6 things to know about Yura, star of Forecasting Love and Weather: the Girl’s Day K-pop singer is starring in Netflix’s new K-drama with Song Kang after a role in Now, We are Breaking Up
- The K-pop idol and ulzzang was scouted early and Dream T Entertainment agency even advised her to insure her legs for almost US$500,000
- While she waits for her band to get back on stage, she’s crushing on singer Lee Seung-gi and is also a fan of Exo, whose member Sehun she appeared with in her last series
“As with countless young people, they dream of success and hope for a stable life, but have a hard time when they face the reality where they can’t do that. I wanted to express the [people in their] twenties who grow through that,” she said, according to Soompi.
The idol-turned-actress is showing her undeniable talent to raise her profile in “Hallyuwood” day by day. Here are some interesting things you may not know about her.
1. She was an ulzzang
While still at art school, Yura decided to become a singer and set out to pursue this dream, she revealed according to Soompi. She posted photos and videos on Cyworld, a popular social media site in Korea at that time, looking for an agency to represent her.
She quickly became an ulzzang, a Korean term meaning “best face” that’s used to describe the sort of good-looking people scouted online by entertainment agencies.
She got offers from about 60 agencies, including Dream T Entertainment who helped her meet her goal of debuting before she graduated from high school, appearing with Girl’s Day in 2010, per K-pop Behind.