K-pop boy band Seventeen will be releasing their new album next month to mark their comeback to the music scene.
The idol group will drop their fourth full-length album “Face the Sun” on May 27. Pre-orders for the album started on April 22.
Earlier the title and release date of Seventeen’s upcoming album was revealed with a cryptic glimpse. In contrast to the mellow, pastel-colored aesthetics the act recently presented through the pre-release track “Darl+ing,” the stills of a staircase, ropes, the sun, a map and a structure laid across the teaser imply a more muted but multi-faceted shade to the stories to unfold.
“Darl+ing” was released on April 15 and served as a prelude to “Face the Sun.” Seventeen hinted that the upcoming album will tell stories they hold closer to their hearts than ever, imbued with thoughts and feelings they have kept to themselves until now.
Upon release, “Darl+ing,” which is Seventeen’s first English single, entered the top 10 on iTunes Top Songs chart in 46 countries and regions including getting the No. 1 spot in 34.
Seventeen released their third studio album “An Ode” in September 2019. They released the mini-album “Attacca” in October last year, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and No. 13 on the Billboard 200.
It sold over 1.3 million copies in the first week of release, earning Seventeen the title “quintuple million seller,” joining “An Ode,” “Heng:garæ” and “Semicolon” and “Your Choice,” which sold over one million copies each.
