(energetic pop music)
- All right, what's up?
It's Kevan Kenney
and I'm here for MTV's Friday live stream.
And we are very excited
to welcome Seventeen to the show
(band members cheering)
to talk all about their new mini album, "Your Choice."
Welcome, guys!
(band members cheering and clapping)
- Seventeen!
- And we are- - Seventeen!
- What's up? What's up?
- I'm so stoked to have you.
I know the fans are stoked as well.
Joshua, I'll start with you, man.
The new project, "Your Choice," it's finally out.
Tell me, how does it feel
to have it out in the world for the fans to hear?
- It feels really amazing.
We're really excited to share our new music
with our carats.
Hopefully they're excited too.
To put it simply, our new album, "Your Choice,"
is all about love
and it's part of the big project,
"The Power of Love."
So yeah, look forward to that.
- Absolutely.
I can tell you guys, from my Twitter alone,
the fans are very excited.
(Kevan chuckles)
(band members exclaiming)
Let's kick it to S. Coups.
You released a concept trailer
called "Power of Love" in May.
And I was just curious,
could you explain that concept trailer to us
and the overall message behind it?
(S. Coups speaking Korean)
It's beautiful stuff.
Dino, you guys have some really cool,
crazy concept photos for the album.
I think there's 13 of you guys in total.
What goes into a shoot day for the art?
(Dino speaking Korean)
Yeah, and it totally shined through in the photos.
They came out great.
Jeonghan, the theme of this project is love
and all that comes with it, of course.
If there was one lesson for your fans, the carats,
to take away from the album, what would it be?
(Jeonghan speaking Korean)
Definitely.
Vernon, there seems to be a more mature take on love,
speaking of love, in these tracks.
How have your views on love shifted or changed
or maybe evolved
as you guys have now, of course,
been together for six years?
- Yeah.
Actually, if you include our trainee years,
it's about 10 years in average.
- Oh my gosh. Wow. - Yeah, yeah.
During this time, we all understand
how we shouldn't take the ones we love for granted,
you know?
And we all understand that, so we try to
express our love towards each other
on the regular, actually.
- Yeah. - It's bromance.
- Yeah. (chuckling)
It's awesome to hear that you have that gratitude
for both one another and everybody in your life,
and even the fans too.
Mingyu, when creating an album about love
and just how diverse and maybe at times complicated
that emotion can be,
how does that impact your everyday life?
You know, the writing sessions,
singing the song, shooting the videos,
all about love all the time.
Does it ever get intense?
(Mingyu speaking Korean)
Right on.
I wanna kick it to Wonwoo.
This new project started off with a separate single
from you and just Mingyu.
What was it like working on a song
just featuring the two of you?
(Wonwoo speaking Korean)
How about that?
Seungkwan, what does it mean to you personally
to be ready for love?
How do you know when you're ready?
(Seungkwan speaking Korean)
Right on.
Jun, what kind of things inspire you as a group,
would you say,
when it comes to both your songs and your choreography?
(Jun speaking Korean)
Woozi, I'd love to talk to you about songwriting.
You're responsible, for any fans watching that don't know
or are new to Seventeen,
for co-writing so many of the band's hits.
What goes into making a song
when you have so many different talents at your disposal?
(Woozi speaking Korean)
(S. Coups speaking Korean)
DK, real quick,
the back half of the new mini album
features a track performed by each individual unit.
The hip hop unit, the vocal unit, performance unit.
Something that the carats, of course,
long-time Seventeen fans have grown used to seeing
on your records.
I was curious, what is it like to shift gears
and work in smaller groups?
Do you personally have a preference
between working on these unit tracks
versus the entire group?
(DK speaking Korean)
Speaking of the performances
that the carats know and love,
Hoshi, with all the camera work
that goes into the production of the performances,
and also just keeping track of all the different members,
how would you describe what goes into
building out one of these live performances?
Where do you start?
(Hoshi speaking Korean)
And Hoshi, from all of us here at MTV,
I wanna say happy birthday.
(band members cheering and clapping)
- Thank you! - Thank you so much!
The8, I wanted to talk about the,
in your opinion,
what is the best part about being in love?
What's the best part,
and then also give us the worst part.
(The8 speaking Korean)
- Maybe the worst part is
not being able to express your love entirely.
- Well said. Yeah.
All right, guys, we've got a fun scenarios game
we're gonna play right now.
The way this will work,
I'm gonna describe a romantic situation.
I want you all to pick a song that most applies
to the situation that I give you.
Are you up for it?
(band members exclaiming)
All right, let's get into this.
The first scenario:
you're getting ready for your first date
with someone you have a really big crush on.
What song would be best to listen to and why?
(band members speaking Korean)
All right, second scenario.
You're with a group of friends that you love.
What song is best to listen to
while you get ready for a party?
(band members laughing) (band members speaking Korean)
- [Joshua] Yeah, those are party songs for sure.
(band members speaking Korean)
- All right. Next scenario.
You just got a new puppy
and you can't wait to take it out for a walk.
What song are you listening to while you go?
(band members speaking Korean)
All right. Final scenario.
You're planning a surprise party for your dad.
What song should you start the playlist with?
(band members speaking Korean)
All right, I got a bonus question for you guys.
You have a secret crush on someone
and you want to let them know through a song.
Which is the best to send them?
- [Band Members] Oh, wow. Wow.
(band members speaking Korean)
(band members laughing)
- It's been amazing having you here
on the MTV Friday live stream,
but we just got word
that you might have some awesome, exciting news
about another appearance at MTV.
What can you tell us?
(band members speaking Korean)
(band members clapping) - That's awesome.
It's going down fresh out live, everybody, on June 25th.
We're so excited to check that out.
Big thank you for Seventeen
and a big congratulations on the new mini album,
"Your Choice," which is out everywhere now.
- Thank you for having us. - Thank you!
(band members clapping)