DJ before the Jade show is playing Break the Ice as the second song — that’s called understanding your audience lmao

me: I’m not going to spend that much time on the stats post for the K-pop list this year also me: popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/o...

Our voters’ individual ballots for the Pop Excellence K-pop list are posted now, if you’d like to see what each of us voted for! Plus answers to some bonus questions and stats about each contributor’s ballot. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/o...

Our voters’ individual ballots for the Pop Excellence K-pop list are posted now, if you’d like to see what each of us voted for! Plus answers to some bonus questions and stats about each contributor’s ballot. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/o...

Time to find out our winner! The top 13 for this year’s Pop Excellence K-pop singles list is out now, featuring many excellent blurbs from our writers. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/o...

Time to find out our winner! The top 13 for this year’s Pop Excellence K-pop singles list is out now, featuring many excellent blurbs from our writers. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/o...

Part two of the Pop Excellence K-pop list is out now, with our writers' individual picks! This year, I had each of us choose a song from our ballots to add to the list, so that we could highlight some personal favorites that didn't receive any other votes. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/o...

Part two of the Pop Excellence K-pop list is out now, with our writers' individual picks! This year, I had each of us choose a song from our ballots to add to the list, so that we could highlight some personal favorites that didn't receive any other votes. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/o...

The Pop Excellence K-pop singles list is back for another year! We’ve put together a good set of songs (despite what sometimes felt like active sabotage from the K-pop industry to prevent it) and are starting today with some honorable mentions for 2025.

I've been working on finishing touches for the K-pop list for almost the entire day since late morning... please appreciate it when it comes out lol

I wrote about my least favorite K-pop singles of 2025, because there was some real crap that came out last year and I felt like someone had to say something about it. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/m...

I wrote about my least favorite K-pop singles of 2025, because there was some real crap that came out last year and I felt like someone had to say something about it. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/m...

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You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...

Was just leaving the @taskmaster.tv Boston show when I realized something, does @alexhorne.bsky.social know the Boston land/sea vehicles you can take tours on are called duck boats??

I’ve already finished two books in 2026, please clap

Bookstore trip :)

Sometimes I do like being a hater

An SM group singing live on a music show with hand mics and super sharp and in sync choreo... the world has changed www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZze...

I got a sticker from the train conductor today 👌🏻

Oh god I just realized I have to start thinking about the Pop Excellence K-pop list in two weeks 😭 Are we even gonna agree on 20 songs this year

I'm used to K-pop using murder as this over-the-top "lol just kidding" layer pasted on to make an MV more exciting, where it's subtext at best in the actual song, but nope I think Miyeon's character here literally killed a man and is singing about it from prison lmao www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXWE...

Purple Kiss concert was amazing, I enjoyed it even more than the first time I saw them 2 years ago. I'm going to miss them so much 😭

Twice tickets acquired 🤪 So excited, this is the first time a K-pop group has ever booked the main concert arena in my city!!

It’s happening again I’m sorry guys lol

This is literally an NMIXX song lol www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Kj...

Today is the 5th anniversary of Criminal—everyone please go stream one of the greatest K-pop songs of all time www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFQL...

My brain won’t stop going “But you gotta look DEEPdeepDEEPdeepDEEPdeepDEEP” m.youtube.com/watch?v=AVfj...

Monday night football is back www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07Z...

Jorja Smith and garage, no complaints here www.youtube.com/watch?v=R25q...

Is it Amaarae or a fifth gen K-pop song www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfC6...

Amber Mark does not fucking miss!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH4c...

I would like everyone to guess which of these is a club banger and which is a soft R&B song

Omg I didn't know 4EVE were giving people whiplash www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6q-...

Revisiting the ancient texts www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM4t...

All my TSJ blurbs for this month are turning out bitchy, sorry idk what's going on

I wrote about Taemin’s debut album (which holds up surprisingly well, despite the 2014 K-pop of it all) for Ryo’s newsletter!

I love debut tracks that are about being a debut www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUw3...

Completely random discovery from the YT algorithm, this is a fun low-key groovy track www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_B_...

"You've got me singing loud like" --> immediately into the quietest line of the song is sending me www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF_E...

Perfect Night did irreparable damage to Le Sserafim's sound lol www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJw...

I'm starting to get on board with Tate McRae, the staging of this performance is fantastic www.youtube.com/watch?v=58NK...

Oh my god this was 4 years ago I'm going to crumble into dust www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Oo...

I think we need to call the Grammys right here. The social experiment is over, let’s end on a peak!

So does Massachusetts just have an earthquake every year now

Binge-watched Signal in 5 days and I think it rewired my brain chemistry a little bit www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=8...

I NEED Dua to make an R&B/soul album one day, this cover is stunning music.apple.com/us/album/sun...

The last post of the 2024 Pop Excellence K-pop list is up now! If you had any questions about the data or voting trends this year, they’re probably answered in here. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/o...

The last post of the 2024 Pop Excellence K-pop list is up now! If you had any questions about the data or voting trends this year, they’re probably answered in here. popexcellence.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/o...

As promised, here's a bunch of thoughts from me on the K-pop list top 10, as well as some trivia from the individual ballots! Check out today's post with ballots and b-sides if you haven't yet.