BLACKPINK, BTS' J-hope, CORTIS, and more: Exploring songs and artists featured in Apple Music's list of Best K-pop songs of 2025

BLACKPINK, BTS’ J-hope, & more artists featured in Apple Music
BLACKPINK, BTS’ J-hope, & more artists featured in Apple Music's list of Best K-pop songs of 2025 (Image via Instagram/@uarmyhope/@roses_are_rosie)

Apple Music unveiled the list of best K-pop songs of this year with artists like BTS' J-hope, BLACKPINK, and more. The extensive list covered many major hits of this year, like JUMP, Golden, Like Jennie, Killin’ It Girl, and more. The list included songs from both K-pop groups and soloists like BLACKPINK, BTS' Jin, CORTIS, Stray Kids, Aespa, G-Dragon, and so on.

BLACKPINK topped the list of best songs with their comeback single, JUMP, which came out in July this year. In addition to this, solo tracks of girl group members like Jennie and Jisoo also earned the spot with their hits, Like Jennie and Eyes Closed, respectively.

Here’s the complete rundown of Apple Music’s best K-pop songs list for this year:

  • BLACKPINK - Jump
  • Huntrix - Golden
  • aespa - Rich Man
  • Jennie - Like Jennie
  • MEOVV - Burning up
  • CORTIS - FaSHioN
  • ALLDAY PROJECT - Famous
  • ILLIT - Do The Dance
  • BOYNEXTDOOR - Hollywood
  • Hearts2Hearts - Focus
  • BTS' J-Hope - Killin' It Girl
  • NMIXX - Blue Valentine
  • IVE - XOXZ
  • KiiiKiii - Dancing Alone
  • Kiss of Life - Lips Hips Kiss
  • Stray Kids - Ceremony
  • BABYMONSTER - We Go Up
  • TWICE - ME+YOU
  • ENHYPEN - Bad Desire
  • KATSEYE - Gabriela
  • Jisoo, Zayn - Eyes Closed
  • NCT Wish - Color
  • LE SSERAFIM, J-Hope - Spaghetti
  • BTS’ Jin - Don't Say You Love Me
  • SEVENTEEN - Thunder
  • QWER - T.B.H
  • RIIZE - Fly Up
  • izna - Mamma Mia
  • G-Dragon - Too Bad
  • TWS - Overdrive
  • FIFTY FIFTY - Pookie
  • fromis_9 - Like You Better
  • TREASURE - Paradise
  • Jeon Somi - Closer
  • ATEEZ - In Your Fantasy
  • KickFlip - My First Love Song
  • AtHeart - Plot Twist
  • Mark - 1999
  • NCT DREAM - BTTF
  • RESCENE - Deja Vu
  • i-dle - Good Thing
  • ITZY - Girls Will Be Girls
  • TXT - Beautiful Strangers
  • STAYC - BEBE
  • ARTMS - Icarus
  • ZEROBASEONE - Blue
  • YOUNG POSSE - Freestyle
  • VIVIZ - La La Love Me
  • baby Dont Cry - F Girl
  • 5TripleS - Are You Alive

BTS' J-hope has two entries on the list of best K-pop songs

BTS' J-hope’s songs earned two spots on the stated Apple Music rankings. The first one is for Hobi’s song Killin’ It Girl, which came out on June 13. He made this track in collaboration with GloRilla. The next one is for LE SSERAFIM and BTS' J-hope’s track SPAGHETTI.

Another BTS member, Jin, has also been included in the list. Kim Seokjin’s solo track, Don’t Say You Love Me, from his second solo album ECHO, made it into the best K-pop songlist.

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Edited by Amey Mirashi