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

Headlines

Cha In-ha passed away on December 3. The team at Seoulbeats offers their sincerest condolences.
There have been further allegations about the manipulation on the Produce 101 series.
- The lineups of X1 and Iz*one were reportedly decided before the final voting even occurred.
- The same is being said for one member of Wanna One, who has been kept unnamed.
After being sentenced to five and six years of jail respectively, Choi Jong-hoon and Jung Joon-young have appealed their sentences. Therefore, a second round of trials will take place.
On September 25, Minzy filed for an injunction against The Music Works, her current agency, to suspend her exclusive contract along with a claim for 50 million won. On Dec 4, it was reported that the court has denied her request.

Debuts & Comebacks

Lee Junyoung (U-Kiss’ Jun) was “Curious About U” in his solo debut.
CL made her comeback with two music videos: +REWIND170205+ and +DONE161201+.
Monsta X dropped “Middle Of The Night” ahead of their English album release in 2020.
BTS’ Suga and Halsey joined hands for a “SUGA’s Interlude“, a track off Halsey’s upcoming album.
Vixx‘s Ravi, Chillin Homie, Xydo and Cold Bay collaborated for “Asura“.
The members of JBJ95 sang that there’s “Only One” who could make them smile in their latest music video.
Park Jihoon showed off all his angles in “360“.
Produce 101‘s Baekjin and Yuri debuted as with “Element” as JxR.

IU will be collaborating with Sung Si-kyung for her upcoming winter single, Because It’s The First Winter, which is out on Dec 9.
Stray Kids will be making a comeback with Cle: Levantar on Dec 9.
Park Bom‘s “First Snow” drops on Dec 10, and it features Sandara Park.
BoA returns with her second mini-album, Starry Night, on Dec 11.
Kim Jaehwan will release his second mini-album, Moment, on Dec 12.
As part of SMTown’s 2019 Winter Project, NCT U will release the second song, out of a total four, on Dec 13. The track is titled “This Is Your Day”.
Vixx’s Hyuk will grace fans with his first solo mini-album, Title Song, on Dec 18.

The 2019 MNet Asian Music Awards took place on Dec 4:
- All four daesangs were swept up by BTS.
- Twice took home the title of Favourite Female Artist, as did Chungha with Best Female Artist.
- Mamamoo went home with “Favourite Vocal Performance”, Got7 with “Favourite Dance Performance”, and Monsta X with “World Performer”.

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