Listen to SEVENTEEN star Hoshi’s surprise solo track ‘Take A Shot’

[https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hoshi × Artist bio Hoshi Real name: Kwon Soon-youngPosition: Performance Team Leader, Main Dancer, Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-06-15Birthplace: Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Performance team leader of SEVENTEEN. Hoshi is high-energy, passionate, and a bit chaotic. Despite his outgoing personality, he is deeply serious about choreography and performance. Tap again to view profile → Close -seventeen × About group SEVENTEEN SEVENTEEN is a self-producing boy group with 13 members, divided into the 3 main sub-units, hip-hop, vocal, and performance, to form 1 team. They are known for intricate choreography, impressive synchronisation and sophisticated song writing. Tap again to view profile → Close @2000x1270.jpg] SEVENTEEN × About group SEVENTEEN SEVENTEEN is a self-producing boy group with 13 members, divided into the 3 main sub-units, hip-hop, vocal, and performance, to form 1 team. They are known for intricate choreography, impressive synchronisation and sophisticated song writing. Tap again to view profile → Close star Hoshi × Artist bio Hoshi Real name: Kwon Soon-youngPosition: Performance Team Leader, Main Dancer, Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-06-15Birthplace: Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Performance team leader of SEVENTEEN. Hoshi is high-energy, passionate, and a bit chaotic. Despite his outgoing personality, he is deeply serious about choreography and performance. Tap again to view profile → Close has surprise-released a solo track, ‘Take A Shot’ – check it out below. * READ MORE: SEVENTEEN × About group SEVENTEEN SEVENTEEN is a self-producing boy group with 13 members, divided into the 3 main sub-units, hip-hop, vocal, and performance, to form 1 team. They are known for intricate choreography, impressive synchronisation and sophisticated song writing. Tap again to view profile → Close – ‘Happy Burstday’ review: a double-edged showcase of individuality Yesterday (September 16), Hoshi × Artist bio Hoshi Real name: Kwon Soon-youngPosition: Performance Team Leader, Main Dancer, Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-06-15Birthplace: Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Performance team leader of SEVENTEEN. Hoshi is high-energy, passionate, and a bit chaotic. Despite his outgoing personality, he is deeply serious about choreography and performance. Tap again to view profile → Close became the fourth member of the Pledis Entertainment group to enlist for his mandatory military service. However, he dropped a surprise parting gift for his fans to mark the day of his enlistment. That surprise came in the form of ‘Take A Shot’. It features the musician rapping over dizzying trap beats – listen to it below. Prior to ‘Take A Shot’, Hoshi × Artist bio Hoshi Real name: Kwon Soon-youngPosition: Performance Team Leader, Main Dancer, Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-06-15Birthplace: Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Performance team leader of SEVENTEEN. Hoshi is high-energy, passionate, and a bit chaotic. Despite his outgoing personality, he is deeply serious about choreography and performance. Tap again to view profile → Close and bandmate Woozi × Artist bio Woozi Real name: Lee Ji-hoonPosition: Vocal Team Leader, Lead Vocalist, ProducerNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-11-22Birthplace: Busan, South Korea Producer and vocal team leader of SEVENTEEN. Woozi is focused, perfectionist, and dedicated to music production, with a shy but caring side. Tap again to view profile → Close formed the sub-unit HxW and released their single album ‘BEAM’ in March. Earlier this month, they performed a number of shows before their respective enlistments. Woozi × Artist bio Woozi Real name: Lee Ji-hoonPosition: Vocal Team Leader, Lead Vocalist, ProducerNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-11-22Birthplace: Busan, South Korea Producer and vocal team leader of SEVENTEEN. Woozi is focused, perfectionist, and dedicated to music production, with a shy but caring side. Tap again to view profile → Close enlisted a day earlier than Hoshi × Artist bio Hoshi Real name: Kwon Soon-youngPosition: Performance Team Leader, Main