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YG trainees who also almost joined BLACKPINK: Where are they now? One of them announced they have given up becoming an idol and is about to get married
2021.05.25
Article: WishNote
Translation: Vanilla Cupcake
Where are the five YG trainees who almost joined BLACKPINK? Euna Kim announced she has given up becoming an idol and will get married soon.
Today, an ex-YG trainees from the same training class as BLACKPINK, artist Euna Kim updated her Instagram to announce she is about to get married.
In the Instagram post, Euna Kim delightfully shared, “I have finally met someone whom I can love, grow, and live together forever. I am planning on marrying him within this year.
At the same time of announcing her wedding news, Euna Kim also stated she has ended her idol life, “I won’t be able to promote as an idol anymore, so I want to apologize to my disappointing fans and those who supported me. Although I don’t know when I will sing again, as just an ordinary Euna Kim, I will live my days without regrets.”
Euna Kim became well-known by the public as “the second BoA” when she participated in the third season of variety show “Super Star K” in 2011. She subsequently passed her audition for JYP.
However, YG was also interested, so Euna Kim joined the company as a girl group trainee. She became one of the nine potential trainees for BLACKPINK, the new girl group that will be YG would debut 7 years since 2NE1.
When BLACKPINK was planning its debut, Euna Kim felt that her skills were inadequate, so she made the decision to return to the US and complete her education. Later, a new company named Music K convinced her to stay. In 2015, she debuted one year before BLACKPINK in a five-member group called The Ark.
After her debut, Euna Kim also participated in “Unpretty Rapstar 3”, “Show Me The Money 5”, and “The Masked Singer.”
Sadly, the group’s performance was not very successful, so Euna Kim not only took a side job working at a restaurant, but she also joined the idol revival variety show “The Unit.” Unfortunately, she did not get selected. She then left The Ark with another member Jeon Minju to form a duo group KHAN. Regrettably, the group disbanded after two years.
Chang Han-na also participated on the third season of “Super Star K” with Euna Kim. She was known as “the second Lee Hi” on the show and was praised by Yang Hyun-suk.
Chang Han-na joined YG after the show, and became one of the potential members for BLACKPINK. She was also featured in Sean’s new song. Sadly, she later disappeared from YG’s new girl group debut list.
Nowadays, Chang Han-na was not able to debut as an idol. She has opened an amateur YouTube account to share her daily life creating music.
Kim Eun-bi participated in season two of “Super Star K.” Because of her superb performance, after the show, she and Winner leader Kang Seung-yoon both signed to become a trainee at YG.
After entering YG, Kim Eun-bi worked hard to lose weight and become an official trainee. She and Euna Kim both had their profiles and music videos published. However, she suddenly left the company for personal health reasons.
Many idols had left their companies before due to health reasons. What was different from other idols was that Kim Eun-bi, whose dream is to become a singer, never realized her dream to become an idol, and she also did not change careers to become a singer or actress.
Today, Kim Eun-bi has participated in variety shows, released her own self-composed albums, and became an influencer through her YouTube channel. In her videos, Kim Eun-bi was seen working at a coffee shop. She insisted on continuing her education while producing music.
Another potential BLACKPINK member, Park Jin-hie, participated in “Produce 48”, a variety show that debuted IZ*ONE.
While she was at YG, Park Jin-hie still used her English name, Jinny Park. Jinny unfortunately failed to debut, and she changed her name to participate in PD48 as an individual trainee. Unfortunately, she failed to debut in IZ*ONE. Today, Park Jin-hie signed a new company, and she is in preparation to debut in a 5-member girl group.
The last YG trainee who almost debuted in BLACKPINK, Cho Mi-yeon has the most successful career and is now the lead vocalist of (G)I-DLE.
Cho Mi-yeon loved music since she was young, and she learned how to play piano, guitar, and violin. She successfully passed the YG audition and became a trainee when she was in middle school.
Cho Mi-yeon trained at YG for 5 years, and she spent a long trainee career practicing singing dancing with the current BLACKPINK members.
Although she was not able to debut in BLACKPINK, Cho Mi-yeon never gave up. In her 8th year as a trainee, she finally debuted as the lead vocalist for (G)I-DLE.
Many Korean netizens expressed their feelings, “(faint), charge forward!” “Congrats! Euna’s singing is really great, can’t believe she is getting married in the US” “She is my bias wrecker, and she is exactly YG style; shame that she couldn’t debut” “I watched her official YG clips before, her vocals are very powerful” “(faint) getting married? Dear god, a bit young for a 94-liner” “Aside from Miyeon from Cube, I thought they would debut with YG’s next girl group. Her singing was so great, such a shame.” “Can’t believe they gave up being an idol…”
These kids spent some long and painful days training together as idol trainees, yet they went their own separate ways after failing to debut.
There are those who worked hard to debut, those who worked hard but failed to achieve their dreams, those who worked hard and participated in a survival show, those who continued to work hard to prepare for a debut, and those who worked hard and failed to debut. Although some of them are still amateur artists, they never gave up on their music dreams, and they would study, work a side job, and insist on creating music. We wish all of their dreams will come true, that all of their hard work will bring them happiness, and that their sweat and tears will blossom into success soon!
2021.05.25
Article: WishNote
Translation: Vanilla Cupcake
Where are the five YG trainees who almost joined BLACKPINK? Euna Kim announced she has given up becoming an idol and will get married soon.
