Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review! Here’s all the news you might have missed:
Headlines
- BTS won Favorite Music Group at the 2020 Kids’ Choice Awards.
- Big Hit also announced that remaining dates of their Map of the Soul world tour will be indefinitely postponed in response to the global COVID-19 situation.
- Exo‘s Chen and his new wife welcomed the birth of their daughter this week!
Debuts & Comebacks
- As expected, Oh My Girl‘s “Nonstop” featured a lot of colorful whimsy, even if the electronic style track was a change for the group.
- Things took a dark turn in Noir‘s “Lucifer” MV. Look forward to our review soon!
- GWSN also went the electronic route with “Bazooka!”
- Hat:felt continued to release MVs off her 1719 album this week: one for “Life Sucks,” and one for “Solitude.”
- NCT Dream changed things up once again with “Ridin‘.” Check out what our reviewer had to say about the MV.
- Former YG trainee, Hannah Jang debuted with the summery “Runnaway.”
- Yesung and Suran teamed up for “Still Standing” as the latest SM Station release.
- NCT‘s Mark and Johnny shared their co-written track, “Quality Time at Home.”
Teasers & Announcements
- Taeyeon continues to share teasers for her May 4 special single, “Happy.”
- Out on the same day, Fanatics “Vavagirl” promises some cute fun.
- Astro dropped the MV teaser for “Knock” of their seventh mini album, Gateway.
- IU and Suga will come together for the special single, “Eight” on May 6.
- Bol4 will be back for the first time as a soloist on May 13. In the lead-up she will also release “Leo” featuring Exo’s Baekhyun on May 7.
- Jongup‘s first solo album will be out on May 7.
- Natty is ready to debut with “Nineteen,” also on May 7.
- Are you keeping up with the member teasers for Nu’est‘s The Nocturne? Their latest album drops on May 11.
- Also due out on the May 11 is Monsta X‘s Fantasia X. The concept photos look promising.
- Changing things up, Day6 shared the animated trailer film for The Book of Us: The Demon, which arrives on May 11.
- BVNDIT will also comeback with Carnival on May 13.
- TXT are getting meta with the social media promotions for their upcoming album, The Dream Chapter: Eternity.
- NCT 127 are ready to release their latest repackage NCT #127 Neo Zone: The Final Round on May 19.
- Twice members confirmed they will release “More & More” on June 1!
- CIX will return some time in June with the third installment of their Hello series.
- Play M Entertainment is introducing the members of their upcoming girl group.
Other News
- Microdot‘s parents were found guilty of fraud and will be serving two and three year prison sentences. Although the parents did reach agreements with most of the people they owed money to, four victims refused to settle. Microdot posted another apology on his Instagram.
- Hyelim announced her engagement to her long-term boyfriend, Shin Min-chul. Congrats!
- Following the infamous February drunken live-stream incident, Jellyfish Entertainment confirmed that VIXX‘s Hongbin will be taking a break from activities and streaming for the time being.
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