Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Debuts & Comebacks
- Key returned with a horror concept for “Hunter.” Check out our Bite Review!
- Somi interpolated Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls” in her latest dance track “Closer.” Don’t miss our MV review!
- Ampers&One said “That’s That” with their latest hip-hop track.
- NCT Wish dropped “Surf,” a classic summer single.
- Yuju made her first solo comeback in two years with “Reply.”
- AtHeart debuted with “Plot Twist.”
- ZooniZini, an Astro subunit with MJ and Jinjin, released “Some Things Never Change.”
- Young Posse added jazz to their signature hip hop sound with “Freestyle.”

Teasers & Announcements
- Cortis, the new BigHit boy group, will drop lead single “What You Want” on August 18 ahead of the September 8 release of their debut EP Color Outside the Lines.
- Red Velvet‘s Joy continued to tease “Love Splash!” from her EP From Joy, With Love, also out on August 18.
- Secret Number will return with new members with “Don’t Touch” on August 19.
- Kep1er brought the attitude in teasers for “Bubble Gum”, also out on August 19.
- Moonbyul released spoilers for her album Laundri, out on August 20.
- Stray Kids previewed “Ceremony” and B-side “Creed” from their August 22 album Karma.
- Ab6ix will come back with Upside Down on August 25.
- Soojin will show her “Batitude” on August 27.
- Purple Kiss announced an August 31 release date for their English album Our Now, one of their last drops before they disband in November.
- Monsta X teased “Do What I Want” from their September 1 album The X.
- Treasure will also return with Love Pulse on September 1.
- Day6 announced their 10th anniversary album The Decade, out on September 5.
- CIX will return with Go Chapter 1: Go Together on September 8.
Other News
- G-Dragon and former YG CEO Yang Hyun-suk are under investigation for alleged copyright infringement for reproducing the song “G-Dragon” without the songwriter’s permission.
(YouTube. The Korea Herald. Images via BigHit Music, SM Entertainment).
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