Members Chan, Seungwoo, Seungsik and Byungchan joined A Cube Entertainment in 2014 and were among the company's first batch of male trainees.
[3][4] Several of the members had experience working with their label-mates whilst still trainees, having been back-up dancers for Apink at their 2015 "Pink Island" concerts and recorded backing vocals for Huh Gak's album.
[18][19] On February 18, 2018, Plan A Entertainment announced that Victon would have a three-week busking project in various locations throughout Seoul and Gyeonggi Province.
On July 11, it was announced by Play M Entertainment (formerly Plan A) that Byungchan would be leaving the show permanently to recover from the increasing pain from his chronic Achilles tendinitis.
[26] On the final episode on July 19, Seungwoo came third in the vote rankings and became a member of new boy group X1, originally on a contract for five years.
[27] Victon made their comeback as a six-member group on November 4 with their fifth mini album Nostalgia and lead single "Nostalgic Night".
[28] The release attracted much more attention and the group became a top 3 trending search topic on domestic online music sites.
[31][32][33] Play M announced on January 29 that following a solo fanmeeting in February, Seungwoo would return to promote with Victon and the group would make a comeback in March, following X1's disbandment earlier that month.
[36] It was announced later by Play M that member Byungchan would sit out of group promotions due to a herniated disk in his neck.
[46] On November 4, it was announced that Victon would be releasing their first full studio album Voice: The Future Is Now on December 1 with the lead single "What I Said".
[54] Then, in August, Seungsik released the single "Look for the Silver Lining" in collaboration with the music company Clef, as part of a donation project for the charity Good Neighbors.
[55] Then, Hanse made his solo debut on September 25 with the digital album Blaze with the double title tracks "Take Over" and "Public Enemy".
[62] In March, the group released an original soundtrack for the drama Business Proposal titled "You are Mine", with Seungsik, Sejun, and Byungchan participating.
[69] On April 20, IST Entertainment officially announced that members Byungchan, Hanse, and Subin did not renew their contracts with the agency, while members Seungwoo, Seungsik, and Sejun have their exclusive contract periods partially changed due to their military service, so they will retain their artist status for the time being.