Seulgi
강슬기- Name
- Kang Seul-gi
- Born
- 10 February 1994
Wrote the lyrics for "Dead Man Runnin'" on her debut solo album 28 Reasons.
Their story
Eight years in
Seulgi had already sung soundtracks, worked in the unit Irene & Seulgi and joined SM's project group Got the Beat before she got a record of her own. 28 Reasons came out on 4 October 2022, eight years after Red Velvet's debut. At the press conference she said it felt like the right time: she had more experience and had grown as a person.
Good and bad
The title track, steered by SM producer Yoo Young-jin, is pop dance with heavy bass and a whistle hook. Its lyrics describe a character with both a good and a bad side, and Yoo asked her to sing as if talking without emotion, so the recording went through many changes. The choreography took its cue from Marvel's Wanda. She wrote the lyrics of "Dead Man Runnin'" and was involved in almost every stage, from artwork to words. The album sold 184,413 copies in its first week.
Not so innocent
After renewing with SM in August 2023 she kept busy with soundtracks, among them "In My Memory" for Doctor Slump, and started her own YouTube channel. Her second mini album, Accidentally on Purpose, arrived in March 2025. Its title track "Baby, Not Baby" plays with the idea that she is a lovely partner but not the naive person people take her for, and the video casts her as a mischief-maker.
Where she is now
Two months later she and Irene released TILT, which beat their own first-week sales record, and took it on tour. In August 2026 all five members of Red Velvet were back together for the first time in two years, with fan concerts in Seoul and the summer mini album Velvet Summer. She remains with SM Entertainment.