Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
- NewJeans members have appointed legal representation in response to Ador’s injunction to prevent them from signing advertising contracts.
Debuts & Comebacks
- Got7 made their long-awaited return with “Python.”
- Kickflip debuted with the spunky “Mama Said.”
- ZeroBaseOne dropped “Doctor! Doctor!” as a pre-release single. Check out our MV review!
- Minnie released “Her,” the title track from her solo debut album.
- Catch the Young came back with “You Always.”
- CIX returned as a four-member group with “Thunder.”
- Jennie surprised with an unannounced MV called “Zen.”
Teasers & Announcements
- Super Junior’s Eunhyuk teased an old school hip hop aesthetic with “Up N Down”, out on January 27 along with his album Explorer.
- Ive dropped a concept film for Empathy, set for a February 3 release.
- Plave promoted a darker concept for Caligo Pt. 1, also out on February 3.
- All(h)ours previewed the tracks from Smoke Point, out on February 4.
- Rescene plan to Glow Up with their sophomore album on February 5.
- Evnne will be back with Hot Mess on February 10.
- Chungha will return with Alivio on February 12.
- Jisoo will release her first solo comeback Amortage on February 14.
- Jennie teased the March 7 release of her first solo album Ruby, featuring Childish Gambino, Doechii, Dominic Fike, Dua Lipa, FKJ, and Kali Uchis.
Other News
- MonstaX’s Joohoney completed his military service.
- Seventeen’s S.Coups, Epik High’s Tukutz, Younha, and Lee Mujin were among the composers and lyricists promoted to full members of the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA).
- Fromis_9’s Chaeyoung, Hayoung, Jiheon, Jiwon, and Nagyung have signed with a new agency, ASND.
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