SNSD Kim Taeyeon: Profile and Facts

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Real name: Kim Tae-yeon (김태연)
Stage name: Taeyeon
Nicknames: Taeng, Taengoo, Tete, Kid Leader, JumTaeng, ByunTaeng
Date of Birth: March 9, 1989
Position (SNSD): Leader, Main Vocalist
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
Bloodtype: O
Sibling/s: Older brother (named Ji-woong), Younger sister (Ha-yeon)
Language/s: Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese
Specialty: Sing, trot
School: Jeonju Art High School (already graduated) 
Birthplace: Jeonju, North Jeonlla, South Korea
Height: 5'2" (1.57m)

Facts:

1. Part of SNSD's sub-group, TTS
2. Part of the ballad group, S.M. The Ballad
3. She discovered that she was "only talented in singing" when she was 13
4. Enrolled at SM Academy in when she was in middle school
5. Upon enrolling in SM Academy, she commutes from Jeonju to Seoul every Sunday to receive vocal training
6. Jung Sun Won, her former vocal trainor, gave her the chance to be in his song, "You Bring Me Joy".
7. Won at SM Youth Best Competition and received an official contract from SM Ent.
8. Received the award Lifetime Achievement Award from Jeonju Art High School
9. Inspired by BoA
10. She experienced sleepwalking
11. According to Sooyoung, when she's sleeping, she would speak clearly and even host a show. 
12. On one of her dreams, she said 'so handsome~'
13. She has an exceptional voice and sad tone that will make people feel the song 
14. In an interview, she said "Can You Hear Me" is one of the hardest song she ever sang.
15. Taeyeon became a DJ on Kangin Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio with SJ member Kangin. It was later renamed as Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, due to Kangin leaving the said program.
16. She appeared in We Got Married with comedian Jeong Hyeong-don
17. She participated in the song "S.E.O.U.L" to promote tourism in Korea.
18. Was a co-host of Win Win with 2PM's Wooyoung, Choi Hwa-jung, Kim Shin-young, and Kim Seung-woo
19. Had her musical debut on May 7, 2010, playing a female main role in Midnight Sun.
20. She learned guitar for performances in Midnight Sun.
21. Taeyeon said that it was hard doing musical shows, doing acting and singing at the same time
22. Casted as voice actors with Seohyun in Despicable Me, both prequel and sequel.
23. Played the role Margo and Edith on the two Despicable Me movies
24. Park Hae-woon said she is an amazing singer and executes her singing properly.
25. Formed a sub-group with Tiffany and Seohyun, TTS, from the initial of their names, and debuted with the album Twinkle.
26. Became a one-day guest DJ at MBC's Shindong program, Shimshimtapa with Tiffany
27. She and Tiffany sang "Lost In Love".
28. Taeyeon joined S.M. The Ballad in February 2014
29. Featured in a reality show along with Seohyun and Tiffany, The TaeTiSeo.
30. In February 2015, she was featured in Amber's Shake That Brass.
31. Known as OST Queen.
32. Park Jin-young wants to work with her.
33. Composer Yoo Youngseok described her (voice) as a woman that divorced seven times already 
34. In a relationship with EXO's Baekhyun since February 2014.
35. She looks like a kid, acts like a kid, but the oldest of all the SNSD members. That's why she earned the nickname "Kid Leader".
36. The best singer in SNSD.
37. Her fanbase is the largest in SNSD.
38. Her parents own an optical shop
39. She loves perfumes and has a collection of it.
40. She said he ideal man is Vegata of Dragon Ball.
41. She loves jelly, gummy worms, and anything like that.
42. Her name (Kim Tae Yeon) means "The Great Beauty."
43. Her roommates is/were: Tiffany, Sooyoung, Yoona (past), and Sunny (present)
44. She tripped and fell on a running race when she was in Middle School. The incident was serious and wounded her.
45. Not good in using left hand, that she just types with right hand.
46. SNSD agrees that she is the most beautiful of them all.
47. She speaks in her hometown's accent if she visits her hometown.
48. She (often) sleeps in yoga style, or crosses her legs.
49. She once escaped from training due to tiredness.
50. She wears contact lens.
51. The second best cooker in SNSD, second to Hyoyeon.
52. Talented in drawing.
53. When sleeping, her common phrase is "More! More!" that made Yoona, her former roommate, laughing so hard she had a hard time falling asleep.
