

'KiofVerse' aims to be an information centre for all things related to KISS OF LIFE.
KISS OF LIFE is a four membered girl group under S2 Entertainment.
Here, you will find detailed information on things such as the members, their history, content, voting guides and their discography.
A project by jay! @neulbel :D







There was one main issue with the group after the line up had been decided:
What concept do they even do?
All of the girls had vastly different backgrounds and experiences, no one knew what to do with them or what concept to even give them. Every time they explored a certain concept someone wouldn't agree or it wouldn't suit one of the members. Haein dedicated to suggest what if they did a concept based on freedom. Julie describes their βfreedomβ concept as βfreedom from within or freedom from the world.β Natty has also described it as the following, βI think that because we show what we feel within the keyword βfreedomβ through dance and song, that part reaches the public and they like us.β They use the term βfreedomβ as a way to freely do whatever they want and showcase whatever they want to as artists and performers.
As a group, KISS OF LIFE have a lot of creative freedom when it comes to the music they make as well as the concepts they do. They and their staff are all close and willingly work with each other in order for everyone to be happy. Whether that be the music they produce, styling or concept ideas, KIOF are involved with the creative direction of the group.
An example of this would be how Natty drew up some of the concept sketches for the 'Midas Touch' music video which can be found in the physical album, a portion of her ideas making it into the final music video.
Piror to debut they even made a powerpoint telling the company what exactly they wanted to do with their concept and music direct as the company still wasn't too sure what to do with them. From this powerpoint they conveyed what they wanted to do and S2 worked with them to create the vision.
Another example would be with Julie and her solo 'Kitty Cat.' Initially, the song had a very cutesy vibe to it, contray to the final song produced. Julie was not a fan of this and asked to make multiple changes to the song because it wasn't her style musically. Prior to this she had zero composing or writing ability, something a rapper usually would posses, from making her own changes to 'Kitty Cat', she saw it as a learning experience for herself to grow and try more things on her own, such as writing her own raps.
Their concept is not βmatureβ or βgrownβ, these are just perceptions. The only ever stated concept is freedom.
Sources:
Lee Haein Talking about being a Creative Director
POP OUT RADIO - pH-1 Interview with Julie and Belle
Hanbok Interview




Prior to any of the members even joining S2 ENT, Lee Haein (Idol School) joined the company as Creative Director to plan a girl group and was given very little time to do so. Haein and Natty were chatting and in this time period Natty had made her solo debut under SWING ENT, during this Natty shared how she still wanted to be part of a girl group and Haein suggested that Natty come join hers. She told Natty that she should come be a member and Natty later agreed, becoming the first member of the debut lineup.
When Natty and Haein were still trainees and preparing to debut in a girl group that never went through, Haein found a video of Julie rapping and told Natty how she would love to have a member like that. Fast forward to Haein preparing KIOF, Haein personally went out and contacted Julie to ask her to be a member. Julie and Natty had also previously been under the same company together, one of the other reasons why Haein wanted her.
Before even joining S2, Belle had already been working in the industry as a composer, helping to write songs and do background vocals for companies such as SM. Belle was signed to work as a composer under Aura ENT before March 2021. In late 2021/early 2022 AURA ENT was acquired by S2 ENT. Haein saw Belleβs potential as a vocalist and wanted to debut her as an idol despite Belleβs lack of dancing experience. Belle also did not want to become an idol, being afraid she wouldnβt be able to work on her music anymore and have to focus on doing βidol stuff.β Haein pushed her to try and learn dancing no matter how much she hated it or gave up on it. After Belle had reached a certain level of skill in dancing she was finally able to meet Julie and Natty, prior to this Julie and Natty had no contact with Belle.
Haneul was the only member to have the βnormalβ trainee experience out of all of them. She passed the S2 auditions around July 2022 and was one of the trainees under S2. Haneul was selected through evaluations and despite only having around ~1 year of training or not being the βbestβ trainee out of the other 10, she was picked due to how Haein as well as Julie, Natty and Belle all saw potential in her. They all thought Haneul would be the only one able to match the presence of the other three as well as be able to stand her own ground and develop her talents. Haein said how she was impressed by how quickly Haneul was able to learn new things and work ethic despite her short training period and least experience out of the four of them.
On July 5th, 2023, KISS OF LIFE made their official debut with self titled EP 'KISS OF LIFE', including 2 group songs and 4 solo songs.
Sources:
Lee Haein Talking about the group and members
@healingproduce - Detailed explanation of KIOF lineup
@healingproduce - From Hot Issue Disbandment to KIOF Debut





