Music / SEVENTEEN

Say the name! SEVENTEEN!^note Back row from left: Mingyu, Jun, Joshua, Vernon; Middle row: S.Coups, Woozi, Wonwoo, Hoshi, Seungkwan, Jeonghan; Front row: THE8, Dino, Dokyeom.

Seventeen (often stylized as SEVENTEEN and shortened to SVT) is a 13-member South Korean boy band who debuted under Pledis Entertainment on May 26, 2015. Their thirteen members are divided into three units: the Vocal Unit, the Hip-Hop Unit, and the Performance Unit.

The group have produced three studio albums, with their first, Love & Letter, releasing in 2016 and followed by 2017's Teen, Age and 2019's An Ode. On March 17th, 2022, it was revealed that they would release their first theatrical film, titled SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE: THE MOVIE, with a worldwide release planned for the 20th and 23rd of April.

Members (by unit)

• Hip-Hop Unit
  • S.Coups (Choi Seungcheol) - born August 8, 1995; SVT Leader, Hip-Hop Unit Leader
  • Wonwoo (Jeon Wonwoo) - born July 17, 1996
  • Mingyu (Kim Mingyu) - born April 6, 1997
  • Vernon (Hansol Vernon Chwe) - born February 18, 1998
• Vocal Unit
  • Woozi (Lee Jihoon) - born November 22, 1996; Vocal Unit Leader
  • Jeonghan (Yoon Jeonghan) - born October 4, 1995
  • Joshua (Joshua Hong^note Korean name Hong Jisoo) - born December 30, 1995
  • DK/Dokyeom (Lee Seokmin) - born February 18, 1997
  • Seungkwan (Boo Seungkwan) - born January 16, 1998
• Performance Unit
  • Hoshi (Kwon Soonyoung) - born June 15, 1996; Performance Unit Leader
  • Jun (Wen Junhui^note Korean name Moon Junhwi) - born June 10, 1996
  • The8 (Xu Minghao^note Korean name Seo Myeongho) - born November 7, 1997
  • Dino (Lee Chan) - born February 11, 1999

Special Units:

• SVT Leaders
  • S.Coups
  • Hoshi
  • Woozi
• BooSeokSoon
  • DK/Dokyeom; BSS Leader
  • Hoshi
  • Seungkwan

Discography

• 17 Carat - 2015
• BOYS BE - 2015
• Love & Letter + Repackage - 2016
• Going Seventeen - 2016
• A|1 - 2017
• Teen, Age - 2017
• Director's Cut - 2018
• We Make You (Japanese album) - 2018
• You Make My Day - 2018
• You Made My Dawn - 2019
• An Ode - 2019
• Fallin' Flower - 2020
• Heng:garae - 2020
• 24H (Japanese album) - 2020
• Semicolon - 2020
• Your Choice - 2021
• Attacca - 2021
• Face the Sun - 2022
• FML - 2023

