JAN. 15 — Latest News & Releases
News & Recent Releases in K-pop and Related Genres.
News:
Former PIXY members Dia and Lola form a new unit: AWU!
Kim Sejeong announces her official lighstick!
Mnet revealed that they are preparing a new reality show with Wanna One members!
ChRocktical debuts on January 15th with Siyeon (Dreamcatcher) and Junyoung (formerly IZ) being members!
ONEUS will be leaving RBW when their contracts expire in February.
UCHAE’s Fan Meet Tour has launched and will continue through January 27th. For our friends in NC, tickets are still available for the Clemmons, NC stop!
TAN Taehoon and Jooan will be in Charlotte on February 3rd at Oh Seoul Happy!
1VERSE announces a digital single, WABIF (Wide Awake Before I Fall), ahead of their tour! They were also announced as the headliners for KoreaFest 2026!
Stray Kids announces their tour movie, in Cinemas February 6th.
Idntt debuts the sub-unit yesweare. We now have 15 of 24 members revealed.
SAY MY NAME Takes 1st Win on Music Bank with “UFO (ATTENT!ON)”.
XLOV members celebrate their first debut anniversary!
BTS announces comeback with album “ARIRANG” and a world tour! Presale starts on January 22nd for ARMY membership holders.
USPEER has left WM Entertainment but will be joining MW Entertainment.
Enhypen sets a record, winning a main prize six years in a row at the 40th Golden Disc Awards. They also announced a new album, The Sin: Vanish, to be released on January 16th.
idntt is Billboard K-Pop Rookie of the Month for January.
Joshua Hong of SEVENTEEN meets the lead actors of Heated Rivalry*, Hudson Williams (plays Shane Hollander) and Connor Storrie (plays Ilya Rozanov) at the Golden Globes. *TV-MA. Available to watch on HBO Max.
Releases & Debuts:
January 1st
CNBLUE — Still, a Flower — [Pre-Release]
MAKTUB — Starting With You (with Park Da Hye) — [Release]
TOIL X Choi Seong X Jayci yucca — Ghostcity — [Release]
Jenipril — Melrose Avenue (feat. Keris) — [Release]
Yang ha jin — Happy New Year — [Release]
Boi Brown X Sebin Lee — NEW — [Release]
RYU SEOKWON — Yellow Chair — [Comeback]
BBAHN — Night Sky — [Release]
Seo Ji Won — Don’t say goodbye — [Comeback]
Muhwa — Wave To Home — [Comeback]
An Ye Seul — Every Day I Cry Again — [Release]
Oh Jeong Tae — On A Roll (feat. PARK HYE SIN) — [Release]
Harok — 눈을 감아 — [Release]
GENRE — Darkness in the Night — [Release]
Jangma — 26 — [Release]
January 2nd
KATSEYE — Internet Girl — [Release]
Kassy — Do you know — [Comeback]
DanJerous — Winter door — [Release]
YoonDo — Stone — [Comeback]
Olltii — 시간부자 (feat. DAMYE) | 빠른 년생 (feat. Jang Hanna) — [Comeback]
JOHA — asymmetry — [Release]
jungpid — All Goodbyes Hurt — [Release]
LOOPPOINT — ain’t scared of death (feat. Ja Mezz, Anjake) — [Debut]
Jang Pill Soon — 향기로운 추억 — [Release]
Lee Jung Kwon — Warm Winter — [Release]
XAVII — STORY (feat. March 12) — [Release]
DALL — I Do I Do — [Debut]
rangshow — To Grandma — [Release]
January 3rd
Re:Heart — Persona — [Comeback]
SEONGHWA [ATEEZ] — Skin — [Solo Release]
Placebo Junkies — Gangwon State (feat. Jambino) — [Comeback]
Lee Min Jeong — Believe Me — [Release]
