Biography of Jisoo

Kim Ji-soo, best known by her stage name Jisoo, was born in South Korea on 3 January 1995. She is best known for being a part of BLACKPINK, the most successful K-pop girl group, which was founded by YG Entertainment in August 2016.

She made her acting debut in 2015’s series ‘The Producers’ and played her first lead role in the JTBC series ‘Snowdrop’ in addition to her music career. She launched her own YouTube channel, ‘Happy Jisoo 103%‘, on 3 January 2023, the day before her 28th birthday. She said the profit generated from her recently launched channel will be donated to charity.

Early Life and Education 

On 3 January 1995, Kim Ji-soo was born in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. She has an older brother and a sister. She practised Taekwondo and played basketball when she was younger. She aspired to be an artist and writer. She adored the Korean boy band TVXQ.

She attended the School of Performing Arts Seoul for high school. In 11th grade, she joined the school’s drama club and gained more experience in the entertainment industry by attending auditions. She lived with her parents, siblings, and grandparents prior to her debut. She has learned Chinese, Japanese, and English in addition to her native Korean.

Career

Road To Fame and debut with BLACKPINK

Jisoo joined YG Entertainment as a trainee in 2011 after passing the auditions. She played a heartbroken girl in Epik High’s music video for ‘Spoiler + Happen Ending’ in October 2014. She played Bobby’s girlfriend in Hi Suhyun’s music video for ‘I’m Different’ the same year.

She appeared in the KBS2 drama ‘The Producers’ in 2015, alongside labelmates Sandara Park of 2NE1 and Kang Seung-yoon of Winner. With the release of their single album Square One on 8 August 2016, she made her debut as one of the four members of the girl group BLACKPINK, joining Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa.

Solo Endeavors

Jisoo joined Inkigayo as a host in 2017 and continued in 2018 alongside Got7’s Jin-young and NCT’s Doyoung. She made her acting debut in 2019 with a brief cameo role as Song Joong-ki’s love interest in the tvN fantasy drama Arthdal Chronicles.

Her fashion sense in the teasers for BLACKPINK’s song ‘How You Like That’ gained a lot of attention on social media in June 2020. Famous people and influencers in South Korea, China, Thailand, and Vietnam have imitated her ‘two-bow hairstyle’ and makeup. She invented the ‘dot style’ of makeup, which became popular on social media platforms such as Instagram and helped spread the word of the challenge to fans abroad.

She contributed as a writer to BLACKPINK’s first studio album, The Album’s lead single ‘Lovesick Girls’ (2020). She debuted in a major role in the JTBC television series Snowdrop in 2021, co-starring Jung Hae-in. Eun Yeong-ro, the college freshman she portrayed, was kidnapped by her love interest. Out of the five countries where it was made available, South Korea was one of the four where the show ranked first on Disney Plus.

For her work in Snowdrop, she won the Outstanding Korean Actress award at the Seoul International Drama Awards in September 2022. On ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’, the fourth song from BLACKPINK’s second studio album, Born Pink,  she contributed to the songwriting credits (2022). She would make her solo debut in 2023, according to a statement made by YG Entertainment on 2 January.

Impact and Influence

In Gallup Korea’s yearly surveys, Jisoo was ranked as the 10th most well-liked K-pop idol in 2018 and the 17th in 2019. She came in sixth place among female K-pop idols in a survey of South Korean soldiers completing their national service in 2019.

She came in sixth place among female K-pop idols in a survey of South Korean soldiers completing their national service in 2019. She was the only one of the two Korean singers to be included on the BoF 500 list, which serves as a ‘definitive professional index’ of those influencing the $2.4 trillion fashion industry. Along with band member Rosé, she is the third most followed K-pop idol on Instagram as of February 2021.

She was listed among the top ten influencers and celebrities in the cosmetics industry for the first five months of 2020. According to Women’s Wear Daily, a trade publication for the fashion industry, she topped the list for average engagement per post, followed by Rihanna and Kylie Jenner. Despite having the fewest posts—just 12 in total—she came in seventh overall. She was the only person from East Asia listed.

