#vldintro

stage name origins go back to his audition, where he played moonlight sonata on the piano and sang self written cheesy lyrics to it;

whenever someone rephrases him: aM i a JokE to YoU?🐣;

personable and approachable, radiates good energy, most of the time will approach others first;

lived with his dad. ended up an idol chasing for his mom’s attention;

a compulsive liar, mostly in regard to his mother. he’s seen her once but made everyone believe that she’s very active in his life;

basically mommy issues central;

curious!! find him reading about anything from wormholes to shoelace origins;

overly interested in people until he isn’t. it’s never anything personal, moonsan isn’t even aware he does that; 

wears his big boy pants and tries to be a good leader. never felt confident in the role and tries to hide the need for constant validation and support; 

operates on energy drinks and adrenaline. gets things done;

sometimes lacks better judgement of whether to be the maknae or the leader and unintentionally borderlines chaos;

hobbies include but are not limited to talking to himself and fondly annoying legion’s manager (not at the same time);

aftershocks of mon:star scandals drained him, to this day has minor health problems;

has not indulged in any so called bad habits in over three years;

tires to eat healthy, too, but can only cook four and a half dishes on a good day;

has a thing for jean jackets, pins and doodle tattoos;

makes a big deal out of having each member’s input on any topic from work to the meaning of life;

opinionated, will argue with anyone to get his point across. however, not aggressive and will always apologize first;

the type to suggest to play tattoo roulette on a live broadcast as a joke and nearly get his social media rights taken away;

beats himself up for even thinking about something as selfish as solo activities. believes that as a leader he should put the members first. anything he creates stays hidden;

will take the blame as long as someone he cares for isn’t in trouble.

He grew up as an only child and had no close ties with his parents since they did not show any love or affection to him growing up. He had to learn quick on his own to take care of himself and look after himself when his parents couldn’t. 

His parents are now divorced and they divorced back in 2018. Sungjae doesn’t speak on this matter much since he knew that his parents were going to break apart some point in time. 

Originally Sungjae wanted to be a producer growing up, but wanted to give being an idol a try to see how far he goes when he was scouted.

Sungjae does have skills in producing, but sometimes this information can be forgotten due to people knowing him more with his vocal skills

He can be seen as serious at times, but he’s actually a really fun person to be with once you get to know him. If you ever need help with something Sungjae wouldn’t mind depending on what it is and if he’ll actually be helpful. 

personality.

first things first, she was born on january 26th, 1995, which means she’s a twenty-five year old aquarius. at her core, she’s quite independent and self-oriented. she isn’t afraid to push for what she wants, even if no one else in a group of people will agree with her. she likes to spend time exploring her own ideas and plans rather than following a crowd. she’s bold & very social  —  she has a reputation as a social butterfly, for better or for worse. she starts conversations and doesn’t mind leading them, but that can make her come off as a bit overbearing at times.

( TW PANIC DISORDER )  she was diagnosed with panic disorder in 2014, although it’s something that hardly anyone outside of aria knows about, even if they’re close to her. she definitely has bad days, but for the most part, it’s not something that controls her in any way, nor is it something she discusses. ( END TW )

she might shrug off other peoples’ problems from time to time, but for the most part, she likes to look after people. can definitely show this in the form of tough love occasionally, but anyone who spends a lot of time with her will find that she’s a natural caretaker. will nurture tf out of friends, groupmates, and even potential partners.

history.

shinhye was born in jeju & she’s the youngest of four children. she’s the only girl. had to learn from a young age to be  LOUD  in order to get what she wanted. was notorious in her neighborhood for throwing temper tantrums and stressing her parents out.

her family was by no means well-off  ( her mother is a haenyeo and her father is a taxi driver )  but she got most things she asked for because otherwise, she’d throw fits. very high maintenance, often called the princess of the house sarcastically.

ended up developing an interest in music after she saw her oldest brother performing at a local talent show! he was a wannabe rapper and although shinhye knew that already, this was the first time she saw him perform. thought it was neat how the crowd looked at him and seemed to enjoy his performance. she was only 12 at this time, but she started to hang out w him and learn about music/rap from him.

long story short, she ended up becoming a trainee at age 14 and he..... did not. very bitter because it was his dream, after all, and once again, shinhye had gotten what she wanted while no one else did. her parents told her to think about it and encouraged her not to go through with it because they knew it’d hurt her brother, but she was like :/ sorry but i do what i want.

hated training, only kept at it because she was stubborn and didn’t want to go home.

debuted in 2011 w/ aria. she was only 16 at the time. despite being labeled the main rapper of the group, she rarely got any rap lines (still rarely does) and that was just the cherry on top of already hating her group’s concept. had a more-or-less androgynous style as a kid, hated wearing shades of pink and pastels, dresses, skirts, etc. talked mad shit on the dl, but didn’t complain much verbally bc she didn’t want to bring the team down.

also had to change a lot about herself around this time. i.e, she spoke in a jeju dialect but had to Get Rid of that, naturally has a husky voice but was encouraged to make it higher-pitched, smoother. had so much repressed anger around this time tbh.

