“Nóng chết tao. (Hot as hell.)”
MATT VUONG, stage name MATT, was born in Haiphong in Vietnam on July 20, 2010. MATT was a tough guy. He feels emotion differently than others. Whenever something emotional happens, he doesn’t cry, instead he just looks lifeless and emotionless. Whenever he’s shocked, he’d just have his mouth open. Growing up, he was forced into labor in the fields with his parents. He didn’t go to school till 10. He was forced to work with his parents in the fields from 3 years to 9 years. He’d often have burns from the scorching hot weather in Vietnam, but it was alright because there was a beach just a few steps away. He’d go there often to cool down. To this day, he still has a burn mark on his left hand, but is not ashamed of it. MATT is a rather grumpy guy, as in he gets irritated kind of easily. Rarely, he’d scream and have a meltdown. Unfortunately, at 6, his mom died due to a heat stroke, and gave her hat to MATT which he carries it around all the time, even till this day. His mom stayed in the hospital for a year before passing. MATT couldn’t help but stare at his mom’s limp body. He couldn’t cry because everything was too heavy, it wasn’t sadness anymore, it was grief. He’d regret any moment he yelled or lashed at his mom. All he had was his dad. Ever since then, he’d be emotionless, meaning he doesn’t show his emotions physically. His dad didn’t do much for him. He was just there, not a friend, not a parent, like a stranger to him. His dad would only talk to MATT if he needed anything. It took him 3 and a half years to get over her death. The death really affected MATT, and whenever he’d see the fields, he starts tearing up. At 15, he was looking for a job, a job he was good at. Then he comes across a eye-gluing post from JYP of Korea. He was skeptical at first because he didn’t know how to sing or dance that well. Still, he wanted to try it, because knew that the job would make him set for life. So he applied online with whatever talent he had, expecting he would be rejected. All unbeknownst to him, he got accepted. With a comment on the side, saying “Your dance style is really unique, as well as your vocal skills.” MATT was shocked considering he wasn’t trying his best, and that he didn’t know his talents. He didn’t know that he was going to be in a group. But, when he landed in South Korea, he saw 20 other people. He was now anxious. He was going to go against 20 other people that was probably better than him. Still, he still tried his best, and on the choosing day, he was sure he would be disqualified. He was wrong. He was chosen as the 5th member of the new group. He didn’t know how to feel. He wondered what his mom would feel. To this day, he started to feel emotion again.
MATT doesn’t cry as easily
MATT learned Cantonese from the people around him.
MATT “OVER THE EDGE - EP” Album Photocard EDGE Ver.
Name: MATT VUONG (MATT) 매트 (KOR) マット (JAP) DTB: July 20, 2010 (15) PTB: Haiphong, Vietnam Race: Vietnamese Languages: Vietnamese/English/Cantonese Top hobby: plants and botany Single Male gay He/him
5th member of ASTERISKED
Instagram: @yooo.mattt