Welcome back to the 1st Weekly KPOP Chart for the second half of 2023. Crazy indeed at how fast the year is going by! I am planning one of two album reviews for later tonight, so keep your eye out for these. In the meanwhile, I have a lot to do as it is chore day in my residence. So I better get cracking if I want to get those album reviews out for you! Here is the Weekly KPOP Post for the 1st Week of July 2023.

Recap of the past week

This part of the Weekly KPOP Chart will be slightly altered to be easier to prepare. More lists, and less text, which means you will get to the charts much quicker (I hope!). This past week, I posted reviews for:

• song reviews for SHINee’s HARD and TEEN TOP’s HWEEK
• an album review for PURPLE KISS’ Cabin Fever, and
• an International Song Reviews post featuring ITZY, JAMIE, LOONA and Rocket Punch late 2022 releases.

Joining the new release of HWEEK are the following songs:

Throwback Song of the Week

U-KISS made their return the previous week with The Wonderful Escape to celebrate their 15th anniversary, and I was checking out all the new content they have been releasing as part of promotions for this comeback. Neverland popped up on their Killing Voice and Killing Dance videos (by DINGO Music), which I have picked as this week’s throwback song!

Non-Korean Song of the Week

Each week, I feature the highest ranking non-Korean song by a Korean artist in this part of the Weekly KPOP Charts. For the 1st Week of July 2023, that song is TWICE’s Hare Hare.

The Charts

Congratulations to KIM SUNG KYU for rising to the top spot on this week’s KPOPREVIEWED’s Weekly KPOP Chart with his latest single Small Talk. I have yet to review Small Talk, but I can confirm that I intend to write a review for Small Talk later this week.

FYI – There were a few big jumps on the charts this past week. This is because I have been trying to listen to all the new releases from the previous week in which I was away from the blog. They didn’t get a chance to rank on last week’s Weekly KPOP Charts, and so they rose straight from the bottom to the top 30, leading to the big jumps in position. As for more of the charts, keep on scrolling down.

Pos.	Song	Artist	Change
1	Small Talk	Kim Sung Kyu (INFINITE)	(▲ 68)
2	LUCKY!	KIM JAE HWAN ft. BOBBY (iKON)	(▲ 13)
3	Queencard	(G)I-DLE	(▲ 5)
4	Hate Rodrigo	CHOI YENA ft. YUQI ((G)I-DLE)	(▲ 62)
5	HARD	SHINee	(▲ 22)
6	The Wonderful Escape	U-KISS	(▲ 12)
7	S-Class	Stray Kids	(▼ 3)
8	BITE ME	ENHYPEN	(▲ 15)
9	Overdrive	I.M (MONSTA X)	(▲ 60)
10	Who’s Next	LAPILLUS	(▲ 59)
11	HWEEK	TEEN TOP	(NEW)
12	Dive Into	Han Seung Woo (VICTON)	(▲ 57)
13	OVERDRIVE	WEi	(▲ 56)
14	Move	T5 (TREASURE)	(▲ 31)
15	Hare Hare	TWICE	(▲ 54)
16	SOS	KANG DANIEL	(▲ 4)
17	But I Like You	BOYNEXTDOOR	(▲ 34)
18	ERASE ME	ONEUS	(▼ 2)
19	Hear Me Out	EXO	(▲ 27)
20	Crazy Like That	VERIVERY	(▲ 49)
21	Take Two	BTS	(▲ 48)
22	Kick It 4 Now	The New Six (TNX)	(▼ 17)
23	Contrail	Baek Yebin	(▲ 46)
24	Broken Melodies	NCT DREAM	(▼ 14)
25	SHALALA	TAEYONG (NCT)	(▲ 4)
26	Hold Tight	Flash (from FANTASY BOYS)	(▲ 43)
27	Twenty	Swan (PURPLE KISS)	(NEW)
28	Good Enough	Xdinary Heroes	(▲ 41)
29	Let Me In	EXO	(▼ 1)
30	BLUE MOON	N.Flying	(▼ 19)

Songs leaving the charts

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run in the charts system, and will no longer be on the charts from next week: