Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Profile and Fact

LE SSERAFIM’s Huh Yun-jin is Korean-American.

She has overcome many hardships before making her debut.

In this issue, we would like to introduce Yunjin.

We would be happy if you could watch until the end.

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Profile

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Before debut

High School Musical

Yunjin was born in Korea and moved to New York, USA, when she was eight months old.

Since her grandmother studied vocal music, Yunjin also attended choir with her grandmother when she was young and became interested in vocal music.

She took voice lessons in junior high school and started musicals after entering high school.

At the 2017 High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors, Niskayuna High School, which he attended, performed Phantom of the Opera, and Yunjin played the role of Carlotta.

She was nominated in the Best Actress category for her performance, in which she handled the soft high register parts.

The Best Actor and Best Actress awards winners can participate in The Jimmy Awards, a national high school competition.

In addition, they were invited to Broadway in New York City, but unfortunately, they did not win the awards.

Confident that she had been nominated, she wanted to broaden her genre but rarely saw any success for Orientals in the U.S. market.

At that time, BTS won its first award at the venerable American Music Awards.

Seeing them was encouraging and gave him pride as a Korean, and he decided to try k-pop.

Failed idol practitioner

Yunjin sang Adele’s “All I Ask” at PLEDIS Entertainment’s global auditions in New York City in August 2017 and was accepted.

PLEDIS Entertainment is a Korean entertainment agency under Hybe Labels.

She spent the beginning of 2018 in Korea as a trainee. In April of the same year, she participated in “Produce 48“. She placed 26th in the final.

Choreography video of Havana, a song that was highly rated at the time of Produce 48, on September 22 of the same year.

She enrolled in the Practical Music Department at Hanlim High School for Performing Arts on March 4, 2019.

On August 13, Yunjin and others released a video introducing Hanlim Performing Arts High School in English.

As a trainee, she recalls some painful experiences: her family was lonely in the U.S., she wanted to express her thoughts in Korean but could not communicate them well, and she gradually became blocked because there was no one around who could speak English, so she could not use English either.

She lived as a trainee in PLEDIS and moved to Source Music in the middle of her career, but was dropped and released at the end of the month evaluation. She also dropped out of Hanlim High School of Performing Arts.

I think it was a painful experience for Yunjin.

“I can’t live without music and theater.”

She returned to the U.S. with a broken heart. After about a year and a half of intense study, I was accepted into a business major at the university.

Although she passed the entrance exam, there was something that stuck in the corner of her mind.

It was the feeling that she could not live without music and the stage and wanted to be on stage.

This thought was so strong that he could not give up being a trainee.

Yunjin says she was discriminated against as an Oriental in the U.S. and ridiculed as an American in Korea.

Early on, she was confused about her identity and sometimes felt depressed that she did not fit in in any country she went to.

It was music and K-POP that healed her broken heart.

She was preparing for college when Source Music cast her in their debut group.

She had previously received offers from several entertainment companies, but she had turned them down because she was in a neurotic state.

When she heard the concept of LE SSERAFIM, she had a gut feeling: “I must debut with this team.

Finally, he had caught the stage of his dream.

Before debuting as LE SSERAFIM, Yunjin spent three years as a PLEDIS and Source Music trainee, making her the longest trainee of all the members.

In an interview with Weverse magazine, Yunjin said,

“I want to be an artist who can fully express myself through music and positively impact the world through music.” As LE SSRAFIM, I would be pleased if I could realize that dream in any way, and I love composing and writing lyrics even more. I can do that because what I can do now are music and stage, so I can say what I want and express through that. And I would love to do a world tour as LE SSRAFIM. I also want to do a stadium tour!”

Weverse magazine

So LE SSERAFIM is a group that gives form to the feelings that Yunjin has carried with her!

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Position

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Vocal

She is the main vocalist in LE SSERAFIM.

Since PRODUCE 48, she has been known for her vocal abilities, including her husky tone, solid vocal delivery, and rich voice.

She has the most parts in her debut song FEARLESS.

After the debut of LE SSERAFIM, she has less opportunity to showcase her high notes as before, but instead, she performs many minutes, including bass parts, with her attractive tone.

She has studied voice, experienced opera, and musical theater, and has a stable voice.

