Week in Review, 7/1 to 7/7

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

Headlines

• Woollim Entertainment announced it has taken the first steps in pursuing criminal charges against those who have harassed, defamed, and spread manipulated pornographic images of Kwon Eunbi.
• Jin will be a torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Debuts & Comebacks

• Babymonster showed off luxury in the single “Forever.”
• StayC made a much awaited return with a penchant for destruction in “Cheeky Icy Thang.”
• Kiss of Life released their memorably choreographed summer single “Sticky.”
• All (H)ours returned with “Shock.”
• Lee Chaeyeon was over it in “Don’t.”

Teasers & Announcements

• (G) I-dle were summery and fun in the MV teaser for “Klaxon,” out on July 8.
• Taeyeon was cheeky and sinister in the MV teaser for “Heaven,” which will also be released on the 8th.
• Things got hazy in the teaser for Xdinary Heroes‘ July 8 release “Love and Fear.”
• Weeekly took a scaled-down approach in the MV teaser for “Lights On.” The new mini Bliss will drop on July 9.
• NTX shared the highlight medley for their July 9 mini, Hold X.
• Dreamcatcher also released the highlight medley for VictoriouS, out on July 10.
• FT Island will be back with their 7th album Serious and it’s title track on July 10.
• Enhypen shared a casual preview for their July 12 album, Romance: Untold.
• Apex announced their first single album The Giant, out on July 14.
• NCT dropped group teasers for their July 15 album, Walk.
• Lee Seunghoon (Winner) revealed the track list for his first solo mini, My Type, set for release on July 14.
• Waker put out a short visual film ahead of their July 16 return with Sweet Tape.
• DKB took a unique route and shared practice room footage to tease their 8th mini album that will be out July 17.
• Ha Sungwoon shared a second concept film for Blessed, also to be released on the 17th.
• n.SSign‘s repackage Tiger will drop July 18.
• Stray Kids started their track reveals ahead of the July 19 release of Ate.
• Jimin dropped more throwback-style teaser photos for Muse, out on July 19.
• Kara will reunite for “I do I do” on July 24.

Other News

• Brandnew Music announced that Hyunseung will be leaving Younite following a month hiatus.
• Zion.T has left TheBlackLabel and will continue with his own agency Standard Friends.

(YouTube, Naver: [1] [2], BRANDNEW Music. Images via: SM Entertainment, IST Entertaiment.)