LEESEO: TMI

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PREFERENCES & TASTES

Food

• Leeseo is not a very picky eater, but she is not very into the most common food in Korean cuisine, which is jjigae (stew) and rice.
  • Leeseo is a huge fan of dessert, and she especially loves cakes and scones.
  • Rei has said that she is worried because Liz will often go for sweet food instead of having a proper Korean meal of rice.
  • Yujin has also said that Leeseo will sometimes take a slice of cake as a meal, not eating any rice after.
• Leeseo’s favorite type of cake is the basque cheesecake, and she also likes chocolate and strawberry cakes.
  • Leeseo seems to slightly prefer chocolate cake over strawberry cake.
• Out of delivery food items, fried chicken is Leeseo’s favorite. She likes to have fried chicken with cheese balls on the side, and also with sotteok sotteok (rice cake and sausage skewers).
• Leeseo’s favorite food items also include makchang, or roasted beef intestines, and ramyeon with jjajang-type sauce.

Hobbies

• Leeseo has said that “taking selfies” is one of her hobbies.
• Leeseo likes to swim.
  • She knows how to do backstroke and butterfly.
• Leeseo also likes to watch K-Dramas in her spare time.
  • She has mentioned Twenty Five Twenty One and Extraordinary Attorney Woo as K-Dramas that she has watched and enjoyed.
• Leeseo loves to go to amusement parks.
• Leeseo also likes to play kickball.
  • For regular maintenance of her physique, Leeseo takes Pilates lessons.

Likes and Dislikes

• Leeseo’s favorite genres of music are pop and R&B.
  • In 2022, Leeseo has said that she’s into “deep R&B” and listens to R&B a lot at her dorms after a day of schedule.
• Leeseo’s favorite character is Loopy from Pororo the Little Penguin.
• Leeseo’s favorite Sailor Moon character is Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon.
• Leeseo’s favorite season is winter.
  • Leeseo says that winter has its own “unique flavor.”
  • She also likes winter because her birthday is in the winter season and because she likes the snow. She likes making snowmen as well.
• Leeseo likes to keep her KakaoTalk profile photo empty (default setting).
  • She has said that when she was younger, she liked to have pictures of characters as her profile photo, but now she thinks the default profile looks the coolest.
• Leeseo’s favorite movie of all time is My Neighbor Totoro.

OTHER TRIVIA

• Leeseo has a lot of aegyo.
  • When the IVE members voted on “Who is the ultimate aegyo queen of IVE?” Leeseo was the second member of the team to get the most votes after Jang Wonyoung.
• Leeseo has said that Rei is the member who knows the most about her secrets.
  • Leeseo always tries to kiss the other unnies (older members) of the group, but Rei is the only one who will tolerate her kisses.
  • Rei also often takes care of Leeseo like an older sister.
• According to Rei, Leeseo’s Japanese almost sounds like that of a native.
• Leeseo has said that she would like to film a commercial for ice cream in the future.
• The first item she bought for herself with her first paycheck was coffee capsules.
  • Leeseo said that because there’s a coffee machine at her house already, she only bought the capsules.
• Gaeul has said that Leeseo is really good at putting on and taking off her contact lenses - she doesn’t even need to look in a mirror.
• Even though she’s the youngest member of IVE, Leeseo is the older sibling at home. She has a sister who is four years younger than her.
  • In 2022, her younger sister bought the IVE’s Season’s Greetings, and they unboxed the package together.

LEESEO’S NICKNAMES

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