HaSeul/Facts

HaSeul (Hangul: 하슬; Japanese: ハスル, Hasuru; Chinese: 夏瑟, Xiàsè) is the third member of the girl group LOONA.
She is the fourth oldest in LOONA, the second oldest in LOONA 1/3 and was revealed on December 8, 2016. Her solo single album HaSeul was released on December 15, 2016.
In the group, she’s represented by a white bird and the color green. In LOONA 1/3, she is associated with the location Iceland, particularly Reykjavík, the country’s capital.
== Names ==
* The company wanted her stage name to be “HaJin” but she did not like it. They also pranked her putting "HaJin" on the lyrics sheets of “The Carol”, during the recording of the song.
* While she was abroad for one year, she used the English name Jane.
* Orbits who bias HaSeul are called “daons (다온)”.
===Nicknames===
* Her other nickname is Flex Unnie, as she spends the most lavishly on her and gifts on others compared to others, especially compared to Unnie Line and Leader Line.
* Nickname she wants Orbits to call her: “Eardrum girlfriend...?”
* One of her nicknames is HaSeul PD, as she’d occasionally help with filming LOONA TV and interview the members.
* MomSeul, as she acts as a motherly figure in LOONA.
* Yves likes to call her Jo Haeseul.LitellJohnn "Chat highlights: Yves shares text messages with members - Haseul's voice-to-text fails her (220514)" Twitter. 22.05.14
Nicknames for other members:
* How she has LOONA members saved in her contacts: 땡깡쟁이, ddaengkkangjaengie (HeeJin; translates to fuss-maker), 까꿍이, kkakkoongie (HyunJin), Maknae (YeoJin), Unknown Bbi-haeng (알 수 없는 우리 삐행) (ViVi; “Sonatine” pun), Golden Retriever (Kim Lip; reference to Kim Lip’s wavy hair after wearing space buns, which made her look like a golden retriever), Chit-chat-er (JinSoul), Choerryeo (Choerry), Sofa-mate (Yves), Chuu-chuu Train (Chuu), 콩주님, kongju-nim (Go Won, translates to “kong princess”), 귀요미, gwiyomi (Olivia Hye; translates to cutie)
* Orbits sometimes use the 🦊 fox emoji for her rather than the 🕊️ dove emoji, based on HaSeul’s fox-like eye shape and fear of birds.
==Charms==
*Her charms according to herself:
**"[Her] heart that loves and cares about Orbits"LOONA's Profile rewrite
**"My voice? I really like my own voice, so I want to make it so that Orbits can’t help but love my voice as well."
**"My charming eyes"LOONAbirth profile
*She has one dimple.
* Despite being the fourth oldest, she's one of the shortest members of the group, standing at around 5'2".
*She has an ear fold.
*Her charms according to other members:
**"Unnie has a lot of aegyo ^_^ It’s very cute." (YeoJin)Orbit Japan Official Book Vol. 1 (2SHOT TALK) - Translation by Team Subbits
*According to herself, she has a chic, haughty image.LitellJohnn "220706 Fab update - HaSeul Q&A" Twitter. 2022.07.05
==Personality==
*Team Position: "Hmm… Mommy?"
*She is the messiest member in 1/3, with other members often remind her to clean up after herself, even other members agreed.
*She is also clumsy in the sense that she'd spill things all over herself.
*Since her return in 2021, she becomes camera-shy, at least she tends not to look at the camera while she talks, so other members rehashed the scene on LOONA TV #528, where the camera director zoomed in on her face.
*She spends lavishly, in 2021, she is the only member who bought a 32" monitor in her vocal room along with her laptop.
*By comparison: She didn't spend as much on a new LP record player and LP records, since her father already has a large collection.
*She is quite affectionate, but it is unknown if she is comfortable with receiving affection from HeeJin or Chuu.
* During LOONA's hello82 interview (YeoJin was with Odd Eye Circle), she wore a red top that said "PROTECT ME FROM HEAVY SOCIAL MEDIA USE", but she isn't known to be using SNS that much. Before her hiatus, she has made the least appearances in VLive and solo broadcasts.
* Hashtags to describe herself:
**#Iceland, #VocalGangster
**"#Seal, #Peng_Peng"
*According to YeoJin, HaSeul is dependable.
* HaSeul: "In the team, I am a presence that wants to become their strength."
*According to herself, she isn't quick to anger and is rarely mad.
*According to herself, she's a perfectionist.
*HaSeul: "If I were to express myself as the moon, I would be a new moon. The reason is because I still have a lot more to grow/gaps to fill."
