Ahn Hyo Seop
Standing out with the impressive height, visuals and natural acting skills,
Ahn Hyo Seop is now among the most potential faces of the South Korean film industry.
However, not many people know that he used to suffer a lot from two huge failures in the music
field with one disbandment and one missed chance to debut with the famous boy group of JYP—GOT7.
Things all started out when he was still a highschool boy in Canada and suddenly one day, a
staff member from JYP just called him and offered a ticket to debut with their upcoming rookie—GOT7.
As recalled by Hyo Seop when appearing on Happy Together 3, he had never auditioned for the
company but somehow, they still got his number and managed to convince him to go to South Korea.
At first, he really believed his spot in GOT7 was secured for the promise that day
but eventually, everything took a 180 degree turn
and he lost the ticket to debut for one silly reason: his height was too outstanding.
Hyo Seop then tried his luck with music again by joining Starhaus Entertainment
and debuting under One O One. Unfortunately, the group also
went on hiatus after a short period active and ended up disbanding in January 2019.
Of the four members, Hyo Seop is the most successful one after disbanding
and his glory now was built by lots of hard work.
In 2015, he debuted as a supporting role in the drama Splash Splash Love and just after one year,
he took on three more projects. Though he was yet to be the main character,
they were a strong cornerstone for him to take on the main role in Queen of the Ring in 2017
and even received the noble title Rookie Award at AAA in the same year.
From then on, Hyo Seop kept levelling up the game with the more successful roles
in Thirty But Seventeen, Abyss, Dr. Romantic 2, and most recently, Lovers of the Red Sky.
From 2018 till now, he has also bagged many more prestigious titles
including Choice Award at 2018 AAA, Best Actor Award and Popularity Award (Actor) at 2019 AAA,
and the Excellence Award along with Actor in a Miniseries Action Drama at 2020 SBS Drama Awards.
Formerly BEAST’s Hyunseung
Before Hyunseung debuted under Cube Entertainment as a member of BEAST,
did you know that he used to be in the preliminary line-up of BIGBANG
and only lost the ticket to be with the legendary boy group of YG at the last minute?
Back in 2012 when Hyunseung appeared on one episode of Win Win,
he opened up about his past training time and said he used to spend a
long time in practice rooms with all BIGBANG’s members for years.
Unfortunately, when Hyunseung joined the show Big Bang Documentary,
he was eliminated on the 9th episode and lost the debut ticket to Seungri.
As recalled by Hyunseung, he said the reason only came down to Yang Hyun Suk’s disappointment in his
facial expressions, and just like that, he left the company to transfer to Cube Entertainment.
That probably also pushed him more at Cube and as hard work paid off, he eventually debuted
with BEAST in 2009. After many bops like Shock, Fiction and On Rainy Days, the group quickly
rose to the brightest stardom and had their names on the A-rank stars of the industry.
Hyunseung also had another chance to debut in a sub-unit group with Gi-kwang just after
one year of debut. Here, he and his member composed an R&B track for the BEAST’s album,
My Story and fast forward another year, he debuted again in Trouble Maker with Hyuna.
As a multi-talented idol, Hyunseung also set his foot into the acting field
with a debut role in the musical Mozart! where he performed as the main character
and two years after that, he also appeared as the lead character in the musical Bonnie & Clyde
along with other famous names like SHINee’s Key and Park Hyung Sik.
Then in 2015, Hyunseung debuted as a solo artist and released the solo extended play
“My” and teamed up with other famous names in the hip-hop area like Giriboy and Dok2.
So, though he lost his chance to be a part of BigBang, his career was still
going strong and in 2016, he even won the title Top Male-Artist Korea at The 4th V Chart Awards.
Jeon Somi
If you’ve been following Somi since the SIXTEEN era,
you will probably know how she was almost a member of TWICE and as rumors had recently,
she was also almost there with other members of ITZY but eventually didn’t make it.
As found out by netizens, Somi had been spotted with Yeji, Ryujin,
Lia and Chaeyeong multiple times in the past and not long prior to ITZY’s debut,
a line-up photo she took with other members was also leaked out.
