At the end of each month, I compile my top three K-pop title tracks and list a ton of honorable mentions. In 2025, I thought I’d try something new and add a weekly feature to supplement my monthly round-up. Each Sunday, I’ll offer a compendium of the week’s new releases featured on the blog. And even more than that, I’ll attempt to rank them from my least-to-most-liked. I invite you to share your own rankings as well. The comments section of these posts is also a great spot to discuss anything that has happened in K-pop during the week.
Make sure to click on the title of any release to read the full review and see its initial rating. Consider this your one stop Bias List shop each and every Sunday!
Well, here are my rankings (I didn’t listen to the ZB1 and GOT7 track yet):
Thunder > Zen > Her > Mama Said
Also, I assume Her rose or Python fell, given Her (7) is above Python (7.25), right?
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I’ve only listened to the top 3 songs and I would rank them the same.
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If I leave Thunder out of this week’s releases, nothing on this list will stand out to me
Notable B-sides: none
9. Got7 – Python
8. Minnie – Her
7. Jennie – Zen
6. Vahn (NINE.i) – Goodbye
as I hadn’t yet rated this the week the single was released I’ll add it here
5. NCT Wish – Miracle
4. Catch The Young – You, Always
3. Zerobaseone – Doctor! Doctor!
2. KickFlip – Mama Said
1. CIX – Thunder
For me the month could end here, there is still nothing interesting about to be released
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I think these last 2 days, I rank Zen over Thunder. That could change though from one day to next. For 3rd, I’ll go with Minnie’s Her, that’s grown on me this last week.
My brother with Doctor Doctor is even worse than IVE (which I’m warming to):
Doctor, doctor, hey, where you at?
Left a message, yeah, call me back
Doctor, doctor, I’m critical
L-O-V-Emergency
Doctor, doctor, hey, where you at?
Left a message, yeah, call me back
It’s a little too literal, and unintentionally funny. “Hey yo! doc! Where you at? Hit me up, homey, I been leaving message.” No wonder his doctor isn’t answering his phone!
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“brother”? I meant to type ‘problem.’
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I don’t know… I find the lyrics to Doctor Doctor quite camp and enjoy it precisely because of that. Whether it’s meant to be camp is another matter, though the font and single artwork lead me to believe the guys are in on the joke.
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Oh right, I didn’t see the artwork, but now looking at it, Okay, now I get it! haha.
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COX’s THUNDER…that’s it and that’s enough
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CIX🤷🏻♀️
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“COX” 💀
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lol hopefully someone from the industry doesn’t stumble upon this and actually names a group COX. What a nightmare that would be for the members.
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Well, that is absolutely possible😂
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We almost had BLIT, don’t forget 😭 (though the closest we actually have is ILLIT’s fandom name being… GLLIT 🫠)
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Songs of my for this week are definitely Thunder > Doctor! Doctor! > Dreaming > La Fiesta. So basically I can agree with Nick on Dreaming being the best UL song in the finale.
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Did you watch the concert of Pièces Jaunes? There was a lot of Kpop!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6n4n_pHP0
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I’ve seen some clips floating around the internet but haven’t actually watched it. Might check it out later!
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