Teen, Age

Teen, Age (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by South Korean boy group Seventeen. It was released on November 6, 2017 by Pledis Entertainment with the lead single "Clap".^[1] Teen, Age was the group's second number one on the Billboard World Album Charts.^[2]

Teen, Age
Studio album by Seventeen
Released	November 6, 2017
Genre	K-pop dance-pop hip hop R&B
Length	38:50
Language	Korean English
Label	Pledis LOEN
Seventeen chronology
Al1 (2017) Teen, Age (2017) We Make You (2018)
Singles from Teen, Age
"Clap" Released: November 6, 2017
Special album
Singles from Director's Cut
"Thanks" Released: February 5, 2018

The album was later repackaged as Seventeen's first special album entitled Director's Cut on February 5, 2018, with the title track "Thanks".^[3]

Background

In May 2017, Seventeen released the EP Al1 as the first chapter of their "2017 Seventeen Project". Following the release of Al1, Seventeen started the second chapter of the project by releasing "Change Up", a song by the group's respective hip-hop, performance, and vocal team leaders: S.Coups, Hoshi, and Woozi.^[4] Three additional songs, "Trauma", "Lilili Yabbay", and "Pinwheel", were released by each of the respective teams as incremental chapters. Teen, Age was then confirmed to be the third and final chapter of the project, comprising the four pre-released songs among others.^[5]

Promotion

“With our youngest member Dino turning 20 next year, us Seventeen members would like to send a round of applause to our passionate journey through adolescence during the past years."

— Hoshi on the album's title, Korea Herald^[6]

On October 21, Seventeen released the timeline for the album teasers.^[5] The full tracklist was revealed on October 28, with the lead single "Clap", all four previously released songs, and new songs exploring different combinations of the group's members.^[7] On October 31, the group revealed they would perform "Clap" for the first time in a TV special with Mnet.^[8]

On January 25, 2018, Seventeen announced a repackage of the album titled Director's Cut, which was released on February 5.^[9] The track list was revealed on January 29, including five new songs, with the lead single "Thanks".^[10]

Commercial performance

Teen, Age surpassed Seventeen's previous album sales records, recording a total of 215,669 albums sold in the first week.^[11] The album also reached number one on South Korea's weekly Gaon Chart^[12] and was the group's second number one on the Billboard World Album Charts.^[2]

Director's Cut similarly proved to be a commercial success, ranking first on South Korea's Hanteo Chart^[13] and again on the weekly Gaon Chart.^[14]

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Intro. 新世界" (New World)	Woozi Bumzu	Woozi Bumzu	Bumzu	0:51
2.	"Change Up" (SVT Leaders)	Woozi S.Coups Hoshi Bumzu	Woozi Bumzu Hoshi	Bumzu	3:07
3.	"Without You" (모자를 눌러 쓰고; Mojareul nulleo sseugo)	Woozi Vernon S.Coups Jeonghan Hoshi The8 Mingyu DK Dino Bumzu	Woozi Bumzu Park Ki-tae	Bumzu Park	3:15
4.	"Clap" (박수; Baksu)	Woozi Vernon Jeonghan Hoshi Mingyu DK Seungkwan Bumzu	Woozi Bumzu Park	Woozi Bumzu Park	2:47
5.	"Bring It" (날 쏘고 가라; Nal ssogo gara) (Hoshi & Woozi)	Woozi Hoshi Vernon	Woozi Dong Ne-hyeong Won Yeong-heon Min Sig I	Dong Won Min	3:32
6.	"Lilili Yabbay" (13월의 춤; 13 worui chum; lit. Dance of the 13 Months) (Performance Team)	Woozi Dino Bumzu	Woozi Bumzu Dirty Orange Mitsu.J	Bumzu Dirty Orange Mitsu.J	3:31
7.	"Trauma" (Hip-Hop Team)	S.Coups Vernon Wonwoo Mingyu	Vernon Bumzu	Bumzu	3:33
8.	"Pinwheel" (바람개비; Baramgaebi) (Vocal Team)	Woozi	Woozi Dong Won	Dong Won	3:39
9.	"Flower" (S.Coups, Seungkwan, Wonwoo, The8, Jeonghan, & Dino)	S.Coups Wonwoo The8 Dino Seungkwan Jeonghan Woozi Bumzu	Bumzu	Bumzu	3:27
10.	"Rocket" (Joshua & Vernon)	Vernon Joshua Woozi Nathan	Vernon Woozi Bumzu Nathan	Bumzu Nathan	3:08
11.	"Hello" (Jun, Mingyu, & DK)	Mingyu DK Jun Bumzu	Bumzu DK	Anchor Bumzu	3:20
12.	"Campfire" (캠프파이어; Kaempeupaieo)	Woozi Vernon S.Coups Jeonghan Wonwoo The8 Mingyu DK Seungkwan Bumzu	Woozi Bumzu Dong Won	Dong Won Yama Art	3:27
13.	"Outro. 未完" (Incompletion)		Woozi Bumzu Park	Bumzu Park	1:13
Total length:					38:50

Special edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Thinkin' About You"	Woozi Bumzu Vernon S.Coups Wonwoo Mingyu	Woozi Bumzu Park	3:42
2.	"Thanks" (고맙다; Gomapda)	Woozi Bumzu Hoshi	Woozi Bumzu	3:33
3.	"Run To You" (지금 널 찾아가고 있어; Jigeum neol chajagago isseo)	Woozi Bumzu	Woozi Bumzu Park	3:14
4.	"Falling for U" (Joshua & Jeonghan)	Woozi Bumzu Joshua Jeonghan	Woozi Bumzu Joshua Jeonghan	3:55
Total length:				14:13

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Teen, Age and Director's Cut Chart (2017–2018) Peak position TA DC Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[15][16] 25 19 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17][18] 5 2 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[12][14] 1 1 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19] 8 2 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20] 41 19 US World Albums (Billboard)[21] 1 2

Year-end charts 2017-2018 year-end chart performance for Teen, Age and Director's Cut Chart (2017–2018) Peak position TA DC Japanese Albums (Oricon)[22] 82 — South Korean Albums (Gaon)[23][24] 9 26 2023 year-end chart performance for Teen, Age Chart (2023) Position South Korean Albums (Circle)[25] 67

Certifications and sales

Sales certifications for Teen, Age

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan	—	65,377[26]
South Korea	—	395,148[27]

Sales certifications for Director's Cut

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[28]	Platinum	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
South Korea	November 6, 2017	CD digital download	Pledis Entertainment LOEN Entertainment	[29]
Worldwide		Digital download		[30]