.redd.it/sk208ry0xyof1.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53c5d89609a22bff8777101fc4a7e1884fc9e9c4 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 목소리 - RM In 2015, RM released his first mixtape under his stage name Rap Monster, and I remember people going crazy over it. A piano opens up as RM delivers a smooth rap, opening up the mixtape perfectly. Slow Rabbit is the producer for the album's opener, working perfectly with RM’s rapping tone. RM does a great job showcasing his rap skills that helped him rise to the top. We do get moments of RM singing on the track, which switches things up a few times. I find this to be a beautiful opener to the record as it was released 1 month before I fully became a BTS fan. https://preview.redd.it/eea6iz56xyof1.jpg?width=1165&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d36fc6a7c9cd6e49f1a61c08bd3b8b3a55fed4c6 \━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 마지막 사랑 Last Love (Wendy Solo) - Red Velvet This week, Wendy of Red Velvet returned with a new mini album, but did you know she had a solo song in 2017 on a Red Velvet project? The solo goes for this ballad that fits the vocals from Wendy perfectly. Wendy has. always had an inctretible voice. The emotion from the singer’s voice fits wonderfully with the instrumental that I remember listening to a lot in 2017. Red Velvet’s 4th mini album has some killer B-sides, and this Wendy solo is one of the excellent tunes. I feel like this is the first time we got to see a Red Velvet member sing solo on an album, and one that a lot of people might have forgotten about. https://preview.redd.it/ad5jv7ygxyof1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65545cc57ad4c356ff587d9bae1e907b676a9ad2 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ Weekly Lastfm Roundup (September 5th - September 11th) Artist: Twice https://preview.redd.it/fodisy3mxyof1.jpg?width=985&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4007c4ba7cec09ecc7051b3cc12ad4518ab1d110 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ Album: Swag II - Justin Bieber https://preview.redd.it/3kzldtbrxyof1.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e927b923d2a055612719b86620567f77a58e912 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ Song: Enemy - Twice https://preview.redd.it/ja0q2vjlxyof1.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fcb98a1e61305d9cd43be88dcb386093fac3b5a3 submitted by /u/Maltifandom23 [link] [comments]

Find the difference, ARMY 🤔😂😂 … oh wait, you can’t. Every BTS song sounds the same — no difference at all, just noise that sucks 🤷‍♂️🔥 submitted by /u/HEXenflow76 [link] [comments]

Hi all, Usually I see the Japanese releases always have wayyy lower streams on Spotify than the regular Korean comebacks, so I wanted to make this post for us to share some of the Japanese releases we love but are insanely underrated! Some of the ones I'm crazy about rn are: - YENA: DNA (playing this on repeat!!!) - ITZY: RINGO, Voltage, Sugar-holic (the classicsss) - aespa: Hot Mess, Sun and Moon, ZOOM ZOOM - TWICE: DIVE (underrated asfff, I love the chill summer vibes, and the styling is SO beautiful!!!) - LE SSERAFIM: DIFFERENT (fun and catchy tune albeit short) submitted by /u/CynthiaRH142857 [link] [comments]

For the young people here who don’t remember: Jennifer Lopez went viral for wearing that dress, and seeing that photo of her such a cultural reset, some people came up with the idea of using a depository to search for images on the internet, and thus Google Images was invented. Years later, it has become a big trivia that before Jennifer Lopez wore that dress, Spice Girl’s Geri Halliwell did too, she just did not have the same reception, because the overall cut and color just suited JLo better. So what’s the Kpop equivalent of this? submitted by /u/andwhatnowthough [link] [comments]

Recently in his concert (Jay Park), He introduced his new boy group LNGSHOT, pronounced Long Shot under his company More Vision, The group’s lineup consists of four members which are Woojin, Louis, Oyul and Ryul. Their debut is not earlier than 2026. What do you think about this? I’m excited personally for the group because Jay Park is talented and i love his music. r/LNGSHOT is the subreddit for LNGSHOT! submitted by /u/Jolly_Peace_890 [link] [comments]

Hello, I hope this is okay to post here! I re-imagined some huge KPop hits as banging UK Garage tracks, it was a lot of fun! https://youtu.be/aZuEvHx-7kg 00:00 Pentagon - Can You Feel It x Bump & Flex - Got Myself Together 03:03 Stray Kids - LALALALA x Bushbaby - Pumpin Jumpin 05:53 SHINee - Lucifer x Bill Bond - More Time 08:42 Taemin - Criminal x Hans Glader - Ghetto Strut 11:18 Girls' Generation - Into The New World x Taren Gopi - Sing For Me 13:53 BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv x Salute - Feel The Same 16:42 Fifty Fifty - Cupid x Harry Hayes & Kelbin - MissU2 18:49 Girls' Generation - Genie x So Dope - Want You To Feel 20:56 Red Velvet - Red Flavor x Mar'One - Brilliant Mind Dub 23:16 aespa - Next Level x AC Slater & Chris Lorenzo - Fly Kicks 26:21 Kara - Step x Hans Glader - The Town 28:42 Infinite - The Chaser x Todd Edwards - Thank You (MPH Remix) 31:45 SHINee - View x Lockerz - Sunshine submitted by /u/LowHawk2194 [link] [comments]

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We've seen a rise in 4th-gen groups actively participating in music production, such as 3RACHA from Stray Kids or Hongjoong and Mingi from ATEEZ, which is an exciting shift in the industry. Recently, groups like CORTIS brought a new landscape in kpop scene, engaging not only in music creation but also in choreography, visual direction, and overall artistic planning. This kind of holistic involvement is relatively new in K-pop. While it's inspiring to see young idols take creative control, I do wonder about the potential long-term impact of such intense responsibility at a young age. It could lead to burnout or creative fatigue, especially if support systems aren't in place. I’m curious how sustainable this concept is, will it evolve over time, or might it fade as the group matures or industry demands change? Personally, I feel that while these artists bring fresh energy and new ideas, having input from more experienced professionals can really elevate their work. Experience often adds depth and perspective that takes time to develop, and a good balance between innovation and expertise could be key to long-term success. submitted by /u/Abitcommentfromme [link] [comments]

