Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
- Yena brought a J-pop style sound to “Nemonemo.”
- Vanner returned with “Automatic.”
- Whib gave listeners a ““Rush of Joy.”
- TIOT came back with “The Long Season.”
- BtoB’s Lee Changsub released a story-driven MV for his single “33.”
- NCT’s Yuta rocked out with “Off the Mask.”.
- Kiss of Life dropped “R.E.M” ahead of their October 15 release of Lose Yourself.
- The Rose’s Woosung infused EDM into “44 (Forget Forever).”
- Asc2nt combined rock and hip hop in “Sweet Devil.”
Teasers & Announcements
- The Wind teased the MV for “Hello My First Love,” out on October 7.
- Jay Park put out a highlight medley for his October 8th album The One You Wanted.
- Ab6ix will come back with Born Like This on October 10.
- Jennie will drop digital single “Mantra” on October 11.
- Seventeen revealed the track list for Spill the Feels, out on October 14.
- Xdinary Heroes will return with Live and Fall on October 15.
- Itzy built anticipation for their October 15 album Gold with a creative album trailer.
- One Pact will release their second min-album [Fallin’] on October 18.
- Billlie will make their long-awaited return on October 16 with Appendix: Of All We Have Lost.
- Aespa will give us Whiplash on October 21.
- Illit released a series of concept films for I’ll Like You, also out on October 21.
- Purple Kiss’ next mini-album Headway will drop on October 22.
- A new TripleS unit, Visionary Vision, will come out with Hit the Floor on October 23.
- The Boyz teased the album cover for their October 28th comeback Trigger.
- Moon Jongup will come back with Peter on October 31.
- TXT will begin a new era with The Star Chapter: Sanctuary on November 4.
- Rosé announced a full solo album Rosie, slated for a December 6 release.
Other News
- Kep1er has signed with Klap Entertainment.
- Monsta X’s Minhyuk has been discharged from the military.
- Loco has left AOMG following the end of his contract.
- BPM Entertainment responded to Baek Yerin’s accusations that Ha Sungwoon’s Love Next Door OST “What Are We” plagiarized her song “0310.” BPM stated that Ha Sungwoon was only involved as a vocalist. Baek’s company People Like People confirmed that the issue only concerns the composer.
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