Seventeen to drop repackaged fourth full-length album this evening

Boy band Seventeen [YONHAP]

Boy band Seventeen is set to release its repackaged fourth full-length album "Sector 17" on Monday evening.

It will drop through various music streaming websites at 6 p.m., according to the band's agency Pledis Entertainment.

"Sector 17" includes all nine songs from Seventeen's previous album "Face the Sun" which was released in May, and four new songs “_World," "Fallin' Flower," "Cheers" and "Circles."

“_World” is the lead track of the repackaged album. The underscore in the title refers to all the open possibilities of how Seventeen and its fans are able to interpret the world in many different ways, Pledis said.

"'Sector 17' is an album that showcases cheery charm that Seventeen has yet to show to the public," said band member S.Coups through the agency.

"We worked hard on this album for our fans," member Dino said. "We hope that our energy will be relayed to them."

As of Friday, “Sector 17” sold over 1.2 million in pre-orders.

The band will also appear on MTV's "We Speak Music" project on Monday and perform "Cheers."

“We Speak Music” is a project that features artists who have performed on MTV or at the VMA music video awards. Last year, Seventeen was nominated in the “Best K-pop” category for “Ready to Love,” the lead track of its eighth EP “Your Choice” at the VMAs. It has also performed several times on MTV's "Fresh Out Live" with songs such as "Darl+ing" (2022), "Ready to Love" (2021) and "Rock With You" (2021).

Seventeen debuted in 2015 and consists of 13 members: S.Coups, Wonwoo, Mingyu, Vernon, Woozi, Jeonghan, Joshua, DK, Seungkwan, Hoshi, Jun, The8 and Dino. It has released songs such as “Adore U” (2015), “Don’t Wanna Cry” (2017) and “Ready to Love” (2021).

BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]