Song: Umbrella by JUNHEE my favourite track on the album🎶🤎 submitted by /u/fried_chicken03 [link] [comments]

Every time K-pop companies want to promote in the West they always go to shows; Today’s Show, GMA, The Kelly Clarkson show etc when known US acts don’t even promote on there as much. In Korea, shows like Music Bank, Inkigayo etc are known for promotions for Korea and it works but in the US it’s a whole different ball game. But K-pop companies are one of the main ones that treat the US as a secondary promotional base by adopting similar promotional strategies like they do in Korea (they also do it for Japan). When British acts pivot towards the western audience they do so when they hit big here, meanwhile K-pop companies think dropping a english song will work when in reality your only promoting to the K-pop fanbase that was there already, they also throw in random collabs in the midst of promoting the single as a promotional strategy as well. They need to approach it differently, TikTok is a gold mine for pushing a song to go viral in the west (ex: look at Zara Larson Midnight Sun going viral everywhere because of her opening for Tate Mcrae) , collabing with known brands and using it as promo to push the song is a great start, for example lsfm collabed with Overwatch and every time you log into the game Perfect Night played, while they performed in Korea for a short amount of time and then their viral moment at the Lakers game that’s when the song started to kick off fully then they promoted it in western shows. It pains me to see SM do old habits that just don’t work, marketing here is their weakest point, song choice and concept is a really good branding to start, they need to look at how Jennie and Rose promoted their solo albums here, even Katseye did their first roll out amazing, they did a mini concert to showcase their Debut mini and did perfs at malls. Idk to me companies are wasting lackluster promotional strategies instead of actually using their time and resources to fully study how acts promote in the west, because to me there only studying how other K-pop companies promote their groups in the US when they need to do their research on previous famous boy bands/girl bands. submitted by /u/Simmibrina00 [link] [comments]

Hello! If you like UK Garage as well as KPop, please check out my KPop Garage mashup mix! KPop hits as you've never heard them - mashed up with some nice garage. 00:00 Pentagon - Can You Feel It x Bump & Flex - Got Myself Together 03:03 Stray Kids - LALALALA x Bushbaby - Pumpin Jumpin 05:53 SHINee - Lucifer x Bill Bond - More Time 08:42 Taemin - Criminal x Hans Glader - Ghetto Strut 11:18 Girls' Generation - Into The New World x Taren Gopi - Sing For Me 13:53 BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv x Salute - Feel The Same 16:42 Fifty Fifty - Cupid x Harry Hayes & Kelbin - MissU2 18:49 Girls' Generation - Genie x So Dope - Want You To Feel 20:56 Red Velvet - Red Flavor x Mar'One - Brilliant Mind Dub 23:16 aespa - Next Level x AC Slater & Chris Lorenzo - Fly Kicks 26:21 Kara - Step x Hans Glader - The Town 28:42 Infinite - The Chaser x Todd Edwards - Thank You (MPH Remix) 31:45 SHINee - View x Lockerz - Sunshine submitted by /u/LowHawk2194 [link] [comments]

Can someone please explain to me why it’s suddenly normal, especially on X, to refer to male idols using terms like “lesbian,” “babygirl,”, "my girlfriend", “mother” etc.? People usually respond with, “It’s just a Gen Z thing,” but that doesn’t make it okay to me. I believe it happens in many other fandoms but I'll use Stray Kids as an example (And please believe me I don't think the whole fandom is like that!) If this behavior were directed toward Felix — who’s openly expressed appreciation for his androgynous side (which I fully support, by the way) — maybe it would at least make more sense. Instead, people are going after Changbin and Bang Chan, and it’s getting weird. I constantly see comments about their "breasts", “boobs” and how they “need a bra,” followed by people calling them “my babygirl.” Am I really the only one who finds that incredibly uncomfortable? If these are jokes how is that funny? Take someone like Changbin — he’s a great example of anti toxic masculinity. He’s never been ashamed of liking things like the color pink or doing gg choreos, he clearly loves and respect women in a healthy way. So why can’t people just let him be a man who enjoys so-called “girly” things without labeling him as a woman? Being a woman isn’t bad, obviously, but Changbin is a 26-year-old man who’s never said otherwise. When I try to explain my perspective in the comments, I get called a transphobe, misogynist, or told I hate women. But these idols aren’t trans, and they’re not women — so why are we calling them that? And when I say I don’t like seeing people call them “lesbians,” somehow that makes me homophobic? As someone in the LGBTQ+ community myself, that logic just doesn’t hold up. I’m an empath. I imagine what it must feel like to go on X and see thousands of people zooming in on your body, calling you a different gender, and making weird jokes about it. It honestly makes me nauseous. I’ve tried to avoid these kinds of people, but it’s impossible now. And if idols want to stay connected to fans, they can’t avoid it either — they’re being forced to read this stuff. I'm open for discussion, maybe you will be able to change my mind or at least make me less emotional about it. Also does it happen in your fandom too? Thanks for reading! submitted by /u/egggrandpa [link] [comments]

What songs can you think of that do this? Inspired by this video. It lists the count as 219 of the single word, but since the title consists of the single word two times, the "real count" of the number of times the title is repeated would be 109 (and a half). submitted by /u/DizzyLead [link] [comments]

It’s either drama aespa and famous adp vibe or cool with you newjeans vibe submitted by /u/whoarre [link] [comments]