Dancer, Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-06-15Birthplace: Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Performance team leader of SEVENTEEN. Hoshi is high-energy, passionate, and a bit chaotic. Despite his outgoing personality, he is deeply serious about choreography and performance. Tap again to view profile → Close , on September 15. Nine of the group’s 13 members will have to serve in the military – two of whom (Jeonghan × Artist bio Jeonghan Real name: Yoon Jeong-hanPosition: Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1995-10-04Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea Lead vocalist of SEVENTEEN. Jeonghan is clever, calm, and playful. He teases his fellow SEVENTEEN members often. Tap again to view profile → Close  and Wonwoo × Artist bio Wonwoo Real name: Jeon Won-wooPosition: Lead RapperNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-07-17Birthplace: Changwon, South Korea Lead rapper of SEVENTEEN. Wonwoo is introverted, thoughtful, and observant, with a quiet charisma and deep voice. Tap again to view profile → Close ) have already enlisted earlier. The group has also confirmed that individual members will remain active through solo material, and that the entire group will reconvene once everyone’s done with their two-year service. As for the four members who won’t be serving – S.Coups × Artist bio S.Coups Real name: Choi Seung-cheolPosition: Leader, Hip-Hop Team Leader, RapperNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1995-08-08Birthplace: Daegu, South Korea General Leader of SEVENTEEN. S.Coups is a protective, caring leader with a firm personality. He guides his fellow SEVENTEEN members and keeps them responsible. Tap again to view profile → Close is exempt due to an ACL injury while The8 × Artist bio The8 Real name: Xu Minghao (徐明浩)Position: Lead Dancer, Sub VocalistNationality: ChineseBirthday: 1997-11-07Birthplace: Haicheng, Liaoning, China Lead dancer of SEVENTEEN. The8 is calm, artistic, and philosophical, with a strong interest in personal growth and creativity. Tap again to view profile → Close  and Jun × Artist bio Jun Real name: Wen Junhui (文俊輝)Position: Lead Dancer, Sub VocalistNationality: ChineseBirthday: 1996-06-10Birthplace: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Lead dancer of SEVENTEEN. Jun is quirky and humorous, with a warm, friendly aura. Tap again to view profile → Close are Chinese citizens and Joshua × Artist bio Joshua Real name: Hong Ji-sooPosition: Lead VocalistNationality: Korean-AmericanBirthday: 1995-12-30Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA Lead vocalist of SEVENTEEN. Joshua is gentle, polite, and considerate. His calm demeanour and soft-spoken charm, lead to many being unaware of his more chaotic side. Tap again to view profile → Close ’s a US citizen – they plan to “stick together and make something great to showcase to the fans.” In a three-star review of ‘Happy Burstday’, Gladys Yeo wrote for NME: “‘Happy Burstday’ might not be SEVENTEEN × About group SEVENTEEN SEVENTEEN is a self-producing boy group with 13 members, divided into the 3 main sub-units, hip-hop, vocal, and performance, to form 1 team. They are known for intricate choreography, impressive synchronisation and sophisticated song writing. Tap again to view profile → Close ’s most cohesive release, but it succeeds at showcasing the group’s transformation over the last 10 years. The record’s focus on solo songs exposes each member’s strengths and weaknesses when they stand alone, but its group tracks are a self-assured testament to their chemistry and magnetism as a whole.” The post Listen to SEVENTEEN × About group SEVENTEEN SEVENTEEN is a self-producing boy group with 13 members, divided into the 3 main sub-units, hip-hop, vocal, and performance, to form 1 team. They are known for intricate choreography, impressive synchronisation and sophisticated song writing. Tap again to view profile → Close star Hoshi × Artist bio Hoshi Real name: Kwon Soon-youngPosition: Performance Team Leader, Main Dancer, Lead VocalistNationality: South KoreanBirthday: 1996-06-15Birthplace: Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Performance team leader of SEVENTEEN. Hoshi is high-energy, passionate, and a bit chaotic. Despite his outgoing personality, he is deeply serious about choreography and performance. Tap again to view profile → Close ’s surprise solo track ‘Take A Shot’ appeared first on NME.