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JUNE 1 - JUNE 7


Hello, once again Hallyuplussers and welcome to another week of ICYMI where we give you a wrap-up of everything Asian Entertainment!




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BY POLARIS_TAE & NARA


MONDAY:
#1-We open the week with some happy news once again! Former T-ara member, Areum, has given birth to a baby boy. We wish her and her new family the best during this happy time!

#2- It has been reported that Mamamoo's
Hwasa will be making her solo comeback later this month. Nature has announced that Loha will not be participating in their upcoming comeback due to health reasons. Meanwhile, YG Entertainment has released a statement on the status of BLACKPINK solo releases, stating that the remaining solo singles will be all released as songs in an album format rather than released as solo singles.

#3- M-net has announced their third line-up for
KCON:TACT. Did any of your favourites make the list? 22/7's Amaki Sally will be hosting the Aniplex online festival on between July 4th - 5th. Also, ASTRO has announced that they will be holding an online concert on the 28th of June. Are you as excited as we are?

#4- AKB48 have announced that they will be
reopening their home theatre in Akihabara this month, however, performances will take place without an audience. The OUC48 project is set to continue as both fans and AKB48 members continue to spend time at home. Meanwhile, Mayu Watanabe. formerly of AKB48, and one of it's most popular centres, has announced that she will be retiring from the entertainment industry due to health reasons. We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavours!



TUESDAY:
#1- Z-Girls have announced that their Taiwanese member, Joanne, will be leaving the group for health reason. We wish her the best in all of her future endeavours. Meanwhile, it has been revealed that BLACKPINK member Lisa's former manager has swindled over 1 billion won from her since debut. As a result of this, YG Entertainment has stated that the manager is no longer under their employment and that they are working on a payment plan to recover all of the idol's lost funds.

#2-
Chungha will be gracing us with a promotional single on the 9th of June titled, "Be Yourself". We hope it's just as great as her last release!

#3- According to several reports, SM Entertainment is rumoured to be debuting their
newest girl group as early as July. Are you excited yet?

#4- TWICE's
Dahyun surprised everyone watching JTBC 'News Morning &' on Tuesday when she appeared as a special one-day weathercaster! IZ*ONE's Minju has been announced as the newest MC for MBC Show! Music Core! Finally, Kim Jaehwan will be the first guest on Sky Tv's variety show, "We Play 2"!



WEDNESDAY:
#1- EXO's Chanyeol will be featuring on Lee Sun-hee's upcoming title track for her 16th full album as the first idol to ever collaborate with the legendary singer. Also, Arashi has announced that they will be postponing the release of their new single, "Party Makers", following the continuing protests within America as a result of the death of George Floyd.

#2-
Oh My Girl has announced that they will be holding an online fan meeting on the 5th of June! Are you excited to see them?

#3- M-net & M2 will be releasing
Stray Kids' newest reality show, "Found Stray Kids: Latest Edition" on the 24th of June at 7 pm KST!

#4- Samsung wants you to have
a little piece of BTS in your pocket and will reportedly be releasing the Galaxy S20 BTS edition on the 9th of July! Will you be ordering a pocket-sized version of BTS?



THURSDAY:
#1- Endorsement news was announced! THE BOYZ have been re-selected as an advertising model for derma-cosmetic brand 'LAPOTHICELL' for their second consecutive year! Rain has been selected as an ad model for Nongshim's Shrimp Cracker (Saewoo Gang)! Last week, he was joking on MBC 'How Do You Play?' saying he might get love calls from cracker brands due to 'GANG'. Lo and behold, it has indeed led him to being selected as a model! Congrats to both!

#2- NATURE & TOO were selected as
ambassadors for Pyeongchang County! We look forward to their work promoting the county as ambassadors!

#3- More comeback news was announced!
SHINee Taemin will reportedly make his solo comeback in July! Park Bom will make her comeback in the fall as she is currently working on her new album! Yoo Jaesuk, Lee Hyori, and Rain will debut as a co-ed group in the summer and their group name is SSAK3! Enjoy or look forward to comebacks this month with Cho Seungyoun (WOODZ) who will reportedly make his solo comeback on June 29, and SNH48 who released their 27th EP on June 5th! Unfortunately, AB6IX's comeback that was previously announced will be delayed to June 29th as member Lim Youngmin was caught drunk driving on May 31st and his driver's license has been revoked. On a related note, Lim Youngmin has been edited out of Mnet's 'Good Girl' in its upcoming broadcasts.

