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Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
- (G)I-dle celebrated summer by asking us to hit the “Klaxon.”
- Taeyeon came back with a horror concept for “Heaven.” Check out our Bite Review!
- Xdinary Heroes dropped the intense rock single “Love and Fear.”
- Weeekly returned with “Lights On.”
- GOT7’s Youngjae released the warm and bright “T.P.O”
- FT Island released “Serious”, the second title track for their 7th album.
- Dreamcatcher embraced their signature rock sound with “Justice.”
- Big Ocean followed up their debut with single “Blow.”
- Enhypen sought romance in “XO (Only If You Say Yes).”
- Mamamoo‘s Wheein dropped digital single “coco water.”
- Apex, formerly LAM, came back with “The Giant.”
Teasers & Announcements
- NCT 127 teased the MV for “Walk,” from the July 15 album of the same name.
- Shinee’s Onew will release a single on July 15 and mini-album Flow in September.
- Ha Sungwoon continued to tease his post-military album Blessed, out on July 17.
- DKB shared the tracklist for their July 17 mini-album Urban Ride.
- Stray Kids dropped a mashup video for their July 19 album Ate and a teaser for “Chk Chk Boom”.
- BTS’ Jimin previewed the instrumentals for Muse, also out on July 19.
- KaralkAZPOI@#K unveiled concept photos for “I Do I Do,” out on July 24.
- U-Chae (formerly Pixy‘s Dajeong) will make her solo debut on July 31 with mini-album Awake.
- Unis will follow up their debut with single album Curious, out on August 6.
- Members of B.A.P will release Curtain Call under the name BangxJungxYooxMoon on August 8.
- Hyolyn will return with Wait on August 12.
Other News
- Ash Island and Chanmina announced their marriage and pregnancy.
- Lia resumed activities with Itzy after a 10-month health-related hiatus.
- HyunA and Yong Jun-hyung will marry in October.
- Mirae has disbanded, while Dongpyo remains at DSP Media for solo activities.
- Jennie’s agency Oddatelier issued an apology after behind the scenes content revealed her vaping indoors around staff.
- SM Entertainment won a lawsuit against individuals who impersonated delivery drivers to obtain personal information about Exo and NCT members.
- KCon LA will broadcast its July 28 concert live on the CW, making it the first K-pop show to run on television in the U.S.
- Kara’s Gyuri will suspend activities to recover from facial fractures.
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