Category: Weekly Charts

November, already? Woah! Time has really flown by this year. In just two months time, we will be celebrating 2022. Just ponder on that for a moment. But before we can think of 2022, we have to get through the mentioned two months. Just the confirmed releases for the month of November, and the many award shows/ceremonies/year-end shows that occur in December says there is a lot more in the KPOP industry to look forward to!

Talking about the award shows/ceremonies, as you may know, I have posted the KPOPREVIEWED Choice for the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards earlier in the week. if you haven’t checked out that post yet, click here to see who I thought are the best artists, songs, performances and choreographies of the year. Remember that these aren’t the final winners. You (the audience) will be given the opportunity to vote on who/what you think are the best of 2021 in a week’s time – so keep your eyes out for that post!

Still on the top of award shows/ceremonies, the other blogs participating in the 2021 Critics Award Circuit have announced their winners for their respective awards. Click the links below to be taken to their blogs to see who they thought were the best of this year!

The 555 Review Awards
10/10 Music Awards
2021 deforestedmusic Awards
Seoul Music Critics Association Awards
Gayo Music Festival 2021
2021 Golden Tunes

Nominations were also released (since last week’s Weekly KPOP Chart) for the 2021 Online KPOP Music Critics Association Nominations and the 2021 Critics Circle Nominations.

New releases of the week

Because I focused on the KPOPREVIEWED Choice component of the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards this week, I only reviewed a few releases this week (THE BOYZ’s MAVERICK, LABOUM’s Kiss Kiss and TO1’s No More X). Other releases that dropped this week are:

• Cause I Miss You – VAV
• Tales of the Unusual – PinkFantasy
• Shouldn’t Known – 2AM
• No Good in Goodbye – 2AM
• I’m Still Here – Leo (VIXX)
• ZERO – Super Junior D&E
• Get Set Yo – MJ (ASTRO) ft. Kim Taeyeon
• Good Night – HUTA (Lee Min Hyuk – BTOB)
• New Vision – Colde ft. Kim Soyeon ((G)I-DLE)

Throwback corner

This week’s song featuring in the throwback corner of the post comes as LABOUM makes their long-awaited comeback with Kiss Kiss. It is one of my favourite LABOUM songs of all time, Hwi Hwi.

Non-Korean Release of the Week

This week’s non-Korean release by a KPOP artist is TXT’s Magic, which is also my choice for Best International Song by a Korean artist (Western) from the nominated releases in the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards.

The Chart

Congratulation to SEVENTEEN once again for topping KPOPREVIEWED’s Weekly KPOP Chart for the 3rd week in a row with Rock With You! For more of the charts, keep on scrolling below.

	1st Week of Nov 2021	31st Oct – 6th Nov 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	Rock With You	SEVENTEEN	(=)
2	MAVERICK	THE BOYZ	(NEW)
3	Favorite (Vampire)	NCT 127	(▼ 1)
4	XOXO	Jeon Somi	(▲ 36)
5	Don’t Teach Me	Ailee	(▼ 1)
6	strawberry moon	IU	(▲ 32)
7	Tamed-Dashed	ENHYPEN	(▼ 2)
8	bugAboo	bugAboo	(▼ 5)
9	Calm & Passion	Nam Woohyun (Infintie)	(▲ 19)
10	BAD LOVE	Key (SHINee)	(▲ 9)
11	No More X	TO1	(NEW)
12	Kiss Kiss	LABOUM	(NEW)
13	Black Crown	KINGDOM	(▲ 13)
14	Vibin	Youngjae (GOT7)	(▼ 5)
15	Red Lipstick	Lee Hi ft. Yoo Mi Rae	(▲ 51)
16	WAITING	WOODZ	(▼ 6)
17	DDARA	Golden Child	(▼ 9)
18	Zombie	PURPLE KISS	(▼ 3)
19	GHOST	DREAMNOTE	(▼ 7)
20	ICONS	HOT ISSUE	(▲ 12)
21	mumumumuch	MAMAMOO	(▲ 47)
22	LOCO	ITZY	(▼ 5)
23	Deja Vu	ATEEZ	(▼ 10)
24	Eternal Sunshine	ATEZZ	(▼ 2)
25	Gone Away	Han Jisung, Seungmin, I.N (Stray Kids)	(▲ 22)
26	GAIA	CRAXY	(▲ 40)
27	GOTYA	ICHILLIN’	(▲ 39)
28	My Universe	Coldplay & BTS	(▲ 38)
29	CHERRY	AB6IX	(▲ 30)
30	FINE	W24	(▲ 28)

Songs leaving the charts

The following songs leaving the charts this week (as they have completed their nine week run) are:

• What’s Going On – OMEGA X
• STEREOTYPE – STAYC
• Guard You – Young K (DAY6)
• Everything Is Because of You – CHOI (LU:KUS)
• Goodnight, Summer – Sungmin (Super Junior)
• GOTYA – ICHILLIN’
• Zombie – PURPLE KISS
• Run – LUMINOUS
• PING PONG – HyunA & DAWN
• Red Lipstick – Lee Hi ft. Yoo Mi Rae
• LALISA – Lisa (BLACKPINK)
• mOnO – OnlyOneOf
• CHEESE – Stray Kids
• Singing in The Rain – Joochan & Bomin (Golden Child)
• POPPIN’ – Y & Jangjun (Golden Child)
• That Feeling – Seungmin, Donghyun, Jaehyun (Golden Child)
• Out The Window – Daeyeol (Golden Child)
• GAME – TAG & Jibeom (Golden Child)

Another busy week has just passed, and as usual for a Sunday, I look back on the week with a Weekly KPOP Chart post. It was a busy week in KPOP with a whole bunch of new releases, majority of which (even the ones I have reviewed yet) have charted in this week’s Top 30. It was also busy with the announcement of 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards nominations. If you haven’t looked that that yet, click here. I will be back later in the week to announce the KPOPREVIEWED Choice for the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards, so keep an eye out for that as well.

Also remember that other KPOP review blogs have posted their yearly nominations for their own awards (as part of the 2021 Award Circuit). Here is a handy list of the blogs posting their own awards:

The 555 Review Awards
10/10 Music Awards
2021 deforestedmusic Awards
Seoul Music Critics Association Awards
Gayo Music Festival 2021
2021 Golden Tunes

The above awards will be announcing their winners next week/in the coming week. And there are a few more awards nominations posts coming your way!

New song releases of the week

As mentioned at the start, majority of the new releases have made it onto the charts’ Top 30. But here is a quick rundown of the releases from the past week:

• bugAboo – bugAboo
• Favorite (Vampire) – NCT 127
• FACE ID – Epik High ft. GIRIBOY, SIK-K, JUSTHIS
• Butterfly Effect – BOL4
• Space – BOL4
• GHOST – DREAMNOTE
• Do 4 Me – EPEX
• TICK TOCK – JUST B
• Don’t Teach Me – Ailee
• Fire Saturday – SECRET NUMBER
• Rollercoaster – DKB
• Serious – Park Ji Hoon
• Places – John Park
• XOXO – Jeon Somi
• Tell Me – Taeho (IMFACT)
• Frost – TXT

Throwback corner

This week’s throwback song is thanks to Nam Woohyun’s recent solo return with Calm & Passion. I had to revisit A Song With Me as a result of the soloists comeback, which was the title track for his last solo comeback in 2019.

Non-Korean Release of the Week

This week’s Non-Korean song of the Week is LOONA’s Hula Hoop. I had it on repeat during the week after I reviewed it last weekend!