anyway aria got popular really quickly and she was not party-rocking. started getting hot flashes, zoning out a lot, developed a phobia of paparazzi that made her uneasy around any kind of flashing lights, suspicious cars, etc. hates the idea of being watched, even though she’s on the world’s stage.

despite all this though, she maintained her image as a social butterfly & class clown. publicly thought of as an idol who  lives  to make others laugh, doesn’t care about her image much. think apink’s bomi. that’s how she is.

his parents wanted him to become an actor and whilst he enjoyed acting he didnt vibe with it 100% and didn’t want to something just bc he was good at it and ended up naturally being attracted to the #idollife

did some work as a child actor under a small company before joining atlas but nothing really came out of it (also something he cringes at a lot and ppl tease him for sad times,,)

tldr wanted to become an idol cos when he studied at sopa he had a lot of friends who would talk about how they were gonna bcome idols and he wished he could relate.. also wanted to #rebel his parents wishes and do something he wasn’t perfect at so he could get the fulfilment of seeing himself improve

has a bit of a jealousy problem which is not the best thing to have in this industry but his self-awareness has grown a lot in the past few years and he’s generally able to put it aside most of the time

and he hates that part of him a lot bc he rly wants to be someone that younger idols will look up to + has the desire to have a lot of friends bc he didn’t have many growing up

talks about fighting netizens a lot, he says that he doesnt care what they think/say which is partially true bc what they say does affect him but more in a way that he gets angry bc thinks he’s right all the time.. holds his tongue a lot he really sits there pondering posting passive aggressive insta stories for a long time before he backs out

thrives off of people validating him a lot,, flattering his ego is always welcomed, if u do he’ll be ur bestie maybe he’s a big pushover so

BACKGROUND

pretty much the tl;dr of her background is that she grew up in jeju city and has wanted to become an idol ever since boa came out with no. 1 (such a queen)

she dedicated a very big chunk of her adolescence taking singing lessons, dancing, and trying to perfect how she looked

because she was spending so much time on dance, her grades started to falter. her parents told her to either get her grades up or stop dancing

as a compromise rina suggested that if she auditioned at a company and became a trainee, then she would work extra hard in school

her parents gave her three chances to audition and on her third try, she became a trainee at kmg entertainment.

rina really thought the trainee life was gonna be easy and she was DEAD WRONG. it was hard and long and it made her question her sanity every single day for six years

after six long years in the dungeon, she debuted as the leader, lead dancer, and vocalist of pip

PERSONALITY

because she has spent so much of her life trying to become an idol, at this point she’s really wondering what it all was for. she feels like she’s living her ten year old self’s dream rather than her current self’s dream

the only reasons she hasn’t quit yet is because she loves her group members, she loves to perform, and she thrives off of the attention

when it comes to the “rules” she doesn’t really listen? she isn’t going buckwild, but if she wants to drink or smoke, she’s gonna do it. i mean, she’s 28 !!! she feels she’s old enough to do what she wants.

rina is very guarded and secretive. she super sweet and talkative on the outside,but nobody really knows what’s going on in her head. not even rina LMAO

she shows a different side of her personality to every person she meets. kind of a chameleon in the sense that she’ll find a way to be comfortable in every situation

a textbook taurus. stubborn, loyal, indecisive.

emotional but doesn’t show it. the type to be like “i’m fine :D” and then two months later she’ll bring it up again

the mother of pip. she’s always making sure that they’re all doing well before she even thinks of herself. the in-group therapist probably lmaooo

her on-stage/public persona is basically what pip’s entire theme is based on. she’s the bright and fun, yet mature leader of the group. the type of girl that everyone wants to be friends with. its not a complete deviation from who she really is, just a very polished, spot-free, all smiles and giggles version of her.

probably knows all of the kmg tea since she’s been with the company for twelve years o.O

rina is bisexual, with a preference for women. she’s dated both men and women though. a lot of her relationships didn’t work out because she just..... was unsure of herself and it bled into the relationships. i can see her having some exes on both good & bad terms

TRIVIA

she’s really good at makeup. she can do those really complex eyeshadow looks. sometimes she’ll do makeup vlives where duckie will send in suggestions for makeup and she’ll do one of them

her makeup when she’s out and about is always something subtle and natural, though. if she had the confidence she would definitely go all out

*TW DOG*  she lives in an apartment with a small shih tzu named mimi. mimi gets star treatment <3 *END TW*

rina has a journal where she draws sketches and things. she isn’t the best but it helps to calm her down when she’s feeling overwhelmed

history  /  .

she spent the first eleven years of her life in daejeong, being raised by her biological parents. however, her mom ended up falling ill and once she passed, it was hard for her to stay in her childhood home and it was hard for her father to be a decent parent whilst he was dealing with his own pain. as a result, eunjung was sent to the small town of gampo to stay with her maternal grandfather temporarily. it... was not temporary.

hated gampo at first because of how old everything was. every building she saw looked like it could easily be destroyed by one big puff from the big bad wolf and her grandfather was the embodiment of the grumpy old man stereotype. in time, she became begrudgingly fond of the town and even her grandpa, though. he helped her come out of her shell (as she had already been shy & losing her mom made her even more quiet), helped her decide that she wanted to make a good life for herself. started taking school seriously.

