So Young (17)
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"So Young (17)" is the highly anticipated debut album by Katsuki Shiota, a high school student currently active as a rapper, dancer, and singer.
For this album, he handled nearly every aspect-from beatmaking to lyrics and melodies-entirely on his own.
The album opens with "SRS (SEVENTEEN RISING STAR)," a powerful declaration of the impulse that led him to start music as a self-taught artist and the shift in his outlook on life that occurred in India. In tracks like "-1 (Minus One)" and "Who Am I," he rawly depicts the real-life pain of a 17-year-old-from having to give up his dream of becoming a K-pop artist due to his height, to the anxiety he feels around others' debuts, and the experience of bullying.
Meanwhile, the versatility he displays in "Slow Motion"-which sings of the loneliness of heartbreak-and "Body Language"-packed with his initial creative impulses-proves that he is not merely a rapper, but an artist with boundless potential.
The conclusion reached after the Afrobeat instrumental "New Step," placed toward the end of the album, is the sound of confident footsteps affirming his past self and moving toward the next stage.
"What I'm seeking, what I'm fighting against-it's all written here."
This is an exceptionally pure manifesto, etched with the "now" that will never come again, by Katsuki Shiota as he forges ahead despite his doubts. It is a record of the end of a boy and the brilliant beginning of an artist.
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Artist Profile
Katsuki Shiota
Born in 2008, Katsuki Shiota grew up in Amagasaki City, the holy ground of Downtown. Deeply influenced by BTS, Katsuki aspired to become an idol at age 13 and enrolled in a K-pop dance studio. He diligently practiced dance daily, striving toward his dream debut. At a time when his skills were plateauing, a friend he met at the studio suggested he try HIPHOP dance, introducing him to the genre for the first time. This led to a dramatic improvement in his abilities, and he began challenging himself at various auditions. However, in his third year of junior high school (age 15 at the time), he felt he had reached a limit on his idol path and became uncertain about his future direction. She briefly joined A-Team as an aspiring actor, but feeling it wasn't truly what she wanted, she left the agency after only four months. Later, influenced by Trainee A, she began listening to rappers like Jack Harlow, TYGA, Chris Brown, Migos, and Yellow Bucks, becoming deeply immersed in HIPHOP. In his first year of high school (age 16), Katsuki released **Body Language** on December 1, 2024. This drill track was heavily influenced by Central Cee, whom he intensely admired, and was inspired by the fact that his communication with his girlfriend at the time was in English. Though the song led to bullying at school, he overcame it with his innate resilience. Around this time, he discovered R&B through Chris Brown and Yo-sea, releasing **Friend? I H8 U** in 2025, a raw, unfiltered expression of his painful emotions at the time. His songs, singing about love, feelings, and dreams, are constantly evolving. He is an artist whose future activities demand close attention.
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