The Charts

Congratulations once again to SEVENTEEN, who remains in the top spot for this week with Rock With You. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

	4th Week of October 2021	24th Oct – 30th Oct 2021
Pos.	Song	Artist	Status
1	Rock With You	SEVENTEEN	(=)
2	Favorite (Vampire)	NCT 127	(NEW)
3	bugAboo	bugAboo	(NEW)
4	Don’t Teach Me	Ailee	(NEW)
5	Tamed-Dashed	ENHYPEN	(=)
6	Sticker	NCT 127	(▲ 74)
7	TICK TOCK	JUST B	(NEW)
8	DDARA	Golden Child	(▲ 13)
9	Vibin	Youngjae (GOT7)	(▲ 1)
10	WAITING	WOODZ	(▲ 13)
11	VIVACE	LIGHTSUM	(▲ 26)
12	GHOST	DREAMNOTE	(NEW)
13	Deja Vu	ATEEZ	(▲ 5)
14	be	Eunhyuk (Super Junior)	(▼ 1)
15	Zombie	PURPLE KISS	(▲ 1)
16	Serious	Park Ji Hoon	(NEW)
17	LOCO	ITZY	(▲ 17)
18	Do 4 Me	EPEX	(NEW)
19	BAD LOVE	Key (SHINee)	(▼ 13)
20	California Love	Donghae (Super Junior) ft. Jeno (NCT)	(▼ 13)
21	Dimples	WOOSUNG (The Rose)	(▲ 59)
22	MADONNA	Luna (f(x))	(▲ 6)
23	Red Lights	Bangchan & Hyunjin (Stray Kids)	(▲ 23)
24	Take Over	Do Hanse (VICTON)	(▲ 2)
25	The View	Stray Kids	(▲ 10) (FINAL WEEK)
26	Black Crown	KINGDOM	(▼ 18)
27	Fire Saturday	SECRET NUMBER	(NEW)
28	Calm & Passion	Nam Woohyun (Infinite)	(▼ 13)
29	Sober	N.Flying	(▲ 29)
30	Run	LUMINOUS	(▲ 23)

Songs leaving the charts this week

After nine weeks, the following songs are no longer eligible for the Weekly KPOP Charts:

• Outsider – BTOB
• Hate That… – Key (SHINee) ft. Taeyeon (SNSD)
• life vest – Kim Jeong Uk
• Movin’ – MCND
• Talk & Talk – fromis_9
• Lemonade – Lee Eun Sang
• MI CASA SU CASA – Heo Young Saeng (SS501)
• Changer – A.C.E
• Alive – ASTRO
• Life Is Beautiful – ONEUS
• LOOP – I.M (MONSTA X)
• Not Friends – Ryan Jhyun & Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Yves (LOONA)
• Dizzy – W.A.O
• Savior – Lee Hi ft. B.I
• The View – Stray Kids

Welcome to a delayed edition of the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 3rd Week of October 2021. I couldn’t focus on the Weekly KPOP Charts segment on Sunday as I was focusing on more important things (aka. the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards).

For those who may have missed it, the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards was announced on Sunday, and the nominations were posted yesterday! If you haven’t checked who is nominated yet, click here to see which artists, stages, choreographies and songs were nominated in the annual awards!

Check back next Wednesday for the KPOPREVIEWED Choice of the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards (aka. who I think should win in each category). But remember, the winner is ultimately chosen by you in a fan vote, which will open in mid-November. For now, here are the Weekly KPOP Charts.

The Charts

Congratulations to SEVENTEEN, who have topped the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 3rd Week of October with Rock With You. Scroll down for more of the charts!

	3rd Week of October 2021	17th Oct – 23rd Ocr 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	Rock With You	SEVENTEEN	(NEW)
2	Love Cut	CNBLUE	(NEW)
3	DOOR	Kwon Eun Bi	(▲ 23)
4	ICONS	HOT ISSUE	(▲ 30)
5	Tamed-Dashed	ENHYPEN	(=)
6	BAD LOVE	Key (SHINee)	(▲ 1)
7	California Love	Donghae (Super Junior) ft. Jeno (NCT)	(▲ 73)
8	Black Crown	KINGDOM	(NEW)
9	Glassy	Jo Yuri	(▲ 20)
10	Vibin	Youngjae (GOT7)	(▼ 7)
11	Work Work	Lee Jin Hyuk	(NEW)
12	Blue	Wonho	(▲ 68)
13	be	Eunhyuk (Super Junior)	(NEW)
14	Life is Beautiful	ONEUS	(▲ 52)
15	Calm & Passion	Nam Woohyun (Infinite)	(NEW)
16	Zombie	PURPLE KISS	(▼ 4)
17	Thunderous	Stray Kids	(▼ 13)
18	Deja Vu	ATEEZ	(▲ 29)
19	strawberry moon	IU	(NEW)
20	VENI VIDI VICI	CRAVITY	(▲ 52)
21	DDARA	Golden Child	(▼ 20)
22	Changer	A.C.E	(▲ 3)
23	WAITING	WOODZ	(▼ 10)
24	CHERRY	AB6IX	(▲ 3)
25	Savage	aespa	(▲ 3)
26	Take Over	Do Hanse (VICTON)	(▼ 4)
27	B.T.W	JAY B (GOT7) ft. Jay Park	(▲ 53)
28	Eternal Sunshine	ATEEZ	(▼ 20)
29	That Feeling	Seungmin, Donghyun, Jaehyun (Golden Child)	(▲ 51)
30	Surfin’	Lee Know, Changbin, Felix (Stray Kids)	(▼ 20)

Songs that are leaving the charts

The following songs have wrapped up their nine weeks of the charts and will no longer be eligible on the charts:

• After We Ride – Brave Girls
• TRIGGER – VERIVERY
• FLEX – T1419
• Thunderous – Stray Kids
• Spicy – CL
• Door – Kwon Eunbi
• Hurting U – Changjo (Teen Top)
• SPLASH – MIRAE
• B.T.W – JAY B (GOT7) ft. Jay Park
• ONLY – Lee Hi
• Lullaby – WOODZ
• Behind U – HALF (Jihun – KNK) ft. YunGGi
• Is It Raining? – V-Hawk
• SOOP – Jenyer ft. Heo Gayoon

Another week has passed and it is time to look back on it through the Weekly KPOP Chart. It has been a slightly busy week for me personally, though I have managed to push out a post each day (self pat on my back). Looking into the week ahead, it looks like it is going to be a busy week with seven comebacks from artists that I usually review. And per usual, I have a long list of other releases that I haven’t covered yet. Lots to do!

New song releases of the week

I have already reviewed ENHYPEN’s Tamed-Dashed and LIGHTSUM’s VIVACE, but we also saw a solo release by Donghae (from Super Junior) featuring Jeno (from NCT); a collaboration between Raiden, Taeil (from NCT) and LILBOI; and the comebacks of BLACKSWAN and TRI.BE (all of which I have yet to review).

Throwback Corner

Not too much of a throwback (and I actually have put this song down in this corner many weeks back), but NCT Dream’s Hello Future is this week’s ‘throwback’ song. I kept on listening to the song’s five member version, which the group (without Mark and Haechan) has been performing at festivals recently. The five member version is super good and deserves some attention, since the remaining five members (Jaemin, Renjun, Jeno, Chenle & Jisung) do an awesome job of covering for the missing members!

Non-Korean Release of the Week

Hint: this week’s non-Korean release was one of the songs reviewed in this week’s International Song Review post. Bonnie and Clyde, Yuqi’s (from (G)I-DLE) solo debut single, is this week’s feature song in this corner!

The Chart

Congratulations to Golden Child, who has topped this week’s Weekly KPOP Chart for the 2nd Week of October 2021, with their new release, DDARA! For more of the charts, continue scrolling down below!

