K-pop Idols Who Can Speak French: ZB1's Seok Matthew, BLACKSWAN's Fatou, More

In K-pop, idols are usually required to learn more than two languages: Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese. But the K-pop stars below went beyond and learned French before their debut.

Yang Irae

Yang Drea/Irae, one of the final members of the upcoming Girls on Fire girl group, is Korean-French. She was born in Paris and grew up there before coming to Korea to pursue her dream of becoming an idol.

While there are a few clips of her speaking French, fans can watch her perfect introduction in the video above. (time stamp: 10:26).

Stella Jang

CSVC and soloist Stella Jang is renowned in the community for her fluency in reading and speaking French. In her vlogs and live streams, Jang often talks in French and even covers their songs with a perfect accent.

ZB1's Seok Matthew

Raised in Vancouver, Canada, Seok Matthew learned the language under their education curriculum after attending a French immersion school.

BLACKSWAN's Fatou

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Fatou, the first Senegalese-Belgian idol, is also skilled in speaking French. Her video above shows her answering the interview using the language.

KINGDOM's Dann

Kingdom Dann is a French speaker. Although he was born in Korea, he learned English and a bit of Arabic after his family moved to Dubai when he was 10.

During his stay here, he attended an international school and learned French after taking it as his second language.

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