Week in Review, 2/24 to 3/2

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

Headlines

  • Aespa took home the Song of the Year prize for “Supernova” at the Korean Music Awards. Bibi and G-Dragon also won awards.
  • Seoul police investigated a woman for sexual harassment after she kissed BTSJin without his consent at a fan event last June.

Debuts & Comebacks

Teasers & Announcements

  • Baekhyun will collaborate with Umi on digital single “Do What You Do,” out on March 3.
  • BtoB spoiled a portion of their title track “Love Today” from their March 5th album BToday.
  • Jennie released a sampler of her album Ruby, out on March 7
  • J-Hope performed his forthcoming single “Sweet Dreams” (feat. Miguel) at a series of concerts, ahead of a March 7 release.
  • Itzy’s Yeji will make her solo debut with Air on March 10.
  • Seulgi adopted a villain concept for her sophomore EP Accidentally on Purpose, also out on March 10.
  • Hoshi x Woozi will debut as a subunit with Beam on March 10.
  • Le Sserafim dropped a series of concept films for their March 14 album Hot, some of which relate to different album versions.
  • Seo In-guk and Jeong Eun-ji, stars of Reply 1997, will release a single “Couple” on March 16.
  • NMixx will round out a trilogy of albums with Fe304: Forward, out on March 17.
  • The Boyz will return with Unexpected, their first album with One Hundred, on March 17.
  • StayC hinted at a more mature concept for their March 18 single “S.”
  • Ailee will come back with (Me)moir, scheduled for a March 20 release.
  • NewBeat, from Beat Interactive, will debut on March 24 with a full album, Raw and Rad.

Other News

  • Weeekly have terminated their contract with IST Entertainment.
  • Former Fifty Fifty members Aran, Saena, and Sio have requested for The Givers CEO Ahn Sung-il to produce their new group Ablume. Fifty FIfty’s company Attrakt had accused Ahn of trying to poach the group.

(YouTube. Korean Music Awards. The Korea Herald. Korea JoongAng Daily. Maeil Business Newspaper. Images via: SM Entertainment, Pledis Entertainment, IST Entertainment).


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