Face the Sun#Sector 17

In March, seven months after the release of the commercially successful EP Attacca, Pledis Entertainment announced that Seventeen would be releasing a studio album, their first since An Ode (2019), in May.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/seventeen-fourth-album-release-timing-1235045388/|title=Here's When SEVENTEEN's Fourth Studio Album Will Arrive|last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|date=March 18, 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 20, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706062154/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/seventeen-fourth-album-release-timing-1235045388/|url-status=live}} Following the release of the group's first-ever English single "Darling" on April 15, the label confirmed that Seventeen would return on May 27 with a fourth studio album titled Face the Sun.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/seventeen-fourth-album-release-date-face-the-sun-1235061812/|title=SEVENTEEN Announces New Album 'Face the Sun': Here's When It Arrives|last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|date=April 21, 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 20, 2022}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-23 |title=Listen to a preview of SEVENTEEN's upcoming album 'Face The Sun' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/seventeen-preview-face-the-sun-studio-album-highlight-medley-video-3231272 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005110744/https://www.nme.com/news/music/seventeen-preview-face-the-sun-studio-album-highlight-medley-video-3231272 |url-status=live }} Starting on April 26, the group released "Inner Shadows", a 13-part trailer on YouTube to tease the new album.{{Cite web |date=May 27, 2022 |first=Mackenzie |last=Schmidt |title=Seventeen Talks Embracing Ambition, Ditching Their Sweet Image — and the Searing New Single 'Hot' |url=https://people.com/music/seventeen-album-face-the-sun-interview-vernon-joshua-woozi-hoshi/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=PEOPLE.com |language=en |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605171512/https://people.com/music/seventeen-album-face-the-sun-interview-vernon-joshua-woozi-hoshi/ |url-status=live }} Described by band member Hoshi as marking the "shedding [of their] former image and becoming more mature", the album greatly contrasts with their earlier, more cheerful concepts.

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Pre-orders for Face the Sun opened on April 22. On May 23, a highlight medley was released, as a preview of the 9 tracks of the album. The album will be supported by the Be The Sun World Tour, their first tour after the Ode to You Tour, which ended prematurely in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=2022-05-27 |title=SEVENTEEN's Comeback Album 'Face the Sun' Is Here: Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/seventeen-face-the-sun-stream-1235077683/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529171609/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/seventeen-face-the-sun-stream-1235077683/ |url-status=live }} The Be the Sun tour began in Seoul, followed by stops in North America and Asia.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-20 |title=K-Pop's SEVENTEEN Is Going On Tour — Here's What We Know About Their Be the Sun World Tour |url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/music/a40047412/seventeen-be-the-sun-world-tour/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Seventeen |language=en-us |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529171609/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/music/a40047412/seventeen-be-the-sun-world-tour/ |url-status=live }}

Seventeen released a trailer for the reissue of the album, titled Sector 17, at their concert in Seoul. Sector 17 was released on July 18, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000303577|script-title=ko:세븐틴, 정규 4집 인기 이어 받아 리패키지로 컴백|trans-title=Seventeen, following the popularity of the 4th regular album, makes a comeback with a repackage|last=Kim|first=Jin-seok|date=June 28, 2022|website=JTBC|language=ko|access-date=November 15, 2022}}

Face the Sun surpassed 1.74 million pre-orders in one week, exceeding Seventeen's previous career high of 1.41 million pre-orders for Attacca. On May 20, it was reported that the album had recorded two million pre-orders.{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/421/0006104641|script-title=ko:세븐틴, 정규 4집 선주문량 200만장 돌파…자체 최고 기록|trans-title=SEVENTEEN, 4th regular album pre-orders exceed 2 million copies... own best record|last=Hwang|first=Mi-hyeon|date=May 20, 2022|website=News1|language=ko|access-date=May 20, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706065627/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/421/0006104641|url-status=live}} According to the Gaon Music Chart, the album sold 2,239,351 copies in the month of May.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&termGbn=month|script-title=ko:2022년 05월 Album Chart|trans-title=May 2022 Album Chart|language=ko|access-date=June 9, 2022|title=Circle Chart|archive-date=July 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711061812/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&termGbn=month|url-status=live}} Face the Sun debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200, earning 44,000 album-equivalent units, including 42,000 pure album sales, in its first week. It is Seventeen's highest-charting and first top-ten album on the chart, having previously reached the top 20 twice in 2021 with their EPs Your Choice and Attacca.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-billboard-200-no-1-return-1235086178/|title=Bad Bunny's 'Un Verano Sin Ti' Bounces Back to No. 1 on Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=June 12, 2022|access-date=June 13, 2022|archive-date=June 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613073611/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-billboard-200-no-1-return-1235086178/|url-status=live}}