blueberryclub — blueberryclub — [Debut]
CHARLIE BEAN WORKS — 서로 사랑하는 마음 — [Release]
huka X BAEK SANGHA — ULTRAMAN — [Release]
eunseo — Drop — [Release]
ISHA X E.SO — Between You and I — [Release]
KIRI — BREATH — [Debut] (AI Artist)
DeepBlue — Inhale — [Release]
xeom boi — Midnight Radio — [Comeback]
Beaver — FENDI — [Release]
Kim Dong Hee — Habit — [Release]
YUWAN — Let You Go — [Release]
January 4th
kimpomme — Silly Love — [Release]
JINSIL — lost in you (feat. Dok2) — [Release]
kursor — 90’s — [Release]
DUYI — WARM — [Release]
SIM JAEHYUN [former THORNAPPLE] — Adventure — [Release]
T.T — Love Bye — [Release]
Terry — 사랑은 내겐 아직 어려운가봐 — [Release]
Osshun Gum — CITY LOVE — [Release]
January 5th
Apink — Love Me More — [Comeback]
JOOHONEY [MONSTA X] — STING (feat. Muhammad Ali) — [Solo Comeback]
yesweare [idntt] — Prety Boy Swag — [Sub-unit Debut]
H1-KEY — Not Like a Movie — [Anniversary Comeback]
🇯🇵 DXTEEN — BRING THE FIRE — [Release]
HA SUNGWOON [former HOTSHOT, Wanna One] — Tell The World — [Comeback]
🇯🇵 CIRRA — one-way runway — [Pre-Debut Release]
KURO — Rolled Omelette — [Release]
HD BL4CK — C4LL (feat. JAEHA) | Skillz (feat. Touch the Sky, KAMBO, Lil Poet, Ambid Jack, RB NINE, X KILLA, METI got no Plan, Chaboom) — [Comeback]
Homeboy X Luckypink4ever — horse — [Release]
ROSESIA X StoneSoWavy! — Sleep well, my love — [Release]
Utopi X Rubatov — Lighthouse — [Release]
yewee — harbored — [Release]
Am:Pm — 우주인 — [Comeback]
Son Ji Yeon — If without you — [Release]
Shin Soo Kyung — The winter night, with you…. — [Release]
Lydia — When we were in love — [Release]
Analog Summer — Losing Myself — [Release]
slvrtwn — Pattern — [Release]
Lee Do — LOVE NUMB — [Debut]
Luna Shim — Longing in White Hair — [Release]
SOLMI — Star (feat. shophen) — [Release]
January 6th
Lee Ye Joon X Ja Jung — Crazy Excuse — [Release]
Lim Jae Beum — Life is a Drama — [Comeback]
D-Hack — AKIRAMERO (feat. Kebee) | AKIRAMENAI (feat. greenbeige) — [Comeback]
Risso — BAD — [Release]
Lee — 달빛 아래 너와 나 — [Release]
sanha — No Worry Salon — [Release]
DEW — Goodbye — [Release]
daegeon — Drunk Thoughts — [Release]
gonjang — honey i’m home! — [Comeback]
Wooden Lee — Smiles Bloomed — [Comeback]
seo hee ra — Don’t look at me with cold eyes — [Comeback]
obviouxx — 기억,추억 — [Release]
Ivory — 해줄 말이 생겼는데 — [Release]
Noblesse — it was love | 사랑이었다 — [Release]
Masterclass — NO.504 (L) | NO.504 (R) — [Release]
seogju Lee — Lost Again — [Release]
Grynia — It’s snowing all day — [Release]
JINHO [PENTAGON] — Chestnut — [Solo Release]
January 7th
CHUU — XO, My Cyberlove — [Comeback]
CNBLUE — Killer Joy — [Comeback]
🇯🇵 TAGRIGHT — FOREVER BLUE — [Pre-Debut Release]
🇯🇵 ONE OR EIGHT — POWER — [Pre-Release]
SHIN SOOHYUN [U-KISS] — Gray. — [Solo Comeback]
🇯🇵 KAJA [formerly KJRGL] — Future Calling — [Comeback]
🇯🇵 RYUGUJO — AKKANBE — [Release]
Fishingirls — Looking For Wally — [Release]
BADA — Our Loud Goodbye — [Comeback]
Ha Yea Song — LIE (2026 ver.) — [Release]
KANGHYUK — Plz | Winter Of U — [Comeback]
Dept — Blue — [Comeback]
soon — Night, Snow — [Release]
wizu — 기억할지 모르겠네 — [Comeback]
ROO — Drawn to You — [Release]
