Vernon

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## SNS

### SNS (personal)

**Vernon** (Korean: 버논), born as **Choi Hansol** (Korean: 최한솔), is a South Korean-American rapper and songwriter under Pledis Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group SEVENTEEN, and it’s subunit 'Hip-Hop Team'.

## Profile

* **Stage Name:** Vernon (버논)
* **Sub-Unit:**
	+ Hip-Hop Team
* **Position:**
	+ Main Rapper
	+ Visual
	+ Sub-Vocalist

## Filmography

### TV shows

 2018
 Idol Hits

## Magazines

### Solo Features

* 1st Look Vol. 227 (October 2021)
* 1st Look Vol. 234 (March 2022) \*FRONT COVER
* The Thirteen Tapes (TTT) Vol. 3/13 (2023) \*Pledis Issued Photobook\*

### Features with Other Members

* DAZED Korea: January Issue (2017) with Hip-hop Team
* MAPS Magazine: June Issue (2018) with Wonwoo, The8, Seungkwan
* ELLE Korea: November Issue (2019) with Joshua, Hoshi, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Dino
* W Korea (2020) with Hip-hop Team
* AnAn Magazine No. 2223 (Japan) 28 October 2020 with Jeonghan, Hoshi, DK, Mingyu, Dino \*BACK COVER\*
* ESQUIRE Korea: November Issue (2021) with Hip-hop Team \*COVER\*
* VOGUE Korea: December Issue (2021) with Joshua

### Features with All of SEVENTEEN as a Group

* IZE Magazine: August Issue (2015)
* KWAVE December Issue (2015)
* CeCi Magazine: December Issue (2015)
* IZE Magazine: December Issue (2015)
* 10+ Star: TENASIA March Issue (2016)
* CeCi Magazine: May Issue (2016)
* @star1 Vol.50 (May 2016)
* IZE Magazine (May 2016) \*PHOTOBOOK\*
* haru\*hana Magazine (Japan) Vol.36 (May 2016)
* AnAn Magazine (Japan) 21 June 2017
* @star1 Vol.64 (July 2017)
* DAZED Digital Magazine (July 2017)
* CeCi Magazine: October Issue (2017)
* HIGH *CUT* Vol.208 (October 2017) \*COVER\*
* CeCi Magazine: January Issue (2018)
* SINGLES Korea: April Issue (2018) \*COVER\*
* Sparkling Magazine’s Spring 2018 Issue \*COVER\*
* 1st LOOK Vol.155 (May 2018) \*COVER\*
* AnAn Magazine (Japan) 30 May 2018 \*COVER\*
* @star1 Vol.77 (August 2018) \*COVER\*
* CREA Magazine: October Issue (2018)
* SPARKS Japanese Idol Magazine Vol.1 (November 2018) \*COVER\*
* THE STAR: February Issue (2019)
* SPARKS Japanese Idol Magazine Vol.2 (April 2019)
* AnAn Magazine (Japan) 13 May 2019 \*COVER\*
* AnAn Magazine No. 2187 (Japan) February 2020 \*COVER\*
* SPRiNG Magazine (Japan): March Issue (2020)
* BILLBOARD Korea Vol.3 (April 2020) \*COVER\*
* Monotube Magazine Vol.2 (July 2020) \*Thief & Heist Collaboration\*
* HARPER`S BAZAAR: January Issue (2021) \*COVER\*
* MORE Magazine Japan: January Issue (2022) \*COVER\* [Jun and The8 weren't able to participate due to activities in China]

## Credits

***✓** =* Participated
*✖ =* Didn't participate

## Discography

### Collaborations

* Q&A (with Ailee, S.Coups, and Woozi) (2015)
* Beg For You (A.G. Cook & VERNON OF SEVENTEEN Remix) [feat. Rina Sawayama] (with Charli XCX and A.G. Cook) (2022)

### Features

* "Bucket List" (with Bumzu) (2015)
* "Bumaye (Remix Ver.)" (with Drunken Tiger) (2018)
* "Looped Up" (with Tobi Lou) (2019)
* "Wrecker" (with Omega Sapien) (2022)
* "Miss You" (with (sic)boy) (2023)

### OSTs

* Sickness (2016)
* A-TEEN (2018)
* Warrior (逆燃) (2021)

