Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week: Headlines On Hybe and Ador‘s ongoing proceedings:Following Hybe’s statement, Ador has retaliated with a statement of their own. In it, they claim that Hybe’s claim of Ador wanting a management takeover is baseless, that Hybe...

While the landscape of Korean entertainment can be vast and wondrous, it’s often the little things that make us fall in love, inspire awe, evoke secondhand embarrassment, or sometimes… break our hearts. Big Ocean, Day6, Jinjin, N.Flying, and Onewe Usher in the Changing Seasons — Victoria I feel like every year when the weather...

Welcome back to another instalment of For Your Viewing Pleasure, where we take time out of the week to curate a set of photos from the K-pop landscape. Yes, spring is all about sunshine, bright colors, and beautiful flowers–but that is no barrier to putting a little edge to fashion. Oh My Girl‘s YooA sports a daring black dress against a stunning...

Has it really been two years already? In that time, Onewe’s eldest members Kanghyun and Yonghoon completed their mandatory military service. The band’s youngest, CyA, also changed his stage name to his given name — Giuk. Under his new name, Giuk kicked off his solo career with two mini albums (Psycho Xybernetics: Turn Over and Rise Waves) that...

It’d be wrong to say that Zico hasn’t been busy for the past couple of years: He completed military service in the spring of 2022 and since been hard at work as CEO of KOZ Entertainment, launching the successful new group BoyNextDoor. Still, it has been nearly two years since his last solo release, EP Grown Ass Kid. His HYBE bosses (KOZ became...

While G(i)-dle has often been associated with Soyeon’s firebrand songwriting, it’s not much of a secret that Minnie and Yuqi’s softer, more introspective songwriting has given the group’s discography much of its emotional depth. Thus, Yuqi’s first full EP, Yuq1, would be a chance for her songwriting, as well as her vocals, to fully shine. Alas,...