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THIS WEEK IN K-POP: Ranking the New Releases from July 13 – 19

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!

2025 Index: Jan 5 – Jan 11 // Jan 12 – Jan 18 // Jan 19 – Jan 25 // Jan 26 – Feb 1 // Feb 2 – Feb 8 // Feb 9 – Feb 15 // Feb 16 – Feb 22 // Feb 23 – Mar 1 // Mar 2 – Mar 8 // Mar 9 – Mar 15 // Mar 16 – Mar 22 // Mar 23 – Mar 29 // Mar 30 – Apr 5 // Apr 6 – Apr 12 // Apr 13 – Apr 19 // Apr 20 – Apr 26 // Apr 27 – May 3 // May 4 – May 10 // May 11 – May 17 // May 18 – May 24 // May 25 – May 31 // Jun 1 – Jun 7 // Jun 8 – Jun 14 // Jun 15 – Jun 21 // Jun 22 – Jun 28 // Jun 29 – Jul 5 // Jul 6 – Jul 12


Notable B-sides:

ifeyeFriend Like Me

Lee ChanhyukEndangered Love // Sinny Sinny

NCT DreamDream Team // I Like It // Miss Me // That Summer

Purple KissLost & Found

Yoon SanhaBad Mosquito // 6PM (Nobody’s Business)

WayVIce Tea // WOAH

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Notable J-pop by K-pop Artists:

IVE – Be Alright

TWS – N.O.S.A

xikers – Up All Night


THIS WEEK: July 13 – July 19

14. ARrC – Awesome


13. WayV – Big Bands

(not K-pop but I didn’t know where else to fit it)


12. Purple Kiss – DOREMI


11. aespa x PUBG – Dark Arts


10. Hyolyn – You And I


9. Jo Yuri – Farewell For Now!


8. Onew – Animals


7. ifeye – R U OK?


6. Soyou – PDA


5. Lee Chanhyuk – Vivid LaLa Love


4. HYO – Yes


3. Yoon Sanha – Extra Virgin


2. 1VERSE – Shattered


1. NCT Dream – Chiller (song of the week!)

9 thoughts on “THIS WEEK IN K-POP: Ranking the New Releases from July 13 – 19

  1. NCT DREAM 2 weeks in a row 🥳 I liked CHILLER on first listen but it grew on me even more. also,

    (not K-pop but I didn’t know where else to fit it)

    I don’t think you need to put this, when you included KATSEYE releases in past weekly rankings lmao 😭 plus it’s your blog, you can do whatever you want!

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  2. I’m still digesting the new NCT Dream. No A-tier adds this week but I enjoyed:

    Wayv – Big Bands

    New-L – Sweet Palace

    1Verse – Shattered

    Purple Kiss – Doremi

    Arrc – Awesome

    Ifeye – r u ok?

    Nexz – One Bite

    Nexz – Burning Black

    Onew – Animals

    Lee Chanhyuk – Vivid LaLa Love

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  3. Not Chiller making it to your no.1 this week 😂 I was also shocked that you put Back To The Future as your no.1 last week too .

    I genuinely enjoyed these two , I got BTTF right away and Chiller’s production made me enjoy it even more . The album was stellar too , as you said , its a solid album ! It definetely doesn’t level up their discography like Dreamscape & Dream()scape did , but it solidified the Dream sound and artistic direction they are heading in and want to develop it which I totally get . I am glad you enjoyed this release , there are times when I think that you may not like a release then you shock me (70% of the time)

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  4. I prefer Shattered to Chiller because Chiller to me feels kind of chaotic and scattered as a song, whereas Shattered feels “tighter”, more cohesive, more effective. I have listened to Chiller 3 times and I still can’t grasp the main idea of the song.

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  5. I only liked:

    -1verse- Shattered

    -Chanhuyk – VividLalaLove

    As for Bsides:

    -NCTDream – I Like It

    -Chanhuyk – Out of my Mind

    Slow week for me I guess

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