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Two of my favorite musicians and biggest musical muses in one of my favorite places in the world 😍😍 hope @xtina and @_IUofficial had a wonderful time in Cannes! 💫✨
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That's it for the press conference! Hope you enjoyed these highlights, #Carats! There were a lot of great answers, I loved the energy and sincerity shown from the guys as a great start to this era. Less than an hour til the album!
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And about goals beyond Billboard: "It would be really really nice to top the Billboard charts, but we'd really just like to stay healthy. Be together as 13 for a very long time and stay healthy" -Seungkwan the #FaceTheSun global press conference (2/2)
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"We have not been that seriously thinking about the fact that people only see us as cheerful artists, but Carats know our range. We like the way people see, but instead of being complacent with our images, we want to share our ambitions" -Seungkwan (1/2)
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A French reporter in the audience (!) asked if Seventeen is planning to tour Europe and South America. COVID has made the situation difficult but Vernon added, "As soon as we can, we plan to visit South America and Europe" at their global press conference
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Hoshi adds, "It's our first album without unit songs, I really enjoyed that"
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Woozi says #FaceTheSun only contains group songs (no unit songs), it was an idea they discussed ahead of time "Units are of course important to SVT but this album was about expressing our inner selves. From the 1st stages, we thought it would be difficult but it turned out great"
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Looking to the future after their 7-year anniversary, @pledis_17 says they hope by the 14-year anniversary that they can have a No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Yes 💪💪
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Our dear @nbmorin for @RollingStone asked the next media question about the differences between the Seventeen they envisioned upon debut. DK said he never expected this kind of love and the more music they release with Seventeen, he feels it more every time
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And that they will always keep their #Kpop essence in the music and it's not difficult for them to stay true to that. Great question and answer from @timesofindia's Karen Pereira
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Joshua says it's important and will continue to be important for @pledis_17 to make music in English to reach more #Carats worldwide. They just need the right tracks
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Woozi: "We felt that 'HOT' really expressed who @pledis_17 is right now. The process of making and completing is the thought that I had. When me and the members make SVT's music, we want to share the message of who we are, that's what we focus on...HOT is a new starting point..."
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Woozi (continued): "we want to convey our passionate identity and goals of becoming like the sun. We want to exude that 'Hot' energy. It describes our real, candid selves."
Then Joshua added (in English) that when the members heard "HOT" they all decided it was the right choice
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Now media Q&A! They're answering my question which I asked about how they knew "HOT" was the right title track even though they shared it was the last song composed for the album. Thanks for taking my question, @pledis_17!
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"Ive been saying we want to go to @billboard charts since #YourChioce. But I want to top the Billboard charts this time...we want to top the charts, just once! Please!" -Seungkwan at @pledis_17's global press conference
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"We ranked 13th place on the @billboard 200 for #Attaca and ranked two weeks in a row which was a new record for us. But honestly I'd like us to go higher [with #FaceTheSun" -Joshua at @pledis_17's global press conference
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"Our common goal to go higher might be the same so we celebrated our 7th anniversary, we thought it was time to share our personal stories and fears to #Carats honestly. The public sees us as cheerful kids but this is our personal story" -Seungkwan at the global press conference
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#SEVENTEEN wore black diamond rings in their trailers to represent the darkness/fear that's focused on in the album. They say look closer at the trailers for more on this
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"We all might have different worries in our hearts, which is represented in the shadow...but that's what our new album is about: facing our fear inside and making courageous choices. That's what we've been doing and that's what this album is about" -Woozi on #FaceTheSun
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S.Coups joked at the global press conference that the success of "HOT" is dependent on Mingyu because he opens the track 😂
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"It's a message of hope and facing your fears...not only our title song 'HOT' but listen to all the songs on the album" -Mingyu on @pledis_17's #FaceTheSun album
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"Vernon wrote a post on WeVerse and said we have our 4th studio album, it's very meaningful, and it's only possible thanks to Carat. They made us who we are: singers, idols. We hope we can share a lot of good things with this album" -S.Coups at the global press conference
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The budget tho!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🥵🥵🥵🥵👏👏👏👏
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Okay Jun arms
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The MC of the global press conference is hyping up the pre-orders and response to @pledis_17's upcoming #FaceTheSun album, saying there are speculations it could exceed 2 million in sales in its first week! Wow!
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