1. Got7 swore not by the moon this week with their new album!
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Ahgase, rejoice! Got7's eleventh mini-album, DYE, was released on April 20 and its title track, "Not By The Moon," is flawless! ๐
The song's music video, which features the members performing in a circus tent and traveling through a vast desert, will leave you spellbound with its dramatic, powerful, and aesthetically pleasing concept and stellar choreography. You'll definitely find yourself rewatching it over and over to find any extra clues tucked within!
This week also saw the release of Mamamoo Solar's "Spit It Out," Kang Daniel and Zico's "Refresh," Stray Kids' special performance of "Voices," and April's "LALALILALA," so be sure to check those out too!
2. The fourth and final online screening of "Fly with Aerocene Pacha," curated by CONNECT, BTS, will be livestreamed on April 25.
3. Blackpink will collab with Lady Gaga on her upcoming album.
#Chromatica โ๏ธ๐ #LG6
After rumors of a collaboration between the two artists surfaced in March, Lady Gaga confirmed that Blackpink will feature on the track "Sour Candy" this week by sharing the track list for her upcoming album Chromatica. Although the album has no official release date, I'm seriously excited and, honestly, not sure the world is prepared for such a powerful collaboration. ๐ฆโจ
This week also saw the release of Jennie's collaboration with South Korean eyeglass brand Gentle Monster (adorably titled Jentle Home!) and Lisa's incredible dance cover of "Mushroom Chocolate" by Quin and 6lack, which is a must-see if you haven't already!
4. SuperM, NCT Dream, NCT 127, and WayV announced performances on digital concert platform Beyond Live.
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Announced last week, Beyond Live is SM Entertainment and Naver's joint digital concert platform. This week, they announced the first set of four concerts that will be held on the platform.
Beginning this weekend, the concerts will be held every Sunday at 3 p.m. KST (2 a.m. EST on Saturday). SuperM will perform on April 26, followed by WayV on May 3, NCT Dream on May 10, and NCT 127 on May 17.
It will cost fans roughly $27 for each concert, which will stream on V Live+ and will be available on demand after the event so you can rewatch all your favorite parts! Fans can purchase light sticks for the event to cheer on their favorite group too.
If you need me, I'll be jumping, popping, and jopping my way through this weekend! ๐ซ
5. Seventeen will livestream their variety program Going Seventeen this weekend!
๋๋๋, ์บ๋ฟ๋ค ์ฃผ๋ชฉ๐ก ์๋ฅ์ '์ฐ' ๋ชฐ์ ํ ์ธ๋ธํด๊ณผ ํจ๊ป ๋ฐฉ๊ตฌ์ ๋๋ค์ดํ ์บ๋ฟ ๊ตฌํจ๐ โ ๋์ ์ผ #๊ณ ์์ธ๋ธํด ๋ชจ์ ๋ชจ์ ์ ํ๋ธ์์ 12์๊ฐ ๋์ ๊ฑฐ์นจ์์ด ๋ฌ๋ฆฝ๋๋ค๐ฅ ์ด๊ฒ ๋ฐ๋ก ์ธ๋ธํด ์๋ฅ ํด๋ผ์ฐ 'GOING SEVENTEEN Streaming'๐ โ โฐ2020.04.26 12PM~ (KST) โ #์ธ๋ธํด #SEVENTEEN #GOING_SVT
Kicking off at 12 p.m. KST on April 26 (11 p.m. EST on April 25), the 12-hour livestream will be held on Seventeen's YouTube channel and feature episodes of the group's ongoing variety program, Going Seventeen.
With Bang Bang Con last weekend and SuperM Live this weekend, it's been so fascinating to see how K-Pop groups choose to keep in touch with their fanbase during this time. I'm so excited to catch up on all things Seventeen tomorrow! โจ
6. TXT released a cover of Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next."
On April 24, the group released an acoustic version of the iconic Ariana Grande song on their Soundcloud, and it's so good! Last week, member Yeonjun also shared a cover of August Alsina's "Song Cry," which is a must-listen if you haven't heard it yet!
According to Soompi, Tomorrow X Together also confirmed this week that they are preparing for their next comeback and anticipate releasing new music in May. Time to get excited, MOA!
7. GWSN, EXO's Baekhyun, Up10tion's Kim Wooseok, and Red Velvet's first sub-unit all announced new music!
[#๊ณต์์๋ ] THE 4TH EP PHOTOGRAPHS in black and white #BAZOOKA!๐ฃ RELEASE :: 2020.04.28 18:00 KST #GWSN #ๅ ฌๅๅฐๅฅณ #ๅ ฌๅญๅฐๅฅณ #GirlsinthePark #theKeys_gwsn #๊ณต์์๋ _BAZOOKA!๐ฃ #๊ณต์์๋ _๋ฐ์ฃผ์นด!๐ฃ #๋ฐ์ฃผ์นด_๊ณต์์๋ _์ปด๋ฐฑ
โข GWSN announced their fourth mini-album, The Keys, will be released on April 28! The group has already shared the album's track list and a few gorgeous photo sets to get fans excited too!
โข Up10tion's Kim Wooseok will make his solo debut on May 25! On April 23, Wooseok also revealed his solo fanclub name earlier this week: Nia! According to Soompi, the name is derived from "begonia," which is described as "a flower that gives love."
โข EXO's Baekhyun has confirmed he will release a new solo album! His company, SM Entertainment, confirmed that his album will be released in "late May" according to Soompi.
โข Red Velvet's Seulgi and Irene will debut in the group's first sub-unit! According to a statement by SM Entertainment, translated by Soompi, the duo are currently preparing for their upcoming unit album, but a release date has not been finalized.
That's it for this week! Have a lovely weekend and make sure to catch up on what you missed last week here!
