SEULGI 슬기 (RED VELVET)

Seulgi (Korean name: Kang Seul-gi; Hangul: 강슬기) is a South Korean singer. Seulgi began training at SM Entertainment in 2007. On December 2, 2013 she was one of the first three trainees introduced to the public through SM Entertainment's pre-debut project, SM Rookies. On August 1, 2014 Seulgi made her debut as a member of Red Velvet.

She is also a member of the female unit GOT the beat and a former member of the project group Girls Next Door.

She made her solo debut on October 4, 2022 with the mini album 28 Reasons.

Stage Name: Seulgi (슬기)

Birth Name: Kang Seul Gi (강슬기)

Position: Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist

Birthday: February 10, 1994

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Height: 164 cm (5’5″) (Official) / 161 cm (5’3″) (Real height)*

Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs)

Blood Type: A

MBTI Type: ISFP

Sub-Unit: IRENE & SEULGI

Instagram: @hi_sseulgi

Pre-debut

Seulgi auditioned for SM Entertainment in 2006 through an open audition. She didn't receive a call back until a year later and began training in 2007 during her first year in middle school.

On December 2, 2013, she was revealed as a trainee under SMROOKIES, alongside Taeyong and Jeno

2014-2018: Red Velvet, Solo activities

On August 1, she debuted as a member of Red Velvet with the digital single "Happiness".

Seulgi played the main lead, Dorothy, in SM Entertainment's hologram musical, School Oz, which had the first screening on January 14, 2015. Seulgi was featured on the JTBC variety show Off to School, where she attended Gyeonggi Arts High School for three days along with other idols, which aired from April 2015 to May 2015. She went on MBC's music variety show, King of Mask Singer, on October 2, 2016, where she went under the name Cinema Heaven.

On February 23, 2018, OSEN reported that Seulgi would be part of the cast for Law of the Jungle in Mexico, which aired from May to July. On July 21, 2018, she alongside Wendy was on the special 100th episode of KBS's variety show Battle Trip. On October 26, 2018, JTBC posted a video announcing that Seulgi would be one of the MC's for their variety show Cool Kids. On Episode 7, the MC's revealed that Seulgi alongside Hyun-min had left the show and will no longer be MC's.

2020: Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi

On April 21, SM Entertainment confirmed that Seulgi and fellow member Irene would be debuting in the group's first sub-unit. On May 27, the name of the unit and its debut mini album, Monster, as well as their official logo was revealed across Red Velvet's social media accounts. The sub-unit officially debuted on July 6 with their first mini album Monster.

2021: Seulgi.zip, GOT the beat

On April 2, 2021 Music content company 11018 stated that Seulgi would be the new MC for their new music variety The Wise Music Encyclopedia which connects to the music documentary that SBS made called, Legendary Stage Archive K. On May 31, Naver NOW made a statement revealing that Seulgi would be having her own show, Seulgi.zip which would premiere on June 1. The show aired on every Tuesday and Thursday at 10pm KST and had it's last episode on November 25.

On December 27, 2021 she was revealed as being one of the members for the first unit, GOT the beat to the project group Girls On Top. The unit debuted on January 3, 2022 with the digital single, "Step Back".

2022: Solo debut

On September 6, Mydaily reported that Seulgi will be making her solo debut sometime in October. A couple hours later, SM confirmed the reports and added that that she is preparing her album with the aim for it to be released in October. On September 13, it was revealed that Seulgi will be debuting with her first mini album, 28 Reasons, on October 4. The album contains six songs including the title track, "28 Reasons".

Funfacts & Trivia

Out of the 5 members in Red Velvet, Seulgi trained the longest, training for a long duration of 7 years, being cast back in 2007.

Nicknames: Kkangseul, GomDoli, and Teddy bear.

She trained with f(x) and EXO.

She was one of the first three SM Rookies to be revealed.

She says that family is her source of strength. They always cheered her up, believed in her, and supported her.

She appeared in The Celebrity magazine and OhBoy! Magazine with her other pre-debut SMROOKIES Irene, Taeyong, and Johnny.

She is fluent in Japanese.

She collects stickers, pens, and notes.

Her favorite number is 20 as she thinks it is a pretty number.

She went to Byungmal Middle School and Seoul Performing Arts High School.

She has an older brother.

Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.

She is known as the beauty in the group.

Amber from f(x) gave her the bear nickname.

She has shown an imitation of an ostrich in various variety shows.

Seulgi likes to color coordinate her clothing. (Red Velvet’s Competitive Game Night)

Seulgi was mentioned by labelmate Kyuhyun from Super Junior, gaining some attention before debut.

She starred in a musical arranged by the company entitled School Oz, playing the lead role of Dorothy.

In July 2016, she released the song “Don’t Push Me” with Wendy as part of the soundtrack of the KBS2 drama, Uncontrollably Fond

Seulgi, Wendy and other SM artists released a digital single titled “Sound of Your Heart” for SM Station on December 30, 2016.

In January 2017, she released the song “You’re the Only One I See” with Wendy as part of the soundtrack of the KBS2 drama, Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth.

She also released a duet titled “Darling U” with Super Junior’s Yesung on January 22, as part of SM Station.

On September 30, 2017 Seulgi officially released the song “그대는 그렇게/ You, Just Like That” for the MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game) “Blade & Soul” produced by NCSOFT

She is featured on Zion.T album’s title track “Hello Tutorial” released October 15, 2018.

She likes pringles so much, that fans have nicknamed her “sringles”.

Her favorite type of clothes are dark colors and chic clothing.

Her favorite movie is “The apple of my eye”