BigHit's first female trainee finally sees the light of day by joining Bangtan Sonyeondan, a decision seen by many as a joke until it starts to pay off. Join her journey from nothing to Korea's Noona.
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This would be the era where everything changed in a moment's notice. However, before that happened, this was to be an album that would set Grace on the map as a solo artist, a woman in her own right, and a dancer as well. Black Swan would be the video that proved that all in one fell swoop - her ballet history helped with the theme, she was put front in centre and in the middle of the boys in the opening with the iconic lines 'Do your thang' and her outfits throughout the whole video made it a masterpiece. She had to be slightly different to the rest of them - blonde hair still compared to the silver/black hair of the rest and her clothes were either black to their white or white to their black.
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It was also during this time that future plans were starting to be put in motion, even though everything would be cancelled when the pandemic hit at it's fullest in March 2020 and locked everything down.
ON was another song that showed Grace's dancing history to its fullest and she had looked forward to working with one choreographer who had caught her attention on the internet - Sienna, who would be instrumental for Grace in the future. The music video was fun for her to do as it required little dancing especially after the first music video came out where it was full on dancing, in black/white clothes and in Los Angeles heat.
This album also saw another solo for Grace that would later feature of her mixtape - No Tears Left to Cry. It was a song that had fit the rest of the theme of the album. Though Grace always had an uncertainty to her, never quite sure if she was in the right place, the song reflected that no matter what she was going through she was resilient in the face of adversity and that she was willing to move on, no matter what happened. It is often said that this is where Grace, even for all her worries and doubts, simply settled in to the role that had been created for her: an idol.
There was no chance for rest, even in the pandemic, for Grace was working through her mixtape as well as Yoongi who then released his in May 2020. Grace, however, kept working on hers and pushing the release off until she felt certain that the pandemic would not affect any music videos or any performances that she may decide to do.
Unfortunately, it was put on hold again as BTS' career then began to shoot further than ever before with what was going to be two English singles. And with these two English singles, Grace was going to be pushed further into the spotlight.
FACTS:
Had an outfit specially designed for Black Swan but never got to wear it after it was stolen
Showed off her operatic skills with Taehyung during the make of Black Swan
Grace admitted during on V-LIVE that she does sometimes get fed up with performing certain songs over and over again, so she loves it when the older songs are put in. She also admitted that she heard ON thousands of time while regarding, during promo and afterwards.
Grace wrote No Tears Left to Cry before they travelled to New Zealand and had it confirmed on their last day there
During the comeback special, Grace followed Jimin's photo-op move
Grace also took over at least half of the American/British interviews, giving Namjoon a break
