Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
- Actress Go Min-si has put out a formal apology after photos of her drinking as a minor surfaced online.
- Following her bullying allegations, (G)I-dle‘s Soojin has released a detailed statement in her defence, and Cube Entertainment has announced that they will be taking legal action against further spread of false information.
- Big Hit Entertainment has officially rebranded to HYBE, with multiple labels under it.
- TVXQ‘s Yunho has had allegations of tax fraud against him. With a lack of evidence, however, there have been other news reports claiming these rumours as unfounded.
Debuts & Comebacks
- Drippin revelled in their youthful energy with “Young Blood“.
- Super Junior‘s “House Party” was appropriately released for the pandemic, earning a stamp of approval from the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Check out our MV and album reviews.
- Chungha embraced latin-pop in her latest MV for “Demente“, a b-side off Querencia.
- Weeekly encouraged their fans to wind down “After School” in their latest MV.
- Jessi was fierce and confident in “What Type of X“.
- Mirae made a powerful debut with “Killa“.
- Itzy released a track especially for their fans just in time for their online fanmeeting. “Midzy” was released in both Korean and English.
- Stray Kids collaborated with Alesso and Corsak for EDM track “Going Dumb“.
- B.I. comforts his listeners with his latest release, “Midnight Blue“.
Teasers & Announcements
- CLC‘s Sorn makes her solo debut with “Run” on Mar 23.
- IU intrigued fans in her teaser for the Mar 25 release of Lilac.
- Infinite‘s Sunggyu makes a come back with “Won’t Forget You” on Mar 29.
- Winner’s Seungyoon drops his first full album, Iyah, on Mar 29.
- Kim Sejeong returns with “Warning” on Mar 29.
- Baekhyun‘s “Bambi” drops on Mar 30.
- WJSN‘s Unnatural is due for a Mar 31 release.
- With Kingdom gearing up for its premier on Apr 1, there has been a steady stream of teasers featuring the participating groups.
- Apr 5 sees the release of Astro‘s 2nd full album, All Yours.
- Kim Jae Hwan comes back with his third mini-album on Apr 7.
- Bae173‘s Intersection : Trace releases on Apr 8.
(YouTube: [1] [2] [3]. Twitter: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8], Instagram: [1]. Naver: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. Images via HYBE, Cube Entertainment,