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Jan. 8th, 2026

hitokage: Suran in a white frame with rainbow hearts on the right side under plain text Abuela's Kpop (abuela's kpop)
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Two screenshots in a distressed rainbow-hued frame (top and bottom bar only, blue to red left to right gradient) with a black to light grey slash from bottom left to upper right, the phrase Midweek New Music Roundup atop the divider. Above the bar, a close headshot of a young Korean woman (soloist Heize) in profile, gazing off-camera as she sits against a wooden cabin wall. Below the slash, a black and white screengrab of a young Korean man (rapper Joohoney of Monsta X) in casual streetwear, both hands gripping the edges of his ball cap's visor, while behind him is a projection of several skyscrapers. Center bottom text reads December 31st - January 7th.


Shh, Thursday is still the middle of the week. πŸ˜… This week's roundup is especially short, mostly because of the holiday season. It was a nice way to ease back into my schedule, but I don't expect it to last. On the other hand, I'm also completely prepared to be a bit more ruthless/selective about who all gets into my roundups in the coming year. We'll see how it goes.

This week's listing leans decidedly indies, even with comebacks from such majors as Apink, Monsta X's Joohoney, and another OST from ATEEZ, so a lot of names you may not recognize. On the other hand, the listing is so short, no reason not to just go straight down the list and try them all? Who knows, you, too, might find a surprise new favorite!

Banner artist slots this week went to HEIZE and Joohoney for publicity reasons, with my additional picks marked out by πŸ’šs.

Releases for the week of December 31st - January 7th )

key:
* content warning
+ includes β€œdisappearing” hard subs
πŸ”€ includes CC in English
⚠️ elevated content warning
πŸ”ž age-restricted by YouTube
🚩 other warning
❌ did not complete
🌟 special note
πŸ’š picks of the week


the links and my small comments )



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hitokage: Suran in a white frame with rainbow hearts on the right side under plain text Abuela's Kpop (abuela's kpop)
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DEAN - Howlin' 404
cw: flashing, supernatural elements (beast)
CC in ENG+KRN

Throwback Thursday time and a visualizer (of sorts). Watching The Creature run is just soothing. Also, song is entirely in English.
Did you know Dean is/was part of you.will.knovv? I don't know why I continually forget that...

Dean in general and this track in particular were somehow everywhere when I was making my most recent return to Kpop in 2019 (also, holy shit, this is the longest I've stayed since I got into KRnB with Fly to the Sky in 2003, damn), so seems fitting to use it for my first TT in awhile. 😜
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