rating kpop girlgroups (and shinee) & soloists' releases (titles only), by month (5/5).

• january
  • wa da da / kep1er — ★★★½
  • step back / GOT the beat — ★★
  • catch the starts / woo!ah! — ★★★★½
  • super yuppers / wjsn chocome — ★★★★½
  • tattoo / alexa — ★★★★
  • layin low / hyolyn — ★★★★
  • make me happy / wheein — ★★★½
  • smiley / yena ft bibi — ★★★★½
  • can't control myself / taeyeon — ★★★½
  • dm / fromis9 — ★★★★½
  • lunatic / moonbyul — ★★★★
  • play / yuju — ★★★★
  • wooah hip / mamadol — ★★★
  • plus n minus / yein — ★★★★
• february
  • bop bop! / viviz — ★★★★★
  • pity party / jamie — ★★★★★
  • invu / taeyeon — ★★★★★
  • dilemma / apink — ★★★★★
  • run2u / stayc — ★★★½
  • gingamingayo / billlie — ★★★
  • love me or hate me / song soowoo — ★★★★★
  • o.o / nmixx — ★★★★
  • heart rider / rocking doll — ★★★
  • satellite / suzy — ★★★
  • chiquita / rocket punch — ★★★★★
• march
  • love in space / cherry bullet — ★★★★½
  • tomboy / g-idle — ★★★★
  • thank you / brave girls — ★★★½
  • honey / solar — ★★★★
  • ven para / weeekly — ★★★
  • feel my rhythm / red velvet — ★★★★
  • real love / oh my girl — ★★★
  • salute / majors — ★★½
• april
  • memeM / purple kiss — ★★
  • love in bloom / ily:1 — ★★★★
  • glitch / kwon eunbi — ★★★★★
  • love dive / ive — ★★★★★
  • your world / kim hyerim — ★★★★½
  • now i'm okay / gowoon — ★★★★
  • yesterday / choa — ★★½
  • maison / dreamcatcher — ★★★★★
  • can't stop this party / seori — ★★★★½
  • hit me up / min — ★★
  • zoom / jessi — ★★½
  • cheese in the trap / moonbyul — ★★★★
  • drive / miyeon — ★★★½
  • i want you to be happy / apink — ★★★★½
  • seoul / bol4 — ★★★
  • play hide and seek / ichillin' — ★★★★★
  • business / soyou — ★★★½
  • walking through the moon / lee sujeong — ★★★★
  • #self_trip / minseo — ★★★
• may
  • fearless / le sserafim — ★★★★★
  • one last time / cooing — ★★★★
  • power of love / alice — ★★★★
  • aria / yerin — ★★★½
  • deep / hyo — ★½
  • acacia / yezi — ★★★★
  • space mulan / bébe yana — ★★★★
  • venom / bvndit — ★★★★
  • alive / lightsum — ★★★
  • shut down / class:y — ★★★★
  • pisces / baek yerin — ★★
• june
  • love shhh! / jo yuri — ★★★★
  • trouble? travel / adora — ★★★★
  • danger / woo!ah! — ★★★
  • up! / kep1er — ★★★★★
  • flip that / loona — ★★★
  • hit ya! / lapillus — ★★★★★
  • villain / pixy — ★★★★★
  • pop / bugAboo — ★★★★
  • doomchita / secret number — ★★★★½
  • stay this way / fromis9 — ★★★★
  • pop! / nayeon — ★★★★½
  • ring the alarm / kard — ★★★★
  • mascara / xg — ★★★★½
  • heart burn / sunmi — ★★★★
  • lost / heize — ★★★
  • life's too short / aespa — ★★★★
• july
  • last sequence / wjsn — ★★★★
  • loveade / viviz — ★★★½
  • girls / aespa — ★★★★
  • copycat / apink chobom — ★★★★★
  • sparkling / chungha — ★★★★★
  • nerdy / purple kiss — ★★★★½
  • beautiful monster / stayc — ★★★★
  • nabillera / hyuna — ★★
  • sneakers / itzy — ★★½
  • attention / newjeans — ★★★★★
  • no thanks / hyolyn — ★★★★★
  • just a dancer / sunye — ★★★★★
  • evening / yuju — ★★½
  • pop? pop! / csr — ★★★★
  • oasis / 1chu — ★★★
  • hi way / hi-l — ★★
  • nicole / you.f.o — ★★★★½
  • wanna know / irris — ★★★★½
• august
  • smartphone / yena — ★★★★★
  • forever 1 / girls generation — ★★★★½
  • pink venom / blackpink — ★½
  • after like / ive — ★★★★★
  • talk that talk / twice — ★★★★★
  • flash / rocket punch — ★★★★½
  • castle key / fatou — ★★½
  • gasoline / key — ★★★★★
  • ring ma bell / billlie — ★★★★★
  • better / mamamoo+ — ★★★★
  • last dance / youha — ★★★★★
  • kiss / tri.be — ★★★★★
  • sun down / cooing — ★★★★★
• september
  • rose / mimiirose — ★★★★★
  • shut down / blackpink — ★★★½
  • sunflower / yoojung — ★★★½
  • the blinding past / dia — ★★★★
  • dice / nmixx — ★★★½
  • gratata / lapillus — ★★★½
  • requiem / craxy — ★★★★
  • fire / exid — ★★
  • animal farm / bibi — ★★★★½
• october
  • 28 reasons / seulgi — ★★★★★
  • illella / mamamoo — ★★½
  • vision / dreamcather — ★★★★★
  • love is love / jiae — ★★★★
  • we fresh / kep1er — ★★★
  • nxde / (g)i-dle — ★★★
  • antifragile / le sserafim — ★★