Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
- The Seoul Court granted Min Hee-jin‘s injunction, preventing Hybe from voting to remove her from the Ador board in a May 31 extraordinary shareholders meeting. However, Hybe was able to exercise its shareholder rights to remove two other Ador executives and add three new Hybe executives.
- Min held a press conference on May 31 and promised to do the best for Ador and NewJeans, thus helping Hybe in the big picture.
Debuts & Comebacks
- Aespa came back with a futuristic bang for “Armageddon.” Check out our MV review, and keep an eye out for our album review!
- RM took to the street to set things straight in the b-side MV for “Groin.”
- Chen returned with the… ballad, “Empty.”
- Yves brought dance club sounds and horror movie aesthetics to a parking garage with “Loop,” featuring Lil Cherry.
- Ateez definitely put in “Work” for their recent comeback. Our writer dug into the MV here!
- Artms combined TikTok trends and true editing chaos in “Virtual Angel.”
- Suho continued his funky solo journey with “1 to 3.”
Teasers & Announcements
- Akmu return with Love Episode and “Hero” on June 3.
- Xdinary Heroes are back with “Boy Comics” on the same day.
- Rounding out the June 3 returns is Kep1er with their first full album, Kep1going On and the MV for “Shooting Star.”
- Following this album, Kep1er will continue as a seven member group with Mashiro and Yeseo not extending their contracts.
- Everglow make a long-awaited return with the single album and MV for “Zombie” on June 10.
- Cignature return with Sweetie but Saltie on the same day.
- Trendz drop their Dreamlike single album on June 12.
- Sunmi‘s new single “Balloon in Love” is out on June 13.
- Bol4 also releases a the new single “Lips” on the thirteenth with a mysterious featuring artist.
- Nayeon‘s second mini album Na is out on June 14.
- Jeonghan and Wonwoo (Seventeen) team up for This Man on June 17.
- Riize‘s first album Riising and the MV for “Boom Boom Bass” finally drop on June 17.
Other News
- T.O.P. is no longer going to the moon with the billionaire-funded expedition dearMoon, and he took to Instagram to express his disappointment.
- Hani announced her upcoming marriage. Congratulations!
(YouTube: [1], Naver, Korea Herald: [1] [2] [3]. Images via: SM Entertainment, Yuehua Entertainment.)
