{"id":505446,"date":"2026-06-22T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/505446\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:12:14","slug":"seventeen-on-hiatus-promise-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/505446\/","title":{"rendered":"Seventeen on hiatus, promise return"},"content":{"rendered":"

INCHEON \u2013 Seventeen\u2019s 10th Carat Land fan meeting brought the warmth fans have come to expect from the annual event, but this year\u2019s gathering carried added emotional weight.<\/p>\n

Held on June 20 and 21 at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, it marked one of the K-pop band\u2019s last major collective events before more members begin mandatory military service. With Jeonghan, Wonwoo, Hoshi and Woozi already enlisted, nine members took the stage<\/a>. Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino are expected to enlist in the coming months.<\/p>\n

The impending farewell lingered throughout the weekend. Yet throughout the games, performances and fan interactions that define Carat Land, the band-members delivered a consistent message: they would return stronger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we return in two to three years, that\u2019s when our second chapter will truly begin,\u201d Mingyu said. \u201cWe\u2019ll return having grown and changed, and I hope you\u2019ll continue to love us then too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fan meet opened with an express train bound for Carat Land, the fictional paradise shared by Seventeen and its fandom. Emerging on a train-shaped lift, the members launched into Together, Heaven\u2019s Cloud and My My.<\/p>\n

The event soon shifted into its signature variety-show format, featuring dance covers chosen by the members themselves and the return of the popular reverse stage. This year, the segment expanded beyond unit-song swaps, with members reinterpreting one another\u2019s solo tracks.<\/p>\n

The performances underscored the band\u2019s versatility and growth as individual artists. \u201cEven with only nine members here today, we can fill an entire reverse stage with each other\u2019s solo songs,\u201d Mingyu said. \u201cThat shows how much each member has grown.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emerging on a train-shaped lift, the members of Seventeen launched into Together, Heaven\u2019s Cloud and My My.<\/p>\n

PHOTO: PLEDIS ENTERTAINMENT<\/p>\n

The second half of the fan meet turned into a rush of Seventeen hits, with Oh My!, Pretty U, Thinkin\u2019 About You, Home:Run, God Of Music and Very Nice, bringing the stadium to its feet. Fans waved their light sticks in the air as fireworks lit up the night sky.<\/p>\n

As the night came to a close, the band-members took turns to address the upcoming group hiatus.<\/p>\n

Leader S.Coups reflected on how his priorities had changed over the years, saying that what once drove him was competition and ambition, but that he now finds greater fulfilment in performing with his members and repaying the love he received from Carat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to take this time to say thank you to everyone who has been a part of our lives, even those who may not be our fans anymore, for supporting Seventeen throughout its career,\u201d he said, expressing hope that fans would continue growing older alongside the group for decades to come.<\/p>\n

DK shared that preparing for the fan meet had been emotional because he knew there would not be another one like it for a while. Referring to his upcoming enlistment, he thanked fans for their messages of support and promised to return \u201cas a better man\u201d with new music.<\/p>\n

The night ended with Tiny Light, Beautiful, Love Letter and Us, Again.<\/p>\n

Though Seventeen\u2019s full-group activities will slow as more members enlist, the group have no plans to disappear.<\/p>\n

The 8 and Vernon will debut their new unit, V8, with the EP V8 on June 29, followed by a concert in July. Dino is set to launch a solo project under his alter ego Picheolin on Aug 3, while Going Seventeen will return with a new season. THE KOREA HERALD\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INCHEON \u2013 Seventeen\u2019s 10th Carat Land fan meeting brought the warmth fans have come to expect from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-505446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}