Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
Red Velvet wrote their own beachside romance slash murder scheme in “Surfin’ Boy.”Kiss of Life said don’t let them see you “Sweat” in their latest single. Dino channeled his alter-ego Picheolin to hype up daily life with the help of Hitchhiker and a mashup of genres for “Let’s Party.”Aespa and Ty Dolla $ign came together for “Switchblade.”Stray Kids had a lot of options in “This & That.”Dawn shared the visual film for his latest single “Too Much.”Tuide encouraged listeners to “Meet My GRLS” ahead of their August 24 debut.Dayoung and Jay Park got “Flirty” in their collab single.
Teasers & Announcements
KiiiKiii are ready to “Pop Off Pop Off” on August 9.The highlight medley for Eunji‘s Summer, I is filled with seasonal love and longing. The EP and title track “I Love Love” drop August 11.Katseye will be back on August 14 with Animal. Sophia will be stepping away from activities to focus on her health.Onewe will be back on August 19 with Unknown Atlas and have begun dropping solo MV teasers for “Scenario.”Tiffany Young dropped audio snippets from Edge of Calm, out on August 20.Enhypen will return on August 21 with The Sin: Bliss. Alpha Drive One tried out nesting in the teasers for Unbreakable: Beast, to be released on August 24.Sanghyeon will not be part of activities while he recovers from vocal cord surgery.NCT 127 took to the sky with “Blingy Jets” teasers ahead of Blingy, out on the same day. Also back on the 24th will be Nexz with “Saucin‘.”Taemin will return on August 31 with Phase 1: Soft Violence, ahead of his recently announced “Liminal” world tour.82Major put out the first teaser for their September 1 comeback. Monsta X released the comeback scheduler for The Phase, out September 4.
Other News
Wei‘s Donghan will begin his mandatory miliary service on September 7.Rocket Punch‘s Suyun has left Woollim Entertainment.The Boyz will continue as nine — Jacob, Sangyeon, Hyunjae, Younghoon, Juyeon, Kevin, Q, Sunwoo, and Eric — under a yet-to-be-announced label system. Yonghoon has also signed with Namoo Actors, while Sunwoo has joined Groovy Room.
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