KISS OF LIFE is abbreviated to 'KIOF' due how it is able to work in both Korean and English. Other abbreviations will sound different in each respective language.
A more in depth explanation can be found from @healingproduce on twitter.
Link here




July 5th, 2023
'KISS OF LIFE' - First Mini Album
November 8th, 2023
'Born to be XX' - Second Mini Album
April 3rd, 2024
'Midas Touch' - First Single Album
July 1st, 2024
'Sticky' First Digital Single
October 4th, 2024
'R.E.M' - 'Lose Yourself' Pre-Release
October 15th, 2024
'Lose Yourself' - Third Mini Album

Haneul was born in Suwon, South Korea and is the only member to have lived in Korea her whole life.
She had many musical influences growing up, one of them being her own mother who owned a music academy and frequently played classical music. Her motivation to become an idol came from seeing SISTAR perform in a soccer stadium and wanting to also be up on a stage on day to perform. She has been dancing since a young age and started vocal lessons around 2021.
S2 ENT is the only company Haneul has ever been apart of. She has never been a HYBE Trainee.
Prior to debut, Haneul was part of an acting academy and has been seen in multiple dramas playing background characters. She has also been seen in commercials for products.
During the pre debut preparations, Haneul was upset and concerned over the idea that she wouldn't be able to fit in with the other members due to not having an extensive background like they did. However, Julie went on to reassure her saying she was the perfect fit for the team and what held KIOF together as a whole.

She primarily plays guitar, but has played piano and ukulele when she was younger.
She is currently learning English & Japanese. (She likes anime)
She is the tallest member out of all of them.
She has composing and song writing credits on 'Bye My Neverland'
Her nickname 'Bobsky' comes from the korean word for rice being 'bap' and her name in korean meaning 'sky', creating 'Bobsky.' Occasionally they will straight up call her 'Bob.'
She likes "live band music", explaining why most of her covers are in that style as well as 'Back to Me' being her favourite song from 'Lose Yourself'
Sources:
KISS OF LIFE Debut Album - English Translation
Show Champion Essay
Thread of Haneul's Background character roles

Stage Name - Belle (벨)
Birth Name - Anabelle Shim / Shim Hyewon (μ¬νμ)
March 20th, 2004 (20)
Main Vocalist
ENTP
168CM Tall
Korean - Born in Seattle, USA
Representative Emoji: π§


Belle was born in Seattle in the US, growing up there until she was 8 years old where she moved to South Korea. From her time growing up in the US she is fluent in English and Korean.
Belle was exposed to music from an extremely young age due to her father being Shim Sin, a famous Korean singer in the 90s. Her first exposure to writing and composing was through her cousin known as 'Cherry Coke' who is a singer. She introduced Belle to producing and discovered Belle's singing voice, from this Belle went on to make connections to producers such as MILLIC and by the time she was 18 she already had multiple composing, writing and background vocal credits on multiple songs such as 'Unforgiven' (LE SSERAFIM), 'Find You' (PURPLE KISS), 'Child' (MARK OF NCT), 'Run' (R U NEXT THEME, SUZY) and 'Softly' 'Charging' (MIYEON).
Throughout all of this, Belle managed to also write some of her own songs in her free time, one of her most known pre-debut songs being 'Venus' which went viral during debut era.
Belle had zero intentions of becoming an idol, however after being pushed by Haein to learn dancing as well as seeing the other members motivated her to keep going to try and become an idol.
She was previously under SM as a songwriter and AURA ENT as a composer which later was acquired by S2. She has never been a trainee before.