She came in first place on the Korea Enterprise Research Institute’s ranking of the girl group’s personal brand reputation. The institute used data from brands and online consumer habits to identify factors that have a big impact on brand interest and consumption. Seong-sun Lim, director of the Korean Language Research Institute, noted that the global Korean wave was quickly overthrowing the traditional Western cultural dominance and cited Jisoo and Jungkook as global beauty standards rather than actors Olivia Hussey and James Dean.

In 2020, a marketing campaign featuring Korean pop singers Jisoo and others was said to have contributed to Dior’s increase in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Along with other well-known influencers like Chiara Ferragni and Kat Graham, she participated in advertisements for Dior’s new Bobby bag.

She attracted attention at the brand’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection showcase as a Korean representative. Her presence at the showcase helped Dior achieve its highest post rating since its Fall 2020 show, with an average MIV of 33%. She served as the inspiration for Dior’s Autumn/Winter 2021 collection, according to creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, who made the revelation in March 2021. It was also revealed that #025 Seoul Scarlet, one of the ten colours of Dior Addict Lip Glow, was influenced by Korean women like her.

Throughout Paris Fashion Week, she was the public figure who generated the most media impact value, with four photos on her personal Instagram valued at $1.84 million. She was also Dior’s MIV’s top celebrity, contributing $15.7 million of the $39.1 million generated in total with just two posts.

During Dior’s Autumn/Winter 2022 fashion show at Paris Fashion Week in March, she created the social media post with the highest media impact value, with one image valued at $1.74 million. The KartRider Rush+ app’s ranking rose to 11th in March 2021 as a result of the announcement of a design partnership with Jisoo. Users of the collaboration in which she took part gave it top ratings.

Achievements

• With more than 61 million followers, Jisoo is the fourth most popular K-pop idol on Instagram. She is the Korean actress on the platform with the most followers.
• She is the platform’s 22nd-most popular female artist.
• On QQ Music, she has amassed more than 400,000 followers.
• She is the first K-Pop star to appear on the ELLE India cover.

Endorsements

Jisoo appeared in advertisements for Samsonite, Smart Uniform, LG Electronics, and Nikon before making her Blackpink debut. Rosé and she signed on as promotional models for the Japanese cosmetics company Kiss Me in September 2018. She was chosen as the inspiration for the Korean fashion label Michaa’s Spring 2021 collection in February 2021.

Also, she was chosen to participate in the summer of 2021 on Michaa’s For a Day Michaa line. She was chosen as the spokesperson for the Korean short brand CELEBe in August 2021. She was appointed as the second brand ambassador for Nexon’s video game MapleStory in March 2022, following Olympic archer Kim Je-deok.

Dior

Jisoo started working as a regional ambassador for Dior Beauty’s cosmetics line in December 2019 and was chosen as  Dior’s muse and modelled for the brand’s Fall/Winter 2020 collection the following summer. She covered the 155th issue of Dazed Korea in September 2020. She appeared in photos taken in December 2020 holding the Lady Dior and D’Lite bags from Dior’s Cruise 2020–2021 Collection.

Her endorsement of Dior Beauty’s ‘Dior Forever Skin Glow Cushion’ led to its exclusive release in Korea in January 2021. Her long-term relationship with Dior was solidified, when they named her as one of their new global ambassadors, alongside Cara Delevingne and Natalie Portman.

She started working with the company in May 2021, fronting the Dior Fall ’21 and Dior Vespa campaigns as the June cover star of Elle magazine, which was distributed in four nations: Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, and India. For the Dior Beauty series, she wore a lip balm by Dior called Dior Addict Lip Glow.

Jisoo appeared at the Dior Resort 2022 presentation in Greece’s Panathenaic Stadium in June 2021 while donning an all-white linen dress designed by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. She went to the Dior Womenswear Spring/Summer 2022 show in September 2021, which was presented at the Jardin des Tuileries as part of the 2021 Paris Fashion Week. She sat in the front row next to Pietro Beccari, the chairman and CEO of Dior.

