Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that he will not seek reelection, putting an end to speculation about his plans for next year and adding to the uncertainty that Democrats will be able to retain control of the Senate.
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SEVENTEEN member Mingyu has spoken out about concerns surrounding the group’s line distribution in their recently released single ‘God of Music’.SEVENTEEN released ‘God of Music’ and an accompanying music video on October 23. The song is the title track to the K-pop boyband’s 11th mini-album ‘Seventeenth Album’, which dropped on the same day.Shortly after the single and album’s official release, the SEVENTEEN rapper took to fan community platform Weverse to host a live broadcast, where he spoke out the release and interacted with viewers.However, after reading some comments he was receiving, Mingyu took it upon himself to address concerns over what fans have perceived as an unfair line distribution observed in ‘God of Music’, particularly with Mingyu.“It’s my first time seeing this question from CARATs (SEVENTEEN’s fanbase): ‘Aren’t you upset that you don’t have many parts in the ‘God of Music’ music video?'” he he said, as translated by Koreaboo. “No, never, never.
I’m satisfied,” he told fans. “Because there are 13 members [in the group], there are certain albums and certain songs where I get more parts or other members get more parts.
But that’s not important, to be honest.”“We match well when we perform, so we just have to do our own parts well,” Mingyu added.Hours prior to the arrival of ‘Seventeenth Heaven’ on October 23, it was announced by album distributor YG Plus that the record had achieved a record-breaking total of 5,206,718 pre-orders, making it the most pre-ordered K-pop album in history.The previous record was set by Stray Kids earlier this year with the release of their studio album ‘5-Star’, which sold 5.13million copies in pre-orders. Notably, that album had broken a record that held by SEVENTEEN’s
.Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that he will not seek reelection, putting an end to speculation about his plans for next year and adding to the uncertainty that Democrats will be able to retain control of the Senate.
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K-pop boyband SEVENTEEN’s new mini-album, arriving later today, has accumulated a record number of pre-orders.On October 23, YG Plus, the distributor for the group’s 11th mini-album ‘Seventeenth Heaven’ – dropping later today – announced that it had achieved a total of 5,206,718 pre-orders.This marks a new record for the highest number of pre-orders for a K-pop album in history, surpassing the 5.13million record set by Stray Kids’ ‘5-Star’ in May. Notably, that album had broken the record previously held by SEVENTEEN’s April mini-album ‘FML’.‘Seventeenth Heaven’ will be released later today at 6pm KST, alongside the music video for its title track ‘God of Music’.
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SEVENTEEN leader S.Coups will be absent from promotional activities for the group’s upcoming album, ‘Seventeenth Heaven’, in order to focus on post-surgery recovery.The announcement was made by Pledis Entertainment yesterday (October 19), who wrote in an official statement to fan community platform Weverse that it would be “difficult for S.Coups to participate in most of his official activities, including SEVENTEEN’s promotional activities for their 11th mini-album ‘Seventeeth Heaven'”.“S.Coups sustained a tear in his left anterior cruciate ligament and underwent anterior cruciate ligament and anterolateral ligament reconstruction surgery. He is currently receiving post-surgery care and is focusing on his recovery,” the company explained in the post.It added that although two months has passed since the surgery, the idol is still in a state of recovery.