Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
- Itzy stuck to their form for “Cake.” Check out our Kill My Doubt album review!
- Xeed professed that they can be there for you in “Blue.”
- Xikers were transplanted to zombie land in the MV for “Do or Die.”
- The Wind celebrated Summer Vacation with the single, “We Go.”
- Kwon Eunbi built on her aesthetic with her latest single, “The Flash.”
- Mamamoo+ returned with the playful MV for “Dang Dang.”
- Nine.i danced around a cyberpunk city and outerspace for “Turn it Off.”
- BB Girls (formerly Brave Girls) started a new chapter with “One More Time.”
- BXB gave their spin to the nostalgic school days concept with the MV for “Planet.”
- Limelight nailed the visuals in “Madeline.”
Teasers & Announcements
- The Boyz will deliver Christmas in August along with the title MV for “Lip Gloss” on August 7.
- U-Know (Yunho) will return with his third mini album Reality Show on the same day.
- Jeon Somi dropped the TikTok dance challenge for her August 7th release “Fast Forward” as well as an album sampler.
- SM‘s rookie boy group Riize will make their official debut on September 4 with “Get a Guitar.” Ahead of debut, the group will share performance videos including “Siren,” out on August 7.
- Jaehyun will release “Horizon” as the next NCT Lab installment on August 8.
- nn.Ssign teased their debut with an intense trailer for “Wormhole.” Their debut album Birth of Cosmo will be out on August 9.
- Jo Yuri has been sharing track clips ahead of her August 9 mini, Love All.
- Tan will be back with Tan Made and “Heartbeat” on August 11.
- DKB will return with a repackage album, We Love You, on August 14.
- BZ Boys will make their debut with Outlaw on the same day.
- StayC shared the bubble version image teasers for Teenfresh, out on August 16.
- Lucy announced their fourth mini album Fever which will be released on August 17.
- LovElution (TripleS) combined track and member teasers for Muhan and its title “Girls’ Capitalism” — also set for release on August 17.
- Jihyo began teasing her first solo album Zone with a concept video, song snippet, and image teasers. The album will be out on August 18
- Aespa will drop the track “Better Things” alongside their new sitcom on August 18
- Yerin‘s second mini album Ready, Set, Love will drop on August 23
- Cignature shared the promotion schedule for their August 29 mini, Us In the Summer.
- H1Key will release Seoul Dreaming on August 29
Other News
- Monsta X‘s Kihyun will begin his military enlistment on August 22.
- ZeroBaseOne had to reschedule and cancel comeback events after Matthew and Taerae tested positifve for Covid 19.
- Jisoo (Black Pink) and Ahn Bo-hyun confirmed their relaitonship.
- Kyuhyun signed with Antenna.
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