SEVENTEEN Season’s Greetings for 2025: Fan Reactions to Quality Concerns
SEVENTEEN recently unveiled their 2025 Season’s Greetings, a highly anticipated annual release for fans. This year’s concept revolves around each member’s “day-off,” aiming to showcase a more relaxed and personal side of the group. However, the release has sparked a mixed response from fans, particularly regarding the production quality of certain elements.
The teaser video, which typically generates excitement, instead raised eyebrows among CARATs. Fans expressed disappointment with the backgrounds used for some members’ individual shots, feeling they fell short of expectations for a premium product. > https://theqoo.net/hot/3504483131
Specific concerns were raised about several members’ setups:
- DK’s background featured plastic chairs, which fans felt lacked the polish expected from a professional photoshoot.
- Wonwoo’s backdrop consisted of little more than some plastic material, striking many as overly simplistic.
- Vernon’s setting included a fake grocery store display drawing, which some viewed as lacking creativity and effort.
These production choices have led to widespread discussion among fans, especially considering the price point of 45,000 KRW (approximately $32.25 USD) for the Season’s Greetings package. Many CARATs expressed that the quality did not align with the premium pricing, leading to feelings of disappointment and frustration.
The sentiment among Korean netizens echoed these concerns. While acknowledging the group’s busy schedule, many felt that more effort should have been invested in the production quality, given the significance of Season’s Greetings to fans and its role as a collector’s item.
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HOW KFANS reacted to SEVENTEEN SEASON GREETING
“This kind of Season’s Greetings is so not Season’s Greetings!!! It’s always either a rest concept or some crappy eros concept. Even with the rest concept, it’s always game console, game console, game console, flowers, trees, nature, flowers, trees, nature, car, car, car. What the hell.”
@ww0717
“This is the first time in my life I’ve seen such a low-effort Season’s Greetings. What’s going on with the video quality, seriously?”
@everydubab
“Every year, my expectations for the Season’s Greetings drop. Last year, I received it and was hugely disappointed by the poor quality… only the members’ faces were pretty. How long are they going to keep producing such low-value goods? Thanks for helping me boycott!! Pledis, Your company falls so short compared to the members’ abilities. How long are you going to keep making easy money just by relying on the members’ talents??”
@zangtocopherol:
Not just Korean fans but other fans reacted negatively to the SEVENTEEN season’s greetings for 2025. So the negative reaction to the quality was from worldwide fans.