*HaSeul doesn't hold many regrets about the past. However, this used to be a common habit of hers when she was younger.
**To combat this, she tries to avoid things that may result in regret.
*According to her, both she and JinSoul often playfully hit each other when they talk.
*According to herself, both she and Yves remember a lot of small information.Orrery/nim "Naver NOW - g.o.d. Lunch Attack (HaSeul, YeoJin, Yves, Go Won)" Twitter. 2022.06.26
*According to ViVi, she listens the least to instructions out of the group.Orrery/nim "220703 LOONA Fansign" Twitter. 2022.07.03
*Whenever they get information from the staff (such as new schedules), HaSeul will go out of her way to let all the members know about it.GENIE MUSIC "[Answering Machine 12 Questions and Answers with LOONA]" YouTube. 2019.04.10
===Quotes===
Q: What are Orbits, to HaSeul?
==Relationships==
* HaSeul's role model is IU.HyunJin & HaSeul - Naver NOW radio broadcast “Because I wanted you to listen to this”
** HaSeul: "I really like her sensitivity and her sound, and I admire her acting, her singing, her lyrics and songwriting. I admire everything about her. I study the movies and dramas that IU sunbaenim appears in. Of course her albums as well. I have so many cover videos in my phone that I don’t know how many there are.One day I’d like to meet her, and learn from her about when she writes songs, or planning for concerts and albums, or how she prepares for recording. I love you sunbaenim. ♡"
*Her younger brother is Cho Jang-hyun (조장현), born 2002.나돌_NADOL “IDOL FAMILY LOONA HaSeul”. YouTube. 2021.07.25.
**She felt that he is YeoJin’s twin brother as they are the same age. (Frequency of The Moon #7)
* Before they moved into their own dorm units, two of her roommates were YeoJin and Choerry.
*According to herself, the relationship she has with the rest of the '97 Line is similar to neighborhood pals.
**Furthermore, they can be very calm together.
*She is friends with Chaehyun and Youngeun of Kep1er, as they were both in the same vocal unit for Queendom 2.Orrery/nim "From the unit, Chaehyun and Youngeun, I think we got the closest from that, and we're still in touch after the show." Twitter. 2022.06.21
*HaSeul is the member Kim Lip likes to go to the most whenever she has problems.LitellJohnn "220705 Fab update - HaSeul Q&A" Twitter. 2022.07.05
*According to HaSeul, she and Olivia Hye have similar tastes in food.
**Additionally, Yves and YeoJin share similar living habits with HaSeul.
===Members impression===
YeoJin
* They first met when the auditioned together.
**As they were waiting at the audition, YeoJin was staring at her.
** HaSeul: " So I was just thinking, 'this little kid's just looking at me' so I looked back. That was before the audition, but then we ended up meeting each other after we got in."
*Once YeoJin joined the company, HaSeul acted as a motherly figure (as YeoJin lived away from her parents). HaSeul often nagged to YeoJin about her habit of not wearing socks to school.
*To YeoJin, HaSeul had a chic and unique vibe, as HaSeul auditioned in skinny jeans and high heels while the other trainees auditioned in more casual clothing.Rolling Stone Korea "/RSK/THE FIRST TIME/ 이달의 소녀 (LOONA)" YouTube. 2021.07.28
ViVi
* When they first met as trainees, ViVi rarely spoke (as she wasn't fluent in Korean) and would mainly reply in English.
Kim Lip
* HaSeul's first impression of Kim Lip was that she was a hard worker and would debut as she was dancing intensely, in addition to Kim Lip hurrying to the vocal room and asking someone else for water.Orrery/nim "210720 HaSeul VLIVE - Good night with Joaha-D" Twitter. 2021.07.20
JinSoul 
* When she first met JinSoul, she had very dark black hair and didn't talk much.
Choerry
*Just like YeoJin, they first met at their audition.
*HaSeul immediately knew that Choerry would pass the auditions, as she had an idol look to her.
**Furthermore, HaSeul thought Choerry would pass the auditions because she also wrote a lot on the experience section of her audition form.
*HaSeul joined the company on the same day as Choerry, and they lived close together, so they often take the same bus home.
*One of her other first impressions of Choerry was that she had a bright and pure image to her.
