elise hwang。the nightingale
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PERSONALITY TRAITS: MBTI type ISTP - the virtuoso
positive: bold, diligent, empathetic, lively, spontaneous, trustworthy
neutral: faithful, personable, practical, quick-witted, reserved
negatives: conflict-adverse, easily bored, feisty, self-critical, stubborn
PERSONALITY ELABORATION: out of everyone you will possibly meet in your life, elise is probably that friend who would randoly show up at your door at 2am asking you to come out and grab some tacos with her simply because she was craving it. you'd look at her like she's crazy, but she'll tell you time waits for no one and those tacos aren't gonna eat themsleves and you'll find yourself sitting a ways away from a food stand munching on said tacos whether you wanted to or not. elise is all about living in the moment and wants everyone to enjoy life just as much as she does. no one is as generous with her time and energy as she is when it comes to encouraging those closest to her whether it's in work or just life in general.
elise is also the kinda gal that marches to the beat of her own drum and won't take from no one. fair warning, she has a smart mouth. she's not afraid to sass you and will sass you and make you feel like the dumbest human being that has ever walked the face of the earth. but understand this, this is her way of showing she enjoys your company. you're not really friends until you're mean to each other. to put it in short, she's a little who is fluent in sarcasm and takes pride in pushing peoples' buttons just for giggles.
despite having that side to her, she's extremely hardworking. she always aims high and when she cannot reach what she sets out to, she's her own worst critic and will beat herself up about it. she's also not very confrontation and avoids conflict by talking her way out of it or doing whatever takes to avoid it. she's also very emotional and vulnerable to criticism, but is working on it. she has a tendency to overthink what someone is saying or reads too much in between the lines and sometimes all of that overthinking pushes her into a corner and makes her upset for awhile.
BACKGROUND: elise hwang is a korean canadian born and raised in good ole toronto, canada. how elise came to love music and anything related to the entertainment industry she attributes to her mother. when she was younger, her mother basically forced her to take ballet lessons much to her dismay. elise endured for a year or two before she decided it just wasn't her and instead convinced her mom to let her try a different genre of dance - hip-hop - and boy was it the best decision of her life. some may even say dance was her first love. learning how to play guitar and singing followed shortly after, however those were merely a hobby. elise turned to music, instruments, and dance as a way to excape the reality she faced each and every day. her parents were well-known in the medical community and some may even consider her family "elitists" however elise never took interest in any of that. because her parents were so invested in their career they were absent for most of her childhood, the person she had been the closest to was her older brother. he is the only one who knows everything there is to know about her and has always supported her and encouraged her to go after what she wants and not simply because their parents wanted her to. perhaps that's why she was able to leave everything behind to begin her journey to becoming an idol when she was given the invitation to at the age of 15.
it was thanks to her popular youtube channel she started for comedic humor purposes that ultimately helped her get her foot in the door. her parents obviously opposed of it, but her brother actually pushed for it- he helped convince them otherwise to which she will always be grateful for. So at the age of 15, elise purchased a one-way ticket to korea where she was met with many challenges that would help her grow as both an artist and a person (later discussed in sections below).
RELATIONSHIPS:
father | hwang tae joon (59) | emergency room surgeon
he's disappointed in her and doesn't understand why she's doing something so
childish instead of going to college. he wonders why she can't be more like her bro.
mother | adalyn hwang (54) | nurse practioner
agrees with her father. wants her daughter to be realistic and stop fooling around.
older brother | elliot hwang (24) | medical resident/student
the only person who supports her endeavors. he's glad she's going after what she
wants and not what their parents want her to do.
best friend | MUSE B (M/F) (TBA AGE) | OPEN
it's hard to have friends in such a competitive field. at any given moment someone
could turn on you. elise was lucky enough to have him/her to keep her sane.
it was actually her friend that encouraged her to leave YG and look for opportunities
outside. in the end, elise ended up joining his/her company!
TRIVIA:
likes:
bad dad jokes/pick-up lines/puns, chocolate covered strawberries, chicken wings,
jasmine bubble milk tea, pizza rolls, super hero movies (marvel) swimming in the ocean,
traveling, truffle fries, turtles, vlogging, warm hugs
dislikes:
celery, cantaloupe, honeydew, using the word "oppa" - makes her feel weird,
seeing people cry, traffic, waiting in long lines, country music
fears:
dolls (esp. porcellin dolls), haunted houses, wax museums- anything remotely scary
is a no-go for her; thunderstorms (lightning and thunder gets to her)
hobbies: hiking, soccer, bullet journaling
pet peeves:
when people don't replace the toilet paper roll when there's no more paper left,
when people don't shut the door after themselves, the word "moist"
habit(s):she has a bad habit of bitting her bottom lip when she's feeling anxious.
allergies: she's allergic to cats.
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STAGE NAME: eunji chose to go by her english name, ELISE, a name she had always been addressed as growing up. eunji sounds way too intimate to her.
