Taehyun

## Kang Taehyun

* Korean
* Japanese

**Taehyun** (태현) is a South Korean singer-songwriter under Big Hit Music. He is a member of the boy group TOMORROW X TOGETHER.

## History

### **2019: Debut with TOMORROW X TOGETHER**

On January 17, Taehyun was introduced as the fourth member of TOMORROW X TOGETHER with the release of his teaser video on YouTube.

The group debuted on March 4, 2019 with their first mini album The Dream Chapter: STAR.

### **2021-2022: Listen and first collaboration**

On January 4, 2021, it was announced that Taehyun and his group member Hueningkai would host the EBS Radio show *Listen*. They hosted the show from January 10, 2021 up until May 2, 2021.

On February 23, 2022, Taehyun alongside his group member Yeonjun featured on the American singer Salem Ilese's latest single PS5 which appeared on her latest EP titled *Unsponsored Content*.

## Personal life

### Education

On February 9, 2021, it was announced that Taehyun graduated from the Hanlim Arts High School.

## Credits

◯ = *Participates as writing/composer/producer*, ✖ = *Not participated as writing/composer/producer*

## Pets

Hobak
Aengdu

## Trivia

* **Education:**
	+ Seoul Hakdong Elementary School (Graduated)
	+ Hanlim Multi Art School (Applied Music Department)
* His 1st video entitled **Introductory Film - What Do You Do?** has the morse code **DREAMING**.
* His 2nd video entitled **Questioning Film - What Do You See?** showed his animal symbol is a parrot, with the morse code **CLUE** and the symbols of ◯.
* His TMI says:
	+ Family: 1 brother, 1 sister, youngest
	+ Hobbies and Specialties: Playing Football, Swimming
	+ Nickname: Lovely
	+ He has well defined eyes, nose, and lips.
	+ His little right toe foot usually cannot reach the ground.
	+ He has delicate hands.
	+ He loves iced caramel macchiato.
	+ He loves pop songs.
* His Spotify playlist was officially released on March 19, 2019.
* He was the fourth member to be announced.
* He is fluent in Korean and English.
* He used to be a child model.
* He revealed he use to act confident before [meaning he’s weak but he pretends to be strong] to an extent until his personality had changed (Community Site).
* He likes sweet things including Caramel Frappuccino (Community Site).
* He is someone who focuses on the present more than worrying about the future (Community Site).
* PD-Nim helped him with his expression by telling him that he should think of himself as a handsome guy (Community Site).
* He doesn’t like mint chocolate chip ice cream (Fanmeeting 030619).
* He is left-handed.
* He sleeps with his eyes open and they don’t close all the way. Soobin even said that when he goes to sleep you have to check to see if he’s really sleeping once in a while (V-LIVE).
* He used to do educational videos teaching kids how to speak English when he was a little kid.
* He has a sister who also speaks English.
* He likes photography.
* According to Korean netizens, he was in one or more local advertisements.
* He can’t eat spicy food. (TALK X TODAY Ep.1).
* He is very strong. (TALK X TODAY Ep.4).
* He likes the smell of nature. (TALK X TODAY Ep.5).
* He sees himself as a cat. (Fansign 150319).
* He has been a trainee for 3 years. (Fansign 150319).
* His favorite movie is Inception. (Fansign 150319).
* His favorite color is Yellow. (Fansign 150319).
* He often sings in karaoke ‘The Snowman’ by Jung Seunghwan. (Fansign 150319).
* His kindergarten class was ‘Sun’. (Fansign 150319).
* He has a cat named Hobak. (which means Pumpkin in English).
* He likes caramel flavored popcorn. (Fansign 140419)
* He, Beomgyu and Hueningkai have the top bunks. (After School Club).
* He and Beomgyu are the early birds. (After School Club).
* The first thing he orders at a cheap snack restaurant is peach-flavored juice. (TXT, ㅋㅋ DANCE ( KK DANCE)).
* If he was a girl, he would date himself.
* His family told him to switch to being right-handed instead of left-handed but he insisted that he didn’t want to.
* When he said to a fan that he believes in aliens and he was asked if he has seen one, he replied “Even though I have never seen one, I believe that the thought of aliens not existing is like pouring the ocean into a cup and then saying ‘eh? there are no fish’.*"*
* He likes and respects mathematician Gauss since Gauss is a genius, he admires him for his achievements on academic boundaries and not tied traditional customs of reformative solutions.
* He prefers cider over cola.
* He would dress up as Michael Jackson for Halloween.

## References

1. ↑ MMTG EP.205
2. ↑ ‘Introduction Film - What do you do?’ - 태현 (TAEHYUN)
3. ↑ Soompi: TXT Chosen As New DJs For EBS Radio Show
4. ↑ Soompi: TXT’s Huening Kai And Taehyun To Step Down As DJs Of EBS Radio Show
5. ↑ NME: Hear Salem Ilese’s new single ‘PS5’, featuring TXT and Alan Walker
6. ↑ Allkpop: Fans celebrate TOMORROW x TOGETHER's 'Hanlimz' graduating from high school by sharing their adorable yearbook photos
7. ↑ Spotify: #SpotifyxTXT Quiz