The High Three Ok-Pop Songs of October 2025

November 1, 2025

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On the finish of every month, I look again at my three favourite title tracks by Ok-pop artists. I take my very own rankings into consideration, however there’s a little bit of wiggle room as sure songs are inclined to develop or fade.

October 2025 Total Ideas

October began sluggish as Chuseok celebrations brought on per week or so of inactivity, however the month picked up steam after that. In truth, I feel I set a weblog report on the twenty third with 9 (!) separate opinions in at some point. Thursdays (or Fridays relying in your time zone) have develop into one of many business’s busiest launch home windows as big-name comebacks align with the discharge schedule of Western pop initiatives.

Regardless of a packed second half of October, the month didn’t fairly ship the best way I had hoped. As with a lot of 2025, there have been many strong/sturdy songs however only a few knockouts. Some comebacks I had been trying ahead to underwhelmed and there weren’t many surprises to make up for that.

Due to this, my high decide of the month completely cakewalked to primary. There actually wasn’t any competitors for me and I’m glad to see the tune begin to achieve virality/recognition in Korea. It’s been rattling round my head for 3 weeks now and solely will get higher the extra I hear it. The opposite two spots in my high three are crammed by very completely different artists — one but to formally debut and one other who has made an enormous breakthrough of their fourth 12 months. Shut runner ups would most likely be &TEAM and Xdinary Heroes.

J-pop was fairly barren this month, at the least when it got here to improbable singles. Due to this, two of my high three slots went to a single Ok-pop artist who launched Japanese materials. I don’t know what’s happening with J-pop this 12 months nevertheless it’s gone from being one among my favourite music markets to an actual slog. All the things simply feels recycled and predictable.

We’ve bought another month earlier than eligibility for my year-end countdown closes. November has some slack to cowl and the discharge slate appears packed to date. I’ve began excited about this 12 months’s high ten in a nebulous approach, nevertheless it’ll be attention-grabbing to see what occurs after I lastly sit down and give it some thought critically in a couple of weeks. One factor’s for positive: 2025 has been a 12 months of contrasts. In some methods, I’m extra engaged in Ok-pop than ever earlier than. In others, Ok-pop itself (ie: the music) has been largely disappointing.

Month Cumulative Ranking: 7.7

(compiled by averaging the scores of each Ok-pop evaluate from this month)