TALENT TWINS:
DANCE TWIN: [ jennie one ] [ jennie two ]
RAP TWIN: jennie kim [ korean + english ]
TRAINEE LIFE: thanks to one of her loyal subscribers, a representative from yg entertainment just so happened to overhear what his daughter was listening to and was drawn in by elise's voice. he showed her channel to CEO yang hyunsuk and he was impressed by her vocals, surprisingly. not too long after, she received an offer to train under their company if she had any interest in being a part of his next BIG girl group, BLACKPINK. it was a gamble. Elise had always seen singing and dancing as a side-hobby never someting she'd consider doing for the rest of her life. Her goal had always been to apply to med school, follow through with it in hopes to become a pediatric doctor, but then again life was all about taking risks so she accepted.
during her time as a trainee, her dance skills improved significantly. when it came time for monthly evals, she was the one who always came out second to lisa manoban, which she was fine with. she was also featured in a couple music videos. At first, she was extremely ecstatic about training under such a big-name company, but as time passed, she slowly understood what a fickle and meticulous man the ceo was. due to her impatience and realization that this company couldn't offer her much more. elise admits to having voiced her disappointments about the group's concept to lisa, a dancer/member she was most comfortable with a few days following the release of her teasers. in their talk she had even bad-mouthed the ceo and wished she had quit earlier, however, this was only the disappointed side in her speaking. she didn't really mean it, but whoever it was that had ratted her out, must have held some big grudge on her either because they were jealous of her talent or who really knows. she was originally in the lineup for blackpink that was set to debut in August 2016.
to be perfectly honest, elise was internally celebrating her dismissal from the group. with this dismissal she was finally free and was able to seek growth as an artist elsewhere. the spiteful person who ratted her out and her scandal with mino was the escape she so desparately needed.
TRAINING YEARS:
left yg after 4 years (19) when she saw finally realized she was wasting her time, at least that was partially why. she figured there could be a better opportunity elsewhere and by staying in the same place, she wasn't growing as an artist. she's talented, yes- but so were the many many other trainees yg entertainment housed.. she eventually found a home at her new company several months later and couldn't have been happier since.
PREVIOUS COMPANY: yg entertainment
PRE-DEBUT ACTIVITIES: at age 13, she started a youtube channel just for the heck of it which later became quite popular. it first started off as more of a comedy channel/vlog kinda thing (think mychonny, leendaproductions). upon request, she uploaded a hidden talents video tyoe deal where she covered a song by one of her favoite artists at the time. when she awoke the next morning, she was surprised to find her video had gone viral and since then she continued to upload more and more.
she was also part of a competitive hip-hop dance crew that formed during her early middle school years that she was involved in up until the beginning of her sophomore year in highschool (15) when she moved to korea to pursue this crazy dream of becoming an idol. prior to this hip-hop crew madness, she had been dancing since the age of five - started with ballet classes her mom forced her to do. didn't like it, then switched over to hip-hop.
SCANDALS:
Elise found herself caught up with WINNER's Mino. They'd met as trainees and outsiders would say they were always at each others' throats - always trying to one-up one another. You know how that saying goes- the more you argue, the more you're concealing how much you /actually/ like each other. Was that the case for these two? Certainly. The pair eventually began meeting up in secret. They'd put up a front in front of others, but behind the scenes- they were very /very/ involved with each other. This went on for about a year until she caught him screwing some trainee in the supply closet- the very place he said they should never do it despite her wanting to. Now she knew why.
Knowing Mino's personality he would never let her have the last word. He made things extra difficult for shortly after they separated. she was almost positive he was the one who leaked photos of them from their jeju trip - her with her hands all over him in the freakin' ocean. vice versa. And of course it had to come out RIGHT after her teasers for the upcoming girl group came out. This shook up the netizen world - are the two really dating? Is this a publicity stunt? yg ceo wasn't having it with this negative publicity and dismissed her. she didn't even try to prove her innocence. it was better to leave things the way that it was - if it meant not having to see that scumbag of a cheater then so be it. He was honestly the first guy she ever trusted and some may even say /loved/, but the betrayal hit her hard and she no longer wanted anything to do with him or yg entertainment.
사랑이있어?
ROMANTIC INTEREST PLOT: open!
NICKNAME(S) FOR HIM: princess (for s and giggles), more to come later!
HISTORY: after she caught mino cheating on her, she was e n r a g e d. mino chased her out into the streets hoping to consol and win her back, telling her she was simply overreacting and claimed her still loved her. elise didn't buy it for a second and wagered that if he could sleep around recklessly, she would too and would do so with the /next/ person she bumped into. enter park jimin. he had overheard this noisy couple's dispute thanks to loud-mouth brunette over here. he wasn't sure what in him possessed him to interefere, but he did. he purposely bumped into her and once he did, she asked him if he would sleep with her to which he cooly agreed, wrapped his arm around her shoulders and begun to lead her away. she could hear mino yelling after her something about if she left with this guy now, they were really over. elise could care less at this point, waved her hand dismissively and left.