54. She's confident with her lips.
55. Seohyun brainwashed her into liking Peroro which she found boring before.
56. She listens to radio when she's doing her assignment when she was still young. She feels that radio is a part of her life.
57. She dreamed of being a DJ, and when she did, it was a dream come true.
58. She likes boys who are humorous and positive. (No wonder she liked Baekhyun.)
59. Sunny and Sooyoung voted her as the most popular among the other SNSD members.
60. She thinks Kang Dong Won is handsome and she likes him. (Err... Baekhyun? What about him?)
61. She loves night time because she could already sleep. (Ooh...)
62. Loves black bean milk.
63. Taeyeon's singing ability was influenced by her parents.
64. She wants to go to Japan, England, and States.
65. Her parents are very supportive and let them (she and her siblings) decide on their own. That made her learn how to take care and handle things on her own. (That explains why she is a great leader.)
66. Loves purple flowers.
67.  According to her father, she's always been taeyeon (calm).
68. She has a VERY BAD MEMORY.
69. She was already an ahjumma (old lady) ever since middle school, her brother said.
70. Puts effort in everything she does.
71. She keeps her problems to herself, she won't tell the others because she thinks it would burden them.
72. She could talk unstoppably. 
73. She never played with dolls. Instead, she played with tops, robots, and cars.
74. She can sleep without closing her eyes.
75. When she was hospitalized, Sooyoung replaced her in Chinchin.
76. She likes Wonder Girls's SonMe.
77. She was asked if she and her boyfriend broke up and where will she go, she answered: "The most quite place of the world and calm myself alone." (Aww. :( BAEKHYUN, DON'T BREAK UP WITH HER!)
78. She felt so honored when she sang with Kangta. She wants to be with him for long so when Kangta taught her some singing lessons she made mistakes purposely. (GOSH.)
79. One time, when she was recording, she can't reach the high notes and cried. It was because she was worried of somebody. Tiffany and Hyoyeon was there. Tiffany can't walk at that time because of an injury, but she wanted to comfort her but Hyoyeon stopped her.
80. She loves teasing Tiffany by calling her Mi Young, Fany's Korean name because for her, it sounded ancient. When she would, Tiffany would call her mom and say that Taeyeon teases her. (TaeNy.)
81. She said no one has believed that she fell in love before.
82. She once kissed Jessica at the cheeks. (Aww. Missing them, TaengSic. And Sica too.)
83. She is taller than Sunny in just by "2cm".
84. When Fany does something wrong, Taeyeon would teach her.
85. Her phone was once lost and found at the refrigerator. 
86. Her grandmother went to the woods to gather herb for her when she was sick. When she learned about that, she was so happy.
87. Her favorite song from their first album is Merry Go Round.
88. She is dubbed as "Hobbit" (by her fans) because she is the second shortie among the other members but she is proud of being a shortie, stating that shorties can do better things than the taller ones.
89. She used to play RF online.
90. She still wants to be taller, so she stretch everyday.
91. An expert at fruit peeling.
92. Whenever she is angry, her members listen to her.
93. Cherishes her phone and he online games.
94. She is very scary if she is angry.
95. She once wanted to quit as leader of SNSD.
96. Once, when she came to Thailand, she remembered a staff of Soshified and pointed the staff and told the other members that she remembered the staff.
