Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
In assorted BTS-related news:RM, V, Jimin, and Jungkook completed their military service.Police arrested a woman who attempted to break into Jungkook’s home.Jungkook apologized for wearing a “Make Tokyo Great Again” hat to a rehearsal for J-Hope’s concert.
Debuts & Comebacks
Itzy declared that “Girls Will Be Girls.”Doyoung returned with the rock ballad “Memory.”Izna came back with new single “Beep.”Kiss of Life went with an R&B sound in “Lips Hips Kiss.”Seventeen dropped an MV for B-side “Bad Influence.”Primrose returned with “Cinema.”Double One, a project group with members of Bae173 and Fantasy Boys, debuted with “On the Rocks with Kiss.”J-Hope released his third English single this year, “Killin’ It Girl,” featuring GloRilla. Ateez welcomed summer with “Lemon Drop.” ARTMS released two MV versions of “Icarus,” including a 15-minute cinematic version. XLOV made their first comeback with “1&Only.”
Teasers & Announcements
Illit teased “Do the Dance” from Bomb, out on June 16.Kang Daniel will also make a comeback that same day with Glow to Haze. Got7’s Yugyeom will drop Interlunar on June 17.Allday Project, a coed group from The Black Label, is scheduled to debut with “Famous” on June 23.Baby DONT Cry, the first girl group from P Nation, will also debut on June 23.Cravity garnered attention for their concept photos for Dare to Crave, also out on June 23.Fromis_9 will release From Our 20’s, their first album under their new company, on June 25. H1-Key are set to come back with Lovestruck on June 26.Aespa dropped a performance video for “Dirty Work” ahead of the June 27 MV and album release.Oneus announced that they will return with 5x on June 30.Nouera will make a comeback with n: number of cases on June 30.Kard will return with Drift on July 2.Rescene also plan to drop single album Dearest on July 2.Doh Kyungsoo (Exo‘s D.O) is set to release his first full album Bliss on July 7.Shinee’s Onew announced that his full album Percent will come out on July 15.
Other News
B.A.P’s Zelo was discharged from the military.Ikon’s DK is scheduled to enlist in the military on July 25.Oh My Girl’s Arin joined a new agency, ATRP.
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