S2 Entertainment K-pop girl group Kiss of Life is brimming with talent, which means there are lots of fun facts and trivia to discuss about the members. The group name “Kiss of Life” literally refers to “giving life through mouth-to-mouth CPR” and has the meaning that the group will be “the next fresh breath of energy in K-pop.” The group has described itself as a “fifth-generation K-pop group,” and they have aspirations that they can “bring the same energy as TLC and Destiny’s Child.” And they certainly got off to a strong start when they debuted on July 5, 2023, having filmed their many debut videos across three weeks in Hungary. But so the KISSY fandom can learn even more about the group, we here maintain this current, comprehensive, and ever growing Kiss of Life members profile, fully fact-checked with trivia and fun facts about Julie Han, Natty, Belle, and Haneul. K-Pop Answers collected all of this information ourselves through many hours of research to better inform the public about this great group, so do please share this page if you find it useful!

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Kiss of Life Members Profile: Facts and Trivia for Julie, Natty, Belle, and Haneul

Julie Profile: Fun Facts & Trivia

• Julie Han is from Honolulu, Hawaii. She speaks native English, as does Belle. In Hawaii, she was a ballerina, but then she quit for a time after having to move to South Korea with her parents. After that, her father suggested she try something different, like hip hop dancing, leading her down her current path. [DJ Ashley’s Radio’ Clock, August 3, 2023 / Daebak Show S3 Ep. 17, January 23, 2024]
• She is the rapper and leader of Kiss of Life. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Julie vacillates between ENFP and ENFJ for the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) personality test. She is a “J” in work situations and a “P” for fun times. [Koreanet K-POP STAR SHOWCASE, August 2, 2023]
• Julie is 163 cm tall or 5’4″, and she is the shortest member of Kiss of Life. Owing to her short height, Julie is known to wear high-heeled shoes for performances to keep in line with the heights of her fellow members. [KIOF Changing Profile, October 12, 2023 / Kiss of Life Twitter, November 3, 2023 / Music Broadcast Behind Part 1, August 16, 2023]
• She first auditioned to join a K-pop agency at age 17. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• In turn, Julie had been a student of Def Dance Skool and Def Music Academy in South Korea, and in 2017, her performance there earned her a spot at YG’s The Black Label. (She would not debut at The Black Label though.) [Def Music, Undated / Koreaboo, July 6, 2018]
• Julie and Natty joined their company, S2 Entertainment, at the same time. [Kiss of Life M/V Making Documentary Ep. 2, August 27, 2023]
• There was a point at which someone had told Julie that they did not think she would make it as an idol, which only inspired Julie to work even harder to debut and succeed. [Arirang Radio Keyword Interview, August 14, 2023]
• When she was young, Julie wanted to be a teacher. She used to want to major in psychology, so she would have liked to have taught that. [Arirang Radio Keyword Interview, August 14, 2023]
• Of the Kiss of Life members, they think Julie is the most fashionable, and her mom had incidentally majored in fashion design. [Wow Studio MBTI Interview, July 14, 2023]
• Belle thinks Julie is the funniest member of Kiss of Life, and she says Julie is good at impersonations. [Celeb Confirmed, August 31, 2023]
• Julie had a dream of being part of a magazine photo shoot, but since their debut album was formatted in the vein of a magazine, she called it a “wish coming true.” [Kiss of Life Album Unboxing, July 11, 2023]
• Julie confessed to making one mistake on stage during the first month of their debut, but no one actually noticed besides the members themselves, not even their company! [DJ Ashley’s Radio’ Clock, August 3, 2023]
• Julie does not like pineapple on pizza. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Julie loves sports and as such was excited to watch a baseball game that they performed at. [KI-OFF, September 15, 2023]
• While Julie doesn’t have a specific music role model, she really likes and respects Rihanna and Aaliyah. [Mnet Plus Magazine Interview, July 13, 2023]
• At debut, Julie’s hope was that the media would refer to them as “monster rookies.” [Kiss of Life Debut Showcase, July 5, 2023]
• Julie wants to tour and perform in her home of Hawaii with her members. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• According to their senior manager, Kim Jun-ho, Julie cannot eat grapefruit. [Knowing Manager EP.04, November 15, 2023]
• When Kiss of Life was jokingly deciding what each member’s individual “concept” is within the group, Julie called herself “queen,” but Natty kept insisting that Julie is “mother”! [K-Star Live, November 27, 2023]
• Julie’s brother is author Joseph Han, and singer Eric Nam had actually met Joseph Han in Hawaii prior to meeting Julie. This was when Julie was still an idol trainee. [Daebak Show S3 Ep. 17, January 23, 2024]

