Teen, Age (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by South Korean boy groupSeventeen. It was released on November 6, 2017 by Pledis Entertainment with the lead single "Clap".[1]Teen, Age was the group's second number one on the Billboard World Album Charts.[2]
The album was later repackaged as Seventeen's first special album entitled Director's Cut on February 5, 2018, with the title track "Thanks".[3]
Background
In May 2017, Seventeen release the EP Al1 as chapter one of their "2017 Seventeen Project". Following the release of Al1, Seventeen started chapter two of the project by releasing "Change Up", a song by S.Coups, Hoshi and Woozi as SVT Leaders, representing their roles as leaders of Seventeen's three teams.[4] Three additional songs were released, "Trauma", "Lilili Yabbay", and "Pinwheel" by each of the respective teams, as incremental chapters. Teen, Age was then confirmed to be the third and final chapter of the project, comprising the four pre-released songs among others.[5]
Promotion
“With our youngest member Dino turning 20 next year, us Seventeen members would like to send a round of applause to our passionate journey through adolescence during the past years."
On October 21, Seventeen released the timeline for the album teasers.[5] The full tracklist was revealed on October 28th, with lead single "Clap", all four previously released songs, and new songs with new combinations of members.[7]
On October 31, they revealed they would perform "Clap" for the first time in a TV special with MNET.[8]
On January 25, 2018, Seventeen announced a repackage of the album titled Director's Cut, which was released February 5.[9] The track list was revealed on January 29, including five new songs, with the lead single "Thanks".[10]
Reception
Teen, Age surpassed Seventeen's previous records with album sales, recording a total of 215,669 albums sold in the first week.[11] The album also reached number one on South Korea's weekly Gaon Chart[12] and was the group's second number one on the Billboard World Album Charts.[2]
Director's Cut was also a commercial success, ranking first on South Korea's Hanteo Chart[13] and again on the weekly Gaon Chart.[14]
^"週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年11月20日付" [Weekly CD album ranking as of November 20, 2017]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
^"週間 CDアルバムランキング 2018年02月19日付" [Weekly CD album ranking as of February 19, 2018]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
^"年間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年度" [Annual CD album ranking 2017]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
