Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:

Debuts & Comebacks

  • Xdinary Heroes wanted to be “Obsessed With Youth.”
  • NCT Wish perfected their bubblegum style in “I Spy.” Check out our review!
  • Modyssey made their first comeback with “Can You Hear That.”
  • Sung Hanbin took a step away from Zerobaseone‘s upbeat style for his solo debut, “Undead.”
  • Meovv‘s “Go Hard” features perhaps the most unexpected chorus beat drop of the year.
  • Lee Sooman launched his Korea-based rookie groups under A2O Entertainment. The boy group A2O Seoul debuted with “Superstar,” while girl group A2O Lite made a splash with “Neon.” Don’t miss our MV review!
  • Epik High and Davichi acted out famous film scenes for “Mise-en-scène.”
  • Teen Top went big for “Don’t Stop.”
  • TripleS made a full-group return with “Andless.”

Teasers & Announcements

  • Seventeen‘s Jeonghan x Joshua teased a funky sound for their unit debut “12 O’Clock,” out on October 19.
  • Ive transformed into superheroes in the teasers for “Looks Can Kill,” the pre-release out on October 19.
    • The new EP will be out on October 26.
  • Nmixx shared the dreamy teaser for “Birthday Wish.” Their new EP Strange Wish is also out on the 19th.
  • The teaser for Woodz‘ October 20 single “Welcome to My World” promised Wild West chaos.
  • Lngshot shared the MV teaser for the October 21 pre-release “Masterpiece” ahead of their November 10 return with S.W.I.S.H.
  • Crush and IU released a teaser for their collab “Sweesaw,” scheduled for release also on the 21st.
  • Ateez announced the pre-release “Drip” for October 23.
    • Golden Hour: Part.6 will be released on November 13.
  • Illit previewed the choreography of their October 26 release, “You’re Under Arrest.”
  • Riize dropped a short teaser for their October 26 single, “Insomnia.”
  • And2ble released the track list for Sequence 02: Attraction, set for release on October 27.
  • Xlov sampled a variety of concepts in the teaser photos for i=!, out on October 28.
  • JustB chose an, um, eye-catching concept for K-pop, to be released on October 28.
  • Itzy‘s Chaeryeong shared the track list for her solo debut on November 9 with Lovesick.
  • NCT Dream dropped the first teasers for their November 10 EP Dream After Dream.
  • Hearts2Hearts put out “Next Chapter” in honor of Arena of Valor’s 10th anniversary.

Other News

  • Bang Si-hyuk filed a loan repayment civil suit against Min Hee-jin to repay the 4.2 billion won he lent her to purchase shares of Ador in 2023. He previously filed for a repayment order in April, but Min’s side rejected the request, forcing it to go into civil litigation.
  • Winner‘s Mino will re-enlist in alternative service military duty after being found guilty of dereliction of duty during his initial enlistment.

(YouTube. The Korea Herald, Chosun Daily. Images via: JYP Entertainment, Starship Entertainment.)