	2nd Week of October 2021	10th Oct – 16th Oct 2021
Pos.	Song	Title	Status
1	DDARA	Golden Child	(▲ 9)
2	The View	Stray Kids	(▲ 14)
3	Vibin’	Youngjae (GOT7)	(▼ 2)
4	Thunderous	Stray Kids	(▲ 8)
5	Tamed-Dashed	ENHYPEN	(NEW)
6	CHEESE	Stray Kids	(▲ 12)
7	BAD LOVE	Key (SHINee)	(▲ 12)
8	Eternal Sunshine	ATEEZ	(▼ 2)
9	Dizzy	W.A.O	(▲ 55)
10	Surfin’	Lee Know, Changbin, Felix (Stray Kids)	(▲ 28)
11	Sticker	NCT 127	(▲ 40)
12	Zombie	PURPLE KISS	(▲ 17)
13	WAITING	WOODZ	(▼ 11)
14	Hate That…	Key (SHINee) ft. Taeyeon (SNSD)	(▲ 50)
15	Be My Lover?	Kim Jong Kook & ATEEZ	(▲ 49) (FINAL WEEK)
16	Santa Monica	NIK	(▲ 48)
17	VIVACE	LIGHTSUM	(NEW)
18	Singing In The Rain	Joochan & Bomin (Golden Child)	(▼ 5)
19	Gone Away	Han Jisung, Seungmin, I.N (Stray Kids)	(▲ 45)
20	Red Lights	Bangchan & Hyunjin (Stray Kids)	(▲44)
21	My Universe	Coldplay & BTS	(▲ 7)
22	Take Over	Do Hanse (VICTON)	(▲ 42)
23	Swipe	ITZY	(▲ 17)
24	Starry Night	WEi	(▲ 17)
25	Changer	A.C.E	(▲ 1)
26	Door	Kwon Eunbi	(▲ 38)
27	CHERRY	AB6IX	(▼ 19)
28	Savage	aespa	(▼ 24)
29	GLASSY	Jo Yuri	(▲ 14)
30	Sober	N.Flying	(▲ 38)

Songs leaving the charts this week

After nine weeks, the following songs are leaving the charts and will not appear in the upcoming week’s Weekly KPOP Charts:

• Be My Lover? – Kim Jong Kook & ATEEZ
• Queendom – Red Velvet
• VACCINE – Woo Taewoon & IONE ft. Yoon Bomi (APINK)
• Wave – CIX
• LO$ER=LO♡ER – TXT
• Cerberus – Yuto, Kino & Wooseok (Pentagon)
• Dreaming LUMINOUS – LUMINOUS
• Gas Pedal – CRAVITY
• irrelevant answer – LUCY
• A Little Space – Pentonix ft. Yunho, San, Jongho (ATEEZ)

Another week has flown by. This week was pretty much Golden Child week for me, as I spent a fair amount of my time writing reviews for their unit and solo releases ahead of their album review (posted yesterday in case you have missed it), when I could be writing reviews for other missed releases. I am actually going to repeat the same process for Stray Kids this week, reviewing their side tracks that have a music video before their album review next weekend. So, Stray Kids week, this week! I will try to get some other reviews out as well, as it looks like I am a bit freer (and its perfect weather to stay indoors this week – i.e. rainy), but we will see how I go. Other than that very quick update, here are the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 1st Week of October (yikes!).

New releases of the week

I have already reviewed ATEEZ’s Eternal Sunshine, CRAVITY’s VENI VIDI VICI and new singles from aespa, WOODZ, Youngjae, Golden Child. But here are the other releases of the week that I have not covered just yet.

• My Love – LU4US
• Kiss of Fire – WOODZ
• Will Make A Mistake – BLITZERS
• Sober – N.Flying
• GAIA – CRAXY
• GLASSY – Jo Yuri
• Addicted PIXY
• MADONNA – Luna (f(x))

Throwback Corner

So part of this week involved a Nine Muses binge, one of the most underrated groups of KPOP ever! Nine Muses gave us hit after hit, with 2013 being their biggest year (3 comebacks) and the closest to which they got to the top of the charts. I leave you today with my all time favourite track from the group, Wild.

Non-Korean Release of the Week

Technically, as it contains Korean lyrics, I would make the argument that this is a Korean release and so should not be part of this corner. But as it is more marketed towards the Western pop music industry (and was formally released by Coldplay), I have decided to include My Universe, Coldplay & BTS’ collaboration, as this week’s ‘Non-Korean Release of the Week’. But as there are Korean lyrics and a music video, a full review for My Universe will be posted in the coming weeks – not sure when is.

The Charts

Congratulations to Youngjae, as his solo debut title track, Vibin, has topped the charts for the 1st Week of October 2021!. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

	1st Week of October 2021	3rd Oct – 9th Oct 2021
Pos.	Title	Song	Status
1	Vibin	Youngjae (GOT7)	(NEW)
2	WAITING	WOODZ	(NEW)
3	POPPIN’	Y & Jangjun (Golden Child)	(▲ 61)
4	Savage	aespa	(NEW)
5	Blue	Wonho	(▲ 7)
6	Eternal Sunshine	ATEEZ	(NEW)
7	That Feeling	Seungmin, Donghyun, Jaehyun (Golden Child)	(▲ 63)
8	CHERRY	AB6IX	(▼ 6)
9	VENI VIDI VICI	CRAVITY	(NEW)
10	DDARA	Golden Child	(NEW)
11	Out The Window	Daeyeol (Golden Child)	(▲ 39)
12	Thunderous	Stray Kids	(▲ 4)
13	Singing In The Rain	Joochan & Bomin (Golden Child)	(▲ 57)
14	GAME	TAG & Jibeom (Golden Child)	(▲ 51)
15	Life Is Beautiful	ONEUS	(▲ 10)
16	The View	Stray Kids	(▲ 10)
17	THRILL RIDE	The Boyz	(▼ 18) (FINAL WEEK)
18	CHEESE	Stray Kids	(▲ 9)
19	BAD LOVE	Key (SHINee)	(▼ 18)
20	LO$ER=LO♡ER	TXT	(▼ 10)
21	SPLASH	MIRAE	(▲ 49)
22	Popping	ONF	(▼ 17) (FINAL WEEK)
23	After ‘We Ride’	Brave Girls	(▲ 5)
24	Out of the Blue	Dowoon (DAY6)	(▲ 38)
25	Wave	CIX	(▼ 12)
26	Changer	A.C.E	(▼ 20)
27	Blind	Ciipher	(▼ 24)
28	My Universe	Coldplay & BTS	(▼ 9)
29	Zombie	PURPLE KISS	(▼ 14)
30	LOCO	ITZY	(▼ 22)

Songs leaving the charts this week

Alongside The Boyz’s THRILL RIDE and ONF’s Popping (as indicated above), the following songs will no long er be part of the Weekly KPOP Charts:

• Strawberry Gum – Ha Sung Woon ft. Don Mills
• PRESENTE – 777
• MOON WALKER – BDC
• Summer or Summer – Hyolyn & Dasom
• Walking In The Rain – AB6IX
• Close Your Eyes – Bz-Boys
• Gallery – Park Ji Hoon
• MANIAC – Ryan Jhun, NCT U (Haechan & Doyoung)
• GET OUT N.CUS
• Second Hyoyeon (SNSD) ft. BIBI
• OMGEA X – OMEGA X

A bit of a celebration occurred yesterday, as I marked 10 years of KPOPREVIEWED. Thanks once again for visiting and reading what I put out. But now we are back to business with reviews already coming out earlier today. And there is another review and album review coming out today (surprise!!). But I need to quickly post out the Weekly KPOP Charts for the last week before we proceed any further, so here we go!

New song releases of the week

This week, I reviewed new releases such as AB6IX’s CHERRY, Key’s BAD LOVE and Ciipher’s Blind, which also formed part of the new entries into the chart system this past week. The following songs have also been entered into the chart system and began their nine week run this past week:

• Can’t Say Goodbye – 100%
• Out of the Blue – Dowoon (DAY6)
• Sick Of It – LUHA
• Santa Monica – NIK
• Dark Dream – E’LAST
• ICONS – HOT ISSUE
• Drama – NAUNGJAE
• In My Space – Kim Woojin
• Swipe – ITZY
• STAY – Oh Sae Beom
• Time Travel – Rhea
• Starry Night – WEi

Throwback Corner

Nostalgic me was binging a lot of ‘old’ releases this week thanks to those ‘Looking Back’ posts that I used to reflect on 10 years! So many good songs to be put into this Throwback Corner, but I chose the one that I will never get tired of – Secert’s 2012 release of Poison.

The Charts

Congratulations to Key and his new single, BAD LOVE, for topping the charts for the 5th and final week of September 2021. For more of the charts, see below.

