All 13 Members of Seventeen Just Re-Signed With Pledis. Twice.
Pledis Entertainment confirmed Monday that all 13 members of Seventeen have renewed their contracts with the agency for a second time. Members not currently serving in the military have already completed the signing; Hoshi and Woozi, who are still fulfilling mandatory service, will sign once their conditions allow.
"With the belief that there's nothing we can't do if we're together, and the consensus that we want to go further as a team, all 13 of us decided to stick together," the group said in a statement. Pledis added: "SEVENTEEN does not promise 'eternity' lightly. Rather, the artists show their dedication to it every day through their passion and hard work."
Seventeen debuted as a 13-member group in 2015 and first extended their contracts as a full group in early 2021. This second renewal, six years later, makes them one of the only large K-pop groups to lock in two full-group extensions without a single departure. For comparison, Super Junior debuted with 12 members and now performs with nine active members after departures over nearly two decades; girl group WJSN, the industry's other prominent 13-member act, has been largely inactive since 2023 with only 10 members remaining.
The renewal wasn't a surprise to anyone paying close attention. Leader S.Coups teased the news at the final encore show of Seventeen's "New_" world tour in April, without giving details at the time. Since then, the group has kept moving forward on separate tracks: The8 and Vernon debuted as duo unit V8 on June 29 and immediately launched their own tour, while Dino is set to release a solo album on Aug. 3. Jeonghan completed his military service last month; Wonwoo finished his enlistment earlier this year.
Pledis, a HYBE subsidiary, said it will continue "full and strategic support" for Seventeen's group, subunit and individual projects while the remaining members complete their service. The agency's statement closed by looking toward the day "the members complete their mandatory military service and stand before you again as a complete group of 13" - a timeline that, given enlistment schedules across the lineup, likely extends well into 2027.
Since debut, Seventeen has built its identity around a self-producing model rare in an industry where outside songwriters and producers typically shape a group's sound. That structure is part of why this renewal reads differently than a standard contract story: the members aren't just staying with a label, they're staying inside a system where they already control much of their own output.
