SEVENTEEN

SEVENTEEN (세븐틴) is a 13-member boy group under Pledis Entertainment. They officially debuted on May 26, 2015 with the mini album 17 Carat.

The group is made up of three units: hip-hop, vocal, and performance. They are known as a self-producing idol group as they are involved in composition and production of their own discography and choreography.

Pre-debut
In December 2012, it was announced that a seventeen member boy group will soon debut under the name SEVENTEEN with the average age of 17. The TV show, Seventeen TV will show the members of the group going through their training and debut preparations as well as their everyday lives. The show started broadcasting in January 2013 and ended in August 2014 with five seasons. SEVENTEEN also appeared in the reality TV show Seventeen Project: Big Debut Plan, broadcast on MBC between May 2–26, 2015, where the members had completed missions while being split into a hip-hop unit, a vocal unit, and a performance unit.

2015: Debut with 17 Carat, Boys Be and "Q&A"
On May 26, the group made their debut with a live showcase televised by broadcasting network MBC. They had a one-hour live showcase, with their label mates, After School's Raina and Lizzy, as MC, on a major broadcasting network, the first for any K-pop group. Three days later, the group released their debut mini album 17 Carat with the title song "Adore U", which was described as a funky pop song about a teenage boy trying to navigate through puppy love. The song marks the beginning of the group's trilogy and represents a boy meeting a girl. Members Woozi helped to write and produce all of the tracks on the mini album, while Hoshi created the choreography for the pre-release “Shining Diamond” and the title track “Adore U". The song was critically acclaimed charting high with various reviews noting as a group to watch in 2015.On August 31, the group revealed a new image through their social media accounts that looks like a cellphone display that has SEVENTEEN as its wallpaper with the time and date in the cellphone display at 12:00 at Tuesday, September 10 announcing their comeback. After multiple teasers, the group made their comeback with their second mini album Boys Bewith title song "Mansae". The mini album was available in two different versions titled “Hide” and “Seek.” with the group portraying a day and night hide-and-seek concept. Woozi has been revealed to have produced the whole album and other various members directly participated in the album process. The title song "Mansae" is described as having funky guitars, feel-good harmonies, and entertaining rap lines that lyrically describes the feelings of a boy who has a crush and is trying to get her attention. The song is composed by group members Woozi, S.Coups, Wonwoo, Mingyu, and Vernon with Hoshi choreographing and is part two of the trilogy that represents a boy falling in love with a girl. It was critically acclaimed by critics, noting the group maintaining the self-producing image and hit songs.On November 30, it was announced that members Woozi, Vernon, and S.Coups will be collaborating with singer Ailee for the song "Q&A". On December 4, the digital single was released and was described as having a trendy melody and simple lyrics. The song is about the common but delicate feelings between a man and a woman under the concept of questions and answers with critics noting the member's rap and singing skills going perfectly with Ailee's strong vocals, making for a cute and unique song.

2016: First 'Love & Letter', First Asia Tour and Going Seventeen
On November 11, the group dropped individual teaser images of all the members with the caption as “Only for Today" with the hashtags #Dark_SEVENTEEN, #Day_and_Night, and #For_the_next_story_of_17 announcing their comeback. On November 21 at midnight KST, the group changed their Twitter profile picture and header and posted a new album concept photo. After multiple teasers, on December 5, the group released their third mini album, Going Seventeen, with the title song "Boom Boom". The album, like all of their previous albums, had every member had a hand in this, though Woozi wrote few all by his lonesome and included diverse genres and emotional songs. The album was released physically in three different versions, "Make A Wish", "Make It Happen", and "Make The Seventeen". The title song, "Boom Boom" is described as retaining the group's signature groovy style, and a funk slap bass motif and features the group's trademark youthful energy and catchy chorus with the group's complicated choreography. The song was hit with critical success that topped various online music charts immediately after its release and maintained its position in the higher ranks of the charts since then. It also lead to various music show wins. On December 2016, the announce that they will be holding their official fan club meeting and their second solo concert in Japan.

2017: 17 Japan Concert: Say The Name #Seventeen
From February 15–24, the group held their second solo concert, 17 Japan Concert: Say The Name "Seventeen", in Kobe Worlds Commemoration Hall and Yokohama Arena. The concert attracted 50,000 people overall between both concerts and played multiple songs from their albums and the title song "Boom Boom".

2018: Director's Cut, BSS, Japanese debut and You Make My Day
SEVENTEEN released a special album on February 5, named Director's Cut. Although Director's Cut contained all tracks from the previous Teen, Age album, it was promoted as a special album instead of a repackaged one due to the presence of four new tracks, including title track "Thanks". "Thanks" reached first place on iTunes charts in 29 countries, including countries from North America, South America, Europe and Asia, proving it to be the group's most popular release yet worldwide. Time magazine named SEVENTEEN one of the best K-pop groups during this promotion period.

On March 21, members Hoshi, DK and Seungkwan debuted as a subgroup called BSS or BooSeokSoon, a common nickname for the three members together. The group released their debut single "Just Do It" and enjoyed a short promotion period.

