AHN MIYOUNG “Amelie”
AGE: Nineteen COMPANY: Spotlight Productions POSITION: Sparkle’s Lead Rapper/Lead Dancer FACECLAIM: Kim Yewon “Yehana” PLAYED BY: Nia
miyoung was a fixture at spotlight long before she became an idol.
her mother was a former idol herself, though one that never found much success. mention the name “ahn soobin” to anyone, and you’d be met with dead eyes. an affair with a company executive certainly didn’t help matters. disgraced, unknown, and shunned by her family for having an affair and birthing a child of wedlock, miyoung’s mother took her idol training and got a job teaching at a dance academy in order to provide for herself and her daughter.
by 2004, miyoung’s mother had become a mere footnote in pop culture. with her old company gone, her old flame who knows where, and a new job offer from a rising company, she became a dance coach for spotlight. because soobin couldn’t find/afford childcare, miyoung often hung out at spotlight, sitting in the halls or in the corner of an unused practice room, doing her homework or coloring. though miyoung sometimes disrupted the flow of the usually tightly-run company ship, most didn’t mind. they had grown to trust soobin, and some had grown to like little miyoung.
by the time she was seven, miyoung had gotten bored of coloring in the corners. though never taken in by spotlight as an official training, she’d made a habit of sneaking into practices and following along to her mother’s coaching whenever she’d finished with her math homework.
miyoung had grown to love dancing. those who had seen her grow wondered why soobin didn’t simply have her daughter admitted as a trainee. when asked, soobin responded that despite miyoung’s unorthodox childhood, she wanted her daughter to choose the idol life, not have it forced upon her.
by age nine, miyoung’s back had developed signs of scoliosis. by age ten, miyoung was forced to wear a back brace. at school, the other children made fun of her for the contraption that kept her posture straight, so she had developed the bad habit of wearing the brace when she was around her mother, and taking it off at school. unfortunately, her irregular brace-wearing did nothing to help her scoliosis.
by age twelve, miyoung was forced to have surgery to fix her posture. bedridden for a long time and unable to dance for even longer, miyoung was only entertained by drawing and watching music videos. the videos made her want to become an idol.
after her back healed properly and she was cleared to dance again, miyoung began auditioning. she tried basically every company except spotlight, wanting to forge her own path. yet, her vocals were weak, she had no rap experience, and her scoliosis prevented the formerly talented girl from dancing at her full potential, so she faced rejection after rejection.
it wasn’t until her mother pulled some strings at spotlight that miyoung was finally admitted as a trainee somewhere. as time went on, miyoung’s dancing began improving, and she’d learned how to rap.
when they were creating the lineup for sparkle, miyoung was chosen. when they asked her to choose a stage name, she chose “amelie”. she wanted to be something different from the miyoung that was bullied, and she thought the name appropriately showcased her cheerful, fresh image.
needless to say, the netizens weren’t satisfied that she was in sparkle. they dug up old dirt about her mother and pictures of her in her back brace. they said that she was only in sparkle because of her mother’s maneuvering, not because of any talent of her own.
miyoung listens to way too much of the criticism, and she pretends it doesn’t bother her. she doesn’t care much about the rivalry; she just wants everyone to stop talking about her and let her be.