Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
Former Madein member Gaeun filed a criminal complaint against 143 Entertainment‘s CEO for sexual harassment and assault.
Debuts & Comebacks
We have a playlist of the week’s releases here!Meovv dropped the upbeat “Hands Up” as a pre-release single. Highlight (who recently won back their former name Beast) came back with “Chains.” Chen explored a rock sound for “Broken Party.” Fifty Fifty went with a quirky cute concept for “Pookie.” Katseye stirred up conversation with the polarizing “Gnarly.” Check out our review! Hyuna returned with “Mrs. Nail.” Trendz fittingly brought bright colors to their MV for “Chameleon.” Ab6ix’s Park Woojin teamed up with former Wanna One bandmate Ha Sungwoon for “Cool & Hot.”Riize showed their hip hop side with pre-release “Bag Bad Back.”TXT came back wanting to know your “Love Language.”Tablo x RM told deeply personal stories in “Stop the Rain.” Don’t miss our review!
Teasers & Announcements
Day6 will release digital single “Maybe Tomorrow” on May 7.Kiss of Life will also drop single album Kiss Road that day.E’Last will also come back with Versus on May 7. P1Harmony previewed “Duh!” from their May 8 album of the same name.Three former Fifty Fifty members will officially redebut as Ablume with “Echo” on May 9.Meovv embraced a feline concept for My Eyes Open VVide, out on May 12.TripleS promoted their May 12 album Assemble 25 with a teaser for “Are You Alive”, perhaps a sequel to “Girls Never Die.”BoyNextDoor continued to tease No Genre, scheduled for a May 13 release.Bibi will return with her second full album, Eve: Romance, on May 14.(G)I-dle, rebranding as I-dle, released an album We are I-dle, re-recording title tracks without former member Soojin. They also announced a May 19 mini-album.Baekhyun dropped concept films living up to the title of his May 19 release, Essence of Reverie.Riize will also release their first full album Odyssey on May 19.Kim Jaejoong will bring Beauty in Chaos on the same day.Seventeen teased a horror concept for Happy Burstday, out on May 26.Kickflip will also have their first comeback Kick Out, Flip Now! on May 26.
Other News
Red Velvet’s Yeri signed with Blitzway Entertainment for acting under the name Kim Yerim.Got7’s BamBam has joined a new agency, Halo Corporation.Super Junior’s Sungmin has departed from SM Entertainment after 20 years with the company.CLC’s Elkie was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
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