Commonly referred to as 'KIOF's Princess' due to her personality
She describes Sabrina Carpenter as her musical inspiration
She first got into exploring R&B through Victoria Monet and was intrigued by her song 'Dive' with how is was produced musically. It inspired her to get more into writing and producing.
When Ariana Grande was teasing her album 'Eternal Sunshine', people began to say Belle's song 'Venus' was a leak from the album due to their voices sounding similar and people genuinely believed it.
She is a big fan of the color pink and EXO
She has previously appeared on 'The Masked Singer'
Belle currently has 7 song writing credits on the entire KISS OF LIFE Discography. (Countdown, Shh, My 808, Says it, Te Quiero, Maestro of My Heart & Get Loud) She also has producer credits on every single KISS OF LIFE album.
She has previously played piano and violin
Sources:
KISS OF LIFE Debut Album - English Translation
POP OUT RADIO - pH-1 Interview with Julie and Belle
KODE SELF-ON CODE with EXO Suho
Masked Singer

Stage Name - Natty (λλ )
Birth Name - Ahnatchaya Suputhipong (ΰΈΰΈ²ΰΈΰΈ±ΰΈΰΈΰΈ² ΰΈͺΰΈΈΰΈΰΈΈΰΈΰΈΰΈ΄ΰΈΰΈΰΈ¨ΰΉ)
May 30th, 2002 (22)
Main Dancer, Lead Rapper
INFP
167CM Tall
Thailand - Born in Bangkok
Representative Emoji: π€
Instagram - @natty_0530


Natty was born in Bangkok, Thailand and is the only entirely non Korean member. After starting dancing at the age of 10, a year later she went to Korea to start her life as a trainee, thinking it was just a thing for people who like to sing and dance. Something she was fond of.
At the age of just 11 she was a trainee under SM ENT, training alongside Red Velvet. Two years later when she was 13 she would go on to appear on the JYP survival show 'SIXTEEN' and did not make the final line up to join the group 'TWICE' due to being too young. Prior to joining 'SIXTEEN' she was also a trainee under JYP.
Natty attended her second survival show 'Idol School' in 2017 when she was 15. Through 'Idol School' she met Lee Haein, a fellow trainee on the show. Simialry to 'SIXTEEN' she did not end up making the final lineup that would go on to form 'fromis_9'
Unfortunately for young Natty, she found herself losing a lot of her confidence due to reading many negative comments online about her appearance. Natty recalled a story once where her she asked her manager what a certain word meant in Korean as she wasn't sure what it meant, only for her manager to have to explain to her it was a comment insulting her face.
Between after 'Idol School' had aired and her solo debut in 2020, it was rumoured that she joined PLEDIS/STONE ENT to debut in a new girl group alongside Haein and other rumoured trainees like Huh Yunjin from LE SSERAFIM. However this girl group never ended up happening.
In 2020, Natty made her solo debut under SWING ENT with her song 'Nineteen' and later went on to make her only comeback with 'Teddy Bear.' Her time as a soloist was short lived due to her not doing well, disappearing for almost two years and leaving her fans confused and concerned to where she was.
In July of 2022, it was revealed that Natty had signed a contract under S2 entertainment, leaving SWING ENT and ending her solo activities. Later that year in December 2022, Natty was seen on a German documentary about K-POP trainees, talking about trainee life. In this video you can also spot Belle, Haneul and Julie as well as another unidentified trainee.
Finally, after spending quite literally half of her life being a trainee, Natty made her debut with KISS OF LIFE on July 5th, 2023.
(sorry for the long ramble, she just has a very detailed history π)

She is the only introvert in the group
Her story talking about a guy confessing to her with a letter saying 'My very own blackswan, the moment i saw you i fell for you' went viral on k-twt due to the stupidity of the quote to the point it started to reach other idols and became a general meme. It has also inspired a photocard pob set for their upcoming CB 'Lose Yourself'
Similarly to Belle, is also referred to as 'KIOF's Thai Princess'
She can play guitar
Her and Julie actively try to take part in creating choreo for their songs
She has a killer bob
She has writing credits on 'My 808' & 'Shh'
She is the only one with a personal Instagram account due to her soloist activities before.
Sources:
KISS OF LIFE Debut Album - English Translation
@itkissy - thead of Natty's history
@nugupromoter - Natty contract signing
@nugupromoter - K-POP Trainee documentary clip
Natty talking about negative comments


Stage Name - Julie (μ₯΄λ¦¬)
Birth Name - Julie Han / (νμ€λ¦¬)
March 29th, 2000 (24)
Leader
Main Rapper, Lead Dancer
ENFP
163CM Tall
Korean - Born in Hawaii
Representative Emoji: πΊπ°


