Seventeen News

Vernon of Seventeen released the digital single "I'll Be Back" at 6 p.m. on the same day he began mandatory military service, having entered basic training; he participated in writing and composing the electronic pop farewell track unveiled earlier during V8's concert

SEVENTEEN’s Vernon will release his solo single “I’ll Be Back” at 6 p.m. Thursday as he begins basic training for mandatory military service on Aug. 20 and is scheduled to serve as a social service agent; in June he and fellow member The8 launched Seventeen’s V8 subunit and released its first EP

Yeonjun's NO LABELS: PART 02 sold 738,072 copies in its first week and reached No. 16 on the Billboard 200. Seventeen's Dino debuted a new persona Picheolin with the mini-album 'Gilboard,' and former ENHYPEN member Evan — who produced his upcoming mini 'DEATH OF ME' — will release it on Sept. 7

HYBE is debuting multinational teen girl group Tuide next week through a new girl-group label, ABD, led by veteran producer Han Sung-soo; Tuide has already hit 1 million TikTok followers and over 5 million YouTube views. ABD says the independent structure aims to build a distinct identity and experimental production system separate from HYBE’s existing label

Only 3.55% of K-pop groups ever sell 300,000 albums and just 42 groups cleared that industry break-even mark, a study of 1,182 debuting acts from 1996–2025 found. Nearly half of idol groups disappear within three years, and only eight acts have exceeded 10 million cumulative sales

BIGBANG’s 20th-anniversary listening event on Aug. 19 will stage drones, fireworks and a DJ set playing songs the group won’t perform — emblematic of K-pop’s move to turn pre-release album previews into ticketed spectacles. The Korea Times traces the trend from J-Hope’s closed 2022 listening session to large-scale fan preview events by Haechan, V8, Lim Young

Seventeen's best-of album Always Yours has surpassed 1 million shipments in Japan, giving the 13-member group their fourth RIAJ "million" certification — a first for any K-pop act; Pledis announced Mingyu will begin service Sept. 10, with Seungkwan and Dino enlisting together on Oct. 26

Seventeen’s Seungkwan and Dino will enlist together in the South Korean Army military band on Oct. 26, while fellow member Mingyu will begin alternative service on Sept. 10. Pledis said all three will complete scheduled activities before beginning service, will not hold official events on their reporting days, will share pre-prepared content with fans (CARAT) during their service, and asked fans not to visit enlistment sites or Mingyu’s workplace