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Band and Members Tropes

• The Ace: Mingyu. He can rap, sing, dance, and write lyrics with remarkable competency for starters. He also has a plethora of skills up his sleeve (cooking, fixing things, photography, fashion, etc.), is incredibly smart when not screwing around, incredibly handsome, and the list goes on and on. Apparently the only flaws he has is being a germ sharer and The Klutz.
• Affectionate Nickname:
  • Joshua's name was usually shortened to "Shua". This isn't as common within the group nowadays, as they've shifted to calling him by his name and Joshua himself referring to himself by the more commonly known "Josh" or just "Joshua", although it's still heavily apparent within the fandom.
  • Dino has been given the nickname "The Future of K-Pop" because of his skill in dancing and insane charisma.
  • The8 was given the nickname "Eissa" as a shortened form of his stage name. Nowadays the group calls him by his Korean name "Myungho".
  • Jun is offered referred to as "Moonjun", with the nickname being a combination of his first and last name in Korean.
• Almost Kiss:
  • S.Coups and Wonwoo nearly kissed each other when they are playing the mouth-to-mouth game when the paper suddenly fell.
  • Jun and The8 almost kissed each other as well.
• And Your Reward Is Edible:
  • The units competed against each other in various games during a Weekly Idol episode for grilled meat.
  • During an Idol Room appearance, if everyone in the group managed to write down the same menu item without talking to each other, they were rewarded with what they all wrote.
  • The winning team in the Human Chess episode of Going Seventeen was treated to pork belly by the staff.
• Angelic Beauty: Jeonghan. One of his nicknames is even Angel. ^note  For added bonus, his birthday (1004) is pronounced similarly to "cheonsa" (the Korean word for Angel)!
• Animal Motif:
  • S.Coups as a camel for his long eyelashes, Dokyeom as a horse, The8 as a frog (for his love of Kermit), Mingyu as a puppy for his excitable personality, and Dino as...well, a dinosaur.
  • Jun, Wonwoo, and Woozi are often referred to as the cat line.
  • Woozi is often compared to a stingray due to the way his dimples and smile look like a stingray's mouth.
  • Hoshi is often called a hamster for his round and cute face. His stage name, however, means "tiger's gaze," so he insists that he's a tiger. It has even gotten to a point where he collects tiger-related paraphernalia and shows them off whenever he can.
  • Jeonghan and Wonwoo are known as sloths due to them being the most lethargic members. Woozi highlighted this once when he had to act out the word "sloth" during a game of charades and simply pointed at Wonwoo.
  • Wonwoo also gets compared to a fox due to his facial expressions resembling one. During his absence from Very Nice promotions, he was represented by an Eddy doll and he was officially labeled as a kawaii fox gamer based on Japanese Carats' opinions and members' observations for an Abema TV segment.
  • Dino also gets otter comparisons and it's gotten to the point that a zoo named an otter after him.
• Ascended Extra: Prior to debut, several members were featured in labelmates' NU'EST, Orange Caramel, and Bumzu's music videos and live performances as well as Hello Venus's.
• Ass Kicks You: In the Oh My! part switch version, Mingyu takes over Jun's part by shoving the latter away with his butt.
• Attractive Bent-Gender: Jeonghan when he still had his long hair and dressed up as Harley Quinn for Halloween.
• The Baby of the Bunch: Youngest member Dino is constantly babied, especially by Jeonghan, much to his chagrin.
• Beneath the Mask:
  • S.Coups often appears as the proud leader of the group, holding down the fort with his leadership skills, strong charisma, and caring personality. Then in 2019, it was revealed that he would be taking a hiatus due to his diagnosis of anxiety, leading to the other members having to cover in his absence.
  • Joshua often looks carefree and fairly at ease with himself, but it's been revealed on their documentary on "Hit the Road" that he was suffering major headaches and insomnia throughout the whole tour; often having to down many painkillers and taking multiple naps in order to keep going.
• Big Anime Eyes: Jun has the biggest eyes among the members and most fanartists often draw him with big, sparkly eyes.
• Big Brother Bully: Wonwoo is usually this to poor Mingyu.
• Big Eater: Vernon.
  • The8 is also one, but you would never be able to tell from his body build.
  • While Wonwoo doesn't seem to eat much in meals, he absolutely loves eating snacks.
  • Woozi can eat a lot of rice in one sitting.
  • Mingyu is also quite the big one.
• Big Guy, Little Guy: Mingyu, at 6'2"^note 187 cm, is the Big Guy to Woozi's (5'5"^note 165 cm) Little Guy. For reference.◊ ^note  They are the two members in front.
• Big "SHUT UP!": Wonwoo lets out one of these after the members kept talking over him in episode 29 of Going Seventeen.
