Seungri has shown his warm senior-junior relationship with several idol groups!

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On July 26, the BIGBANG member posted a set of photos taken backstage at “Inkigayo” earlier in the week.

He wrote, “Singers who are currently promoting showed me support. Let us all hwaiting together.”

The photos show him posing with various idol groups who visited his waiting room with their signed albums. The first one is with TWICE and his labelmates Kim Jin Woo and Song Mino of WINNER. He also took photos with Apink, GFRIEND, gugudan SEMINA, and SEVENTEEN.

Check out all the images below!

현재 활동중인 가수분들 께서 응원해주셨어요 우리 다같이 화이팅 #트와이스 #twice #apink #에이핑크 #구구단 #gugudan #여자친구 #girlfriend #세븐틴 #seventeen

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[일간스포츠=김연지 기자] BIGBANG’s SEUNGRI is ‘hot’ in the broadcasting and advertising industries. It’s the ‘Seungtsby’ character effect.

While SEUNGRI is active as a solo artist after making comeback in 5 years, he is receiving various love calls due to his character ‘Seungtsby (a word combining SEUNGRI and The Great Gatsby). He was recently selected as an exclusive model for the first time since debut, and other commercial offers are currently being discussed and signed. His character is appealing to the public with different charms and concepts from when he works as a member of BIGBANG, which led to an increase of attention by the advertising industry.

A representative from an advertising agency stated, ‘SEUNGRI is receiving favorable response due to his appearances in variety shows. His character and the fact that he is a member of BIGBANG worked as his strengths, and the advertising industry is paying attention to him. He has needs from the younger generation, and especially in advertisements targeting women”

SEUNGRI became a favorable character from a liked and disliked character due to his appearances in variety shows. He revealed his daily lives through MBC ‘I Live Alone’ and SBS ‘Ugly Duckling’, which received positive reviews. His passion and hard work as a businessman, an artist, and a student of foreign languages to improve his competitiveness raised empathy from the public. The fact that he succeeded as a businessman not simply due to his title as a member of BIGBANG, but his hard work and passion made his character favorable. His ‘cute bluff’ was added on to complete a variety character, and eventually pleased and made the people enjoy his character as ‘Seungtsby’.

On a recently held press conference celebrating the release of his solo album, SEUNGRI commented on becoming a favorable character with ‘Seungtsby’. He stated, “My character was liked and disliked before I made appearances on ‘Ugly Duckling’ and ‘I Live Alone’, but people started to look at me in a different way after the show airings. President YANG HYUN SUK told me that “People are starting to like you because you are being true to yourself’. But I’ve never been fake. I was just a character that was liked and disliked. I think the public is looking at me in a favorable way since I always do my best and try hard”.

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BIGBANG’s Seungri has a strong personal philosophy!

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The idol recently participated in a photo shoot for Harper’s Bazaar. While he is known for his bright and personable character, Seungri showcased a different kind of charisma, in line with the pictorial’s “The Two Faces of Seungri” concept.

In the accompanying interview, Seungri discussed how he sees and defines himself as “a negotiator.”

The BIGBANG member explained, “I believe that a talent I have is the ability to find and maintain the balance between one side and another side. I am a pacifist. I don’t like fighting.”

“That’s also why I try to find markets without competition,” Seungri added. “Even with music, I prefer to strive for things that are unique to me, rather than following popular trends and facing many competitors.”

He recently made a solo comeback with his first Korean studio album “The Great Seungri,” which features title track “1, 2, 3!” Seungri revealed, “I tried my best to come out with ‘BIGBANG-like’ music. I made an effort to highlight my own character as Seungri and BIGBANG’s unique color rather than challenging something completely new or undergoing a musical change.”

The idol clarified, “That’s not to say the album is facile, but rather that it has a good energy about it. The music will sound like something I would definitely release when you listen to the album.”

Seungri’s full pictorial and interview can be found in the August issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Check out some of the photos below!

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BIGBANG’s Seungri appeared on the July 24 episode of JTBC’s “Idol Room” as the show’s first ever solo guest.

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On the show, Seungri revealed the story about how he came to start his ramen business. “I started promoting in Japan, and I was living alone. But then suddenly, the exchange rate rose like crazy, and the cost of living became too much. So [YG] asked me to come back to Korea. Holding back tears, I went to the ramen shop right by where I was living. I had exactly 600 yen (approximately $6). The store had exactly one ramen, and it was 650 yen. So I asked the owner if I could have the ramen without the pork, and just pay 600 yen. Smiling, he said yes. And as I was eating my ramen, thinking about going home, he quietly just gave me two pieces of marinated pork. That’s when I decided that I was going to bring this food and the emotions it stirred to Korea.”

