25 Curiosity of Hongjoong... 1 ) Hongjoong always paints one fingernail for The Polished Man movement, which encourages men to pain one of their fingernails to represent the 1 in every 5 children who become victims of sexual violence in their lifetime. 2) He has tiny hands. 3)He’s been studying English by watching a lot of shows on Netflix, especially the sitcom "Modern Family." 4)During their trainee days in America, his laptop was stolen. He managed to get his laptop back but it was reset and all his recordings & song lyrics were gone. 5) He has composed around 40 songs predebut and has 83 credits on KOMCA (and counting). 6) He once recorded a song 1395 times. 7) He’s considered the strict yet dorky dad of the group. 8)He has been working since he was in high school. He barely went to school because he was always in the studio making music. 9) He has an older brother. 10) He hates greens and bell peppers. 11)He loves minions, He has minions slippers and was called ‘Korean Big Minion’ by the members. He has even dressed up as one. 12) Him and Mingi participate a lot in writing their lyrics. He also participated in the making of Tricky House for his junior group, KQ Fellaz 2 13) Hongjoong once said he would like to make a collaboration with Atiny and make an album with an Atiny’s name in it. 14) His name Hongjoong means “to be the center of the broad world.” 15) He said he writes songs for the whole team, he never writes solo music. 16) His role models are Zico and G-Dragon. He wanted to learn music production after listening to artists like Michael Jackson. 17) His nicknames are Hong-leader and Mini-Hong. 18) He attended SIMS Academy. 19) He said that the group already had an international mindset even when they were still trainees. 20) He wrote ATEEZ' predebut song "From." 21) His specialty is reforming clothes. 22) He was the first KQ trainee, and he trained for 6 months. 23) His favorite colors are red and yellow. 24) Hongjoong joined YG Entertainment's survival program MIXNINE. He was ranked 7th in the MIXNINE Just Dance showcase, and later he was ranked #42 and was eliminated in episode 10. 25) He wanted to become an idol because he wanted to express energy and influence others and that that’s something that only the generation of today can give.