• Boy Band: A Korean Pop Music example.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: It's kind of hard to believe that they are highly trained performers when they often say and do bizarre, questionable, and outright dumbfounding things.
• Butt-Monkey:
  • Seungkwan, almost up to eleven sometimes.
  • Mingyu in many Going Seventeen episodes.
• But Not Too Foreign:
  • Vernon (Type 1 and 3) who was born in New York to a Korean father and Caucasian mother but raised in Korea since he was 5.
  • Joshua (Type 4) who was born in Los Angeles and is of Korean descent.
• The Cameo: Joshua had an appearance in A-Teen 2 as one of Joo-ha's friends.
  Joshua: Surprise!
• Caps Lock: Their name is normally stylized as all caps as well as some of their albums and song titles.
• Cast Full of Pretty Boys
• Catchphrase: "Say the name! Seventeen!"
• Comic Trio: Hoshi, DK, and Seungkwan. Nicknamed "BooSeokSoon", which is based off their real names (Boo Seungkwan, Lee Seokmin, Kwon Soonyoung). They eventually made this into a legitimate subunit.
• Cloud Cuckoolander:
  • Hoshi has quite...unique ways of thinking. Case in point, a couple of the members were talking about the chicken or the egg causality dilemma. Hoshi managed to somehow derail the conversation by talking about chicken sex of all things.
  • Jun is this with his copycat antics and Manchild tendencies.
• Colour-Coded for Your Convenience:
  • The units were differentiated through this in all of the Weekly Idol appearances.
    • When they were promoting Mansae, Performance wore blue sweaters, Hip Hop wore black, and Vocal wore pink.
    • When they made another appearance for Don't Wanna Cry promotions, Performance had pink nametags, Hip Hop had orange, and Vocal had yellow.
    • With the episode promoting Thanks, Vocal Unit wore pink/red hanboks, Performance wore teal, and Hip Hop wore blue/purple.
  • For the ramen cooking competition in Going Seventeen Spin-Off Episode 1, members of the teams were decided through apron colors.
• Cooking Duel: They have participated in a few of these.
  • In Going Seventeen Spin-Off Episode 1: the members competed in teams to make ramen which was judged by Mingyu.
  • During their Idol Room appearance for Home promotions, the worst cooks of the group went against each other to see who was the worst among them.
  • An episode of Seventeen If had Joshua judge Mingyu, Woozi, Seungkwan, and Vernon in order to see who made the best burger.
• Cute Little Fangs:
  • Mingyu and Woozi.
  • Wonwoo also has not-so-obvious ones.
• The Cutie: DK is considered to be this as he's always positive and smiling. He's also one of the more sensitive members and prone to being the first ones to cry.
• Dancing Is Serious Business: The Performance Unit, obviously.
  • This also applies to the group as a whole as their synchronization is one of the first things that capture their audience's attention.
• Deadpan Snarker: All of them had have their moments, but Dino and The8 are the ones that dish out the most snark. Joshua and Seungkwan aren't lagging too far behind when it comes to laying down puckish commentary.
• Delayed Reaction: Wonwoo. He is generally slow to react at everything and moves slowly. Even if it's about his favorite video games, he's still slow to react.
  Seungkwan: Wonwoo, Wonwoo, video games are banned.
  Wonwoo: jumps out of bed after at least one second Who said that?!
• Determinator: All of them are, considering that they all endured a lengthy, rigorous training period to get where they are today, but the biggest standout has to be Joshua. He states that he "bit the bullet" in order to fulfill his dream, leaving LA with the trust of his mom in order to get there. Despite wanting to give up at one point, he (along with Jeonghan) decided to keep going to pursue the idol life, even with all of the difficulties the group had to face. Probably the biggest testament of this is when Joshua revealed that he was suffering from headaches and insomnia during their Ode To You tour, but he never let up in the fear of disappointing Carats.
• Dude Looks Like a Lady: Jeonghan. Even with a shorter haircut, he manages to look like a rose among thorns. Considering how pretty they all are, it's especially impressive. ^note  He does state nowadays that he doesn't want to be seen as a woman, but he is willing to appeal to his more androgynous nature sometimes.
• Fanboy:
  • Seungkwan is a huge fan of Beyonce to the point that he was disappointed to find out that he didn't share the same MBTI type as her.
  • Woozi is a big fan of Bruno Mars and has stated several times how he would like to meet him one day.
• Fan Community Nickname: Carat (with a C, not a K). The name had the most votes on an official poll and was officially announced on February 14, 2016.
  • Fans of SEVENTEEN's weekly variety show Going Seventeen also have their own name: Cubics.
• The Fashionista:
  • The8. He has a refined (and very luxurious) taste in clothing and is consistently one of the best-dressed members, even during dance practice!
