Jeon Garam is a Lost Legend ♛

jeon garam
birth name jeon garam
nickname(s) 
♛ gigi - her prefered nickname, since she rather hates her given name
♛ little Gaga - A joking nickname started by Minji, it's a reference to how over the top she can be - not unlike a certain lady gaga
Birthdate August 3, 1990 (28)
Birthplace Seoul, South Korea
Ethnicity Korean
lANGUAGEs

♛ Korean - her Native language
♛ English - Learned in school and training though she's mediocre at best

fACECLAIM Secret Jieun
bACKUP FACECLAIM tara Jiyeon
aPPEARANCE 
Gigi takes the most after their father of the three sisters, with sharp cheekbones and a broader set to her shoulder than Boram or Wooram. She stands slight taller than her oldest sister, though only barely, clocking in at just under 158cm and maintaining her weight at a healthy 49kg through constant exercise and dieting. Her hair is naturally a dark brown, though it looks black in certain lights, and while it's naturally straight she likes giving it a crimped, wavy look if she has time in the mornings. She's dyed her hair a few times, usually only to a lighter shade of brown, but her preference after quite a bit of experimentation is just to highlight a few blonde streaks  on the lower layer of her hair and let them brighten up what she thinks is an already beautiful mane. Gigi did get plastic surgery just before her debut with exid to add double eyelids and slim her nasal bridge just slightly and she refuses to apologize for it. She looks stunning, are you really going to argue with perfection?

sTYLE 
While Gigi experiments a lot with different clothing styles, one constant at her height are heels. LOts and lots of high heels, in every variety. Stilletto, platform, boots, she's got them all with outfits to match. Her family is quite well off, and she's not afraid to splurge in order to look good. Her clothing is always high-end and trendy, though she always puts her own spin on things. In general she tends to mix casual and classy in her outfits - if she's wearing skinny jeans and a cute, casual tee then she'll have a snappy vest and gold accessories to accentuate it. If she's in a dress she'll match it with combat boots and a jean jacket. Honestly, as long as she thinks she looks good in something she'll wear it with confidence.
 
   
   
Personality traits 
Negative: arrogant, narrow-minded, impatient, Stubborn
Neutral: Flamboyant, Loud
Positive: COnfident, Social, Passionate, Hard-working

Personality
 
Sytherin - ESFP (The entertainer) - Chaotic Neutral
 
Jeon "Gigi" Garam always has been, and always will be, the single most important person in a room bar none. She manages this by also being the single biggest presence in any room bar none. Gigi knows exactly what she wants and she's not afraid to kick over societal norms to achieve those wants. it can be difficult to not get swept up in her slipstream, especially for people whose personalities aren't quite a large as hers is. She'll never be the sort to fade into the background - gigi is far too loud, and far too sure of his own importance to ever let herself become a background character to anyone else's story. She's the leading lady, and you can either get on board or be sorely dissapointed.
 
For gigi getting what she wants isn't a matter of effort, or luck, or any of the things that are actually involved in getting things. Rather in gigi's mind everything is just a matter of time. This confidence actually does quite a lot in actually getting her where she wants to be, as nothing can stop her from chasing down her goals and it's basically impossible to make her quit on anything she's set her mind to, no matter the odds. ON the flip side of this gigi has a massive ego that she isn't afraid to show off - mostly  because she's honestly unaware of how arrogant she actually is. She's just proud of what she's accopmlished, it's not her fault that other people aren't doing as well as she is. SHe can get quite narrow-minded in this regard, often too easily dismissing other's concerns or struggles if she can't personally relate to them. Her world centers on herself and she honestly can't get out of that mindset.
 
However, because she is generally oblivious to how she can come off gigi is quite a social person, happily talking to anyone who will listen - or anyone who's nearby really. She can go on and on about singing, dancing, even piano if the other person appreciates the instrument. She's an intensely passionate person, which contributes to her larger-than-life aura, and with her shameless ego propelling her nothing daunts Jeon Garam, no matter what or who it might be. In fact, something that rather surprises those who, fairly, find her to be rather irritating is that gigi isn't really the jealous type at all. She already knows she's the best, so why get upset over other people doing well? She works hard, she plays hard, and she's got nothing against other people doing the same thing. After all, she knows she's the best anyway.
 
