The quality and inventiveness of new music this year has taken me by surprise after what felt like a few years of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. After 2024 saw the likes of RM, Rosé, NewJeans, ATEEZ, aespa, ...

From j-hope, BLACKPINK and ATEEZ's Billboard Hot 100 hits to career-defining tracks from HWASA, DAY6, JENNIE, JUSTB, DAYOUNG, NMIXX and beyond. K-pop has long been defined by scale and spectacle. In ...

How do you sum up a year in music when the song of the summer was a travel commercial? If “Nothing Beats a Jet2 Holiday” proved anything, it’s that the music landscape is in unprecedented territory in ...

BLACKPINK member Jennie attends the red carpet event of the Melon Music Awards 2025 (MMA2025) at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images) The Asian ...

If K-pop wasn’t already a powerhouse cornerstone of the music industry before, 2025 saw yet another explosion of interest in the genre thanks to the larger-than-life success of Kpop Demon Hunters. Now ...