  • Mingyu doesn't fall behind on this aspect either, although with a more "masculine" leaning style.
• Friendship Trinket: All the members wear identical rings engraved with their initials on their pinkies as a symbol of their trust, friendship, and teamwork.
• Gentle Giant: Mingyu is the tallest member of the group, but he's quite adorable and excitable despite his intimidating stature.
• Groin Attack:
  • Wonwoo had an unfortunate incident with a soccer ball during Seventeen TV.
  • During the 2019 TTT #1 episode, Joshua and Seungkwan had their pitiful moments.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Seungkwan is known for losing his temper often, especially when it's the other members blatantly provoking him (namely Dino and Hoshi).
• Hates Being Touched: Woozi, although it's more "shown affection" than "touched." The hosts of Weekly Idol had him confirm this fact with the other members for a scenario.
• Hidden Depths:
  • Wonwoo, famous for his emotionless face, surprisingly is the best member in making different facial expressions.
  • Music talent-based: Hoshi, Woozi, Joshua and Jeonghan surprisingly rap quite well, while all of Hip Hop Team have beautiful singing voices. Special mention in Hip Hop Team goes to Wonwoo, who has a really soothing singing voice which can never be heard from his rap.
  • For all of his jests and mischievousness, Jeonghan is known to be one of the most reliable and responsible, as many of the members have mentioned that they go to him first whenever they need to talk things out. He's also extremely intelligent and clever, mentioning that he had good grades in natural science and majoring in advertisement. To top it all off, he can be incredibly athletic, especially when it comes to soccer. That is, if he wants to be.
  • Woozi can play several instruments, including guitar, piano, drums, and clarinet.
• Hopeless with Tech: Hoshi. When the members had to prepare presentations in Going Seventeen 2019 episode 3, Hoshi struggled with making a powerpoint presentation. There is also one occasion in which he couldn't figure out how to go live on V Live and it took him five attempts to get a successful broadcast going.
• Hot-Blooded: Hoshi and Seungkwan who are a few of the group's most energetic and outgoing members.
• Idol Singer
• Inelegant Blubbering:
  • Most of the members when their family members gave them the rings they earned back in the last episode of Seventeen Project.
  • Hoshi and Seungkwan when the group got their first music show win with Pretty U.
• Jack of All Stats: Many members are this:
  • Jun is one of the main dancers, can rap and sing, and his falsettos are no joke. He also knows Wushu^note Chinese kungfu and was a child actor in China, and he can play the piano.
  • Hoshi is one of the main dancers and choreographs the dances of Seventeen. He is a vocalist but he can rap pretty decently too. He's even the main rapper of the unit Booseoksoon. Not to mention he's also a black belt for Taekwondo.
  • Woozi is the main producer and lead vocalist, but in the initial line-up he belongs to the Performance Team, meaning that he can dance well. He was also initially the one in charge of high-note rapping before Dino. In addition, he can play the piano and is able to do so impromptu.
  • The8 is one of the main dancers, does b-boying, can sing and rap, and knows Wushu.
  • Mingyu is a rapper, who can also sing, dance well, and contribute to lyric-writing. In addition, he has a plethora of miscellaneous skills under his belt - cooking, fixing things, playing games, etc.
• The Klutz: Mingyu is very clumsy and always breaking things.
• Large and in Charge: DK is the tallest and the leader in Booseoksoon.
• Large Ham: BooSeokSoon.
• The Leader: They have three, which is unusual for even a Kpop group with many members.
  • S.Coups fits the "Levelheaded" type as he's both the eldest of the thirteen and the one who has trained the longest.
  • Hoshi fits the "Headstrong" type, being one of the more energetic and outspoken of the team.
  • Woozi fits the "Charismatic" type since he's in charge of creating the group's songs and is also one of the most respected members, as he's the other member aside from S.Coups who has trained the longest.
• Lethal Chef: Wonwoo and Jeonghan as revealed in a cut segment from Idol Room.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Jeonghan up until "Pretty U" and Jun during most of Seventeen Project.
• Manchild:
  • Despite being one of the oldest members, Jun is extremely excitable and tends to mimic the others in a hilarious fashion.
  • S.Coups is the leader and the oldest member, but he can get quite pouty when he doesn't get what he wants and acts adorably in front of fans.
• Mascot: Bongbongie◊, a chibi humanoid figure meant to represent Carats, created by Mingyu. Now has become somewhat the official mascot of the group, appearing in most of their official merchandise◊.
• Meaningful Name: Most of their stage names.
  • S.Coups is from his real name, Seungcheol, and coups, meaning success.