Yyeon — Awoong-Dawoong (feat. TimeFeveR) | Me Enough — [Comeback]
DOKO — My mom | loveyourself — [Comeback]
Peter Pan — Happiness (feat. Yoon Gayoong) — [Release]
Nollflower — TILL100YEARS — [Comeback]
COLD X Kidose — FEEL THE BASS — [Release]
Jinwoo Lee — Your Night, My Night — [Release]
New Link — Losing My Mind — [Release]
xiihu — Cold Hands — [Comeback]
RAN — 너 없는 방에 앉아서 — [Release]
Kim Min Wool — a confession that cannot be hidden — [Release]
January 8th
WAKER — LiKE THAT — [Comeback]
LATENCTY — It Was Love — [Debut]
Band Nah — Paradise — [Comeback]
D.Ark — 잠 | 김우림 — [Comeback]
DK — RETURN — [Comeback]
24th — Missin’ — [Release]
Kim Seohyeon — 머리가 아파 — [Debut]
Lil Cats — 2am Symphony — [Release]
iDSM — Leopard (feat. Khakii, Aiowell) — [Debut]
Eunhye — What A Tylenol — [Release]
Jieun Park — Spotlight — [Release]
Kinn — navigation — [Release]
GoodGood — Tetris — [Release]
Wool — I wish I didn’t know — [Release]
JIMIN [former AOA] — 0108 — [Comeback]
Haori — Aquarium — [Debut]
Lee Harin — 헤어진 너와 한잔 — [Comeback]
Kim Kak Sung — After we met again — [Release]
Morning Star — Numb — [Release]
Night of Lifetime — miwu miwu — [Release]
January 9th
🇯🇵 ME:I — Left Or Right — [Comeback]
Loopy — 그래도 still lov3 ㅠ (feaat. Foggyatthebottom) | PINK SPILL (feat. Shyboiitobii) | CROWN — [Comeback]
ZEROBASEONE — Running to Future — [Pre-Release]
DIA [AWU, former PIXY] — Dance! — [Solo Debut]
Min Kyunghoon — Guilt — [Release]
HADES — Planet B — [Release]
Khakii — Wake your ass up — [Release]
Kim Oki — After a Storm Comes a Calm (with Song Nam Hyun, Kyungsoo Seo) | Make Hay While the Sun Shines (with Song Nam Hyun, Kyungsoo Seo) | A Stich in Time Saves Nine (with Song Nam Hyun, Kyungsoo Seo) — [Comeback]
LIM — isolated | watchin u — [Debut]
Yeoeun — 넌 알고 있을까 — [Release]
Lee Jung seok — 청춘 — [Release]
Haeroiki — Annihilation — [Release]
HANYE — AD HOC (feat. Gu Yoon Hoe) — [Comeback]
LIUNICORN — Time Machine — [Release]
morning coffee — a present — [Release]
DAVIN [XODIAC] — Rick Owens (feat. BEOMSOO [XODIAC]) — [Solo Release]
January 10th
NOSUN X ZENE THE ZILLA — whodafuq — [Release]
YOUNG POSSE — LOSE YOUR SHXT (with BENZO) — [Pre-Release]
JISEONG [TAN] — Private Account (feat. JUN0) — [Solo Comeback]
🇨🇳🇨🇦 HENRY [former SUPER JUNIOR] — Cold Air — [Release]
Sohyang — Moving on — [Release]
AESTHER — Starlight — [Comeback]
Lee Jin Woo — More Than You — [Release]
Hong Kyungmin — on the way home — [Release]
Han Kyung Il — After a heartbreak — [Release]
Seoeun — Streetlight — [Release]
FauloCity — Do Anroids Dream of Electric Guitar? (da capo) — [Comeback]
🇯🇵 CUTIE STREET — Pri Kyu Kyu — [Comeback]
January 11th
🇯🇵 FUMINO — favorite song — [Debut]
Huh Gak — When the First Snow Falls — [Comeback]
Na Sang Do — hugeso blues — [Release]
fish dish — bool — [Debut]
Waide — Close 2 you — [Release]
Kim Siwon — Youth — [Release]
Levan — IF YOU LOVE ME, I WANT TO STAY — [Release]
PATZ — COME ALIVE! (Re:arrange ver.) | Contact (Re:arrange ver.) | crossone’smind (Re:arrange ver.) | Trace (Re:arrange ver.) | Ulysses (Re:arrange ver.) | Understand (Re:arrange ver.) — [Release]
YOONWON — My Last Love (Stripped) — [Release]
