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

Headlines

South Korea continues to win medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, earning some athletes shout-outs from their favorite K-pop artists like Kang Daniel, Jennie, and Yeji.
- Some online men’s groups were more concerned with archer An San‘s haircut than her historic triple gold medal victory.
Kris Wu has been detained in China on suspicion of sexual assault.

Debuts & Comebacks

Exo‘s D.O. made his solo debut with “Rose” and the mini Empathy. Be sure to check our reviews of both!
AkMu returned with their collaboration album Next Episode, featuring IU on the title track “Fall.” Our reviewers were surprised by both releases.
Kangta made a bright return with “Christmas in July.”
BiBi asked “Why Y” in her latest, featuring Tiger JK.
Despite the bright image teasers, Dreamcatcher stayed true to form in “BEcause.”
Jinyoung (Got7) shared the performance MV for his song, “Dive.”

Astro‘s “After Midnight” MV teaser shows off the group’s funkier side. The group will return on August 2 with Switch On.
Somi previewed the cover for her August 2 single, “Dumb Dumb.”
The highlight medley and intense MV teaser are out for Golden Child‘s Game Changer, out on August 2.
Weeekly also shared the highlight medley for their August 4 mini album, Play Game: Holiday.
Sunmi continues to share image teasers for her August 6 release, You Can’t Sit With Us.
ONF teased their summer mini, Popping, by declaring “Summer is Pool.”
The Boyz released the track list as well as member teasers for their August 9 album, Thrill-ing.
The track list is also out for Park Jihoon‘s My Collection, set to be released on August 12.
The first video teaser is out for TXT‘s The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape. The repackage is set for release on August 17.
CIX will also return on the 17th with OK.
Cravity previewed their comeback schedule ahead of their August 19 return with The Awakening: Written in the Stars.
VeriVery want to know who trapped them in a “Hole” ahead of their August 23 comeback.
Red Velvet took a trip down memory lane with their Archive Project ahead of their August comeback.

Brave Entertainment addressed fan concerns over their management of Brave Girls and issued a written apology.
Victon‘s Seungwoo began his mandatory military service.
T-ara teased a comeback during their 12th anniversary live chat.

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