Pictures from her high school days were revealed through her minihompy, documenting her practice with the haegeum, a Korean traditional instrument.
She attached the captions, ‘During my 12th grade entrance exam‘, and “This was when I already had callouses so it didn’t hurt much… Calluses where are you now….”
Although they were a testament to her love of music, fans were shocked nonetheless by the deep callouses on each of her fingers.
A representative from her agency stated, “Jiyoo is a practice worm. Despite her young age, her passion has been maintained due to the hard effort she put in since she was a child. She does not mind having to practice hard to fulfill her dreams.”
Jiyoo, who is currently a student of traditional Korean music at Ewha Women’s University, graduated from Gukak National Middle and High School as a ‘Korean traditional music goddess’, thanks to her talent. Though the classes are notoriously demanding and challenging, Jiyoo led her class as either a 1st or 2nd place student.
As for her family background, her father is an executive board member on one of Korea’s leading automobile companies and her mother is an elementary school teacher.
The combination of Jiyoo’s looks, school records, and family background placed her on the list of celebrity ‘umchinddals‘, or ‘mom’s friend’s daughter’, a term to describe perfect girls that others can only envy.
A representative stated,
“Jiyoo, who studied traditional Korean music since she was little, has an extraordinary talent for music. Besides playing the haegeum, gayageum and geomungo for her major, she can also play the piano and guitar well. After her debut, she has been busy completing many schedules, but hasn’t become lazy with her specialty instrument, the haegeum. Soon you will be able to hear Jiyoo’s lovely haegeum performances through broadcasts.“
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