Because she does expect the world to owe her something gigi can be incredibly impatient when things don't instantly work out. Yes she'll put in full effort but once she does she expects everything to fall into place and she's forever annoyed that the world just doesn't work like that. Her impatience usually manifests as irritation and annoyance at either the people or situation that she perceives as being at fault for the delay (such as her company being the source of her career woes). These perceptions may or may not be accurate but she'll stubbornly stick to her guns on them as she does with everything so trying to change her mind is a moot point.
 
She is a hard worker though, a rarity amongst those who think the world owes them something. Yes she'll be very loud and over the top about it - if you're in her vicinity you know exactly how she feels about absolutely everything that's going on - but she does get that nothing comes for free. She just tends to expect it to come easier to someone as important and perfect as she is.
 
tl;dr - Theatre kid

Background
Born into a family of entertainers, Garam always knew exactly what she was going to do with her life - become a famous rock star just like her dad. And maybe do some acting on the side like her mother, who knew? Anything was possible in the eyes of young Gigi, who grew up surrounded by music, even at her grandparents' house - she was the third generation of entertainer in her family after all. Being onstage, or on camera, was in her blood, and little Gigi never had any doubts about what she'd be doing with her life.
 
And with both her older sisters having similar dreams the household was never devoid of someone singing or dancing or performing a monologue (and if it was gigi it was loud enough for the entire neighborhood to hear). The family of five seemed to be perfect, with all three sisters getting along quite well and causing little trouble for their parents (good grades and attitude meant personal practice time with mom and dad and none of them were passing up on that opportunity). Then when Gigi was six (nearly seven) her parents got divorced and her life flipped onto its head.
 
there had definitely been signs, ones that the ten and eleven year old wooram and boram had somewhat seen, but to gigi the divorce was completely out of left field and the little girl refused to accept it for a long time, alternating between throwing massive tempertantrums to trying to rope Boram and Wooram into elaborate parent traps - with varying success. Wooram was more likely to be gungho to try while Boram remained the sensible oldest sibling and did her eleven-year-old best to explain things to her sisters while their parents fought over custody in the courts. In the end their mother won weekdays while their father got them on the weekends. ANd after a few months of the new routine the recently-turned seven Gigi adapted.
 
divorce or no divorce music remained vital to the lives of the jeon sisters, and with their parents both becoming more distant (their mother refocusing on her acting while their father reentered the dating world) they became a tightly knit team. When Boram announced at sixteen that she wanted to become an idol her sisters supported her whole-heartedly, though at the time thirteen-year-old Gigi privately thought being an idol was far less impressive than being a rock singer, which despite her cooling relationship with her father she still wanted for herself.
 
Then in 2008, nearly six years later, boram debuted with t-ara and was suddenly on every tv in the house. And Gigi thought that maybe being an idol wasn't such a bad idea. after all, how many rock singers were on the television regularly performing their songs? HOw many got commercial deals and product endorsements? Wooram apparently had similar thoughts, and the two girls decided to start auditioning for idol companies together, so that one day all three of them would be able to stand on the same stage.
 
Wooram ended up being signed first, though only because she was a lot less picky that gigi about which company she worked with. It wasn't until 2011, two years after wooram signed her contract and six months after she excitedly informed the increasingly irritated gigi that she was getting a debut, that gigi gave in and started training at a new, no-name company called YNB. If she couldn't have a top name, then she would just have to make the company a top name.

