This page lists “TMI” of Gaeul from IVE, a 6-member girl group. TMI originally stands for “Too Much Information.” However, in Korean popular culture, the term has evolved to mean “interesting personal details/trivia.”

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Read more about Gaeul’s official stats and positions within the team here.

PREFERENCES & TASTES

Food

  • Gaeul likes Korean food. She likes to eat with An Yujin as they have similar love for Korean food.
    • Gaeul has mentioned she likes the following Korean food menus: gukbap (hot soup and rice boiled in ttukbaegi, a type of Korean earthenware), budae jjigae (army stew), gamjatang (pork back-bone stew), acorn jelly, and samgyeopsal (pork belly BBQ).
  • Gaeul likes eating out on her own, watching fun videos, and eating slowly. She prefers to eat out alone at restaurants that are not crowded.
    • Her favorite food is kimchi stew or kimchi jjigae, as she says it’s one of the most perfect foods to eat alone.
  • Gaeul is not a fan of the Hawaiian pizza.
  • Gaeul loves the garlic dipping sauce from Papa Johns.
  • Gaeul does not like the mint chocolate flavor.
  • Even though Gaeul does not like cookies, she likes potato chips.

Hobbies

  • Gaeul likes to write lyrics; she prefers the genre of singing rap and also listens to a lot of rap music in her own time.
  • Gaeul is good at cooking, and she often cooks for her members at the dorms.
  • Gaeul likes to read, especially detective novels.
    • She also has a habit of taking pictures of poems she liked from a book of poetry.
  • Gaeul likes to watch horror movies; she often watches horror movies with Rei. She has one called herself “horror mania.”
    • Gaeul wanted to visit horror-themed escape rooms with the members.
  • Gaeul likes to watch movies on her own; she has once said that she can watch movies for more than six hours straight, if she had time.
  • Gaeul likes to play Animal Crossing from Nintendo.
  • Gaeul likes to collect matching pajama sets.

Likes and Dislikes

  • Gaeul likes to watch variety shows on TV and prefers to watch movies instead of dramas.
    • One of her favorite movies of all time is Aladdin, as she likes to watch a lot of musical movies.
  • Gaeul likes the Japanese anime series Detective Conan, and her favorite Detective Conan movie is The Phantom of Baker Street.
  • Gaeul’s favorite Pokémon is Pikachu.
  • Gaeul likes Ami Mizuno, or Sailor Mercury, from the Sailor Moon series.
  • Gaeul has said that she’s a fan of the Korean variety series Infinite Challenge.
  • Gaeul’s favorite hairstyle is braids; she wasn’t very talented at braiding her own hair, but she practiced by watching YouTube videos.
  • Gaeul likes the color pink.
  • Gaeul is extremely afraid of insects; she has said that she’s more afraid of insects than she is afraid of ghosts.

OTHER TRIVIA

  • Gaeul has said that she’s quite good at playing the “If you blink first, you lose” game.
  • Gaeul used to love playing with legos when she was young; she used to like building castles with legos.
  • In the popular K-Drama Boys over Flowers, there is a character named Choo Gaeul.
    • Gaeul has been compared to the character a lot, once mimicking the popular line from the drama; “Miss Gaeul, stop making me wait and come to me now.”
  • Gaeul is quite knowledgable about pop culture references that came before her time.
  • Gaeul has said that she would like to film a commercial for sports drinks.
  • Gaeul has picked IU as the senior that she respects, saying that she has been a fan of her since elementary school.
    • Gaeul sang a line from IU’s “Knees” when a fan asked her to sing a lullaby on the radio.
    • Gaeul has also recommended “Not Spring, Love, or Cherry Blossoms” by HIGH4 and IU.

GAEUL’S NICKNAMES

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

ENG
(translated)		 KOR
(original)		 MEANING
Gaeul Sunbae 가을 선배 The Korean word “sunbae” (”senpai” in Japanese) is used to describe someone who is older or more experienced than you at your field. Gaeul got this nickname because of the fact that she’s the eldest member of the team, and also because of her chic and cool demeanor. It’s also Gaeul’s favorite nickname of her.
Gaeul-yang 가을양 The nickname is in reference to the Boys over Flowers character, Choo Gaeul, and how her love interest in the show, So Yi-jung, addressed her as “Miss Gaeul” or “Gaeul-yang.”
Fallkki 폴끼 Gaeul is “fall” in Korean, and “kki” is from the Korean word for rabbit, “tokki.”
Sloth 나무늘보 Gaeul is said to resemble a sloth in her looks. She is also a homebody and does not like to leave her bed, much like a sloth.
Akiko / Aki-chan 아키코 / 아키쨩 Japanese fans call her “akiko” or “aki-chan,” as “aki” in Japanese means “fall.” “Akiko” literally means “child of the fall.”
Kim Pierre Gaeul 김피에르가을 When Gaeul dyed her hair white blonde and cut it short, she resembled a character called Pierre from a Japanese anime Sugar Sugar Rune.
Gyal Gyal 걀걀 Gyal is the shorter, single-syllable pronunciation of the word “Gaeul.”
Paper Doll 종이인형 “Paper doll” in Korean is a slang for calling someone who is lacking in energy or slender without athleticism. Gaeul is the most petite member of the team with a slender frame, and she prefers to rest rather than be active.