But compare with iKon and Twice (the groups that honestly gained more attention), Seventeen doesn't really become popular right away. Once again seventeen has honestly only survived because of obviously the fans and them being vocal but because they had the self producing title that allowed them to make songs to have a comeback etc.Īgree with most comments, Seventeen stood out from other bgs with freshteen concept and marketing themselves as self-producing idol group. Their eventual downfall or at least going out of the limelight was because of pledis terrible mismanagement of them as a group. Their debut song broke and held the record of most viewed debut song for a long while which says a lot because this was before thing like streaming was really a thing. While there were some idols who wrote their own songs, seventeen being known as a selfproducing group really made them stand out along with the sheer amount of members they too.Īlso I’d like to add while nuest actually did really well on their debut. Seventeen’s adore you really broke the norm and honestly changed a Lot of the kpop scene.
But what I can say is at the time most if not all the bg comebacks were very dark and edgy not a lot of fresh and cutesy concepts. I can’t say much about the statistics and sales.