From K-POP idols with surprising nationalities and real names
意外な国籍と本名をもつK-POPアイドルたちから
○Rose
★Real name: Roseanne Park
Born in New Zealand, she grew up in Australia from age 7 to 15. She auditioned in Australia, passed in 2012, and came to Korea for the first time as a trainee.
When she speaks English, she has a distinctive Australian accent.
K-POP artists are becoming more international. With more artists with roots in various countries and regions, they will gain more fans.
Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia.
Rose is the only talented girl to be selected from the fierce competition at the YG audition in Australia.
K-POP fans who don't know about this are already in the minority.
BLACKPINK's Rosé has become such a presence. She is now an idol star who surpasses Jessica and Tiffany from Girls' Generation.
Inspired by Rosé's success, it seems that the number of girls from overseas who want to become K-pop idols has increased dramatically.
○Minnie
★Real name: Minnie Nicha Yongtararak
Minnie has lived in Korea for over five years and speaks Korean with perfect pronunciation.
Although she is sometimes mistaken for a Korean, she is actually a third-generation Thai from Bangkok.
In addition to being the main vocalist in the group, she is also a composer who writes many songs.
She is a member who has attracted attention for her mysterious visuals and expressiveness that dominates the stage.
The more popular an idol is, the more distinctive the members' personalities are.
(G)I-DLE debuted with a lineup of unique members that seems to have been aware of this.
The more they build up their career, the more their individuality is polished, and now they are girls with shining personalities that rival BLACKPINK.
Following BLACKPINK, they seem to be steadily climbing the ladder to the world stage.
They are likely to compete with ITZY and EverGlow for the world stage, but (G)I-DLE seems to be one or even two steps ahead.
○Rare
★Real name: Ayumi Larisa
K-Pop's first Brazilian idol.
A member of Black Swan, formerly RANIA, she is double Brazilian and Japanese.
They are attracting attention for their language skills, fluent in Portuguese, Japanese, English, and Korean, as well as their mysterious visuals and overwhelming style.
Fatou, from Senegal, has also joined Black Swan.
The members are very international.
Black Swan? Have there ever been girls like this?
I thought so, but then RANIA reminded me. I remember watching these girls' videos on repeat.
I got bored of them and stopped listening to them, so I just left them as they were.
Watching the video again reminded me exactly what I thought back then.
K-POP (music) brings together people from Asia, America, and Africa, so it drifts away from K-POP.
I remembered that this happens even when they try to make it look like K-POP.
K-POP, which originated in Korea, is performed by people with Asian body types, so it creates a K-POP-like stage.
That was missing from RANIA's stage.
They may have intended it to be K-POP, but the stage, including the rare in the photo, had little to no K-POP feel.
I had the image of American girls doing something like K-POP.
K-POP, which originated in Korea, has succeeded in creating a stage that is unique to K-POP while incorporating American pop music.
It is through this style that K-POP's popularity has grown. No matter what country they play similar music in, it won't be authentic K-POP.
RANIA has changed their name to Black Swan.
I wonder if they can revive the unique style of K-POP with these members?
I think Rare would be more popular if they did K-POP with Asian members.
It seems like K-POP would be better understood with Asian members.
As an example, what if they did it with former members of After School...?
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