Seventeen surprised its fans on Thursday, April 25, as it unveiled the first music video teaser for the upcoming title track, “MAESTRO”.
Now that artificial intelligence (AI) is slowly taking over technological advancements, the K-pop group used its platform to comment about the usage of AI, asking: “Who is the real maestro?”
“In our current reality where anything can be created with AI, who is the real maestro? A portion of the footage in this video was created using AI,” the note reads.
The teaser shared a glimpse of its members looking sharp in sleek suits, performing alongside images of robots playing the instruments.
Contrary to what Seventeen had been sharing the past days—colorful teasers and concept photos—fans quickly noticed how the latest teaser took a sharp turn hinting to the return of the “DARKTEEN” era of the group, which was shown in the songs “Getting Closer” and “Fear”.
“MAESTRO” is one of the four new tracks of Seventeen’s anthology album, “17 is Right Here”, which includes “Lalali”, “Spell”, and “Cheers to Youth”. The other three songs will be performed by each unit—the performance unit, the hip-hop unit, and the vocal unit.
The songs will be released alongside Seventeen’s hit tracks such as “HOT”, “Adore U”, “Mansae”, “Pretty U”, “VERY NICE”, and “God of Music”.
Comprised of SCoups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino, Seventeen is set to release its album on April 29.