  • Hoshi means "star" in Japanese and in Korean is a shortening of horang-ee-eui siseon, meaning "gaze of a tiger."
  • Woozi means "finding ideas", since the company wants him to have many ideas for the group.
    • Fans and members joke that Woozi is short for uri Jihoonie (our precious Jihoon).
  • DK, short for Dokyeom, means "doing things in different aspects."
  • By rotating the infinite sign 90 degrees, it gives 8. The8 hopes that he can be talented in infinite aspects.
  • Dino, short for dinosaur. Dino hopes that he can dominate the stage like one.
• Mistaken Age: Mingyu thought Wonwoo was younger than him since the latter was eager to help people and used formal language.
• Momma's Boy:
  • Seungkwan is not afraid to show off his love for his mother (and his sisters) whenever they're around.
  • While not as blatant as Seungkwan, Joshua is utterly devoted to his mom and deeply cares about her, to the point of writing a very long hashtag to show off his love on his Instagram. ^note  If you want to know, the tag reads #sorryfornotcontactingyouoftenIwilltrytomessageyoumore .
• Motor Mouth: Jun can speak really fast in Korean and Chinese.
• The Napoleon:
  • Woozi is the shortest member standing at 5'5"^note 165 cm, and he's notorious for (jokingly) losing his temper and being snarky.
  • Seungkwan is one of the shortest members and is prone to losing his temper, especially when it comes to either Dino or Mingyu.
• Nice Mean And In Between:
  • The '95 liners, with Seungcheol usually being the nice one and the Butt-Monkey of the three, Jeonghan being the mean one, and Joshua, who's nice in general but will not hesitate to join Jeonghan's evil plans, being the in-between.
  • The '96 line has Jun as the nice one, Wonwoo and Woozi as the mean ones, and Hoshi, who's usually cheerful but is very competitive when it comes to games, as the in-between.
  • The '97 liners, with Seokmin as the nice one, Minghao being an elite Deadpan Snarker, and Mingyu who acts differently depending on the person and his mood.
• No Indoor Voice: DK and Hoshi, as if their constant yelling and screaming don't remind you.
• Not So Above It All:
  • Joshua. For all his bluff about being the "gentleman", he can be surprisingly mischievous and snarky, especially when combined with Jeonghan.
  • Woozi. He's temperamental and feared among his members, but he's also one of the first ones to start cracking up whenever the others start doing or saying something remotely hilarious (often contributing to it). He can also be surprisingly very energetic, as seen with the Hit fanchant video.
  • The8. He's generally one of the more levelheaded members and tends to resist some of the weirder antics of the group. However, he does have a silly side that comes up fairly often.
• Odd Name Out: In terms of Korean first names, Dino is the only one whose name consists of only one syllable.
• Older Than They Look:
  • Woozi, due to his height. Many members thought that he was the youngest when they first saw him.
  • Wonwoo. Mingyu mistakenly thought that the former was younger than him.
• One Head Taller: Woozi with any member he's paired up with.
• Only Sane Man:
  • The8 generally functions as this within the group as one of the most levelheaded and as well as more resistant to their antics. That being said, he's not totally unwilling to be as ridiculous as the rest of the group.
  • Wonwoo sometimes acts like this whenever the members are being particularly weird, sometimes reacting out of sheer confusion, although he can be quite bizarre in his own right.
  • Joshua also functions as this sometimes. While he can be as mischievous and bonkers as the others, he tends to be more on the levelheaded, quieter side (sometimes leaning on stoicism), as well as being lot more responsible than he lets on.
  • Despite being prone to losing his temper and being quite the Cloud Cuckoo Lander at times, Seungkwan is quite restrained in certain events and sometimes doesn't participate when things within the group get pretty weird. Key word is sometimes.
• Panty Thief: S.Coups apparently borrows the underwear of the members, without asking first.
• Papa Wolf: S.Coups qualifies as this, being protective of the members (such as complaining about bad treatment from Pledis). He's also physically the strongest member in Seventeen.
• The Quiet One: Wonwoo. He is much quieter than the other members, to the point that their vocal trainer didn't catch his name for two years. This has slowly started to get subverted however, probably due to the overall chaos of the group and his confidence growing.
• Real Men Cook: Mingyu is a prime example of this. Apparently Jun, DK, and Joshua don't fall behind in this aspect.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Mingyu, who's around 186 cm ^note  6'2" and can look rather intimidating, is known as the best cook in Seventeen, a skilled artist, and has an exceptional eye for fashion.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni:
  • Wonwoo and Minghao is blue to Mingyu's red.
