Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
- The 19th annual Korean Music Awards was held on March 1, and Aespa and BTS took home three out of the four grand prizes.
Debuts & Comebacks
- Check out our playlist of the week’s releases here!
- Super Junior made their special return with “Callin”.
- Rocket Punch came back with “Chiquita.”
- “Bad News” was delivered in a bright way in Tempest’s debut.
- Cherry Bullet showed their lovely charm in “Love in Space”. Check out our MV review here!
Teasers & Announcements
- Weeekly will reveal a darker side to them in “Ven Pera” on March 7.
- Also on the 7th, Up10tion’s Kim Wooseok will make his solo return with “Switch”.
- Sunmi’s collab song with Spotify “Oh Sorry Ya” drops on March 8.
- (G)I-dle are to release their first full album on March 14.
- Brave Girls is also scheduled to make their comeback on March 14.
- Nu’est are to release their final album Needle & Bubble on March 15.
- Astro’s Moonbin & Sanha will make their comeback with “Who” on March 15.
- Monsta X’s Kihyun is also scheduled to make his solo debut with Voyager on March 15.
- Wei are set to release their 4th mini-album Love Pt.1: First Love on March 16.
- Kingdom will make their return on March 17.
- Stray Kids will return with “Maniac” on March 18.
- Red Velvet are to comeback with The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm on March 21.
- Cravity will make their return with LIBERTY: IN OUR COSMOS on March 22
- NCT Dream will release their 2nd album Glitch Mode on March 28.
Other News
- CIX’s Seunghun tested positive for COVID-19.
- Pledis Entertainment’s contract with Nu’est will expire March 14 and members JR, Aron, and Ren have decided to not renew.
- Cube Entertainment issued a statement and apology for the plagiarism controversy surrounding “Sun”.
- The Boyz’s Eric will take a temporary hiatus to focus on his health.
- Former (G)-idle member Soojin‘s contract with Cube Entertainment has been terminated.
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