	5th Week of September 2021	26th Sep – 2nd Oct 2021
Pos.	Song	Artist	Status
1	BAD LOVE	Key (SHINee)	(NEW)
2	CHERRY	AB6IX	(NEW)
3	Blind	Ciipher	(NEW)
4	Gallery	Park Ji Hoon	(▲ 71)
5	Popping	ONF	(▲ 2)
6	Changer	A.C.E	(▲ 2)
7	THRILL-RIDE	THE BOYZ	(▲ 11)
8	LOCO	ITZY	(▲ 2)
9	Ra Pam Pam	Golden Child	(▲ 48)
10	LO$ER=LO♡ER	TXT	(▼ 7)
11	Hate That	Key (SHINee) ft. Tayeon (SNSD)	(▲ 41)
12	Blue	Wonho	(▲ 4)
13	Wave	CIX	(▲ 14)
14	Gas Pedal	CRAVITY	(▲ 19)
15	Zombie	PURPLE KISS	(▼ 14)
16	Thunderous	Stray Kids	(▼ 10)
17	BRAIN	Yang Yoseob (HIGHLIGHT)	(▼ 13)
18	Sticker	NCT 127	(▼ 3)
19	My Universe	Coldplay & BTS	(▲ 60)
20	Be My Lover?	Kim Jong Kook & ATEEZ	(▼ 1)
21	Summer or Summer	Hyolyn & Dasom	(▲ 21)
22	mOnO	OnlyOneOf	(▲ 55)
23	mumumumuch	Mamamoo	(▲ 5)
24	FLEX	T1419	(▲ 35)
25	Life Is Beautiful	ONEUS	(▼ 8)
26	The View	Stray Kids	(▼ 24)
27	CHEESE	Stray Kids	(▲ 3)
28	After ‘We Ride’	Brave Girls	(▲ 46)
29	Outsider	BTOB	(▲ 22)
30	Lemonade	Lee Eun Sang	(▼ 25)

Songs leaving the charts this week

The following songs have wrapped up their nine weeks on the charts, and hence will no longer be eligible for the Weekly KPOP Charts:

• After Midnight – ASTRO
• Ra Pam Pam – Golden Child
• DUMB DUMB – Jeon Somi
• I Can’t Make You Love Me – KIN DA BLUE ft. Hwasa (Mamamoo)
• Holiday Party – Weeekly
• Shut Up 받고 Crazy Hot! – ONEUS
• Ready Now – Kim Woojin
• 5 Seconds Before Explosion – Thunder
• You Can’t Sit With Us – Sunmi
• East End – 2Z
• Love Yourself – Kang Insoo
• FLY UP HIGH – SKYLE
• BENCH – AKMU ft. Zion T
• EVEREST – AKMU ft. Sam Kim

Another week has passed. And per my usual schedule, I look back on this week through my Weekly KPOP Chart post. Apart from a break and doing some adulting stuff, not much really happened this week. Hopefully, now that I am a bit refreshed, I can start looking at writing some other reviews for the releases that I have flagged that I will review. Also, two album reviews coming your way later tonight and that stuff I said I was working on behind the scene will be posted throughout this week. Until then, here is my Weekly KPOP Chart post for the 4th Week of September 2021.

Small update: only one album review will be published tonight. The other will be posted next weekend.

New song releases of the week

Aside from Yang Yoseob’s BRAIN and ITZY’s LOCO, there were a couple of other songs released this week that have been included in the charts for the next 8 weeks:

• Let Me In – WJSN (Cosmic Girls)
• Dimples – WOOSUNG (The Rose)
• My Universe – Coldplay & BTS
• Take Over – Do Hanse (VICTON)
• DUN – Jeongmin (BF)

Throwback Corner

This week’s throwback song is B1A4’s What’s Happening?, which popped up randomly as a YouTube recommendation this week. And it began a B1A4 binge, which was quite enjoyable. Can’t wait to see who is next up on these binge sessions.

Non-Korean Release of the Week

I haven’t been listening to non-Korean songs lately. But I have picked it back up to listen to MONSTA X’s One Day, which is also my pick of non-Korean release of the week.

The Charts

Congratulation to PURPLE KISS and their latest song, Zombie, for topping the charts for the 4th Week of September 2021. For more of the charts, keep on scrolling down.

	4th Week of September 2021	19th Sep – 25th Sep 2020
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	Zombie	PURPLE KISS	(▲ 9)
2	The View	Stray Kids	(▲ 15)
3	LO$ER=LO♡ER	TXT	(▲ 36)
4	BRAIN	Yang Yoseob (HIGHLIGHT)	(NEW)
5	Lemonade	Lee Eun Sang	(▲ 73)
6	Thunderous	Stray Kids	(▲ 1)
7	Popping	ONF	(▲ 4)
8	Changer	A.C.E	(▲ 23)
9	Deja Vu	ATEEZ	(▼ 8)
10	LOCO	ITZY	(NEW)
11	LALISA	LISA (BLACKPINK)	(▲ 47)
12	Talk & Talk	fromis_9	(▲ 25)
13	I’m A GO	MVP	(▲ 65)
14	Dreaming LUMINOUS	LUMINOUS	(▲ 63)
15	Sticker	NCT 127	(▼ 13)
16	BLUE	Wonho	(▼ 8)
17	Life Is Beautiful	ONEUS	(▲ 32)
18	THRILL-RIDE	The Boyz	(▼ 13)
19	Be My Lover?	Kim Jong Kook & ATEEZ	(▲ 52)
20	Queendom	Red Velvet	(▲ 3)
21	MOON WALKER	BDC	(▲ 23)
22	Door	Kwon Eunbi	(▲ 35)
23	Shut Up 받고 Crazy Hot!	ONEUS	(▲ 55)
24	FLY UP HIGH	SKYLE	(▲ 54)
25	Goodnight Summer	Sungmin (Super Junior)	(▲ 53)
26	FINE	W24	(▲ 52)
27	WAVE	CIX	(▲ 51)
28	mumumumuch	Mamamoo	(▼ 24)
29	Cerberus	Yuto, Kino & Wooseok (Pentagon)	(▲ 47)
30	CHEESE	Stray Kids	(▼ 3)

Songs leaving the charts this week

The following songs have finished up their final week on the charts and will be removed from the charts ahead of next week’s Weekly KPOP Charts:

• NAKKA – AKMU ft. IU
• Rose – D.O (EXO)
• KISS OR DEATH – MONSTA X
• So Silly – SAN E ft. Yuju
• Christmas in July – KANGTA
• Promise U – Solar & Moonbyul (Mamamoo)
• DIVE – Jinyoung (GOT7)
• BEcause – Dream Catcher
• Stupid Love Song – AKMU ft. Crush
• Tictoc Tictoc Tictoc – AKMU ft. Beenzino

Sliding this in before I start the week of reviews (which will all start tomorrow). For those who have missed it, I undertook an album review blitz over the weekend. 8 album reviews in total! Because of that, I have been taking a bit of a breather from the blog after that eventful (and stressful) weekend (a lot of naps, I must confess). I have also been working on some stuff behind the scenes for the month of October. Anyhow, since this post is a late one, it will also be a quick one.

The Charts

Congratulation’s to ATEEZ’s Deja Vu, for topping the charts in the past week. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

	3rd Week of September 2021	12th Sep – 18th Sep 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	Deja Vu (NEW)	ATEEZ	(NEW)
2	Sticker	NCT 127	(NEW)
3	Rose	D.O (EXO)	(▲ 36)
4	mumumumuch	Mamamoo	(NEW)
5	THRILL RIDE	The Boyz	(▼ 1)
6	STEREOTYPE	STAYC	(▲ 1)
7	Thunderous	Stray Kids	(▼ 6)
8	Blue	Wonho	(NEW)
9	NAKKA	AKMU ft. IU	(▲ 33)
10	Zombie	PURPLEKISS	(▼ 8)
11	Popping	ONF	(▼ 1)
12	After Midnight	ASTRO	(▲ 54)
13	Outsider	BTOB	(▼ 2)
14	Gallery	Park Ji Hoon	(▲ 15)
15	Movin’	MCND	(▲ 48)
16	Promise U	Solar & Moonbyul (Mamamoo)	(▲ 51)
17	The View	Stray Kids	(=)
18	Not Friends	Ryan Jhyun & Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Yves (LOONA)	(▲ 1)
19	SPLASH	MIRAE	(▲ 29)
20	Ra Pam Pam	Golden Child	(▲ 46)
21	Stupid Love Song	AKMU ft. Crush	(▲ 45)
22	DUMB DUMB	Jeon Somi	(▼ 9)
23	Queendom	Red Velvet	(▼ 9)
24	POPPIN’	Y & Jangjun (Golden Child)	(▲ 42)
25	mOnO	OnlyOneOf	(▲ 41)
26	MANIAC	Ryan JHyun & NCT U (Haechan & Doyoung)	(▲ 11)
27	CHEESE	Stray Kids	(▲ 25)
28	Holiday Party	Weeekly	(▲ 30)
29	What’s Going On	OMEGA X	(▲ 14)
30	SOOP	Jenyer ft. Heo Gayoon	(▼ 15)

Songs leaving the charts this week

A relatively small number of releases left the charts on Sunday and will not be eligible in the upcoming Weekly KPOP Charts post:

• When Dawn Comes Again – Colde ft. Baekhyun (EXO)
• Hey Kid, Close Your Eyes – AKMU with Lee Sun Hee

Another busy week has passed and it is time for me to reflect on it via a Weekly KPOP Chart post! I don’t have much to update you with, other than that I have decided that next weekend will be a intensive album review weekend, so I can finally make some progress on that load of albums I have flagged that I will be reviewing. Otherwise, still in lockdown and still eating my weight in snacks (though I have balanced that out with a fruit salad binge – fresh though). Hopefully, I can have something more interesting to update you with next week!

