PLEDIS Entertainment has confirmed boy group SEVENTEEN will be making their comeback on October 19 with the special album "< The Invitation For Youth '; [Semicolon]'>".
On October 5, 12 AM KST, SEVENTEEN's agency dropped a trailer video, causes fan's expectations to heighten for the comeback. The group's social media accounts also changed their headers and profile pictures to match the album name, "; Semicolon", stirring attention from fans worldwide.
The trailer video caught the eye of viewers with its colorful visuals from the very start, with the SEVENTEEN members seen wearing antique suits and a fedora. The video starts out with member Joshua, then shows the members one by one, piquing people's interest.
As the members are seen together, SEVENTEEN are seen toasting their glasses of beers, bowling, and throwing their fedora off altogether, giving off a retro vibe mixed with a mature, sophisticated image that differents from the youthful, refreshing concept SEVENTEEN usually goes for, making it impossible to peel your eyes away from the video.
The video also features words like "Work Hard", "Play Hard", and "Rest Hard", and all of these statements appeared to be acted out by the members.
Expectations are high for SEVENTEEN. Their last album "Heng:garae" showcased the boy's musical versatilities and was the album to mark the group as million sellers. The album also stayed on the Japanese weekly album chart for four weeks, marking them as a global boy group. With that, people are highly anticipating what kind of music the group will come out.
Are you excited? Check out the trailer here:
ABOUT SEVENTEEN
SEVENTEEN is a thirteen-member boy group that debuted in 2015 under PLEDIS Entertainment. The group consists of S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino. The members are divided into three sub-units: the Hip-Hop Unit, the Vocal Unit, and the Performance Unit.
SEVENTEEN is known for being highly active in their music's creative process and are even dubbed as a "self-producing" idol group, as all the members are highly active in songwriting, choreographing, and more.
SEVENTEEN first hit the mainstream market in 2016 with their first full-length studio album, "Love & Letter". The album's title track, "Pretty U", scored the group their first-ever win. The boys saw continued success with the repackaged version of "Love & Letter" and its title track, "Very Nice".
The boys saw mainstream success in 2017 with their fourth extended play "AI1", which peaked at number one in South Korea. The title song, "Don't Wanna Cry", was also a huge hit in South Korea, as well as with K-pop fans internationally.
The boys saw an even bigger boom in popularity with "Director's Cut", a special album released in 2018. The album's title song, "THANKS", peaked at number on the iTunes Chart in 29 countries. Due to the song being such a hit, they were named by TIME Magazine as the best K-group during their promotional period.
Their June 2020 extended play, "Heng:garae", is their best-selling album to date. In under a week, the album sold 1,000,000 copies.
