Victon
Sign in to saveVicton (; stylized as VICTON, an acronym for Voice to New World) is a South Korean boy group formed in 2016 by IST Entertainment (formerly A Cube Entertainment, Plan A Entertainment, and Play M Entertainment). The group is composed of six members: Seungwoo, Seungsik, Sejun, Hanse, Byungchan and Subin. Originally a septet, Chan left the group on October 11, 2022, after being charged for driving under the influence (DUI). They debuted on November 9, 2016, with their extended play Voice to New World.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Victon
- Musical artist.image
- Victionin2021.png
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.alt
- yes
- Musical artist.caption
- Victon in January 2021L to R (Back): Sejun, Seungwoo, Seungsik, Chan (former)L to R (Front): Byungchan, Subin, Hanse
- Musical artist.origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2016–2022
- Musical artist.label
- IST
- Musical artist.current_members
- Seungwoo Seungsik Sejun Hanse Byungchan Subin
- Musical artist.past_members
- Chan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Genre
- K-pop
- Country of origin
- South Korea
- Record label
- IST Entertainment
- Official website
- play-m.co.kr/victon
- Image
- VICTON ‘Welcome to Wonderland’ Making.png
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- Commons category
- Victon
- inception
- 2016-11-00
- social media followers
- 788000
- topic's main category
- Category:Victon
- start of work period
- 2016-00-00
- member count
- 7
- language used
- Korean
- hashtag
- victon
- has characteristic
- boy band
- name
- Victon
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-debut
- 2016: ''Me & 7 Men'' and debut
- 2017: Further EP releases
- 2018: Busking project and ''Time of Sorrow''
- 2019: ''Produce X 101'' participation, comeback with 6 members
- 2020: Continued releases and solo work
- 2021: ''Voice: The Future is Now'' and Seungwoo's enlistment
- 2022: ''Chronograph'', ''Chaos'' and Chan's departure
- 2023–2024: Military service and contract ends
- Members
- Current
- Former
- Timeline
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Extended plays
- Single albums
- Singles
- Soundtrack appearances
- Collaborations
- Music videos (Korean)
- Filmography
- Reality shows
- List of concerts tours
- Victon First Europe Tour 2018
- Victon 1st Asia Tour
- List of joint concert tours
- Awards and nominations
- Notes
- References
- External links
Victon (; stylized as VICTON, an acronym for Voice to New World) is a South Korean boy group formed in 2016 by IST Entertainment (formerly A Cube Entertainment, Plan A Entertainment, and Play M Entertainment). The group is composed of six members: Seungwoo, Seungsik, Sejun, Hanse, Byungchan and Subin. Originally a septet, Chan left the group on October 11, 2022, after being charged for driving under the influence (DUI). They debuted on November 9, 2016, with their extended play Voice to New World.
==History== ===Pre-debut=== Members Chan, Seungwoo, Seungsik and Byungchan joined A Cube Entertainment in 2014 and were among the company's first batch of male trainees. Hanse and Sejun joined a year later, followed by last-minute addition, former Cube Entertainment trainee Subin. Several of the members had experience working with their label-mates whilst still trainees, having been back-up dancers for Apink at their 2015 "Pink Island" concerts and recorded backing vocals for Huh Gak's album.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Victon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.