Popular Female Idol Admits She Was On The Brink Of Quitting Before Debut
Recently, Kwon Eunbi appeared on a YouTube series and shared the difficult times she overcame to debut.
I debuted as Ye-A when I was 20, but it didn’t work out. After that debut, I spent four years as a trainee. Those four years were the toughest.
— Kwon Eunbi
Host Lee Su Geun felt for her as it would’ve been hard to prepare for debut again.
“I didn’t go to university until I was 24. When I turned 25, I felt like I couldn’t debut anymore because I was too old compared to the other trainees. So I thought, ‘What will I do at 25?” and decided to attend university.
So, at 24, I took the college entrance exam and got into Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts. I thought to myself that after a year of balancing university, if I thought I’d done enough and it still didn’t work out, then I should quit at 25.”
— Kwon Eunbi
But just as she was going to give up, an unexpected opportunity arose.
But then during freshman orientation, I got the sudden offer for ‘Produce 101’. So, I did that show at 24 and debuted that year as IZ*ONE.
— Kwon Eunbi
If it weren’t for that show, she felt that she wouldn’t know where she would be now.
Korean netizens felt with her mindset she would be able to anything.
- “She seems smart and cool. She seems like the type that can do anything well.”
- “She is probably earning way more now.”
- “She really must’ve felt frustrated being a trainee at 24.”
- “First chapter: Ye-A. Second chapter: IZ*ONE. Third chapter: Waterbomb.”
Meanwhile, watch the full episode below!
