Victon is a South Korean boy group formed in 2016. The group is composed of seven members: Han Seung-woo, Kang Seung-sik, Heo Chan, Lim Se-jun, Do Han-se, Choi Byung-chan and Jung Su-bin. The group debuted on November 9, 2016, with their extended play Voice to New World.
History
2016: ''Me & 7 Men'' and debut with ''Voice to New World''
On August 17, 2016, Plan A Entertainment released details regarding the group and their upcoming reality show Me & 7 Men, which would chronicle the group's preparation for debut. On August 30, 2016, Me & 7 Men aired its first episode on Mnet. On September 1, 2016, Seung-sik, Se-jun and Han-se released a digital single as Plan A Boys in collaboration with label-mate Huh Gak entitled "#Begin Again," accompanied by a music video starring Huh Gak and all seven members of the group. On November 1, 2016, a teaser was aired after the finale of Me & 7 Men revealing the group's official debut date as November 9. The following day, Plan A Entertainment released individual video and photo teasers for Se-jun and Byung-chan, with Su-bin and Han-se's teasers being released the next day. On November 4, teasers for Seung-woo, Chan, and Seung-sik were released along with a performance trailer for "What Time Is It Now?", a track from their first EP. On November 9, 2016, Victon made their official debut with the release of their first EP Voice to New World along with the title track "I'm Fine." The group performed both "I'm Fine" and "What Time Is It Now?" on music shows for their promotions.
2017: ''Ready'', ''Identity'' and ''From.VICTON''
On March 2, 2017, Victon released their second mini album, Ready, with the lead single titled "Eyez Eyez". Victon's third mini album, Identity, was released on August 23, with a total of five tracks including the lead single "Unbelievable". They also held comeback showcase at the Samsung Hall, Ewha Womans University on the same day as the album's release. Their fourth mini album, From.VICTON, was released on November 9. The EP contains six tracks including the title track "Remember Me".
2018: Busking project, ''Time of Sorrow''
On February 18, Plan A Entertainment announced that Victon is having a 4-day Busking Project on these dates: February 25, March 4,10 & 11. They performed different songs from their previous albums. Some of the songs that they performed as well are 'Shadow' by Highlight, 'Lonely' 2NE1, '고 민보다 GO' by BTS. They also made a remix of Bad Boy by Red Velvet. The sites where they did the project were at Sinchon, Starfield, Gangnam and Dongdaemun. On May 23, Victon released their first single album "Time of Sorrow".
2019: ''Produce X 101'' participation, Comeback with 6 members
During early 2019, Seungwoo and Byung-chan participated as contestants in Produce X 101. On July 11, it was announced by Play M Entertainment that Byung-chan would be leaving the show permanently to recover from the increasing pain brought by his chronic Achilles tendinitis. On the final episode on July 19, Seungwoo became a member of the new boy group X1. He received 1,079,200 votes, which put him at a final ranking of 3rd. The contract for this group was originally planned to be 5 years. Victon made their comeback as a six-member group on November 4 with the mini album "Nostalgia" and lead single "Nostalgic Night", which earned them their first music show win since debut. On January 6, 2020, the X1 members' agencies announced that the group would be disbanding, due to a vote manipulation controversy. Play M announced on January 29 that following a solo fanmeeting in February, Seungwoo would return to promote with VICTON and the group would make a comeback in March.
2020-present: Han Seungwoo’s Return, ''Continuous'', ''Mayday''
On March 9, Victon released the mini album “Continuous”. The album was the first release since X1’s disbandment and the first to include Seungwoo since Produce X 101. Their lead single, “Howling”, received an award from the Korean music show, “The Show”, on March 17, 2020. It was announced later by Play M that member Byungchan would sit out of promotions due to a herniated disk in his neck. On June 2, the group returned with their second single album "Mayday". They received an award from the Korean music show, "The Show", on June 9, 2020 for the song "Mayday", marking the group's third win. On June 26, it was announced and confirmed by Play M that member Seungwoo would be making his solo debut sometime in August. This will mark the first-ever official solo debut by a Victon member in the four years since their debut. On July 16, it was announced that Seungwoo's first mini album, entitled "Fame", would be released on August 10.
