TenAsia | Jeon Hyun-moo, Girlfriend Lee Hye-seong, Confesses to Hair Loss: “They’re Painting Black on My Head” (“Grasshopper”)
TenAsia covered the behind-the-scenes story of Korean painter Kim Hyun Jung's photoshoot on MBN's variety show "Grasshopper Playing with Ants." In a scene where a salon covered a bald patch caused by frequent use of hairpins with color, MCs Jeon Hyun-moo and Park Gun empathized with the sorrow of hair loss, and the article introduced Kim as the youngest person to hold a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and one of Forbes' "30 Under 30 Asia."
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Broadcaster Jeon Hyun-moo empathized with the sorrow of hair loss, saying, "That's what I look like at the salon."
MBN's variety show "Grasshopper Playing with Ants," broadcast on the 9th, revealed the daily life of Korean painter Kim Hyun Jung.
That day, Kim Hyun Jung personally modeled for a photoshoot to create her paintings. She visited a salon for the photoshoot and had her hair styled. Kim, who said her hair loss came from frequently using dozens of hairpins for styling, drew sympathy with visible bald patches on her head.
The salon director began applying color to the thinning areas of her hair, and Kim Hyun Jung laughed sheepishly, saying, "They're drawing on my head." Watching this, MC Jeon Hyun-moo empathized, saying, "It's like watching a scene from my own salon," and Park Gun confessed, "I just pour black powder directly on my head," adding, "So it can't rain."
Jeon Hyun-moo then said sadly, "It's the sorrow of those with hair loss," drawing sympathy.
Kim Hyun Jung, the youngest Korean to hold a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and one of Forbes' "30 Under 30 Asia," said, "I think I spend every moment except sleeping and eating drawing."
After showing her hectic, ant-like daily life, Kim Hyun Jung went on a healing trip with Kim Min-ah, saying at the end of the trip, "It was a day like a gift."
Reporter Tae Yu-na, TenAsia