now to answer whether they slept or not? Elise couldn't remember most of what happened after they'd left her now ex in the dust. Only fragments from that night replayed itself in her head. She remembered thanking him for saving her- telling him she wasn't actually the type of girl to randomly ask someone to hook up, but invited him for drinks. Knowing her she most likely drank past her limit. The next morning, she awoke in his bed, dressed in what she assumed was his shirt. It was too big for her. To this day, MUSE A has never once confirmed whether they slept together or not. Each time she brought it up he would smoothly evade it or get flustered or something. She took this odd behavior as a yes. Why else would she be in his clothes? The last memory she had before everything went fuzzy was her pushing him down onto his bed, fire burning bright in her eyes. (Gah. The heck you doin' Elise?)
nothing happened that night - MUSE A was perfectly sober and could attest to that. elise had passed out on top of him before she could even touch him. somewhere in the night she had tried to strip off all of her clothes, he guessed she was used to sleeping without anything on? but he was a decent man, he wasn't the type to take advantage of a drunk girl so he slipped one of his shirts over her head and let her sleep in his bed. for her own safety, he slept in the living room couch that night. he chose not to tell her what happened as an excuse to continue talking to her- a little someting to hold over her head to make her flustered some may say.
the two had kept in touch and met more often than one would think. the pair had actually bounced choreography ideas off of each other shortly after she'd left yg entertainment. they'd meet up when his schedule would allow and he'd show her what he was working on and she'd try to mirror him or offer constructive criticism which he took well. vice versa. their relationship did not change much after she joined, if anything it brought them closer together.
INTERACTIONS: the two are found pushing each others buttons for s and giggles often. laughter is the best medicine, y'know? they find comfort being in each others' company. she's found herself smiling more often in his presence and he could say the same. elise has slept over at his place a couple of times - in his bed and everything, but they haven't gone further than kissing at least in MUSE A's mind. elise is still convinced they've done the deed and is sometimes confused as to why MUSE A stops her from advancing past lingering touches.
CURRENT + ENDING STATUS: more than friends, less than lovers "awko-taco" phase | ending is up to whoever wants to snatch up this plot!
in that awko-taco phase where they're not sure if they're just friends or if there's something more there. there's clearly some unspoken neither of them have said anything about but know it's there. elise is still under the impression that they've slept together before so each time they accidentally make contact or he says something to her that could be taken in a suggestive way, she gets hella freakin' flustered.
TRIVIA:
- elise likes to annoy MUSE A with her bad dad jokes/nerdy pick-up lines.
- elise secretly likes it when MUSE A or any guy drops his cheesy/greasy lines on her. think nam woohyun's flirting (LOL). but she puts up a front and says things like "d i s g u s t. who are you? b y e." or threatens to whack him with a pool noodle and tell him to quit his .
- she also likes his hugs a lot. since he's taller, she tends to feel safer in his arms, but she probably wouldn't ever admit it to his face.
- the small things in life matter most to her - so being able to dance together in the comfort of his own home, out in the open, or even in the studio - just being with him makes her happy.
- he makes her feel beautiful despite her constantly trying to tell him she's a freakin' potato.
- he's also the only person who calls her by her korean name, eunji. and surprisingly, she's okay with it. it makes her heart flutter each time her name leaves his lips.
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말해봐, 발리.
i. how do you feel about finally debuting?
honestly, i was really close to losing hope. i was sitting in my room the other day surrounded in thought, wondering what the heck I have been doing these past couple of years. what if i had just gone to school like my parents wanted me to. If i had, I would be worrying about the MCAT and I would also be anxiously awaiting acceptance/rejection letters from the medical schools I applied to.
but in the end i'm glad i accepted the offer. it feels great knowing all your hard work has finally paid off. Thank you BigHit for giving me this opportunity.
ii. are you close to any of your labelmates? if yes, who?
hmm /she thinks to herself for a moment before responding, choosing her words carefully; i'm pretty close to minjae. /she chose to leave MUSE A out hoping it would protect whatever relationship they had together; he and i are always up to mischief whether we're aware of it or not.
iii. if you could choose someone from your group to collaborate with, who would it be and why?
oh goodness this ones tough. hmm. it'd be a toss up between MUSE A(if he sings) or minjae depending what we're focusing on here. if it were a duet, i think minjae and my voice would go well together! I wouldn't mind doing a duet with MUSE A as well, but i think i'd be more excited to do a dance number with him honestly. have you seen that boy move? plus, our dance style is similar.
iv. who do you look up to among your groupmates?
hmm this is a toughie. if i had to pick one, it would be MUSE B. being able to jump from company-to-company takes a lot of dedication and diligience. i'm not sure if i could do that if i were here. i'm glad she kept with it and that she's finally getting the recognition she deserves. she's truly talented and i'm grateful i get to call her not only my groupmate, but my sister from another mister~
v. what do you hope for your newly debut group?
this sounds super cliche, but i just hope we don't lose sight of what brought us where we are in the first place. i hope we can continue learning and growing together as a group in the years to come~
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