| Woozi |
Woozi (Korean: 우지), born as Lee Jihoon (Korean: 이지훈), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and producer under Pledis Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group SEVENTEEN and the leader of Vocal Team. He is also part of the special sub-unit, 'Leaders'.
Profile[]
- Stage Name: Woozi (우지)
- Sub-Unit:
- Position:
- Composer
- Lyricist
- Producer
- Leader of Vocal Team
- Lead Vocalist
- Lead Dancer
Discography[]
See also: SEVENTEEN Discography
Mixtapes[]
- "Ruby" (2022)
Digital singles[]
- "What Kind of Future" (2024)
Features[]
OSTs[]
- The Tale of Nokdu OST, Part 3 ("Miracle") (2019)
Other releases[]
- WITH ME (2017)
Unofficial covers[]
- Bye bye my blue (2020)
Filmography[]
Music Video Appearances[]
| Year | Name | Artist | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Face | NU'EST | Pre-Debut |
| Venus | Hello Venus | ||
| 2014 | My Copycat | Orange Caramel |
Music shows[]
| Year | Name | Channel | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | M Countdown | Mnet | special MC | with Mingyu and Seungkwan |
Magazines[]
Solo Features[]
- Marie Claire January 2022 Issue
- DAZED: February Issue (2022)
- The Thirteen Tapes (TTT) Vol. 2/13 (2022) *Pledis Issued Photobook*
Features with Other Members[]
- DAZED (2016) with Vocal Team
- Vogue May issue (2023)
Features with All of SEVENTEEN as a Group[]
- IZE Magazine: August Issue (2015)
- KWAVE December Issue (2015)
- CeCi Magazine: December Issue (2015)
- IZE Magazine: December Issue (2015)
- 10+ Star: TENASIA March Issue (2016)
- CeCi Magazine: May Issue (2016)
- @star1 Vol.50 (May 2016)
- IZE Magazine (May 2016) *PHOTOBOOK*
- haru*hana Magazine (Japan) Vol.36 (May 2016)
- AnAn Magazine (Japan) 21 June 2017
- @star1 Vol.64 (July 2017)
- DAZED Digital Magazine (July 2017)
- CeCi Magazine: October Issue (2017)
- HIGH CUT Vol.208 (October 2017) *COVER*
- CeCi Magazine: January Issue (2018)
- SINGLES Korea: April Issue (2018) *COVER*
- Sparkling Magazine’s Spring 2018 Issue *COVER*
- 1st LOOK Vol.155 (May 2018) *COVER*
- AnAn Magazine (Japan) 30 May 2018 *COVER*
- @star1 Vol.77 (August 2018) *COVER*
- CREA Magazine: October Issue (2018)
- SPARKS Japanese Idol Magazine Vol.1 (November 2018) *COVER*
- THE STAR: February Issue (2019)
- SPARKS Japanese Idol Magazine Vol.2 (April 2019)
- AnAn Magazine (Japan) 13 May 2019 *COVER*
- AnAn Magazine No. 2187 (Japan) February 2020 *COVER*
- SPRiNG Magazine (Japan): March Issue (2020)
- BILLBOARD Korea Vol.3 (April 2020) *COVER*
- Monotube Magazine Vol.2 (July 2020) *Thief & Heist Collaboration*
- HARPER`S BAZAAR: January Issue (2021) *COVER*
- MORE Magazine Japan: January Issue (2022) *COVER* [Jun and The8 weren't able to participate due to activities in China]
Writing Credits[]
✓ = Participate
✖ = Didn't participate
SEVENTEEN Discography[]
Discography as a soloist[]
| Year | Song | Writing | Composer | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ruby | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| What Kind of Future | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BSS Discography[]
| Year | Song | Writing | Composer | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Just Do It | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ |
| 2023 | Fighting (feat. Lee Young Ji) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| LUNCH | ✓ | ✖ | ||
| 7PM (feat. Peder Elias) | ✓ | ✓ |
OSTs[]
| Year | Song | Writing | Composer | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | A-TEEN | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ |
| 2019 | 9-TEEN | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ |
Other songs[]
| Year | Album | Artist | Song | Writing | Composer | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Digital Single | Seventeen Feat.Ailee | Q&A | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ |
| 2016 | Two Yoo Project Sugar Man | Lizzy & Raina | 2016 You in my imagination | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ |
| A New Empire | Ailee | Feelin (feat. Eric Nam) | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Live or Die (feat. Tak of Baechigi) | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |||
| 2017 | - | Woozi | WITH ME | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ |
| Digital Single | I.O.I | Downpour | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |
| Digital Single | Bumzu & Han Dong Geun | Forever Young | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |
| W, Here | Baekho (NU'EST W) | Thanksful for you | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Performance @ MAMA 2017 in Japan | Seventeen & NU'EST W | HEAVEN | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |
| 2018 | Digital Single | Bumzu | I don't miss you | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ |
| Mixtape | Chanyeol (EXO) | Give Me That | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |
| 2019 | FUN FACTORY | fromis_9 | LOVE RUMPUMPUM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live on Ice | tobi lou | 17cg | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |
| 2020 | - | SEVENTEEN | Us, Again | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2021 | Mixtape | Hoshi | Spider | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ |
| - | SEVENTEEN | In the SOOP | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2023 | Mixtape | Dino | Wait | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Melon Music Awards | Hot Trend Award | "Downpour" | Nominated |
| 2021 | Asia Artist Awards | Best Producer Award | WOOZI | Won
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Trivia[]
- Nickname: Mr. Fluorescent Sneakers/Mr Orange Sneakers, Soft food/Tofu, White, Documentary, Lord Woozi, VoBo (Vocal team boss), Uri-Jihoonie (Our Jihoonie), Jihoonie, The genius composer, Fairy, Worm (Jirongie)
- Emoji: 🍚
- Family: Mom and dad (He’s an only child)
- Education:
- Suyong Elementary School (Graduated)
- Daecheong Middle school (Graduated)
- Hanlim Multi Art School (Graduated)
- Hanyang University’s Institute for Future Talents (Practical Music Major K-POP Course)
- Specialty: Dancing, Producing, Composing, Writing lyrics
- Hobby: Enjoying music, Working out, Eating
- Training Period: 5 years
- Instruments: Guitar, drums, clarinet, piano
- Favorite Foods: Rice, Jjajangmyun (Black Bean Noodles) & Spicy Ramyeon Noodles mixed together.
