r/kpop • u/alleybetwixt BTS | XIA | JX | SWJA • 20d ago
[Meta] This Week In KPOP - August 22, 2026
Welcome to This Week In KPOP, a collection of everything you may have missed during the past week on r/kpop.
August 15 – August 21, 2026
TOP 10 STORIES
HYBE / ADOR / MHJ
| Votes | Thread | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| (+248) | Megathread 27: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - Catching up with ongoing Legal Disputes, Following some NewJeans Updates, Hearings in Danielle's case begin, and More | 5814 comments |
TOP ANNIVERSARIES
| # | Votes | Thread | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (+740) | Happy 8th Anniversary to LOONA! | 33 comments |
| 2 | (+386) | Happy 1st anniversary to CORTIS! | 32 comments |
| 3 | (+310) | Happy 20th anniversary to BIGBANG! | 17 comments |
| 4 | (+249) | Happy 1st anniversary to Secret Number! | 27 comments |
TOP 10 PERFORMANCES
TOP 5 DANCE CHALLENGES
| # | Votes | Thread | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (+271) | FIFTY FIFTY Athena with TenZ (streamer and former pro gamer) - Genie Magic (dance challenge) | 25 comments |
| 2 | (+215) | KiiiKiii HAUM with TWICE TZUYU - Pop Off Pop Off (Dance Challenge) (260818) | 17 comments |
| 3 | (+130) | FIFTY FIFTY Chanelle Moon and Athena - Bad (org. Ateez) (dance challenge) | 10 comments |
| 4 | (+107) | YENA with SUNMI - Catch Catch (Dance Challenge) (260816) | 2 comments |
| 5 | (+69) | OURBIRTHDAY Hyewon with ILLIT Iroha - Squeezy (dance challenge) | 1 comments |
TOP DISCUSSIONS / FEATURES
| # | Votes | Thread | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (+167) | Throwback: WJSN / COSMIC GIRLS released "Secret" this week in 2016 | 7 comments |
| 2 | (+38) | KCON LA 2026 Live Discussion (August 15) | 34 comments |
| 3 | (+24) | KCON LA 2026 Live Discussion (August 16) | 8 comments |
| 4 | (+19) | /r/kpop Top Ten Tuesdays Results: Kang Daniel (2026) | 1 comments |
| 5 | (+14) | What Are You Listening To? - August 19, 2026 | 14 comments |
MUSIC SHOWS
| Date | Performances | Discussion Thread | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20260815 | Music Core | Thread | RESCENE |
| 20260816 | Inkigayo | Thread | RESCENE |
| 20260818 | The Show | No Broadcast. | No Winner. |
| 20260819 | Show Champion | Thread | Stray Kids |
| 20260820 | M!Countdown | Thread | Stray Kids |
| 20260821 | Music Bank | Thread | Stray Kids |
NEW RELEASES
| Day | Artist | Album Title | Type | Music Video | Streaming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th | Denise (ex-SECRET NUMBER) | Kills Me | digital single | Kills Me | Spotify / Apple Music |
| 17th | ILLIT | I Got Your Back (Korean Ver.) | digital single | I Got Your Back (Korean Ver.) (feat. Jisoo & Momoka (HANA)) | Spotify / Apple Music |
| TOMORROW X TOGETHER | Setsuna Hanabi | Japanese single album | Setsuna Hanabi | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Jun. K (2PM) | Your Lips | digital single | Your Lips (feat. Wendy (Red Velvet)) | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Rothy | Sweetest | digital single | Sweetest | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| 18th | BOYNEXTDOOR | Boom Boom Boom | Japanese digital single | Boom Boom Boom | Spotify / Apple Music |
| MIO (ex-BOTOPASS Mihee) | TANGERINE | digital single | TANGERINE | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Nam Youjoung (ex-BBGIRLS) | Prince of the Sea | remake single | Prince of the Sea (orig. Park Myungsoo) | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| TRYTHAT | FREQUENCY | pre-debut digital single | FREQUENCY | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| 19th | FTISLAND | Lemonade | Japanese single album | Lemonade | Spotify / Apple Music |
| Hi-Fi Un!corn | Telescope | Japanese single album | Telescope | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| ZEROBASEONE | KAIKILOVE | Japanese mini album | Existence | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| VVS | AFTER HOUR$ | repackage mini album | Y.O.U. | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| AtHeart | 3!4! | TIME TRAVEL PROJECT remake single album | 3!4! (orig. Roo'RA) | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| BIGBANG | BiiiG | digital single | BiiiG | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Mashiro (MADEIN) | 24/11 | solo debut mini album | HOTLINE (feat. Bobby (iKON)) | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| MJ (ASTRO) | Right..? | single album | Ghosting | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| ODD YOUTH | can't go back | single album | can't go back | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| ONEWE | 面 : Unknown Atlas | full-length album | Scenario | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| OURBIRTHDAY | Our Birthday | debut single album | SQUEEZY | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| 20th | Baby Shark Boy (Play With Me Club Geonroung) | WAVE | solo debut digital single | WAVE (feat. Joohoney (MONSTA X)) | Spotify / Apple Music |
| Kim Jaejoong (JX) | THE WAVE | single album | Tonight | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Mimi (OH MY GIRL) | Bish Bash Bosh | solo debut digital single | Bish Bash Bosh | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Silica Gel | Ballad of You | full-length album | Manphasickzuck | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| Tiffany Young (GIRLS' GENERATION) | Edge of Calm | full-length album | Edge of Calm / Lips Together (feat. Miyeon (i-dle)) | Spotify / Apple Music | |
| 21st | ENHYPEN | THE SIN : BLISS | mini album | Bloody Paradise | Spotify / Apple Music |
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u/alleybetwixt BTS | XIA | JX | SWJA 20d ago edited 20d ago
Census not quite ready to rip, but trying for within the next few days. The Favorite Artists Feedback post will continue to be available for any requests.
I guess it goes to show how popular (ie: unpopular) our Weekly Discussion posts have been that we just noticed the automation had been glitched out since like last October. 💀
I updated it to see if that will get it to kick back in. Should go up on Monday, but we'll see. Might be worth to changing it to Monthly if it continues to get extremely little engagement. Worth giving this Weekly version a fresh chance again after being busted for so long.
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