Kwon Jiyong was part of the group Little Roo'Ra when he was 5. Unfortunately, after releasing a Christmas album, the group's contract was terminated by their record company and since then he tries his luck in acting and be a child actor. He is not shy in front of camera and have a little too much confident despite his cute face and tiny body. He's really smart for a kid his age as he understands the director's instruction and he can memorize his script with the help of his mother. Because of that SM Entertainment – his agency - is really fond of him, hoping that they can train him from early age to be an outstanding actor for their agency. Despite being target as an actor, Jiyong found a new interest in music besides acting after he watch Wu-Tang Clan performance. It's just an ordinary day for him when he decided to watch tv with his friend when he first came to know about that American hip hop group. He then tries to remember the lyrics of 'C.R.E.A.M.' – his most favourite song from their album - but being a kid with limited English vocabulary, he scribbles Korean pronunciation on the top of the lyric sheet. He's 12 when he decided to tell the agency about his interest in music is more than acting but the agency denied his request to be trained as a singer because they really want him to stay as an actor. Devastated, Jiyong almost sign up with another agency name YG Entertainment as a singer trainee but after the information reach the management of SM, they prevent that from happen because they really want him to stay. As a result, they let him trained as a singer and also actor at the same time. Jiyong was satisfied with the arrangements so he turned down the YGE's offer and stayed with SM.
SM finally let Jiyong debut in a boy band group name 'Sweetie' when he was 17 as the maknae with the stage name 'Honey' with another 4 members; Sugar, Lolli, Choco and Candy. Their stage name was funny because their stage name was inspired by anything sweet that come to the PR team's mind in order to fit their group name Sweetie. Jiyong could care less about their weird name as long as he can be a singer and sing to his heart's content. One thing he dissatisfied though, they wouldn't let him do heavy rapped. Jiyong has talent in rapping but because his group songs were basically about sickeningly-sweet love song only, they can't fit Jiyong's heavy rapped in any of their song. But still, Jiyong still content as long as he can sing. Sweetie was disbanded after 4 years because of the group having internal problem – mainly because the other members were jealous with Jiyong's lone popularity thus they bullied him – and Jiyong started his solo career ever since using his real name.
When Jiyong was 23, he was the main actor in a hit drama that win several awards. The drama is about a guy who is in the verge of dying when he finds himself falling in love with his own doctor who take care of him while he's sick. For Jiyong, he thought the story was kind of cliché and boring but he kept that opinion to himself. The song that he sings as the OST of the drama get many compliments from the public thus raise his fame even more as a singer-actor. Ever since then, he got more and more job offer to star as a main actor in k-dramas but it's rare for him to take the offer. He doesn't want to take just any role that was offered to him to prevent the dissatisfaction like how he felt on his first drama so he always careful while choosing the script. This kind of trait make him a top-class actor that only top director dare to cast him and Jiyong suppose he really like that.
Jiyong was known as a big diva with difficult to pleased attitude in a celebrity world. He always wanted his own waiting room for himself only, he hated sharing with other people. The air-conditioner must be set to 22 Celsius, has white daisies on the table, should be serve chocolate every 2 hours whether he ate it or not, a nice fluffy cat bed for his pet named Ai and he should have his own private helper who will run errands whenever he wanted – he has his own manager but the manager is too busy handling his other diva thingy. If the organizer failed to provide any demand, Jiyong is not hesitate to walk out from the set just like that. No one can have a word to him; it's his way or no way. Although he always be a bitch, many people still willing to work with him because he got no problem with the job ethics. He is a hard worker who took pride in his job. He always came early to the set, finish his work on time and give excellent result to his work. To put it simply, anyone who wished to work with him must be prepared for his diva strike and then everything will work just fine.
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