New songs on the charts

In addition to the songs I have reviewed this week (Young K and Lisa’s solo debuts, the comebacks of STAYC and PURPLE KISS, and the collaboration release between HyunA and DAWN), a whole bunch of other releases have been added to the charts, including:

• Everything Is Because of You – CHOI (LU:KUS)
• Goodnight, Summer – Sungmin (Super Junior)
• GOTYA – ICHILLIN’
• Run – LUMINOUS
• Red Lipstick – Lee Hi ft. Yoo Mi Rae
• mOnO – OnlyOnOf
• CHEESE – Stray Kids (I also added The View to the charts as part of last week’s entries)
• All unit releases from Golden Child’s second studio album, Game Changer.

Throwback corner

I spent a lot of my week listening to Infinite, B1A4, Sonamoo and Oh My Girl for some unknown reason. They just popped into my autoplay and I told myself ‘why not?’. So I had a lot of choice this week to decide who to feature in the Throwback Corner of this post.

Ultimately, I have decided to feature Sonamoo and their single Friday Night. They are the lesser known group out of the four that I listed, so let’s give them a shoutout!

The Charts

Congratulations to Stray Kids, once again, for rising to the top of the charts for the 2nd Week of September 2021 with Thunderous. They were last in the top spot for the final week of August with the same song. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

	2nd Week of September 2021	05 Sep – 11 Sep 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	Thunderous	Stray Kids	(▲ 1)
2	Zombie	PURPLE KISS	(NEW)
3	Guard You	Young K (DAY6)	(NEW)
4	THRILL RIDE	THE BOYZ	(▼ 1)
5	PING PONG	HyunA & DAWN	(NEW)
6	Lemonade	Lee Eun Sang	(▲ 72)
7	STEREOTYPE	STAYC	(NEW)
8	Gas Pedal	CRAVITY	(▼ 4)
9	Changer	A.C.E.	(▲ 6)
10	Popping	ONF	(▲ 47)
11	Outsider	BTOB	(▼ 10)
12	FLEX	T1419	(▲ 24)
13	DUMB DUMB	Jeon Somi	(▲ 15)
14	Queendom	Red Velvet	(▼ 1)
15	SOOP	Jenyer ft. Heo Gayoon	(▲ 63)
16	Dreaming LUMINOUS	LUMINOUS	(▲ 48)
17	The View	Stray Kids	(▲ 61)
18	LALISA	Lisa (BLACKPINK)	(NEW)
19	Not Friends	Ryan Jhyun & Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Yves (LOONA)	(▲ 59)
20	Alive	ASTRO	(▲ 58)
21	OMEGA-X	OMEGA X	(▲ 26)
22	After We Ride	Brave Girls	(▼ 4)
23	DIVE	Jinyoung (GOT7)	(▲ 3)
24	Dizzy	W.A.O	(▲ 54)
25	You Can’t Sit With Us	Sunmi	(▲ 8)
26	KISS OR DEATH	MONSTA X	(▲ 20)
27	Summer or Summer	Hyolyn & Dasom	(▲ 23)
28	Tictoc Tictoc Tictoc	AKMU ft. Beenzino	(▲ 11)
29	Gallery	Park Ji Hoon	(▼ 12)
30	Life is Beautiful	ONEUS	(▲ 28)

Songs leaving the charts this week

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and have now been removed!

• Rain – BOYHOOD (Nam Donghyun) ft. Kisum
• Teamo – Minzy
• Drink It – The Boyz
• Summertime – HA:TFELT ft. Keem Hyoeun
• Summer Taste – Rain, MONSTA X, ATEEZ & Brave Girls
• questiOn mark – OnlyOneOf

And we begin September! It has felt like time has been going by so quickly lately, even though I am stuck at home (still in lockdown 😟). With my move officially completed (and I have a proper desk!), I will use my free time I have stuck at home to focus on the blog. I started this officially yesterday, with three reviews crossed off. And I will try my best to keep up with the constant releases and also the bouncing around to ‘old releases’. But before I can proceed forward, here are the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 1st Week of September 2021.

Please note I realized I had stuffed up the rankings changes (i.e. the status column) of last week’s Weekly KPOP Charts. The songs were in the right positions, just the numbers of spots that they dropped or increased by were incorrect. If you would like to look over the new information, please check out the post for the 4th Week of August 2021.

New releases of the week

I have only managed to get around to reviewing BTOB’s Outsider, fromis_9’s Talk & Talk and A.C.E’s Changer this week. But these aren’t the only three releases that were dropped during the week. Many other songs were released alongside those three (listed below). These songs are also eligible for placement on the charts and some will be reviewed some time in the future.

• Hate That… – Key (SHINee) ft. Taeyeon (SNSD)
• life vest – Kim Jeong Uk
• Movin’ – MCND
• Lemonade – Lee Eun Sang
• MI CASA SU CASA – Heo Young Saeng (SS501)
• Alive – ASTRO
• Life Is Beautiful – ONEUS
• LOOP – I.M (MONSTA X)
• Not Friends – Ryan Jhyun & Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Yves (LOONA)
• Dizzy – W.A.O
• Savior – Lee Hi ft. B.I.

Throwback Corner

I was in a Pentagon mood this past week. And Daisy was the most listened to song of the week on this Pentagon binge. Unfortunately, their recent release (Cerberus) just didn’t make it into this week’s binge session.

The Charts

Congratulations to BTOB, who recently released single, Outsider, had managed to clinch the top spot for this past week. For more of the charts, check out below.

	1st Week of September 2021	29th Aug – 4th Sep 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	Outsider	BTOB	(NEW)
2	Thunderous	Stray Kids	(▼ 1)
3	THRILL-RIDE	The Boyz	(▲ 1)
4	Gas Pedal	CRAVITY	(▲ 1)
5	Wave	CIX	(▲ 36)
6	Because	Dream Catcher	(▲ 21)
7	TRIGGER	VERIVERY	(▲ 44)
8	MOON WALKER	BDC	(▼ 6)
9	After Midnight	ASTRO	(▼ 1)
10	irrelevant answer	LUCY	(▲ 53)
11	FLY UP HIGH	SKYLE	(▲ 29)
12	LO$ER=LO♡ER	TXT	(▲ 27)
13	Queendom	Red Velvet	(▲ 3)
14	Holiday Party	Weeekly	(▲ 28)
15	Changer	A.C.E	(NEW)
16	Talk & Talk	fromis_9	(NEW)
17	Gallery	Park Ji Hoon	(▲ 61)
18	After We Ride	Brave Girls	(▼ 15)
19	Tear Drop	SF9	(▲ 40)
20	Ra Pam Pam	Golden Child	(▲ 16)
21	Weekend	Taeyeon (SNSD)	(▲ 37)
22	Close Your Eyes	Bz-Boys	(▲ 56)
23	SPLASH	MIRAE	(▲ 38)
24	Hey Kid, Close Your Eyes	AKMU with Lee Sun Hee	(▲ 41)
25	B.T.W	JAY B (GOT7)  ft. Jay Park	(▲ 49)
26	DIVE	Jinyoung (GOT7)	(▼ 12)
27	Door	Kwon Eunbi	(▲ 46)
28	DUMB DUMB	Jeon Somi	(▲ 10)
29	Shut Up 받고 Crazy Hot!	ONEUS	(▲ 24)
30	AuRoRa	ONEWE	(▼ 20)

