Dance Mentor Reacts To [Choreography Video] SEVENTEEN(세븐틴)-HIGHLIGHT + 13 Member ver.

This was another satisfying piece to watch. I think what I loved about this was how different the tone was compared to their previous releases. And this was the first time we got to see the first subunit of SEVENTEEN!
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[@khazelming]

According to Bumzu-nim, HIGHLIGHT came to life when Hoshi came to him and asked for it. Hoshi was like "Hyung, I want a song with these beats 'dun-dun-dun, dan-dan' and you can dance thru it like this..." Like he literally showed Bumzu what dance while humming beats he wanted and they created this song.

[@khazelming]

@RoseQuartz Serenity Nope, Woozi didn't participate in Highlight. He was not in the song's credits. And this behind story was told by Bumzu and Hoshi on Bumzu's concert.

[@hannahstan3653]

Sharing this link that has the clips and translations if anyone's interested. :) "Highlight" was Hoshi explaining to Bumzu his song idea. "Hit" was the one where all three of them were together (in the gym) when it was created. twitter.com/forhoshee/status/1223942645233274880?s=20

[@mikaela4804]

Pre debut Seventeen experienced how strict Hoshi (Performance Unit Leader) since he is their main Choreographer, he is also the one monitoring svt's dances. He always makes it sure that they are synchronized, one mistake, go back to the top until you make it perfect. He can even see angle differences, how high your arm should be and more. And fun fact, one of their Lead Dancer JUN didn't auditioned for Dance position but for vocalist position but as they training, he got the lead position for the performance unit. Tbh, Hoshi, Dino and THE8 are the only ones auditioned that have deep knowledge about dance.

[@DonKawaii1]

That's awesome for Jun. And I appreciate that about Hoshi. It's important to keep people on their toes, especially during a cleaning process.

[@khazelming]

Basically, it's not the long training period but how they were disciplined and passionate on that period. Hoshi and Woozi in particular led the team and were VERY strict during their training. They didn't move on with a single routine until every one get it right. They were honestly scary back then. Whenever I watch 17tv clips of their rehearsals for evaluation exams, it gives me goosebumps... Hoshi and Woozi are much nicer now lol. Maybe because it was obviously easier for them to learn the performances now.

[@DonKawaii1]

Being strict and passionate is definitely a given!

[@ciellebys]

i remember s.coups once said that their practices are more of "short but very focused" hours. they dont have much issue with being on the same page and synchronizing with each other because theyve trained in this group for how many years together. also i already saw someone comment it, but yes hoshi (the performance team leader, seventeen's main dancer and choreographer in charge of monitoring their performance) is really strict about details. there was this clip where they recreated themselves learning highlight with hoshi teaching and the others were complaining about how hoshi was so precise about "turn your head to this angle" or "put your feet about this angle" then have specific measurements for them 😂 but i do understand the reason he also explained that since they were a large group, they needed to look clean while performing or else it'll be hard on the eyes of the viewer. really adds to your understanding of how passionate seventeen are in their craft as artists and their work ethic 💕

[@DonKawaii1]

Angles, yes. They're very important! =)

[@stansoonhoon9485]

Don't Wanna Cry is next! And Crazy in Love too! Oh lord. The "emotional" choreos.

[@LuppyL1484]

I'm proud introduce to you. This is The most versatile group in Kpop 04:49 You will find their songs differ from one another.. until this day

[@mirela23b75]

Cannot wait for Minghao and Junhui's My I 1:43 👀 you don't even know 😂

[@DonKawaii1]

Looking forward to it! =)

[@carat9377]

Seventeen Call Call Call MV and Choreo vid next pls 🤣

[@forseventeen1711]

Chill, he will get there 👍

[@drinkwaternotalcohol]

He’s doing songs in order 😊 I believe Dont wanna cry will be his next reaction

[@jadev164]

More than their long debut process, Seventeen's musicality should be attributed to the fact that they're so heavily involved in their production. Highlight literally came about by Hoshi going to Bumzu and explaining the song he wanted through dance moves. That's not even talking about the songs fully composed by Woozi (who's a great dancer himself) with input from the other members. They have musicality because they all have the same understanding of their music, because they all have input into it. Of course their long predebut helped with their teamwork nd synchronization and made the whole choreography and dance practice process more efficient. But for musicality itself, I don't think that's the main element.

