After Her Acting Debut, She Fulfilled Her Idol Dream

Kim Dee (2017 version) A “chosen star” of Chungmuro, launched with a famous director as her muse and a renowned actor backing her. One of the Korean public's favorite and least favorite celebrities: they love her so much that an entire movie's promotional campaign is plastered across South Korea with her face, and hate her so much that one gesture or sentence is enough to flood the forums with trending posts. People love the honor her awards and success bring the nation, but hate her background and connections, which let her act brazenly and get so much. Since they love and hate her for the same reasons, they gave her the nickname Kim Mi, short for “Kim America.” Why her? After Kim Dee became famous, countless people asked this question. She clearly had little respect for acting and no real passion for it. She had almost no ambition for her career and only wanted to run away back home. Even her debut role came about by accident. She was essentially playing herself, with no acting skill at all. In those years, the most common thing people said about Kim Dee was that it was a shame her talent had landed in her lap. If it had gone to another actor, they would definitely have achieved more. But once the rumors died down, people realized there had only ever been one Kim Dee in all of South Korea. Dee KIM (2022 introduction, in progress) ITZY's unexpected sixth member, but she's Asian American. This time, ITZY isn't an all-Korean group, so ITZY absolutely has to reach the top! Until they do, let's leave everything else aside (though this is the Dee romance version). After she joined ITZY, the public formed a new impression of that unconventional Chungmuro star: Butterfly, a girl who really works hard. Just like, an acting genius patching together her idol dream. She dreams of becoming an idol, but all her talent points went into acting. What is she supposed to do? Winning a major acting award as a newcomer at age twenty proves Dee's title as an acting genius. After all, she made her debut as an actress and immediately won an international A-list film festival's Best Actress award. In just three years of acting, two movies brought her within a hair's breadth of completing the grand slam of the three major and three minor awards. Aside from saying she was born with a gift, there are few other ways to describe that track record. Even though people constantly criticize her for benefiting from the roles her identity brings her, actress Dee's achievements speak for themselves. But becoming an idol... well, that seems to be just Dee's girlish fantasy. The actress's face, which people once praised, was judged insufficiently refined and in need of a lot of work. She had a lovely singing voice but no technique or feeling, and the only dance she could manage was “Three Little Bears.” At nineteen, Dee auditioned to become a trainee at the agency known as Bottle House and was judged a terrible singer and dancer who needed to go under the knife. But that's okay. Dee will gradually stitch reality into the shape of her dream. No opportunities? That's fine. In her acceptance speech after winning an acting award, she openly said she wanted to fulfill her idol dream. Even though it stirred up heated discussion, plenty of offers came her way. No talent? That's fine. As long as people think she's pretty right now, the rest can be polished up with good packaging. Besides, her younger teammates are all incredibly talented. Can't write songs? That's fine. Songwriters are rare anyway. Oh, the group's mixing is terrible? No problem. She'll date a boyfriend who can write songs, and then she can easily get a huge collection of high-quality tracks suited to her. And so began Kim Dee's dream-come-true era. A star in South Korea's acting world, she would be one in the idol world, too. No one can say when G-Dragon and Kim Dee's names first started appearing together so often. Maybe it was when people later dug up records showing their flights had coincided year after year. Or perhaps it began even earlier, when Kim Dee was photographed at the Seoul stop of G-Dragon's world tour, just after wrapping her first movie. In any case, theirs was a “secret” underground relationship kept exceptionally well hidden. Like, madly in love for six years, then reunited in 2023. This story is also known as The Butterfly Effect, The Bottle House Castoff's Comeback Journal, and Will the Second Division Get a Reputation for Enduring Anything After K-pop's First Idol Who Wants to Fulfill Her Dream in Reverse Arrives? Is She a Hater's Favorite or a Dutiful Daughter? The Witch-Type Icon, Number One No One Could Help Falling for Kim Dee Reader's guide: 1. The heroine's common nicknames: For haters: Kim Mi, short for “Kim America” For Korean netizens: Kimdi, Little Kim For her fans: Butterfly, Little Butterfly Kim 2. Pairing: G-Dragon. At first, they have a brother-sister vibe; later, it's a radiant peacock × an older puppy. 3. Opens in 2016. She joins ITZY in 2022. The tags already tell you that. 4. This is a wickedly irreverent story, and the forum posts are plentiful. I occasionally poke fun at boy and girl groups. Use the scandals, in their debunked versions, as needed. Please don't recommend, review, or add it to reading lists, and don't bash the characters in the comments. 5. This story is already over 300,000 words. Don't let it pile up unread 🥺🥺 Theme: She only wants to be herself.