Among all the members of NMIXX, Sullyoon is obviously the most mentioned one.
To be honest, her appearance in Kpop is like a tornado that turned the whole Kpop fan community
upside down as this girl has taken over Twitter many times for looking so unreal, and has
always been a hot topic on countless Kbiz forums since her debut because of her impeccable
visual and charisma.
But I guess many of you are just knowing Sullyoon as a beauty phenomenon and not really understanding
her as a person.
Today, let us tell you more about this special girl.
1.
Background
Sullyoon was born on January 26th, 2004 in Daejeon, South Korea.
Along with her activities with NMIXX, Sullyoon is studying at Hanlim Multi Art School, “home”
of many famous stars like Seohyun (SNSD), Taemin (SHINee), Krystal (Fx), etc.
It is safe to say that she was cut out to be a public figure, as she started taking
ballet and modern dance lessons ever since she was a toddler.
About her student life, Sullyoon used to be the student council president in elementary
school, in high school she was a class representative and was very popular among her peers.
Not only that, Sullyoon was also very active in participating in extracurricular activities,
received countless praises and positive comments from her ex-classmates and friends about her
friendly, kind and hardworking personality A classmate of Sullyoon revealed that she
never left the class's Kakao Talk group despite her debut, and was still keeping in contact
with everyone, indicating her sociability and friendliness.
FYI, Sullyoon used to spend a short period of time studying abroad so she can speak Spanish
and English really well.
Her MBTI result is ISFP, indicating that she may be a quiet and reserved girl, yet very
considerate and detail-oriented.
2.
Predebut
In 2017, Sullyoon was accepted as a trainee of Woolim Entertainment.
She was even arranged to debut with Rocket Punch but was eliminated.
However, many people found it a luck because Rocket Punch after nearly 3 years active is
still said to be a nugu group and by no way could be up to par with the massive reputation
of NMIXX.
After leaving Woolim, in 2020 Sullyoon passed the auditions of a series of big companies
including SM, YG, JYP, The Black Label and Fantagio Entertainment, and she chose JYP
despite the huge potential of YG and SM at that time.
Specifically, she performed the song “11:11” by Taeyeon and “Singing got better” by
Aillee at JYP’s audition and impressed the judges with her soft and gentle vocals.Thanks
to her prior experience, Sullyoon only had to train for one year to improve her vocals
and performing skills.
What impresses many netizens is Sullyoon her countless efforts to prove herself and stand
out in this harsh industry as a young girl.
Before being a member of NMIXX, Sullyoon made some wonderful covers.
The most notable one was the song “8282” originally performed by Davichi, which went
viral on Twitter and brought her public attention.
At that time, she was only around 14 years old yet her vocals were already really good,
forecasting her success as a K-pop idol.
3.
After debut
When being introduced to the public for the first time on September 2nd 2021, Sullyoon
gained positive responses from JYP’s hardcore fans and observers thanks to her captivating
cover of Sunmi’s “Full Moon.’’
Four months later, Sullyoon made her official debut with NMIXX on February 22, 2022.
The group released its debut album AD MARE with the title single “O.O”.
Although only recently debuted, Sullyoon has hit the headlines of many newspaper articles
and forums thanks to her staggering visuals and decent stage presence.
Although JYP has yet to announce the official visual position for NMIXX, most netizens still
believe that she is the main visual of the group because of her impressive appearance
that is believed to surpass many renowned visuals of Kpop such as: Wonyoung, Miyeon,
Minju, etc.
Many think that Sullyoon looks like the visual combination of Tzuyu, Sana (TWICE) and Fromis
9’s Nagyung.
Because so far, Sullyoon’s reputation mostly comes from her visuals, her fans express their
hope that JYP would not overlook her talent and give this girl more opportunities to prove
her talents and skills.
Initially, Sullyoon used to stand at the corner of the stage, however, in most recent stages,
she was assigned the center position instead of Jinni and Kyujin due to her overwhelming
popularity.
As she also usually appears on the thumbnail of NMIXX’s music videos and dance practice
videos, fans of other members are concerned that she may overshadow the rest of the group.
It seems that broadcasters and the company both have a certain preference for Sullyoon
In fact, this has happened to JYP’s MissA as Suzy receives more public attention than
the other members.
Hopefully in the future, JYP will have a suitable strategy to prevent the “A and friends”
scenario for the sake of the whole group.
So, with her efforts, talent and visuals, Sullyoon is predicted to become one of Kpop’s
most promising stars in the years to come.
Let’s look forward to her future performances and wish her the best of luck.