[@DonKawaii1]

Ahh, that's big information! I love it when groups take part in their own production. And you're definitely right, musicality isn't the only factor. I didn't mention in this video, but I would also say that approaching a cleaning process more holistically can largely be beneficial to their workflow, rather than just understanding details of the choreography such as angles, textures, or even the sounds that they're hitting. Finding intention, the mindset, physical well-being, what feelings or emotions are involved, etc.. A lot of things can contribute to their cleanliness. So you make a great point! =)

[@jadev164]

@@DonKawaii1 Oh I though other commenters would have told you that Seventeen is largely self-produced ! And those aren't just empty words, Woozi produces (composes or writes, or both) around 90% of their tracks, and if he isn't involved then it's the other members who are (all of the members have songwriting credits). And the performance team makes their own choreographies : Hoshi collabs with more experienced choreographers for their title tracks but their b-sides (like Highlight here) are fully choreographed by themselves. On top of that, they have a hand in deciding their own concepts and direction, they've designed their own merch, directed and shot their own MVs and their own magazine etc... They always try to take ownership of everything they do so they can communicate better with their fans.

[@minxychic]

In terms of detail, seventeen is one of the most articulate groups in dancing- if not the most detail. Every movement of the fingers, arms and feet always conveys a message that is integral to the music they perform. You’ll see their growth even more as you go thru the more latest tracks.. especially the Japanese songs.

[@aq918]

ooh so next should be don’t wanna cry? very excited for it, dwc is probably one of the most iconic choreos in kpop. i hope you also check out crazy in love (promoted b-side, so it has a dance practice)! both are very different from the “freshteen” concepts you’ve seen so far (minus this one)

[@spacetardigrade]

Actually thanks to your reaction to this b-side I realized how genius this song is when checking out the lyrics again. If you only take the lyrics it can be interpreted as a sultry/passionate love story BUT coupled with the performance you will realize this is actually about loyalty between artists and fans as well as being performers (there are lots of "performance" elements in the choreo at one point woozi's group was even doing the clapping). "Wherever we are in the world, if we believe in each other, this moment when we face each other - highlight" that's so big brain of them

[@ingridadella9613]

don't forget to check out Seventeen's song called Heaven with the group NUEST

[@aethernity8270]

There are some dance practice which doesn't have mv like crazy in love ,flower, Don't forgot to check out those too

[@michellehistoria3694]

Yup plus hoshi is very strict especially in angles hahaha. Can't wait for Don't wanna cry. I really enjoyed your reactions.

[@DonKawaii1]

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed!

[@mk.2144]

After Highlight is kinda like seventeen song’s “puberty” since they get experimental and changing it up ☺️ Hoping you get to react to their Japanese songs and choreos too 💖💙

[@justadrianalima]

Seventeen just practices like crazy, I mean their dance director/advisor would give them 10 push ups when they make a slight mistake or when their emotions aren't right. To think, more than half of these boys don't have a dancing or singing background or they didn't even dream of becoming performing artists, they were just dragged in to it, so they just have to really practice hard. But now they just fell in love with performing.

[@Sofia-gt8vt]

I love your reactions, and your comments allows me to see different things and value even more their work.

[@DonKawaii1]

That is awesome!

[@myyl7539]

You should check out Lilili yabbay and My I. Definitely worth the time

[@slime-time]

boomboom and don't wanna cry definitely feel like their transition into more than just the "youthful rookie" concept imo! boomboom as a song is still very energetic and upbeat but the tracklist of the album itself is very different from the typical ones they had been doing until then

[@svtikonbtsgot7monstaxbigba605]

Queen DWC is next?? OMGGGGG my favourite ☺

[@seungkwanlovebot]

yes i personally really love highlight, especially the bridge and vernon's rap part in the ot13 version, performance unit never disappoint thank u for ur reaction and commentary, cant wait for the next one!!

[@spacetardigrade]

That "muffled voice" around 2:28 that you pointed out was apparently in Chinese (2 out of 4 perf u members are Chinese). I hope vet carats can help me remember in which show they mentioned this. I think it was a nice personal touch.

[@alera27]

Can’t remember which exactly but it might have been in one of the behind videos, so it’ll be hard to link or tell which video exactly as they have LOADS of those.