  • Woozi and Wonwoo is blue to Hoshi's red.
  • S.Coups is usually the red to Joshua and Jeonghan's blue.
  • Vernon is the blue to Seungkwan and Dino's red.
• Rock Trio: The unit leaders (S.Coups, Hoshi, and Woozi).
• Running Gag:
  • "Horanghae". ^note  This is a combination of the word "saranghae" (love in Korean) and "horang" (tiger in Korean). Expect to it come with any variants of a tiger drawing, (which sometimes looks like a hamster), a tiger pose, and/or a tiger plushie.
  • Woozi, Wonwoo, and The8 often vehemently try to deter Hoshi's antics of calling himself a tiger. It's to the point where The8 has to remind him that he's a human, often on variety shows.
  • The members, particularly Woozi, calling Joshua out for calling himself a "gentleman" when they know he's decidedly not. ^note  This shows up in concerts more often than not whenever Joshua is doing his introduction.
  • "Surprise!" ^note  This came from Joshua's cameo on Ateen, which quickly spread among the group as a way to clown him. Expect Joshua to either smirk and/or look exhausted whenever they do this.
• School Uniforms are the New Black: Their stage outfits during the Mansae era.
• Singer-Songwriter: They're marketed as a self-producing idol group, so it's only natural for them to create their own songs. Woozi is in charge of lyric-writing and composing, while Hoshi makes the choreography. The Hip-Hop Unit write their own lyrics to their raps too, while the other Vocal Unit and Performance Unit members take part in suggesting ideas for both their songs and dances.
• The Smart One:
  • Wonwoo is considered to be this as he's known for tackling brain teasers with ease and being one of the most well-read members. He's also skilled at four character idioms.
  • Mingyu can be this when he's not fooling around with the others, as shown in the Going Seventeen 2020 brain games and escape room episodes.
  • In terms of music, Woozi is the one that holds down the fort, often being called a "genius composer" because of the amount of work and time he devotes to creating songs for Seventeen and other artists.
• Spell My Name With An S: Jeonghan's name before debut was romanized as Junghan.
• Stage Names:
  • S.Coups for Choi Seungcheol.
  • Jun for Wen Junhui.
  • Hoshi for Kwon Soonyoung.
  • Woozi for Lee Jihoon.
  • DK/Dokyeom for Lee Seokmin.
  • The8 for Xu Minghao.
  • Vernon for Hansol Vernon Chwe.
  • Dino for Lee Chan.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome:
  • Mingyu, the group's visual, has darker skin compared to the others and is the tallest member.
  • The same goes for Jun who's tan and the second tallest in the group.
• Team Chef: If Mingyu hadn't been around, the group would have starved during their time in Yeoseodo.
  • Some of the others have gotten better at this aspect, namely DK, Jun, and Joshua.
• Teen Idol: The entirety of the group were still teenagers when they debuted, though barely in S. Coups', Jeonghan's, and Joshua's cases.
• Tsundere: Wonwoo and Woozi. The latter especially.
  • Wonwoo, Type B, reacts to Mingyu's affections mostly in this manner.
  • Woozi is generally edgy and a little bad-tempered, but he cares a lot for the other members.
• True Companions: It's clear that they all deeply care for each other and are willing to stick with each other until the end. It's to the point where all of them consider the group to be a family.
• Vitriolic Best Buds:
  • Hoshi and Wonwoo: They are always bickering and doing childish fights, with Wonwoo usually winning, but they are indeed best friends - at one point on Wonwoo's official profile it's stated that he only likes Hoshi. Besides, one of the main reasons why Wonwoo is improving so much in dancing (from last in dancing to one who can dance to 2x speed flawlessly) is because Hoshi likes teaching him dances, which include some weird ones like the robot dance and jellyfish dance.
  • Mingyu and Minghao: Another pair who loves bickering. Mingyu often posts photos on Instagram that Minghao comments on with "photo by The8" and they call each other weird nicknames, but they both say that they are soulmates.
  • Wonwoo and Mingyu: Wonwoo is constantly bullying poor Mingyu, but Mingyu has once said that he'd like to date Wonwoo if the latter were a girl, while Wonwoo always says Mingyu's name first immediately when being asked whom he'd like to form a unit with.
  • The '95 liners: S.Coups is always being bullied by Jeonghan and Joshua, but it's quite clear that they are very good friends and S.Coups doesn't feel awkward at all even if only the other two are with him - he's just annoyed by how he's the Butt-Monkey among the three.
  • Seungkwan and Mingyu: These two in particular bicker a lot and tend to make fun of each other, even being called the "Tom and Jerry" of the group. Underneath all of the jokes, it's clear that they do care for each other and are close friends.
• Vocal Tag Team: The Vocal Unit, obviously, but also Seventeen in general in certain songs.
• Younger Than They Look: Mingyu, due to his height and general appearance.