#4-Ranking from Nikkei Entertainment 2020 Talent Survey was announced, and Perfume and Momoclo top the ranking! Congrats to everyone on the list!

#5- The 8th Girl's Idol Face Only Ranking 2020 by "Recomen!" Radio has been announced! Just like last year, Shiraishi Mai still on top rank with 4453 votes.

#6- Produce 48's Go Yujin announced on her Instagram that she has given up on debuting as an idol, and has left her agency (8D Creative). We hope the decision pays off and wish her success!




FRIDAY:
#1-Great news for Jpop fans! Man with A Mission shared the tracklist for the 3rd album of their 10th-anniversary projects, 'MAN WITH A BEST MISSION' which will release on July 15! Ex-NGT48 Hasegawa Rena announced that she'll release her 1st Photobook!

#2-Anticipate more online concerts coming soon! Pepsi will hold their "2020 Pepsi Online Showcase for the Love of Korea' on June 27, and the lineup includes stars such as Seventeen, Nu'est, Gfriend, Kang Daniel, and Everglow! (G)I-dle announced that their world tour has been cancelled as a result of the ongoing pandemic but fear not Neverland, as they also announced that they will hold '2020 (G)I-DLE ONLINE CONCERT ‘I-LAND : WHO AM I' on July 15!

#3-Former AOA Mina reveals that both
her grandmother and her dog passed away recently. We hope that she will be able to recover from this in time. Meanwhile, you can send her a message of consolation on her Instagram page.

#4-Mnet announced that they will release the final song for remaining boy groups in
'Road to Kingdom' on June 12! We look forward to this highly anticipated release!

#5-Park Jihoon and rookie actress Lee Ruby will be the leads for
webtoon-based web drama "Love Revolution", and filming will start in mid-June.



SATURDAY:
#1-Tomu Muto of AKB48 will be regular weather forecaster on Abema TV every Friday starting from June 5th! Congratulations to her!

#2-Kenshi Yonezu has announced that he will be releasing a new album titled
“STRAY SHEEP” on August 5th. This will be his first release since 2017’s smash hit “BOOTLEG”, and his 1st release of new material in nearly a year. We hope you're all anticipating his return!

#3-Nineone will show up for the
T-mall 6/18 Super Gala as a soloist! She will join 127 Girls, Rocket Girls 101 as well as other celebrities attending this event!



SUNDAY:
#1- A number of artists declared their support for the Black Lives Matter movement currently underway in the US. BTS donated a whopping $1 million USD to help support Black Lives Matter. Also, earlier in the week, GOT7's Mark pledged $7000 USD to the George Floyd Memorial fund. We thank them for their generosity.

#2-
Nanako Nagasawa, formerly of Keyakizaka46 has announced that she will be getting married in August. We wish her the best!



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BY MELTROSZ & POLARIS_TAE


#1- TWICE - MORE & MORE
Twice had one of the longer breaks in their career between "Feel Special" and their latest release, "More & More" that spanned 9 months. We knew the magic was in the making, but they surpassed all the expectations once again. "More & More" features Twice's more mature image mashed with refreshingly cute vocals and aesthetical paradise that was the music video. What else can a person ask for? Twice delivered it all!






#2- VICTON - MAYDAY
Victon is a group that has never failed to deliver great music, and "Mayday" is no exception. It is slow, yet intense, and is the perfect embodiment of Victon's sexy yet deep emotion. It is a future sound-based alternative R&B dance song that embeds the feelings of wanting to be saved from falling into a dangerous love, but also the hesitation of breaking free from it. The chorus is a bit simple but very addicting. Combined with their sexy and powerful choreography, it is definitely something that will get stuck in your head. If you still haven't started listening to Victon, then this is the perfect song to start with!






#3- TXT - PUMA
TXT have decided to experiment with their sound in their latest release with "Puma", a trap-infused song that talks about facing your challenges head-on! Instead of TXT's signature sound, "Puma" is a more experimental hip-hop based song that talks about the groups' feelings of being conflicted between balancing and living their life both as an idol and a regular teenager, which combined with the song's heavy trap beat send a powerful message that many people can relate to.






#4- LAY - LIT
EXO's Lay released a stunning solo release that combines Eastern-influenced traditional music with a modern trap based instrumental. The singer declares himself the king of the music kingdom bringing China to a global stage and asks why his haters care so much about him when he will surely rise above them anyway, and with a cinematic music video to go with it, what's not to love about "Lit"?






