Why Is TEMPEST's HanBin The Sunflower Of K-Pop?

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Many of you might know about HanBin, whether you're a TEMPEST fan or not. After his appearance in the survival show "I-Land", he made a great impression, especially with his very bright personality and adorable smile. Of course, HanBin has more than a pretty smile for you to enjoy. May it be his handsome visuals, incredible dance skills, or wonderful vocals, there are so many things to love about HanBin that we just never can get enough! But for today, we chose to focus on his sunshine personality and golden heart.

Now part of the group TEMPEST, HanBin has proven to be the happy virus of the group. But he is often called by a new type of nickname: Sunflower. K-Pop fans have been used to calling members with bright smiles or personalities the group sunshine or happy virus, but HanBin is introducing all of us to the Sunflower nickname! So let's see why is he called like this.

1. His emoji: the sunflower

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It is a common fact that many idols use emojis to represent themselves in different situations. Some have animals, objects, or plants. HanBin is fitting in the latter since he is using the sunflower as his representative emoji. We all know that those emojis are based on the idol's personality or facial features, proving once again that HanBin is a living sunflower.

2. His smile as bright as the sun and his face as pretty as a flower

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Who did not fall in love with HanBin's smile yet? It is so bright and cheerful, a simple smile can make your day way better. Next time you have a hard day, remember to search for HanBin smiling, all the bad feelings will go away in a second, just as if you were embraced by a ray of sunshine! But if HanBin's smile is close to the sun's embrace, his pretty visuals are closer to flowers. Delicate, pretty, natural, and diverse, HanBin is just like a field of flowers.

3. His gentle masculine energy giving him flower-boy vibes

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Once again, linked to HanBin's visual, HanBin is kind of the pretty Flower-boy from well-loved webtoons. He is pretty and delicate, but also super cute. Despite being a male idol, HanBin doesn't have this virile masculine image to him, because he has gentle-masculine energy, as we call it, meaning that he doesn't need to be muscular and virile to show his masculinity, and that sort of energy, somehow, is associated with flowers, bringing us back to the bright sunflower he is associated with.

4. His growth as an artist

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HanBin only debuted recently in TEMPEST, meaning that he hasn't reached his peak of success yet. Slowly but surely, he is growing as an artist, nourished by his fans' love and support. Once again, HanBin is similar to a plant growing slowly thanks to soil, water, and sunlight. But seeing how big the sunflowers can become, we can only look forward to the day HanBin will grow as big as a sunflower in his career!

5. HanBin and his fans, his sun

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Finally, the sunflower is said to always face the sun. If we take this saying to HanBin, we can say that HanBin's sun is no other than his fans. Because HanBin is always meeting with his fans, and facing them, we can conclude that HanBin really is like a sunflower!

After all, HanBin is indeed like a Sunflower, he really deserved this nickname and it suits him perfectly. What a delightful ray of sunshine!