SEVENTEEN have made history as the first K-pop act to perform for NPR‘s intimate ‘Tiny Desk’ concert series – check out their performance below.
Appearing as a five-piece – consisting of members Joshua, Mingyu, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino – they performed a hit-filled 10-track set at NPR‘s headquarters. They kicked things off with ‘Super’ and ‘Darl+ing’, before running through ‘_WORLD’, ‘To You’ and ‘HBD’.
Other tracks SEVENTEEN performed included ‘SOS’, ‘Rock With You’, ‘CLAP’, ‘HOT’ and ‘VERY NICE’.
Watch the group’s historic ‘Tiny Desk’ concert below.
Earlier this month, members Seungkwan and DK announced that they’re due to launch a new sub-unit in January next year. It is also worth noting that DK and Seungkwan are already members of another sub-unit, BSS, with member Hoshi.
The 13-member group – four of whom have already enlisted for their mandatory military service – have also confirmed that its members will remain active through solo material, and that the entire group will reconvene once everyone’s done with their two-year service.
As for the four members who won’t be serving – S.Coups is exempt due to an ACL injury while The8 and Jun are Chinese citizens and Joshua’s a US citizen – they plan to “stick together and make something great to showcase to the fans.”
S.Coups and Mingyu have since formed their own sub-unit, CxM. CxM’s debut album scored a three-star review, with NME‘s Rhian Daly writing: “‘Hype Vibes’ might be uneven in places, but its bright energy wins out and brings cohesion to the release, even when its creators are moving unpredictably. Above all, it’s a valuable lesson not to box ourselves in and, as S.Coups and Mingyu do here, let people surprise you.”
In a three-star review of ‘Happy Burstday’, Gladys Yeo wrote for NME: “‘Happy Burstday’ might not be SEVENTEEN’s most cohesive release, but it succeeds at showcasing the group’s transformation over the last 10 years. The record’s focus on solo songs exposes each member’s strengths and weaknesses when they stand alone, but its group tracks are a self-assured testament to their chemistry and magnetism as a whole.”