Songs leaving the charts this week

9 weeks have passed and the following songs have been removed from the charts to make room for new songs:

• Excuse Me – BXK
• Right Through Me – Even of Day (DAY6)
• Beam Beam – Soyeon ((G)I-DLE)
• Tear Drop – SF9
• Weekend – Taeyeon (SNSD)
• Good Vibes Only – GIRLKIND
• Yes I Know – Yebin (DIA)
• Butterfly – Oh Sae Beom
• To Find A Reason – Hyolyn ft. Mad Clown & Kim Seungmin
• Still Dream – Kim Woojin
• US – Moon Jongup
• AuRoRa – ONEWE

It is another Sunday and that simply means another Weekly KPOP Chart post. This particular post for the 3rd Week of August 2021 is going to be a very quick one, as I am in the processing of moving and am trying to beat the clock before the clouds move in and wash the sunshine away. So I won’t be doing my usual corners this week. Check back next week for those corners, maybe (still moving then, but hopefully more time on my hands).

Also, the KPOP Songs of the Summer Review Collaboration has wrapped up. I posted by review for F(x)’s Hot Summer earlier this week, so check that. In that post, you will also find the links to the rest of the reviews in the collaboration from other KPOP reviewers, so make sure you check out those reviews as well!

The charts

Congratulations to The Boyz, who topped the charts this 3rd Week of August 2021, with their latest track, THRILL-RIDE. For more of the charts, scroll down below:

	3rd Week of August 2021	15th Aug – 21st Aug 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	THRILL-RIDE	The Boyz	(▲ 2)
2	Wave	CIX	(NEW)
3	Ra Pam Pam	Golden Child	(▲ 10)
4	LO$ER=LO♡ER	TXT	(NEW)
5	Popping	ONF	(▼ 4)
6	Queendom	Red Velvet	(NEW)
7	MOON WALKER	BDC	(▲ 37)
8	PTT (Paint The Town)	LOONA	(▲ 12)
9	Tear Drop	SF9	(▲ 7)
10	Hello Future	NCT DREAM	(▼ 1)
11	DIVE	Jinyoung (GOT7)	(▲ 16)
12	Holiday Party	Weeekly	(▲ 16)
13	Gas Pedal	CRAVITY	(NEW)
14	You Can’t Sit With Us	Sunmi	(▼ 12)
15	Ready Now	Kim Woojin	(▼ 4)
16	Rose	D.O (EXO)	(▲ 3)
17	questiOn mark	OnlyOneOf	(▲ 50)
18	Weekend	Taeyeon (SNSD)	(▲ 25)
19	US	Moon Jongup	(▲ 14)
20	Right Through Me	Even of Day (DAY6)	(▼ 2)
21	Karma	KINGDOM	(▼ 7)
22	After Midnight	ASTRO	(▼ 1)
23	Gallery	Park Ji Hoon	(▼ 16)
24	Strawberry Gum	Ha Sung Woon ft. Don Mills	(▼ 19)
25	Pool Party	Brave Girls ft. E Chan of DKB	(▲ 34)
26	NAKKA	AKMU ft. IU	(▲ 5)
27	Tesseract	CIX	(▲ 2)
28	AuRoRa	ONEWE	(▼ 16)
29	Be My Lover?	Kim Jong Kook & ATEEZ	(NEW)
30	Promise U	Solar & Moonbyul (Mamamoo)	(▲ 28)

Songs leaving the charts:

The following songs are leaving the charts this week:

• Paradigm – Xydo
• Poison – PinkFantasy
• Higher – A.C.E
• The Juice – Sam Kim
• Secreto – Yezi
• Africa – Jeongmin
• Lazy – Kim Woosung (The Rose)
• Obvious – MAJORS
• Mixtape: OH – Stray Kids

Another week has wrapped up and it is time to look back through the Weekly KPOP Charts segment. The first week of August 2021 saw many groups and artists return already (more so than the last few weeks). And it is set to continue into this week. But before we get to the next week, there is still a bit of time for a Weekly KPOP Chart post (this post), an album review and maybe a song review (or two). So with that being said, I have a bit of work to do and focus on. So let’s get going!

New releases of the week

Already reviewed from this week is ASTRO’s After Midnight, Golden Child’s Ra Pam Pam, Jeon Somi’s DUMB DUMB, Weeekly’s Holiday Party and ONEUS’ Shut Up 받고 Crazy Hot!. I also have plans to review releases from Sunmi and Kim Woojin. Also released this week are songs from Thunder (aka Cheondung – former member of MBLAQ), the collaboration between KINDA BLUE and Hwasa (from Mamamoo), 2Z, Kang Insoo (member of MYNAME) and the SKYLE (a newly debut female group). All have been included in the charts from this week.

Throwback corner

BLOOM BLOOM POW! Ahead of their comeback tomorrow, I have been listening to a lot of The Boyz’s songs. One of them is Bloom Bloom, which was released back in 2019 and went on to earn them their first music show win. Is there any particular reason to why I have been listening to this song more than others this week? No reason. Just a revisit to their K:CONTACT stages.

Non-Korean KPOP release of the week

I finally got around to reviewing Perfect World (by TWICE) yesterday through an International Song Review post. It is once again my pick for the track of the week. In addition to TWICE’s latest release, I also released songs from ATEEZ, SHINee, Jackson Wang and Rocket Punch.

The Charts

Congratulations to ASTRO’s After Midnight, which just managed to get ahead of the all the tracks on the charts this week to clinch the win! For more of the charts, scroll down below.

	1st Week of August 2021	1st Aug – 7th Aug 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	After Midnight	ASTRO	(NEW)
2	Ra Pam Pam	Golden Child	(NEW)
3	Tear Drop	SF9	(▲ 21)
4	Drink It	The Boyz	(▲ 41)
5	Poison	PinkFantasy	(▲ 28)
6	Chi Mat Ba Ram	Brave Girls	(▲ 9)
7	Butterfly	Oh Sae Beom	(▲ 39)
8	KISS OR DEATH	MONSTA X	(▲ 52)
9	Lazy	Kim Woosung (The Rose)	(▲ 11)
10	Holiday Party	Weeekly	(NEW)
11	See You Again	Han Seung Woo (VICTON)	(▲ 33)
12	Ready To Love	SEVENTEEN	(=)
13	BYE BYE BYE	WEi	(▲ 13)
14	Stay With Me	Hoya	(▲ 49)
15	Rain To Be	ONEWE	(▲ 44)
16	Shut Up 받고 Crazy Hot!	ONEUS	(NEW)
17	Veronica	ONEWE	(▲ 46)
18	Pool Party	Brave Girls ft. E Chan of DKB	(▲ 7)
19	Rendezvous	Kim Jeong Uk	(▲ 44)
20	DUMB DUMB	Jeon Somi	(NEW)
21	You Can’t Sit With Us	Sunmi	(NEW)
22	Moonlight	BDC	(▲ 10)
23	Hey Kid, Close Your Eyes	AKMU with Lee Sun Hee	(▼ 14)
24	Weekend	Taeyeon (SNSD)	(▼ 10)
25	Christmas in July	KANGTA	(▲ 38)
26	Secreto	Yezi	(▲ 21)
27	Crazy Night	DONGKIZ	(▲ 31)
28	Mixtape: OH	Stray Kids	(▼ 24)
29	riBBon	BamBam (GOT7)	(▲ 10)
30	Hello Future	NCT DREAM	(▼ 24)

Songs leaving the charts this week

9 weeks later and the following songs have left the charts:

• Don’t Fight The Feeling – EXO
• Moonshot – N.Flying
• Sneakers – Ha Sung Woon
• Lock Down – EPEX
• Alcohol-Free – TWICE
• BYE BYE BYE – WEi
• Happy Birthday – WOO JINYOUNG (D1CE)
• Stay With Me – Hoya
• My Lips Like Warm Coffee – Chungha & Colde
• Vanilla – LIGHTSUM
• I Want You Around – Yugyeom (GOT7) (ft. DeVita)
• Welcome to the MAINSTREET – 24K
• Baby, I – HyunSeong

It is another Sunday and that means it is time for another Weekly KPOP Chart. It was another relatively slow week and unfortunately I did not get around to reviewing much this past week. I will try harder, now that we are in a new month. Though, I will be prioritizing the newer releases since it seems like the last few weeks were the ‘calm before the storm’ and the ‘storm’ is the month of August. While I await for the influx of new releases, here is the latest edition of the Weekly KPOP Charts.

