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baek hwa young, better known by her stage name HWA YOUNG(화영), is a south korean singer under ONE HUNDRED. she is currently a member of the co-ed group THE BOYZ. it was announced that she joined the rest of group under one hundred, following the expiration of the group's contract with ist entertainment. on january 3, 2025, one hundred announced that she would be taking an indefinite hiatus to receive medical treatment and recovery at a facility after being physically assaulted by a stalker.
STAGE NAME hwa young BIRTH NAME baek hwa young ENGLISH NAME delilah baek POSITION(S) lead vocalist, maknae BIRTHDAY august 15, 2002 ZODIAC SIGN leo CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN horse HEIGHT 171 cm (5'7 ft) WEIGHT - - BLOOD TYPE b MBTI TYPE intj NATIONALITY korean REPRESENTATIVE COLOR green REPRESENTATIVE NUMBER 15 INSTAGRAM @young_and_hwa
— her stage name at debut was beck, but she changed it to her birth name in 2020 when she turned 18. she stated she changed her name because she disliked being mistaken as a boy, and felt like it was misleading to new fans.
— she chose the english name delilah because she liked the flower.
— she is an only child.
— she never wanted siblings because she likes having all her parents attention on herself.
— she is one-fourth malay and three-fourths korean.
— her mother is half malay. she attended an international school where she met hwa young's father.
— she spent summers in malaysia with her maternal relatives who taught her malay and cooking.
— she can speak korean, malay, and mandarin. she can understand english, but isn't confident speaking it.
— she is left-handed, but taught herself to became ambidextrous when she fractured her wrist as a kid.
— her nickname is della or lilah.
— her members call her deli sandwich. it is also her representative emoji: 🥪.
— she revealed she speaks english with kevin. he won't answer her if she talks to him in korean. he says it's because he wants her to be more confident in her skills.
— she appeared on lee youngji's show absolutelynothing prepared in an episode called: girlz night in, no BOYZ allowed.
— she is in a friend group with gwsn's lena and loona's yeojin. they have friendship bracelets.
— she is friends with txt's taehyun. they released a song together.
— she doesn't have a religion, but she grew up observing religion through her maternal relatives in malaysia.
— she had a crush on new as a trainee, but when she found out they would debut in the same group, she got over it. he said he would have let her down anyways, because he sees her only as a little sister.
— her lucky number is 15, since that was the age her dream of debuting with the members came true.
— she wishes she was taller, she would have liked to have grown to 177 cm (5'10 ft).
— she is friends with sunwoo's sister. they are the same age. they send each other memes.
— she released a song called hero with txt's taehyun in 2022.
— she trained for 3 years.
— she prefers 1% over 2% milk.
— her favorite song is hey there delilah by plain white t's. she likes when fans sing it to her.
— new is her bias in the boyz. she says it isn't because she used to have a crush on him, but because she admires his voice. she says he helped her improve her vocals a lot and she is grateful to know him.
— she used to live with her parents outside of the dorms, because they didn't want her living alone with boys. they only let her move in with the members when their female manager promised to look after her.
— update: she shares a dorm with sangyeon, hyunjae, and juhaknyeon. she has her own room beside sangyeon.
— the members agree that she is the most selfish member. they say it was worse when they first debuted.
— she is a fan of sanrio. her favorite character is cinnamoroll.
— she auditioned with the song my prayer by boa.
—her ideal type is kind eyes and pretty teeth. she wouldn't date a younger person and could only like a person no more than 3 years older than her. she'd like a partner who likes to travel and see the world together with.
— on august 1, 2023 it was reported that she was rushed to the hospital following an attack by an unknown assailant.
— update: the assailant was later identified to be a known male stalker.
— on february 1, 2024, ist entertainment released a statement about her condition. they identified her assailant and stated that legal action would be taken.
— on september 22, 2024 her stalker was sentenced to three years in prison, five years of probation, and fined 75 million won for stalking and aggravated assult.
— update: an official report of her injuries was released. she suffered a major concussion, broken nose, dislocated jaw, shattered collarbone, 2 broken ribs, dislocated shoulder, fractured ankle, and severe bruising.
— on december 14, 2024 one hundred released a statement that she would be joining the rest of the members under the company.
— on january 3, 2025, one hundred announced that she would be taking an indefinite hiatus while receiving extensive treatment in a hospital, as well as taking time to recover physically and mentally. she would be placed in the care of her parents and medical professionals.
