{"id":161550,"date":"2026-03-12T06:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=161550"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:28:42","slug":"seventeen-members-vernon-and-the8-prepare-a-new-sub-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/seventeen-members-vernon-and-the8-prepare-a-new-sub-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"SEVENTEEN members Vernon and The8 prepare a new sub-unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEVENTEEN<\/strong> members <strong>Vernon<\/strong> and <strong>The8<\/strong> are gearing up for their debut as a sub-unit. On March 12, 2026, a source from <strong>PLEDIS Entertainment<\/strong> said that the two KPop idols were working as a sub-unit to release a project in June 2026. The announcement quickly drew attention from SEVENTEEN fans (known as Carats) who are eager to see a new duo combination within the group.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kchartsmaster\/status\/2031875055571910801?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SEVENTEEN\u2019s Vernon and The8 will reportedly debut as a unit in June.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kgCjkR8czi\">https:\/\/t.co\/kgCjkR8czi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZGLbUBQ44Q\">pic.twitter.com\/ZGLbUBQ44Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kchartsmaster\/status\/2031875055571910801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This release will become SEVENTEEN\u2019s sixth sub-unit. It follows in the footsteps of previous duos in the group, such as BSS, Jeonghan X Wonwoo, HxW, CxM, and DxS. Vernon is widely known as one of SEVENTEEN\u2019s rappers and songwriters, while The8 has built a reputation as one of the group\u2019s strongest performers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vernon-and-The8-Seventeen-new_world-tour-860x573.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Usually, a sub-unit release gives both members a chance to show another side of their artistry while still staying connected to SEVENTEEN\u2019s group identity as a whole. The timing is also notable because SEVENTEEN is currently embarked on their <strong>NEW_ world tour<\/strong>. The boy band will be visiting Thailand on March 14 and 15. Then, they will perform in the Philippines on March 21 and are set to conclude their run in South Korea on April 4 and 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEVENTEEN members Vernon and The8 are gearing up for their debut as a sub-unit. On March 12, 2026, a source from PLEDIS Entertainment said that the two KPop idols were working as a sub-unit to release a project in June 2026. The announcement quickly drew attention from SEVENTEEN fans (known as Carats) who are eager [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":161551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1064],"tmauthors":[3734],"class_list":{"0":"post-161550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-seventeen"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161550"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=161550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}