#5- YOOK SUNGJAE - LOVE RESEMBLES MEMORIES
Although he is currently in the military, BtoB's beloved maknae left us a wonderful gift in the form of an OST for the drama "Mystic Pop-up Bar", where he is also the main lead. "Love Resembles Memories" highlights Sungjae's sonorous voice full of emotions, which brings out the best in the ballad. We also get a preview of Sungjae's beautiful acting in the drama through the music video, although it may contain spoilers so watch at your own risk. We will definitely miss him and we wish him luck in his service!






#6- BANG YEDAM - WAYO
Prior to TREASURE's debut, one of its members, Bang Yedam, released his first solo song, "Wayo" ― which means "why" in Korean. It is a very emotional ballad that perfectly shows a person's state after a breakup. The singer is full of questions and doubts like the meaning of love, how to go on without their loved one, if their loved one is doing better after the breakup, if they will be able to endure without their loved one, and many more that we can definitely relate to. It is a very beautiful song, and Bang Yedam was able to carry it very well for his debut and had great acting in the music video. We are now even more excited about TREASURE's debut and we look forward to more songs from Bang Yedam!






#7- XIN LIU FT. DANCER KING OF SWAG - BEATHOLIC
Liu Xin, the newly declared centre of the Youth With You final group THE9 has released a solo single following her placement in the final group. "Beatholic", featuring Dancer King of Swag establishes her as the nations newest centre while also showcasing her abilities as an all-rounder that will leave us wanting more. We can't wait to see what she displays both solo and as the centre of THE9!






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BY NARA


#1- Twice are doing very well with their latest comeback! The eponymous title track, 'More & More', debuted #3 on Melon and #1 on Bugs! It's now the song with the highest ULs (701.929) this year for an idol group. Furthermore, its M/V has gained over19 million views on Youtube in the first 24 hours! As for album sales, the first day of sales for 'More & More' was whooping 274K and in just 4 days after its release, and has since reached 300K sales in Hanteo! 'More & More' is now their album with highest first-week sales! In addition to this comeback, Twice has reached the milestone with their previous title track as well, as 'Feel Special' reached 100 million streams on Spotify!

#2- More Youtube view records were broken this week! BTS music video for 'DNA' has surpassed 1 billion views on Youtube and Blackpink's MV for 'Kill This Love' has surpassed 850 million views! 'DNA' is the first Korean boy group MV to reach this huge milestone view! For recent releases, GOT7's 'Not By The Moon' has surpassed 40 million views, and NCT 127's 'Kick It' surpassed 50 million views!

#3- Chen Linong's first album 'Out of Place' has exceeded 10 million Yuan in digital sales within 6 days 48 minutes of its release! Congrats King!

#4- NCT Dream's 'Reload' becomes the first NCT album to surpass 500K sales in Hanteo! Congrats for breaking personal sale records!

#5- Gaon Chart for Week 22 (5/25-5/30) was released. Congrats to Jeon Mi Do's 'I Knew I love', EXO Baekhyun's 'Candy', IU (feat. Suga of BTS) 'Eight' and EXO Baekhyun's 'Delight' for reaching #1 respectively in digital, download, streaming, and album charts!

#6-Billboard Japan released its
mid-year report of the top 10 singles of 2020 so far. Topping the list at first place is AKB48's 57th single "Shitsuren Arigato" which sold 1,423,467 copies, followed by Nogizaka46 at 2nd place with their recently released 25th single " Shiawase No Hogoshoku" which sold 1,156,295 copies. Congrats to all who made the list!

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BY POLARIS_TAE


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Here are all the awards that were added to the system this week! You can request them here (don't forget to follow the instructions in the OP)!

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The May Orb Giveaway was hosted on Monday with results expected to come out any moment. Did you enter this month's raffle?



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Shop+ fans, as always our team was busy adding great new items for you to display alongside your amazing sets. Be sure to go and purchase them!

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There were two articles published this week!

Polaris_Tae gave us their thoughts on Priest's web-novel Sha Po Lang, and later in the week explored the space odyssey that was WayV's "Take Over The Moon"



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There was a total of 9 translations this week!

Lurkette worked hard this week to bring us translations for the two-part article "The Moment The Warring Idols Period Began part 1 & part 2" along with lyrics to Ryokuoushoku Shakai "Shout Baby", Takeuchi Mariya's "Plastic Love", NMB48's "NMB48", 22/7's "Look of Desire" & Elephant Kashimashi's "Dream-Chasing Travellers"
Vanilla Sunflower brought us translations for Jacky Cheung's "Willingness" & Rocket Girls 101's "Shh! I Am Telling You"


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This brings us to the end of another ICYMI we hope to see you again at the same time next week!




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