Each week, the Korean music scene delivers excellent songs throughout varied genres and types, and the previous week was no exception, with a heavy-hitting collection of hits with world and crossover potential, satisfyingly nostalgic duets and a few of 2024’s most promising new artists.
A slew of main solo stars have returned to the scene these days, with NAYEON of TWICE dropping her sophomore solo effort, NA, Friday (June 14), hoping to make historical past once more after turning into the first-ever Ok-pop soloist to rating a Prime 10 album on the Billboard 200 with 2022’s IM NAYEON. In the meantime, Kim Jae Joong and XIA — who come from legendary teams TVXQ! and JYJ — signaled thrilling returns to the business with their new tracks, whereas Sunmi, SAAY, BOL4 and GISELLE of aespa all have new materials for followers.
On the group entrance, beloved acts like Tremendous Junior and INFINITE are celebrating vital milestones with anniversary singles. In the meantime, A.C.E, ATEEZ and WayV are all proving how common their newest releases are with new singles in a number of languages and/or getting totally different therapies by new remixes.
Because the Ok-pop business strikes at a speedy tempo, it’s vital to pause and recognize the innovation and variety it provides throughout its totally different acts. Beforehand, Billboard readers rallied behind ONEUS’ “Now” as the highest Ok-pop decide of the week in addition to Jung Kook’s “By no means Let Go” as their favourite new music in all genres final week.
Take a second to discover these 13 gems that embody the spirit of the scene and deserve a spot in your playlist. Then, forged your vote in our ballot for the highest of Ok-pop for the previous week.
