After what feels like an eternity, January is finally at an end and this week saw fans abuzz with excitement. With a multitude of long-awaited comebacks and a live-stream concert from BLACKPINK, February is certainly starting off on the right foot; so for the final time this month the UKP Team have gone over this week’s tracks and picked some of the best – and a few to look out for in the days ahead.
This Week’s Top Picks
Despite the song stressing that she’s not cool, Hyuna is proving exactly why she is one of biggest idol personalities on stage. Originally delayed for health reasons, the veteran artist is finally serving quintessential attitude & charm with a moombahton bop to shake off the new year blues.
Insomnias have waited a long time for this specific comeback; where Handong would return from her overseas activities and reunite with the group. As always; Dreamcatcher never disappoint, regardless of how many members are present but Odd Eye cements their unity & power on stage together as they conclude their Dystopia saga.
Next Week’s Ones to Watch
Despite leaving the group back in 2019, Kim Myung Soo is still loved and cherished by fans as L from INFINITE. Set to enlist in the Marine Corps in February, the idol-actor wanted to give his fans a gift before his departure which will be his first official solo single, Memory.
After the fierce debut of Black Mamba, aespa is set to make their first comeback with a digital single next week. This time around, they will be showing off their vocal talents with Forever; a ballad originally released by Yoo Young Jin twenty years ago as part of SM’s Winter Vacation project.
Check out the full list of this week’s releases below:
| DATE | ARTIST | SINGLE | ALBUM/OST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24th January | MINSEO | Who’s with me? | Who’s with me? |
| NIve / Lee Young Hyun | Wake Me Up (orig. Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc) / Perfect (orig. Ed Sheeran) | Begin Again Open Mic Ep.5 | |
| Mugamgak | Beautiful Life | Bike Expedition | |
| Suzy | I Know, Even If You Don’t Say | Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) | |
| 10cm | Borrow Your Night | Romance 101 (webtoon) | |
| Various Artists | The Uncanny Encounter Full Soundtrack | ||
| We Are The Night | Illusion of Dreams | Illusion of Dreams | |
| 25th January | Song Ju Hee (HELLOVENUS Alice) | Eventually | Eventually |
| Bobby (iKON) | U MAD | LUCKY MAN | |
| Colde | The Museum / A Song Nobody Knows | idealism | |
| Golden Child | Burn It | YES. | |
| U-Know Yunho (TVXQ!) | Eeny Meeny (MV feat. Seulgi (Red Velvet)) | Eeny Meeny | |
| Han Ga-bin | This Mind | Phoenix 2020 | |
| Sandeul (B1A4) | I Feel You | She Would Never Know | |
| 26th January | Various Artists (incl. Ladies’ Code Sojung) | SingAgain – Battle of the Unknown (From The “JTBC” TV Show) Ep.10 (Live Album) | |
| Betty Wu (WJSN Xuanyi) | We Were in Love | We Were in Love | |
| Dreamcatcher | Odd Eye | Dystopia : Road to Utopia | |
| IZ*ONE | D-D-DANCE | D-D-DANCE | |
| Kyuhyun (Super Junior) | Moving On | Moving On | |
| sogumm, DJ Wegun | Imagine (feat. Hoody) | Imagine (feat. Hoody) | |
| Poetic Narrator | Can’t Get Closer | One Fine Week 2 | |
| Jyunky | Mr. Lee | Mr. Lee | |
| SEZ | sick of it | sick of it | |
| U ri | Fallin’ | Fallin’ | |
| 27th January | NCT 127 | First Love | First Love |
| Super Junior | Star | Star | |
| MBN MISS BACK Cast | Finale / We Are The One | MBN MISS BACK Part.9 | |
| (G)I-DLE | HWAA (English Version) / HWAA (Chinese Version) | HWAA | |
| IU | Celebrity | Celebrity | |
| Soohyun & Hoon (U-KISS) | I Wish | I Wish | |
| SPAX (ex-BLANC7) | With U (Prod. LAEN) | With U | |
| Various Artists | Man in a Veil (Full Soundtrack) | ||
| Im Siwan (ZE:A) | I And You | Run On | |
| 28th January | N.CUS | Shining Star | Shining Star |
| Car, the garden | Doesn’t matter | Absence | |
| HyunA | I’m Not Cool | I’m Not Cool | |
| Junggigo | Gravity | Gravity | |
| Kim Kyujong (SS501) | Nostalgia | Nostalgia | |
| Yuri (Girls’ Generation) | Time of the Time | A Week Before Farewell | |
| Various Artists | Fly Dragon (Full Soundtrack) | ||
| PENTAGON | Honey Drop | Replay (web drama) | |
| Hyojin (ONF) | Before Today is Over | True Beauty | |
| 29th January | DALsooobin (Dalshabet Subin) | Sign | MBN MISS BACK Part.10 |
| EDEN, Moah | TELL ME BYE | TELL ME BYE | |
| Seulgi (Red Velvet) & BewhY | Born Confident | Born Confident | |
| Jang Heeyoung | I’m Here | A Week Before Farewell | |
| Yu Jini (CAP-TEEN) | Dead Inside | Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) | |
| Seungkwan (Seventeen) | The Reason | Lovestruck in the City | |
| Hwasa (MAMAMOO) | Play With Life | The Sims 4 (game) | |
| 30th January | Hwang Chi Yeul | all of my life (orig. Park Won) | [Vol.82] You Hee yul’s Sketchbook : 52th Voice ‘Sketchbook X Hwang chiyeul’ |
| Woo-Hee (Dalshabet) | In Place | In Place | |
| Jackson Wang (GOT7) | Alone | Alone | |
| Sunny Hill | Break Up with You Every Night | Homemade Love Story | |
| Janet Suhh | Days to Remember | Lovestruck in the City | |
| Kim Iljin | Love Always Misses My Heart | No Matter What |