New releases from this past week

Aside from the two releases I reviewed this week (i.e. D.O’s Rose and Dream Catcher’s BEcause), the following releases were admitted into the Weekly Chart Segment for their nine week run:

• NAKKA – AKMU ft. IU
• Rose – D.O (EXO)
• KISS OR DEATH – MONSTA X
• So Silly – SAN E ft. Yuju
• Christmas in July – KANGTA
• Promise U – Solar & Moonbyul (Mamamoo)
• DIVE – Jinyoung (GOT7)
• BEcause – Dream Catcher
• Stupid Love Song – AKMU ft. Crush
• Tictoc Tictoc Tictoc – AKMU ft. Beenzino

Throwback corner

For this week, I was listening to a lot of SEVENTEEN. To me, Don’t Wanna Cry will always be a classic (is it too soon to determine what is a classic?). Hence, it is my pick for throwback song of the week.

Non-Korean KPOP release of the week

Another week of being addicted to Perfect World by TWICE. I will get to the International Song Review post, which will include TWICE’s latest Japanese release, later this week.

The Charts

Congratulations to D.O, who made his solo comeback this past week with Rose. It is also the number one song this week! There is also a number of big jumps up the chart this week, so keep on scrolling to see the rest of the charts!

	4th Week of July 2021	25th Jul – 31st Jul 2021
Title	Artist	Status
1	Rose	D.O (EXO)	(NEW)
2	BEcause	Dream Catcher	(NEW)
3	Where Are We Now	Mamamoo	(▲ 75)
4	Mixtape: OH	Stray Kids	(=)
5	SPIN OFF	UP10TION	(▲ 10)
6	Hello Future	NCT DREAM	(▼ 4)
7	Obvious	MAJORS	(▲ 54)
8	Free Pass	DRIPPIN	(▲ 35)
9	Hey Kid, Close Your Eyes	AKMU with Lee Sun Hee	(▲ 50)
10	0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)	TXT ft. Seori	(▼ 7)
11	Higher	A.C.E	(▲ 18)
12	Ready To Love	SEVENTEEN	(▼ 11)
13	Alcohol-Free	TWICE	(▲ 5)
14	Weekend	Taeyeon (SNSD)	(▲ 5)
15	Chi Mat Ba Ram	Brave Girls	(▼ 10)
16	Don’t Fight The Feeling	EXO	(▲ 18)
17	Sneakers	Ha Sung Woon	(=)
18	Welcome to the MAINSTREET	24K	(▲ 5)
19	I Want You Around (ft. DeVita)	Yugyeom (GOT7)	(▲ 6)
20	Lazy	Kim Woosung (The Rose)	(▲ 17)
21	GAMBLER	MONSTA X	(▼ 12)
22	All Your Fault	Yugyeom (GOT7) ft. Gray	(▲ 14)
23	Cardigan	Ravi (VIXX)	(▲ 55)
24	Tear Drop	SF9	(▼ 17)
25	Pool Party	Brave Girls ft. E Chan of DKB	(▼ 14)
26	BYE BYE BYE	WEi	(▼ 14)
27	Moonshot	N.Flying	(▲ 14)
28	PTT (Paint The Town)	LOONA	(▼ 14)
29	Rain Song	EPIK HIGH	(▲ 49)
30	ILL LOVE	Zelo	(▲ 48)

Songs leaving the charts this week

The following songs finished up this past week on the Weekly KPOP Charts segment and are no longer eligible:

• 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) – TXT ft. Seori
• Hello – Joy (Red Velvet)
• The Moment – VROMANCE
• illa illa – B.I
• GAMBLER – MONSTA X
• Where Are We Now – Mamamoo
• Up All Night – GHOST9
• Cardigan – Ravi (VIXX)
• ILL LOVE – Zelo
• Save – NCT 127

Apologies for the delay posting this and also the lack of reviews this week. I was busy on Sunday and only managed to get the album review out (as I am still very behind on those). I had a job interview on Tuesday, so I spent Monday night preparing for it. And the interview plus work drained my energy on yesterday, so I spent the entire evening sleeping after dinner (didn’t wake up until 2 am in the morning). But with some energy, I thought I share with you the Weekly KPOP Chart post for the 3rd Week of July 2021. As it is a late one, it will be a very quick one. Reviews will resume tomorrow night!

The Chart

Congratulations once again to SEVENTEEN, who has topped the charts with Ready To Love for the second week! Last week was a particular slow week (i.e. I only entered in two new songs), so you will see that a lot of ‘older’ songs jump up the charts last week. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

	2nd Week of July 2021	18th Jul – 24th Jul 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	Ready To Love	SEVENTEEN	(▲ 7)
2	Hello Future	NCT DREAM	(=)
3	0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)	TXT ft. Seori	(▲ 20)
4	Mixtape: OH	Stray Kids	(▲ 13)
5	Chi Mat Ba Ram	Brave Girls	(▲ 15)
6	Make It	2PM	(▲ 32)
7	Tear Drop	SF9	(▼ 6)
8	FIRST	EVERGLOW	(▲ 21)
9	GAMBLER	MONSTA X	(▲ 21)
10	Still Dream	Kim Woojin	(▲ 12)
11	Pool Party	Brave Girls ft. E Chan of DKB	(▲ 4)
12	BYE BYE BYE	WEi	(▲ 4)
13	AuRoRa	ONEWE	(▼ 1)
14	PTT (Paint The Town)	LOONA	(▲ 21)
15	SPIN OFF	UP10TION	(▲ 9)
16	Moonlight	BDC	(▼ 12)
17	Sneakers	Ha Sung Woon	(▼ 7)
18	Alcohol-Free	TWICE	(▲ 33)
19	Weekend	Taeyeon (SNSD)	(▲ 37)
20	Karma	KINGDOM	(▲ 39)
21	Up All Night	GHOST9	(▼ 10)
22	Stay With Me	Hoya	(▲ 56)
23	Welcome to the MAINSTREET	24K	(▲ 55)
24	Right Through Me	Even of Day (DAY6)	(▲ 10)
25	I Want You Around (ft. DeVita)	Yugyeom (GOT7)	(▼ 16)
26	GGOMA	Taeho (IMFACT) ft. Choi Ye Geun	(▲ 52)
27	Crazy Night	DONGKIZ	(▲ 31)
28	WOLFGANG	Stray Kids	(▲ 21)
29	Higher	A.C.E	(▲ 7)
30	Vamos	OMEGA X	(▲ 2)

Songs leaving the charts this week

The following songs are leaving the charts, and won’t appear or be part of the next Weekly KPOP Charts:

• If You Love Me (2021 Ver.) – NS. YOON G ft. Jooheon (MONSTA X)
• Gemini – AB6IX
• FIRST – EVERGLOW
• ENDING CREDIT – BF
• Like It Hot – GWSN
• Burned All Black – Kim Jae Hwan
• GGOMA – Taeho (IMFACT) ft. Choi Ye Geun
• The Real – ATEEZ
• |Believer| – SF9
• At Ease – iKON
• Finale (Show And Prove) – BTOB
• WOLFGANG -Stray Kids
• KINGDOM COME – The Boyz
• Purple – woo!ah!
• Bittersweet – Wonwoo X Mingyu (SEVENTEEN)

Welcome to the latest instalment of the Weekly KPOP Charts. This one is for the 2nd Week of July 2021. It was one quiet week and this next one is the same, as well. This is the calm before the storm though, as when August rolls around, we will entering an explosion of comebacks and releases. I am worried. Don’t want to fall too far behind. So I will be spending this week writing reviews for more releases in which I should have written weeks ago. But until then, this Weekly KPOP Chart posts first and then an album review to follow, before we can get stuck into this ‘catch-up week’.

