Billboard has named The Best Kpop Songs of 2025 so far!

2025 is not our best year, but damn, this list surprised me!

Yes, because Wheein is #14 without a company, she's a freelancer for almost a whole year, and this is just a cover, just like IU's song, too. I just love how the MooKarma works. 😂

What do you think about the list?

Article: Best Kpop Songs of 2025 So Far: JENNIE, ATEEZ, NMIXX, TXT & More

TOP25:

1. Jennie - Like Jennie
2. NMIXX - High Horse
3. ATEEZ - Lemon Drop
4. H1-KEY - Summer Was You
5. Mark - 1999
6. MEOVV - Drop Top
7. ZEROBASEONE - Blue
8. DAY6 - Maybe Tomorrow
9. IU - Never Ending Story
10. SHINee - Poet Artist
11. ALLDAY Project - Famous
12. IVE - Rebel Heart
13. STAYC - Bebe
14. Whee In - Aftertaste
15. One Pact - 100!
16. KickFlip - Umm Great!
17. Chen - Broken Party
18. BBGirls - Love 2
19. TXT - Love Language
20. Yeji - Air
21. JUSTB - Chest
22. Onew - Winner
23. Close You Eyes - All My Poetry
24. Rescene - Glow Up
25. SEVENTEEN - Thunder

For MAMAMOO fans:

Let's here what Wheein thinks about 2025!

Quote from CaraFIMIE

I mean, I don't agree but I'm also not a critic.

That aside, it shouldn't be "Top 25" because its not a ranking.

It's Billboard, they always rank everything, and somehow it's always TOP25, not TOP10 or TOP20.🤣

Quote from Bottles

It's a terrible list, missing all the best songs from 2025.

Everyone has a different taste, but let's be real, they have to include some popular songs, it can't be all niche.

I only heard like 10 songs from the list, so I can't even judge it, and if I have to pick a good song from Jennie's album, that's definitely not "Like Jennie", and it wouldn't be the #1 for sure.

Technically I'm a critic, but just like any other critic, it's just an opinion.

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I wonder how it compares to the spotify list of songs people actually listened to

What do you mean? What list?

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spotify put out their list of the most listened to songs in the first half of the year

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Is your favourite on the Spotify's '2025 Korean Music Global Impact List' (for the first half of 2025)

selfmate

Jul 21st 2025

The "Most Listened Songs" and "The Best Songs" are not related, even if the best is just an opinion.

I don't think some of the songs on Spoti's list on this one because it was the most listened songs. If that's the case, both list would be the same.

Quote from Bottles

Jennie's album is definitely in the running for best overall kpop album of 2025. There's 9 songs on it I would rank above Like Jennie though, so I agree with you that there are better tracks on the album.

Again, that's just a personal taste. If we rate albums based on production (Not Sales or Streaming): composition, versatility, lyricism, and yes vocals (and obv vocal composition), I don't think her album would be in the TOP10 even if it's only a SOLO list, and if it's an overall list for groups and soloist, it's definitely not in the TOP10. It's the best BP solo album by a mile, but other albums like:

"VIVIZ - 'A Montage of ( )", "Ailee - (Me)moir", "MINNIE - HER", "An Shinae - Dear Life" and probably "Chungha - Alivio" too are much better without any bias, and I didn't mention boy groups or soloists like G-Dragon.

Quote from selfmate

of course not - I just said I wondered how the best of compared to most listened...and if there are any major discrepancies...

That's a question for the guy who made this list. We can only compare the songs that are on both lists.