SEVENTEEN officially debuted in Japan on May 30 with their first Japanese mini album, We Make You. The music video for the lead single "Call, Call, Call!" was released on May 16.

The group released their fifth mini album, You Make My Day, on July 16. Promotions for this album are to take place in between the Ideal Cut concerts in Seoul and concerts scheduled in other countries in Asia.

2019: You Made My Dawn, "Happy Ending", "Hit", and An Ode
The group release their sixth mini album You Made My Dawn on January 21. The album was preceded by the release of the music video "Getting Closer", a so-called 'YMMD Prequel'.

On March 13, it was announced that SEVENTEEN would be releasing their first Japanese single, "Happy Ending", on May 29.

On July 26, SEVENTEEN released a teaser for their upcoming single, "Hit", which was released on August 5.

The group release their third full-length album An Ode on September 16.

2020: "Fallin' Flower", Heng:garæ and Semicolon
On April 1, the group released their second Japanese single "Fallin' Flower".

On June 22, SEVENTEEN released their seventh mini album Heng:garæ. It set a new personal record for first week sales after selling over 1.09 million albums, surpassing the 700,863 copies for The Ode.

On July 21, a statement was released stating that Seungkwan would be temporarily stopping his activities to focus on his recovery following an ankle surgery. The group will be promoting as a 12-member group until he returns.

On October 5, SEVENTEEN released a video teaser, confirming their comeback with the special album Semicolon on October 19. Seungkwan will be returning from his hiatus.

2021: Upcoming comeback
It has been reported on May 16 that SEVENTEEN will be making a comeback with their eighth mini album Your Choice on June 18.

Units

 * Bold indicates the unit's leader

Studio albums

 * First 'Love & Letter' (2016)
 * Love & Letter Repackage Album (2016)
 * Teen, Age (2017)
 * An Ode (2019)

Mini albums

 * 17 Carat (2015)
 * Boys Be (2015)
 * Going Seventeen (2016)
 * Al1 (2017)
 * You Make My Day (2018)
 * You Made My Dawn (2019)
 * Heng:garæ (2020)
 * Your Choice (2021)

Special albums

 * Director's Cut (2018)
 * Semicolon (2020)

Mixtapes

 * Check-In (Hip-hop team) (2016)

Digital singles

 * "Hit" (2019)

Collaborations

 * "Q&A" (S.Coups, Woozi, Vernon with Ailee) (2015)
 * "Monthly Project 2016 February Yoon Jong Shin" (Vocal unit with Yoon Jong Shin) (2016)

OSTs

 * "A-TEEN OST Part.3" ("A-TEEN") (Joshua, Hoshi, Woozi, Vernon, and Dino) (2018)
 * "A-TEEN 2 OST Part.2" ("9-TEEN") (2019)
 * "Chocolate OST Part.1" ("Sweetest Thing") (Joshua, Wonwoo, DK, Seungkwan, and Dino) (2019)

Mini albums

 * We Make You (2018)
 * 24H (2020)

Singles

 * "Happy Ending" (2019)
 * "Fallin' Flower" (2020)
 * "Not Alone" (2021)

Digital singles

 * "Oh My!" (2018)
 * "Home" (2019)

Best albums

 * 17 Hits (2016)

World tours

 * SEVENTEEN 1st World Tour 'DIAMOND EDGE' (2017)
 * SEVENTEEN World Tour 'ODE TO YOU' (2019-2020)

Asia tours

 * SEVENTEEN 1st Asia Tour 'SHINING DIAMONDS' (2016)
 * SEVENTEEN Concert 'IDEAL CUT' (2018)

Japan tours

 * SEVENTEEN Japan Arena Tour 'SVT' (2018)
 * SEVENTEEN 2019 Japan Tour 'HARU' (2019)
 * SEVENTEEN 2020 Japan Dome Tour (2020) (Cancelled)

Solo concerts

 * LIKE SEVENTEEN 'Boys Wish' Concert (2015)
 * LIKE SEVENTEEN 'Boys Wish Encore' Concert (2016)
 * LIKE SEVENTEEN 'SHINING DIAMONDS' Concert (2016)
 * LIKE SEVENTEEN 'SHINING DIAMONDS' in Japan (2016)
 * 17 Japan Concert 'Say the name (2017)
 * 2021 SEVENTEEN ONLINE CONCERT 'IN-COMPLETE' (2021)

Endorsements

 * Pikicast (2015)
 * DD Chicken (2017)
 * Dynafit (2017)
 * Elite (2017-2018)
 * The SAEM (2017-2018)
 * G+ Star Zone (2018)
 * Lafuma (2018)
 * NeNe Chicken (2018)
 * AO+ (2019)

Trivia

 * The group sub-units was originally supposed to be separated between Japan, China and Korea to promote at the countries at the same time.

Official links

 * Website
 * Daum Cafe
 * Facebook
 * Instagram
 * Soundcloud
 * TikTok
 * Twitter
 * YouTube


 * Japanese


 * Website
 * Twitter
 * YouTube