Seventeen Bible: Second Testament

seventeen ;)

tldr; Jihoon is a human being too

So I've been seeing a lot of text posts and tags of fans who are upset that the album has a few already released songs on it, and I just wanted to say, can we please not be this type of fandom? Would it make you feel better if they called it a mini album rather than a full length? Does it really make that much of a difference?

Let's not forget that it's Jihoon who's composing and producing this album. We already know that he forces himself to stay up all night working because he doesn't want to let fans down. And unless you're very very new to the kpop world, you should know that competition is intense. If you're familiar with Pledis, you'll also know that the company can't afford to let Seventeen sit around for too long and risk them losing popularity. The boys also don't want to let their hard work go to waste. Reality is, these are the options:

1. They release this album with 7 unreleased and 3 released songs as a "full length" album

2. They only release the 7 new songs as a "mini album"

(Both these options will get you the exact same result - 7 new songs)

3. They delay the comeback longer to give Jihoon time to write new songs (which also risks that they'll lose popularity)

4. Jihoon faints of exhaustion and overworking because he pushed himself too hard to release more songs in the same amount of time

Other groups have a really fast turnover of new songs because they use a number of producers. These producers also don't have to promote as an idol and produce songs at the same time. Other idol producers, in case you haven't noticed, have a really long turnover period. They take forever to comeback because it takes time to produce music, especially good music, and even more so when you have other things to do as well. Add the time required to eat proper meals, breathe fresh air, sleep, and otherwise function as a healthy, normal human being, then it'll definitely take longer to produce enough songs for a full length album without resorting to remixing songs.

In case my point wasn't clear enough, cut Jihoon some slack. That kid kills himself trying to work harder and longer than anyone else to support his group and bring fans great music. He's not even 20 years old yet. He has a great poker face, but you're kidding yourself if you think he doesn't take every single disappointing comment to heart. He's doing his best, and he's doing a great job. Let's just be grateful that they're already coming back.

If you're a real fan, or even a decent human being, you'll be grateful and understanding. Noone's forcing you to buy the full album if you don't want songs that are already released. Just download the songs you want. 

AMEN AMEN AMENN also i found this on thedimplessclub's tumblr man they're perfect for saying this like please please please think about this Jihoon needs to rest