MEMBER PROFILE:LILY
✨”I’ve heard it said people come into our lives, bringing something we must learn. And we are lead to those who help us most to grow if we let them and help them in return.”✨
L I L Y:
STAGE NAME: Lily
FULL NAME: Lily Kim
KOREAN NAME: Kim Hanyeul
BIRTHDAY: February 17th 1998
AGE: 21
NATIONALITY: British
GREW UP IN: London, United Kingdom.
ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
EYE COLOR: Brown
HAIR COLOR (natural): Black
HEIGHT: 5 foot 6(167 cm)
BLOOD TYPE: B
POSITION: Leader of the group, main rapper, vocalist.
SUB-UNITS: PRISM(2020)
LANGUAGES: English(fluent), Korean(fairly fluent, learning), Spanish(learning from Mija).
FACE CLAIM: Aisha(EVERGLOW)
FAVOURITES:
COLOUR: Dark red
LEAST FAVOURITE COLOR: Brown
MUSIC: Pop, Musical soundtracks, occasionally a bit of rap.
LEAST FAVORITE MUSIC: Jazz, Classical
FOOD: Kimbap, pretty much any kind of Spanish food, candy floss.
DRINKS: Coke, Earl Grey tea, matcha tea.
HABITS:Tends to bite her lip or chew the inside of her cheek when nervous.
HOBBIES:Playing the guitar, reading, watching Netflix.
WHY DID SHE AUDITION FOR SM?: Had gotten into K-Pop through Rose showing her a video of a Girls Generation dance practice, became hooked on Kpop and decided to audition.
AGE SHE JOINED SM: 16
EDUCATION: GCSE’S, then graduated from SOPA in the Department of Practical Music.
FAMILY:
MOTHER: Ellen-very supportive of her daughter’s career, and literally WhatApp’s her articles or photos every day from her events, telling her how proud she is of her.
FATHER: Seungho, died in a car crash when she was eight years old , was also very supportive of Lily.
SIBLINGS:Daniel, older brother, aged 23, was the shyer kid growing up, but was always supportive of his sister and her dreams.
MOST AT EASE:At home with her family, chilling in the dorm with her members, preforming.
GETS UPSET WHEN : she sees rumours being spread about her bandmates online, or she’s compared to someone.
SELF-ESTEEM: Sometimes forgets to put herself first in order to make her members happy.
PERSONALITY:
GREATEST STRENGTH: Her ability to lead her members, to speak her mind.
GREATEST WEAKNESS: Can overwork herself to please others, can be slightly stubborn in her ways.
SOFT SPOT: Rose as they have known each other for years. Not really obvious, but it is made obvious through the members speaking of their friendship
TRAITS:
OPTIMIST OR PESSIMIST: Optimist
INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT: Extrovert
WHAT BEING AN IDOL MEANS TO HER: Making people happy through music, and reminding people they’re never alone.
CHARMING IDOL POINT: Interviews-an interview pro, very good at taking the lead and leading it where she wants to go.
NOT SO CHARMING IDOL POINT: Sexy concepts don’t really come as easily to her, almost has to act in order to come across like that, prefers more girl crush concepts.
~OTHER FUN FACTS~
-Her lucky number is 16, as she auditioned for SM on that date with Rose and got in.
-Her favourite Western artists are Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Halsey, Harry Styles, and Ariana Grande.
-her favourite Kpop artists are NCT 127(Obviously), Red Velvet, Girls Generation and EXO.
-Her favourite musicals are Hamilton, RENT, Moulin Rogue, and Hairspray.
-once woke her members up by belting Seasons of Love at 1 am(Mija and Karine were NOT impressed).
-has been in the ensemble of Wicked and also auditioned for the X Factor UK but only got as far as boot camp.
-loves watching her audition back, as a reminder of how much she’s grown since then.
-would love to become a better dancer and always watches Mark, Taeyong and Ten’s solo dances to see how she can improve.
-doesn’t get very patriotic that often, but has a plushie of Paddington Bear on her bedside table.
-doesn’t lose her temper that often but when she does she gets MAD.