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Oli London (born 14 January 1990) is a British Internet personality, singer, and actor. London[lower-alpha 1] is known for their multiple plastic surgery procedures intended to make them look like Jimin, the member of the South Korean boy band BTS. London is also known for their "transracial" identity.

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Oli London
Born	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990 (age 32) London, England
Other names	Oli
Occupation	Internet personality singer actor
Years active	2018–present
YouTube information
Channels	Oli London
Genre	Vlog music
Subscribers	63.9 thousand
Total views	30.15 million
Last updated: 16 September 2022

Born in England, London's interest in South Korean culture began after moving to South Korea in 2013 to teach English. London is considered a controversial figure, whose racial transition is deemed offensive by critics.

Early life

Oli London was born on 14 January 1990[2] in Central London,[3] or at least a city near it.[4] Their father is an interior designer and their mother is a housewife.[4]

Their interest in South Korea began in 2013, after arriving in Seoul to teach English for a year.[4][5] Their partner, a Korean, taught London them many Korean phrases, but, according to London, they forgot almost everything they were taught, due to their poor memory.[6] They also began researching the country's culture, and became familiar with many South Korean music groups. They became particularly interested in BTS, and began idolizing popular member Jimin.[6] The same year, London began having surgeries designed to make their face resemble Jimin.[7] On Jimin's face, they stated: "Obviously, he's changed over the years. But he's just got a very round, cute baby face, the most beautiful eyes, his smile, everything about him."[6]

Career

London's television career is composed solely of guest appearances, all of which focuses predominantly on their surgeries.[8] They started attracting media attention after appearing in a 2018 episode of the Barcroft TV documentary series Hooked On The Look, which documented their surgeries to resemble Jimin.[9] In 2019, London began their K-pop career by releasing the single, "Perfection", a bilingual English-Korean song revolving on the euphoria they felt after getting their surgeries;[6] it received negative reviews from music critics for its excessive autotune.[6] In their acting debut, London starred in the 2021 partially fictionalized short documentary film Gangnam Beauty, screened at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, in two roles: as themself, and as a sculptor forced to make fourteen different masks to save their village from the gods' wrath.[10][11]

Personal life

London is an atheist[13] but has also said they worship a cardboard cut-out of Jimin and pray to the singer.[14] They say, however, they respect people of religion,[13] despite once criticizing the Islamic doctrines of women's dress codes.[15] They are a supporter of the anti-racist Black Lives Matter organization, and advocate for LGBT and women's rights.[12][15] They came out as non-binary on Twitter in the Pride Month of 2021, and use singular they.[16] In mid-2022, they came out as a genderfluid, trans woman.[17][18]

Although they are of British descent, London identifies as South Korean.[19] Their racial transition attracted worldwide attention,[20][21] and stirred debate around the validity of being transracial compared to being transgender.[22][23] Sandra Song of the Paper accused them of fetishizing South Korean culture, adding what they have done as "incredibly offensive, especially since it effectively trivializes our identities because they're suddenly 'trendy.'"[24] London received death threats on the Internet for being transracial[25] but defended their identity as personal and said their intention is solely to appreciate the culture.[26][27] Others showed support for them. American activist Rachel Dolezal, who similarly attracted controversy due to her racial identity, stated that someone's personal identity, including London's, should not be other people's main concern.[28]

London describes themself as someone with "an obsessive and impulsive personality".[3] They practice speaking Korean with a private teacher every week.[12] Between 2018 and 2020, they dated the French pornographic actress Angelique Morgan.[29][30] London has spoken of their poor relationships with family and friends, and society's negative views towards them because of their racial identity. This eventually meant that they had difficulty finding a romantic relationship, and caused them to become reclusive.[12] As of April 2022^[update], London has spent approximately £230,000 for more than twenty plastic surgeries and, quarterly, a skin whitening injection.[3][12] In the same year, they announced plans for penis reduction surgeries, stating "in Korea, [the average] penis is like 3.5 inches [...] People say, 'Oh, you can't be Korean. You're not 100 percent Korean,' and I just want to be 100 percent Korean. I would even have a penis reduction so I'm, like, the Korean average."[31] This statement brought them criticism for promoting stereotypes of East Asian men.[32]

Discography

Singles
2019

• "Perfection"
• "Butterfly (ft. Sten)"
• "Heart of Korea"
• "Last Christmas"

2020

• "Mirror Mirror"
• "I Love Korea"
• "Lockdown City (ft. Sten)"
• "TROUBLED B*TCH"
• "Last Christmas (2020 Version)"
• "Christmas In Korea"

2021

• "Koreaboo"
• "Plastic Is Fantastic"
• "Diss Track"
• "Puppet on a String"
• "Christmas In Korea (2021 Remix)"

2022

• "Korean Boy"
• "Hooked on the Look"
• "Tic Toc"
• "Cyber Bullies"

EPs

• Fallen Angel (2021)

Notes

References

External links

• Oli London at IMDb
• Oli London on Twitter

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