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THIS WEEK IN K-POP: Ranking the New Releases from April 26 – May 2

At the end of each month, I compile my top three K-pop title tracks and list a ton of honorable mentions. But 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 Archive

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Notable B-sides:

CRAVITYAdore // Fever // Hello-Goodbye // Love Me Like You Do
ILLITMamihlapinatapai // paw paw!
Lee ChaeyeonBad // I’m Waiting // Know About Me
LucyChameleon // Sprout
NEXZHypeman
QWERBad Habit // Bani Bani // Pioneer
TWSAll The Possibilities // Back To Strangers // Fire Escape // Get It Now // Why You So Bad?
XngHan&XoulDancing Anyway // Light The Fire


Notable J-pop by K-pop Artists:

MYNAMECool
YenaMirror Mirror


THIS WEEK: April 26 – May 2

17. Keyveatz – Key Beats


16. Yuju – First Love Is A Curse


15. Soyou – Girl


14. KEYVITUP – Legendary


13. 82MAJOR – Sign


12. Park Jihoon – Bodyelse


11. H//PE Princess – Stolen


10. NMIXX – Crescendo


9. ILLIT – It’s Me


8. Billlie – Work


7. QWER – Ceremony


6. Lucy – All Ages


5. Lee Chaeyeon – No Tears On The Dancefloor


4. CRAVITY – Awake


3. XngHan&Xoul – Glow


2. NEXZ – Mmchk


1. TWS – You, You (song of the week)

6 thoughts on “THIS WEEK IN K-POP: Ranking the New Releases from April 26 – May 2

  1. mmchk is like my second most favorite song this year just next to yenas catch catch, and honestly it might become my number one idk its just so good

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  2. 8. CRAVITY – Awake
    7. Park Jihoon – Bodyelse
    6. TWS – You, You
    5. NEXZ – Mmchk
    4. Keyveatz – Key Beats
    3. 82MAJOR – Signa
    2. H//PE Princess – Stolen
    1. ILLIT – It’s Me

    I’m calling BS on Crescendo. It’d make an alright intro, shouldn’t be a TT.

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  3. Best this week (imo):

    Nexz – Mmchk

    Cravity – Awake

    TWS – YouYou

    82Majors – Sign

    nMixx – Crescendo

    Keyvitup – Legendary

    XngHan&Xoul – Glow

    Lucy – All Ages

    Jihoon – Bodyelse

    Notable Bsides:

    Cravity – Fever / Love Me Like You Do

    TWS – All The Possibilities / Why You So Bad?

    82Majors – Circles

    XngHan&Xoul – Lovin’ On Me

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  4. i wonder if any fellow readers can recommend me any blogs for latin pop similar to this one, i’ve been going through tons of older blogs like Scandipop, Don’t Stop The Pop, etc. which is why im asking

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  5. Notable B-sides:

    Cravity – Adore // Fever // Hello-Goodbye // Love Me Like You Do // Spring, With You

    ILLIT – GRWM // Mamihlapinatapai

    Lee Chaeyeon – I’m Waiting

    Lucy – Chameleon

    NEXZ – Hypeman

    QWER – Bad Habit // Our Voyage // Pioneer

    TWS – All the Possibilities // Back To Strangers // Fire Escape // Get It Now // Why You So Bad?

    XngHan&Xoul – Dancing Anyway // Light the Fire // Lovin’ On Me // Wishlist

    This Week: April 26 – May 2

    17. Yuju – First Love is a Curse

    16. Keyveatz – Key Beats

    15. H//PE Princess – Stolen

    14. Keyvitup – Legendary

    13. 82Major – Sign

    12. QWER – Ceremony – Can’t fathom why they chose this to be the title track when literally every other song on the mini was far superior to it

    11. Soyou – Girl

    10. ILLIT – It’s Me

    9. Billlie – Work

    8. Park Jihoon – Bodyelse

    7. NMIXX – Crescendo

    6. Lee Chaeyeon – No Tears On the Dancefloor

    5. Lucy – All Ages

    4. NEXZ – Mmchk

    3. XngHan&Xoul – Glow

    2. Cravity – Awake

    1. TWS – You, You

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    • That’s interesting. Ceremony was the only one I liked enough to add to my playlist after listening twice through. I’m very partial to catchy hooks though, and that’s def Ceremony’s highlight imo.

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