SEVENTEEN make history as first K-pop act to perform ‘Tiny Desk’ concert

[https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/seventeen-tiny-desk@2000x1270.jpg]SEVENTEEN have made history as the first K-pop act to perform for NPR‘s intimate ‘Tiny Desk’ concert series – check out theirperformance below. * READ MORE: SEVENTEEN – ‘Happy Burstday’ review: a double-edged showcase of individualityAppearing as a five-piece – consisting of members Joshua, Mingyu, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino – they performed a hit-filled10-track set at NPR‘s headquarters. They kicked things off with ‘Super’ and ‘Darl+ing’, before running through ‘_WORLD’, ‘To You’and ‘HBD’.Other tracks SEVENTEEN performed included ‘SOS’, ‘Rock With You’, ‘CLAP’, ‘HOT’ and ‘VERY NICE’.Watch the group’s historic ‘Tiny Desk’ concert below.Earlier this month, members Seungkwan and DK announced that they’re due to launch a new sub-unit in January next year. It is alsoworth noting that DK and Seungkwan are already members of another sub-unit, BSS, with member Hoshi.The 13-member group – four of whom have already enlisted for their mandatory military service – have also confirmed that itsmembers will remain active through solo material, and that the entire group will reconvene once everyone’s done with theirtwo-year service.As for the four members who won’t be serving – S.Coups is exempt due to an ACL injury while The8 and Jun are Chinese citizens andJoshua’s a US citizen – they plan to “stick together and make something great to showcase to the fans.”S.Coups and Mingyu have since formed their own sub-unit, CxM. CxM’s debut album scored a three-star review, with NME‘s Rhian Dalywriting: “‘Hype Vibes’ might be uneven in places, but its bright energy wins out and brings cohesion to the release, even when itscreators are moving unpredictably. Above all, it’s a valuable lesson not to box ourselves in and, as S.Coups and Mingyu do here,let people surprise you.”In a three-star review of ‘Happy Burstday’, Gladys Yeo wrote for NME: “‘Happy Burstday’ might not be SEVENTEEN’s most cohesiverelease, but it succeeds at showcasing the group’s transformation over the last 10 years. The record’s focus on solo songs exposeseach member’s strengths and weaknesses when they stand alone, but its group tracks are a self-assured testament to their chemistryand magnetism as a whole.”The post SEVENTEEN make history as first K-pop act to perform ‘Tiny Desk’ concert appeared first on NME.