97. Knows how to play Starcraft. Her favorite race is Protos.
98. She doesn't like sleeping with long hair.
99. A good pen spinner.
100. Her favorite pajamas are the ones with long sleeves. In that way, she feels safe. 
101. Loves gummy bears.
102. She doesn't like boys with long hair.
103. A fan of Rain Bi.
104. Her favorite song is "Unconditionally".
105. She made their chant, "Right now it's SNSD."
106. She doesn't like herself when she is full.
107. Kim Taeyeon means "The Great Beauty" while Taeyeon means "calm".
108. She likes it when it rains and the wind blows.
109. Her favorite number is 9.
110. She likes cacti. (Cactus.)
111. She hides her sadness through smiles.
112. If she'll choose between love and friendship, she would choose friendship.
113. She dreamed to be a math teacher.
114. She prefers oppas. (Baekhyun is not an oppa.)
115. She hates aegyo and stated that she had a hard time trying to be cute in "Gee".
116. She doesn't have an e-mail.
117. Her motto is "Never do things that you will regret later."
118. She likes it when she is busy.
119. Taeyeon always wanted to do musicals.
120. In KBS MUSIC BANK SHOW, she got hit by a firework in the face. Luckily, the wound isn't serious.
121. She is wearing contacts.
122. She uses their house's elevator when sleeping. She once went down using the elevator and went back up. At the morning, she didn't remember anything she did when she was sleepwalking. Her father also said that she heard someone opening the door and found out that it was Taeyeon sleepwalking.
123. Taeyeon voted herself as the best cook in SNSD. Meanwhile, the others voted for Hyoyeon.
124. She sleeps for an average of seven hours a day.
125. When she take photos and the camera flashes, she thinks she is the prettiest.
126. One time, she cried because the members were eating on the table, but the staff were eating at the floor.
127. She is a shy little girl when she was still young.
128. She is a model of her parents' optical shop.
129. Her uncle always tells her to sing for him when she was young because he likes Taeyeon's voice.
130. She likes the movie National Treasure.
131. BoA is Taeyeon's inspiration to become a singer.
132. Hyungdon liked Taeyeon. He dared not to look at her since she was so cute.
133. She watches TV 4 hours a day.
134. Whenever she comes down the stage, she feels lonely and empty.
135. She takes utensils at broadcasting shows in case the members need it.
136. She often gets teased because of her height. Others also buy her milk.
137. She likes tigers, puppies, and cats.
138. She created the shorties union with Sunny. They pick on taller members.
139. She wants to visit America and Japan.
140. When the weather is dry, her throat and skin also becomes dry and she tries to drink a lot of water but she couldn't.
141. Her fanclub name is Taengang Unite.
142. Her elder brother looks similar to her and even has the same expression as her. He is also dubbed as Boy Taeyeon.
143. She used to suffer from insomnia.
144. Her favorite colors are light blue and purple blue. 
145. One of her ideal types is Vegata of Dragon Ball Z. 
146. She treasures her training jogging pants the most that she even wears it even though it is worn out until she gave it on WGM (We Got Married).
147. 2nd child among her siblings.
148. The 2nd shortest in SNSD.
149. She is also dubbed as Charming Leader.
150. She, Sooyoung and Yoona hates cockroaches so much that it even reached in a point that they burned it on top of a candle.
151. She is a multitalented leader.
152. She can fall asleep anywhere.
153. Her age gap with her brother is just a year.
154. She is the best of SNSD when it comes to vocals.
155. She is room mates with Tiffany when they were a trainee.
156. She is chosen as a leader because of a policy in SM that the oldest should be the leader. (I think that is the policy before, because in EXO, Suho nor Kris are the oldest, but they are the leaders.) 
157. Not easily influenced with mystical things.
158. She is blunt and dense.
159. She covers her wound with make-up. 
160. Gets drunk on butter beer.
161. Has five piercings.
162. When she takes a selca, she sets the camera on the 9th level.
163. She plays football.
164. She can imitate Sharpova, a tennis player's sound effects.
165. Her heights is 1.82m.
166. She loves to touch KARA's Nicole's butt.
167. She envies Sooyoung's short hair that she even copied it.
168. She distress by thinking of something else and listening to music.
169. She and Sunny are dubbed as Villains of SNSD.
170. She and Sunny are also dubbed to have short heights but steel hearts.

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