Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
- The members of Fifty Fifty have filed a lawsuit against their agency (Attrakt), on the basis of violation of contract terms. The trial is currently underway. In the same week, Attrakt has filed a report against The Givers (producers of “Cupid”) for acquiring the copyright instead of the company. This is also under investigation.
Debuts & Comebacks
- Shinee went “Hard” in their 15th anniversary comeback.
- Exo released “Hear Me Out” as a pre-release for their upcoming July 10 album, Exist.
- Treasure‘s T5 sub-unit couldn’t wait to “Move” in their debut track.
- The members of Wei were in “Overdrive” for their comeback.
- U-Kiss reunited for their 15th anniversary with “The Wonderful Escape“.
- Han Seungwoo returned with “Dive Into“.
Teasers & Announcements
- Teen Top make their return with 4Sho on July 4.
- Seventeen‘s Jun releases “Psycho” on July 4.
- TXT and Jonas Brothers are teaming up for “Do It Like That“, out on July 7.
- ZeroBaseOne debut with Youth In The Shade on July 10.
- Nmixx‘s A Midsummer NMIXX’s Dream drops on July 11.
- Sandara Park (2NE1) comes back with her self-titled EP on July 12.
- Loona‘s Odd Eye Circle make their long-awaited comeback with “Version Up” on July 12.
- BTS‘ Jungkook releases “Seven” on July 14.
- NCT Dream‘s ISTJ is scheduled for a July 17 release.
- NewJeans continue to tease their July 21 release of Get Up, which will be preceded by a pre-release on July 7.
- Monsta X‘s Shownu and Hyungwon debut as a sub-unit with The Unseen on July 25.
- Twice‘s Jihyo makes her solo debut with Zone on August 18.
Other News
- Choi Yena‘s MV for “Hate Rodrigo” was taken down two days after its release. After reports claimed that this was due to a request from Olivia Rodrigo‘s team, Yuehua Entertainment clarified that that was not the case. Instead, Yena’s team had noticed that parts of the MV infringed trademark rights and copyright. Future plans of the comeback have not been clarified.
(YouTube, Twitter: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. Naver: [1], The Korea Times, Korea JoongAng Daily. Images via: Attrakt, Hybe Entertainment, Yuehua Entertainment, JYP Entertainment.)