𓏲 * ( park sooyoung , cis woman , she / her ) ⸺ pictures of julia seoyeon yang have been showing up all over my feed, and considering the last time they were #trending, it was due to allegedly sabotaging a fellow content creator as a means of securing her place at the top— i'm not likely to unfollow any time soon. with their sleek black hair brushing against lithe waist and fabric of cropped self - portrait bouclé - knit cardigan and jacquemus denim skirt showing off the right amount of skin with fendi delfina boots adding height to elegant stature, i'm not surprised to hear that they are a part of the nouveau riches ...
the intro graphic used is from the showbiz baby template set, and the divider used is from the #kittygirl template set, both created by @strifesource. the gifs of park sooyoung ( joy ) are from keetika, and also provided by a friend via a private discord server. please do not save / use any gifs used without reblogging from keetika, and i will not share the link to the private gif pack.
wealth has been synonymous with the yang family since the early 1940s, one of the rare families that managed to pull through 1997 asian financial crisis on top. soonsang, the family company, was founded by yang hyunsook in his late 20s, with the company primarily focused in construction during that time. as the years went on and with successful investments under his belt, hyunsook expanded soonsang into the automobile, real estate, hotels, electronics, and more. with it's fast growing revenue, hyunsook was able to expand soonsang into japan in 1964. hyunsook and his wife, soonja, had three children together, and one of those children went on to have first grandson ( and grandchild ) yang dongbin.
born in 1962, yang dongbin was cherished from the moment his mother's pregnancy was announced. as both the first grandchild and grandson, there were high expectations for him to achieve, and he was expected to live up to every single one. he married his long term girlfriend, kim sunyoung, shortly after they graduated college together and started their family a few years after. by this time, dongbin had started his career as the director of soonsang auto. sunyoung had begun her career as an art gallery director, and with her father as one of south korea's most powerful money lenders, this wasn't an impossible task.
dongbin and sunyoung have four children together , all daughters. the first is yejun ( b. 1990 ), followed by seoyeon ( b. 1995 ), and twins named jiwon and jihoon ( b. 2000 ). the yang girls were set up for success from the moment they were born, never having to struggle or keep their hands out for long. much like their parents, they were expected to do great things, but dongbin didn't want his daughters to experience the same pressures that he once did. he wanted his daughters to be successful, but he also wanted them to be able to forge their own paths.
while eldest daughter yejun went on to pursue a career with the ministry of economy and finance, it was seoyeon who decided to pursue something more creative. after attending one of the most prestigious boarding schools in geneva, switzerland, seoyeon returned to south korea and pursued higher education. while at korea university, she majored in public administration, mostly to appease her grandparents, as they are the type to look down their noses if she pursued a degree in anything she couldn't use realistically. seoyeon, on the other hand, was not interested in taking a job at soonsang as she was expected to. call her easily influenced, but seoyeon decided to start a youtube channel when she was twenty three, and that was the birth of juliaseoyang.
it takes a little while for her channel to take off, but she gets both poasitive and negative attention when it does. there are some who love her luxurious content— they love her expensive skincare routine and shopping trips, and seeing what it's like for the 1% of korea. on the other hand, she's bashed for showing off, criticized for showing how much money she can spend in a day without thinking twice. for seoyeon, she takes heed of both criticisms and praise, but views are views, and seoyeon's subscribers increase day to day. by the time she's twenty five, seoyeon has obtained over a million and a half followers, which leads to her deciding to move from seoul to new york as more opportunities presented themselves.
in the three short years that seoyeon has been living in new york, she has gotten plastered all over. she faithfully attends fashion month, sitting front row with other celebrities long before she ever became a brand ambassador. she has settled into life living within new york, attempting to not end up on reputation.com, but failing miserably.
trivia.
she adopted the name julia when she was attending an international school. for social media ( youtube, tiktok, instagram ) julia's username is juliaseoyang. she doesn't mind if someone calls her julia, lia, or seoyeon, but most people know her as julia.
she was accepted into an entertainment company to become an idol, but ultimately left the company when her group was skipped over for debut. she was a trainee from the ages of fifteen to eighteen.
julia has her name attached to several brands, both in korea and in the western market. she was most recently announced as a brand ambassador for tod's, calvin klein, and for luxury skincare brand fresh.
her videos are "aesthetic" in nature, but julia is far removed from the sad beige aesthetic! she gives a lot of background content when attending fashion month and her day to day life living in new york. as opposed to target runs, julia has saks runs. she posts outfit ideas, hair tutorials, and makeup content as well.
she doesn't like to cook, but when she does, she loves to make traditional korean foods. despite growing up with wealth, if there was one thing her mother made sure of, it was that she cooked meals for her family. her favorite meals are jajangmyeon, ramyeon, and bulgogi. if asked, julia would cook for people when coming by her home or if invited to a potluck / friendsgiving.
headcanons.
whatever reputation.com said she did ... she probably did it. spreading gossip about someone? she did it. talking shit about someone without caring who may have overheard? she definitely did it. she's mean as hell sometimes ( re: all the time ) and she doesn't really care what anyone says about her ( that's a lie considering her brand is her ).
she lives in a beautiful condo in manhattan ( valued at $2.75m ), which she bought shortly after moving to new york, but she also kept the apartment that she bought in seoul. she converted her spare bedroom into a massive closet ( documenting the renovation on youtube of course ), mostly because she hardly ever has guests over and it made more sense for her lifestyle.
she's more than likely the one who burns bridges with former friends, but somehow always has a reason for doing so. she dislikes being told what to do and hasn't shaken the desire for confrontation. julia unfortunately has twitter fingers, but she at least provides receipts to back up whatever she says. she's very shady, like real housewives kind of shady, but she will do it straight to someone's face. julia is known for her resting bitch face, which is not a façade to who she really is.
personality wise— she's known as someone who's able to get what she wants with the point of a finger or bat of a lash. she has a strong interest in people as a whole regardless of their identifying gender. she's a jealous person, and doesn't like when someone she's interested in has another person in their ear.
