Taerae

## Signature

> I'm TEMPEST's youngest member, the more you know the more you find charming, Tae Rae!
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**Kim Tae-rae** (Hangul: 김태래), known mononymously as **Taerae** (Japanese: テレ), is a rapper and the *maknae* of the South Korean boy group TEMPEST.

## History

### Predebut

Taerae was born in Seoul but moved to Chungcheongnam Province and attended from elementary to high school there, after casting to become a trainee, he moved to Seoul to study and for his trainning

### 2022-present: Debut with TEMPEST

Taerae'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

* His favorite foods are rice cake, cake, sikhye, peach, watermelon, yogurt. He hates red pepper pickles.
* His favorite colors are red and light green.
* He doesn't like mint chocolate but he likes Hawaiin pizza
* Before his debut, he received a lot of attention because of his rare name. As of January 2022, there are only 20 people with the name 'Taerae' recorded national since 2008.
	+ His name Taerae write in Hanja (台來) with 台 - Byeoltae (Star) and 來 - Ollae (Coming), meaning the child coming from a star or a star is coming
	+ He has the same name with Kim Taerae of ZEROBASEONE and they are both born in 2002 and from Chungcheongnam. At the video call fan signing event, he left a video letter to Kim Taerae of ZEROBASEONE at the request of a fan, and the two met and greeted each other at the end of KCON JAPAN 2023 on May 14, 2023.
* His keyword - HAPPINESS, means that he will find a way to enjoy everything without caring about the prejudices around
* His official icon is the owl (🦉). The reason why he chose it was because he heard from the members many times that he looks like an owl
* In the group, only he and Hwarang are left-handed.
* During the audition, he sang Jukjae's '*Let's go see the stars*' and danced to Pentagon's *'Shine*'.
* He has a deep voice that surprises anyone who meets him for the first time. When the members first met Taerae, everyone thought he was older than them and didn't expect that Taerae was the maknae in the group.
* He often write using 3rd person. Even when writing to fans on fancafe, Taerae often refers to himself in 3rd person.
* Taerae's hair is naturally brown. That's why in the first week of transferring to a new school, he was often called back by his teacher to check his hair.
* Although he is the youngest in the group, Taerae is the eldest son in the family

## Reference

1. ↑ He enjoys all types of rice cake, so much so that his nickname at home is "rice cake".
2. ↑ His favorite cake is fresh cream strawberry cake. However, he is not a fan of cheese cake.
3. ↑ ↑ Because of that, when he was in school, he was given many nicknames by his classmates. For example, Mother Taeraesa (mother Teresa), Taerae vision (television) or Daerae Yaki (a Japanese cake)
4. ↑ It is recorded that in South Korea in 2002, only 3 children were born and named Taerae. The special thing is that 2 out of 3 of those children chose to pursue a career as an idol.
5. ↑ @taeraeglobal on Twitter (May 14, 2023)
6. ↑ @mysummtr on Twitter (May 14, 2023)
7. ↑ LEW, Hwarang and Hyuk all thought that he's older than them, and Hanbin didn't believe that he's the maknae

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