Hanni (NEWJEANS) Profile, Bio, & Facts

Hanni (하니) is a Vietnamese-Australian singer and a member of the girl group NEWJEANS under ADOR.

Hanni (NEWJEANS) Profile

Hanni (NEWJEANS) Facts:

Early Life

– Hanni was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
– She dropped out of Our Lady of Mercy College.
– She went to a catholic middle school and high school.
– She never lived in Vietnam and only visited many times with her family.
– Her parents and grandparents moved to Australia before her birth.
– She attended One Direction’s concert in Melbourne when she was in her fourth year of elementary school.

Personal Life

– She currently attends an Australian high school and has online classes.
– She would want to be a handball player if she were an athlete.
– On her days off, she enjoys cleaning and organizing things around her. She also values phone conversations with family and watching various videos as a way to take a break.
– She has a younger sister named Jasmine Pham, born in 2007.
– Watching movies is one of her favorite pastimes, and she tries to watch at least one movie per week.
– She is close with Heo Yunjin (LE SSERAFIM) because she used to train together with her.
– The best advice she got is from her parents that she shouldn’t compete with others and rather compete with herself. (VOGUE KOREA)
– The most memorable movie she watched was “Inception” and she loved it. (Ask Anything Chat)
– Hanni became interested in K-pop in 2013 after watching a reaction channel that reacted to Girls’ Generation’s “I Got A Boy” music video.
– Her nickname is Pigtails.
– She describes members in the following emojis, Minji (👻), Danielle (🤪), Hyein (🐣) and Haerin (👽). (ELLE KOREA)
– Something she would like to her recently-debuted self is “You don’t need to worry too much. You’re going to experience everything anyway and you’ll learn through the process. There will be members by your side as well so you don’t need to worry.”.
– She learned to play the ukele during music class in elementary school.
– She is a Catholic Christian.
– Her grandfather used to work at a Taekwondo academy.
– Her bag includes her wallet, massage ball, bunny pouch, and flower oil, nail clippers. (GUCCI)
– She desires to shoot advertisements for ice cream, clothes, bags, and jewelry.
– She is a fan of Slytherin in Harry Potter because she finds them cool.
– She is roommates with Danielle.
– She never saw the movie “Train to Busan” because she was in Korea at the time of its release and she felt quite scared as a kid.
– She would study hard and get a science-related job if she weren’t an idol.
– Her representative emoji is the rabbit 🐰.
– She relieves her stress by reading books, listening to music and singing along. (GUCCI)
– Hanni is one of the shortest members in NewJeans.
– Her Chinese zodiac is the Monkey.
– Her first job was organizing books in the library and doing mundane stuff like cleaning and moving things around in school. Her old primary school teacher called her to have an extra hand at school so she went because she had lots of free time and her younger sister still went there. (NME Interview)
– She believes that her strength is her easy going personality and likes to try everything. (ELLE KOREA)
– Her representative color is Pink.

Career

– Hanni debuted as the first Vietnamese idol under HYBE.
– She is considered the main vocalist in the group “NewJeans”.
– She was a member of the AEMINA Dance Crew based in Melbourne.
– She joined the company when she passed the “Plus Global Audition” held in Melbourne, Australia.
– She began training in October 2019 and trained for 2 and a half years before debuting.
– In 2021, she appeared in the BTS ‘Permission to Dance” MV with Minji and was nicknamed “Cherry” because people didn’t know her name.
– She sang “Would you be so kind” by Dody Clark while playing with her ukulele for her audition with Source Music.
– She participated as a lyricist and composer for NewJeans’s songs “Hype Boy” and “OMG”.
– She participated in the show “Voice Kids Australia” when she was in fourth grade.
– She appeared as a guest on the show “Limousine Service” in January 2023.

Magazines & Endorsements

– Hanni has been featured in “Marie Claire Korea”, and “W Korea” magazines.
– She was appointed as a brand ambassador for “GUCCI” only two months after her debut in October 2022.
– She became a makeup ambassador for Armani in February 2023.

Likes & Dislikes

– She enjoys playing arcade games.
– Her often-used emojis are 😊 (smile) and 🥰 (smile heart).
– When she was younger, Hanni was a fan of One Direction and her favorite member was Niall Horan.
– She enjoyed watching “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and actively searched for related content and articles.
– She likes to capture pictures of beautiful, mysterious, or cute clouds.
– Grey and mint are her favorite colors.
– She likes to wear hoodies.
– ‘La La Land’ is her most favorite movie and it’s the only movie she can watch over and over again. (VOGUE KOREA)
– Her favorite word is ‘banana’.
– Her favorite movie genres are action films, Marvel, and animated movies.
– She enjoys all seasons except summer.
– She likes collecting vinyl records. (Special Interview: The First Year)
– Her favorite Christmas carols are “Silent Night” and “Holy Night” due to the memories of singing them during annual Christmas parties in elementary school.

Food Preferences

– When eating Taiyaki, she starts by eating the tail first.
– She likes to eat avocados.
– She loves eating bread like Minji and is even nicknamed “Bread Hani”.
– She enjoys eating Hawaiian pizza, meat and mint chocolate.
– Her favorite Baskin Robbins flavors are almond bon bon and melon.
– She dislikes apples that aren’t crunchy.
– If she could only eat one type of vegetable for the rest of her life, she would choose cabbages.
– Hanni is known for her ability to eat anything and doesn’t have any particular food dislikes.
– She has a deep love for bread and often jokes that she could introduce herself as “a person who loves bread sold on airplanes.”
– She is not a picky eater.

Abilities

– Although she is not skilled in sports, she still enjoys playing them.
– She is fluent in Vietnamese, English, and Korean.
– She is a black belt in taekwondo (2nd degree).
– She is considered the most competitive member of the group but Minji always manages to win against her in sports and other games.
– She can play piano, ukulele and guitar.
– Hanni is the fastest to learn lyrics and choreographies among the members.
– She is skilled in dancing along with Haerin.

Personality & Habits

– Hanni has the habit of holding in her laugh while laughing, which results in a unique sound.
– She has a fascination with taking pictures of clouds, whether they are strange, pretty, or cute.
– She can fall asleep anywhere even while sitting.
– She said her worst habit is when she tries to hold her laugh and it comes out as a snort. (Teen Vogue)
– She often likes to go for walks at night because of the cold atmosphere.

Streaming Platform Links
Genie | Bugs | Melon

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‘Hype Boy’ Hanni’s Version: