Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
- Apink wished us a “Pink Christmas”.
- Bol4 released videos for two title tracks, “Snowball” and “Eternal Love”.
- Jeon Somi collaborated with Big Naughty on a Christmas song, “Ex-Mas.”
- Jessica Jung teamed up with Amber Liu of f(x) for “Get It? Got It? Good”.
Teasers & Announcements
- Woodz will release digital single “Amnesia” on December 18.
- Woodz also announced that he will enlist in the military on January 22.
- Daesung (Big Bang) will also unveil a special single, “Flow,” on December 18.
- NewJeans‘s remix album NJWMX will come out on December 19.
- NCT 127 teased their winter single “Be There for Me,” out on December 22.
- Kim Jonghyeon (formerly of Nu’est) will come back with his 2nd mini-album Brilliant Seasons on January 3.
- TVXQ! will make their long-awaited comeback with 20&2 on December 26.
- Itzy released bold concept teasers for <Born to Be>, out on January 8.
- 8Turn will drop their third mini-album Stunning on January 9.
- Kyuhyun (Super Junior) announced his 5th EP Restart, also out on January 9.
- OnlyOneOf dropped a teaser for “Things I Can’t Say LOve,” to be released on January 10.
- Sistar19 (a sub-group consisting of Hyolyn and Bora) will return in January.
- Twice previewed their pre-release single “I Got You”, out on February 2.
Other News
- BTS‘ RM, V, Jimin, and Jungkook all began military service this week.
- Zelo (B.A.P) also enlisted this week.
- EXO‘s Sehun announced that he will enlist in the miltary on December 21.
- Seventeen‘s Jeonghan will sit out activities, including the remaining stops of the Follow tour, following ankle surgery.
- The Asia Artist Awards took place on December 14. NewJeans, Seventeen, BSS, Stray Kids, Lim Young Woong, and Lee Junho won major awards.
- (G)I-dle‘s Minnie and Shuhua are both recovering from health issues and will not participate in upcoming schedules.
- Kino (Pentagon) has established his own agency, Naked Company.
- WakeOne announced that all TO1 members have terminated their contracts.
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