Welcome to the first SB Week in Review of 2026! Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:

Headlines

On December 29, Ador announced that Hanni decided to continue with the agency and NewJeans, while Danielle‘s contract with the agency had been terminated and discussions with Minji were ongoing. The following day, Ador filed a lawsuit against Danielle, a family member, and Min Hee-jin for 43.1 billion won ($30 million).
- Though specific violations will be revealed in court, the agency said in a statement to local media it determined it could not continue with Danielle after the singer allegedly signed contracts without the agency, among other infractions. It was pursuing the family member and Min for their alleged roles in the members’ attempts to terminate their contracts and their delay in returning to the agency following the court ruling the exclusive contract valid.
Winner‘s Mino was indicted on December 31 for failure to fulfill his mandatory military duties as a public service worker.

Debuts & Comebacks

Check out our playlist of the week’s releases here!
Say My Name wanted “Attent!on” in their latest MV.
Heize reassured her love in the MV for “Even If.”
CNBlue dropped the pre-release “Still, a Flower.”
- 3logy and the MV for “Killer Joy” will be out on January 7.

APink will return January 5 with the whimsical “Love Me More.”
Joohoney will sample Muhammed Ali for his fighting anthem “Sting,” out on January 5.
Chuu‘s first album XO, My Cyberlove will be out January 7.
Latency will debut on January 8 with “It Was Love.”
Waker will drop the funky “Like That” on the same day.
DK X Seungkwan will Serenade fans on January 12.
Alpha Drive One will officially debut with Euphoria on the same day.
Lngshot will follow with their debut mini Shot Callers on January 13.
N.Ssign will take the stage for Funky Like Me on the same day.
SF9‘s Inseong will release his first solo effort Crossfade on January 14.
Enhypen dropped another batch of teasers for The Sin: Vanish, making the concept of their January 16 comeback all the more confusing.
Exo will be ready to fight for Reverxe, out on January 17.
Young Posse announced a January 27 return.
KiiiKiii dropped teasers for January comeback, though an official date was not given.
T.O.P. also announced his long awaited return to music, with an official release date not yet revealed.
Zerobaseone will drop the special album We-Flow on February 2.
BTS will be back March 20, followed by an extensive world tour.
Mamamoo also plan to reunite in June and tour 26 cities.
Wanna One have started dropping hints of a reunion.

The intruder who attempted to assault Nana and her mother in November has counter-sued for the injuries he sustained as she fought him off. The police had already ruled in December that the injuries inflicted by Nana were made in self defense, and her agency Sublime announced it would continue to pursue legal action.
Oneus has parted ways with RBW and plan to continue activities as a group under a new agency.

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