The High Three Okay-Pop Songs of March 2025

April 1, 2025

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

March 2025 Total Ideas

Whereas this 12 months in Okay-pop has not wowed me but (not even shut), I really feel like every month is getting progressively stronger. I can get behind that sample, and with lots of my favourite acts on the slate for the subsequent few months I hope it continues.

The identical traits that marked January and February endured by means of March. I proceed to search out Okay-pop’s boy group materials a lot stronger and extra diverse than the lady teams in the mean time, although I need to say that STAYC’s Bebe has grown on me immensely and is my darkish horse quantity 4 decide this month. Their songs at all times develop on me and I actually need the bombastic sound of Bebe‘s dance instrumental to be emulated on stronger songs later this 12 months.

My prime three songs are a little bit of a seize bag. Two of the artists have appeared a number of instances in my prime threes earlier than whereas one other has by no means come shut. All three songs are fairly completely different, but every references sounds that I’d contemplate strengths of Okay-pop generally. I actually love my primary decide and want it to turn into a template for extra work going ahead.

On a extra miserable notice, this month marks the second time in a row the place my final group Infinite needed to accept an honorable point out. Truthfully, I barely listened to their album after its preliminary launch. I’ve type of made my peace that they’re unlikely to succeed in the musical heights of their previous work once more. I’ll be fortunately stunned in the event that they ever do, however I’m actually not going to count on it.

For the primary time ever, I’m not going to hassle with a “prime three J-pop” of this month. Nothing stood out to me in any respect. There have been some songs I preferred, however nothing that warranted greater than a pair performs right here and there. It appears foolish to decide on any of those as a “prime three” after I barely even listened to them. Of all of the music markets I actively comply with, J-pop feels probably the most uninteresting in the mean time. It’s humorous as a result of simply two years in the past I used to be thrilled with Japan’s output. I assume every little thing’s cyclical and there’s nonetheless time for 2025 to make up for misplaced time. Alternatively, my all-time favourite J-pop group Kis-My-Ft2 lastly launched all their music (300+ songs!) onto streaming. I did an in depth overview of their catalog right here and right here, so test it out when you’re within the temper for some bombastic, anthemic dance and rock music. They’ve my highest advice.

With the onset of April, we’re getting into my favourite time for brand spanking new music. April by means of August tends to be fairly fruitful and I actually hope 2025 delivers. I’m very a lot wanting ahead to TWS’s comeback later this month, and on the Japanese facet I can’t wait to see what &TEAM comes up with. With that mentioned, I’m positive there can even be highlights that come from surprising locations.

Month Cumulative Score: 7.6

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