No other will even have anything if they are too foolish
”
–Vernon
Vernon (Korean: 버논), born as Hansol Vernon Chwe (Korean:최한솔), is a Korean-American rapper and songwriter under Pledis Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group SEVENTEEN, and it’s subunit 'Hip-Hop Team'.
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, Dancing
Hobby: Webtoon, watching movies
Training Period: 3 years and 3 months
Favorite Drinks: Hot chocolate, Milk tea
Favorite Animals: Cats, he loves them so much and even wants one of his own.
Favorite Color: Red
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 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 used his parents artwork for his ear monitors
He is one of the youngest idols with the most copyrighted songs under his name (95+) and the second member in the group with the most credits, just behind Woozi.
He gets shy easily
He is a part of Seventeen's cat line (with Jun, Wonwoo & Woozi)
He is a part of the crew M.O.L.A. (Make Our Lives Awesome)
He is very close with Woodz, 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.[3]
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