Kpopalypse roundup – new k-pop releases 28/9/2026

It’s time for Kpopalypse roundup! Let’s take a look at some new releases! Another girl group bites the dust – looks like UNIS are disbanding. Watch Gehlee go on to bigger things while everyone else vanishes into sitting-on-chairs ballad hell. BTS – Merry Go Round That weird triplet snare hit over this otherwise ambient-style song is really obtrusive and jarring, but it’s also the only interesting thing to talk about. ALLDAY PROJECT – Crash I think this is the best that Allday Project have gotten so far. I’m sad that I still can’t pick out the nepo baby in this group though, it would be good for writing inspiration, as Kpopalypse book readers know that the nepo baby characters are always the fun ones. Thanks to the people bombarding me privately with Annie Moon videos, I’ll get there one day. ALLDAY PROJECT – Do It Like This As for this other song of theirs, let’s just say that XG raising the bar for rap lyric writing in idol music hasn’t really caught on as a trend overall in Korea, has it. UNIS – Milky Way Since Unis are disbanding and they don’t want you to be too hurt, here’s an acceptable but fairly ordinary song that won’t make you miss them too much. UNIS – BBYBBY And another...