Lee Ji-hoon (Korean: 이지훈; born November 22, 1996), better known by his stage name Woozi (Korean: 우지), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a member of the boy band Seventeen. Aside from his work as a soloist and with Seventeen, Woozi has also written for other K-pop artists such as NU'EST W, Ailee, and I.O.I.
Woozi | |
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 Woozi in April 2024 | |
| Born | Lee Ji-hoon November 22, 1996 Busan, South Korea |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Education | Hanyang University |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Pledis |
| Member of | Seventeen |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이지훈 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | I Jihun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Chihun |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 우지 |
| Revised Romanization | Uji |
| McCune–Reischauer | Uchi |
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Early life edit
From a young age, Woozi studied classical music and learned to play the clarinet and other band instruments.[1] He successfully auditioned for Pledis Entertainment and met labelmate Bumzu, a frequent collaborator on music production.[2] He graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School and subsequently enrolled in Hanyang University.[3] In 2022, he enrolled in a Master's degree at Anyang University.[4]
Career edit
2015–present: Debut with Seventeen and solo activities edit
On May 26, 2015, Woozi debuted in the self-producing group Seventeen with the single "Adore U".[5] He helped write and produce every track on their debut extended play (EP) 17 Carat.[6] He has since become Seventeen's main producer along with Bumzu and is credited for writing over 80% of the group's discography as of January 2019.[7][2]
Shortly thereafter, Woozi began writing for other artists as well. In 2016, he and Ailee wrote lyrics for her collaboration with Eric Nam, "Feelin'".[8] In 2017, Woozi wrote the last single released by the project group I.O.I, "Downpour", whose lyrics received praise.[9] Later that year, he gifted the song "Thankful for You" (지금까지 행복했어요) to South Korean singer Baekho of boy band NU'EST W, which was featured in the group's first EP W, Here.[10] Woozi became a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association in 2019.[11] On October 15, 2019, Woozi released the song "Miracle" for the soundtrack of the television series The Tale of Nokdu.[12]
In 2021, he worked with fellow Seventeen member Hoshi on his song "Spider", which debuted at number five on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart.[13][14] That year, Woozi won Best Producer at the 6th Asia Artist Awards, becoming the youngest recipient of the accolade in the show's history.[15] He released his first mixtape, Ruby, on January 3, 2022.[16] Its lead single, the first track he wrote entirely in the English language, reached number one on iTunes charts in at least 18 different regions, including Chile, Mexico, Indonesia, and Philippines.[17]
In October 2022, Romantic Crown, a Korean fashion brand, announced that they had selected Woozi as their brand model for their 2022 fall/winter collection.[18] In March 2023, the brand collaborated with Woozi on a second collection, which featured clothing referencing "Universe Factory", Woozi's nickname for his music studio.[19]
On January 26, 2024, Woozi officially released the song "What Kind of Future" as a birthday gift to his late friend Moonbin, who had died the previous year.[20][21]
Discography edit
Singles edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Sales | Album |
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| "YOSM" (요즈음) (Kanto featuring Woozi) |
2016 | 99 | KOR: 25,591[23] | 14216 |
| "Ruby" | 2022 | — | N/A | Non-album singles |
| "What Kind of Future" (어떤 미래) |
2024 | 133 |
Promotional singles edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
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| KOR DL [24] | |||
| "Miracle" | 2019 | 144 | The Tale of Nokdu OST |
Production discography edit
All song credits are adapted from the KOMCA database. All song titles are the English language titles, some songs also have Korean, Japanese or Chinese titles that are not listed.
| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Lyr | Comp | Arr | Notes |
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| 2015 | Seventeen | Shining Diamonds | 17 Carat | 
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| Fronting | Boys Be |
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| Mansae |
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| When I Grow Up |
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| OMG |
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| Rock |
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| Ailee & Seventeen | Q AND A | Non-album single |
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| 2016 | Raina & Lizzy | You in My Imagination | Two Yoo Project Sugar Man OST Part 13 |
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| Seventeen | Chuck | Love & Letter |
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| Pretty U |
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| Still Lonely |
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| Popular Song |
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| Say Yes |
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| Drift Away |
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| Monday to Saturday (Hip Hop Team Ver.) |
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| Shining Diamond (Performance Team Ver.) |
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| Adore U (Vocal Team Ver.) |
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| Love&Letter |
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| No F.U.N | Love & Letter Repackage Album |
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| Very Nice |
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| Healing |
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| Simple |
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| Ailee | Feelin | A New Empire |
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| Live or Die |
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| 2017 | Seventeen | Beautiful | Going Seventeen |
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| Boom Boom |
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| Fast Pace |
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| Don't Listen In Secret |
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| I Don't Know |
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| Smile Flower |
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| I.O.I | Downpour | Non-album single |
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| Seventeen | Don't Wanna Cry | Al1 |
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| Habit |
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| Swimming Fool |
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| My I |
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| Crazy in Love |
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| Who |
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| Bumzu & Han Dong-geun | Forever Young | Non-album single |
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| NU'EST W | Thanksful for You | W, Here |
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| 2018 | Seventeen | Intro. New World | Teen, Age |
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| Change Up |
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| Without You |
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| Clap |
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| Bring It |
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| Lilili Yabbay |
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| Pinwheel |
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| Flower |
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| Rocket |
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| Campfire |
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| Outro. Incompletion | — |
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| Thinkin' About You | Director's Cut |
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| Thanks |
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| Run To You |
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| Falling For U |
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| Hurricane | Non-album singles |
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| With Me |
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| We gonna make it shine |
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| BSS | Just Do It! |
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| Seventeen | Call Call Call! | We Make You |
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| Seventeen | Oh My! | You Make My Day |
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| Holiday |
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| Come to me |
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| Moonwalker |
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| Our dawn is hotter than day |
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| ATEEN | A-Teen OST Part 3 |
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| Bumzu | I Don't Miss You | Non-album single |
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| 2019 | Seventeen | Good To Me | You Made My Dawn |
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| Home |
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| Hug |
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| Getting Closer |
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| 9-Teen | A-Teen 2 OST Part 2 |
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| fromis_9 | Love RumPumPum | Fun Factory |
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| Tobi Lou | 17cg | Live on Ice |
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| Seventeen | Hit | An Ode |
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| Lie Again |
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| Fear |
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| Let me hear you say |
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| 247 |
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| Second Life |
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| Network Love |
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| Lucky |
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| Snap Shoot |
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| Happy Ending |
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| 2020 | Fallin' Flower | Non-album single |
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| Fearless | Heng:garæ |
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| Left & Right |
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| I Wish |
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| My My |
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| Kidult |
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| Together |
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| 24H | Non-album single |
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| Home;run | Semicolon |
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| Ah! Love |
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| Light a Flame |
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| HEY BUDDY |
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| Doremi |
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| All My Love |
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| 2021 | Us, Again | Non-album singles |
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| Hoshi | Spider |
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| Seventeen | Not Alone |
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| Heaven's Cloud | Your Choice |
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| Ready to love |
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| Anyone |
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| Wave |
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| Same Dream Same Mind Same Night |
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| In The Soop | Non-album single |
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| To You | Attacca |
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| Rock with you |
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| Crush |
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| PANG! |
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| Imperfect Love |
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| I Can't Run Away |
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| 2 minus 1 |
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| Power of Love | Power of Love |
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| 2022 | Woozi | Ruby | Non-album singles |
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| The8 | Hai Cheng |
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| Seventeen | Darl+ing | Face the Sun |
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| Hot |
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| Don Quixote |
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| March |
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| Domino |
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| Shadow |
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| 'Bout You |
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| IF you leave me |
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| Ash |
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| Seventeen | Circles | Sector 17 |
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| _WORLD |
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| Cheers |
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| Dream | Dream |
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| Hoshi | "Tiger" (Feat. Tiger JK) | Non-album single |
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| 2023 | BSS | Fighting | Second Wind |
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| Lunch |
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| 7PM |
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| Seventeen | F*ck my Life | FML |
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| Super |
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| Fire |
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| I Don't Understand but I Luv U |
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| Dust |
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| April Shower |
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| Ima (Even If the World Ends Tomorrow) | Always Yours |
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| SOS | Seventeenth Heaven |
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| God of Music |
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| Diamond Days |
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| Back 2 Back |
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| Monster |
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| Yawn |
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| Headliner |
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| Dino | Wait | Non-album singles |
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| 2024 | Woozi | What Kind of Future |
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| Seventeen | Maestro | 17 Is Right Here |
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| Spell |
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| Cheers to Youth |
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Awards and nominations edit
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) / work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Asia Artist Awards | 2021 | Best Producer | Woozi | Won | [15] |
| Melon Music Awards | 2017 | Hot Trend Award | "Downpour"[A] | Nominated | [25] |
Notes edit
- ^ I.O.I and Woozi were nominated alongside the song as singer and producer respectively.
