Stage Name: Vernon (버논)
Real Name: Hansol Vernon Chwe (최한솔)
Nickname: Mr. Headphones, Peacekeeper, 4D
Team: Hip Hop
Birthdate: February 18, 1998
Hometown: New York
Height: 175cm
Weight: 65kg
Blood Type: A
Shoe size: 280mm
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Specialty: Rap
Hobbies: Webtoon, watching movies, reading
Training Period: 3 years and 3 monthsFACTS:
•He's from New York but moved to Korea when he was 5 years old.
•He likes to play the guitar and he learned it from his father.
•He has a little sister named Sofia.
•He's extremely ticklish.
•His favorite rappers are Drake, T.I, J.Cole and Kendrick Lamar.
•He loves Nicki Minaj as well as the other members too.
•He shares rooms with Seung Gwan the most.
•His favorite music genres are Rap, R&B and Hip Hop. He also likes Jazz too.
•His favorite Seasons are Summer and Fall.
•He likes cats & has his own pet cat. His cats name is 'Dodam'. The name of the cat was picked by his cousin.
•He wishes he could have good speaking skills like Seung Gwan does.
•His favorite food is chocolate.
•He likes chocolate cakes & cheese cakes & loves cheeseburgers. He likes plums.
•He loves to watch movies.
•His role models are his parents and his teachers.
•He was voted by the other members as the shyest member. •He's slow at reacting to things. •His ideal type is a girl who has pretty legs.
•His favorite animals are dogs. •His family loves in Hongdae but he lives in Gangnam since Seventeen's dorm is located there.
•His parents are his role models. •He likes the movie Fight Club.
•He likes the actors Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio & Johnny Depp.
•His favorite korean actor is Lee Byung Han.
•He likes the korean drama, IRIS. •He loves English/British accents and he likes Australian accents. •He's one of the members that gets scared the easiest.
•If he could be born as an animal, he would like to be a dragon.
•If he had to serenade a girl, he would sing John Legend's 'Stay With You'.
•He doesn't have a favorite girl group.
•His favorite movie is Cloud Atlas.
•He would choose music over food.
•If he could introduce a member to his family, he would choose Soonyoung.
•He has an interest for fashion and he owns a lot of hats.
•If he could have a super power, he would choose Telepathy as his power.
•He likes the month December.
•He was nicknamed 'Twix' since he had a lot of Twix in their practice room.
•He prefers watching movies over reading.
•He watches webtoons.
•He was voted by the members for acting most cute around girl groups.
•He says he smiles with his eyes around girls and not around his members.
•He likes singing but he's not good at it.
•He copies Seungkwan's adlibs sometimes.
•Between morning or night, he prefers night.
•He views himself as a really free person.
•The meaning behind his stage name is that it's his middle name and also 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.
•His role model is American rapper J Cole.
•He wants to be a great artist like him.
•He wants to be an improving artist who climbs the steps til the final aim.
•He was a contestant on 'JTBC Made in U' He was part of 'Kids Explore Life'WORKS:
•Appeared in Seventeen TV from 2013-2014.
•Performed at Like Seventeen Shows 1, 2, 3 and 4.
•Performed at Wapop Concert from August- September 2014. •Performed at SBS Awards Festival in December 2014. •Appeared in MBC's 'Hello Stranger' in 2015.