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
HYBE / ADOR / MHJ
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
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 | 原 | 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
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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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