Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review! Here’s all the news you might have missed:
Headlines
- Soribada apologized for their original omission of Exo from the Soribada Awards bonsang category earlier this week.
- Yang Hyun-suk‘s charges of gambling have been forwarded to the court for a summary judgment — meaning there will not be formal trial unless requested and he will be charged a penalty.
Debuts & Comebacks
- Super Junior K.R.Y. released their first album, When We Were Us with the lead single of the same name.
- E’last debuted with the dramatic, “Swear.” Our review of their debut mini album Day Dream will be out soon!
- WJSN made a bright return with “Butterfly.“
- Keeping things sweet, DIA made a five-member return in “Hug U.”
- Heize captured the mood of the moment with “Lyricist/ Things are Going Well.” Look forward to our album review!
- Jun.K declared, “This is Not a Song.”
- N.Flying were silly and playful in “Oh Really.” Be sure to check out our review here.
- Seventeen made an escape in the pre-release “My My.” The group officially returns on June 22.
- JeA (B.E.G.) dissected some classic rom-com tropes and female expectations in “Greedy” ft Moonbyul.
- As part of the 2020 BTS Festa, BTS shared an MV for “We are Bulletproof: the Eternal.”
- Former Pristin member Kyla shared her mini album Watch Me Glow online, with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Teasers & Announcements
- Iz One will return on June 15 with “Secret Story of the Swan.” In the meantime, enjoy the MV teasers.
- Baek A Yeon‘s “Looking for Love” will be out on June 16.
- Things are taking a dark turn in the teaser for Nature‘s “Girls.”
- Oneus released the concept teaser for Come Back Home.
- Stray Kids will return with their full album Go Live on June 17. In addition, the trailer is out for the next season of Stray Kids‘ “Finding SKZ – God Edition.”
- The highlight medley is out for Weki Meki‘s Hide and Seek. The group returns on June 18.
- Woollim has begun to put out individual member teasers for Golden Child‘s Take a Leap — due out on June 23.
- Things are pretty spooky in the trailer for CIX‘s “Jungle.” The group will be back with Hello, Strange Time on June 30.
- Black Pink‘s pre-release single will be out on June 26.
- Play M Entertainment‘s new girl group, Weeekly will debut on June 30.
- Although the official unit debut date for Irene & Seulgi is still unknown, the group has begun to build anticipation by drawing their own Monsters.
Other News
- Changmin announced his upcoming wedding in September. Congratulations!
- Honey Lee and Yoon Kye-sang ended their relationship.
- Sculptor Davis McCarthy will pursue legal action over his plagiarized sculpture in the MV for Twice‘s “More & More” MV.
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