Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
AkMu’s Lee Chanhyuk dropped digital single “1 Trillion.”Dxmon created hype for their debut with an MV for “Burn Up”.Itzy’s pre-release single “Mr. Vampire” came out in advance of their January 8 album Born to Be. Check out our MV review!TWS revealed their group lineup with pre-release MV “Oh Mymy: 7s”. Ateez‘s Hongjoong and Seonghwa released an MV for their unit song “Matz.”Kim Jeonghyeon let us know his “Motto.”Jeong Sewoon returned with the relaxing track “Quiz.”Riize dropped digital single “Love 119.”Geenius debuted after six years of training with “Voyage.”Shinee‘s Minho soothed with single “Stay for a Night.”
Teasers & Announcements
Itzy’s title track “Untouchable” and album Born to Be will drop on January 8.B1A4 is slated to return with their 8th mini-album Connect on January 8.SF9 will come back with their 13th mini-album Sequence on the same day.8Turn released a highlight medley for their 3rd mini-album Stunning, out on January 9.TripleS‘s Aria subunit teased their debut ballad “Door”, out on January 15. Yena will also return with her 3rd mini-album Good Morning on January 15.NMixx created a dark trailer for their January 15 comeback Fe 304: Break.Pentagon‘s Hui is set to release his first mini-album Whu is Me: Complex on January 16.Sistar19 will drop their digital single “No More (Ma Boy)” on the same day.Evnne will have their first comeback with mini-album Un:SEEN on January 22.AB6IX will return with their 8th mini-album The Future is Ours: Found on the same day.WJSN‘s Seola will make her solo debut with single album Inside Out on January 23.CIX revealed that single album 0 or 1 will come out on January 24. Twice announced their 13th mini-album With YOU-th, out on February 23. NCT‘s Ten is scheduled to release his first solo album in February.
Other News
ONF‘s J-Us and MK will work under their real names Seungjun and Minkyun.Yukika shared that she is expecting her first child.U-Kiss‘s Hoon and former Girl’s Day member Hwang Jiseon had their first child on January 2.DNA Entertainment announced that three out of eight Great Guys members have renewed their contracts. The other five members will leave the company as of February 1.Blackpink‘s Jisoo will reportedly join her brother’s company that is opening an entertainment division.Baekhyun has founded his own company I&B 100.SNSD‘s Yoona has renewed her contract with SM Entertainment for the third time.Youngseo will not debut in I’ll-It after she and Belift Lab have agreed to terminate her exclusive contract.
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