{"id":9,"date":"2021-10-08T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T12:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/wp\/144713_144714.jpg"},"modified":"2024-04-25T00:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:25:56","slug":"cover-story-minnie-of-gi-dle-her-musical-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/th-th\/cover-story-minnie-of-gi-dle-her-musical-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover story: Minnie of (G)I-dle on her musical influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>After seven years away from home, the K-pop girl group star and up-and-coming actress is spending some quality time in her native Thailand. She talks<\/em>&nbsp;<em>about how Hallyu has influenced her thriving career and why music is her greatest solace<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MINNIE | #legend\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6y-sSbHZyMc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s been a&nbsp;while since Hallyu \u2013 aka the Korean Wave \u2013 first took the world by storm. Over the past two decades during which South Korea has been exporting its cultural offerings, millions of fans have been influenced by the East Asian country\u2019s movies, TV shows and music groups \u2013 with many aspiring to be just like their favourite idols and singers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/th-th\/wp-content\/uploads\/th-storage\/wp\/144713_0_144714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/th-th\/wp-content\/uploads\/th-storage\/wp\/144713_1_144714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/th-th\/wp-content\/uploads\/th-storage\/wp\/144713_2_144714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A majority of these fans end up joining clubs or performing to their hearts\u2019 content in their showers or karaoke rooms. Some will try their luck auditioning for idol training, but very few end up like Minnie.<\/p>\n<p>Born Nicha Yontararak in Bangkok, the 23-year-old Thai singer, songwriter and actress who debuted in May 2018 as \u201cMinnie\u201d, a member of Korean girl group (G)I-dle, comes from a family of musicians. \u201cI grew up with music,\u201d she says cheerfully. \u201cMy uncle is a very famous pianist and people often noticed my last name and would say, \u2018Oh! Your family is a musical family.\u2019 This includes my mum. My mum learned piano from my uncle and she inspires me a lot. I still will wake up in the morning in Thailand and hear my mum playing the piano, even now.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story9-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89736\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was little, I started playing the piano at four \u2013 classical music. But when I turned 11 or 12, my mum was always nagging me to practice. I\u2019m quite a lazy person and didn\u2019t want to practice \u2013 but you have to practice a lot with classical music \u2013 so my mum spoke to my piano teacher and asked for me to play pop and jazz styles. Since then I switched and started learning chords, which works well for me now as I can use this knowledge when I compose.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story6-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89724\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s 9 am in Bangkok when Minnie speaks to me over Zoom in fluent English. Her hair is in curlers, her make-up is barely on \u2013 pre-glam Minnie is a beautiful fresh-faced young adult, who is so approachable one would have a hard time realising she\u2019s been training to sing and dance alongside learning Korean, Mandarin and Japanese since she was 17 and is fresh off of filming her first television series,<em> So Not Worth It<\/em>, which premiered on Netflix in June.<\/p>\n<p>The series, lauded for its multinational cast, saw enthusiastic reception for Minnie, who not only captured the hearts of many in her blonde hair and cute, quirky outfits but also won the respect of viewers with her acting skills. \u201cIt was actually my first time acting and I was super excited but also very nervous,\u201d Minnie recalls. \u201cI tend to watch a lot of behind-the-scenes clips of movies that I like, to see how they work on it and how the actresses and actors act. I thought it would be nice to have the chance to act myself, so I was really excited to have this opportunity and learn a lot of new things.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/th-th\/wp-content\/uploads\/th-storage\/wp\/144713_5_144714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/th-th\/wp-content\/uploads\/th-storage\/wp\/144713_6_144714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The experience, according to Minnie, was in stark contrast to her idol training. \u201cWhen I\u2019m singing or performing on stage, I need to be confident and I need to find the camera and look into it. But when I\u2019m on set, acting for a series, I can\u2019t look at the camera,\u201d she says. \u201cInstead I need to be extra aware of my gestures. For example, if I\u2019m acting a scene where I\u2019m sitting down and taking a bite of&nbsp;<em>tteokbokki&nbsp;<\/em>(spicy rice cakes), when I have to do another take from another angle, I need to do it exactly the same \u2013 which is very hard \u2013 like, how can they remember everything, every movement? But yeah, I learnt to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story10-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89735\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Given only one month to prepare for her first-ever acting project, Minnie took classes. Portraying a Thai student navigating the foreign Korean culture might be close to Minnie&#8217;s own lived experience but the trick was to create a character that was separate from the actor\u2019s own personality. To do so, Minnie and her coach worked on vocals, raising Minnie&#8217;s character\u2019s voice (also named Minnie) a few notches and working on her Korean pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p>Something Minnie had to really work on was her cursing skills. