Reading Log (BIOGRAPHY)

 

BIOGRAPHY

Day 1
Friday
Date : March 26, 2021
Time: 19.00-19.45

First Person

Kim Namjoon (김남준)

His/Her biography

Kim Nam-joon (김남준), better known by his stage name RM He is the leader and a rapper of BTS, also he is notable for his large input in songwriting and production in the discography in the group. Kim Nam-joon was born on September 12, 1994, in Dongjak-gu, South Korea, and grew up in Ilsan-gu, where his family moved when he was four or five. He is the elder of two siblings and has a younger sister. RM began rapping in local amateur hip-hop circles, creating his first self-composed recording for the first time using the program Adobe Audition (then called Cool Edit). He later participated in his first concert in 2008.

In 2010-2013 he joined Big Hit Entertainment and debut with BTS. RM trained for three years with fellow rapper Min Yoon-gi and dancer Jung Ho-Seok, who later became known as SUGA and J-hope. On March 17, 2015 RM released his first solo mixtape. In 2017-present RM collaborated with a lot of American rapper and also BTS collaborated with a lot of American artist.

RM speech “Tell me your story. I want to hear your voice, and I want to hear your conviction. No matter who you are, where you’re from, your skin colour, gender identity: speak yourself.” UNICEF, 2018.

His/her photo

Sources

https://bts.fandom.com/wiki/RM

The amount of words on text

210 words

What makes you interested in this person

He is a member of group called BTS. And all the members makes me learn how to love myself.

Comment after reading

RM is one of my favorite. He is a great leader. And when he said the quotes at UNICEF it’s amazing. Because of his speech, I learn how to love myself first before I love others. How can you love others when you not love yourself? If I meet him and all the members, I want to say thank you, thank you for all their music. I feel they care about my feelings.

New Vocabularies found

Notable.

 

Time

19.50-20.20

Second Person

Lee Ji-Eun (이지은)

His/Her biography

IU, was born as Lee Ji-Eun on May 16, 1993. she is managed by LOEN Entertainment. IU works as a singer and actress in South Korea. Her stage name "IU" (아이유) is derived from "I and You" - to become one, you and me, with music. IU released her first mini-album "Lost and Found" on September 24, 2008. Her debut was made on Mnet's "M Countdown" on September 18 with the song "Miya". She gave her TV performance on MBC's "Music Core" on September 20, 2008.

On April 23, 2009, IU released her first album "Growing Up". On November 12, 2009 IU released her second mini-album "IU...IM" with the track "Marshmallow" becoming popular. IU released her third digital single "Jansori" (lit. translate "nag") on June 3, 2010. She received favorite or top award on SBS music show "Ingi Gayo" and KBS show "Music Bank". On December 9, 2010, IU released her third mini-album "Real." The track "Jongeun Nal" ("Good Day") topped the Korean music charts and was played extensively throughout South Korea. The song ranked top on SBS music show "Ingi Gayo," KBS music show "Music Bank," Mnet music show "M Countdown," and Korean music chart. IU's single "REAL+" was released on February 9, 2011. Track "Naman Molratdeon Iyagi" ("The Story I Didn't Know") topped the daily charts in one day.

She is also playing role at movies and drama series.

His/her photo

Sources

https://asianwiki.com/IU

The amount of words on text

231 words

What makes you interested in this person

“Ending Scene” is one of her song that I like. She has a beautiful voice.

Comment after reading

I just knew that IU is stand for I + You. She is really sweet. She is so young and really famous until now. She is also multi-talented (that she can sing, and acting). She is my role model.

New Vocabularies found

Throughout.

 

Day 2
Saturday
Date : March 27, 2021
Time: 15.00-15.40

First Person

Tom Holland

His/Her biography

Tom Holland was Born in England in 1996, Holland has attended the Donhead Preparatory School, Wimbledon College and the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in England. His brother Harry has followed with success in acting, nabbing the part of Prince Harry of Wales for the 2013 drama Diana.

Tom Holland joined the London production of Billy Elliot the Musical in 2008. He soon found success in film, drawing strong reviews for his performance in The Impossible (2012). Tapped to take over the iconic role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man for the big screen, Holland made his debut as the superhero in Captain America: Civil War (2016), before earning the chance to carry his own feature with Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).

His/her photo

Sources

https://www.biography.com/actor/tom-holland

The amount of words on text

119 words

What makes you interested in this person

He is a good actor, I knew him since he played as Spiderman ( Peter Parker ) at Marvel.

Comment after reading

I just knew that Tom Holland was born in 1996 and he joined the London production of Billy Elliot the Musical.

New Vocabularies found

Earning.