Likes

♛ Singing, dancing, acting - anything that gets her some spotlight she's going to enjoy
♛ Bragging about herself and her sister boram (and occasionally she'll mention wooram but she's not famous yet so it's way less common)

♛ Lattes - she can't stand regular coffee but she'll drink caramel mocha lattes like water
♛ Talking about herself - and she does it a lot
♛ Of course she's a fan of T-Ara but her favorite group right now is actually dreamcatcher - she thinks their sound is awesome and they deserve way more than they're currently getting (Or if one of the applicants uses dreamcatcher as their twin then she likes their group)

Dislikes
♛ Being intentionally and obviously ignored

♛ Having to wait longer than maybe a few days for things that she wants (depends on the thing - if she asks for a coffee she expects that within thirty minutes but something like national fame she'll give a year or so)
♛ When people try to goad her about exid - she knows what you're doing and no, she's actually really happy for them, did she mention she's still friends with Hani? Yes? well too bad you're getting an hour long one-sided conversation about how awesome exid is. (It's happened enough that this officially irritates her)
♛ People trying to explain things to her if she thinks she already knows them - depending on who it is she'll either interrupt, walk away, or zone out while pretending to still be listening all while registering none of the advice.
♛ Anyone she considers 'ugly'. She's an aesthetics and knows it.

Habits
♛ If she sees something that can be used as a bar you bet she's going to start stretch with it

♛ If she spots a camera she will always wink at it no matter what. There are strangers around the world with pictures of some weird girl winking at them in the background of their photo when they just wanted a nice shot of their family.
♛ If someone else is the center of attention she naturally ends up leaning all over them and claiming some of the attention for herself

Hobbies
♛ Practicing piano if she sees a piano that's not being used

♛ Vocal warmups. Vocal warmups everywhere
♛ She does like watching makeup and nail tutorials on youtube - she doesn't use any of it but she loves seeing pretty people and that's an easy way of doing it

Special talents
♛ Belting - Gigi's vocal specialty has always been busting out notes beyonce-style and she's not shy about showing off
♛ Piano - eighteen years of classical lessons at her mother's insistence have been kept sharp on gigi's own time, though she's long dropped the classics and far prefers pounding out jazz tunes


Random trivia 
♛ HOnestly? Gigi could care less about winning. Her goal is just to get her name out and finally have her time in the spotlight. If she happens to win because she's the best competitor all the better!

♛ Gigi was absolutely a theatre kid in high school, though she didn't do much acting until that point. She got a few leading roles, though not until her final year, but was usually cast as a supporting character instead which irritated her. She did get along quite well with the other theatre kids though, which was why she stuck with it until signing with ynb
♛ She unashamedly finds girls absolutely stunning and 100% would kiss one. She's not quite biual though, as the only girl she'd probably actually be down to sleep with would be her groupmate Hana since she's drop dead gorgeous as well as a good friend (not that she'd actually say that last part on tv - she does have some discretion)
Relationships 
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Jeon Youngrok
Father 
♛ Jeon Youngrok ♛ 65 ♛ Former Rock Superstar ♛ loud, passionate, distractable ♛ 6/10

When she was young Gigi absolutely idolized her father. SInce the divorce she's seen a lot less of him, and since his remarriage he's just generally had less time for her and her sisters, prioritizing his new family and two sons over his old one. SHe still loves her father, of course, and she still thinks he was a fantastic performer in his day, but she doesn't have the same relationship with him that she used to.

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Lee Miyoung
Mother 
♛ Lee miyoung ♛ 58 ♛ Actress ♛ blunt, creative, social ♛ 7/10

Gigi's interactions with her mother since moving out are about as regular as with her father, though because she spent more of her developmental years with Miyoung she is slightly closer with her mother than her father. Miyoung is very supportive of her girls' determination to become idols but she doesn't really get it so her interactions with them are limited by that as well. If they ever want acting tips though she's only too happpy to sit them down with homemade hot chocolate and talk for hours.

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Tara Boram
sister 
♛ Jeon Boram ♛ 33 ♛ Idol ♛ Responsible, Introverted, passionate ♛ 9/10

gigi adores her biggest sister and Boram loves her right back. The two are just about as close as siblings can get, and during t-ara's scandal Gigi was constantly messaging and calling her big sis to provide support. Boram is one of the few people that gigi includes as an important person (that is, as important as herself). Gigi is quite proud of what her sister accomplished with t-ara and is equally proud to be related to boram and won't hesitate to mention her relations if it comes up. Or if she just feels like mentioning it. SHe's really proud of her big sis.