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Dance Styles

She has a solid foundation in dance and performs with power and moderation.

When she was active in PRODUCE 48, Yunjin’s nickname was “Kirin-chan.”

Perhaps because the name Yunjin is challenging to pronounce, almost all the members at that time called her “Kirin-chan.

The nickname came about partly because of her height but also because she could not dance properly during dance training, and her teacher, puzzled, said, “You look like a newborn giraffe.”

This “giraffe” has improved rapidly as a trainee at Source Music.

She has improved not only her dancing but also her stage dominance.

In particular, she can be cited as one of the members who made good use of the Blue Flame stage.

She also fits firmly into the LE SSERAFIM concept (I am not afraid) and is sometimes called the team’s identity.

She is often responsible for dance breaks and challenging moves on the big stage.

It’s hard to believe she used to be a lousy dancer.

Solo music released

Yunjin first became interested in music at the age of 10 when a friend introduced him to Taylor Swift, and he tried his hand at writing music and lyrics for the first time.

He also wrote the lyrics for LE SSERAFIM’s Blue Flame.

She shares her thoughts on lyrics.

Usually, when I write lyrics, I feel like I write a lot about myself. What kind of person I am, what type of person I want to be, what kind of struggles I have, and so on. I tend to write mainly about things I want to tell myself, things I want to tell someone else, or things I want to comfort them with.

Weverse magazine

Her wish came to fruition.

On August 9, 2022, Yoonjin’s first solo song, “Raise y_our glass” in collaboration with the producer, was released to celebrate the 100th day of LE SSERAFIM’s debut.

The underbar ( _ ) in the center of the title has a double meaning: let’s raise your glass (your) and let’s raise our (our) glass.

The fans’ reaction has been positive, with some praising the quality of the song as high even though it is his first self-written song.

On January 9, 2023, the company released its song “I ≠ DOLL” (Idol).

The title of the song is a combination of “I” (I), meaning me, and “doll” (DOLL), meaning doll.

Since the main character in the music video is herself, the song is often misunderstood as autobiographical, but this is not Yunjin’s personal story; she wrote the song while considering the position of all her idols.

She drew the characters and drawings in the music video.

The music video was ranked among the most popular in six countries: Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and France.

After the release of “I≠DOLL,” Yunjin sent the following message.

You will know how she feels in her heart.

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Personality

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Character

She has an apparent personality about her likes and dislikes and clearly states that she doesn’t like what she doesn’t like.

In August 2018, while working at Produce 48, an American acquaintance described Yunjin’s time as a student.

“She cared for many Korean students in the U.S. who were unfamiliar with English and had difficulty adjusting. Friendly and helpful. She was very popular among her friends around her.”

She has a lot of emotions. She is fearful, tearful, laughs, and reacts significantly.

She has endless thoughts, worries, and troubles.

She is not good at lying, and her facial expressions and body language make her unnatural. They are not good at spoiling people.

Her outward appearance gives the impression of being active, but she is detailed and caring.

She is also said to be the first to stand up when doing something as a team, perhaps because she is the eldest of three younger siblings.

She’s the type of person who pulls everyone along with her natural sense of responsibility.

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Prefer

– She enjoys exercise, painting, gourmet food, singing, guitar, and ukulele.

– She loves to read. Among them, she read essay-related books.

– Her favorite sports are baseball, field hockey, and Pilates. She was voted captain of her team in junior high school in field hockey. she fells in love with it so much that she considered playing professionally.

– Her favorite foods are seaweed, cheese, sweet potatoes, and yogurt. she always adds cheese to kimchi fried rice. 

– She likes fruit and sandwiches. She often eats fruit and sandwiches instead of rice.

– Fan of Girls’ Generation

– Loves striped T-shirts. It has been called “Jennifer Stripes” by fans.

– Favorite number is 8

– Fan of the Harry Potter series

– Her favorite music is pop. But also likes rock, hip-hop, metal, and many other genres.

 – Favorite season is fall. It is also the season of my birthday month, and the weather is lovely.

– She likes green and greens that remind her of nature and want to take landscape photos, including the sky

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Special skill

She can play piano, guitar, and ukulele to some extent.