 

Time

15.45-16.10

Second Person

Emma Watson

His/Her biography

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson, better known as Emma Watson, was born on April 15, 1990, in Paris, France. She is an actress, model and British philanthropist, known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films.

At the age of six, she decided that she wanted to be an actress, and she was educated at the Stagecoach Theater Arts in Oxford, a part-time theater school where she studied singing, dancing and performance. Watson participated in various plays at her school, for example, Arthur: The Young Years, The Happy Prince and Alice in Wonderland. Emma Watson also participated in The Daily Poetry Competition and won the first prize when she was only seven years old she was chosen to play Hermione when she was nine years old, having previously participated only in school plays. Emma wanted to form a music group since she sings very well, but due to her fame, generated by the Harry Potter films, she said she prefers to wait a few years not to be known as “the Harry Potter girl.”

His/her photo

Sources

https://history-biography.com/emma-watson/

The amount of words on text

174 words

What makes you interested in this person

I knew her from Harry Potter. She is very good at acting.

Comment after reading

I just knew instead Harry Potter she also play another role in another movie.

New Vocabularies found

Various plays.

 

Day 3
Sunday
Date : March 28, 2021
Time: 19.45-20.00

First Person

Daniel Radcliffe

His/Her biography

Daniel Radcliffe, in full Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, (born July 23, 1989, Fulham, London, England), British actor best known for his on-screen portrayal of the boy wizard Harry Potter.

Radcliffe began acting at age six when he appeared as a monkey in a school play. After passing up an opportunity to audition for a television production of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, he caught the attention of television producer Kate Harwood, who was impressed by his “charm and simplicity,” and he was cast in the title role of David Copperfield (1999). Two years later Radcliffe appeared in the film The Tailor of Panama (2001).

His big break came when he was cast in the film adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001). Radcliffe played Harry Potter, a lonely orphan who discovers that he is actually a wizard and enrolls in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The film was a box-office hit, and he reprised his title role in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).

He played the challenging of many role and also appeared in a 2011 Broadway revival of the satirical musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and in a 2014 Broadway production of The Cripple of Inishmaan. Off-Broadway, he starred in Privacy (2016) at New York’s Public Theater. Radcliffe returned to Broadway in 2018, playing a scrupulous fact-checker in the stage adaptation of the book The Lifespan of a Fact (2012).

His/her photo

Sources

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Radcliffe

The amount of words on text

293 words

What makes you interested in this person

I like the way he speaks.

Comment after reading

Instead of Harry Potter, I just knew that he is also playing in another role.

New Vocabularies found

Reprised.

 

Time

20.10-20.40

Second Person

J. K. Rowling

His/Her biography

Rowling was born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England. She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her grandmother's name, Kathleen, for the latter initial (Rowling does not have a middle name).

J.K. Rowling, is a British author and screenwriter best known for her seven-book Harry Potter children's book series. The series has sold more than 500 million copies and was adapted into a blockbuster film franchise.

A film version of Rowling’s first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, was released in November 2001 and was directed by Chris Columbus and starred Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

In its opening weekend in the U.S., the film debuted on a record 8,200 screens and smashed the previous box-office record, earning an estimated $93.5 million ($20 million more than the previous record-holder, 1999's The Lost World: Jurassic Park). It ended the year as the top-grossing movie of 2001.

'Fantastic Beasts' Film Series

In 2013, Rowling announced a new film series with Warner Bros. According to Entertainment Weekly, Rowling explained that the movies, based on her 2001 Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, would draw from "the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years," but "is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the 'Harry Potter' series, but an extension of the wizarding world."

His/her photo

Sources

https://www.biography.com/writer/jk-rowling

The amount of words on text

226 words

What makes you interested in this person

“Harry Potter” is one of my favorite books and she is the author of the books.

Comment after reading

Instead of harry Potter movie, ‘Fantastic Beast’ is also a film from her.

New Vocabularies found

Blockbuster.



Day 4
Monday
Date : March 29, 2021
Time: 15.40-16.20

First Person

Pamungkas

His/Her biography

Pamungkas is a singer-songwriter as well a music producer from Jakarta, Indonesia. His first introduction to music was at the age of eight through the drums. Self-taught himself to play piano and guitar after that- before getting himself into singing and songwriting. His music heavily influenced by many British Music such as The Beach Boys, Radiohead, The Beatles, The Smiths, Arctic Monkeys.

Pamungkas forming his own style of music by merging the essence of Folk, the richness of Electronic sounds and the catchiness of Pop. On top of that, his bright-powerful-soothing voice completed the whole thing and creates this new fresh dimension of sounds.

