17 Carat is the debut extended play by South Korean boy group Seventeen. It was released on May 29, 2015 by Pledis Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment. "Adore U" serves as the lead single for the extended play.
17 CARAT
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Released : May 29,2015 Genre : K-Pop Dance Pop Hip-Hop Length : 16:48 Language : Korean Label : Pledis Entertainment LOEN Entertainment
Background and Release
The extended play includes 5 tracks written, co-written and co-produced by Seventeen's group members. "Adore U" was chosen as the lead single for the EP and was performed on multiple music shows by the group. "Shining Diamond" was used a pre-single on the group's reality debut show. The group states that the track list was chosen to reflect the group's core concept of "boys passion". The album has two physical versions: one with a "black" themed photo card set and the other with a "white" themed photo card set. All copies include a CD containing the songs and a fold up poster/lyric sheet.
Single
"Adore U" is the lead single of the extended play. It was written by Woozi, S.Coups, and Yeon Dong-geon. The Korea Herald states "“Adore U” is a funky pop song about a teenage boy trying to navigate through puppy love." It marks the beginning of the group's trilogy composed of the singles Adore U, Mansae and Pretty U about a boy meeting, falling in love and asking out a girl. The track was composed and arranged by Woozi, Bumzu, and Yeon Dong-geon. The music video for the single was released on May 29, 2015 and was directed by Dee Shin. The dance choreography accompaniment to the song was choreographed by Hoshi of Seventeen and focuses on "storytelling, and on highlighting each member's strengths onstage". The single has sold more than 38,000 digital copies and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard US World Chart.
Tracklist
1. Shining Diamond 2. Adore U (아낀다) 3. Ah Yeah (Hip-Hop Team) 4. Jam Jam (Performance Team + Vernon) 5. 20 (Vocal Team)
