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On April 22 KST, K-pop superstars SEVENTEEN released a teaser announcing their fourth full-length album, Face the Sun. PLEDIS Entertainment unexpectedly dropped the first official teaser for the highly-anticipated album, and fans are definitely ecstatic.
Face the Sun will be the first big step in the 13-member group’s new era, which started with the pre-release English single, Darl+ing. The song continues to rake in millions of views on YouTube, as it sits at 17 million views at the time of writing.
The group’s last full-length album was An Ode, which was released in September 2019. The album won multiple daesangs and sold over one million physical copies. The news of a full-length album after so many years is expected to make waves within the community.
SEVENTEEN surprises fans with 4th full-album details and release date
The quintuple million-sellers SEVENTEEN have new stories to share as they embark on a new journey. The group’s fourth full-length album Face the Sun marks a major step in giving fans more clues into the storyline.
The teaser for Face the Sun has stills of objects that seem to indicate what’s coming in the future. An empty staircase, ropes on the ground, a desert with a dead tree, a map, and some unidentifiable structures are laid across the image.
Interestingly, this image contrasts with the pastel esthetics released during Darl+ing, the pre-release single for Face the Sun as this teaser seems darker as a concept.
The album will have the members wearing their hearts on their sleeves, as they will release stories close to their hearts. It will also embody the thoughts and emotions the members have kept hidden.
The fourth full-length album will be released on May 27 at 01.00 pm KST. Pre-orders for Face the Sun have already begun. Readers can take a look at the album’s components and various site links on SEVENTEEN’s official Twitter account.
Fans come up with theories for the new comeback
CARATs (official name of SEVENTEEN'S fandom) have been on a rollercoaster ride for the past few months. From the announcement and release of SEVENTEEN’s movie Power of Love, offline fan meetings, and merch drop, to their first English single, the year 2022 just keeps on getting better.
The latest in a number of music releases is Face the Sun, their fourth full-length album comeback, with the first look at the album already garnering positive attention. CARATs are drawing comparisons and creating theories based on the group’s past releases, with the album's title and the teaser.
Additionally, fans also love the unique style and components of the album. The album is wider in dimensions and even includes a highlighter pen with a box. Each first press album will have one out of 13 random pens in a pen box. The pen box is color-coded into five different versions of Control, Shadow, Ray, Path, and Pioneer.
Meanwhile, the K-pop superstars SEVENTEEN will make a grand comeback with Face the Sun on May 27.
