SEVENTEEN - "MAESTRO" MV Review

Photo source: Pledis Ent. and Seventeen Twitter (X) account.

Seventeen (세븐틴), also known as SVT is a boy group from the company Pledis Entertainment that debuted on May 26, 2015 and consists of 13 members: S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino. The group is named Seventeen because they have 13 members, 3 teams (dance, hip-hop and vocal) and they are 1 group (13+3+1=17).

"MAESTRO" is the title track from their compilation album 17 Is Right Here which consists of all their singles from debut till now (2024) plus 4 unreleased songs (MAESTRO being one of them).

"MAESTRO" Review

I really loved "MAESTRO" at the very first listen and found myself bobbing my head alongside the song during (and after) the bridge at 3:06. My favorite parts of the song are the aforementioned bridge and when Wonwoo switches it up at 1:46.

The choreography is super good and energetic, but we're talking about Seventeen, so it doesn't surprise me at all.

The MV follows Seventeen in a Sci-Fi world where they are fighting against robots, Hoshi flickers at the start of the MV, maybe he's an AI? and Joshua looks a bit like Michelangelo's painting "The Creation of Adam" at 0:43, maybe he's a robot? (I actually didn't understand anything. LOL). The MV ends with someone writing on a computer "Who is the real MAESTRO?" (I have no idea what the answer is). I really liked the shots of The8 with an electric violin with lasers (like in 1:45) and Wonwoo fighting with the robots right after. I also liked the shots of Woozi playing the piano on the rooftop.

Style-wise, everyone looks fantastic. I'm a big fan of all the outfits the guys wear.

Rating

Song Quality - 10/10

MV Quality - 10/10

Choreography - 10/10

Style - 10/10

Will I listen to the song again? - Yes.

Overall Rating - 10/10

Song Credits

Release Date: April 29, 2024.

Length: 3 min 18 sec.

Writers: Woozi and Bumzu.

Composers: Woozi, Bumzu, Ninos Hanna, Andreas Oberg, Gabriel Brandes, Justin Starling, Maya Rose, Niklas Jarelius Persson, William Segerdahl and Yeom Dong-Geon

MV Directed by: 725 (SL8IGHT VISUAL LAB).

*The song credits are taken from Seventeen Wikipedia*

April 29th has been a good day for music as I ended up liking every new song that I heard :).