SEVENTEEN's Hoshi Releases Solo R&B Track 'BOYFRIEND'
the performance unit leader dropped a smooth solo cut — a little gift from the enlistment era.
Hoshi said just because I'm serving doesn't mean I stopped serving.
SEVENTEEN's Hoshi released a new R&B-pop solo track, 'BOYFRIEND,' even while in the middle of his military service — the kind of pre-recorded gift that keeps CARAT company while he's away. a smoother, softer side from the group's resident performance machine is genuinely a treat.
Hoshi is best known for high-octane choreography, so leaning into a mellow R&B lane shows a whole other dimension. it's the sort of release that reminds you just how much range lives in this group.
CARAT, a solo track to hold you over? we accept. enlistment-era Hoshi still delivers. 🐯
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SEVENTEEN's 13 Members Renew Contracts With HYBE
kbizoom did the math: an estimated $220–250M generated for HYBE in 2023 alone, from a group whose label once sat on the edge of bankruptcy. on july 13, all 13 renewed. AGAIN.
on july 13 pledis confirmed that all thirteen members of SEVENTEEN re-signed — their SECOND renewal, heading into year eleven. thirteen men. zero defections. in this economy, on this timeline, during this particular season of contract chaos. absolutely feral behavior.
the reveal wasn't even a press release first. s.coups said it out loud, emotionally, on the closing night of the [NEW_] encore run at incheon asiad stadium back on april 5. he told the people who'd been standing in that stadium for it. correct instincts.
now the part that makes the renewal read like a business decision instead of a feelings decision. in 2023 SEVENTEEN moved roughly 15.93 million albums per circle chart — the best-selling artist in the country that year. 'FML' cleared 6.39 million on its own, 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN' added 5.94 million, and the FOLLOW tour pulled about $111.5 million from 988,314 people across 28 shows. estimates put the whole year at $220–250 million in revenue for HYBE. the boys ARE the balance sheet.
and yet. the origin story is 'the company could not afford stage outfits.' pledis spent 2012 to 2015 too broke to launch them, pushing the debut back over and over. woozi ended up producing the music, hoshi ended up building the choreo, and the rest split concepts and creative direction between them — so the entire self-producing identity everyone praises now was never a brand strategy. it was survival, in a numbered mesh jersey.
since then: the first k-pop act to speak and perform at the UNESCO Youth Forum in paris in 2023, then UNESCO's first-ever Goodwill Ambassador for Youth in june 2024. the members currently serving in the military will finish their paperwork when circumstances allow, and the company says it's already prepping for all thirteen to reconvene. CARATs, that's YOUR boys.
from 'will this group even debut' to 'this group is a line item.' mother is mothering in a full suit.
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bold new concept photos just dropped and STAY are already decoding every pixel.
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