Natty Profile: Fun Facts & Trivia

• Natty was born in Thailand as อาณัชญา สุพุทธิพงศ์ (Anatchaya Suputhipong). [PRAEW, July 25, 2023]
• Natty is the main dancer of Kiss of Life. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Natty vacillates between INFP and INFJ for MBTI. [Weekly Idol Profile, November 9, 2023]
• Natty is 166 – 167 cm tall or 5’5 1/3″ – 5’5 3/4″. [KIOF Changing Profile, October 12, 2023 / Kiss of Life Twitter, November 3, 2023]
• Natty came to South Korea when she was 10 years old after passing an audition in Thailand for both SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment. Her Korean dance teacher in Thailand had been the one to recommend that she audition, and Natty’s father encouraged her to pursue her dreams when she passed. (Her mom did not want her to go!) The first artist Natty “truly fell for” was Tinashe. [Daebak Show S3 Ep. 17, January 23, 2024 / Mnet Plus Magazine Interview, July 13, 2023]
• Prior to debuting in Kiss of Life, Natty had competed on the K-pop survival series Sixteen in 2015 and Idol School in 2017, and she debuted as a soloist at Swing Entertainment in 2020. [Allkpop Interview, July 17, 2023 / Melon]
• Of the Kiss of Life members, they think Natty talks the least. Julie said that Natty used to talk more, but Natty joked that Julie and Belle are too loud and it becomes tiring sometimes, resulting in Natty speaking less. [Wow Studio MBTI Interview, July 14, 2023]
• The group members also selected Natty as the one they respect and rely on because of her previous industry experience. [Wow Studio MBTI Interview, July 14, 2023]
• Natty created the choreography for her debut solo song, “Sugarcoat (NATTY Solo),” and she aimed to “incorporate free and groovy moves into the R&B genre songs” that she usually enjoys listening to. [Mnet Plus Magazine Interview, July 13, 2023]
• Despite the group practicing it in advance of filming, Natty was simply unable to learn how to roller skate for their debut video, so there are only scenes of her tying the roller skates as opposed to actually using them! [DJ Ashley’s Radio’ Clock, August 3, 2023]
• Natty knows how to play guitar. Haneul does as well. [KI-OFF Klip-#4, August 23, 2023]
• Natty considers herself a perfectionist when it comes to performing. [I’M NATTY, December 7, 2023]
• Natty has said that there are people who didn’t like her smile when she was young because “it was too much,” so she “tried to hide” her smile. However, Natty feels most confident when she smiles, so she eventually overcame this sensation. [I’M NATTY, December 7, 2023]
• When it comes to fears, Natty is afraid of “ghosts, insects, and everything” and can’t watch “anything graphic.” She insists she can ride at amusement parks though–except “pirate ship rides”! [Celeb Confirmed, August 31, 2023]
• Natty prefers dogs to cats. [Reddit AMA, July 8, 2023]
• Natty’s big goal for the year of their debut (and the group’s goal in general) was to win the Rookie of the Year award. [Kiss of Life Debut Showcase, July 5, 2023]
• Natty wants to tour her home of Thailand with her members, and she was first able to achieve part of this dream when they performed in Bangkok in October 2023, as their first overseas schedule. The members even ate at Natty’s parents’ home. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023 / Korea Tourism Festival in Thailand, October 29, 2023]
• According to their senior manager, Kim Jun-ho, Natty cannot eat cucumbers or bananas. [Knowing Manager EP.04, November 15, 2023]