===Group dynamics===
Pairings 	Units
HaHee, HyunSeul, YeoSeul, ViSeul, LipSeul, SoulSeul, ChoeSeul, YveSeul, ChuuSeul, WonSeul, HyeSeul	Sun & Moon, '97 Line, Leader Line, 3H
===Pets===
*HaSeul used to own a Pomeranian named Hadong, who eventually passed away in 2019.LOONA's dogs and their breeds
*In 2020, she adopted a poodle named Latte.eunhyedoo "Haseul has adopted a new puppy named Latte" Twitter. 2020.02.09
**Latte is a poodle and maltese mix.
**HaSeul originally wanted Latte's name to be Dodami, as that was her friend's initial name (before their birth).
==Pre-debut life==
*HaSeul auditioned for BlockBerryCreative with the song "Friday", by IU.
*As a student, HaSeul was often late to class.
*She recited the poem ‘Now, We’ by Park Joon for weekly poem 3.
*Before debuting, she dyed her hair blonde but she found it hard to maintain.
* The first time she sang in front of people was in 4th grade, during her school's talent show. She sung "Sonata of Temptation" by Ivy.
* Her mother initially didn't want her to sing.
*She was the first member to get a license, getting hers in her senior year of high school.
*She decided to become a singer in the 3rd grade. 
**Her first year of middle school was when she specifically decided that she wanted to become a classical singer.
* When she had a slump in the 9th grade, her mom suggested makeup as a job.
*Her fear of pigeons stems from her once seeing a dead pigeon as a child.
*If she didn't become an idol, she'd either go to college to major in vocal studies, or become a music teacher.
*HaSeul would often dance in the practice room while still in her school uniform, as she didn't get time to change out of it.Orrery/nim "220710 LOONA Fansign" Twitter. 2022.07.10
Choir storiesLitellJohnn "Chat highlights: Haseul talks about her choir days and the dream of directing her own someday (220417)" Twitter. 2022.04.17
*HaSeul started being in a choir at age 11. 
**She was first introduced to it by her friend who was in choir, as she'd sometimes go with her inline skates to watch her friend perform.
**She joined the choir after the director asked her if she wanted to try choir.
**Her choir would often sing songs that ended up in commercials.
**During her time in choir, she went abroad for a year to do concerts and competitions. Additionally, she spent a lot of time volunteering around this time.
** Her choir once decided to record something to celebrate Parent's Day, with only some of the people in the choir involved. HaSeul was one of the people they contacted for it, and because it was last minute, she had to learn the music in a day.
**HaSeul was in the choir until high school and would help out the newer members.
**Even after debuting, she'd still sometimes visit the choir.
Colorado stories
*She lived in the US (Colorado) for a year.
**During her time in Colorado, she played hockey.rizchaprincessa "When Haseul was in Colorado, she loved sports. At that time, she played Hockey." Twitter. 2019.10.24
**Before moving to Colorado, she had an aunt living there.
** When she first came to the US, she knew very little English. When she went to the mall with her aunt, the staff greeted her and tried to help her. However, she couldn't understand them. 
***She would spend a lot of time at the mall practicing basic English out of personal interest rather than necessity. Specifically, she practiced more of her pronunciation to seem good at English and become more approachable.
**The doors of each building locked after the bell rang. However, HaSeul's classes were divided by building, so she would have to call into the intercom to enter when she was late.
**Despite not being that good at math, she did well with her mental math skills from Korea.
**During lunch, she'd sit alone and become awkward with some of her classmates, not recognizing when they'd have small talk with her.
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== Abilities ==
*She is bilingual, knowing English and Korean.
*She speaks in Jeollanam dialect as well and Standard Korean, but she managed to learn Busan accent from copying the managers.
* She can sing opera. Her vocal range would be a mezzo-soprano, the second highest range, because her lowest notes are slightly lower than a true soprano.
* She is one of the fastest talkers in the group, and the fastest amongst non-rappers.
*HaSeul can write songs and has sung some of them VLIVE.
===Physical condition===
*During Queendom 2, she injured her shoulder, so Olivia Hye and Yeojin had to dress her.
*Although she often wears prescription glasses, her eyesight isn't as bad as HeeJin and Chuu, with both eyes at -2.5, so still short-sighted.
==Goals== 
* Having a concert 10 years from now, founding a small theater named "Jo Haseul"
*Going to Switzerland again, as well as Iceland.
*She would like to cover New by Yves, as a way to show a new side to her.
*Holding a concert in Japan.
* Traveling to somewhere in Africa.
*Doing more covers.
*Learning how to do pottery and figure skate.
*Hosting a radio show.
*She would like to buy her dad a car and a house for her mom.
*She'd like to dye her hair bright orange.
*Once she's much older, she'd like to live in the countryside.
*One of her dreams is to direct her own children's choir.
