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[kittifm]

hi loves ! gloom ❪  she / they ❫ here, bringing you my pretty girl, ireshi, who prefers to go by kitti ❪  pronounced just like ' kitty ' ❫ ! this isn’t my first time here at infinite — i had a previous girlie back when everyone was on tour — but i disappeared due to some life things and couldn’t cope. i'm here to stay this time, i swear ! nonetheless, i hope you love my sweet spoiled girl as much as i do ! ♡

⸻  welcome  to  infinite  entertainment !  it's  IRESHI  SAENGKAEW  ❪  KITTI  ❫,  who  is  the  MAIN  DANCER  of  BRAVEHEART.  i’ve  heard  whispers  that  the  24  year  old  is  pretty  CONFIDENT  but  lowkey  SPOILED.  also,  doesn’t  she  remind  you  of  NICHA  YONTARARAK  /  MINNIE ?

DOSSIER + KPROFILE + PINTEREST + CONNECTIONS + MUSE TAG

━━━━━━ ♡ ❪  UPBRINGING  ❫ … !!

from the moment she was born, ireshi was destined for something great. it isn't said out of cockiness, but in the sense that she never had a choice to be anything other than.

her family consists of her father ❪ owner of a luxury hotel & resort empire / chain ❫, mother ❪ renowned fashion designer ❫, and elder brother ❪ renowned actor & model in thailand ❫ — leaving ireshi as the youngest with high expectations to fill.

to her, it came easy, since at the age of three, she was enrolled in both dancing ❪ started with ballet, which turned into contemporary; later hip-hop ❫ and acting lessons at the wishes of her mother. vocal lessons came after she turned seven. it was obvious that ireshi was expected to fill the dreams of her mother — to be on television or on a stage.

as a child into her teens, she had minor acting roles, which gave her experience more than anything else. alongside that, ireshi had small modeling gigs for various things.

on the flip side of that, ireshi found herself in a dance crew with friends she made during her dance lessons; the group of three did covers or choreographed their moves to trending songs — often uploading them to youtube.

that was how she was originally scouted by vibe productions, more specifically after a cover she choreographed was uploaded.

after getting encouragement from her friends, the young girl went through the global auditions, and only then, did she tell her family that she passed — not wanting to disappoint them if she failed.

━━━━━━ ♡ ❪  TRAINEE PERIOD  ❫ … !! — mentions of bullying & mistreatment below ❪  continues throughout post  ❫

moving out to south korea was a scary experience for her. other than the basics of ' hello ', ' thank you ', and ' bye ', ireshi didn’t know any korean upon her arrival. at the time, she only knew thai and english. it was daunting.

being apart from her family was a challenge in itself, she'd never been away for more than a few days at most.

through the course of her cut-throat trainee days ❪  roughly 2 years ❫ ireshi struggled, but persevered. the time she wasn’t training, she was working through korean language workbooks, determined to hone the language like her developing skills. somehow, she managed to keep her school grades up, too.

in addition, she had to deal with bullying and mistreatment at the hands of fellow trainees, students, and even staff at the company, not because of her talents regarding her dancing or her vocal capabilities ❪ that came with its own bag of worms ❫, but for the reason of her being a foreigner. it was tough, the teenager constantly having to prove herself that she was going to make it; that she was worthy of this. she refused to phone home, to cry and beg to be flown back home.

getting the news that she'd made the lineup to debut, ireshi thought her worries would melt away. she was wrong.

━━━━━━ ♡ ❪  CAREER BITS  ❫ … !!

the whole process leading up to debut was nerve-wracking but a whirlwind. it came before she knew it.

she'd never been more excited, in all honesty. she was excited to be in a group with the hopes of friendship and sisterhood. ireshi didn’t want to be part of something that felt like business-only, like the rumors she heard about other groups.

shortly after debuting, ireshi's confidence in herself took a hit. netizens commented that she didn’t ' fit ' in with the looks or vibes of the group, and that while her vocals were ' decent ', it didn’t suit korean. it went as far as it trending on twitter for her to be removed, and was even a trending topic on naver. it didn’t help that the staff didn’t exactly ease up on her either, with remarks and fake compliments that were coated in honey but laced with poison.

thus, it led to her constantly pushing herself into exhaustion, from spending hours in the practice room in front of the mirror dancing too hard to straining her voice in attempts to make it sound ' better '; the rookie idol desperately trying to make up for what she was clearly lacking in the eyes of netizens.

she kept up such behavior until it got to a point where she could barely hold herself together on stage and the obvious exhaustion became apparent to fans.

it wasn’t until valentines had a hashtag trending of letting her rest and give her better treatment as staffs biasness became evident ❪ lacking stylist options, not allowing her to choreograph for songs, less lines, not as much promotional material, etc  ❫, that the company sat ireshi down — essentially telling her to get her act together.

even though it stung and she was at a loss on what to do, ireshi promised she would not disappoint them too. afterall, she was making the group look bad, right?

to quiet down valentines, the company pulled some strings and ireshi made her acting debut under braveheart in 2020 as the lead role / main character ' nanno ' in the girl from nowhere ❪  deals with / shows heavy topics, beware  ❫.

when the merger happened, the idol began to ease up on herself, even though she battled her inner-self to keep up her previous behavior, she knew she couldn’t. there are moments / periods where she does slip up and it takes a bit for her to reel herself back in from them.

━━━━━━ ♡ ❪  CURRENTLY  ❫ … !!

after the successful tour, ireshi is keeping herself busy by working on filming the second season of the girl from nowhere — as it was delayed after the merger due to the upcoming tour after.

things have seemingly improved for her, company treatment-wise, and it seems she has begun to win more hearts of the netizens over the last few years. regardless, there still seems to be a lingering hate train she hopes fizzles out over time.

in her spare time, ireshi uploads vlogs, song covers, and choreographies on her youtube channel — something she created on the 3rd year anniversary of braveheart, as a gift for valentines. the same day, she uploaded a song cover of ' first love ' by hikaru utada.

she has also been quietly working on songwriting, inspired by her group members to try it. she hopes that someday they will be good enough for a song on an album or even a solo, if she dares to take that chance. she just wants a new way to express herself outside of dance.

━━━━━━ ♡ ❪  TIDBITS  ❫ … !!

her stage name / name that she prefers to go by : kitti, comes from the nickname from her family — kitty. the reason? because her features remind them of a cat. it seems to be a good fit because netizens think she gives the personality of a black cat.

tends to be a bit of a heartbreaker. she doesn’t try to be, but it just happens that way. the root seems to be that she's too afraid of actual love, so when things get serious, she ends it.

ireshi was very spoiled growing up and still is; she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth after all.

all the bullying and mistreatment was and still is kept a secret from her family — though she tends to be very open in interviews, she sugarcoats a lot of her trainee / early career days when it comes up.

the aura of her confidence is more of a façade — her mind is still plagued by the idea that she isn’t good enough, yet.

ireshi has a tendency to be in everyone's business, curiosity always getting the best of her.

there was a period during when braveheart would have fansigns that she would not receive any gifts.

she has a real knack for film and hopes to pursue an education in film studies someday.

is known for having some upsetting fan call moments from early debut days.

ireshi also tends to be really talented at art; traditional mediums in painting and digital tend to be her specialties.