Today, an ex-YG trainees from the same training class as BLACKPINK, artist Euna Kim updated her Instagram to announce she is about to get married.
In the Instagram post, Euna Kim delightfully shared, “I have finally met someone whom I can love, grow, and live together forever. I am planning on marrying him within this year.
At the same time of announcing her wedding news, Euna Kim also stated she has ended her idol life, “I won’t be able to promote as an idol anymore, so I want to apologize to my disappointing fans and those who supported me. Although I don’t know when I will sing again, as just an ordinary Euna Kim, I will live my days without regrets.”
Euna Kim became well-known by the public as “the second BoA” when she participated in the third season of variety show “Super Star K” in 2011. She subsequently passed her audition for JYP.
However, YG was also interested, so Euna Kim joined the company as a girl group trainee. She became one of the nine potential trainees for BLACKPINK, the new girl group that will be YG would debut 7 years since 2NE1.
When BLACKPINK was planning its debut, Euna Kim felt that her skills were inadequate, so she made the decision to return to the US and complete her education. Later, a new company named Music K convinced her to stay. In 2015, she debuted one year before BLACKPINK in a five-member group called The Ark.
After her debut, Euna Kim also participated in “Unpretty Rapstar 3”, “Show Me The Money 5”, and “The Masked Singer.”
Sadly, the group’s performance was not very successful, so Euna Kim not only took a side job working at a restaurant, but she also joined the idol revival variety show “The Unit.” Unfortunately, she did not get selected. She then left The Ark with another member Jeon Minju to form a duo group KHAN. Regrettably, the group disbanded after two years.
Chang Han-na also participated on the third season of “Super Star K” with Euna Kim. She was known as “the second Lee Hi” on the show and was praised by Yang Hyun-suk.
Chang Han-na joined YG after the show, and became one of the potential members for BLACKPINK. She was also featured in Sean’s new song. Sadly, she later disappeared from YG’s new girl group debut list.
Nowadays, Chang Han-na was not able to debut as an idol. She has opened an amateur YouTube account to share her daily life creating music.
Kim Eun-bi participated in season two of “Super Star K.” Because of her superb performance, after the show, she and Winner leader Kang Seung-yoon both signed to become a trainee at YG.
After entering YG, Kim Eun-bi worked hard to lose weight and become an official trainee. She and Euna Kim both had their profiles and music videos published. However, she suddenly left the company for personal health reasons.
Many idols had left their companies before due to health reasons. What was different from other idols was that Kim Eun-bi, whose dream is to become a singer, never realized her dream to become an idol, and she also did not change careers to become a singer or actress.
Today, Kim Eun-bi has participated in variety shows, released her own self-composed albums, and became an influencer through her YouTube channel. In her videos, Kim Eun-bi was seen working at a coffee shop. She insisted on continuing her education while producing music.
Another potential BLACKPINK member, Park Jin-hie, participated in “Produce 48”, a variety show that debuted IZ*ONE.
While she was at YG, Park Jin-hie still used her English name, Jinny Park. Jinny unfortunately failed to debut, and she changed her name to participate in PD48 as an individual trainee. Unfortunately, she failed to debut in IZ*ONE. Today, Park Jin-hie signed a new company, and she is in preparation to debut in a 5-member girl group.
The last YG trainee who almost debuted in BLACKPINK, Cho Mi-yeon has the most successful career and is now the lead vocalist of (G)I-DLE.
Cho Mi-yeon loved music since she was young, and she learned how to play piano, guitar, and violin. She successfully passed the YG audition and became a trainee when she was in middle school.
Cho Mi-yeon trained at YG for 5 years, and she spent a long trainee career practicing singing dancing with the current BLACKPINK members.
Although she was not able to debut in BLACKPINK, Cho Mi-yeon never gave up. In her 8th year as a trainee, she finally debuted as the lead vocalist for (G)I-DLE.
Many Korean netizens expressed their feelings, “(faint), charge forward!” “Congrats! Euna’s singing is really great, can’t believe she is getting married in the US” “She is my bias wrecker, and she is exactly YG style; shame that she couldn’t debut” “I watched her official YG clips before, her vocals are very powerful” “(faint) getting married? Dear god, a bit young for a 94-liner” “Aside from Miyeon from Cube, I thought they would debut with YG’s next girl group. Her singing was so great, such a shame.” “Can’t believe they gave up being an idol…”
These kids spent some long and painful days training together as idol trainees, yet they went their own separate ways after failing to debut.
There are those who worked hard to debut, those who worked hard but failed to achieve their dreams, those who worked hard and participated in a survival show, those who continued to work hard to prepare for a debut, and those who worked hard and failed to debut. Although some of them are still amateur artists, they never gave up on their music dreams, and they would study, work a side job, and insist on creating music. We wish all of their dreams will come true, that all of their hard work will bring them happiness, and that their sweat and tears will blossom into success soon!
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Lots of talented ladies.
Many thanks for the translation.
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Nice article to sum up about every ex-YG trainees
I always read YG wanted to debut more than 4 members but one by one they left
I always read YG wanted to debut more than 4 members but one by one they left
Thank you for translating! I'm glad Miyeon got to debut as a member of (G)I-DLE after 8 long years of being a trainee.
Congrats to Euna getting married!
Best of luck to others as well with their career endeavors.
Congrats to Euna getting married!
Best of luck to others as well with their career endeavors.