[@spacetardigrade]

@@alera27 exactly seventeen do lots of behind the scenes, fansigns, interviews that whenever new(er) carats ask me "where did they say this" i will have to pore through hundreds of contents lol which is too bad, because i don't wanna come out as i'm just saying things out of nowhere

[@iDrummerGirl]

that's a super fascinating perspective about their long debut process and how it might have aided in their impeccable musicality and synchronization! as someone that's never been part of a dance crew, i wouldn't understand that inside perspective of being together for a long time resulting in essentially a streamlined choreographing and learning process, making it like way easier to really hammer down the moves and pick up on the smaller details that really lead to a cleaner final product, i guess. what you said about your own company, with the vocabulary they used, made a lot of sense and is something i'd never really have known. anyway, seventeen have always said that it was really hard, thinking for like 3 total years that "we'll debut next month", some of them even trained for much longer than that, but to hear that that difficult process worked well for them in maybe unexpected ways was, again, jsut a really interesting perspective to hear. god, i think everything i said just made sense. anyway, thanks for the reaction!!! i'd forgotten how much i love this choreo so i was happy to watch it again along with you.

[@iDrummerGirl]

also, one reason this song sounds so different, more serious than their usual stuff, is i guess because it's a b-side! their title tracks are more or less the same vibe (save for a few), very poppy and positive and fun, meanwhile they explore like every genre they can get their hands on in their b-sides. if you really get to listening to their whole discography, you'll find that their range in styles is insane.

[@DonKawaii1]

That’s an awesome point! And it totally made sense!

[@flumpyb7429]

seventeen HIT plss

[@bundaalnuna9258]

Next Don't wanna cry, Getting closer, Clap, Call call call, Hit, Fear, Fearless, Left n Right, fallin flower, 24 H, Homerun, Hitorijanai. Ooh i love all of them. Don't forget to see Hoshi's mixtape Spider and The 8's solo.

[@akaarix3737]

Please don't forget songs that don't have any MV but a dance practice or live version, like Crazy in love and Fearless!!! ;;;;

[@fishx3203]

so excited to this!

[@galadrielfaelivrin5665]

SEVENTEEN - Don't Wanna Cry is a must. Check it out! You won't regret it.

[@shairajalandoni3093]

You just earned another subscriber. I'm loving the in-depth analyses that you do on their dance practices. Cannot wait for more!

[@lillyp.l8096]

Good to me, thanks, and home choreo is so good!! Can’t wait for u to react to it!

[@abbycarat1404]

Please react to SVT more! Super love your reaction because we have so much to learn too! ❤️

[@abbycarat1404]

gotta give this channel a subscribe :)

[@DonKawaii1]

Thank you! Will do!

[@a_maze_in_kwangya]

Can't wait for Don't Wanna Cry 🤗

[@RR-qh1gu]

Thank you so much for reacting to Seventeen again I'm so happy to see someone really talk about their dancing in depth especially with the knowledge of where certain dance moves come from and whatnot!! I'm wondering if you'll be reacting to other b-side choreos? Maybe after you finish all the official choreography videos haha... I know we're all excited for Don't Wanna Cry and I believe starting from that comeback they released choreo videos for the songs their promoted alongside the title track (in the case of DWC it was Crazy in Love), but even other than that Seventeen has performed almost all their songs in their discography. I think Fast Pace from this same album would be interesting to watch, but I'm not sure if there's any videos that won't get copyrighted T_T. A lot of their earlier bsides like OMG and Rock were performed. Also the iconic kingsman-themed NO F.U.N haha... Also if you ever get tired of analyzing and want some breaks you can watch special MVs like Healing or Smile Flower. Oh I was also wondering if you were going to react to Shining Diamond? It's their predebut song that was slated to be their title track but got changed in the end. They recently performed it again and it was kinda emotional to see hahah... Also!! Sorry for typing so much ahah but there's a performance unit version of Adore U that is very cool. There's a vocal unit version as well (and a video of an acoustic version that was arranged by Joshua). There's actually so many versions it's a little insane hah, no wonder DK couldn't remember the original chorus melody at one point because there were so many different arrangements.

[@DonKawaii1]

Yeah, I'll be checking out the B-sides!