Park Kang Soo — hope — [Release]
leeboram — I hope so — [Release]
KOZ — Lady (feat. Lee Hyeon Seob) — [Release]
🇯🇵 YOASOBI — BABY — [Release]
January 12th
ALPHA DRIVE ONE — FREAK ALARM — [Debut]
DK X SEUNGKWAN [SEVENTEEN] — Blue — [Sub-unit Debut]
🇯🇵 REIKO — Lullaby — [Comeback]
ALLDAY PROJECT — MEDUSA — [MV Release]
Jeon Yu Jin — If Only In My Dreams — [Comeback]
IM SUNGHYUN — Painful Separation — [Release]
Kim Moi — Shawty Type (feat. Mo Hyuk Doo) — [Release]
I AM SUMMER — BIRTHDAY CAKE — [Release]
ga_on — nightmare (feat. JuHui, Han Bit) — [Release]
ahsi — Love story (feat. shumi) — [Debut]
Switchbak — Shine with me — [Release]
KAJA — Future Calling — [MV Release]
January 13th
ILLIT — Sunday Morning — [Japanese Comeback]
n.SSign — Funky like me (feat. Peak & Pitch) — [Comeback]
LNGSHOT — Moonwalkin’ — [Debut]
Blue Smile — Love Highway — [Debut]
YOUNGJOO — Endless story (feat. TRADE L) — [Release]
Jung Chang Yong — 저 장가갑니다 (feat. Paul Lim) — [Release]
Coco K [formerly COCONA] — GALGIL (feat. VIINI) — [Re-Debut]
The Suicide Diary — I’m So Afraid — [Debut]
YEN — Winter Scene — [Release]
Yeoeun — Because You’re So Beautiful — [Release]
Jicheon — Into the Light — [Release]
J-Cera — 모든 날이 감사해 — [Release]
DK Soul — Again — [Release]
Hitten — Daydream — [Release]
0018 — In your orbit — [Release]
Ahn Sol Hee — You in the diary — [Release]
Moon Deuk — Flare — [Release]
Skinny Chase X ngm10000 — ITAEWON (feat. DJ Vamos) — [Release]
TAEO — The science of sleep (feat. Hyung) — [Release]
Oh Kang Hyeok — Shinnara Shin — [Comeback]
H.Bin — Forever — [Release]
January 14th
NCT WISH [NCT] — Hello Mellow — [Sub-unit Comeback]
🇯🇵 IS:SUE — PHASE — [Comeback]
INSEONG [SF9] — Mute is Off — [Solo Debut]
🇯🇵 WILD BLUE — Glitch — [Comeback]
ONEWE — Ferris wheel — [Pre-Release]
2Z — Dizzy — [Anniversary Comeback]
Airman — Even If We Drift Apart (feat. Gang seo) — [Release]
Kim Bo Kyung — Into Sweet Dreams — [Release]
MIND U — Loving stars — [Comeback]
HYESUNG — Your Side (feat. 16) — [Release]
Jung Namdo — A Quiet Smile — [Release]
ALEPH — Oh my love | mY curiositY | Even if I shatter in your arms — [Comeback]
015B — Humans Are Human — [Release]
Lucid Beats — Stay Classy (feat. Noise Mob, DJ Tiz) | Flame On (feat. Bruno Champman) — [Debut]
Whistle — REset | SUNset — [Release]
Capstone Endore — The Way Back (feat. Cheol-kyu Lee) | Blinding Stream — [Comeback]
AEILO — GO! — [Release]
roon — Eau de Toilette — [Release]
The Joyfools — Love Punk — [Release]
imirototo — BENZO — [Release]
Dinner Coat — Stay With Me — [Release]
🇯🇵 Naniwa Danshi — HARD WORK — [MV Release]
🇯🇵 Karenna Ivory — 消えない — [Comeback]
CHUU — Canary — [MV Release]
🇯🇵 Hi-Fi Un!corn — SUPER DUPER — [Release]
🇯🇵 CHANMINA — TEST ME — [Comeback]
TOIL X Jayci yucca — Trippin’ (feat. ASH ISLAND) | Don’t care (feat. Gist, CHANGMO) | Timeless (feat. TRADE L, Street Baby) | MAMA (feat. Leellamarz, Skinny Brown) | Zero (feat. HOON) — [Release]
January 15th
ChRocktikal — PEACE — [Debut]
SANGAH X CHOWON X JUYEON [LIGHTSUM] — Beautiful Pain — [Sub-unit Debut]
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