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This was quite the year in K-Pop with many killer debuts and comebacks.

K-Pop in January 2022

A strong start to the year. Find our January Playlist here:

With many viral hits like Kep1er’s debut song Wa Da Da, P1Harmony’s Do It Like This, and Enhypen’s Blessed-Cursed, January was a stellar month for K-Pop releases.

My personal top title tracks (in order of release) from January 2022 are:

  • Wa Da Da by Kep1er 
  • Ruby by Woozi
  • Let Me Drown by Hyunjun Hur
  • Tattoo by AleXa
  • Blessed-Cursed by Enhypen
  • Dessert by Kim Yohan
  • Devil by Max Changmin
  • Skinz by OnlyOneOf
  • LIE by BM
  • Don’t Stop by Ateez
  • Virus by Ravi

K-Pop in February 2022

The following month had some awesome releases as well including O.O by NMIXX, Child by Mark, and BOP BOP! by VIVIZ.

My personal top songs of the month are:

  1. Child by Mark
  2. Winner by Ravi
  3. Ghost Town by Moonbin&Sanha
  4. Jikjin by Treasure
  5. Run2U by StayC
  6. Gingamingayo by Billlie
  7. INVU by Taeyeon

K-Pop in March 2022

Moving on to March, notable songs that went viral include (G)I-DLE’s TOMBOY, Solar’s HONEY, Stray Kids’s MANIAC, and XG’s Tippy Toes.

My top songs of March 2022 are:

  1. Up by BANG YONGGUK
  2. Ganadara by Jay Park ft IU
  3. Born to Love you by
  4. Who by Moonbin&Sanha
  5. Honey by Solar
  6. MANIAC by Stray Kids
  7. Can’t Stop This Party
  8. O by Verivery
  9. Diamonds by Suran ft Taeyong
  10. Glitch Mode by NCT Dream
  11. memeM by Purple Kiss
  12. Ascension by Kingdom
  13. Blow by Jackson Wang

K-Pop in April 2022

April brought around many viral songs including Jessi’s ZOOM, Ive’s Love Dive, and PSY’s comeback featuring SUGA, That That.

My top songs in April 2022:

  1. Love Dive by Ive
  2. Maison by Dreamcatcher
  3. Zoom by Jessi
  4. Love Theory by Taeyong ft Wonstein
  5. Darl+ing by Seventeen
  6. Creature by E’last
  7. That That by PSY ft SUGA

K-Pop in May 2022

May brought us another stellar debut with LE SSERAFIM’s FEARLESS, a great comeback from Tomorrow x Together with Good Boy Gone Bad, B.I’s solo release BTBT, and GOT7’s first album since leaving JYPe.

My personal top songs in May 2022:

  1. Fearless by Le Sserafim
  2. I hate you by Woodz
  3. Only U by Moon Sujin ft Penomeco
  4. Good Boy Gone Bad by Tomorrow x Together
  5. BTBT by B.I
  6. Phase Me by Woosung
  7. Nanana by GOT7
  8. Hot by Seventeen
  9. Beatbox by NCT Dream
  10. Right Back by Moon Sujin ft Tabber

K-Pop in June 2022

Heading into the heat of summer, June releases include the long awaited BTS comeback Yet To Come, DAWN’s Stupid Cool, SUPERKIND’s WATCH OUT, Nayeon’s solo debut Pop!, and a collaboration with Charlie Puth and Jungkook Left and Right.

My top song’s of June 2022 are:

  1. Yet to Come
  2. Stupid Cool
  3. Ring the Alarm
  4. Left and Right
  5. Pop!

K-Pop in July 2022

July was a huge month for K-Pop. We saw J-hope make his solo debut with the album Jack in the Box and headlining Lollapalooza. We were giving all the attention to NewJeans with their debut, breaking walls with Ateez’s Guerrilla, and of course we can not forget the virality of Enhypen’s Future Perfect (Pass the Mic).

My top songs of July 2022 are;

  1. More by j-hope
  2. Future Perfect (Pass the Mic) by Enhypen
  3. Cheers by SVT Leaders
  4. Scream by sf9
  5. Arson by j-hope
  6. _WORLD by Seventeen
  7. Beautiful Monster by StayC
  8. Nabillera by HyunA
  9. Attention by NewJeans
  10. Valley of Lies by Tomorrow x Together & iann dior
  11. Hype Boy by NewJeans
  12. Hurt by NewJeans
  13. Guerrilla by Ateez
  14. Mixtape: Time Out by Stray Kids

K-Pop in August 2022

August was another month that brought solos, debuts, collabs, and comebacks to another level. IVE had another smash hit with After Like, BTS collabed with Snoop Dog and Benny Blanco on Bad Decisions, NewJeans made their official debut with Cookie, and we had amazing comebacks with Twice, Girls Generation, and Billlie.

My top songs:

  1. Cookie by New Jeans
  2. Bad Decisions by Benny Blanco ft Snoop Dog and BTS
  3. Strangers by BM
  4. Forever only by Jaehyun (NCT)
  5. Pink Venom by Blackpink
  6. After Like by IVE
  7. Focus by Ha Sung Hoon
  8. Talk That Talk by Twice
  9. Ring Ma Bell (what a wonderful world) by Billlie.

K-Pop in September 2022

September brought a spectacular entry to fall with Balming Tiger’s collab with RM, Oneus’s Same Scent, Blackpink’s long awaited comeback with Shut Down, Jackson Wang’s Magic Man album, NMIXX’s Dice, and so much more.

My top songs in September:

  1. Sexy Nukim by Balming Tiger ft RM
  2. Same Scent by Oneus
  3. Shut Down by Blackpink
  4. 2 Baddies by NCT127
  5. Childhood by The Rose
  6. Rush Hour by Crush ft J-Hope
  7. Limbo by Jun of Seventeen
  8. Animal Farm by BIBI.

K-Pop in October 2022

October brought their own heavy hitters to the field with Jin’s solo debut The Astronaught, Seulgi’s solo debut 28 reasons, Kingdom’s Long Live The King, Stray Kid’s comeback with CASE 143, Le Sserafim’s Antifragile, and (G)-Idle’s Nxde.

 

  1. Long live the king
  2. Case 143
  3. Illella
  4. Hush rush
  5. Anti fragile
  6. Nxde
  7. Birthday
  8. The astronaut

K-Pop in November 2022

Nearing the end of the year and the end of our list November brought us the long awaiting Xdinary Heroes comeback Hair Cut, AleXa’s comeback Back in Vogue,

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