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D-Unit Ram
Sister 
♛ Jeon Wooram (R.A.M.) ♛ 32 ♛ Idol ♛ Loud, Confident, short-sighted ♛ 8/10

While Wooram does rank among the few people gigi cares about almost as much as herself, she's always had a more contentious relationship with Wooram than with boram. The simple fact is the two girls are alike in a lot of ways and it causes some conflict between them. AT the end of the day they do love each other, but there's always going to be a bit of a rivalry between the two to see who can be the next Jeon sister to take the spotlight.

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dal shabet woohee
groupmate 
♛ Kim Minji (Mimi) ♛ 27 ♛ idol ♛ Doting, Calculating,  ♛ 10/10

Minji is gigi's platonic life partner. The two women connected the moment they met and have remained best friends and confidants through everything that's been thrown at them in the past eight years. If there is a person that gigi would consider as important as she is it's minji. They share everything, keep no secrets, and though they definitely have their disagreements at the end of the day they'll always work them out because their friendship is more important than their pride (and sometimes their morals...) They're each other's cheerleaders and if Gigi can come up with an excuse to drage Minji onto the show she's darn well going to do it. The spotlight is always best when shared with her favorite person in the world. (BESTIE Twin: Hyeyeon)

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fiestar jei
Groupmate 
♛ Jo Hana (Jan) ♛ 28 ♛ idol ♛ Reserved, Gullible, curious ♛ 8/10

Gigi loves Hana but the girl is a bit of ditz and Gigi isn't afraid to point it out which can cause some strife between the two if Hana is feeling particularly sensitve at the time. They've both closer to Minji than they are to each other but the trio wouldn't be complete without all three and they know that. Hana is the one person Gigi has learned to watch her tongue around (after an argument with Minji on the subject) and Hana has learned how to have a thicker skin thanks to Gigi. In any other circumstance they likely would never have been friends, but being together for the past eight years has made them family against all odds. (on Gigi's side family who sh'ed be down to make out with if she's honest. Hana is hot) (bestie twin: Haeryung)

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gfriend sowon
Groupmate 
♛ Lee Kijung ♛ 24 ♛ idol ♛ jealous, Internal, Caring ♛ 7/10

Being both the youngest by a long shot and the newest member added to 2s, Kijung does often feel slightly out of place next to the power trio of Gigi, Minji, and Hana. WHile Minji and Hana both do their best to alleviate that strain Gigi isn't quite as good at it - namely because she hasn't totally noticed. Kijung was only seventeen when she met the group and she still maintains some of her teenage sensitivities around them, particularly the ever-loud and ever-brash Gigi. For her part Gigi sees Kijung as a full member of the group and honestly likes the kids well enough, but is oblivious to how insecure she makes Kijung feel at times so things can be a bit strained between the two of them. (Bestie twin: Dahye)

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Exid LE
Former Groupmate 
♛ Ahn Hyojin (LE) ♛ 28 ♛ Idol ♛ charismatic, creative, private ♛ 6/10

Gigi has nothing but positive things to say about LE. She's creative, passionate, and a very skilled rapper and song writer and Gigi is honestly glad for her former groupmate's success. Honestly she didn't know hyojin all that well even when they were working together but she has respect for the other idol and if asked will have nothing but nice things to say about hyojin's work ethic and skills.

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exid hani
Former Groupmate 
♛ Ahn heeyeon (HAni) ♛ 27 ♛ idol ♛ humble, intense, clever ♛ 7/10

Of her former exid groupmates Heeyeon is the only one that gigi is still somewhat in contact with. They aren't best friends or anything but they still kkt each other if they have free time and when exid blew up Gigi was one of the first to message her congratulations to hani (along with some teasing about her gorgeous rear end). Hani was the one who told Gigi about Lost legends and for that Gigi is always going to consider her a friend, even if she is a distant one.

