Somi 전소미
Jeon So-mi (전소미), or Somi is a well-known solo artist and songwriter in South Korea signed to Black Label (Kpop Profiles). She was born in Ontario and grew up in South Korea, speaking English and Korean with her parents.
Growing up, she wanted to dye her hair darker and get plastic surgery on her eyes, nose, and lips to look more Korean due to the teasing she got as a biracial kid(Happy Together - There’s Nothing More Important Than Family [ENG/2016.06.16]). However, she learned to love and accept herself, regardless of what others say (Somi's extreme hardships - Toughest 16-year-old).
She rose to fame during her participation in Produce 101, a talent competition TV show, where she was ranked as first place. She is also known for being a member of girl groups, such as I.O.I and Girls Next Door and her connections to TWICE and ITZY. She is a prominent artist, with fans admiring her strength to pursue her dreams despite setbacks.
Place of Birth: Ontario, Canada
Nationality: American, Korean
Background of Parents: Father is Dutch-Canadian and mother is Korean
Languages Spoken: Korean (native), English (native)
Profession: Singer and songwriter
Sentiment Data from Youtube
Somi Speaking English
Video Summary
This video features various clips of her speaking/singing in English, including her singing Hannah Montana and interacting with families and friends
Data Collection Parameters
Collected a sample of the top 85 comments and sorted them into the different categories shown below. Comments could fit into multiple categories. Due to the subjective nature of interpreting the comments there may be some discrepancy in the data. To see examples of comments that fit strictly into one category, view the excel sheet with extracted comments. They are colored accordingly to match the pie chart above.
Data Analysis
Most comments were relating to Somi's family (13.5%), how she is as a sister (11.2%), funny moments (12.4%), general support for her (14.6%), and praise relating to her apperance/her being cute (9.0%). Even though the video featured her multiracial family and was emphasizing her English ability, most comments were not about her race nor English. Thus, it appears that Somi has been well-accepted by Korean society and people pay more attention to her interactions with her family and personality, rather than her biracial background.