On the finish of every month, I look again at my three favourite title tracks by Okay-pop artists. I take my very own rankings under consideration, however there’s a little bit of wiggle room as sure songs are inclined to develop or fade.
November 2025 General Ideas
Although there’s nonetheless one other month left of 2025, I at all times contemplate November to be the tip of Okay-pop’s calendar 12 months. December is stuffed with end-of-year festivals and award reveals, which means new comebacks are fairly rare. And, this weblog converts to its personal “best-of” celebration for a very good portion of the month.
This all makes November essential — no less than on the subject of my very own best-of lists. After a protracted, underwhelming stretch of time, I believed the tip of October by way of the start of November was a comparatively sturdy interval. Releases have been frequent and regularly good. That tapered off because the month went on, with this final week ending on a whimper reasonably than a roar.
Nonetheless, there have been a couple of nice title tracks this month — greater than sufficient for my high three. I’m notably happy with my high two decisions, which every stood as late-2025 highlights. Shut “quantity 4” picks would most likely be ALLDAY PROJECT and &TEAM.
Wanting again on the previous few months, I’ve turn into extra satisfied that Okay-pop businesses unveil their strongest materials in the course of the first half of the 12 months and launch no matter’s left in the course of the second half. This might make sense in the event that they’re aiming for year-end honors. You need your greatest materials to have the longest potential time to build up gross sales and streams.
J-pop was additionally fairly sturdy this month. I doubt lots of you’ve gotten heard my best choice of November, however I’d urge you to present it a attempt. It’s an awesome monitor! There have been additionally an unusually massive variety of nice songs in my international pop round-up this month.
The calendar’s a bit bizarre this 12 months, with the beginning of December occurring on a Monday. I plan to star rolling out my year-end countdowns in the course of the third week of the month, beginning on the fifteenth. Till then, I’ll cowl the dwindling quantity of recent comebacks and proceed to grade Okay-pop businesses for the 12 months. It’ll be a busy month!
Month Cumulative Score: 7.7
(compiled by averaging the scores of each Okay-pop assessment 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
New & Noteworthy J-pop: Week 5
TOP J-POP SONGS OF THE MONTH
3. aoen – MXMM (assessment)
2. Ryugujo – Sugar (assessment)
1. ENJIN – Day By Day By Day
Honorable Mentions
ALLDAY PROJECT – One Extra Time (assessment)
AM8IC – Hyperlink Up (assessment)
Child DONT Cry – I DONT CARE (assessment)
BABYMONSTER – Psycho (assessment)
Cha Eunwoo – Saturday Preacher (assessment)
Shut Your Eyes – X (assessment)
I.MET.U – Velvet Set off (assessment)
Kang Seung Yoon – Me (assessment)
NCT Dream – Beat It Up (assessment)
NOWZ – HomeRUN (assessment)
ONF – Put It Again (assessment)
RESCENE – Bloom (assessment)
tripleS msnz – Fly Up (assessment)
&TEAM – Lunatic (assessment)
This Month’s Risers and Fallers
This Week In Okay-pop: Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5
This Month’s World Pop Spherical-Up
TOP THREE SONGS
3. IDID – Push Again (assessment)
2. CRAVITY – Lemonade Fever (assessment)
1. AHOF – Pinocchio (assessment)
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of October 2025
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of September 2025
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of August 2025
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of July 2025
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of June 2025
Prime Three Okay-Pop Songs Of Might 2025