SEVENTEEN's Jeonghan and Joshua Are Getting Their Own Unit. It's Been 10 Years Coming.

Jeonghan and Joshua will debut as SEVENTEEN's seventh sub-unit, with an album targeted for October, agency Pledis Entertainment confirmed to Dispatch on July 6 after Xportsnews first reported the pairing.

"Jeonghan and Joshua are preparing with the goal of making a unit debut in October," Pledis told Dispatch. The confirmation ends years of fan speculation - the two members have repeatedly named each other as their preferred sub-unit partner in interviews going back to SEVENTEEN's earliest years, with fans nicknaming them "the twins" over their shared 1995 birth year.

The timing follows a milestone of its own. Jeonghan completed his mandatory military service as a social service agent on June 25, becoming the first SEVENTEEN member to finish service after enlisting in September 2024. His return puts him back in group activities roughly 21 months after enlistment, and this unit marks his first project since. It's also his second time fronting a sub-unit, following 2024's collaboration with Wonwoo on the album "This Man" - while it will be Joshua's first official unit credit.

The pairing joins a lineup SEVENTEEN has built out over years: BSS (Seungkwan, DK, Hoshi), Jeonghan x Wonwoo, Hoshi x Woozi, S.Coups and Mingyu, DK x Seungkwan, and V8 (The8 and Vernon). Where those units have ranged from hip-hop-leaning to vocal-forward concepts, Pledis has not detailed which direction Jeonghan and Joshua's project will take. The sub-unit strategy has become a core part of how SEVENTEEN keeps new music in front of fans during members' military service - each pairing gets its own concept and promotional cycle rather than waiting for the full 13-member lineup to reconvene.

With Jeonghan now discharged, attention turns to the rest of the group's service schedule. Wonwoo is currently serving as a social service agent, while Woozi and Hoshi are on active duty in the Army. S.Coups was exempted following an ACL injury. Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino have yet to enlist - meaning SEVENTEEN's return to full 13-member activity is still some way off, even as sub-units keep the group's release schedule active in the meantime.

Pledis has not announced a title track, concept, or exact release date beyond the October target.