Ahead of the official launch of their "Your Choice" album, SEVENTEEN unveiled the tracklist to let fans know the title of their new songs and the people behind each track. HYBE's very own Bang Si Hyuk turned out to have taken part in the group's upcoming release.

(Photo : SEVENTEEN Twitter)

SEVENTEEN Reveals "Your Choice" Tracklist, Bang Si Hyuk Participates in Song Production for the First Time

On June 14 at midnight KST, SEVENTEEN dropped the tracklist of their "Your Choice" album on social media. Based on the image, the album will contain a total of six songs including the title track, "Ready to Love."

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SEVENTEEN's eighth mini-album, "Your Choice," will talk about various types of actions and emotions related to love. The boys will show these through their new songs: "Heaven's Cloud," "Ready to Love," "Anyone," "Gam3 Bo1," "Wave," and "Same Dream, Same Mind, Same Night."

The album's title track, "Ready to Love," is an R&B-based pop genre song with a sensual synth base and striking beat. It is a song where one can discover the strong charm of SEVENTEEN's unique, energetic, and mannish melodies.

(Photo : SEVENTEEN Twitter)

"Ready to Love" is attracting attention as it is revealed that HYBE's producers, including "hitman" bang or also known as Bang Si Hyuk (the founder of Big Hit Entertainment which is now Big Hit Music), participated in the song production. In particular, he took part in lyric writing, composition, and arrangement.

This is the first time that Bang Si Hyuk is credited in SEVENTEEN's album since the group's management agency, Pledis Entertainment, was acquired by Bang's company in May last year.

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In addition to the title track, SEVENTEEN's "Your Choice" album also includes songs for the group's each unit: hip-hop team, performance team, and vocal team.

While "GAM3 BO1" features the combination of hip-hop members' excellent rapping styles, "Wave" showcases the mature vocal change of the performance team. In "Same Dream, Same Mind, and Same Night," listeners can feel the perfect harmony of the vocal members.

SEVENTEEN's "Your Choice" album is set to be released on June 18 at 6 p.m. KST. Prior to release, the boy group will hold a global press conference at 4:30 p.m. KST on the same day.

Other Albums Where Bang Si Hyuk is Credited as a Lyricist and Producer

For starters, Bang Si Hyuk began his career in the music industry as a composer, arranger, and producer under JYP Entertainment. He left the agency in 2005 and founded his own label, Big Hit Entertainment, which is now called Big Hit Music and is under HYBE Corporation.

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Bang Si Hyuk is known to directly participate in the albums of Big Hit Music's boy groups: BTS and TXT. One of the notable BTS albums he worked on is "Wings," which earned him the "Best Producer Award" at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and the "Songwriter Award" at the Melon Music Awards in 2016.

(Photo : HYBE Website)

In addition to this, "hitman" bang has been credited as a lyricist or producer of TXT's albums since the group's debut in 2019. Recently, he worked on the title track for TXT's "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE" album.

Previously, Bang took part in GFRIEND's multiple albums including the group's last release "Walpurgis Night." He also wrote and produced songs for ENHYPEN's albums: "BORDER: DAY ONE" and "BORDER: CARNIVAL."

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Written by Mhaliya Scott