Belle Profile: Fun Facts & Trivia

• Belle’s birth name is Annabelle Shim (Korean name Shim Hyewon), but she prefers to be called Belle. Her father is singer Shim Shin, and her mother has a hometown of Paris, France. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023 / Koreaboo, June 6, 2023 / K-Star Live, November 27, 2023]
• Belle is the main vocalist of Kiss of Life. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Belle is an ENFP for MBTI. [Reddit AMA, July 8, 2023]
• Belle is 167 – 168 cm tall or 5’5 3/4″ – 5’6″. [Reddit AMA, July 8, 2023 / KIOF Changing Profile, October 12, 2023 / Kiss of Life Twitter, November 3, 2023]
• Speaking about her father, Belle said, “My dad, first of all, he’s always been really supportive of my music, and when I make demos and send them out, he gives me a lot of good feedback.” Belle added that “as a singer I look up to him, but he’s really excited to try new fun things with me.” Although, he was actually initially opposed to the idea of her entering the music industry. [Kiss of Life Debut Showcase, July 5, 2023 / Arirang Radio Keyword Interview, August 14, 2023]
• Belle is from Seattle, Washington, and she lived in the United States for either seven-to-eight or eight-to-nine years. She dreams of performing in Seattle with Kiss of Life. [Daebak Show S3 Ep. 17, January 23, 2024 / Reddit AMA, July 8, 2023]
• Prior to debuting in Kiss of Life, Belle was a songwriter and producer already, notably co-composing Le Sserafim’s “Unforgiven” and Miyeon of (G)I-dle’s “Softly.” The first song she wrote for another artist was “Find You” by Purple Kiss, for which she was a co-composer. Belle was likewise a producer on her own group’s debut album, Kiss of Life. [Allkpop Interview, July 17, 2023 / Daebak Show S3 Ep. 17, January 23, 2024]
• Belle never auditioned to become an idol. According to Belle, S2 wanted her to join the Kiss of Life project because the CEO wanted to create a “one of a kind” girl group “filled with artists,” and Belle fit the bill. [Daebak Show S3 Ep. 17, January 23, 2024]
• Talking about the difference between being a songwriter and an actual performer, she said, “(N)ow that I’m debuting as a singer, I feel like I’m starting to make music that’s visible.” She added, “By starting music, I think the mindset is definitely different, and the responsibility is also huge, but I think it can be a really big challenge and a big turning point in my life, so I’m really looking forward to it.” [Kiss of Life Debut Showcase, July 5, 2023]
• Belle’s all-time favorite song to sing at noraebang is “너의 모든 순간 (Every Moment of You)” by Sung Si-Kyung. [Celeb Confirmed, August 24, 2023]
• When Belle was in middle school, her dream was to be a fashion designer. [KIOF TIME Ep. 1, September 30, 2023]
• Belle composed her debut solo song in Kiss of Life, “Countdown (BELLE Solo),” in her second year of high school, in two sessions with the songwriting group Royal Dive. The song was originally called “Getdown” and an English demo exists, but the title and lyrics were changed for the Korean release. [Kiss of Life M/V Making Documentary Ep. 1, August 24, 2023]
• The lead song for Kiss of Life, their debut album, changed completely just two weeks before the filming of the music video, so Belle says they basically just didn’t sleep during that period in order to learn all the new choreography and adjust to other sudden changes! They changed the lead song to “쉿 (Shhh)” so they could perform a song the group had written. [Arirang Radio Keyword Interview, August 14, 2023]
• By Korean measure, Belle says she has 2.0 and 1.5 eyesight, which is significantly better than 20:20 vision. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Belle is a “big, big, huge fan” of mint chocolate (particularly ice cream), and Julie is a fan too. (Natty and Haneul are not.) [Koreanet K-POP STAR SHOWCASE, August 2, 2023]
• However, Belle’s favorite summer snack is “COOKIES!!” [Reddit AMA, July 8, 2023]
• Belle wears the other members’ clothes without asking them first, and Julie joked that Belle does her shopping in Julie’s room. [Wow Studio MBTI Interview, July 14, 2023]
• Belle and Julie joke that their (hypothetical) subunit name is “Bellie”! [KI-OFF, August 20, 2023]
• According to the other Kiss of Life members, the hardest member to wake up in the morning is Belle. As Julie describes it, “She just chooses not to wake up” until the last moment. [DJ Ashley’s Radio’ Clock, August 3, 2023]
• Belle has “always dreamed of becoming an artist who can honestly tell her story in her songs,” and she admires the music, fashion, image, and attitude of Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, and Sabrina Carpenter. She would like to collaborate with Sabrina Carpenter particularly. [Mnet Plus Magazine Interview, July 13, 2023 / Reddit AMA, July 8, 2023]
• Belle wants to visit Guam again after going there often when she was younger. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Belle says the “biggest goal” overall for their group is to chart on Billboard. [Allkpop Interview, July 17, 2023]
• On July 14, 2023, Belle won the Proud Korean Grand Prize in the composer category at the 2023 Korea Best Brand Awards. [Allkpop, July 17, 2023]
• Belle is the one who came up with the name “KISSY” for their fandom. [KIOF TIME Ep. 1, September 30, 2023]
• According to their senior manager, Kim Jun-ho, Belle cannot eat raw fish. [Knowing Manager EP.04, November 15, 2023]
• Belle has a special dance she does when she meets people, which Natty described as looking like a “lizard.” [Daebak Show S3 Ep. 17, January 23, 2024]