*Singing an OST, which was one of the goals she made when she first debuted.
*Musical roles she'd like to try: Emma (Jekyll and Hyde) and Christine Daaé (Phantom of the Opera)
==Items==
* Airpods name: Haseul pwincessAirpods name
** HaSeul initially had a previous pair, which she ended up losing and replacing.
*She was the only Android user in LOONA. She uses Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. She hasn't upgraded in 2022.
*In 2023, she uses 3 phones including both Z Fold 4 and iPhone 15 Pro Max (photos only).
*She has a red panda plushie named Neoguri kept in her vocal room.[1] 
** In general, she keeps several plushies in her vocal room.
*She keeps two guitars in her vocal room. 
*Her vocal room has a little house for her dog Latte, as she likes to bring him to LOONA's practice room.
*She has a ring that is engraved with "ORBIT" on it.
*She has a mic that she keeps in her vocal room.
*She believes she has the least amount of clothes out of the members.
*Although she doesn't have a diary, she keeps a planner.
*She owns some uniforms from the KIA Tigers.
*She has a pillow that she likes to carry around.
*A must-have item for HaSeul is a portable battery.
*In 2023, it was revealed that she occasionally drives a Bentley.
===Gifts=== 
* The company gifted a cushion of her.
*Her dad gave her various LPs, which she has in her vocal room.
*2021 birthday gifts: 
**YeoJin gifted her two silver rings.
**Her mom gave her a bracelet.
** HeeJin gave her a checkered outfit for her dog Latte, as HaSeul likes checkered print.
**The manager bought her a cake.
**She got a surprise cake from ViVi and Yves, in which ViVi picked the cake.
* For the 5th anniversary of her debut, her parents gifted her a bouquet and cake.
==Likes==
*She is a fan of baseball.
*Her favorite team is KIA Tigers, as it is the most successful Korean team with 11 undefeated seasons (6 Championships). She made an opening pitch at their home game in 2022.
*She like seals, so much that she screams for it. as, Mulgae-ya means "Seals".
*She likes to go to shooting ranges.orrery/nim "Haseul's hobby: She's been going to the shooting range" Twitter. 2021.06.20
*She loves Disney, so much so that she's watched every Disney movie.
*She is also a loyal user of Burberry bags.
* Her favorite color is sky blue.
*Whenever she feels down/burnt out, she likes to watch movies or take a walk.
*She prefers the winter over summer.
*HaSeul likes to play Tetris, the only game she plays.
*Her dream car is a G-Wagon.
* Whenever she writes songs, she likes to start with writing the lyrics before writing the melody.
*Because she's bad with technology, she prefers to write her songs on guitar rather than using music software.
*She likes hydrangeas.Orrery/nim "220706 HaSeul VLIVE" Twitter. 2022.07.06
===Habits=== 
* HaSeul doesn't eat breakfast.
* She and Choerry like to use the word 'jagiya' (Hangul: 자기야, honey) the most out of the group. They will often call each other (as well as the other members) jagiya to ease tension during late-night practice sessions.Orrery/nim "Twitter Spaces - Listen to the Space Outside" Twitter. 2021.06.29
*HaSeul uses the word 'kinda' a lot, to the point where she got banned from saying it for a day.LitellJohnn "Chat highlights: Heejin, Jinsoul, Yves, and the chat clown on Haseul's habit (220426)" Twitter. 22.04.26
*Despite having her driving license, HaSeul doesn't drive often.LitellJohnn "Yves and Lip doubt Haseul's driving skills" Twitter. 2021.04.21
*She watches a lot of YouTube.
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===Food=== 
*Ice cream, so much so that she ate 10 in a day once.
*Granola cereal
*She dislikes Hawaiian pizza.
*She doesn't like soup or stew that has meat in it.
*Kimchi
*She enjoys maehwasu, which is a plum wine.
* Watermelon
*She dislikes sushi.
*She prefers tea over coffee, as she doesn't drink coffee.
*Eating greasy food forever vs eating spicy food forever: eating spicy food forever
* Dinner recommendation: Jjolmyeon
*She likes sweet potato pizza.
*She likes rose tteokbokki.
*She dislikes mint chocolate.
*Favorite Baskin-Robbins ice cream flavor: Pistachio Almond
*She likes kimchi fried rice, so much so that she had to take a break from it.
*She likes gopchang.
*On rainy days, she likes to eat kimchi pancakes.
*According to Go Won, HaSeul likes banana milk.LitellJohnn "Chat highlights: Gowon makes sure to get Haseul her banana milk, and gets congratulated by her siblings (220629)" Twitter. 2022.06.29
*She likes cheesecakes.