While Somi explained the departure came down to the negotiable differences in music concept
despite countless discussions,
some netizens believed the real cause could have been way more complicated.
Despite not being a member of either ITZY or Twice, Somi still has a bright career
and after three comebacks, people have started to pay her
the recognition she deserved for the impressive talents.
Debuting with Birthday in 2019, Somi managed to prove herself as a capable solo artist
and just one year after that, despite the lack of activities on variety as well as reality shows,
she still had the first win for What You Waiting For in 2020.
Then for the latest comeback Dumb Dumb, Somi made more achivements with over 10 million
views in just one day and two weeks after released, the MV reached 50 million views.
Not only that, this promotion also marked a newer and more powerful image of Somi
because after Dumb Dumb was released, it immediatley entered No.2 on Bugs,
got in Top 10 on iTunes’ Worldwide Songs Chart in over nine countries and regions
and Somi herself also trended on Twitter and no.1 on MelOn’s real-time search.
The music video also trended at #1 on YouTube Music Video Worldwide and on that day,
her MV also got the title of #1 most-watched KPOP music video in the last 24 hours. Her Dumb Dumb
challenge on TikTok also excceeded 100 millions views on just after around two weeks of release.
Throughout the short span of three years active at the new company,
Somi got nominated for 11 awards, two of which were the CF Model at 2017 Korea First Brand Awards
and Best Female Solo at 2020 Mubeat Awards that she ended up bagging home.
Just like that, Somi proved in style that you don't have to be in big3 to be successful.
SEVENTEEN’s S.Coups
While S.Coups is now super famous for being the leader of SEVENTEEN, do you know that
he was almost there with other members of NU’EST and another group called TEMPEST?
Back in 2011, there was a group of 10 males trainees called Pledis Boyz
including S.Coups as well as all recent members of NU’EST. After that, the group was split in
half with one being NU’EST and another five, including S.Coups, for the TEMPEST project.
While both acts were set to debut in 2012, TEMPEST went through a line-up change
and Pledis had planned to add S.Coups to NU’EST.
Somehow, the plan fell through and since NU’EST’s reputation also grew super fast with the bop FACE,
the debut chance of S.Coups slipped through at the last minute.
After returning back to being a trainee, he eventually debuted again with SEVENTEEN in 2015
and quickly thrived as the leader of a group with
so much power that could even save Pledis from their sinking business.
Basically, what SEVENTEEN did to their agency was just as magical as what BTS did to HYBE
and in South Korea, they were the third most famous boy group just after BTS and NCT.
S.Coups has also been an amazing leader that contributed a lot to SEVENTEEN’s successes
and throughout the group’s career, they has received three rookie awards in their debut year,
and have since earned six 'bonsangs', which are main prizes, and one 'daesang' or grand prize. In
2020, SEVENTEEN was awarded the 'Prime Minister's Commendation' from the Prime Minister of South
Korea for their contribution to the development of South Korea's contemporary pop culture and arts
and recently, they also became one of the nominees of the Billboard Music Awards 2021.
WINNER’s Mino
On one episode in We Will Channel You in 2019, Mino shared a story that has never been known
before: he was once the fifth, and also the final member of BLOCK B. However, due to issues related
to the contract, he ended up being with another group called BOM under a newly-established agency.
However, in 2013, BOM disbanded.
As a talented and determined person at core, Mino tried again and got a debut
ticket with WINNER in 2014. Since then, he’s been famous as an all-rounded idol
and in 2018, he debuted as a solo artist and reaped countless achievements in the music field.
Over the past four years, he has been nominated for 17 awards and won 7 of them.
In 2015, he was also the runner-up of Show Me The Money 4 and later became one of the producers of
this show in 2021. He’s also active in the fashion field with a successful collaboration with Gentle
Monster Burning Planet, teamed up with Vogue Korea for the "I AM REAL MINO" spread in the December
2018 issue as guest editor and in 2019, he even debuted as a painter at SEEA 2019 exhibition.
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