- He loves rice so much. He doesn't even need side dishes or snacks, just rice. No matter what he eats, he always has cola with it.
- He likes spicy food, but can't really handle it.
- He doesn't like hot food, so he keeps rice in the fridge before he eats,. He also puts ice cubes in his ramen.
- Favorite Drinks: Cola
- Favorite Animals: Cats
- Favorite Body Parts: Body
- Favorite Colours: Black, Grey, Navy blue
- Favorite Artists: Bruno Mars
- Favorite Flower: Hibiscus
- MBTI: INTJ (Architect)
- The meaning behind his real name is that Ji means ‘know’, Hoon means ‘service’. It means to know my service.
- His stage name 'Woozi' (우지) is actually an acronym of Uri-Jihoonie (우리 지훈이) / Our Jihoon, the way staff members likes to call him during his trainee days. But at their debut, the company felt that the naming was too simple so the official meaning of the name is then announced as, Woo as in 'to meet' and Ji as in 'wisdom' taken from the Chinese characters.
- He composes most of Seventeen a songs, that's why he's called "the genius composer".
- He says he can write music the best at dawn, from 2 am to 7 am. Sometimes, he can write a song within only a couple of hours.
- He gets inspiration for music from everyday life. He also has a habit of taking down notes even when he's just talking with the members
- To Woozi, the most important musical element when making music is sincerity.
- Bumzu mentioned once that Woozi has this one expression when he is done making a song that he really likes. He will say "I just sent the song through email~ give it a listen~" and he will come to Bumzu's studio room while crossing his arms (very cutely) with a smile.
- Woozi has 102 songs copyrighted under his name as of November 2020, which makes him the youngest person on the list to produce more than 100 songs.
- He says he feels burdened being Seventeen’s composer because he’s afraid if they fail, it would be his fault.
- He participated in making fromis_9's LOVE RUMPUMPUM as one of the composer, lyricist and arranger. He used a pseudonym '백구' (BaekGu) meaning White Jindo dog.
- He was supposed to debut in ‘Nu'est’ (along with S.Coups) before Seventeen was created.
- He was voted by the other members as the most hard working member, along with Soon-young (Hoshi).
- He spends more than half of his day in his workroom (Universe Factory) to produce and write songs. He said his workroom feels more comfortable than his dorm.
- He likes sports, and is good at it.
- He used to be a baseball player in school. His position was a catcher.
- When he was younger, he did classic music for a long time. He played the clarinet and band instruments. He always enjoyed singing and people told him he had a good voice but he was doubtful. He participated in the Pledis auditions and passed. Since then, his knowledge on music has widened and it becomes more exciting to him each time.
- As of 2020, he is the shortest active male idol in Korea.
- He answered once in a fan-sign that he "won't do anything" when he has someone he likes. (Basically, he would not confess or make a move to someone he has a crush on.)
- During SEVENTEEN's One Fine Day in Japan, he told the story of his first love who was his noona, in which left all the members and staff in awe.
- He views himself as being very calm, serious and careful. Because he’s a little too serious sometimes, he has the nickname ‘documentary’.
- Between winter or summer, he prefers winter.
- 'Pinwheel' was made after he saw the blue sky and a pinwheel in the middle of a field in his dream.
- Between a genius and an idiot, he'd rather be an idiot because idiots always make efforts.
- He was said to look like BTS' Suga during SEVENTEEN's early days.
- He was voted as the member who eats the most.
- He can't drink well. When he drinks alcohol, his body turns red all over like an allergic reaction.
- His clothes' sleeves are always long because he wears outfits that fit his broad shoulders. He always rolls up his pants to make his legs look long.
- He enjoys mobile games. He's especially good at simple games like Beggar Life, Cookie Run, Monthly Idol, Tails Runner, and Superstar. He once placed 10th highest overall in Superstar Pledis
- Woozi watches every new Marvel film. His favourite superhero is Black Panther.
Spotify[]
Videos[]
WOOZI 'Ruby' Official MV
COVER WOOZI - Bye bye my blue (원곡 백예린)
Official Links[]
Gallery[]
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