K-pop group SEVENTEEN have announced the official release date for the fifth studio album ‘Happy Burstday’. The boy band announced the date on Monday [April 21].
Scheduled for release on May 26, the album marks the group’s first full-length LP in almost three years.
Serving as a follow-up to their 2022’s ‘Face The Sun,’ the upcoming project was announced by S.COUPS, JEONGHAN, JOSHUA, JUN, HOSHI, WONWOO, WOOZI, THE 8, MINGYU, DK, SEUNGKWAN, VERNON and DINO in a promo video featuring a giant floating black envelope hovering in a dirty subway station. The information on the back of the envelope also teased much more upcoming news from the 13-member act.
In addition to the May 26 release date, it promised a “new tour,” as well as “new unit single album” and “new SEVENTEEN content,” and more special news to come. The video ends with the envelope collapsing to the ground as the lights in the underground tunnel begin to flicker ominously while the unseen, breathless cameraman sprints to the steps to discover an elaborately frosted birthday cake that bursts into flames, transforming the message into the album’s title rendered in spooky black and red letters.
“HAPPY BURSTDAY blends the words ‘birthday’ and ‘burst’ to express the explosive energy of SEVENTEEN’s rebirth, capturing their desire to reinvent themselves as a ‘new SEVENTEEN’ and embrace a fearless new era beyond a decade” according to a statement announcing the project.
