17 Carat is the debut extended play (EP) 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 EP.
Background and release 17 Carat features five 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 as a pre-single on the group's reality debut show. The group stated that the tracklist was chosen to reflect Seventeen'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 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.
Commercial performance The EP has sold over 82,972 copies in South Korea.Cumulative sales of 17 Carat: It peaked at number 4 on the Korean Gaon Album Chart and number 8 on the US World Billboard Chart.The EP remained on Billboard's World Albums chart for 11 weeks.
Accolades +Year-end lists Critic/publication List Rank Billboard The 10 Best K-pop Album of 2015 Placed
Track listing Hoshi participated in the choreography of "Adore U" and "Shining Diamond", Dino choreographed "Jam Jam". Track credits adapted from the liner notes of 17 Carat album.
Personnel Credits adapted from Dork and the liner notes of 17 Carat.
SEVENTEEN S.Coups – vocals Jeonghan – vocals Joshua – vocals Jun – vocals Hoshi – vocals , choreography Wonwoo – vocals Woozi – vocals , chorus vocals , music producer DK – vocals Mingyu – vocals The8 – vocals Seungkwan – vocals Vernon – vocals Dino – vocals
Additional musicians
LISHBEATS (Rishi) – synthesizer, drums ; bass, keyboards, drums Lee Tae-wook – guitar In Young-hoon – electric piano Park Ki-tae – guitar Lee Dong-hyeok – bass Geumbungeo – drum programming Dong Ne-hyeong – keyboards, piano, bass, drums Won Young-heon – keyboards, piano, bass, drums Jung Soo-wan (Sean Soowan Chung) of Serengeti – guitar
Production and engineering
Han Sung-soo – producer Kim Young-soo – executive producer Bumzu – chorus vocals , recording at 4420 AZIT , vocal direction MasterKey – keyboards, drums , mixing at MasterPiece SoundLab , mastering at MasterPiece SoundLab – music producer Kim Dae-young – recording at Pledis Studio Shin Yong-sik of StayTuned – mixing at Velvet Studio
Additional personnel
Choi Young-jun – choreography No Ji-won – brand strategy and production Ahn Shin-gyu – brand strategy and production
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for 17 Carat Chart (2015–2023) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 46 South Korean Albums (Gaon) 4
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for 17 Carat Chart (2015) Peakposition South Korean Albums (Gaon) 47
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