Random J Pop monthly: December 2025 | A year in reviews

💿 Japanese releases

• Ayumi Hamasaki - Mimosa
• Crystal Kay - All Time Best 25th Anniversary
• Fujii Kaze - Prema
• Hikaru Utada - Mine or Yours
• Koda Kumi - De-CODE
• Perfume - Human Factory -Denzo Ningen-
• Perfume - Nebula Romance: Part 2

💿 Korean release

• Sumin & Slom - Miniseries 2

💿 Western / English language releases

• Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead
• Kelela - RAVE:N, The Remixes
• Mariah Carey - Here for It All
• Sugababes - Jungle
• Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl
• Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

I was looking at this list like ‘Damn. You barely reviewed ANYTHING in 2025.’

My lack of reviews was not by choice. It’s just…the way things ended up.

Despite 2025 being a year of very few reviews from me, it was also a year where I had the most amount of people reach out to ask me to review certain albums, to tell me that you’re waiting on reviews of certain albums and to tell me how much you enjoy reading my reviews. And I want you to know that I truly appreciate every single one of you that reads my reviews, shares my reviews and hits me up asking about reviews. It means a lot.

📖 Previous years in reviews: 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024