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The Prime Three Ok-Pop Songs of February 2025

indie1000.com March 1, 2025

On the finish of every month, I look again at my three favourite title tracks by Ok-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.

February 2025 Total Ideas

Ok-pop continued to limp alongside this month, although the second half of February began to kick issues into gear. A number of highlights from boy teams previous and new make up my prime three decisions in a nice volley of funk-pop interpretations that felt each nostalgic and contemporary. Whereas I’m very clear about these being my favourite three songs of the month, I’m much less clear the way to rank them. They change locations day-to-day, nearly to the purpose the place I need to contemplate this a 3 means tie.

Commercially, February was dominated by the return of Ok-pop legend G-Dragon and the a number of solo efforts from BLACKPINK members. There have been a minimum of 4 new singles from Jennie, Lisa and Jisoo. For me, it was a combined bag general however averaged out in a reasonably constructive place.

February additionally noticed the emergence of two buzzy new lady teams. SM Leisure’s Hearts2Hearts made their debut and Starship Leisure’s KiiiKiii dropped two pre-release tracks. Sadly, none of those songs linked with me and one was downright (deliberately) terrible. I can’t say I’m overly enthusiastic about both act, however I hope they each show me flawed within the close to future.

Boy teams undoubtedly gained the month for me, with songs by ALL(H)OURS, One Pact and RE:WIND standing out from the pack of honorable mentions. We lastly acquired some nice b-sides this month as effectively, with NouerA, ZEROBASEONE and ONF delivering the products on their albums. In a yr that’s felt more and more singles-oriented, it’s good to have some constantly sturdy our bodies of labor to take heed to.

Actually, I’ve acquired nothing for this month’s J-pop singles. The one songs I appreciated had been b-sides or not promoted as singles. I’m selecting three songs by default (together with one from the ultimate day of January), however I can’t say any of them would find yourself on any year-end countdown. Happily, new albums from Genic and One Love One Coronary heart had been stable and I’m trying ahead to Queen Bee’s new undertaking subsequent week.

March has a historical past of delivering the products, so we’ll see what occurs this yr. Private favorites Infinite are coming again subsequent week, although I’m refusing to get my hopes up after 2023’s disappointing return. Past that, there’s nothing I’m trying ahead to specifically so I’ll simply maintain an open thoughts and hope for one of the best.

Month Cumulative Score: 7.9

(compiled by averaging the scores of each Ok-pop evaluate from this month)