Another blink, another Weekly KPOP Chart post. The weeks just go back so quickly now. Anyhow, apologies for the lack of album reviews last week and this week. There will be one coming up very shortly, and hopefully I can get more posted next week. Also more reviews will be published this week for new and older releases. In the meanwhile, here is the Weekly KPOP Chart post for the 1st Week of the second half of 2022 (i.e. 1st Week of July 2022).
New releases of the Week
In addition to the reviews I wrote massive* number of five new releases this week, which includes ENHYPEN’s Future Present (Pass The MIC), WJSN’s Last Sequence, WINNER’s I LOVE U, VIVIZ’s LOVEADE and aespa’s Girls, here are the other new releases of the week:
- RUN – H1-KEY
- WANNA KNOW – IRRIS
- #MOOD – MCND
- LUCID DREAM – Jiyoung Kang
- If With U – MONSTA X
- Wonderland (Korean Version)– AleXa
- CHEERS – SVT LEADERS
- Don’t Tell – KANG DANIEL ft. Jessi
*I use the word ‘massive’ as 5 reviews is quite a step from the usual one or two I have written in a week over the past few weeks.
Throwback Corner
For this past week, fromis_9’s FEEL GOOD (SECRET CODE) on repeat. Blame the likes of their Stay This Way comeback, which had me digging up fromis_9’s past tracks!
Non-Korean Release of the Week
SORN’s SAVE ME is the past week’s non-Korean song release of the week, ranking in the 19th position. It is one of the four singles that SORN has released since leaving CLC and Cube Entertainment that I have yet to review (some of which were quite good). Check out SORN’s SAVE ME below (a review will be coming soon for the song).
The Charts
Congratulations to WINNER for topping the Weekly KPOP Chart for the 1st Week of July 2022 with I LOVE U, their first comeback in two years!. For more of the charts, keep on reading.
| 1st Week of July 2022 | 3rd Jul – 9th Jul 2022 | ||
| Pos. | Song | Artist | Status |
| 1 | I LOVE U | WINNER | (NEW) |
| 2 | Future Perfect (PASS The MIC) | ENHYPEN | (NEW) |
| 3 | Last Sequence | WJSN | (NEW) |
| 4 | Stay This Way | fromis_9 | (=) |
| 5 | Heart Burn | Sunmi |