Article and Graphics by AB Aguirre
June 2, 2022
K-POP boy group ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ is now back with their much-awaited 4th full album entitled โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐งโ last May 27, 2022, with its sizzling title track, โHOTโ! Not to mention, their comeback was after the day of their 7th anniversary last May 26. Once again, they proved themselves as one of the million-seller idols in South Korea!
Continuing as a self-producing group, WOOZI once again participated in the making of the whole album together with the other members: Hoshi, SCoups, Wonwoo, Mingyu, Vernon, and Dino. As Joshua, one of the members, explained to MTV News, their album is simply their way of encouraging their fans and listeners to face their fears and go on with their lives, break down their fears, and move on from them. WOOZI also shared in their conference, โ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค.โ He also added, โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.โ
Their album was filled with different vibes and colors as they continue to show us their enthusiasm and undying passion for music. The album consists of nine songs: Darl+ing, HOT, Don Quixote, March, Domino, Shadow, โBout You, If Leave me, and last but not least, ASH. And instead of having unit songs, this album is filled with group songs where we can hear their versatility.
With their title track โHOTโ, SEVENTEEN has produced another masterpiece that set another milestone for their group. As they dominate the charts, not only with their pre-order sales but also on their first day of release, SEVENTEEN continues to break their record every time they have their comeback. What do we expect? Theyโre indeed our K-POP Powerhouse.
As they alarmed their fans with their โIโm not SEVENTEEN anymoreโ, they finally explained during their guesting in Knowing Bros (Ask us Anything) that through this comeback, they want to show who the new SEVENTEEN is, and they proved it. Also, Hoshi explained in their press conference that itโs about "shedding our former image and becoming more mature."
Just by listening to their whole album, you canโt help but fall in love with every song you hear. Every one of them gives us that LSS syndrome, especially their title track where we canโt help but feel the groove with their powerful vocals and unyielding performance.
Personally, my favorite among them is Don Quixote and Iโm pretty sure that a lot of CARATS are into it as well. Not only does it have an addictive melody but it also has powerful yet meaningful lyrics that anyone who reads its English translation would surely relate to.
โ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ
๐ผ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ
๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐'๐ข ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฎโ
Itโs about not caring about what others think and being courageous as they strive to achieve their goal no matter what it takes and no matter what others say. A powerful song that holds encouraging words to its listeners. Who wouldnโt get inspired by this song?
How about you? What are your thoughts on this album? Whatโs your favorite song? And are you ready for their world tour concert? Who knows, maybe one of these days, they might release their announcement for the official countries theyโll visit in Asia.
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