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exid junghwa
Former Groupmate 
♛ Park Jeonghwa ♛ 24 ♛ idol ♛ hard-working, determined, insecure ♛ 6/10

Junghwa was a tiny sixteen year old when Gigi met her, and having worked together for less than a year Gigi never really got to know the younger girl. She does think that Junghwa had great potential and likes to brag about 'her kid' growing up when talking about exid's youngest member, but in reality they aren't that close. That said they'd get along perfectly well if they were to run into each other again, especially as Junghwa has grown into herself and would no longer be overwhelemed by the sheer force of Gigi's personality.

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knk
labelmates 
♛ knk ♛ 3/10

Gigi knows that 2s's brother group isn't to blame for ynb's terrible managment of 2s. And she gets that they're getting equally terrible management that they don't deserve. But th simple fact is she's always going to be a little sore at their debuting just in time to knock 2s off the tracks to stardom, no matter how nice the guys themselves are. She'll be nice to them, but she rather doubts they're ever going to be friends.

Please introduce yourself to our viewers! Gigi winks cheerfully at the camera. "Hi everyone, I'm Gigi from 2s!"

So... What made you want to be an idol? Gigi grins. "WEll, my entire family have been entertainers - you might know my sister Boram from T-ara? Yeah, we've got a long line of performers in the Jeon family." She shrugs easily, still grinning. "I guess being an idol is just in my blood!"

What´s your best skill? What´s the thing your´re best at? Gigi laughs, eyes crinkling as she flicks her hair over her shoulder. "How bad would it look if I said everything?" She giggles again before calming down. "Really though I'm pretty proud of most of my skills, I worked really hard to get where I am today. If I were to pick one I'd say my singing is probably my best since it's what I've practiced for the longest." She grins at the camera. "But you'll have to tell me what you think! What's my best skill everyone? Watch to find out!" She winks playfully.

What would you consider the concept you´re personally best at? She taps a finger on her chin thoughtfully. "I suppose dance concepts?" She laughs a bit. "That's difficult! I'm comfortable with most concepts but my favorites are the ones where I get to dance a lot and really go all out with my singing. Do you know what I'm saying?" She laughs. "Gosh maybe I just sound completely weird!"

Any JYP Artists you´re a fan of? She hums. "I really like wonder girls growing up, and I adored their last couple songs before they disbanded, that style was really fantastic!" She grins. "But I'm also a er for got7 and their smooth moves while dancing." She adds with a playful wink.
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Stagename Gigi
Group name 2S (Siren song)
Twin group Bestie
Position in group Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer (U.Ji)
Discography 
With Exid
♛ Whoz that girl? - 2012

with 2s
♛ Pitapat - 2014
♛ Love Options - 2014
♛ Thank u very much - 2015
♛ like a star - 2015

♛ hot Baby - 2016
♛ I need you - 2017
♛ Excuse Me - 2018

Trainee and idol life
Some parts of training were easy for gigi - she'd had vocal lessons for years, so she absolutely shone in thos classes, especially as her forte was belting, a rare skillset amongst standardly trained idols, so she was a favorite among the trainees. She made a few friends in the year she spent training, becoming closest to a young woman by the name of kim minji, a fellow vocalist who was consistently the second best in the class - after Gigi, of course. Their duo became a trio when Minji - always looking for someone to take under her wing - started dragging Jo Hana around. Hana was the bottom of their vocal class but did decently in dance, something both gigi and Minji weren't quite as adept in (though Gigi was learning fast). The two singers did their best to help Hana with her vocals and in turn Hana attempted to help them with their dancing. Within a few months the three were inseperable, and the entire company knew it. Which was why they were chosen for a special project together.

YNB had teamed up with Shinsandong tiger and another no-name company called banana culture to create both companies' first group. Composed of three trainees from each company, there were high hopes for the novel collaborative idea and the three trainees from each company got on rather well with each other from the get-go which was encouraging. Gigi especially had no issues reaching across company lines to make nice with the other girls, and she ended up being assigned as the leader of the project group, a role she took up with gusto and a decent touch of ego. Then shinsandong tiger's label started getting accused of plagarism and exid's debut became the last thing on the producer's mind. in the end, they were given a lackluster debut with shoddy promotion because neither of the companies actually knew what they were doing with st's assitance.

