it's IM AEJUNG (임애정), who is the MAIN DANCER of BRAVEHEART. i've heard whispers that the 25 (09/22/1999) year old is pretty EARNEST but lowkey WITHDRAWN. also, doesn't she remind you of HUH YUNJIN?
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SUMMARY
aejung was born on jeju island as the result of a situationship gone sour. while, objectively, her father more or less remained in the picture through gifts sent in the mail and phone calls on every birthday, it was entirely up to aejung's mother to keep things afloat. her mother worked as a seamstress in a local boutique as a part-time gig alongside her primary job as an office worker and the two lived in a small little house in a rocky little cove near one of the island's beaches.
because aejung's mother was often so busy trying to keep the bills paid and afford many of the luxuries that she'd grown up around with less effort, aejung was somewhat of a latchkey kid and much of her time was spent playing around in her mother's collection of old CDs and watching tv. if aejung had to pinpoint where she is now back to a singular moment, it would more than likely, unironically, be when she first saw an episode of hannah montana. from that moment forward, aejung was determined to be a popstar.
to her mother's credit, it hadn't started out as her avidly pushing aejung forward into every opportunity. in fact, aejung's mother had initially only given her the green light to humor her, but upon the realization that, even as young as she'd been, aejung had something - a legitimate effort was made to get her out there. it wasn't as easy to tap into entertainment off of the mainland, but the internet was a ready resource that aejung's mother was more than willing to use and, following a year or two of aejung mostly just singing to neighbors and classmates, doing cute little britney spears covers in mom-made outfits during town festivals and in shopping centers, aejung's mother opened up a channel for her on a video sharing website. and the rest was really history.
after being scouted, aejung moved to seoul and stayed with her uncle while her mother stayed in jeju to continue working. training was an experience that refined all of aejung's assets and reaffirmed her passion, even if it took her a while to warm up to the inherently social environment. she does a few odd jobs predebut as an effort by her company to get her face out there, which is fun, though, admittedly, the coming inevitability of an actual debut made her nervous.
when braveheart debuts, aejung is sixteen going on seventeen and the first few months feel like she's a guest in her own body, thrown around and working beyond her limits every day with fervour of a rookie. she starts big and over time learns why so many senior idols lament the lessons they'd had to learn in real time. years on, when she's finally an adult, she learns another lesson about the cruelty of men, sexualized beyond her own control following the publicized fantasies of a rapper in a song. the situation is handled, life goes on, but things are never quite the same.
now, braveheart enter their ninth year in the industry and aejung is finally at a point where she feels like she can take control of her life and her dream and live it in the way she'd always wanted to. the problem? she's not entirely sure what that looks like anymore. or where to start.
positive. earnest, adaptable, forthright, sentimental, vivacious neutral. naive, emotional, absentminded negative. withdrawn, spiteful, self-indulgent, venturesome, dogmatic
songs (muse fuel)
sex yeah - marina and the diamonds
love (아이) - f(x)
dream girl - ravyn lenae, ty dolla sign
classified - oh my girl
espresso - sabrina carpenter
image - magdalena bay
public affair - jessica simpson
ACTIVE STORYLINES
persona, who the hell am i? - as braveheart approach their ninth year as an active girl group, and aejung herself enters her ninth year in the industry, she's been looking back on her career and realizing how much of her story has been written on her behalf. she laments the bittersweet feeling her dream slightly to the left of where she'd pictured it and ventures to find a way to fully express herself as an artist while still fulfilling her role as a member of a team. whatever that looks like.
CAREER TIMELINE
PREDEBUT
posted various dance and vocal covers from the age of 9 to about 13; she was scouted by vibe productions after a recruiter came across her channel
appeared in epik high's music video for "spoiler + happy ending" as a heartbroken girl
modeled in advertisements for smart uniform and nikon
2016
debuted with braveheart!
featured on park kyung's "inferiority complex" (may)
minor scandal: started getting bashed by netizens for being "too confident" and having an "ego" when she responded to a question given to her by a radio host about what she felt her weakness was by saying "well, nothing." she was half-joking, but people addicted to picking female rookies apart had a field day. this was a fairly regular occurrence for braveheart's rookie era until seventeen-year-old aejung "got the hint" and was effectively "humbled" into making fewer statements along those lines.
2017
started as an MC on inkigayo
cameo in the webdrama "part time idol" (as herself)
co-hosted the inkigayo super concert in daejeon
2018
finished her MC contract with inkigayo
appointed as an endorsement model of kiss me cosmetics
played the role of "do hana" in a-teen
2019
played the role of "yoon jae-in" in he is psychometric
played the role of "do hana" in a-teen 2 (web drama)
sang on the ost for a-teen 2, "lean on me"
won the rising star award at the 2019 brand of the year awards; star of the year award at the korea drama awards for her role in he is psychometric
became a brand model for clothing brand lucky chouette
2020
opened a youtube channel for dance covers and began posting monthly performance videos with self-made choreography for a brief period of time
went semi-viral online for participating in the wap challenge on tiktok (x)
scandal: a rapper features explicit lyrics about aejung in a new release igniting speculation and harassment from netizens; vibe productions releases a statement denying any relationship between aejung and the rapper
2021
infinite merge!
scandal end: rapper releases an apology at the tail-end of the scandal, pulling the song from streaming services following threats of a lawsuit.
2022
infinite tour start
played the role of young park yeon-jin in the glory, pt 1
released her first solo single "touch" (march) - she was actually kind of nervous about the concept and styling, especially so soon after the lyric scandal had happened, but it wound up being really well received, particularly by international fans. she didn't promote it on music shows due to the tour, but did a special stage at an end of the year show.
2023
played the role of young park yeon-jin in the glory, pt 2
infinite tour end
2024
announced as global ambassador for sandy liang
infinite tour 2 start
2025
tba
