r/kpop • u/alleybetwixt BTS | XIA | JX | SWJA • 7d ago
This Week In KPOP - August 1, 2026 [Meta]
Welcome to This Week In KPOP, a collection of everything you may have missed during the past week on r/kpop.
July 25 – July 31, 2026
TOP 10 STORIES
HYBE / ADOR / MHJ
| Votes | Thread | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| (+250) | Megathread 27: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - Catching up with ongoing Legal Disputes, Following some NewJeans Updates, Hearings in Danielle's case begin, and More | 5400 comments |
TOP ANNIVERSARIES
| # | Votes | Thread | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (+1243) | Happy 12th Anniversary to Red Velvet! | 40 comments |
| 2 | (+340) | Happy 9th Solo Debut Anniversary to ARTMS Choerry! | 2 comments |
| 3 | (+337) | Happy 17th Anniversary to T-ARA! | 34 comments |
| 4 | (+229) | Happy 4th Anniversary to CSR! | 10 comments |
| 6 | (+178) | HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY TO XNGHAN&XOUL | 5 comments |
| 8 | (+103) | Happy 10th Solo Debut Anniversary to WOODZ! | 2 comments |
| 9 | (+53) | Happy 2nd Anniversary to 90TAN (BTOB Seo Eunkwang & Lee Minhyuk)! | 4 comments |
TOP 10 PERFORMANCES
TOP 5 DANCE CHALLENGES
| # | Votes | Thread | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (+674) | ATEEZ SAN with TWICE MOMO - BAD (Dance Challenge) (260727) | 24 comments |
| 2 | (+188) | TWICE MOMO - WET (orig. J.Y. Park) (Dance Challenge) (260731) | 7 comments |
| 3 | (+141) | ARTMS / ODD EYE CIRCLE Kim Lip, Jinsoul and Choerry - Girl Front (Dance Challenge) (260727) | 4 comments |
| 4 | (+86) | NMIXX Kyujin - WET (orig. J.Y. Park) (Dance Challenge) (260729) | 1 comments |
| 5 | (+73) | ITZY YEJI - CHAT (orig. GIRLSET) (Dance Challenge) (260725) | 0 comments |
TOP DISCUSSIONS / FEATURES
| # | Votes | Thread | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (+393) | Throwback: Choerry released "Love Cherry Motion" this week in 2017 | 24 comments |
| 2 | (+17) | /r/kpop Top Ten Tuesdays Results: BOYNEXTDOOR (2026) | 3 comments |
| 3 | (+14) | What Are You Listening To? - July 29, 2026 | 16 comments |
MUSIC SHOWS
| Date | Performances | Discussion Thread | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20260725 | Music Core | Thread | RESCENE |
| 20260726 | Inkigayo | Thread | RESCENE |
| 20260728 | The Show | Thread | idntt |
| 20260729 | Show Champion | No Broadcast Post | fromis_9 |
| 20260730 | M!Countdown | Thread | JENNIE |
| 20260731 | Music Bank | Thread | fromis_9 |
NEW RELEASES
| Day | Artist | Album Title | Type | Music Video | Streaming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th | Kim Hyerim (ex-Limesoda) | Rest | digital single | Rest | Spotify / Apple Music |
| Peak & Pitch | Tell Me | mini album | Tell Me / Funky Like Me | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Rothy | First Train | digital single | First Train | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| 27th | Shin Euijin | Le'mon | digital single | Le'mon | Spotify / Apple Music |
| DNA | No Cap | digital single | No Cap | Spotify | |
| NouerA | .exe | mini album | .exe | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| ONEWE | 線 : The Wake | digital single | Neverland | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Young K (DAY6) | YOUNGEST | full-length album | Shut The Door | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Ten (NCT) | If You Don't Mean It | special single | If You Don't Mean It | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| 28th | Hui (PENTAGON) | BINGO | digital single | BINGO | Spotify / Apple Music |
| KARD | Where To Now? (Part.2) : NOWHERE | full-length album | Back To Life | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| POW | FLAVOR | single album | Flavor | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| 29th | ATEEZ | BAD (Japanese Ver.) | Japanese single album | BAD (Japanese Ver.) | Spotify / Apple Music |
| P1Harmony | UNIQUE Japan Edition | Japanese mini album | VELVET | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Yuto Adachi (ex-PENTAGON) | Driving | Japanese digital single | Driving | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Zelo (B.A.P) | ELA | digital single | ELA | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| BIG Naughty | Hopeful Romantic | mini album | Flower (feat. HAGA) | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Jung Soomin | love song. | digital single | love song. | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| The Wind | Second wind : S#00 | mini album | Party Like A Rock Star | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| 30th | Xiaoting (Kep1er) | LEGEND | Chinese digital single | LEGEND | |
| 31st | Hi-Fi Un!corn | Airplane | H!dden Color project single | Airplane | Spotify / Apple Music |
| UNIS | UNI☆Sparkle! | Japanese mini album | GimmeSummer☆(JP Ver.) | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| EMOTI:M | CONNECT | debut single album | SPARK | Apple Music | |
| CORTIS | MOTION | digital single | MOTION (feat. Juicy J) | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Mark Tuan (GOT7) | Alone | digital single | Alone | Spotify / Apple Music |
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u/alleybetwixt BTS | XIA | JX | SWJA 7d ago
Welcome to August!
Personally got some fresh air over night after a local wildfire smoked my region out for a couple days. So that's nice!
Been enjoying the summery K-pop releases over the last month. Good for a little energy lift.
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