Soloist Profiles

DPR Ian - Salt

Birth name: Christian Yu [87'liner]
Korean Name: Yu Ba Rom
Nationality: South Korean/Australian
Years active: 2012 - present

— He speaks English and Korean.

— When he was 18 years old he moved to South Korea to pursue his dreams.

— He debuted on July 19, 2012 with C-CLOWN as a leader, main rapper, and main dancer with stage name Rome. They disbanded on October 5, 2015.

— His favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate.

— He doesn't like flying.

— His favorite food is steak.

— His favorite color is green but used to be blue so there's a possibility it will change again with time.

— When it comes to spicy food, he isn't good at eating it.

— His biggest inspiration is his mother.

— He owns a dog named Lori, and his first dog was named Snoopy.

— His hobby is collecting professional cameras.

— He is the founder, director, and chief editor in DPR (DREAM PERFECT REGIME) that is a multi-genre music and video group.

— He likes women who are passionate about what they do.

— His favorite music genres are jazz, rock, and heavy metal.

— His favorite sports are football and surfing.

— Since he was young, he plays drums.

— He goes surfing when he visits Australia.

— He modeled for Adidas in 2020.

— He took voice lessons with GOT7's JB during their trainee days.

— He is a homebody meaning he enjoys being at home.

— In IG Live pH-1 said that he knew him before DPR but didn't talk ever since.

— He considers DPR as a family including artists and fans.

— He directed the following music videos: Mino's Body, Bobby's Hol Up, Loco's Movie Shoot, Amber Liu's Borders and Beautiful, PHANTOM's Could You Be Mine?, Taeyang's Wake Me Up, GREE & Rudals's Friends, P-TYPE's Time Lag 2, and all DPR Live.

— He prefers a werewolf over a vampire.

— While talking about reincarnation he said that he wouldn't mind being reborn as a tortoise and as a human again would be ideal.

— He had an obsessed with Leprechauns when he was a kid and he doesn't know why.

— He sucks at watching scary movies because he has a tremendous fear when it comes to paranormal stuff. He doesn't even like to talk about it because he feels it's alerting the paranormal things around him.

— He watched a horror movie "Hereditary" by Ari Aster but he doesn't know why DPR guys got him to watch that. Another horror movie he watched is "Midsummer" also by Ari Aster.

— One thing he would never do in his career is film a scary movie.

— He isn't scared of insects nor snakes.

— He loves swimming and being on the water.

— The food he always wanted to try is balut.

— He wonders how it feels to be a zombie, he thinks it's no different than being dead.

— He would be scared/very sad to die alone and hopes it won't happen.

— When he was young he let his imagination go and used to believe that movies are real e.g "Peter Pan".

— He likes tattoos and motorbikes.

— He loves making music, creating, staying indoors, and watching Netflix.

— He made " Zombie Pop" in about 1,5h for Adobe Commercial.

— He started naturally losing the Australian accent because he lived in Korean for over 10 years and barely has contact with someone who speaks it.

— He enjoys cooking for himself and his friends. It gets him excited to see their reaction when eating it.

— He is aware that people portrait him as a "bad boy" because he likes tattoos and motorbikes but it's not who he actually is and find it quite funny.

— Instead of looks, he cares more about his feeling towards a significant other.

— He used to be a part of a dance crew called Kill.U.Strate with DPR Live.

— He doesn't know what being called "a skinny legend" means.

— He gets asked often about his sexuality, especially if he is bi. And his answer is "I'm not bisexual nor gay".

— He watches anime.

— Small things make him happy.

— He is in CL's "+5 STAR+" Music Video that got people talking about how good the chemistry between them is.

— He loves cats and dogs but he thinks he's more of a dog person.