Haneul Profile: Fun Facts & Trivia

• Haneul is the “boss baby” maknae of Kiss of Life. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Haneul vacillates between ESTJ and ISTJ for MBTI. [Koreanet K-POP STAR SHOWCASE, August 2, 2023]
• Haneul is 168 – 169 cm tall or 5’6″ – 5’6 1/2″, and she is the tallest member of Kiss of Life. [KIOF Changing Profile, October 12, 2023 / Kiss of Life Twitter, November 3, 2023]
• Within the group, Haneul has the unusual, comical nickname of “Bob Sky” (or “Bapsky” / “Bop Sky”). This nickname originated from wanting to give her an English name, and at first the members recommended “Sky” (“Haneul” in English). However, Haneul likes rice (“bap” in Korean), so they combined the two as “Bapsky” or “Bob Sky.” Haneul likes the name! [DJ Ashley’s Radio’ Clock, August 3, 2023]
• Haneul originally became interested in singing after watching SISTAR perform, and around the time of middle school or early high school, she realized it was what she really wanted to do. [Arirang Radio Keyword Interview, August 14, 2023]
• Prior to debut, Haneul did not feel she had a “distinct color” among the Kiss of Life members, but then her vocal teacher told her she is “like a pillar” for the group because her “dance and clear voice harmonize the whole members’ colors.” Likewise, staff members told Haneul that “sincerity” is her color, because she always asks questions instantly when she’s thinking about something. Haneul felt she understood her color in the group from these experiences. [I’M HANEUL, December 7, 2023]
• Haneul has called herself the “grandmother” of Kiss of Life (in comparison to Julie being the “mother”) because of how she sometimes nags the others in the dorm, perhaps about chores. [Koreanet K-POP STAR SHOWCASE, August 2, 2023]
• Of their debut solo songs, Haneul liked “Countdown (BELLE Solo)” the most. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Haneul has been heavily influenced by Lee Su-hyun from AKMU and Olivia Rodrigo. [Mnet Plus Magazine Interview, July 13, 2023]
• Haneul knows how to play guitar. Natty does as well. [KI-OFF Klip-#4, August 23, 2023]
• Haneul says she was a school “president and vice president” when she was in elementary school. [MBC IDOL Club Activity, July 19, 2023]
• Haneul has had a long-time desire to visit Japan and France. [After School Club Episode 584, July 25, 2023]
• Among the Kiss of Life members, they most associate Haneul with exercise, and Belle has said that she wants to see Haneul participate in a bodybuilder competition. Haneul’s devotion to ab workouts has sometimes distracted other members at home, and she admitted to looking “like a cockroach” when she once saw herself in the mirror doing that exercise! [KIOF Changing Profile, October 12, 2023]
• According to their senior manager, Kim Jun-ho, Haneul will eat anything except raw fish. [Knowing Manager EP.04, November 15, 2023]
• The Kiss of Life members agree that Haneul is the most sincere photographer in the group, and Julie says that Haneul even critiques staff members on the best ways to take photos of the other members. [K-Star Live, November 27, 2023]
• By incredible coincidence, Haneul says that, two years before the “Bad News” and “Nobody Knows” music videos were filmed, she played a student in a supporting role at the exact school they filmed the MVs at, and she also played dodgeball in that role! Haneul said, “What’s so amazing is that they filmed the same dodgeball scene in the same classroom in the same school. So I was so surprised.” [Born to be XX Documentary Ep. 3, December 28, 2023]
• Haneul is a Studio Ghibli fan, and her favorite of its films is Spirited Away. [Daebak Show S3 Ep. 17, January 23, 2024]

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