According to Hanteo, Sector 17 sold 1,126,104 copies in its first week.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0004664447|script-title=ko:세븐틴, 'SECTOR 17' 초동 112만 장…리패키지 최초 밀리언셀러 달성|trans-title=Seventeen, 'Sector 17' 1.12 million copies in the first week... First Repackage Million Seller|last=Seon|first=Min-kyung|date=July 25, 2022|website=Osen|language=ko|access-date=November 15, 2022}} Later it was reported that the EP sold 2 million copies in its first week, making Seventeen the second K-pop group to sell over 2 million copies in the first week of release.{{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/89957/seventeen-to-release-repackaged-album-sector-17-this-july/story|title=Seventeen to release repackaged album 'Sector 17' this July|last=Cruz|first=Jashley Ann|date=June 28, 2022|website=GMA Network|access-date=November 15, 2022}}

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Both Face the Sun and Sector 17 were met with generally positive reviews. In a positive review for Teen Vogue, Sara Delgado praised Face the Sun for its "sonic versatility."{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=SEVENTEEN Light a New Path With 4th Studio Album "Face the Sun" |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/seventeen-light-a-new-path-face-the-sun-review |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622152908/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/seventeen-light-a-new-path-face-the-sun-review |url-status=live }} For NME, Abby Webster gave Face the Sun four out of five stars, and wrote that the album's singles paled in comparison to the album's "familiar yet sublimely inventive B-sides."{{Cite web |last=Webster |first=Abby |date=2022-05-31 |title=SEVENTEEN – 'Face the Sun' review: seven years in, the K-pop stars are determined not to flame out |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/seventeen-face-the-sun-review-3237265 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112102248/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/seventeen-face-the-sun-review-3237265 |url-status=live }} Abbie Aitken for Clash wrote that "Face the Sun is a testament of Seventeen's influence as a key group within K-pop."{{Cite web |last=Aitken |first=Abbie |date=2022-05-27 |title=Seventeen – Face The Sun |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/seventeen-face-the-sun/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=Clash |language=en-GB}} AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung gave both Face the Sun and Sector 17 four out of five stars, praising Face the Sun's use of various genres, writing that the album was an "excellent mix of party-starting anthems".{{cite web |last1=Yeung |first1=Neil Z. |title=Seventeen - Face the Sun Album Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/face-the-sun-mw0003708452 |website=AllMusic |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=en |archive-date=August 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812045556/https://www.allmusic.com/album/face-the-sun-mw0003708452 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Yeung |first1=Neil Z. |title=Seventeen 4th Album Repackage 'SECTOR 17' Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/seventeen-4th-album-repackage-sector-17-mw0003748654 |website=AllMusic |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=en |archive-date=August 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812045532/https://www.allmusic.com/album/seventeen-4th-album-repackage-sector-17-mw0003748654 |url-status=live }}

Sarina Bhutani of MTV named Face the Sun one of the albums of the year, saying that "with the release of this album, [Seventeen] created their most sonically settled, emotionally confident record yet".{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/g02qbq/seventeen-face-the-sun-albums-of-the-year|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206163337/https://www.mtv.com/news/g02qbq/seventeen-face-the-sun-albums-of-the-year|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2022|title=Albums Of The Year: Seventeen Find Their Light On 'Face The Sun'|last=Bhutani|first=Sarina|date=December 6, 2022|work=MTV|access-date=January 1, 2023}} Time Magazine named Sector 17 as one of the best K-pop albums of 2022, describing Face the Sun as an "artistic feat", though writing that the repackaged album, Sector 17 is "superior".{{cite magazine |last1=Moo n |first1=Kat |title=The Best K-Pop Songs and Albums of 2022 |url=https://time.com/6240691/best-kpop-2022/ |magazine=Time |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=en |date=13 December 2022 |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214150358/https://time.com/6240691/best-kpop-2022/ |url-status=live }}

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• "'Bout You" is stylized as "'bout you"
• "_World" is stylized as "_WORLD"
• "Cheers" is stylized in all caps

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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Sales certifications for Face the Sun}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|type=album|artist=Seventeen|title=Face the Sun|award=Million|number=4|relyear=2022|certmonth=8|certyear=2024|access-date=August 9, 2024|note=Physical album}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|type=album|artist=Seventeen|title=Face the Sun (Weverse)|award=Platinum|number=1|relyear=2022|certmonth=3|certyear=2023|access-date=March 8, 2023|note=Weverse album}}

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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Sales certifications for Sector 17}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|type=album|artist=Seventeen|title=Sector 17|award=Million|relyear=2022|certmonth=29|certyear=2022|access-date=August 12, 2023|note=Physical album}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|type=album|artist=Seventeen|title=Sector 17 (Weverse)|award=Platinum|relyear=2022|certmonth=4|certyear=2023|access-date=August 12, 2023|note=Weverse album}}

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