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of hard to be half myself and half someone else. I needed to build up the confidence to be that other character,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy coach would ask me to look in the mirror at myself and curse very loudly because he needed me to be confident when I did so. I\u2019d look at him and say, \u2018Can I actually say that loudly?\u2019 and he would reply, \u2018Just do it!\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story5-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89723\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAt first I was uncomfortable cursing all the time but after I worked on it and did it a lot for the show, I kind of got used to it. After I cursed, the staff, the directors and my coach would laugh, which made me think it was quite funny because I\u2019d swear and everyone would smile at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a long way from the days when Minnie would sit at home aged 11 watching Korean pop group Super Junior, whom she points to as her&nbsp;<em>#legend<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve been a very big fan of all of the members of Super Junior since I was young,\u201d says Minnie, lighting up at the very mention of them. \u201cI wanted to be like them and I wondered how they could become such legends in the K-pop industry. So, I went to Korea and I became a K-pop singer like them. They\u2019re still working as a team, and I\u2019ve learnt that it\u2019s hard to be successful idols like them. It\u2019s not easy at all because there are a lot of K-pop groups that debut every day and it\u2019s an achievement to be globally famous and stay on top for such a long time. They\u2019ve been active and successful for over 10 years and they\u2019re still touring. I went to their concert \u2013 I think in 2019 \u2013 just two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story4-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89722\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>When Minnie flew over to South Korea in 2015, having participated in the Cube Star World Audition in Thailand the September prior, she had her musical training at Grammy Vocal Studio, a music academy in Bangkok, which she went to after day school. Despite spending hours on musical training, her arrival at the Cube trainee complex plunged her into a programme that taught her singing, dancing and composing full-time. \u201cI had always wondered how idols prepared themselves to perform with such talent and to be so perfect and so I got to learn everything \u2013 the whole process. It\u2019s definitely not easy; you have to be very detailed and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Six years in, and three years since her debut with (G)I-dle, Minnie is well-versed in the rigours of a K-pop star\u2019s life. While she carries it sunnily, it wasn\u2019t always easy for the Thai musician who came to the city speaking and understanding no Korean. \u201cI think the first year was very tough for me because everything was so new,\u201d Minnie recounts. \u201cIt was my first time going to Korea alone without my parents. The culture is new \u2013 the food, the language, everything. I only knew \u2018<em>Kamsamnida<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018<em>Saranghaeyo<\/em>\u2019. That\u2019s the only thing I knew so I had to really step up my Korean while also learning to cope with the new environment and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story3-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89721\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The foreign trainee was also unaccustomed to the many cultural nuances that her new home required of her. \u201cIn Thailand, we don\u2019t let everyone know we\u2019re about to eat or that we\u2019ve finished but in Korean we must say, \u2018<em>jal m\u014fk gess\u016dm ni da<\/em>\u2019 before eating and \u2018<em>jal m\u014fg- \u014fss\u016dm ni da<\/em>\u2019 afterwards,\u201d Minnie explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think once my Korean improved, and I could speak to other people and made some friends, everything became easier and after that I really enjoyed being a trainee in Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story12-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89737\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>These days Minnie is thriving. With 1.4 million followers on Instagram, the only thing she is unused to is the inability to interact with fans the way she once did as a result of the pandemic. \u201cI think because we used to meet our fans all the time, after the shows or even during the shows, we got to meet them very often. But since Covid, we haven\u2019t been able to meet and I miss them so much,\u201d Minnie says. \u201cI understand that it\u2019s very hard to meet in person now but I hope that I can meet them again soon because they give me a lot of energy during a show or when I\u2019m on stage. It\u2019s totally different when fans are there or not. We need our performances to be very energetic and very confident in front our fans, but after Covid, we couldn\u2019t perform in front of our fans and it felt very empty.