Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:

Headlines

• South Korean has passed a law that gives successful, accomplished artists to defer their mandatory military enlistments until they turn 30, as compared to the previous age requirement of 28 years-old.
• The 2020 Melon Music Awards took place on Dec 5. BTS took home the awards for Artist, Album, and Song of the Year with Map of the Soul: 7 and “Dynamite“, respectively. Congratulations to the team!

Debuts & Comebacks

• Got7 found the missing “Last Piece” in their latest music video.
• Enhypen made a strong and dark debut with “Given-Taken“. Check out our MV review!
• Exo‘s Kai debuted with the alluring “Mmmh“. Read our album review here!
• For her 20th anniversary, BoA is back “Better” than ever. Stay tuned for our album review.
• Oneus made a colorful and fun comeback with “Bbusyeo“.
• NCT‘s “Resonance” was an interesting mash-up of four tracks off their albums: Resonance Pt 1 and Resonance Pt 2.
• For his birthday, BTS’ Jin released an emotional “Abyss“.
• Super Junior remade and re-released a new version of their 2014 track, Raining Spell for Love.
• Henry dropped a melancholic piano ballad titled “Just Be Me“. See what our writer had to say about the album.

Teasers & Announcements

• The Boyz are ready to be “Christmassy!” on Dec 7.
• Iz*One makes a comeback with “Panorama” on Dec 7.
• 2PM‘s Jun K teased the Dec 9 release of 20 Minutes with a track film titled “Parallel Lines“.
• Lee Seunggi makes a long-awaited return as a singer with “I Will” on Dec 10.
• Ghost9‘s Pre Episode 2: W.All drops on Dec 10.
• Chungha‘s third pre-release single, X, releases on Dec 10.
• Infinite‘s Sunggyu returns with Inside Me on Dec 14.
• Dec 15 welcomes Taeyeon‘s return with What Do I Call You.
• Some updates about upcoming award shows and music festivals:
  • The 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards will be held on Dec 11.
  • KBS’ Song Festival will take place on Dec 18, with TVXQ‘s Yunho, Astro‘s Eunwoo and Shin Yeeun as emcees.
  • The 35th Golden Disc Awards will be held on Jan 9 and 10, 2021.
  • MBC‘s Music Festival takes place on Dec 31, of which one host will be Kim Seon-ho.

Other News

• Twice made their US debut with “I Can’t Stop Me” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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