H0pe is the one who didn't come from a well off family I believe, he mentioned before in songs about how his mom had to work alot and away from home to pay for his dreams and his dad was a literature teacher
He had never been to Seoul until he went to audition for being an idol and he was in his late teens then
Not to derail but I just wanna mention a likable idol thus far:
TEN from SM is one of the most likable idols I've seen so far,he was the only one who dawned over a gorgeous little black girl when they did an interview in the states a few years ago while taemin fawned over the little white boy's blue eyes
Ten also questioned why 2 of his company members were talking in a blaccent(mark and Jonny of nct)both of whom are western from canada and Chicago
He asked them why are you talking like that?
Ten also recently said he loves normani and wants to work with her,most idols only ever mention wanting to work with justin,shawn mendes and ariana
I just threw this in cuz he really is a likable idol so far and being thai chinese I'm sure he gets racially bullied by the Korean fans alot