References edit
- ^ Park, Su-jeong (June 18, 2015). "[My Name] 세븐틴 (2) 보컬팀 - 우지, 조슈아, 정한, 도겸, 승관" [[My Name] Seventeen (2) Vocal Team – Woozi, Joshua, Jeonghan, DK, Seungkwan]. TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ a b Yoon, Seung-geun (January 19, 2019). "'프로듀서' 우지 "솔로 욕심? 세븐틴이 먼저죠"(인터뷰)" ['Producer' Woozi "Greed for solo? Seventeen comes first" (interview)]. StarNews (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Han, Mi-won (October 6, 2020). "한양대학교 미래인재교육원 학점은행제 "실용음악"" [Hanyang University Future Talent Education Center Credit Bank System "Practical Music"]. Hanyang University Naver Blog (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Anyang University. "우리대학 대학원 입학 세븐틴 최승철, 이지훈, 윤정한 합격증 전달 축하". Anyang University. Anyang University. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- ^ Benjamin, Jeff (May 30, 2015). "Here's What a 13-Member K-Pop Boy Band Looks Like: Watch 'Adore U' by Seventeen". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Won, Ho-jung (May 26, 2015). "Seventeen hopes to shine like diamonds with '17 Carat'". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ Chin, Carmen (October 26, 2021). "SEVENTEEN on the importance of making their own music: "This is like our philosophy"". NME. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ Kim, Joo-ae (October 11, 2016). "'올드스쿨' 에일리, 센 언니 'NO'…애교만점 '흥 부자' (종합)" ['Old School' Ailee, older sister 'NO'... Full of aegyo 'heung rich' (comprehensive)]. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ Han, Jeong-won (March 30, 2019). ""흥행 문제 없어"…진영·백호·우지·정세운, 소문난 프로듀싱 ★ [엑's 기획]" ["No performance problems"... Jinyoung·Baekho·Woozi·Jeong Sewoon, famous producing ★ [X's plan]]. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ Kim, Mi-ji (October 11, 2017). '프레젠트' 뉴이스트W 백호 "세븐틴 우지가 솔로곡 선물…가사수정 無" ['Present' Nu'est W Baekho "Seventeen's Woozi presents a solo song... No lyrics correction"]. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Hwang, Hye-jin (January 28, 2019). "'뮤직쇼' 세븐틴 우지 "저작권협회 정회원 됐다, 굴비 기대돼"" ['Music Show' SEVENTEEN's Woozi "I'm a full member of the Copyright Association, I'm looking forward to Gulbi"]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ Ji, Min-kyung (October 15, 2019). "세븐틴 우지, '녹두전' OST 세 번째 주자..오늘(15일) 'Miracle' 발매 [공식]" [SEVENTEEN's Woozi, 'The Battle of Nokdu' OST 3rd Runner..Today (15th) 'Miracle' Released [Official]]. OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Delgado, Sara (April 2, 2021). "SEVENTEEN's HOSHI Talks First Solo Mixtape "Spider"". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ McIntyre, Hugh (April 18, 2021). "BTS, Chanyeol, Stray Kids, Astro And Hoshi: Hits Making Moves On The World Songs Chart". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "그룹 세븐틴, '2021 AAA' 대상 '올해의 가수'… 개인 수상까지 3관왕 영예" [Group SEVENTEEN, '2021 AAA' grand prize 'Singer of the Year'... 3 crown honors up to individual awards]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). December 3, 2021. Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ Lee, Tae-soo (December 28, 2021). "세븐틴 우지, 내달 3일 첫 믹스테이프 '루비' 발표" [SEVENTEEN's Woozi to release the first mixtape 'Ruby' on the 3rd of next month]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "세븐틴 우지, 솔로 믹스테이프 '루비'로 아이튠즈 차트 1위" [SEVENTEEN's Woozi tops iTunes chart with solo mixtape 'Ruby'] (in Korean). 뉴스1. January 4, 2022. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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