{"id":917037,"date":"2026-07-02T19:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/seventeen-sub-group-v8-reveal-release-date-for-debut-ep-featuring-production-by-pharrell\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:21:54","slug":"seventeen-sub-group-v8-reveal-release-date-for-debut-ep-featuring-production-by-pharrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/seventeen-sub-group-v8-reveal-release-date-for-debut-ep-featuring-production-by-pharrell\/","title":{"rendered":"SEVENTEEN Sub Group V8 Reveal Release Date For Debut EP Featuring Production By\u00a0Pharrell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 8 and Vernon are diving into the theme of “wasted youth” on the mini-album due out on June 29.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Teaser image for SEVENTEEN sub unit V8, featuring The 8 and Vernon.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tSEVENTEEN<\/a> members The 8 and VERNON are gearing up to launch the first mini-album from their new side unit, V8. The self-titled mini-album, due out on June 29, finds the K-pop duo teaming up with a long list of big-name producers, including former collaborator Pharrell Williams.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAccording to a release announcing the project, it is a deep dive into the theme of \u201cwasted youth,\u201d with the songs focused on \u201craw moments of wandering and confusion experienced through time, along with the resilience and growth found within those struggles. Rather than defining the youth spent as mere lost time, the album sublimates the unstable and fragile nature of youth into an explosive sense of freedom, channeling that energy into a driving force to continuously forge ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to Pharrell \u2014\u00a0who produced the song \u201cBad Influence<\/a>\u201d from the group\u2019s fifth studio album, 2025\u2019s Happy Burstday<\/em> \u2014\u00a0the mini-album will feature the pair working with longtime collaborator BUMZU, as well as a number of other producers, whose names were revealed in a clever video clip<\/a> featuring the list burning in reverse to reveal the roster. <\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the names on the paper are German electro house producer\/DJ Mechatok, 100 Gecs\u2019 Dylan Brady, Korean Music Awards winner KIRARA, as well as a number of other pop, electronic and hip-hop producers, including: Alice Longyu Gao, BADTREE, HAKASEEE, Han Jung In, Jake Torrey, kimj, Lodge Boy, Lucian, MILLENNIUM, Numbernine, Ramzoid, Rhode, Robb Roy, Rudolph, Sophie Cates, Stella Smyth, UHD, and Will Not Fear.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe duo teased their upcoming debut with a grainy 30-second video that included them lounging in an apartment, throwing food at each other and dancing through a shower of fireworks in front of a billboard featuring their group name, soundtracked by a snippet of their hyperpop sound.<\/p>\n

\n\tV8 will kick off the 2026 VERNON THE 8 [V8] LIVE tour in Goyang, South Korea on July 11-12, followed by a three-night fun of shows in Hong Kong from July 17-19.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the V8 teaser below.<\/p>\n

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