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Going Seventeen (web series)
South Korean web series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Going Seventeen (Korean: 고잉 세븐틴; RR: Going sebeuntin, also known as GoSe) is a South Korean variety web series starring boy band Seventeen. The series has been offered for free viewing on YouTube and V Live (then later, on Weverse) since its premiere on June 12, 2017.[1] It features the band members participating in a variety of activities depending on an episode's main concept, ranging from games or completing challenges to skits, role playing, get-togethers and MTs.
The show started primarily with a video blog / behind-the-scenes format in its first seasons, featuring the band's various activities across their career with intermittent variety-type episodes. In 2019, it formally transitioned to the variety show format, and it aired weekly on Mondays at 22:10 KST since January 2020. It began airing on Wednesdays at 21:00 KST since the start of its fifth season in April 2021. Starting from October 2023, the band released a comeback special to celebrate and promote every new album, compilation album or extended play.
Throughout its broadcast history, the show garnered positive reviews for providing quality content that can be enjoyed by anyone in and outside the band's fandom, with cumulative views exceeding 270 million as of January 2022.[2][3][4]
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Cast
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- Choi Seung-cheol (S.Coups)
- Yoon Jeong-han (Jeonghan)
- Hong Joshua (Joshua)
- Wen Junhui (Jun)
- Kwon Soon-young (Hoshi)
- Jeon Won-woo (Wonwoo)
- Lee Ji-hoon (Woozi)
- Xu Minghao (The8)
- Kim Min-gyu (Mingyu)
- Lee Seok-min (Dokyeom/DK)
- Boo Seung-kwan (Seungkwan)
- Hansol Vernon Chwe (Vernon)
- Lee Chan (Dino)
Special appearance

- Going Seventeen production team
- Headed by director Kim Hyun-seok and producer Lee Eun-song, members of the Going Seventeen production team made a special appearance in Episodes 42–43: "Going vs. Seventeen" of Going Seventeen 2020, the first ever instance of such participation in the show.
- Relatives of the members of Seventeen
- A few relatives of some members of Seventeen made special appearances in the show. They include Hoshi's parents and Dino's grandmother in Episodes 36–37: "How to Eat Rice the Perfect Way" of Going Seventeen (2021–present).
- Pets of the members of Seventeen
- Hoshi's pet dog Latte made a special appearance in Episode 118: "Going Production: Don't Laugh" and Episode 119: "Going Production" of Going Seventeen (2021–present).
- Park Mun-ki
- A referee from the Korea Council of Sport for All (KOCOSA) who was a regular cast member in the 2005–2018 MBC reality show Infinite Challenge, in which he participated as the show's official referee. Park appeared in Episode 39: "Infinite Going" (Part 2) of Going Seventeen (2021–present).
- Lee Eun-jae (Jaejae)
- Television producer and presenter who is the host of the SBS variety web series MMTG. Lee appeared and co-hosted in a special collaborative episode between Going Seventeen and MMTG.
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Series overview
Note: Special episodes are not counted towards the total.
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Episodes
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Going Seventeen 2017
All episodes in this season except for the final episode (Episode 29) are in video blog / behind-the-scenes format, featuring Seventeen's various activities across their career. Episode 29 is in a talk show format.
Going Seventeen Spin-off (2018)
The episodes in this season are in video blog format unless noted otherwise.
Going Seventeen 2019
This season marks Going Seventeen's change of format, transitioning from video blog (Episodes 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12 and 13) to variety show (Episodes 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 and onwards). It is also in this season when the show first used its opening and ending theme songs.
Going Seventeen 2020
This season consists of episodes that are part of Seventeen's "Monthly Seventeen" project (from Going Seventeen 2019's Eps. 27-28: "The Secret Life of Going Sevong"), wherein each member contributes an episode concept that will be featured per month within the season's period.
Going Seventeen (2021–present)
Since 2021, new seasons of Going Seventeen have continued sequentially from the previous year, although the title card is changed to mark the beginning of a new season.
Part 1 (April 2021–January 2022)
Part 2 (February 2022–January 2023)
Part 3 (March 2023–May 2024)
Part 4 (May 2024–June 2025)
Part 5 (June 2025–present)
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Related
A related show is Going BooSeokSoon. This show features DK, Hoshi and Seungkwan, the three members of the sub-unit BooSeokSoon. This show only has two episodes.
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Soundtrack
The soundtrack of Going Seventeen includes the show's opening and ending theme songs which are both composed by Seventeen band members Woozi, Jeonghan, Hoshi, DK and Seungkwan. Both are performed by the entire band and debuted on 17 June 2019 in the eighth episode of Going Seventeen 2019.
The production of the opening theme song (and its corresponding title sequence for the season) and the ending theme song were documented and featured in the sixth and seventh episodes of Going Seventeen 2019. In Episode 6: "Making the Going Seventeen Opening Song" (aired 20 May 2019), it was revealed that Woozi pre-produced four instrumentals and let his co-composers choose which among them will be fitting to be the opening and ending theme music. The composers then wrote the lyrics and recorded demo versions of the songs, with Woozi handling the production. Later, the entire band unanimously approved the songs and discussed the production of the songs' final versions and the filming of the show's title sequence. The behind-the-scenes of the recording of the songs and the filming of the title sequence are featured in Episode 7: "Making the Going Seventeen Opening Video" (aired 3 June 2019).
