SEVENTEEN Amp It Up With 9th Mini Album “Attacca” — Review - Teen Vogue

K-pop stars SEVENTEEN are back with their ninth mini-album Attacca, their fourth major Korean-language release in pandemic times, and they are more rock 'n' roll than ever before.

Part of their 2021 “Power of ‘Love’” project, which started with the release of Mingyu and Wonwoo’s duet “Bittersweet” in May and continued in June with their 8th mini-album Your Choice, Attacca conjures up a different vision of love — one that’s loud, passionate, and unapologetic. Spanning six tracks and a digital exclusive song, the new project finds the group taking the full-on pop-rock route. Each track stands on its own sonically, conflating influences from disparate genres, but they flow seamlessly to create a more than enjoyable 23-minute ride from the very first listen. (As it’s customary with SEVENTEEN, all members have writing, composing, and producing credits across all seven songs, alongside long-time in-house collaborator Bumzu, among other contributors.)

Leading the release is title track “Rock With You” — which arrives with its own TikTok challenge. From various teasers prior to its official release, most had anticipated the song would be instantly catchy, but its infectious nature could not be fully relayed with snippets alone. Leaning in heavily on pop-rock, with guitars and synths leading the composition, “Rock With You” has more than a couple of standout moments — from Joshua’s head-on opening line to Wonwoo’s airy closer, going over Woozi’s controlled mixed voice and S.Coups’s murmured verse, which provides a nice change of pace. All with explosive choreography and an eye-catching music video directed by fan-favorite studio Rigend Films, which has previously aided the group visually on songs like “HIT”, “Fear,” “Fallin' Flower,” and more recently, Hoshi’s solo track “Spider.”

The two other offerings sung by all 13 members on Attacca are “To You” (소용돌이), the project’s opener, and “Crush.” “To You” is a sweet ease into the project. Tackling the time-honored declaration of love, the track is described as synth-pop. “Crush,” on the other hand, takes cues from hip-hop and R&B. Featuring an 808-style base, it is undoubtedly the sultrier sounding of the bunch — which is fitting for a song that’s basically a loud ode to your crush, something I’m sure many would deem aspirational in this climate. Both offerings are classic SEVENTEEN goodness, but things take an even more interesting turn in the latter half of the album with the unit songs.

The first one we are presented with is “PANG!” by SEVENTEEN’s performance unit, made up of Hoshi, Jun, The8, and Dino. Though described officially as “hybrid trap-style hip-hop,” the pop influences undoubtedly prevail. Initially, its onomatopoeic title might suggest explosiveness akin to Your Choice’s wonderfully raucous “GAM3 BO1” but, with squiggly synths and soft melodies, the quartet’s offering is oddly tranquil.

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