[IU & Big Bang]Seungri and IU promised 3 years ago to do a duet together?

The youngest member of Big Bang, Seungri, will be releasing a solo
mini album on the 20th and have sung a duet together with IU and is
gaining a lot attention.

On the 10th on YG’s blog, Seungri’s
mini album, VVIP, release was confirmed to be on the 20th and will be
releasing a teaser video of ‘So What’. On the 20th, when the album is
releasing, 2 music videos will be released for the double title songs
on the album.

There’s a total of 7 tracks on this album and
Seungri worked on most of the songs. Among the tracks, track 5, ‘I
Know’, is gaining a lot of attention because the female solo singer,
IU, is featured in the song.

IU have sung duets with 2 A.M.’s Im
Seulong with the song, ‘Nagging’ and ‘It’s You’ with Sung Shikyung.
Through these songs, she have shown her skills and the music charts
prove that as well. She is currently the female singer that is getting a
lot offers to sing a duet with.

A representative said:

“It was before IU debuted 3 years ago and she happened
to meet the members of Big Bang. After that, she’s been keeping in
touch with the members and during that time, Seungri offered to IU that
when she debuted that they should sing a duet together. Currently, IU
is getting a lot of offers to sing duet songs but among those, she
decided to do a duet with Seungri in order to keep the promise she made
with Seungri.”

In IU’s duet songs, her voice wraps around the other person’s voice
giving it a warm feeling and it has been said that Seungri has a unique
voice when he sings. A representative said:

“IU’s husky voice and Seungri’s unique voice work well together
and it’s a new partnership that makes the song sound fresh and cute.
They’re the same age and seemed comfortable around each other so they
were able to finish the recording well.”

Seungri has improved as a musician as he took part in creating his
solo mini album. YG Entertainment’s president, Yang Hyun Seok,
expressed his enthusiasm as the release date is approaching and said
that he’s expecting a lot from this album. Seungri is planning on doing
activities with his two title songs, ‘VVIP’ and ‘So What’

Translated By: solshin3 @ 21BANGS.comSource:
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