Music Tropes

• Album Intro Track: Teen, Age starts off with "Intro. New World".
• Boastful Rap: Not usually, but Hip-Hop Unit's mixtapes has this all over the place. In terms of album tracks, "Back It Up" is the only one so far.
• Call-Back: Their choreography for "Our Dawn is Hotter Than Day" is made up of various moves from nearly all their previous dances. SEVENTEEN also tends to make call backs to their previous songs in their newer songs. The choreography for some of their other songs also follow this trend.
  • The choreography for My My has the cheek poke from Pretty U and the falling petal hand movements of Fallin' Flower but done in reverse.
  • With regards to lyrics/melodies, Lie Again has Vernon's first line in Don't Wanna Cry.
    • Fearless has Jeonghan's line after the first chorus of Fear.
• Darker and Edgier:
  • "Rock" and "Chuck" are this to "Mansae" and "Pretty U," respectively.
  • "Getting Closer" is this to "Oh My".
  • "Fear" is this to the previous title track, "Home".
• "Double, Double" Title: "Jam Jam", "BOOMBOOM", "Call Call Call!", "My My"
• Genre Shift: While it could be attributed all the way back to "Boom Boom", "Don't Wanna Cry" and its subsequent album AL1 marked the group's shift from funk-based pop to a heavier EDM focus.
• Gratuitous English: Frequently shows up in their songs which is normal for K-pop.
• Gratuitous Spanish: "Very Nice" starts off with "four tres two uno uno two".
• Inspired by…: The lyrics and the performance of "MY I" was inspired by the movie Your Name, according to The8.
  • The choreography for "No F.U.N" was inspired by Kingsman.
• Hotter and Sexier:
  • In general, the Performance Unit has a lot more sensual songs and performances than the full group. Standouts include "Lilili Yabbay", "Shhh", and "247", among others.
  • AL1 includes standouts "Crazy in Love" and "If I".
  • "Good to Me" is considered to be one of the group's most sensual songs, with a heavier R&B focus and a much more sensual dance than the full group has ever done.
  • "Fear" is an interesting take on this. Sonically and lyrically, it is much darker territory than the group has ever gone before, but the performance aspect takes an interesting turn, especially with the promotion outfits.
• Incredibly Long Note: Seungkwan and Dokyeom are usually in charge of these.
• Letters 2 Numbers: AL1 (pronounced Alone).
• Lighter and Softer:
  • "Home" is this to pre-release track "Getting Closer".
  • "Fallin' Flower" is this is to previous release "Fear".
  • "Snap Shoot" is also this to "Fear".
  • Heng:garae is this to their previous Korean album An Ode. Aside from the dramatic "Fearless", many of the tracks have much lighter EDM focus and an overall lighthearted, but still mature atmosphere.
• Location Song: Various cities are name-dropped in Check-In.
• Looped Lyrics: Happens a lot, especially in the choruses of their title tracks.
• Mood Whiplash: There are quite a few examples if you're listening to the albums straight through:
  • In their repackage album Director's Cut, the album goes from the bold, energetic "Thinkin' About U" to the melancholic "Thanks".
  • "Teen, Age" goes from the subdued, melancholic "Without You" to the boisterous "Clap".
  • ''You Made My Dawn" has a more downplayed version, as it goes from the soft "Hug" to the more energetic (but still plenty chilled-out) "Chilli".
  • An Ode has a particularly startling example as it goes from immensely energetic, loud EDM-heavy "Hit" to the wistful "Lie Again" to the dark R&B-flavored "Fear".
  • Heng:garae goes from the militaristic, stark "Fearless" to the energetic, 2000s-inspired hip-hop of "Left & Right" to the jazz-influenced "I Wish".
• Never Trust a Trailer: Whenever Seventeen releases Darker and Edgier concept photos, the real thing is usually exactly the opposite.
  • Subverted with their promotions for "Fear."
• Non-Uniform Uniform: Their outfits for their "Mansae" live performances.
• One-Word Title:
  • 17 Carat: "20".
  • Boys Be: "Fronting", "Mansae", "Rock".
  • Love&Letter: "Healing", "Simple", "Space", "Chuck".
  • Going Seventeen: "Beautiful", "Highlight".
  • A|1: "Habit".
  • Teen,Age: "Clap", "Trauma", "Pinwheel", "Flower", "Rocket", "Hello", "Campfire".
  • Director's Cut: "Thanks".
  • You Make My Day: "Holiday", "Moonwalker".
  • You Make My Dawn: "Home", "Hug", "Chilli", "Shhh".
  • An Ode: "Hit", "Fear", "Lucky".
  • Heng:garae: "Fearless", "Kidult", "Together".
  • Your Choice: "Anyone", "Wave".
• Precision F-Strike: Hip-Hop Unit loves using this in their mixtapes, particularly in "Un Haeng Il Chi" and "Sukyo", among others.
  • Played for Laughs: during Vocal Unit's cover of "Un Haeng Il Chi" in their 2018 fanmeeting, when Joshua managed to drop not one - but three f-bombs when doing Vernon's verse. Hilariously, Seungkwan averts this when doing Wonwoo's verse by replacing "fuck yeah" with "Boo yeah".
• Singer Name Drop: Most of their title tracks start off by singing or saying "Seventeen."
  • Vernon usually says the name of the next member to sing/rap after his verse, much like in "Ah Yeah" ("Yo S.Coups, here’s the baton, Man") and "Chuck" ("Woozi, switch it up" and "But they ain’t got no guts, Dino").
  • In "Mansae", Vernon and S.Coups's names are dropped before their respective verses.
• Singing Simlish:
  • NO F.U.N: "du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du ha ow" and "du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du ah".
  • Getting Closer: "Yeh yeh yeh yeh"
  • Happy Ending: "Yeah oh, oh oh, oh oh" and "No whoa no no no"
  • Hit: "oh, oh, oh, oh, oh" and "saa! brr, saa! saa!"
• The Something Song: Hit Song.
• Solo Side Project: Jun and The8 have released their respective solo work.
• Soprano and Gravel:
  • The Hip-Hop Team's rap, especially Wonwoo's and Mingyu's baritone voices, is a huge contrast to Seungkwan's and DK's high notes.
  • In Performance Team, Jun's falsetto is also a huge contrast to The8's and Dino's lower rapping voices.
• Spelling Song: NO F.U.N.
• This Is a Song: The message of "Popular Song" is that "this is a popular song."
• Title Track: Happy Ending and Fallin' Flower from their respective singles.
• Translated Cover Version:
  • We Make You has Japanese versions of "Highlight", "Lean On Me", "20", and "Love Letter".
  • Happy Ending has Japanese versions of "Oh My!" and "Healing".
  • An Ode features the Korean version of "Happy Ending".
  • Fallin' Flower has Japanese versions of "Good To Me" and "Smile Flower".
  • Hitori Janai has Japanese versions of "Run to you" and "Home;run".
  • There are also Korean versions of "My I" and "Call Call Call" and Chinese versions for "Oh My!" and "Home".
• Updated Re-release:
  • The repackaged version of the Love & Letter album.
  • Director's Cut which has all songs from the Teen,Age album and four additional ones.
• Written Sound Effect: Utilized in the chorus for "Clap" and Vernon and Dino's lines for "Happy Ending".
• Xtreme Kool Letterz:
  • Albums: AL1 (pronounced as Alone), Heng:garæ.
  • Song titles: Adore U, Pretty U, GAM3 BO1.