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Reception
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Television
On April 1, 2021, South Korean cable television network JTBC announced a 10-week long Spring special programming block of content from Hybe Labels artists. Going Seventeen was included in the lineup for Seventeen. In addition, two new episodes from the series, 'Treasure Island: 13 Raiders', premiered on television first, and later on YouTube and Weverse.[6][7]
Accolades
Going Seventeen has been praised for being content that can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of generation, nationality, and fandom.[2] It breaks the notion of 'K-pop content enjoyed only by fans' and is expanding the audience enough to build a fandom of its own.[3] The show has often been labeled 'National Web Variety Show' and even 'K-pop's Infinite Challenge' by various media outlets.[11][12]
As of January 2022, Going Seventeen surpassed 270 million cumulative views with just two seasons in 2020 and 2021, and averaged over 3.62 million and 2.44 million views per episode, respectively.[4]
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Notes
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- This episode is in variety show format.
- The episode's original (Korean) title 당.당.감.체 (RR: Dang.dang.gam.che) is a shortening of the phrase 당얀한 것들을 당연하게 만들어주시는 감사한 분들의 일을 체험하는 (RR: Dang-yeonhan geotdeureul dang-yeonhage mandeureojusineun gamsahan bundeurui ireul cheheomhaneun, lit. "experiencing the work of people who make common things possible").
- Korean title: 돈't Lie; RR: Don't Lie
The Korean word 돈 (don) literally means "money". - Korean title: 부승관의 전생연분; RR: Buseunggwanui jeonsaeng-yeonbun
The episode is a spin-off of the 2002–2003 MBC variety show Match Made in the Heaven (강호동의 천생연분; Ganghodong-ui cheonsaeng-yeonbun; lit. Kang Ho-dong's Soulmates) - The episode's title alludes to the British TV talent show franchise Got Talent.
- The episode's title alludes to the 1984 American film Ghostbusters.
- The episode's title (read as Seventeen-side Out) alludes to the 2015 animated film Inside Out.
- The episode's original Korean title 천고마비 (Hanja: 天高馬肥; RR: Cheon-gomabi; lit: "High sky, fat horse" or "The sky is high and the horse is fat") is a Sino-Korean expression used to describe autumn as a season of abundance. However, the last two syllables of this expression (—마비, —mabi) has exactly the same sound to another Sino-Korean word (痲痺→마비, mabi) which means "to be paralyzed" or "paralysis". Going Seventeen uses this word play to establish the expression's meaning in the context of this episode: "High sky paralysis" or "Getting paralyzed while high up (in the sky)".
- The title alludes to the brand of the minivan used in this episode. The mention of this brand was not a product placement, though the vehicle played a central role in the episode.
- Korean title: 출발 세븐틴; RR: Chulbal sebeuntin
The episode is a spin-off of the 1999–2016 KBS game show Let's Go, Dream Team! (출발 드림팀; RR: Chulbal deurimtim). - Korean name: 카니발전이 없는 너는 평생 제자리걸음; RR: Kanibaljeoni eomneun neoneun pyeongsaeng jejarigeoreum
This team name alludes to Going Seventeen 2020's Episode 39: "Carnival". - Korean name: 지훈아; RR: Jihuna; lit. "Ji-hoon!"
This team name uses Woozi's real given name Ji-hoon (지훈) in the vocative case (–아, RR: –a), as if addressing or calling Woozi. - The episode's title alludes to the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first entry of the Indiana Jones film series.
- Korean title: 버논에서 모처럼 모내기를 하며 모든 내기를 해보았다; RR: Beononeseo mocheoreom monaegireul hamyeo modeun naegireul haeboatda; lit. "Making every bet while planting rice in 'Ver-Paddy'"
The first word 버논(에서) [beonon(eseo); (at the) Ver-Paddy] is a word play the combines Seventeen member Vernon's stage name as written in Korean (버논, Beonon) and the word 논 (non), which literally means "paddy". - The episode, introduced as a "Going Original Series", contains themes of horror and some scenes may trigger photosensitive epilepsy to those who are susceptible. Viewer discretion is advised.
- Mugunghwa kkochi pi-eosseumnida (무궁화 꽃이 피었습니다, "The roses of Sharon have blossomed.") is a version of the popular children's game Statues originating from Korea.
- Don-gaseu (돈가스), also known as donkkaseu (돈까스), is a Korean foot-stepping game wherein players leap into a circle drawn on the ground (don) and jump out of it, landing on both feet (gaseu). On each individual turn, a player tries to tag (eliminate) another player by stepping on that player's feet upon the gaseu exit landing.
- Korean title: 무모한 고잉; RR: Mumohan going; lit. "Reckless Going [Seventeen]"
The episode is a spin-off of the 2005–2018 MBC reality show Infinite Challenge (무한도전; Muhandojeon). - The episode's title and concept alludes to the 1998 American film The Truman Show and the MBC reality show I Live Alone.
- The members of Seventeen play quick games, such as rock paper scissors, to choose which teams they will be in for each round.
- Going Seventeen took a two-week break for Seventeen's promotion of their fourth studio album Face the Sun.
- The members of Seventeen play ghost leg to decide which teams they will be in for each round.
- This episode's title and concept allude to the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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