Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
- Taemin released his first title track under BPM Entertainment, “Sexy in the Air.” Look out for our album review!
- NMixx brought a smooth approach to “mixxpop” with “See That?!”
- SF9 tried to forget a breakup in “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,”
- Drippin returned with “Weekend.”
- ARrC debuted with “S&S (Sour and Sweet)”.
- ILY:1 came back with “Illang (Firework).”
- Plave decided to “Pump Up the Volume!”
- Young Posse mimicked Grand Theft Auto in the MV for “Ate That.”
- Moonbyul wondered, “Is This Love?” in her upbeat new release.
- NCT Dream dropped English single “Rains in Heaven” in honor of their anniversary.
Teasers & Announcements
- Zerobaseone teased “Good So Bad,” the title track from their August 26 album Cinema Paradise.
- NCT’s Jaehyun will make his solo debut with J on the same day.
- Oh My Girl will come back on August 26 with Dreamy Resonance.
- Rescene previewed their August 27 album Scenedrome.
- Nowadays will release single album Nowhere on August 27.
- Le Sserafim will go Crazy with their August 30 mini-album release.
- Fifty Fifty will release “Starry Night,” the first single with their new lineup, on the same day.
- Chungha surprised with the announcement of single “Algorithm,” also out on August 30.
- Loossemble previewed tracks from TTYL, out on September 2.
- Day6 will return with Band Aid on September 2.
- BtoB’s Lee Changsub will also release his first full album 1991 on September 2.
- Onewe announced digital single “Off Road,” out on September 4.
- Pentagon’s Kino will drop a digital single, “Dancing on the Road,” on September 5.
- Baekhyun dropped a concept film for his September 6 album Hello World.
- Tzuyu started to release snippets of tracks from AboutTZU, out on September 6.
- BoyNextDoor will come back with 19.99 on September 9.
- SM Entertainment teased a September 10 debut for Naevis.
- SNSD’s Hyoyeon will return with “Retro Romance” on September 26.
Other News
- Kim Jonghyeon (formerly of Nu’est) and Choi In of E’last both announced September enlistments.
- B1A4’s Gongchan has left WM Entertainment, but plans to remain with the group.
- Viviz renewed their contract with BPM Entertainment.
- Fifty Fifty signed a global distribution agreement with Sony Music Entertainment.
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