Music Video Tropes

• Asleep in Class: Wonwoo in Mansae.
• Badass Biker: The members are these in their Japanese debut MV, Call Call Call.
• Beggar with a Signboard: Jun in Left & Right.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The three leaders for their Change Up MV. Hoshi is blond, S.Coups stands in for the brunette with his black hair, and Woozi has bright tomato-red hair.
• Bloodless Carnage: In Very Nice, all the members except Wonwoo die via confetti exploding out of their chests.
• Call-Back: The ending of Healing and this scene in the Clap music videos reference the start of "Mansae". Clap even has all the members in the same position◊ as Mansae.
• The Caper: The plot for their BOOMBOOM MV.
• Childish Pillow Fight: The members engage in this in the Oh My! MV.
• Chocolate of Romance: What the Vocal Unit members romance the female lead with in the music video for Chocolate.
• Concept Video: Many of their music videos.
• Cool Airship: The members ride one of these in My My.
• Cool Bike:
  • S.Coups has one in BOOMBOOM.
  • Each of the members have one in Call Call Call.
• Darker and Edgier: Getting Closer and Fear are this to most of other Seventeen MVs.
• Design Student's Orgasm: A few shots in the Clap MV which had some crazy effects and editing starting from here.
• Diner Brawl: Some of the members start a Food Fight at a diner in the MV for Pretty U.
• Epic Launch Sequence: In the MV for Left & Right, the other 12 members watch from afar as S.Coups (inside a car-rocket-thing) prepares to launch to the sky.
• Fake Band: The concept of the RS version of Teen,Age's promotional pics.
  • Joshua, Jun, and The8 in Adore U.
• Food Fight: Some members do this in the music video of Pretty U.
• Fun with Acronyms: In the Clap, MV, the group works at SVT Inc., which stands for Specialized Videotape Technology Incorporated.
• Greaser Delinquents: Wonwoo, Jeonghan, Woozi, Dokyeom, and The8 in Call Call Call.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: Wonwoo, Jeonghan, Woozi, Dokyeom, and The8 rocked some leather jackets for their biker gang in the music video for Call Call Call.
• Imagine Spot: Wonwoo has one with the female lead in Mansae before Hoshi woke him up.
• Laser Hallway: The8 and Hoshi go through one of these in BOOMBOOM.
• No Animals Were Harmed: The description for My My features one of these as they had live alpacas on set.
• Oh, Crap!: S.Coups, Wonwoo, and Mingyu's reaction when Mingyu accidentally sets off a trap in BOOMBOOM.
• Performance Video: Highlight, Lilili Yabbay, MY I.
• Red String of Fate: In Jun and Minghao's case, white string of fate. Used to great effect in their choreography for their duet song MY I.
  • Said string is also implied to be the one tying up Wonwoo and Mingyu to a pillar in Trauma.
• Retraux:
  • Call Call Call sounds like it comes from the 50s/60s and even has some of the members styled as mods and rockers for the music video.
  • Left & Right has an early 2000s hip hop sound and all the members are styled as such.
• Scenery Porn: There are many beautiful shots highlighting cityscapes, streets, architecture, interiors, and landmarks in Check-In.
• Scooter-Riding Mod: S.Coups, Mingyu, Hoshi, and Seungkwan in Call Call Call.
• Shout-Out:
  • A few shots in the Happy Ending MV reference The Last Supper.
• Stuff Blowing Up: In BOOMBOOM, Mingyu sets off a trap which leads to him, S.Coups, and Wonwoo running through a hallway with explosions happening around them.
• SWAT Team: Wonwoo leads one in Happy Ending.
• This Is Gonna Suck: Woozi's reaction to Mingyu setting off a trap in BOOMBOOM.
• Unwanted Harem: The lead actress in the Mansae MV continuously brushes away the members' attempts to get her attention, though by the end of the MV, she has warmed up to S. Coups.
  • The girl in the Very Nice MV ignores (and possibly also kills) every single member except Wonwoo after their attempts to flirt with her.

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