Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
- On Hybe and Ador‘s ongoing proceedings:
- Following Hybe’s statement, Ador has retaliated with a statement of their own. In it, they claim that Hybe’s claim of Ador wanting a management takeover is baseless, that Hybe lacks transparency in determining financial incentives, and provide clarifications about the timelines of debut dates of involved groups amongst other pointers.
- Following claims of mass album hoarding/purchasing, plagiarism of concepts, and involvement with cults with regards to BTS, Hybe has claimed that they would be take legal measures against false allegations.
Debuts & Comebacks
- Seventeen came back with an EDM-heavy “Maestro“.
- Ive shifted their sound and visuals with “Heya“.
- Xdinary Heroes came back with the punk-pop-inspired “Little Things“.
- Solar (Mamamoo) shows off her vocal prowess in “But I“.
- The members of Fantasy Boys were young and in love in “Pitter Patter Love“.
Teasers & Announcements
- Kyungsoo (Exo) will release “Mars” on May 7.
- TripleS release Assemble24 on May 8.
- BTOB‘s Sungjae makes his solo comeback with Exhibition: Look Closely on May 9.
- Stray Kids are collaborating with Charlie Puth for “Lose My Breath“, out on May 10.
- Enhypen‘s Memorabilia drops on May 13.
- May 13 also sees ZeroBaseOne‘s comeback with You Had Me At Hello.
- Soojin‘s Rizz is scheduled for a May 23 release.
- RM (BTS) drops Right Place, Wrong Person on May 24.
- Aespa‘s first mini-album, Armageddon, releases on May 27.
- Suho (Exo) comes back with 1 to 3 on May 31.
- Ateez drop Golden Hour: Part. 1 on May 31 too.
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