SEVENTEEN’s S.Coups x Mingyu Talk ‘HYPE VIBES’ Mini Album: ‘This Is an Album That’s Truly Us’

SEVENTEEN is present 1 of K-pop’s astir palmy groups. During their trainee days, the 13 members trained unneurotic successful a cramped workplace — sometimes clashing, sometimes supporting 1 different — earlier yet debuting arsenic a unified squad successful May 2015. To guarantee that each member’s idiosyncratic charm could shine, they adopted a distinctive three-unit structure: the Vocal Team (Woozi, Jeonghan, Joshua, DK, Seungkwan), the Hip-Hop Team (S.Coups, Wonwoo, Mingyu, Vernon), and the Performance Team (Hoshi, Jun, The8, Dino). 

Of course, what ever came archetypal was SEVENTEEN’s teamwork arsenic 13 members. But it’s undeniable that the Performance Team, successful complaint of the group’s choreography and signifier presence, the Vocal Team, led by shaper Woozi and carrying the melodies of SEVENTEEN’s songs, and the Hip-Hop Team, adding a free-spirited vibe, are what marque SEVENTEEN specified a dynamic group. 

SEVENTEEN person besides pursued notable portion projects. The three-member portion BSS released 2 azygous albums, portion Hoshi X Woozi — leaders of the Performance and Vocal Teams — dropped their archetypal azygous album BEAM earlier this twelvemonth and successfully wrapped up a instrumentality performance tour. On Sept. 29, the Hip-Hop Team’s S.Coups and Mingyu launched their caller unit, CxM, injecting a caller burst of vigor into the group’s evolving story.

“The full process of making this medium itself was genuinely enjoyable. Rather than trying to formal it up, our strongest volition was to honestly seizure the benignant of euphony the 2 of america could make together,” said S.Coups. Mingyu added, “S.Coups and I are alike successful that we some privation to stock our tastes successful a straightforward and earthy way. That broadside of america people came done successful this medium arsenic well.” With some 2 successful implicit statement connected wanting to contiguous themselves arsenic they are—without embellishment—their archetypal mini medium HYPE VIBES comes packed with six tracks that bespeak their unfiltered chemistry. 

Featuring Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter Lay Bankz  on the rubric track “5, 4, 3 (Pretty woman) (feat. Lay Bankz),” which interpolates Roy Orbison’s vintage popular classical “Oh, Pretty Woman,” comes arsenic nary surprise. SEVENTEEN person antecedently collaborated with a divers roster of global artists, including Pink Sweat$, DJ Khaled, Anne-Marie, and Pharrell Williams, demonstrating their comfortableness with crossing planetary boundaries. Mingyu adds, “It wasn’t astir targeting overseas listeners. We simply wanted to make euphony that everyone could enjoy, without connection barriers.”

Since breaking onto the Billboard 200 for the archetypal clip with their eighth mini medium Your Choice in 2021, SEVENTEEN person continued to rack up milestones. In 2024, they were honored with the Top K-pop Touring Artist grant astatine the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), and their 10th-anniversary merchandise HAPPY BURSTDAY, dropped successful May, spent 3 consecutive weeks connected the Billboard 200. Their 10th mini album, FML, released successful 2023, sold a staggering 6.2 cardinal copies, making it the year’s best-selling medium successful the world. 

Having effortlessly filled stadiums successful some South Korea and Japan and captured fans crossed Asia and North America, SEVENTEEN besides made their people successful Europe past year, performing connected the main stages astatine the Glastonbury Festival successful the UK and Lollapalooza Berlin. With achievements similar these, 1 can’t assistance but wonder: is determination anyplace near for SEVENTEEN to spell but up?

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