Her trip to Paris was chronicled on Dior’s social media accounts in the days leading up to the show, including her visits to the house’s ateliers, the sources of inspiration for the Spring/Summer 2022 collection, and the Princess Diana-inspired Lady Dior archives. Along with fellow ambassadors Anya-Taylor Joy and Sharon Alexie, she was named the face of Dior’s Addict lipstick collection in February 2022.

Collaborations

Jisoo was named Line Friends’ exclusive partner to create a character for the 19 March 2021, release of KartRider Rush+, according to an announcement made in February 2021. She drew the ideas for the character and the objects herself. She had Dalgom, the name of her pet, and Chichi, a rabbit inspired by her fandom’s ‘Turtle Rabbit Kim’ moniker. Dalgom and Chichi were created as stickers for the messaging app Line.

Discography

Writing credits

• Lovesick girls – Writer
• Yeah Yeah Yeah – writer

Dramas

• The Producers by KBS2 (2015)
• Part-Time Idol by SBS (2017)
• Arthdal Chronicles by TVN (2019)
• Snowdrop by JTBC (2021)

Commercials

• Samsonite Red with Lee Min Ho (2015)
• Nikon 1 J5 (2015)
• Smart Uniform with iKon (2015-2016)
• LG with iKon (2016)
• Angel Stone Game with Naver (2017)

Personal Life

In South Korea’s Gunpo, Gyeonggi, Kim Jisoo resides with her wealthy, well-established family. Her South Korean ethnicity is well known, and she is a devout Christian. Her parents are Ji-Yoo Kim, an NGO employee who works with the poor, and Ha-Joon Kim, the CEO of a significant organisation. Her sister, Kim-Ji Yoon, is a social media influencer. She has two siblings. Her younger sister, Kim Jung-hoon, is a photographer.

Net Worth and Lifestyle

Jisoo’s net worth is listed as $20 million by Celebrity Net Worth. She retains a fixed net worth of $6 million, but the group’s management, YG Entertainment, does deduct a portion of each member’s income.

Awards

• Seoul International Drama Awards 2022
  Outstanding Korean Actress (2022)
• Weibo Starlight Awards 2021
  Starlight Hall of Fame (Korea) (2021)

Interesting Facts about Jisoo

1. Jasmine is Jisoo’s favourite Disney character.
2. Jisoo dislikes dying her hair into lighter hues.
3. Jisoo enjoys eating strawberries.
4. Jisoo has a total of 9 piercings.
5. She adores dogs. ‘Dalgom,’ her white Maltese dog, is her pet.
6. Jisoo doesn’t know how to ride a bike.
7. She is slightly allergic to Lisa’s cats.
8. TVXQ is Jisoo’s favourite group. She has a preference for Changbin.

FAQs

1. Why is Jisoo called Miss Korea?
   Jisoo has also been nicknamed the Korea Beauty Queen (or Miss Korea) due to her beauty.
2. What is Jisoo’s Instagram ID?
   ‘@sooyaaa_‘ is Jisoo’s Instagram ID and she has 67.5 million followers.
3. What is Jisoo’s marital status?
   Jisoo is currently single. She hasn’t engaged in any well-known relationships, but in a 2016 interview, she discussed the challenges of dating as a K-pop star.
4. What is Jisoo’s current age?
   Jisoo celebrates her birthday on January 3 and is, at present, 28 years old.
5. Why is Jisoo called Sooya?
   JiJi, JiChu, and other nicknames for Jisoo are all variations of her given name. Her Instagram handle, @ sooyaaa_ resulted in Soo and Sooya.
6. Who is the leader of Blackpink?
   There isn’t really an official leader for BLACKPINK. Fans, however, refer to Jisoo as the group’s ‘unofficial’ leader; most likely because she is the eldest.