Welcome to This Week In KPOP, a collection of everything you may have missed during the past week on r/kpop.

January 17 – January 23, 2026

TOP 10 STORIES

# Votes Thread Comments
1 (+1827) Singer-actor Nana files false accusation criminal complaint against man who broke into her home 33 comments
2 (+1533) "Golden" from 'KPop Demon Hunters' is nominated for Best Music (Original Song), and 'KPop Demon Hunters' is nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards (2026 Oscars) 101 comments
3 (+1180) IVE will reportedly release their second full-length album at the end of February 49 comments
4 (+1157) fromis_9 confirms that they are in the process of preparing a comeback 23 comments
5 (+1069) BLACKPINK Lisa to be the new face of Nike 35 comments
6 (+1064) AKMU Officially Launches One-Man Agency "Fountain of Inspiration" Following YG Departure 31 comments
7 (+690) ASTRO’s Cha Eunwoo Responds To Tax Evasion Allegations Through Official Statement 139 comments
8 (+643) CL (2NE1) referred to prosecution for allegedly not registering agency for 5 years 59 comments
9 (+608) ENHYPEN Sunghoon will participate as a torch relay runner at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics representing South Korea 23 comments
10 (+599) IVE to release a pre-release single 'BANG BANG' ahead of their comeback in February 20 comments

HYBE / ADOR / MHJ

Votes Thread Comments
(+729) Megathread 26: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ – Haerin, Hyein, and Hanni return to ADOR, Talks ongoing for Minji, Danielle's contract Terminated, Upcoming Hearings approach verdicts for various Legal Disputes, and More 2869 comments

TOP ANNIVERSARIES

# Votes Thread Comments
1 (+919) Happy 8th Anniversary to fromis_9! 20 comments
2 (+479) Happy 4th Solo Debut Anniversary to GFRIEND Yuju! 5 comments
3 (+432) Happy 7th Anniversary to Cherry Bullet! 22 comments

TOP 10 PERFORMANCES

# Votes Thread Comments
1 (+281) [Live] Debut Stage: dodree – Just Like A Dream @ MNET M Countdown (260122) 22 comments
2 (+268) [Live] Comeback Stage: XG – Hypnotize @ KBS Music Bank (260123) 13 comments
3 (+185) [Song Cover] EJAE – Against All Odds (orig. Phil Collins) (Liquid I.V. Performance Film) 18 comments
4 (+178) [Live] Comeback Stage: EXO – Crown @ Mnet M Countdown (260122) 22 comments
5 (+88) [Live] Comeback Stage: SAY MY NAME – Hard To Love (❤️LOVE) @ MBC M Show Champion (2501021) 4 comments
6 (+83) [Performance] ENHYPEN – Knife (STUDIO CHOOM ORIGINAL) 6 comments
7 (+71) [Live] Billlie – flipp!ng a coin + RING ma Bell (what a wonderful world) @ SBS Rising Eagles (260117) 3 comments
8 (+69) [Live] Jake (ENHYPEN) – Sleep Tight, Like A Star (Corinne Bailey Rae), On the Street (Leellamarz feat. ASH ISLAND), Young & Alive (Bazzi) @ Leemujin Service Episode 198 (260120) [ENG SUB] 4 comments
9 (+63) [Performance] ENHYPEN – Big Girls Don't Cry (Vogue Korea 8PM Concert) 6 comments
10 (+58) [Live] YENA – NEMONEMO (Japanese Ver.-) (Stage Video) 1 comments

TOP 5 DANCE CHALLENGES

# Votes Thread Comments
1 (+205) CHUU with YEOJIN (former Loona/Loossemble) – XO, My Cyberlove (Dance Challenge) (260118) 2 comments
2 (+85) ENHYPEN NI-KI with ILLIT IROHA – Knife (Dance Challenge) (260117) 2 comments
3 (+82) H1-KEY Hwiseo with PURPLE KISS Yuki – Not Like a Movie (Dance Challenge) (260118) 4 comments
4 (+75) TWICE / MISAMO MOMO with TWICE CHAEYOUNG – Confetti (Dance Challenge) (260123) 0 comments
5 (+76) LE SSERAFIM HONG EUNCHAE & SAKURA – Remember (orig. Apink) (Dance Challenge) (260123) 0 comments

TOP DISCUSSIONS / FEATURES

# Votes Thread Comments
1 (+192) Throwback: Stellar released "Sting" this week in 2016 22 comments
2 (+41) /r/kpop Top Ten Tuesdays Results: Your Top MVs of 2025 3 comments
3 (+23) What Are You Listening To? – January 21, 2026 11 comments

MUSIC SHOWS

Date Performances Discussion Thread Winner
20260117 Music Core Thread ILLIT
20260118 Inkigayo Thread HWASA
20260121 Show Champion Thread ALPHA DRIVE ONE
20260122 M!Countdown Thread ENHYPEN
20260123 Music Bank Thread ENHYPEN

 

NEW RELEASES

Day Artist Album Title Type Music Video Streaming
18th KIK LOW KIK mini album Sun Spotify / Apple Music
Hyun Blue Butterfly digital single Blue Butterfly Spotify / Apple Music
19th Lola (AWU) TATz solo debut digital single TATz Spotify / Apple Music
can't be blue Prussian Blue mini album Should be you Spotify / Apple Music
Catch The Young EVOLVE full-length album Amplify / Sail Spotify / Apple Music
Forestella Nella Notte digital single Nella Notte Spotify / Apple Music
EXO REVERXE full-length album Crown Spotify / Apple Music
20th KickFlip From KickFlip, To WeFlip anniversary single Hyper Slide (Sung by KYEHOON, DONGHWA, MINJE, KEIJU) / Good Night (Sung by JUWANG, DONGHYEON) Spotify / Apple Music
ONEUS single album Grenade Spotify / Apple Music
21st RESCENE Pinball (Japanese Ver.) Japanese digital single Pinball (Japanese Ver.) Spotify / Apple Music
M.O.N.T History anniversary single History Spotify / Apple Music
1VERSE WABIF (Wide Awake before I Fall) digital single WABIF (Wide Awake before I Fall) Spotify / Apple Music
AxMxP Amplify My Way mini album PASS / Thereafter Spotify / Apple Music
dodree Just Like a Dream debut digital single Just Like a Dream Spotify / Apple Music
22nd TNX CALL ME BACK digital single CALL ME BACK Spotify / Apple Music
23rd XG THE CORE – 核 full-length album HYPNOTIZE Spotify / Apple Music
MOMOLAND white spring digital single white spring Spotify / Apple Music
ZEROBASEONE ROSES pre-release single ROSES Spotify / Apple Music

"This Week in KPOP" Archive

by alleybetwixt

1 Comment

  1. We’re still prepping the final vote for our Annual Awards. Might take us a little longer than usual, but it’ll be pinned at the top once it’s ready!

    There’s a [BTS Tour Questions Megathread](https://www.reddit.com/r/kpophelp/comments/1qdlsfk/bts_tour_questions_tickets_weverse_ask_here/) over in r/kpophelp to keep that subreddit from being flooded with posts related to ticketing. Information and links and lots of folks helping each other with questions. Good luck to everyone going for tickets!

    I’ll be potentially out of town for family stuff next weekend, so this post might be a little late next week. We’ll see!

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