Love & Letter | ||||
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Released | April 25, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2015–16 | |||
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Length | 33:08 | |||
Language | Korean | |||
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Singles from Love & Letter | ||||
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Singles from Love &Letter Repackage Album | ||||
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Love &Letter,also known as First 'Love &Letter', [1] [2] is the debut studio album by South Korean boy group Seventeen. It was released on April 25,2016 through Pledis Entertainment. [3] The album is a follow-up to the group's first two EPs, 17 Carat and Boys Be (2015). [4]
Love &Letter includes 10 tracks and focuses on themes such as the experience of a first love. [1] [3] The group's members largely created the album,writing or co-writing every track,and composing or co-composing almost every track. [2] "Pretty U" was chosen to be the title track of the album [2] and was performed on multiple music shows by the group throughout the following two and a half months. During this period,the group earned their first two consecutive wins on Show Champion . Their first win was on May 4,2016,followed by a second win on May 11,2016.
The album charted at number three on Billboard 's World Albums chart and at number five on the Heatseekers Albums chart. [2] The album's promotional single "Pretty U" charted at number three on the World Digital Songs chart,which marked their highest ranking on the chart to date. [2]
On June 24,2016,Seventeen performed at KCON in New York. Commenting on the group's first American appearance,Monique Menendez of Billboard K-Town wrote,"Seventeen bring the sugar with its latest single,'Pretty U',a bright love song with choreography reminiscent of West Side Story ." [5]
On July 4,2016,a repackaged edition of Love &Letter,titled Love &Letter Repackage Album,was released with five new tracks,including the title track "Very Nice". [6] [7] [8] The accompanying music video for the song was released on Naver V App on the same day and received over a million "hearts". [9]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Chuck" (엄지척) |
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| 2:58 | |
2. | "Pretty U" (예쁘다) |
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| 3:27 | |
3. | "Still Lonely" (이놈의 인기; performed by Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Vernon, Dino) |
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| 3:26 |
4. | "Hit Song" (유행가) |
| Bumzu |
| 3:43 |
5. | "Say Yes" (performed by DK, Seungkwan) |
| Kiggen | Kiggen | 3:50 |
6. | "Drift Away" (떠내려가; performed by S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan) |
| Woozi | Bumzu | 3:09 |
7. | "Adore U" (아낀다; Vocal Team version) |
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| 3:44 |
8. | "Monday to Saturday" (만.세; Hiphop Team version) |
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| Bumzu | 3:23 |
9. | "Shining Diamond" (Performance Team version) |
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| Park Gi-tae (Prismfilter) | 2:30 |
10. | "Love Letter" (사랑쪽지) |
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| 2:58 |
Total length: | 33:08 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "No F.U.N" |
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| Earattack | 3:01 |
2. | "Very Nice" (아주 Nice) |
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| Bumzu | 3:12 |
3. | "Healing" (힐링) |
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| 3:23 |
4. | "Simple" (performed by Woozi) | Woozi |
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| 3:40 |
5. | "Space" (끝이 안보여; performed by the Hiphop Team and DK) |
| Bumzu | Bumzu | 3:09 |
Total length: | 49:33 |
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