Article by AB Aguirre Graphics by Patricia Epistola
November 3, 2021
Last October 22, 2021, the K-POP boy group SEVENTEEN, released its 9th Mini Album, entitled ‘Attacca’ having ‘Rock With You’ as its title song, which is the second installment for their long term project, Power of Love. Known for being a self producing idol group, another milestone was established with their 9th Mini Album as the group continues to exceed millions of sales just only from pre-order, making them achieve their fifth consecutive ‘million seller’ title. For the past 6 years, as SEVENTEEN continues to surprise us with their songs and comebacks, they prove to us how limitless they can be. On the other hand, their fandom, CARATS, remain by their side providing never-ending love and support throughout the journey of their beloved boy group.
This time with a dynamic funk-rock genre, they show a much more mature side of them. As WOOZI explained during their press conference "The name of the album refers to the musical terms of one movement to the next pause, so it illustrates how we express this unstoppable kind of love.” he also added “Fans can look forward to a new type of SEVENTEEN and the different messages we’re expressing through our music:
Kudos to WOOZI, their official producer since pre-debut as he produced yet again, another work of art with their 9th mini album. Members of the group proved to everyone how versatile everyone is through this album. Some of them participated in the making of each song. As WOOZI stated, they conducted meetings where they openly exchanged ideas and nobody hesitates to express their opinions not only in music but for the whole album. This is one of the reasons why their fans love and cherish them, for they keep on proving their unconditional trust and sweet harmony with one another.
Despite the struggles as they promote with only 11 members since The8 and Jun are in China until the end of 2021 for their schedules, SEVENTEEN continues to give us their quality and filled of love and passion performance. This time they also challenge themselves as they produce one full english song in their 9th album with Joshua and Vernon singing it, another milestone indeed.
With 7 songs in their 9th mini album, I choose their group’s To you and vocal team’s Imperfect Love as my favorite among the whole track. As the song To You expresses sincerity and genuineness, Imperfect love radiates purity and innocence.
“𝘚𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺
𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩
𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴
𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴
𝘖𝘩-𝘰𝘩, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥
𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯”
-- To You English Lyrics Translation from www.Genius.com
The passion and sincere love that you can feel with the song To You was evident throughout the lyrics. The message of how a person devotes their love to someone they treasure and that someone also treasures them. The never ending pursuit and the continued warm welcome was delivered through the song, a really sincere love it is.
Their harmony and adlibs gave life to the whole song enough for anyone to fall in love while listening to it. Indeed, the members prove their versatility with this song especially when members from the hip-hop team (rappers) and performance team (dancers) showcase their appealing vocals. The lyrics were well made and have a melody that will stick in your mind resulting in you singing it out of nowhere. RIP to our replay button! Another LSS for us!
“𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬
𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴
𝘐𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵
𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦”
-- Imperfect Love English Translation from www.Genius.com
As the Vocal Team displayed their serene voice, the purity of their love was expressed not only to the lyrics of Imperfect Love but also to the melody itself. The song tells us a story of how one person accepts their flaws and grows into the better version of themselves due to the purity of their love. Some may tear up while listening to it, especially if they understand the meaning of the song.
The instrumental and melody of it were so enticing, plus adding the voices of the Vocal Team, it results in a beautiful song. Though listening to it can be a bit sentimental, in the end, it is still a song that will engrave itself into our hearts. The Vocal Team displays their powerful vocals as they harmonize in the songs. Just by playing this song and listening to it is enough to allure us listeners. Is it me or does the song sound like it was made to be played at a wedding?
While these may be my favorites, all of the songs on the track list are works of art! How about you? Which among those songs piqued your interest?
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