Irene's Biggest Fan - Billboard Best K-pop Albums of 2026
IRENE's #BiggestFan album is included in Billboard's 25 Best K-Pop Albums of 2026 (so far) list 🩷
"For someone who has stood at the center of one of K-pop’s most vividly colored groups, choosing tones this understated without losing her presence is no small achievement" 👏
'https://x.com/rvelites/status/2079467380078748047
"IRENE, Biggest Fan – The 1st Album After more than a decade at the center of Red Velvet’s singular color and texture, IRENE uses her first solo full-length album to consider self-belief, forgiveness, comfort, spontaneity and the courage to stop avoiding herself. The record moves through R&B, pop, dance-pop, house, retro pop and rock, but every genre settles into the same muted shade inside her cool, controlled voice. “Best Believe” combines mature, dreamlike synths with a hip-hop rhythm. Warm band-pop track “Love Can Make A Way” lets her past self comfort the person she is now. On “Black Halo,” cold keys and effects push against gospel harmonies as false hope is finally abandoned. For someone who has stood at the center of one of K-pop’s most vividly colored groups, choosing tones this understated without losing her presence is no small achievement. – Billboard Korea"
'https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-kpop-albums-2026-so-far/
'https://x.com/irene_global/status/2079469347916206218
on X: ""The record moves through R&B, pop, dance-pop, house, retro pop and rock, but every genre settles into the same muted shade inside her cool, controlled voice" - Billboard Korea. https://t.co/okSSq8L4Mv" / X
on X: "Billboard AND Genius Korea naming Biggest Fan as one of the best K-pop albums of 2026. yeah, that's the AOTY we're talking about. Irene, you did it!! 💗😭 https://t.co/NZ1UcJAZ0w" / X
