Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 19/10/2026

It’s time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let’s take a look at some new releases! Lisa just wants to be a good neighbour. I wish my neighbours were as nice and understanding as Lisa. Instead I have lousy annoying tennis-playing neighbours in my area. IVE – Looks Can Kill A slamming beat but the song itself, while pretty good, is only about average for IVE. (Not counting the “bee” interlude as stuff like that is only inserted into music videos to stop people pirating the music straight from the video’s audio track and doesn’t reflect on the song itself.) Mind you at least it breaks the mold for them, it doesn’t fall into any of the usual categories of IVE song that we’ve come to expect. NMIXX – Birthday Wish It might be accurate to think of NMIXX as trying to be the k-pop version of Queen or something, with their oddball segues and sonic choices that are never quite consistent but still have the unifying thread of featuring at least one person who can actually sing (which is one more than most k-pop groups have). This song isn’t quite doing it for me as much as their better songs do, and has some very strange chorus ambience that probably would have been better left out, but I appreciate th...