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YUNJIN’s 1 minute date with OSEN Kpop LINE VOOM

🔗: https://t.co/Q6OcouKL0K@le_sserafim @IM_LESSERAFIM#LE_SSERAFIM #르세라핌 pic.twitter.com/C7PcKGcY49

— LE SSERAFIM GLOBAL (@LSRFM_GLOBAL) July 22, 2022

She speaks four languages: Korean, English, French, and Japanese.

She is a native English speaker, having grown up in the U.S. since she was 8 months old.

Her Korean is the most fluent and natural of the foreign members of the team. This is mainly because her parents are Korean, and she spent a long time as an idol trainee in Korea.

She studied French as a second language at an American school for five years and was a member of a French club.

Japanese is being studied in his office.

She is good at drawing pictures.

Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) Visual

Yunjin is one of the visible members of LE SSRAFIM.

There is not much difference between her makeup and her bare face. In fact, many say that her bare face is more beautiful.

She has an exotic face with gorgeous dark eyes and a slender figure of 172cm, which is typical of a PLEDIS graduate.

She exudes a classy atmosphere, her eyes are more prominent than her three-dimensional nose, and her thin double eyelids give her a refined look.

She also has a Japanese look and is said to have a visual appeal acceptable in Japan.

As evidence of this, she was voted one of the top 11 best visuals chosen by trainees for the 5th edition of “Produce 48” and received votes from Japanese trainees, placing third out of 96 trainees.

Minami Sato commented, “I have never seen such a beautiful person with such a good style and beauty,” Miyu Takeuchi said, “My mother became a fan of Yunjin,” and Koh Hyun Jin said, “I envy her because she is so tall.”

In addition to her tall stature, she has long arms and legs and is often said to look like a model.

Long hair looks good on her, as well as short hair before her debut.

The atmosphere of her face changes depending on her styling and facial expression.

Blonde hair looks good on her because of her fair skin. Some respond that her black hair is also beautiful, but the overwhelming response is that blonde or brown hair looks better on her.

However, some people say that her return to black hair after her debut has made her more beautiful, focusing the eye on her rather neat and clean eyes and nose.

Other

Yunjin’s nickname is “Jen” (shortened to Jennifer). Therefore, at the time of Produce 48, the nickname given to her by the performers was “Jentowl,” a shortened version of “Jennifer, you cry again.

A typical nickname was Kirin-chan.

Almost everyone seems to call her “Kirin-chan,” probably because the Korean word Yunjin is challenging to pronounce.

The nickname “Kirin” came about partly because of her height but also because when she was a trainee, she could not dance properly during dance training, and her bewildered teacher remarked that she looked like a newborn giraffe.

The round pendant necklace she frequently wears was bought by her grandmother when Yunjin was born, for she is a snake sign, and she wears it as a good luck charm.

Unlike her sharp impression, she is scared and never watches horror movies.

She is terrified of clowns. The Western culture in which she was raised from an early age formed her feelings of fear of clowns.

When she speaks English, her first language, she says in a low to medium pitch voice, but her voice is higher when she speaks Korean and Japanese.

Korean characters are said to be cute.

The fan service is quite good. She also checks comments well. She is troubled by a few remarks that her Reactions are excessive.

She is a fan of BTS. When she lived in the U.S., she frequently revealed on Twitter that she was a fan and liked them until recently.

Fans have discussed the scene where Yunjin and NewJeans’ Hanni hugged each other.

According to Hanni, they spent their practice-school days together.

혹시 허윤진씨가 하니 낳앗나요 . https://t.co/aRsv1tzfu2

— 빵 (@newjeansroom) January 9, 2023

The only known religion among LE SSERAFIM members, Yunjin cites Tibetan Buddhist texts.

She has had many painful experiences, being teased and racially discriminated against by her school friends due to her Korean name, Yunjin.

As a side note, fans have talked about how cute she looks when she cries.

Q 강아디도 눈물을 흘리나요? pic.twitter.com/gKyedLcYKA

— 사또밥 (@FIM_YJ) May 15, 2022

She is often mistaken for being of mixed race. Since his nationality is also American, She is even more easily misunderstood.

Summary

How was it?

Yunjin’s tearful background has been filled with various troubles and painful experiences.

However, overcoming such hardships, she is now the main vocalist of the world-famous LE SSERAFIM.

We expect more and more great things from him in the future.

Thank you very much for reading to the end.