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story11-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89734\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Emptiness is an idea Minnie has explored through her songwriting, a skill she studied as a trainee. Her song&nbsp;<em>Tung Tung&nbsp;<\/em>looks into the hollow feeling that she would get after finishing a day of work and performance. \u201cAfter everything ends, be it an album or a song, I get back home and sit in my room alone, and it feels empty. I think it\u2019s a feeling that everyone relates to,\u201d says Minnie. \u201cI think everyone gets this feeling, you know, maybe after being constantly busy and then not, or when I go back to Thailand and spend time with my family and then sit on the plane back to Korea alone \u2013 I feel a bit hollow. I hope that everyone can relate to my song and it would be nice if I can create something of my own to express myself and my feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story13-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89738\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps a result of her extensive musical ability and background, Minnie was never just going to be an idol who performed work by others on screen or stage. For the singer-songwriter, music is the way she herself communicates. \u201cI composed even just yesterday. I\u2019m trying to write more songs. I keep writing songs when I have the time or if I\u2019m in the mood to write,\u201d she says. \u201cI think it\u2019s super cool to create something I really like or something that\u2019s just for myself because I don\u2019t write in a diary. I listen to a lot of songs and if I\u2019m into a song, I\u2019ll listen to it on repeat. For example I listened to Troye Sivan\u2019s song&nbsp;<em>Bloom&nbsp;<\/em>over and over and then I switched to another song. But later when I listen to&nbsp;<em>Bloom&nbsp;<\/em>again, I\u2019d be able to recall what I was thinking or doing when I was listening to it non-stop. So I think I use songs as a journal in a way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story2-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89720\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>So the pandemic hasn\u2019t been all bad. In addition to more time spent with family in Bangkok, being able to compose and posing for cover shoots, Minnie is, for the first time in seven years since she flew to Seoul to train as an idol, celebrating her birthday with her family. Not that those seven birthdays apart weren\u2019t special. They marked milestones in her career and the growth of her roots in the Korean capital.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t give up, just be yourself and try to<br \/>be the better version of yourself every day,<br \/>and people will see you for who you are\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>\u2014 Minnie<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI spent those birthdays with my group members and friends in Korea. I was always working on my birthday. Like last year, I performed in a show and after that I went to my friend\u2019s house to celebrate my birthday,\u201d Minnie says. \u201cI spent my birthdays with my Thai friends Lisa [Manoban of Blackpink] and Bambam [of GOT7] and last year Shu Hua, our youngest member, made me a cheesecake just because I had mentioned that I\u2019d like one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But for Minnie, this October will be her first birthday at home since making it on the K-pop scene. \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to it. I think I just want a nice dinner with my family,\u201d she says. \u201cIt might sound very simple and basic but for me it\u2019s been a long time since I moved to Korea, so spending time with my family is very special and precious.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/watermark-Cover-story-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89719\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>And while she\u2019s looking ambitiously into the future \u2013 dreaming of world tours, more albums, songs written by herself, drama series and movies \u2013 she\u2019s cheerfully relaxed. It seems that more than singing or dancing, her seven years of training have taught her that \u201cbeing yourself is the best thing \u2013 don\u2019t pretend and try to be someone else,\u201d she says. \u201cI think by being yourself, someday, other people will notice you \u2013 will notice how much effort you put in, how much you tried hard to get there. I think everyone has their own colour and they\u2019re all different. You don\u2019t have to try to be like anybody else. It\u2019s okay to pick a few good people that you like. Basically you have to be yourself always. Don\u2019t give up, just be yourself and try to be the better version of yourself every day, and people will see you for who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that Minnie resumes her make-up, which transforms her from what might seem a happy schoolgirl to a songstress, ready to go on stage. Is there anything she cannot do?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><em><strong>CREDITS<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Creative Director \/ Gordon Lam<br \/>Photographer \/ Waroon Kieattisin&nbsp;<br \/>Stylist and production \/ Jo Heng<br \/>Video first camera \/&nbsp;Jakrin&nbsp;von Bueren<br \/>Video second camera \/ Payu von Bueren<br \/>Editor \/&nbsp;Jakrin&nbsp;von Bueren&nbsp;<br \/>Hair \/ Santiphong Khwanseng<br \/>Makeup \/ Chaidit Somsong&nbsp;<br \/>Sound design \/&nbsp;Pitichanok Sukumalchantra<br \/>Assistant photographers \/ Sitthiphon Thittitham and&nbsp;Rachapoom Yeamnet&nbsp;<br \/>Styling sssistants \/ Arrisa Arsannork (Yuri) and&nbsp;Thitigorn homhual (Joe)<br \/>Outfits \/ Philipp Plein<br \/><em>Location \/ The House on Sathorn at W Bangkok<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Also see: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/magazine\/cover-story-lisa-on-her-odyssey-to-stardom\/\">Cover story: Blackpink\u2019s Lisa on her odyssey to stardom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After seven years away from home, the K-pop girl group star and up-and-coming actress is spending some quality time in her native Thailand. 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