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6. TMI

GAEUL: TMI

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This page lists ā€œTMIā€ of Gaeul from IVE, a 6-member girl group.
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TMI originally stands for ā€œToo Much Information.ā€ However, in Korean popular culture, the term has evolved to mean ā€œinteresting personal details/trivia.ā€

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Read more about Gaeulā€™s official stats and positions within the team here.

PREFERENCES & TASTES

Food

  • Gaeul likes Korean food. She likes to eat with An Yujin as they have similar love for Korean food.
    • Gaeul has mentioned she likes the following Korean food menus: gukbap (hot soup and rice boiled in ttukbaegi, a type of Korean earthenware), budae jjigae (army stew), gamjatang (pork back-bone stew), acorn jelly, and samgyeopsal (pork belly BBQ).
  • Gaeul likes eating out on her own, watching fun videos, and eating slowly. She prefers to eat out alone at restaurants that are not crowded.
    • Her favorite food is kimchi stew or kimchi jjigae, as she says itā€™s one of the most perfect foods to eat alone.
  • Gaeul is not a fan of the Hawaiian pizza.
  • Gaeul loves the garlic dipping sauce from Papa Johns.
  • Gaeul does not like the mint chocolate flavor.
  • Even though Gaeul does not like cookies, she likes potato chips.

Hobbies

  • Gaeul likes to write lyrics; she prefers the genre of singing rap and also listens to a lot of rap music in her own time.
  • Gaeul is good at cooking, and she often cooks for her members at the dorms.
  • Gaeul likes to read, especially detective novels.
    • She also has a habit of taking pictures of poems she liked from a book of poetry.
  • Gaeul likes to watch horror movies; she often watches horror movies with Rei. She has one called herself ā€œhorror mania.ā€
    • Gaeul wanted to visit horror-themed escape rooms with the members.
  • Gaeul likes to watch movies on her own; she has once said that she can watch movies for more than six hours straight, if she had time.
  • Gaeul likes to play Animal Crossing from Nintendo.
  • Gaeul likes to collect matching pajama sets.

Likes and Dislikes

  • Gaeul likes to watch variety shows on TV and prefers to watch movies instead of dramas.
    • One of her favorite movies of all time is Aladdin, as she likes to watch a lot of musical movies.
  • Gaeul likes the Japanese anime series Detective Conan, and her favorite Detective Conan movie is The Phantom of Baker Street.
  • Gaeulā€™s favorite PokĆ©mon is Pikachu.
  • Gaeul likes Ami Mizuno, or Sailor Mercury, from the Sailor Moon series.
  • Gaeul has said that sheā€™s a fan of the Korean variety series Infinite Challenge.
  • Gaeulā€™s favorite hairstyle is braids; she wasnā€™t very talented at braiding her own hair, but she practiced by watching YouTube videos.
  • Gaeul likes the color pink.
  • Gaeul is extremely afraid of insects; she has said that sheā€™s more afraid of insects than she is afraid of ghosts.

OTHER TRIVIA

  • Gaeul has said that sheā€™s quite good at playing the ā€œIf you blink first, you loseā€ game.
  • Gaeul used to love playing with legos when she was young; she used to like building castles with legos.
  • In the popular K-Drama Boys over Flowers, there is a character named Choo Gaeul.
    • Gaeul has been compared to the character a lot, once mimicking the popular line from the drama; ā€œMiss Gaeul, stop making me wait and come to me now.ā€
  • Gaeul is quite knowledgable about pop culture references that came before her time.
  • Gaeul has said that she would like to film a commercial for sports drinks.
  • Gaeul has picked IU as the senior that she respects, saying that she has been a fan of her since elementary school.
    • Gaeul sang a line from IUā€™s ā€œKneesā€ when a fan asked her to sing a lullaby on the radio.
    • Gaeul has also recommended ā€œNot Spring, Love, or Cherry Blossomsā€ by HIGH4 and IU.

GAEULā€™S NICKNAMES

Most of the nicknames on this page have originated from Korean media or conversations held in Korean among members.

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KOR
(original)
MEANING
Gaeul Sunbae ź°€ģ„ ģ„ ė°° The Korean word ā€œsunbaeā€ (ā€senpaiā€ in Japanese) is used to describe someone who is older or more experienced than you at your field. Gaeul got this nickname because of the fact that sheā€™s the eldest member of the team, and also because of her chic and cool demeanor. Itā€™s also Gaeulā€™s favorite nickname of her.
Gaeul-yang ź°€ģ„ģ–‘ The nickname is in reference to the Boys over Flowers character, Choo Gaeul, and how her love interest in the show, So Yi-jung, addressed her as ā€œMiss Gaeulā€ or ā€œGaeul-yang.ā€
Fallkki ķ“ė¼ Gaeul is ā€œfallā€ in Korean, and ā€œkkiā€ is from the Korean word for rabbit, ā€œtokki.ā€
Sloth ė‚˜ė¬“ėŠ˜ė³“ Gaeul is said to resemble a sloth in her looks. She is also a homebody and does not like to leave her bed, much like a sloth.
Akiko / Aki-chan ģ•„ķ‚¤ģ½” / ģ•„ķ‚¤ģØ© Japanese fans call her ā€œakikoā€ or ā€œaki-chan,ā€ as ā€œakiā€ in Japanese means ā€œfall.ā€ ā€œAkikoā€ literally means ā€œchild of the fall.ā€
Kim Pierre Gaeul ź¹€ķ”¼ģ—ė„“ź°€ģ„ When Gaeul dyed her hair white blonde and cut it short, she resembled a character called Pierre from a Japanese anime Sugar Sugar Rune.
Gyal Gyal ź±€ź±€ Gyal is the shorter, single-syllable pronunciation of the word ā€œGaeul.ā€
Paper Doll ģ¢…ģ“ģøķ˜• ā€œPaper dollā€ in Korean is a slang for calling someone who is lacking in energy or slender without athleticism. Gaeul is the most petite member of the team with a slender frame, and she prefers to rest rather than be active.