Introducing HeeJin of LOONA (1st Girl To Be Revealed for 이달의 소녀)
Above-left: Heejin circa September 2016.
Above-right: HeeJin circa March 2020.
(Above images via @loonatheworld)
The first member of LOONA to debut was "HeeJin", with the above teaser first released online circa September 25th, 2016, followed by her single and music video for "ViViD" online October 4/2016, which until this blogpost on March 18/2020 has only received nearly 6 million views - which is in no way an indication of her talent, I insist.
HeeJin was also a member of the first subunit of LOONA, named "LOONA 1/3", along members HyunJin, HaSeul and ViVi. Besides her solo single "ViViD", HeeJin had also released "Love & Live" with LOONA 1/3, and subsequently with "Love & Evil" (a repacked version of their first album). But for today, I'll focus on her single, ViVid.
Before we watch her debut MV proper, here are basic information of the gorgeous artist gleaned from loonatheworld.fandom.com:
Stage Name: HeeJin (희진)
Japanese: ヒジン (Hijin)
Birth Name: Jeon Hee-Jin (전희진; 田姬振)
Birth date: October 19, 2000.
Astrological Sun Sign: Libra
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Dragon
Color: Bright Pink (진분홍색)
Animal: Rabbit (토끼)
Representative Country: France
The wiki also mentioned her "Stitch" doll/plushie (from Lilo & Stitch), which she "carries around everywhere". As an ongoing series feature on my TOYSREVIL-blog, I have paired her with selected character toys, that correlates to both her designated-animal sign in LOONA, and perhaps a taste of her preference... Meanwhile:
"ViViD" is the only LOONA song to have a music video filmed by VM Project, with the production credit listed here, as well a intensely long Analysis of "ViViD" in the "LOONAVERSE" = a massive lore weaved into the creation and evolution of LOONA, created by Jaden Jeong for BlockBerry Creative - whom has since left BBC, and the chapter closed by the time "Butterfly" launched as a Single... But I'll get to that eventually...
Featured below is the in-studio Choreography Practice for "ViViD" (only 543,976 views as of this post), followed below with what can be best described as the "acoustic" version - "ViViD (100% Real Live)", which has also received a very dismal 326,675 views, since its October 19/2016 upload - all of which truly deserved more attention from folks, and I certainly hope it has not affected her as much until now... :(
The above featured "acoustic version" led to the "ViViD (Acoustic Mix)" video (uploaded September 21/2019), which showcased "archival" footage of the song. Her denim ensemble is also seen in the photocard found in HyunJIn's CD Single too... :)
UPDATED: I have added HeeJin’s LOONA LOG / VLOGS which the girls had filmed and edited themselves!
Is it just me or has HeeJin been holding herself back since the earlier days of debut? Or has the other members’ individual charismas since blossomed, so they are all shining equally now? I sense the “breakout girl” reigning in her ability to shine, so that the group would shine as a whole…? But to be utterly “fair”, she is still the reigning CF/TVC-Queen of LOONA, and perhaps she has found her groove not just be herself, in pursuit of wellness and strenghtening herself, involved in other creative outlets (see her LOONA LOG where she creates her own graphic intro), and not need to “switch on” all the time.... but maybe all that's just me... :p
ADDED: Photocard Image from my [12:00] album pull:
UPDATED: The following Concept Photos were revealed (From June 3-June 6, 2021) in anticipation of LOONA's 4th mini album [&] comeback, scheduled for 2021.6.28 pm6 (KST) Release.
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