Week in Review, 5/11 to 5/17

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

HEADLINES

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DEBUTS & COMEBACKS

* Aespa aespa K-POP GROUP aespa is a four–member girl group under SM Entertainment, famous for their metaverse concept, powerful performances, and hits like “Black Mamba,” “Next Level,” and “Savage.” teamed up with G-Dragon for the pre-release “Whole Different Animal (WDA).”
* Lemonade will drop May 29.
* VVS pulled off a heist in the MV for “Dash.”
* NMixx listened to the waves in “Heavy Serenade.”
* Park Jinyoung turned into an office worker for “Everlove.”
* Taeyong dropped a performance video for the pre-release “Storm.”
* His mini Wyld will be out May 18.
* Zerobaseone ZEROBASEONE K-POP GROUP ZEROBASEONE (ZB1) is a 9-member K-pop boy group formed through Boys Planet. Debuted on 2023-07-10 under WAKEONE. channeled early 2000s r&b for “Top 5.”

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TEASERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

* Izty brought back disco in the MV teaser for “Motto,” out May 18.
* The teaser for Taeyang‘s “Live Fast Die Slow” promised a new musical direction for the soloist. The MV will be out May 18.
* Xikers are going to be “Okay” on May 19.
* I.O.I had headshots taken in the latest teaser for their May 19 reunion, “Suddenly.”
* TWS will drop the MV for B-Side “All the Possibilities” on May 19.
* Sanha shared the third mood sampler for his May 20 solo album “No Reason.”
* Shownu X Hyungwon also shared the mood sampler for their unit mini album Love Me.
* Le Sserafim LE SSERAFIM K-POP GROUP LE SSERAFIM is a five-member girl group known for confident, performance-driven concepts and strong stage presence. ‘s “Boompala” spoiler revealed yet another musical direction for the group. Pureflow Part 1 will be out May 22.
* And2ble will debut May 26 with Sequence 01: Curiosity.
* Xlov will be back with I,God on May 27.
* Also on the 27th, Idid will drop the single album Fly!
* Izna will return with Set the Tempo on June 8.
* Fifty Fifty announced a June 1 return.

OTHER NEWS

* APink Apink K-POP GROUP Apink is a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2011. They are known for bright, melodic pop, strong vocals, and long-running popularity across multiple generations of K-pop. ‘s Bomi and producer Rado got married.

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