He said he’s now looking for someone to take over. “I started the business because I wanted to share the emotions I felt, but it’s gotten so big that it’s a lot of pressure now, and the original meaning behind it isn’t quite there anymore.”

The BIGBANG member also revealed the story behind how he became the CEO of YGX. “Many people think that Yang Hyun Suk gave me the position, but I was having trouble [with a business] fostering DJs, and I couldn’t do it alone. I asked Yang Hyun Suk for help, and he took us in. I feel like he put a lot of faith in me, so I’m happy.”

On his new comeback dances, Seungri said, “When I see groups like BTS and Wanna One, their dances go so hard, and I thought, there’s no way I can top that. So I asked for all of my dances to be funny.”

Check out Seungri dancing to his new song “Where R U From” and his nano dance challenge for “1, 2, 3” below:

“Idol Room” also brought on members from Seungri’s YGX label to go head-to-head with Seungri in jiu-jitsu, the prize being free use of Seungri’s personal credit card. All the YGX artists have to do is to get into a mount position to win. When the first artist didn’t even get close to winning, Seungri said, “I’ll only use my right hand.”

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Seungri appeared on the July 24 broadcast of “Night of Real Entertainment,” where he talked a little bit about his solo comeback, his business investments, as well as his upcoming military enlistment.

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The interview was held in one of Seungri’s restaurants, and when asked just how many businesses he is involved in, the BIGBANG member listed a wide range of endeavors: “Ramen, clubs, cosmetics, bio-pharma, nanotech, and dust masks.”

On how much he earns annually, Seungri joked, “Let me just put it this way. What G-Dragon earns, I earn about one percent of that. He doesn’t do any businesses; he just has a lot of money.”

Seungri saw a lot of influence from John Travolta, one of his favorite actors. “I was inspired a lot by [the dancing] from movies like ‘Grease’ and ‘Pulp Fiction.’”

Seungri also mentioned his plans for military enlistment early next year, and when told that the BIGBANG members could be watching, he said to them, “I hope you stay healthy and finish out your service well,” and added, “I heard that you asked you superiors to please have me assigned to your bases. I will never become a subordinate to any of [you]. Especially going to G-Dragon’s base, I’d rather not.”

Seungri said, “I’m just joking. I miss you a lot, and I hope you give me a lot of tips for the army.”

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BIGBANG’s Seungri discussed his solo career and recent promotions in a pictorial and interview with High Cut magazine.

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In the interview, Seungri described his solo album “The Great Seungri.” He began, “In one phrase, it’s a satisfying album. It’s an album where I’m showing all of my hidden talents that I couldn’t display while promoting for BIGBANG.”

He continued, “Did you watch the film, ‘The Great Gatsby?’ It’s not really a party-like, fun film. In order to reconnect with his love Daisy, he worked really hard to earn money and threw a party. He made himself known, expressed himself, and prepared everything, but couldn’t win back Daisy.”

He added, “Everyone has a story. You can see that when looking at [a piece by] Basquiat. Whether it’s art or music, there has to be a tragedy for the public to sympathize. In this album, there is the ‘party people,’ fun, bright Seungri, but also the feelings of pain and hardship that I keep inside.”

Seungri recently gained a positive image as a businessman through his variety show appearances. On this, he commented, “While appearing on shows, I think my sincere appearance got through [to viewers]. The things that I’ve done till now weren’t for show, but are the real me. People who thought that it was all made up saw the reality shows and thought, ‘Ah, he runs a business and really works hard,’ and ‘That’s really who he is.’ I think people began to acknowledge me.”

Talking about an increase in middle-aged fans, he said with a laugh, “After appearing on ‘My Ugly Duckling,’ middle-aged women really like me when I go to restaurants. [When they see me] while cutting green onions, they leave their knife on the cutting board and run out.”

He added, “These days, I hear ‘Aww, eat more,’ rather than the fans saying, ‘Oppa! Oppa!’ It’s new. I wonder what’s going on.”

This issue of High Cut featuring Seungri hit stands on July 19. Check out his photos below!

Seungri released “The Great Seungri” and MV for his title track “1,2,3!” on July 20.

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