CHARACTER PROFILE · HANWAVE NO.04

Haram HARAM

Lead rapper
Producer
🎧 Headphones

“No need to talk. The beat says it all.”

Haram. HANWAVE lead rapper, producer. Short words, long beats. I cover labels and music production in the Archive.

Archive role: Agencies · Music Production Guide

01 PROFILE Profile

Real name: Choi Ha-ram
Date of birth: July 30, 2003 (Age 23)
Height: 177cm
Blood type: Type AB
MBTI: INTP
Hometown: Suseong-gu, Daegu
Position: Lead rapper · Producer
Nickname: Dawn Composer · Haram PD
Symbol: 🎧 Headphones
Signature color: Midnight Black
Favorite food: Iced americano and Daegu-style flat dumplings
Pet: Cats "Sample" (ginger) and "Loop" (tuxedo)

02 TURNAROUND Turnaround

Default outfit · Medium-length wavy black hair falling over one eye, sleepy yet sharp eyes, several ear piercings, a navy leather jacket over an oversized black hoodie, a silver chain necklace, black wide-leg jeans, chunky boots and studio headphones around his neck.

Front FRONT
3/4 3/4 VIEW
Side SIDE
Back view BACK

03 EXPRESSIONS Expression

Smile
Cracking up
Wink
Surprised!
Thinking
Sulking

04 POSES Pose

Signature · Pressing the headphones to one ear as the rap kicks in

Happy wave
Look here
On stage
Finger heart
Sorry!

05 SEASONAL LOOKBOOK Seasonal lookbook

SPRING

Spring · Record store

A black windbreaker, a beanie and one LP.
SUMMER

Summer · Convenience store at dawn

Short-sleeved hoodie, shorts and slides.
AUTUMN

Autumn · Basketball Court

Jersey, track pants and a basketball.
WINTER

Winter · Snowy Dawn

A long black padded coat, headphones and a steaming coffee.

06 PERSONALITY Personality

✦ A man of few words
✦ Once hooked, digs all the way in
✦ Looks indifferent, but takes care of everyone
✦ Has an offbeat sense of humor

LIKES Likes

♥Working in the small hours
♥Iced americano
♥Synthesizers
♥Basketball
♥Two cats, "Sample" and "Loop"

DISLIKES Dislikes

✕Mornings
✕Crowded places
✕Meetings right before a deadline

STRENGTHS Strengths

▲Composing & arranging
▲Rapid-fire rap
▲Sampling

WEAKNESSES Weaknesses

▼Sleeps by day, works by night
▼Not great at showing feelings
▼Often forgets to eat

07 SCHOOL & CAREER Education & background

School

Computer Music student (on leave)

Major

Computer Music (Producing)

“Wanted to learn how to get the sounds in my head out as they are.”

Trainee days

Trainee for 3 years — beats he posted online caught the label producer's eye

Started composing on a secondhand keyboard in middle school
A beat tape he posted online went viral
Trainee for 3 years; composed two album tracks while still a trainee
2026: Co-composed HANWAVE's debut song "Ride the Wave"

08 TASTE Hobbies · Interests · Music Taste

Hobbies

●Beatmaking
●Retro games
●Basketball

Interests

●Gugak sampling
●Synthesizers
●Sound design

Ideal Type

Someone I'm comfortable with even in silence.

Music taste

Lo-fi, boom bap, gugak samples. I always check out teams that make their own songs.

Lo-fi
Boom bap
Ambient
Gugak sampling

Artists Haram loves — see them in the Archive

09 DAILY LIFE A Day with Haram

SCENE 01

Stage · Haram's rap part

One ear on the headphones, rapid-fire rap.
SCENE 02

3 a.m. · Studio

Haram's studio, lit only by the monitor.
SCENE 03

Day off · Retro games

Old console. Alone. Focused.
SCENE 04

Night · Basketball court

He only gets chatty on the basketball court.
SCENE 05

Dawn · Iced Americano

Coffee number four of the day.
SCENE 06

School · Computer music class

At the synth. More into his own tracks than the lecture.
SCENE 07

Dorm · Sample and Loop

The two cats stroll across the keyboard.
SCENE 08

Fan signing · A casual heart

He doesn't say much, but he draws a tiny heart next to his autograph.
SCENE 09

Departure · Airport Fashion

All-black hoodie, mask, headphones.
SCENE 10

Seoul · Euljiro alleys

Recording the sounds of old print-shop alleys.
SCENE 11

Hanbok · With a janggu drum

Black hanbok and a janggu drum. Sampling gugak rhythms.