*HaSeul likes shaved ice with milk and red bean.
===Fashion===
* She likes to dress conservatively.
===TV shows / Dramas / Films=== 
*She's watched Squid Game.
*She's watched The Silent Sea.
*She likes to watch a lot of Disney short films.
*She's watched Encanto.
* She's seen Turning Red.
*Her favorite movie is The Notebook.
*She likes the k-drama Hospital Playlist, which is the only k-drama she's into.
===Dislikes===
==== Fears ==== 
*Like HeeJin, she is afraid of pigeons.
*Of all the members that can't swim, she is petrified of water.
**Specifically, she can only go waist-deep underwater.
===Songs===
*Preferred style of music: old songs and ballads.LOONA Studio - 1/3 Hertz (ENGSUB)
*Her favorite LOONA 1/3 song is Fairy Tale.
*HaSeul doesn't listen much to R&B or American pop, so it's always a surprise to HeeJin whenever she sings or listens to songs from those genres.LitellJohnn "210629 Twitter Space - Haseul and R&B" Twitter. 2021.07.15
*Her playlist mainly consists of kpop.
Recommendations/Playlist 
*AKMU (with IU) - NAKKA (낙하)
*Baek Yerin - Bye bye my blue 
**HaSeul: "The reason I picked it is ... We had evaluations as trainees, right? I sang this once for evaluations. The song had a big impact as well. When I sang it during the evaluation rehearsal, I just sang it. But Hyunjin suddenly grabbed me and said, "unnie, this is YOUR song." So, I was like "Ah ... Really? Thank you!""
** HyunJin "No joke. It fit her so well! Her voice and the song fit together just right!"
**HaSeul: "I was thankful for Hyunjin. Before evaluations I was so nervous, but Hyunjin was like "Unnie, this is YOUR song."
**HyunJin: "I thought it was actually your own song."
**HaSeul: "At the time I hadn't even debuted. So things were like that, but I remember being very thankful for Hyunjin."
*BEN - Misty Road (안갯길)
*DEAN - instagram Mu:fully questionnaire (Halloween 2019)
*EXO - The First Snow (첫 눈)
*G.O.D - Road (길) 
*HaSeul - Let Me In (소년, 소녀)
*HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul - The Carol
*IU - above the time (시간의 바깥)
*IU - Dear Name (이름에게)TV Daily: Song recs - Chinese New Year 
**When Haseul listens to the song, her heart really ties up. She often practices this song in the practice room.
*IU - dlwlrma (이 지금)
*IU - Friday LOONA STUDIO English Subtitle Transcripts (@gointosubbit)
*IU - Knees (무릎)
*IU - My sea (아이와 나의 바다)
*IU (Feat. G-DRAGON) - Palette 
* IU - YOU & I (너랑 나)
*JinSoul - As Time Goes (시간은 한 바퀴 돌아)
*Justin Bieber - Yummy
*Kim Kwang-Seok - With a Determined Heart to Forget You 
*Kim Kwang Seok - The Story of a Couple in Their 60's 
*KyoungSeo - Shiny Star (밤하늘의 별을)
*Lee Oh Gong Gam - 한사람의 위한 마음 (Heart for one person) 
*LOONA - Fall Again
*LOONA - So WhatOrrery/nim "Melon promotion: #LOONA's summer playlist" Twitter. 2022.06.20
*LOONA - Star
*LOONA yyxy - rendezvous 18.6y
*LOONA 1/3 - Fairy Tale
*ODD EYE CIRCLE - Starlight
*Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi - I See the Light (Tangled OST)
*NAUL - Memory of the Wind (바람기억)
*Rothy - Cloud (구름)
*SEVENTEEN - Snap Shoot
*SUZY - Holiday
*SUZY, BAEKHYUN - Dream
*TAEYEON - I
 
*TAEYEON - Weekend
*Yves - D-1
*yyxy - rendezvous 18.6y
== Achievements== 
*The full group made its debut a day after her 21st (real age) birthday.
*Despite being in hiatus for most of 2020, her tweet after LOONA won their first trophy became the most-retweeted and most-commented photos (35,358 retweets and 17,074 comments as of Jan 1, 2021) in LOONA's official Twitter page in 2020.
*Her teaser for [&] became LOONA's most-liked tweet (as of June 4, 2021), surpassing the previous one after five hours.
*HaSeul got her first official songwriting credits for the song Playback.
==References==
Category:HaSeul
Category:Facts pages