JEON SOMI's mother is Korean and father is Dutch-Canadian. She participated in SIXTEEN and PRODUCE 101. She won the 1st place in produce 101. She was in a girl group called 'I.O.I'. She was supposed to debut with ITZY but she was replaced with YUNA. She has friends in different groups like TWICE, AB6IX, CLC and BLACKPINK. She has a black belt in taekwondo. She debuted in 2019 with 'BIRTHDAY' M/V.
@joenull59458 ай бұрын
Quick history... Jeon Somi was in the survival show, Sixteen. She was a finalist in Sixteen and would have been in Twice, until JYP Daddy used his main producer voting power to eliminate her and bring back a previously eliminated trainee to debut in Twice. She was the only trainee from Sixteen that didn't make it into Twice to remain with JYP Entertainment. After having nothing to do as a trainee, she joined another survival show, Produce 101. She was the number 1 finalist and debut in I.O.I. After I.O.I disbanded, she returned to JYP Entertainment as a trainee and trained to debut with Itzy. Rumor was JYP Daddy disqualified her to debut with Itzy, so she left JYP Entertainment and signed with TheBlackLabel as a solo artist. At TheBlackLabel, she released two albums, XOXO & Game Plan, and three behind the scenes reality shows. Tangentially side info... From 2016-2022, TheBlackLabel was a subsidiary company of YG Entertainment. This meant YGE had overall control over TheBlackLabel and control over the release schedule for TheBlackLabel. In 2022, TheBlackLabel became an associate company at YG Entertainment. This meant YGE no longer has control over TheBlackLabel and Teddy now has total control over TheBlackLabel. As soon as TheBlackLabel became an associate company, Teddy announced he had been developing his own 5th gen girl group that will be debuting in late-2024. Then in 2023, every artist at TheBlackLabel got to release an album that year. Which those artists have all said or implied has been music that had been held back by YGE, due to YGE wanting to avoid schedule conflicts with artists at YGE. Towards the end of 2023, TheBlackLabel moved out of the old YGE building and into a new facility that has nothing to do with YGE. At the most recent YGE investors meeting, it was confirmed that Teddy was no longer a producer at YGE, but would remain the main producer and creative director for Blackpink. According to k-netizens that worked at both old and new TheBlackLabel buildings, Somi and the members of Blackpink were seen mentoring TheBlackLabel girl trainees.
@k-popcrashcourse8 ай бұрын
Omg this is soooo fascinating. I love the history behind things and finding out who came from where and how and what shows and almost debut with who but didn’t … all these things are so interesting!! It really informs the whole watch/listen experience and makes me like certain artists more. As for the label/business side of things- I LOVE business and all of this is so interesting to me!! The way certain people see potential in others and then start an off shoot company but then it becomes it’s own entity but also works on another girl group. Ugh. So fun and interesting to watch, or in this case learn about. Thanks for sharing!!
@joenull59458 ай бұрын
@@k-popcrashcourse I forgot to add... If you want to get to know Somi better, I recommend watching her three reality series. "I am Somi". Which covers her "What You Waiting For" era. "I am Somi: XOXO". Which covers her "XOXO" era. "Som-Thing". Which covers her "Game Plan" era.
@djn93668 ай бұрын
Fun fact thats her own car and the you should watch birthday - what you waiting for - dumb dumb - xoxo - anymore
@k-popcrashcourse8 ай бұрын
No way!! That’s amazing. We watched Anymore on the Patreon. The others we’ll try to make time to watch!!
@PPJH281168 ай бұрын
Some other facts. Somi’s real name is showing her Dutch roots: Ennik Douma. This is a common name in the North-East of the Netherlands. Unfortunately she doesn’t speak Dutch very well, however there are some clips where she is visiting the Netherlands. As you can see she has mastered Taekwondo (4th degree black belt). There are some youtube clips where she shows her high kicks and is breaking planks. For the Sixteen competition she even did a Taekwondo performance. She is not only a performer, but also a model. You will see her as a global ambassador for Prada in Milan, showing the latest fashion of the North Face and La Coste and many more. Finally she is a social butterfly and is befriended with many KPOP celebrities.
@xoluciaxo_37218 ай бұрын
I love Somi, I wish they would put her outta the basement more often💀 (before Fast Forward she didn’t put out any new music for like 1,5+ years) Pretty sure she was in the group IOI in like 2016. She was also in the same survival show Twice got formed in called Sixteen. She was also supposed to be in ITZY but she left the group before debut. She’s been doing THE MOST, yet she’s only 22 still. Crazy
@k-popcrashcourse8 ай бұрын
She’s done so much for being so young. Seriously though - when she shared her age in the song, I was like woah!
@k-popcrashcourse8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@xoluciaxo_37218 ай бұрын
Fun fact, she’s close friends with Woozi! An unexpected duo😂
@k-popcrashcourse8 ай бұрын
No way!! They would be 😃😃 Will we get a collab one day?! One can dream!!
@k-popcrashcourse8 ай бұрын
Who wants to learn the Fast Forward dance with me?!
@darren_46128 ай бұрын
SOMI - XOXO MV PLEASEEE 😞
@k-popcrashcourse5 ай бұрын
Hi! I've already seen Jeon Somi's "XOXO" - one of my favs! But Allison hasn't seen it yet. I gave her the whole mini album to listen to for the Patreon. She hasn't reacted to it yet but if/when she does it'll end up there. I hope she does it soon so that we both can do an album listening party for "Gameplan." Thanks for watching!
@keikot98288 ай бұрын
Could you react to &TEAM?
@k-popcrashcourse8 ай бұрын
We did recently!! Coming soon-ish … Allison wants to do more so we’re thinking maybe an Album Listen soon 😉😉