Seungri, G-Dragon, TOP, Taeyang and Daesung of Big Bang perform on the stage during a concert at the K-Collection In Seoul on March 11, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo : Getty Images/Chung Sung-Jun)
K-Pop group Big Bang debuted on Aug. 19, 2006 with its five members namely Chou Seung-hyun, 29, Dong Young-bae, 28, Kwon Ji-yong, 28, Kang Dae-sung, 27, and Lee Seung-hyun, who are professionally known as T.O.P, Taeyang, G-Dragon, Daesung and Seungri, respectively. Like any South Korean men, there will come a time when these five men have to face the mandatory military service.
"It's the duty of every Korean man and that includes Big Bang," Seungri told Korea Herald during an interview at the headquarters of Big Bang's label YG Entertainment in Seoul, South Korea. "We all agree on that."
Big Bang is set to temporarily say goodbye to T.O.P, who is joining the military service in February 2017. This is one year after the group released their most recent studio album titled "MADE."
With 11 tracks, "MADE" is Big Bang's fifth Japanese studio album and third Korean studio album. Among the songs from the album are "Let's Not Fall In Love," "Bae Bae," "Bang Bang Bang," "Girlfriend" and "Last Dance."
As an actor, Seungri most recently appeared in Shigeaki Kubo's film "High & Low: The Movie," which was released on July 16 in Japan. Among his co-stars were Leon Shibli Ahmad, Akira, Nozomi de Lencquesaing, Takanori Iwata, Keiji Kuroki, Alan Shirahama, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Takahiro Sazaki, Kenjiro Yamashita and Hiroomi Tosaka, among others.
On the small screen, Seungri appeared as himself in "Running Man" from 2011 to 2014. Though not credit, he was also featured in the music video of "Gangnam Style" by Psy, who recently had a concert in Seoul where he denied the rumors linking him to the corruption scandal involving and Choi Soon-sil, Korea Times reported.
Before T.O.P's exit, Big Bang will have a farewell concert in Seoul on Jan 7-8, 2017. Watch how T.O.P do a Seungri impersonation here:
