''Going Seventeen'' (, also known as GoSe) is a South Korean variety

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starring

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Seventeen. The series has been offered for free viewing on

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and

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(then later, on

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) since its premiere on June 12, 2017. It features the band members participating in a variety of activities depending on an episode's main concept, ranging from

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s or completing challenges to

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and get-togethers. The show started primarily with a

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format in its first seasons, featuring the band's various activities across their career with intermittent variety-type episodes. In 2019, it formally transitioned to the variety show format, and it aired weekly on Mondays at 10:10 p.m. (22:10) KST since January 2020. It began airing on Wednesdays at 21:00 KST since the start of its fifth season in April 2021. Throughout its broadcast history, the show garnered positive reviews for providing quality content that can be enjoyed by anyone in and outside the band's fandom, with cumulative views exceeding 270 million as of January 2022.

Cast

Main

Seventeen * Choi Seung-cheol (S.Coups) * Yoon Jeong-han (Jeonghan) * Hong Joshua (Joshua) *

Wen Junhui Wen Junhui (; born 10June 1996), also known by his stage name Jun (), is a Chinese singer, dancer, and actor based in South Korea and China. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen and its perfor ...

(Jun) * Kwon Soon-young (Hoshi) * Jeon Won-woo (Wonwoo) * Lee Ji-hoon (Woozi) * Lee Seok-min (Dokyeom/DK) * Kim Min-gyu (Mingyu) * Xu Minghao (The8) *

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(Seungkwan) * Hansol Vernon Chwe (Vernon) * Lee Chan (Dino)

Special appearance

* ''Going Seventeen'' production team : Headed by director Kim Hyun-seok and producer Lee Eun-song, members of the ''Going Seventeen''

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made a special appearance in Episodes 42–43: "Going vs. Seventeen" of ''Going Seventeen'' 2020, the first ever instance of such participation in the show. * Relatives of the members of Seventeen : A few relatives of some members of Seventeen made special appearances in the show. They include Hoshi's parents and Dino's grandmother in Episodes 36–37: "How to Eat Rice the Perfect Way" of ''Going Seventeen'' (2021–2024). * Pets of the members of Seventeen : Hoshi's pet dog Latte made a special appearance in Episode 118: "Going Production: Don't Laugh" and Episode 119: "Going Production" of ''Going Seventeen'' (2021–2024). * Park Mun-ki : A

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from the Korea Council of Sport for All (KOCOSA) who was a regular cast member in the 2005–2018 MBC

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'', in which he participated as the show's official referee. Park appeared in Episode 39: "Infinite Going" (Part 2) of ''Going Seventeen'' (2021–2024). *

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(Jaejae) :

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and

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who is the host of the SBS variety web series ''MMTG''. Lee appeared and co-hosted in a special collaborative episode between ''Going Seventeen'' and ''MMTG''.

Series overview

Note: Special episodes are not counted towards the total.

Episodes

''Going Seventeen'' 2017

All episodes in this season except for the final episode (Episode 29) are in

format, featuring Seventeen's various activities across their career. Episode 29 is in a

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format.

''Going Seventeen Spin-off'' (2018)

The episodes in this season are in video blog format unless noted otherwise.

''Going Seventeen'' 2019

This season marks ''Going Seventeens change of format, transitioning from video blog (Episodes 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12 and 13) to variety show (Episodes 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 and onwards). It is also in this season when the show first used its opening and ending theme songs.

''Going Seventeen'' 2020

This season consists of episodes that are part of Seventeen's "Monthly Seventeen" project (from ''Going Seventeen'' 2019's Eps. 27-28: "The Secret Life of Going Sevong"), wherein each member contributes an episode concept that will be featured per month within the season's period.

''Going Seventeen'' (2021–2024)

Since 2021, new seasons of ''Going Seventeen'' have continued sequentially from the previous year, although the title card is changed to mark the beginning of a new season.

Part 1 (April 2021–January 2022)

Part 2 (February 2022–January 2023)

Part 3 (March 2023–May 2024)

Part 4 (May 2024–May 2025)

A related show is ''Going BooSeokSoon''. This show features DK, Hoshi and

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, the three members of the sub-unit BooSeokSoon. This show only has two episodes.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of ''Going Seventeen'' includes the show's opening and ending theme songs which are both composed by Seventeen band members Woozi, Jeonghan, Hoshi, DK and

. Both are performed by the entire band and debuted on 17 June 2019 in the eighth episode of ''Going Seventeen'' 2019. The production of the opening theme song (and its corresponding

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for the season) and the ending theme song were documented and featured in the sixth and seventh episodes of ''Going Seventeen'' 2019. In Episode 6: "Making the ''Going Seventeen'' Opening Song" (aired 20 May 2019), it was revealed that Woozi pre-produced four

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and let his co-composers choose which among them will be fitting to be the opening and ending theme music. The composers then wrote the lyrics and recorded demo versions of the songs, with Woozi handling the

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. Later, the entire band unanimously approved the songs and discussed the production of the songs' final versions and the filming of the show's title sequence. The behind-the-scenes of the recording of the songs and the filming of the title sequence are featured in Episode 7: "Making the ''Going Seventeen'' Opening Video" (aired 3 June 2019).

Reception

Television

On April 1, 2021, South Korean

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announced a 10-week long Spring special programming block of content from

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artists. ''Going Seventeen'' was included in the lineup for Seventeen. In addition, two new episodes from the series, 'Treasure Island: 13 Raiders', premiered on television first, and later on YouTube and Weverse.

Accolades

''Going Seventeen'' has been praised for being content that can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of generation, nationality, and fandom. It breaks the notion of 'K-pop content enjoyed only by fans' and is expanding the audience enough to build a fandom of its own. The show has often been labeled 'National Web Variety Show' and even 'K-pop's

' by various media outlets. As of January 2022, ''Going Seventeen'' surpassed 270 million cumulative views with just two seasons in 2020 and 2021, and averaged over 3.62 million and 2.44 million views per episode, respectively.

Notes

SEVENTEEN+CARATS=♥️

References

{{Seventeen (band) Seventeen (South Korean band) South Korean web series South Korean variety television shows