Julie was born in Hawaii, USA, growing up there until she moved to Korea at 13. Like Belle, she is fluent in both English and Korean.
Growing up she listened to a lot of hip-hop and rap despite doing ballet, which she found funny.
When she moved to Korea, she found herself stopping ballet but got recommended to try new styles of dance like hip-pop. She attended a class and found herself enjoying the different style of dance. After that first class had finished she was approached by someone looking to take her in to be a trainee due to seeing her potential.
She went on to be a trainee under THE BLACK LABEL, due to being a native English speaker they thought it would be good if she was a rapper and she agreed. She has said how she has listened to almost all kinds of rap and has multiple influences like Doja Cat.
During her time at THE BLACK LABEL, she managed to achieve first in every single monthly evaluation, only failing to reach first once.
After leaving THE BLACK LABEL she ended up at SWING ENT, where she was trainees with Natty.
Eventually she was contacted by Haein, asking her if she wanted to join her upcoming girl group as a rapper and later asked her to be the leader of the group.

She is the eldest of the group
According Belle, she has a very close resemblance to baby yoda.
She is the the shortest of the group, actually having a height gap unlike the others.
She has writing credits on 'Bye My Neverland', 'Shh', 'Nobody Knows' & 'Bad News (ENG Ver)'. Her producing credits are on 'Shh' & 'Bye My Neverland'.
Her and Natty have taken part in creating choreo for their songs.
Her mother is a fashion designer and her brother is an author
One of Julie's best quotes (in my opinion) is "KISS OF LIFE is a group that gathered four friends with a lot of stories. That's what KISS OF LIFE is."
Sources:
KISS OF LIFE Debut Album - English Translation
POP OUT RADIO - pH-1 Interview with Julie and Belle
Julie TBL Monthly Evaluation

duos! | julie | natty | belle | haneul |
---|---|---|---|---|
julie | β | jultty | bellie | juha |
natty | jultty | β | beltty | neultty |
belle | bellie | beltty | β | molangz |
haneul | julneul | hana | belneul | β |
Some duo names have variations while others don't. If a certain duo name does not have a variation it is because any other option just looks bad/isn't commonly used.
Julie & Haneul's duo name 'JuHa' has a slightly different translation in Korean, coming out to something like 'Zooaz'. Part of this is in reference to Zootopia and how they give off Nick & Judy. (Fox and Bunny thing π€·)
'Molangz' from Belle and Haneul is a reference to an animated TV program called 'Molang', a kids TV show with a chick and a bunny as its main characters. They created the name themselves in a live once.
Molangz is literally never used though, at least not by international fans.










'KIOF Time' is KISS OF LIFE's own 'Variety Show'
There are two seasons:
Season One is KIOF's first mini group vacation.
Season Two has the members playing games and messing around.
Each season is four episodes long, with season one having smaller snippets in-between main episodes.

'KI-OFF' are official behind the scenes videos for music shows, album shoots, brand/magazine shoots, award shows and recordings.

'KIOF-LOG' are their individual vlogs. Each member does something different in each of their logs, some including other members in their logs while others don't.
Each log only has one episode at the moment, however there may be more logs in the future.

'KI-OFF Klip' are short 1-2 minute clips of usually behind the scenes footage that isn't used in official content.
Sometime it's just clips of the girls being silly.


KISS OF LIFE have done a lot of variety content since debut, below you can find the Official Content playlist from KISS OF LIFE themselves as well as Fan Made playlists that might have videos like Weekly Idol.

Thank you for reading this!
This was just a silly project I wanted to do for fun as I really love KIOF and want to be able to help bring more people into the fandom or let current fans learn more about KIOF. Watching KIOF grow from debut has been a great experience and I've met some of the best people through KIOF twt so yay!
Thank you Sora (@SoraSeiichiVT) & Chi (@virtua1angle) for helping me out with finding some of the information on here as well as keeping me in check (kiof brainrot)
A lot of the information found here is from the Korean/English translations from @healingproduce, them and @hanabe1ie do wonderful work doing translations for kissyville (kisscity whatever) so thank you!! π«Άπ«Ά
sincerely, jay (@neulbel) π


If you want to keep up with certain member updates, or just general KIOF updates as a whole, here are links to twitter accounts that do updates!
Any information regarding KISS OF LIFE on charts, sales, comeback goals, streaming and announcements can be found from @KIOFStats.


If you are looking for funny moments of the girls, here are some YouTube channels that post funny clips/edited content!

During comebacks, voting for KISS OF LIFE is important to ensure we can get them music show wins! Below you can find a thread to a voting guide made by @kissofvote
(Note: Music Bank has changed apps to 'ALL CHART' and is not currently accurate)