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Teen, Age (2017)
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Teen, Age is the third and final chapter of Seventeen's 2017 project, and four of its songs had already been released before the album came out.
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Overview
- Teen, Age: second studio album by South Korean boy group Seventeen
- Released November 6, 2017 by Pledis Entertainment
- Lead single: "Clap"
- Standard edition: 13 tracks, numbered 1-13
- Third and final chapter of the 2017 Seventeen Project
- Four songs released before the album are included, among others
- Later repackaged as Director's Cut on February 5, 2018
Background
- May 2017: EP Al1 released as the first chapter of the 2017 Seventeen Project
- Second chapter: "Change Up" by the hip-hop, performance and vocal team leaders S.Coups, Hoshi and Woozi
- "Trauma", "Lilili Yabbay" and "Pinwheel" released by each respective team as incremental chapters
- Teen, Age confirmed as the third and final chapter, comprising the four pre-released songs among others
- Teaser timeline released October 21, 2017
- Full tracklist revealed October 28, with the lead single "Clap", all four previously released songs, and new songs exploring different combinations of members
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Intro. 新世界 | 0:51 |
| 2 | CHANGE UP | 3:07 |
| 3 | 모자를 눌러 쓰고 | 3:15 |
| 4 | 박수 | 2:47 |
| 5 | 날 쏘고 가라 | 3:31 |
| 6 | 13월의 춤 | 3:31 |
| 7 | TRAUMA | 3:33 |
| 8 | 바람개비 | 3:39 |
| 9 | Flower | 3:27 |
| 10 | ROCKET | 3:08 |
| 11 | Hello | 3:20 |
| 12 | 캠프파이어 | 3:27 |
| 13 | Outro. 未完 | 1:13 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Seventeen is a South Korean boy band formed by Pledis Entertainment.
- The name comes from the formula "13 members + 3 teams + 1 group = 17", reflecting its three units.
- The group was initially planned in April 2012 with 17 members averaging age 17, later reduced to 13 members.
- Debut was delayed multiple times; the 13-member lineup was confirmed in April 2015.
- Members trained together for about four years before debut.
Members
- The group has thirteen members: S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino.
- Members are divided into hip-hop, vocal, and performance teams.
Career
- Debuted on May 26, 2015 with the EP 17 Carat; it was the longest-charting K-pop album of the year in the US.
- Known as a self-producing idol group, with members involved in songwriting, production, and choreography.
- Five studio albums have all peaked atop South Korea's Circle Album Chart.
- The 2023 EPs FML and Seventeenth Heaven set sales records; FML was the best-selling album of 2023 per IFPI.
- Both earned MAMA Album of the Year awards in 2023 and 2024.
- Signature songs include "Very Nice", "Super", and "Fallin' Flower".
- Performed on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2024, the first K-pop act to do so.
- Named UNESCO's first Goodwill Ambassador for Youth in June 2024.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- First-week sales: 215,669 albums
- Surpassed Seventeen's previous album sales records
- Reached number one on South Korea's weekly Gaon Chart
- Second number one for the group on the Billboard World Album Charts
- "Clap" first performed on a Mnet TV special, announced October 31, 2017
Records
- Gaon weekly chart: number one
- Billboard World Album Charts: number one, the group's second time
- First-week sales of 215,669 albums, a new high over the group's earlier albums
- Charted as the album that followed the 2017 Seventeen Project's four pre-released songs
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The full tracklist was revealed on October 28, combining the lead single, four earlier songs and new songs about member combinations.
- The first performance of "Clap" was announced on October 31 as a TV special on Mnet.
- The standard edition opens with CHANGE UP, a song by the SVT Leaders team, running 3:07.
- The group's youngest member Dino was turning 20 the following year, and the group marked their adolescence in a message.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org