[@hannahstan3653]

Woah I love this comment. I'm not a dancer myself so when I got into Seventeen, all I knew was that they danced really well with great choreography and great songs, but one thing that made me keep being interested in them was how they always bring something new even with the same song. I remember when I was getting into them, I already loved their songs and talent, and I was watching all the performances at MAMA, and after that all the year-end shows. I've already seen the song in a music show, the MV, and also the special video. I thought, "nice, different versions." I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that they performed it again and it was ANOTHER different version (which they really nailed). And then I watched another year-end performance and it's ANOTHER different version of the song (which is also great in its own way), and also with another song I haven't seen them perform. (TBH, I was into another group then and I was in denial about loving SVT performances more than that group's performances. But just seeing how they kept doing new things and never got boring made me fully stan SVT in the end.) I love that they have many versions of the same song. (Acoustic versions, mellow versions, rock version of a solemn song, orchestra version, part switches, unit switches, love love love!) I love that they keep bringing something new to the table in every performance. They are truly on fire in terms of creativity.

[@bingbing2821]

OMG! Is Dont Wanna Cry next? And it'll be pretty more serious! They won Best Dance Performance for Kpop Male Group with this one

[@yasnagonzalezsanchez]

Well on a summarize they are family ❤️ so they have come to the point that they don't to discuss so much about certain movements or to be synchronized or clean . In fact they always joke about that kind of things ... Scoups the leader of the group the other day saw on weverse a screenshot from a fan with the choreo of DWC on a presentation they did yesterday and He said yeah is pretty but Dino is out his line 😂😂🤣. So Pretty much everyone of them are so deeply involve that is almost a game to find somebody who is messing up 😂. If the follow mv is Don't wanna cry can I suggest to watch Before or after this song the choreo of Without you and Crazy in love? This is because they were designe with Hoshi's ideas of being a continuous so first is crazy in Love than DWC, then without you and Clap . You will notice that they start each coreo on the last position of the past one. I'm only suggesting this because idk if you are watching the others sub unit MV

[@stephy9010]

I'm not sure which order to go but I really wanna see 'Dont wanna cry' reaction 🤭 and definitely the rest of svt mv is so good to react also. 💎💎💎

[@nobuttercup]

don't wanna cry next! must check out their 2x fast version too

[@daragrillo1888]

Tad loving your seventeen reactions! i would like to suggest you the group the boyz i think you would enjoy it very much sometimes they remind me a lot of seventeen so yeah i hope you like them!

[@DonKawaii1]

Great suggestion!

[@sarxh]

waAAAAA please react to performance team's lilili yabay! that one is super unique

[@nurelsasyahrir6403]

SVT 🔥🔥

[@infires_man35]

you should check out Crazy in Love and Lili Yabbay!

[@samanthaaurelia4012]

wow you also react to seventeen's bside song!!

[@deniza8671]

I REALLY ENJOY UR SEVENTEEN JOURNEY I HOPE I WILL SEE MORE . WHAT WILL YOU REACTING NEXT ? I CANT WAIT

[@patdiego5475]

Hope you'd react to performance unit's Lilili Yabbay ☺️

[@ursamajor000]

That "morphed" part is actually chinese lyric Cmiiw

[@DonKawaii1]

Looking that lyrics now, I never would've thought that. =O

[@loredanaannacosi9224]

I really enjoy your reactions! I hope you'll react to "Lililiyabbay", which is another performance unit song (but very different from "Highlight") and "MyI" from Jun and The 8, both the Chinese members of the performance unit, which use a long ribbon almost as a third member of the performance. Please excuse my poor English. Love from an Italian Carat mom ❤️🇮🇹🥕🙋

[@DonKawaii1]

I'll check it out!

[@jessylyncagungun5881]

react to seventeen snapshoot pls!!!!

[@DonKawaii1]

We'll get there!

[@adeuliyah4369]

please reactiom seventeen fallin flower

[@cnana1279]

Hi could you react to ASTRO HIDE & SEEK. Their dance is really fun. Ps: this their first song

[@minzz_6569]

why tf you have a big issue on shopping cart transition --

[@DonKawaii1]

Because honestly, it gets boring to see on a regular basis for me.

[@iPam4S]

It's okay. 2015-2016 were their rookie years so it's forgiveable. They matured and leveled up after this.