ended up going to kyung hee university’s school of management. became an intern at atlas records in 2011 and by the time she graduated in 2012, she had been hired on full time in their management department, primarily working with funds.

thought she would be working with funds for however long she stayed there and she wasn’t thrilled about the idea, but it was kind of? whatever? wanted a raise, but overall, she was fine with how things were. but by early 2016, she found that she was occasionally working as a stand-in artist manager. it was stressful and she didn’t really know why she was doing it because? that wasn’t in her job description?

ended up getting offered the job as trainee girl group snc’s manager. thought long and hard about it, didn’t really wanna take it but also hated her job anyway, so she accepted. has been with snc since. won’t say it, but she kinda loves them or w/e. big sister energy.

personality /

being raised by an older man really shaped who she is -- he had a slightly cynical outlook on life, usually expressed through sardonic humor. this is eunjung in a nutshell.

she does her job, but at the same time, she isn’t a hardass about it and, having such a pessimistic outlook on life anyways, wants to try to have fun sometimes! very impulsive, will say yes to almost anything, so long as it won’t cause scandals for her girls or put them in danger. a lot of people have this idea about her that she’s uptight, strict, will never relax. but when you get to know her, she’s pretty funny to be around. always up for a good time. the girls might even have to remind her of her job once in a while because she can get a little careless.

doesn’t take stupid questions well. can be condescending if she thinks someone has asked a pointless question; i imagine that she might be seen as intimidating by younger trainees or anyone who isn’t used to the kind of demeanor she has.

fun facts /

she speaks korean and spanish fluently, is beginning to learn english but she can understand it better than she can speak it.

she smokes and she’s unashamed of it, but she’ll never smoke in a car with closed windows or inside at all. if she’s minding her own business and someone tells her to put her cigarette out, though... she might just put it out in your drink. :/ 

has a nicer image in public situations since she /is/ a k-pop manager and she doesn’t want any of her behavior to affect snc, but you can usually still tell when she’s bothered since she’s... quite cold when she wants to be.

she really likes fashion. on days when snc isn’t running around so much, she likes to look nice even though she’s just a manager.

Min Jaeha, born and raised (with his sister) by his grandparents in daegu...what happened to his parents you may ask? Well no one knows, he doesn’t talk about it and it’s a touchy subject for him. Whenever he talks about his grandparents is as if they put the stars in the sky, all smiles and bright eyes but mention his parents and everything turns sour in him.

Auditioned only bc his grandpa said it was a good idea...stayed because he liked it. Since debut his grandparents and sis were proud and probably tried to get everyone on daegu to listen to their debut/comebacks. 

Fun fact #1 his first pay check went straight home in the form of a new bed for his grandparents and clothes for his older sis.

Fun fact #2 His grandparents love and adore all particle members and even decorated a room with their posters and even picked a bias (only his grandma sticked with him :’c his grandpa and sis put him on number 2 of his bias list when he asks)

To him the success they are having is a blessing and a curse…he loves what he does and the boys but he wants a time to breath without having a manager up on his a*s, he might be tired yet he never showed how tired he was, how draining everything felt, a smile was always on his face to lift the spirits of the members...maybe pull a prank or two to make them smile.

Particle’s big flirt, he has an easy way with words and he uses it well to make them smile. He might flirt a little bit too much but it never goes beyond that because deep down he is a hopeless romantic who only wants to find the right woman, watch disney movies all cuddled up together, to settle down and have kids with in the future. Fans know that since he has said it more than a couple of times. 

Fun fact #3 loves particle boys...still sometimes he just tackles them or manhandles them with love when he gets excited or embarrassed. Forgive the over excited human puppy, he means no harm.

Fun fact #4 like i said he loves particle boys but still when he is asked who he would introduce his sister to of the group he says “My sister...with this people?! nope!” 

Born on December, 25th, 1994 in Seoul to a wealthy family.

Her parents were in love with her the moment she was born and made sure to dote her on everything she wanted after all nothing was too much for their little princess. 

Even if she was born with a golden crown on her head, Hana was always a soft kid who wore daisies in her hair and stars in her eyes. Always shinning with curiosity and compassion, she was always taught by her parents since a young age to be humble and work hard for what she believed instead of waiting for them to sort everything for her.

And so, she grew up to be fair and gentle in looks and in personality. 

Her life didn’t change much as she grew up, she was the family’s princess. Her parents never placed high and he expectations over her shoulders, they didn’t care if their daughter was the number one when grades came nor they pushed her to the family business like many of the parents in their social circle did, no, they only wanted to see her smile and be happy and as long as she was, they were. 

When she was 18 she was accepted on a well known college of fashion in NY and so with a heavy heart she moved there to study.

Time passed and she finished her education to return back home with a diploma and some of the happiest memories of her life.

She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do until the end of the year shows came around and with it beautiful outfits that caught her attention.

 That’s how she ended up in KMG with a curriculum and hope, that new years eve she had found something that picked her interest and she wanted to try it. 

she was accepted in 2017 and placed as an intern before becoming the stylist after a year (during blood sweet and tears era) and proved her worth.