gigi was upset, of cousre, but she figured their comeback would smooth things over - the scandal would be sorted and their next song would be infinitely better. instead ynb cancelled the collaboration entirely and gigi, minji, and hana were all taken out of the group, leaving banana culture and exid scrambling and ynb's three girls furious. however they were promised another debut together which kept them from leaving the company. In early 2013 their practices were joined by Lee Kijung, a newer ynb trainee, who they were told would copmlete the group. This made all four girls hopeful, but they didn't get their debut song for another year. Finally in mid 2014 2s debuted with pitapat, to very little fanfare. gigi was furious but ynb made up for it - in her eyes - by giving them a very quick comeback with love options. their second song did distinctly better than their first  and the whole group was quite excited to ride the momentum - which they did when they released Thank u very much a few months later in 2015. it was, and is to this day, their best charted song, and the 2s fanbase - known as sailors - was growing rapidly. And then ynb screwed up.

2s was scheduled for another comeback with like a star later in 2015, and though the music video was filmed the group never ended up promoting the song as the company decided to invest the bit of money they'd earned from TUVM into starting to form a new male group for the company. and just like that the steady upward climb 2s had been experiencing stalled, and the group never recovered from it. Knk debuted in 2016, and they ended up having quite an impressive debut (which yes, irritated gigi even more). The money from that was then split between the groups, and in late summer 2016 2s finally had another comeback with hot baby. several of their fans had remained loyal but the song didn't do nearly as well as tuvm had and gigi was extremely frustrated with the company's mismanagement. That was when she and Minji hatched a plan to get their group's name out there themselves.

Minji had been named the official leader of 2s, but everyone knew that she and gigi shared the title, the same way they share everything. Hana and Kijung were both kept in the loop on the plan, but the two best friends were the ringleaders. Kijung and Hana began applying for modelling jobs and commercial gigs under Minji and gigi's guidance, while Minji started auditioning for musicals and gigi petitioned the company to send her to Immortal Song 2. It took a lot of wheelding but eventually gigi succeeded in securing a guest spot which expanded for five more episodes. She never won, but she was quite pleased with her high rankings each episode. The other three girls were less successful with their endeavours but the company did manage to scrape together money for a comeback in early spring of 2017 so their efforts were far from in vain.

I need you didn't have a music video, but with gigi's raised awareness the song actually did quite well, not charting (hard to do without a mv) but bringing in a decent amount nonetheless. Between that and knk's semi-successful comeback gigi was optimistic about the group's chances to once again reach for their place in the spotlight. But instead of giving them another comeback ynb started pushing minji and gigi's plan, assisting kijung and hana with getting spots on variety show and securing photo shoots. They also scheduled in minji's musical auditions and pushed gigi to begin auditioning as well. While gigi wasn't against the idea she was incredibly annoyed at having to wait yet again to get onto the idol stage, which was where she really wanted to be.

Finally, the next summer they got to release excuse me, which had a higher budget for its music video and, gigi thought, real potential to launch their careers the same way up and down had for exid. The four girls put everything into the comeback, and while it did quite well it still didn't top tuvm and ynb ended up shuffling 2s to the side to wait out their contracts so they could be quietly kicked to the curb in favor of the struggling knk. Gigi was furious.

So when she learned about lost legends (hani was the one who contacted her about it and gigi will pretend it wasn't an act of pity and charity) gigi knew that she had to get onto it. She's going to get her group's name back out there and show the world that Jeon Goram is truly the next generation of idol.

Past experience 
original member of exid
Several appearances on IS2

Comments so google suggests that Boram also has two brothers (from her dad's second marriage maybe?) but I literally can't find anything about them anywhere so I didn't include them here OTL
Also I know I said I'd use spica bohyung but uji just fits Gigi so much better xD Everything is an over-the-top performance with this diva and uji fits the bill brilliantly!
Scene suggestions 
♛ If she's picked please use this as her intro performance! The wind effect is so over the top and perfectly her xD

Password Possible co-ed performance? Or this, though it might be harder to explain xD Maybe the dark blue guys could be backup singers stolen from one of the guy's groups? I dunno, I just love this performance and wanted to share xD (This is from the same show and also very fun)

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