Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
- AkMu’s Lee Chanhyuk dropped digital single “1 Trillion.”
- Dxmon created hype for their debut with an MV for “Burn Up”.
- Itzy’s pre-release single “Mr. Vampire” came out in advance of their January 8 album Born to Be. Check out our MV review!
- TWS revealed their group lineup with pre-release MV “Oh Mymy: 7s”.
- Ateez‘s Hongjoong and Seonghwa released an MV for their unit song “Matz.”
- Kim Jeonghyeon let us know his “Motto.”
- Jeong Sewoon returned with the relaxing track “Quiz.”
- Riize dropped digital single “Love 119.”
- Geenius debuted after six years of training with “Voyage.”
- Shinee‘s Minho soothed with single “Stay for a Night.”
Teasers & Announcements
- Itzy’s title track “Untouchable” and album Born to Be will drop on January 8.
- B1A4 is slated to return with their 8th mini-album Connect on January 8.
- SF9 will come back with their 13th mini-album Sequence on the same day.
- 8Turn released a highlight medley for their 3rd mini-album Stunning, out on January 9.
- TripleS‘s Aria subunit teased their debut ballad “Door”, out on January 15.
- Yena will also return with her 3rd mini-album Good Morning on January 15.
- NMixx created a dark trailer for their January 15 comeback Fe 304: Break.
- Pentagon‘s Hui is set to release his first mini-album Whu is Me: Complex on January 16.
- Sistar19 will drop their digital single “No More (Ma Boy)” on the same day.
- Evnne will have their first comeback with mini-album Un:SEEN on January 22.
- AB6IX will return with their 8th mini-album The Future is Ours: Found on the same day.
- WJSN‘s Seola will make her solo debut with single album Inside Out on January 23.
- CIX revealed that single album 0 or 1 will come out on January 24.
- Twice announced their 13th mini-album With YOU-th, out on February 23.
- NCT‘s Ten is scheduled to release his first solo album in February.
Other News
- ONF‘s J-Us and MK will work under their real names Seungjun and Minkyun.
- Yukika shared that she is expecting her first child.
- U-Kiss‘s Hoon and former Girl’s Day member Hwang Jiseon had their first child on January 2.
- DNA Entertainment announced that three out of eight Great Guys members have renewed their contracts. The other five members will leave the company as of February 1.
- Blackpink‘s Jisoo will reportedly join her brother’s company that is opening an entertainment division.
- Baekhyun has founded his own company I&B 100.
- SNSD‘s Yoona has renewed her contract with SM Entertainment for the third time.
- Youngseo will not debut in I’ll-It after she and Belift Lab have agreed to terminate her exclusive contract.
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