New songs of the week

I don’t think I reviewed any ‘new songs’ that were released this week. Instead, I focused on some releases from previous weeks (and I think that is the plan for this week, as I don’t see any major releases to review). But that being said, there were some new songs added to the charts this week, including: The Boyz’s Drink It, BOYHOOD’s Rain, Minzy’s Teamo, HA:TFELT’s Summertime, the latest collaboration between big names in the KPOP industry (i.e. Rain, MONSTA X, ATEEZ and Brave Girls) and Pepsi, and OnlyOneOf’s questiOn mark (which seemed to have flown in under the radar).

Throwback Corner

For this week’s throwback song, I take you back to 2012 with Sunny Hill, one of my favourite KPOP artists of all time. The song this time around is Princess and Prince Charming, which is a fun but meaningful song. Don’t let the looks of the music video and performance deceive you! Definitely Sunny Hill’s forte.

Non-Korean KPOP Release of the Week

Another week where I am addicted to TXT’s Magic. I also just posted my review for the side-track yesterday. Click here to read review and other non-Korean songs that I reviewed as well!

The Chart

For the second week of July 2021, SF9 emerged as the victorious artist with Tear Drop. Congratulations to SF9! For more of the charts, scroll down below.

	2nd Week of July 2021	11th Jul – 17th Jul 2021
Pos.	Title	Artist	Status
1	Tear Drop	SF9	(▲ 2)
2	Hello Future	NCT DREAM	(▼ 1)
3	The Beginning of Spring	E’Last U	(▲ 36)
4	Moonlight	BDC	(▲ 29)
5	See You Again	Han Seung Woo (VICTON)	(▲ 46)
6	Free Pass	DRIPPIN	(▲ 12)
7	Lock Down	EPEX	(▲ 57)
8	Ready To Love	SEVENTEEN	(▼ 4)
9	I Want You Around (ft. DeVita)	Yugyeom (GOT7)	(▲ 66)
10	Sneakers	Ha Sung Woon	(▲ 13)
11	Up All Night	GHOST9	(▲ 24)
12	AuRoRa	ONEWE	(▲ 63)
13	Drink It	The Boyz	(NEW)
14	riBBon	BamBam (GOT7)	(▲ 27)
15	Veronica	ONEWE	(▼ 9)
16	BYE BYE BYE	WEi	(▲ 14)
17	Mixtape: OH	Stray Kids	(▼ 6)
18	RUB-A-DUM	TRI.BE	(▲ 4)
19	At Ease	iKON	(▲ 28)
20	Chi Mat Ba Ram	Brave Girls	(▼ 18)
21	Finale (Show And Prove)	BTOB	(▲ 54)
22	Still Dream	Kim Woojin	(▲ 45)
23	0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)	TXT ft. Seori	(▼ 16)
24	SPIN OFF	UP10TION	(▲ 1)
25	Beam Beam	Soyeon ((G)I-DLE)	(▲ 50)
26	Don’t Fight The Feeling	EXO	(▲ 3)
27	GOOD DAY	MVP	(▲ 33)
28	Pool Party	Brave Girls ft. E Chan of DKB	(▼ 9)
29	FIRST	EVERGLOW	(▲ 46)
30	GAMBLER	MONSTA X	(▼ 10)

Songs leaving the charts this week

Per usual, there are songs leaving the charts as they have wrapped up their 9 week eligibility. This week, these songs are:

• Next Level – aespa
• Ring Ring – Rocket Punch
• WE GO – fromis_9
• The Beginning of Spring – E’LAST U
• Advice – Taemin (SHINee)
• RUB-A-DUM – TRI.BE
• Oh Mama – Bling Bling
• HAPPEN – HEIZE
• GOOD DAY – MVP
• Let Me Know – PIXY
• Son Of Beast – TO1
• Fever – ENHYPEN

After taking a break yesterday after that intensive weekend, I am back. Due to my focus on the rookie groups over the weekend, I was unable to post my Weekly KPOP Chart post, which I will now do before I progress with any further reviews. This Weekly KPOP Chart post is for the 1st Week of July 2021! The first week of the final half of the year. How crazy fast has the year gone. I think if we blink again, it will be December! But let’s slow down. Don’t blink before you read the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 1st Week of July 2021!

New releases from the past week

In addition to the releases from SF9 (Tear Drop), Even Of Day (Right Through Me) and Taeyeon (Weekend) that I did review last week, there was also releases from BXK, Kim Soyeon of (G)I-DLE, GIRLKIND, Yebin of DIA, Oh Sae Beom, Hyolyn, Kim Woojin and Moon Jongup.

It appears that this current week is a bit light on with releases, so I will be able to review some of these releases and the releases from previous weeks that I have yet to touch.

Throwback Corner

This week’s throwback song was a song released just over 10 years ago. It is also still one of my favourite KPOP releases to date and it is by one of my favourite groups of all time. It is Sunny Hill’s Midnight Circus!

Non-Korean KPOP Release of the Week

I have just renamed this section because I was unhappy with what I was calling it previously (‘Non-Korean Track of the Week’). Essentially, it has to be a song released by a Korean artist/group, but in a language other than Korean.

Last week, I mentioned TXT’s Magic as a contender for last week’s featuring. But I ultimately chose a new release to feature. This week, I have gone with the mentioned song as it was played nonstop all of last week! High recommend Magic! Check it out!

The Charts

The song and artist that tops the Weekly KPOP Chart for the 1st Week of July 2021 is Hello Future by NCT Dream! Congratulations to NCT Dream on another successful comeback and for such a great song! For more of the charts, scroll down below.

	4th Jul – 10th Jul 2021
	Title	Artist	Status
1	Hello Future	NCT DREAM	(▲ 1)
2	Chi Mat Ba Ram	Brave Girls	(▲ 1)
3	Tear Drop	SF9	(NEW)
4	Ready To Love	SEVENTEEN	(▼ 3)
5	Make It	2PM	(▲ 1)
6	Veronica	ONEWE	(▲ 16)
7	0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)	TXT ft. Seori	(▲ 4)
8	Right Through Me	Even of Day (DAY6)	(NEW)
9	PTT (Paint The Town)	LOONA	(▼ 4)
10	Vanilla	LIGHTSUM	(▲ 34)
11	Mixtape: OH	Stray Kids	(▲ 7)
12	Welcome to the MAINSTREET	24K	(▲ 48)
13	Weekend	Taeyeon (SNSD)	(NEW)
14	Rain To Be	ONEWE	(▼ 4)
15	Let Me Know	PIXY	(▲ 56)
16	Dun Dun Dance!	Oh My Girl	(▲ 3)
17	Poison	PinkFantasy	(▲ 66)
18	Free Pass	DRIPPIN	(▼ 5)
19	Pool Party	Brave Girls ft. E-CHAN (DKB)	(▲ 6)
20	GAMBLER	MONSTA X	(▲ 5)
21	Lazy	Kim Woosung (The Rose)	(▼ 1)
22	RUB-A-DUM	TRI.BE	(▲ 61)
23	Sneakers	Ha Sung Woon	(▼ 6)
24	The Moment	VROMANCE	(▲ 35)
25	SPIN OFF	UP10TION	(▲ 17)
26	WOLFGANG	Stray Kids	(▲ 14)
27	Son Of Beast	TO1	(▲ 8)
28	The Real	ATEEZ	(▲ 44)
29	Don’t Fight The Feeling	EXO	(▼ 17)
30	BYE BYE BYE	WEi	(▼ 7)

Songs leaving the charts this week

Songs that have wrapped up their nine week run this week (and won’t be on the charts next week) are:

• Whatever – KEEMBO
• Always – VAV
• Hurt – Baekhyun (EXO) & Seomoontak
• Hot Sauce – NCT DREAM
• Dun Dun Dance! – Oh My Girl
• BLACK MIRROR – ONEUS
• Easy – WJSN The Black
• Breathe Again – BLITZERS
• Switch It Up – JAY B (GOT7)
• Outerspace – Kang Daniel ft. Loco