HEESEUNG
KEY FACTS
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Stage Name |
Heeseung (희승) |
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Birth Name |
Lee Heeseung (이희승) |
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Birthday |
October 15, 2001 |
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Nationality |
Korean |
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Height |
183cm (6 ft) |
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Blood Type |
A |
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MBTI |
INTP (INFJ & INFP previous) |
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Zodiac |
Libra (Western Astrology) / Snake (Chinese zodiac) |
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Position |
Center |
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Representative Emojis |
🦌 or 🐹 |
PRE-DEBUT
Heeseung is from Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (source)
He has an older brother who is 2 years older than he is.
He started dreaming to become a singer when he was 6. (source)
He covered BTS’ DNA during a school function with his friends. (source)
After taking an entrance test at Hanlim Arts High school, he was approached by 7-8 company officials to cast him. Bighit Entertainment wanted the contract the soonest, and he wanted to be there as well, so he signed the contract.
Heeseung audition for Hanlim Arts High School with ‘A Little Girl’ by Oh Hyuk. (source)
He sang the song Woo-ah (우아해) by Crush for his audition at Bighit. (source)
As a Bighit trainee, he was the trainee representative for the ‘New Staff Development Team.’ (source)
He trained under BigHit for 3 years and 1 month before he transferred to BE:LIFT Lab.
During the BTS Test in I-Land, he received the highest score of 93 of the show for his Fake Love performance.
In the final episode of I-Land, he placed 5th by global votes with a total of 1,137,323 votes.
HOBBIES AND SKILLS
Heeseung has perfect pitch and can easily identify up to two to three notes simultaneously. (source)
He can understand and speak conversational English. He went to Canada during the 3rd year of his middle school for a month-long English Training Language program. Jake said when they are together, they speak in English 80% of the time. (source)
He enjoys watching movies to foster creativity and sentimentality. (source)
Heeseung listens to variety of music and was described by members as someone who constantly listens to music.
LIKES AND DISLIKES
Heeseung enjoys and listens to all kinds of music. He especially likes R&B and Indie music.
His favourite ice cream flavour from Baskin Robbins is Rainbow Sherbet.
He loves Hawaiian pizza and does not like mint chocolate.
His favourite drink is Galbae (pear juice). (source)
He is not a fan of horror movies.
Likes Studio Ghibli movies; especially Ocean Waves.
In his I-Land Profile, he listed Winter and Spring as his favorite seasons. (source)
His favorite colors are purple and ivory.
His favorite Japanese food is gyukatsu (beef cutlet).
He likes bubble tea with mango flavored pearls. (source)
He likes romance movies.
His favorite flower is setaria viridis/green foxtail. (source)
He loves eating strawberries
He prefers dogs over cats. (source)
His favorite Pokemon is Pikachu, but he also adores Ditto and Squirtle.
His favorite scents are shampoo and baby-lotion scents.
PERSONALITY
Heeseung is a perfectionist: “Some people think deeply about one thing, and others think about a lot of things.” (source)
Along with Jungwon, he was considered as one of the candidates to become the leader of ENHYPEN. Heeseung decided to focus on his responsibilities as the eldest of the group. (source)
His favourite expression is “it’s no big deal.” He said, “whether I'm in a good or bad situation, if I say it to myself, it calms me down.” (source)
His favorite movie is Toy Story because the movie’s theme centers around memories, which he finds touching. (source)
The members voted Heeseung as the funniest member many times since he likes to crack jokes. (source)
RANDOM FACTS
He is the eldest member of the group, being a ‘01 liner.
Dean is one of his biggest role models in terms of attitude and mindset towards music in general. (source)
He and Sunoo are the two members who are good at eating spicy food. Their duo is “Spicyz”.
When he was younger, he used to look a lot more like his dad but now he looks more like his mom.
He played Ocean Waves OST - First impression as his favorite anime OST when he was asked by a fan during VLIVE.
Heeseung’s favourite football player is the Argentine footballer, Lionel Messi.
He is heavily inspired and influenced in terms of musical tastes by MiSO’s songs, especially “Take me”.
During the Enhypen debut showcase interview, he said that a character most similar to him is Bambi.
He has cited SHINee as his role model when he was in middle school. Other than that, for his applicant profile for I-land as well as the 2020 December issue for Seventeen Magazine, he referred to his dad as his role model and hero. (source)
If he were to become the main character of a movie, he would choose being a male lead of a Japanese romance animation, specifically Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle. (source)
He once stated that a mic is something he cannot live without. (source)
Heeseung chose Ironman as his favorite superhero, and the one he is most similar to. (source)
Heeseung participated on the English narration of “Intro: The Invitation” in their second EP - BORDER: Carnival.
Heeseung and Jake are collectively known as ‘Ramyeonz’ because of their love for the late-night instant noodles as snack.
He was voted by the members as the member who’s most likely to write their next hit. (source)
He and Jay often have ‘heart-to-heart’ conversations as he’d admitted in an interview with Jeff Benjamin for forbes.com and during his solo VLive on 22.05.22.
In an interview with MTV Australia, when asked how each of them would describe 2021, Heeseung described the year 2021 as ‘stairs’.
Heeseung, along with Jay, is an ambassador of Pomellato (an Italian jewelry brand).
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