Best K-pop releases of October 2021: NCT 127’s Favorite, Aespa’s Savage, CL’s Alpha, IU’s Strawberry Moon, and more
- October 2021 saw some big-name releases, including Aespa’s first EP, CL’s first album and the ninth EP from Seventeen
- Nam Woo Hyun, who recently finished his mandatory South Korean military service, is back with a new, soothing EP, while NCT 127 put out the LP Favorite
October 2021 saw several high-profile K-pop releases, including the long-awaited first album from CL, Aespa’s first EP, and Twice’s English-language The Feels.
Popular boy bands, including NCT 127, Enhypen and Seventeen, all made an impact with addictive new music.
Here are some of the must-listen releases.
Twice – The Feels (October 1)
Since their debut in 2015, Twice have regularly brightened up the K-pop and the J-pop scenes. But with The Feels, they’ve looked towards the West, releasing a prom-themed all-English song that is effusively upbeat and sweet in a way that feels classically Twice.
They sing “you have stolen my heart”, and as they prepare for the release of their upcoming November album Formula of Love: O+T=<3, clearly they have all of our hearts.