SEVENTEEN member VERNON to release his first solo mixtape “Black Eye” on December 23

Hip-hop unit member’s first solo mixtape to arrive at midnight on December 23.

By Monica Yadav -

December 16, 2022 - 12:32 PM IST

VERNON, a member of the K-pop performance powerhouse SEVENTEEN, is set to release his first solo mixtape “Black Eye” on December 23. An image was posted on SEVENTEEN's official social media channels on December 16, revealing the release date and the title of the mixtape.

SEVENTEEN member VERNON to release his first solo mixtape “Black Eye” on December 23

>While being a member of SEVENTEEN’s Hip-hop unit, VERNON’s continued venture outside of the group this year has also shed light on his flair as a solo artist, manifested through his collaboration with Charli XCX in February for a remix of “Beg For You,” and feature in Omega Sapien's “Wrecker” in June.

"Black Eye" will be available on global streaming platforms on December 23. VERNON is the third member of the 13-piece act to release a mixtape, following HOSHI’s “Spider” in April 2021 and WOOZI’s “Ruby” in January 2022.

Racking up 2 billion streams and selling 10 million albums, SEVENTEEN—comprised of S.COUPS, JEONGHAN, JOSHUA, JUN, HOSHI, WONWOO, WOOZI, THE 8, MINGYU, DK, SEUNGKWAN, VERNON and DINO—have rocketed to the forefront of the music scene fueled by a fiercely independent spirit and a nonpareil in-house creative ecosystem. The 13-piece act’s innovative structure hinges on the interplay of three units: hip-hop, vocal, and performance. SEVENTEEN’s 4th studio album Face the Sun marked a new milestone in K-pop, rendering SEVENTEEN one of the only two artists in K-pop history alongside BTS to surpass the 2 million mark for first-week album sales. The album was also the act’s first top-10 charting album on the Billboard 200, which was soon followed by their latest release SECTOR 17 which debuted at No.4 on the chart.