His storytelling skills really is just the icing on the cake. Having that in hand, he single handedly present his debut LP, “Walk The Talk” in June 2018. He write, sing, produce, mix, master and design it himself. As a 25 years old adult-teen, he shared his thoughts and perspectives about life, love, friendship and self-growth through his lyrics.

His/her photo

Sources

https://www.last.fm/music/Pamungkas/+wiki

The amount of words on text

163 words

What makes you interested in this person

I love his music called “To Be Bone” and many more.

Comment after reading

He is so talented. His music really calming and I love the way he put the lyric on his music.

New Vocabularies found

Catchiness.


Time

16.40-17.25

Second Person

Harry Styles

His/Her biography

Harry Edward Styles (born February 1, 1994) was a member of One Direction along with Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan. He was the youngest member of the group. He is currently signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist.

Harry auditioned for the Seventh season of The X Factor. He wanted professional opinions on his singing, stating "Singing is what I want to do, and if people who can make that happen for me don't think that I should be doing that, then it's a major setback in my plans." Harry sang "Isn't She Lovely" and received positive comments from Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger, while Louis Walsh had doubts about whether he was ready to progress in the competition. At boot camp, Harry sang "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" before being eliminated as a solo artist then placed into One Direction.

Harry released his debut solo single "Sign Of The Times" on April 7, 2017. His eponymous debut album "Harry Styles" was released on May 12, 2017. His second album, Fine Line, was released on December 13, 2019.

His/her photo

Sources

https://onedirection.fandom.com/wiki/Harry_Styles

The amount of words on text

183 words

What makes you interested in this person

I knew Harry since his debuted with One Direction with the song called “What Makes You Beautiful” his voice is really calming.

Comment after reading

I’m not expected that Harry will debut as a solo singer, but if that is makes Harry happy I’m happy. I still waiting for One Direction will come back as soon as possible.

New Vocabularies found

Setback.



Day 5
Tuesday
Date : March 30, 2021
Time: 21.35-21.55

First Person

Rothy (로시)

His/Her biography

Kang Joo-hee (강주희) also known as Rothy (로시) was born on May 6, 1999. is a South Korean solo singer currently under Dorothy Company. She released two pre-debut tracks before making her official debut on August 30, 2018 with her mini album, "Shape of Rothy". Rothy graduated from Hanlim Multi Arts School, Seoul in February 2018 and was a student in the Practical Music Department.

Rothy released her first pre-debut track and digital single, "Stars", along with a music video on November 9, 2017 until now. She also collaboration with a lot of singer. And for her debut mini album, Shape of Rothy, It contained her previously released pre-debut tracks, "Stars" and "Sullae". The album's release also marked her first live performance at a debut stage on M Countdown with her album's title track, "Burning".

His/her photo

Sources

https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Rothy

The amount of words on text

135 words

What makes you interested in this person

“Stars” is one of her song that I like. The meaning is so deep.

Comment after reading

She is a good singer and she gave the best for her debuted. I hope someday that she can held a concert.

New Vocabularies found

Contained.


Time

22.00-22.35

Second Person

Niki

His/Her biography

Nicole Zefanya is better known as NIKI. Born in 1999 and raised in Jakarta. Taking influence from the glossy R&B/pop of the late '90s, Indonesian pop singer, songwriter, and producer after finding a fan base with acoustic songs on her YouTube channel in her mid-teens, she released her first single, the delicate "Polaroid Boy," in 2016. She joined the 88rising roster a year later, and issued her more fully produced debut EP, Zephyr, in 2018.mShe began posting both original and cover songs to YouTube under her full name in the mid-2010s, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar. Her debut single, a heartbroken ballad called "Polaroid Boy," appeared in 2016 and was followed by the likewise low-key "Anaheim" in early 2017.

Zefanya then joined the media company 88rising, a combined record label, video production, and management outfit that issued the more stylized and heavily produced "See U Never," her first song as NIKI, in July 2017. "Vintage" and "Newsflash!" were among subsequent singles featured on her debut EP, Zephyr, which arrived in May 2018. A short EP, wanna take this downtown?, was issued the following year, in addition to the single "Indigo" from the 88Rising compilation Head in the Clouds II. A few more singles, like "Sugarplum Energy" and "Switchblade," appeared in advance of NIKI's debut album, Moonchild, in 2020.

His/her photo

Sources

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/niki-mn0003739784/biography

The amount of words on text

218 words

What makes you interested in this person

“Lowkey” is one of her song that I like.

Comment after reading

I just knew that her name is Zefanya. She is so talented and can debut with a good song. 88Rising will never disappointed.

New Vocabularies found

Subsequent.











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