Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
- After the previous detention warrant was dismissed, the prosecution has requested another detention warrant for Seungri on seven charges. These include violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, gambling, embezzlement, violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, mediating prostitution services, and violation of the Food Sanitation Act.
- Due to a lack of consensus between X1‘s members’ agencies, the group will disband.
Debuts & Comebacks
- BTS member Suga released “Interlude: Shadow” as a comeback trailer for their upcoming album.
- Younha was melancholic in “Dark Cloud“. See what our writer had to say about her album.
- The members of SF9 were “Good Guy“s in their latest music video.
- Ateez were captivating in “Answer“. Check out our music video review and album review!
- Former Myteen members Kim Kookheon and Song Yuvin debuted as B.O.Y with “My Angel“.
- Ong Seung Woo made his first digital single release with “We Belong“.
Teasers & Announcements
- Taeyeon will be back with a repackage of Purpose on Jan 15.
- After the release of 3×2=6 Part 1 in December, BTOB‘s Sungjae will return with Part 2 on Jan 16.
- Sechskies make a comeback with their first mini-album on Jan 28.
- Super Junior will release repackage album Timeless on Jan 28.
- Loona makes a long-awaited comeback with “#2” on Feb 5.
- With almost a month of pre-release promotions preceding it, BTS will drop Map Of The Soul: 7 on Feb 21.
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