Hyeongseop

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> I'm Hyungseob, armed with the passion of TEMPEST!
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**Ahn Hyeong-seop** (Hangul: 안형섭), known mononymously as Hyeongseop (Japanese: ヒョンソプ), is a member of the South Korean boy group TEMPEST.

## Pre-debut

When Hyeongseop was young, his dream was to be a prince. He loved Snow White so much that his dream was to be a wonderful prince in the country where she lived.

When he was in the third grade of middle school, he covered Taemin's "Danger" at school festival and went on stage. He was happy to be cheered for his hard work, and that moment solidified his dream of becoming a singer was solidified.

In the first half of 2015, when he was a freshman in high school, he went to audition for Big Hit Entertainment with two friends. According to a friend who auditioned with him, after singing, he went to the front of the judge at the end and flirted, asking them to pick him. After passing the audition, he became a trainee; however, he left the agency the following year. After leaving the agency, he seriously considered giving up his dream of becoming a singer because he was very tired and exhausted. Feeling that it was really the last time for him, he enrolled in Modern K, apractical music academy in Bundang and participated in many audition of the academy. In May 2016, he passed audition for Yue Hua Entertainment.

In 2017, he participated in *Produce 101 Season 2* as a Yue Hua trainee and made his name known to the public for the first time. He made it to the final episode and finished 16th in the final ranking.

## Career

### 2017-2018: Hyeongseop X Euiwoong

After being eliminated from *Produce 101*, Hyeongseop and LEW (the latter under the stage name Euiwoong), debuted in South Korea under Yue Hua Entertainment. Their debut single, "It Will Be Good", was released on November 2, 2017.

### 2022-present: Debut with TEMPEST

Hyeongseop's debut with TEMPEST was originally slated for February 21, 2022 with their first mini album It's ME, It's WE; however, their debut date was later pushed back to March 2, 2022 after all the group members tested positive for COVID-19.

## Trivia

* He really likes Disney. According to Hyeongseop, when he was a child, he read a picture book about Snow White and was very impressed.
* Is a longtime fan of Girls' Generation.In addition, an acquaintance of his also said that Hyeongseop likes BTS too.
* His favorite movies are *Charlie and the Chocolate factory* and *The Girl Who Leapt Through Time*
* His favorite color: yellow
* His favorite food is cheese. Before, He didn't like noodles, sikhye, pears and carrots.But it seems that after a while, his taste has changed, now according to Hyeongseop, he likes everything except pork.
* Extremely loyal to mint chocolate.
* Initially his favorite hamburger restaurant was Big Mac, but later switched to 1955 Burger. His favorite drink is Fanta.
* He is very interested in art and has a hobby of going to exhibitions. In the past, he used to have a blog dedicated to posting at exhibitions.
* His favorite flowers are roses and cherry blossoms
* His favorite drink at Starbucks is Green Tea Latte
* His keyword - PASSION means that the period of training until debut as a singer is drawn from enthusiasm and self-development.
* His official icon is cheese (🧀). The reason mentioned is because this is his favorite food, and because choosing an icon as a food is not popular, he decided to choose this icon. However, the rabbit icon (🐰) that he used often before his debut will still be used.
* During predebut, Hyeongseop was commented to have the same way of using sentence phrases when talking as he does in writing, so he tried to change the way he said it to be more natural by adding sentence endings like "~해써!" , "~해가지구" sounds so cute. His vocabulary has also been expanded so that the use can be more suitable for the ending of the sentence. When talking, he also have many different gestures.
* Since Produce 101 season 2 aired, Hyeongseop's gentle voice has become a topic of discussion online and other contestants on the show have also mentioned it.
* When Hyeongseop's mother was pregnant with him, his grandfather also dreamed of a pond, in which there were two black carp swimming.
* He was very nearsighted. During a fansign, he once revealed that his left eye is -5.7 and his right eye is -6.5. Because of his nearsightedness, he often has to wear contact lenses, but in 2017, he underwent LASIK eye surgery and now his eyesight is -1.2 left eye and -1.0 right eye.
* His first love was in his 3rd year of middle school.

## Reference

1. ↑ After School Club Ep.288 (Video)
2. ↑ On *After School Club*, Kevin also said that his skin was white and he looked like a real prince, while Jamie praised him, saying, "You would look so good as a prince."
3. ↑ He also passed the second round of auditions for Loen Entertainment, Jellyfish Entertainment, and Cube Entertainment.
4. ↑ During the audition for the show Produce 101 Season 2, he danced a medley of Girls' Generation's hits that he prepared by himself and was chosen by Miss Bae Yoonjung in Countdown 101 (Video). In episode 11, during the evaluation to choose the Center position for Super Hot in front of coaches Kahi and Kwon Jaeseung, he chose the choreography of Girls' Generation's The Boys (The 'Girls bring the boys out!' part)
5. ↑ While promoting the album Color of Dream, he showed off the autographed album of Taeyeon on Instagram and declared that he is a successful fanboy.
6. ↑ An acquaintance said that he always carries the album Hwayangyeonhwa (화양연화). He also asked his friend to send him a picture of Jimin hyung. At the end of Produce 101 season 2, many people noticed that he had Jimin on his phone screen background. The first songs he would listen to when tired are "Never Mind" and "Tomorrow"
7. ↑ Because he loves cheese, he also used to run a fancafe called 'Cheese Kingdom'. When he was 12 years old, he used a social network nickname as Cheese (치즈). (Link)
8. ↑ The reason why he doesn't like sikhye is because sikhye (Korean rice water) will have rice residue when drinking, and some noodles are because of the trauma he have when eating jjajangmyun noodles.

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