### Unofficial Songs

* Rocket (English Ver.) (with Joshua) (2018)
* Life is a Beach (2018)
* BANDS BOY (2021)

## Trivia

* **Nickname:** Mr. Headphones, 7Peacekeeper, 4D, Vernonnie, Nonie, Vern, Ddori, Twix
* **Emoji: 🤟, 🌈, 🐢, 🐻‍❄️**
* **Family:** Mom, dad and younger sister, Sofia (born in 2004)
* **Education:**
	+ Ewha Womans University Teacher's College Experimental Elementary School (Graduated)
	+ Changchun Middle School (Drop out)
	+ Homeschooling
* **Specialty:** Rap, Composing. Writing
* **Hobby:** Webtoon, watching movies & cat videos
* **Training Period:** 3 years and 3 months
* **Favorite Drinks:** Hot chocolate, Wine, Milk tea
* **Favorite Animals:** Cats, he loves them so much and even wants one of his own.
* **Favorite Color:** All colors
* **Favorite Flower:** Sunflower
* **MBTI:** ISTP
* He was born in New York but moved to Korea when he was 5 years old (as he's half Korean and half American).
* He shares the same birthday as DK. They are called the 218's based on their birthday, but Vernon is a year younger than DK.
	+ They both have the same foot size (280mm), and lived only 10 minutes apart. There is only a 1cm listed height difference and 1cm listed weight difference.
	+ Both have participated in Archery in ISAC, and both have made a Perfect X10 shot where the pinhole camera inside the center of the board is broken by the arrow.
* He likes to play the guitar and he learned it from his father.
* Vernon's Mother is of German And French ancestry
* Since Vernon's Mother could not speak Korean, she had to remain at home for a lengthy timeframe and couldn’t look for gainful employment in Seoul.
* He started out in the short line, but a growth spurt he became taller than some of his older members.
* He often mishears people because he is on his headphones or earphones constantly.
* He views himself as a really free person. He always makes sure to be nice to others and make sure to not discriminate against anything/one. He supports LBGTQ+ and has spoken about against racism.
* He has a large shoe collection, over 100 pairs.
* The meaning behind his stage name is that it’s his mother’s surname.
* He says Korea is more comfortable for him compared to America.
* He got casted at a station in front of his middle school. The more he practices, the more his dream of becoming a singer became official.
* He is allergic to peanuts, pollen and kinda to cats. He doesn’t like warm fruits, Otherwise, he isn't a picky eater at all. He says he's the least picky in the group.
* He has rhinitis.
* He uses his parents artwork for his ear monitors
* He is one of the youngest idols with the most copyrighted songs under his name (68+) and the second member in the group with the most credits, just behind Woozi.
* He gets shy easily
* He is apart of Seventeen's cat line (with Jun, Wonwoo & Woozi)
* He is apart of the crew MOLA (Make Our Lives Awesome)
* He is very close with Jamie and Kino from Pentagon
* He doesn't care about looks, He goes mostly for personality and heart.
* He thinks he resembles a cat the most. He thinks he was a cat with wings in his past life time.
* Something he thinks is meaningful is loving yourself.
* He loves Frank Ocean, Drake, Charli XCX
* He has a heart shaped birthmark on his right hand.
* Loves Harry Potter and Star Wars.
* He is a huge fan of the variety show *Infinite Challenge* and Park Myung-soo.
* He has his own room in the dorms, he used to share one with Hoshi before.
* He is fluent in English as well because they kept speaking it at home since his mom doesn't know Korean
* He is scared of bugs
* Between dogs or cats, he picks cats
* The name of his fan's are called "Dollys"
* He doesn't like being compared to Leonardo DiCaprio
* Carat's happiness is the most important to him
* The name he likes being called is "Vernon"
* His life motto is "Just Do It"
* The focus of his fashion is to be as neutral as possible
* On the 5th of October 2021, Vernon's cat, Leo, passed away due to multiple illnesses including peritonitis, leukemia, and pneumonia.
* Vernon recently said in an interview he plans to get his own cat soon

## Spotify

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## References

1. ↑ (interview) SEVENTEEN(세븐틴)-200109 'GoodDay New York' interview
2. ↑ https://www.mymusictaste.com/news/vernon-reveals-his-artistic-roots-and-his-love-for-park-myung-soo,7283/