Although mighty popular in his hometown amongst friends and girls, Seungri learnt early on that becoming a celebrity wasn’t as easy as he initially thought.
So, Seungri (21, Real name: Lee Seung Hyun) had become a well known dancer in Gwangju. His talent gradually caught the attention of people in the entertainment industry.“Would you like to consider becoming a singer?”
This short question from one casting manager inflated the young Seungri’s heart with dreams:
“I was young, so I blindly thought ‘Should I try becoming a celebrity?’. I appeared on this program where they said they were choosing the second Shinhwa”.
Unfortunately however, Seungri suffered the disappointment of elimination only after a mere two months. For Seungri, who had already experienced fame and had only excelled forward in his hometown, it was a tough experience. His busy schedule that made him go back and forth between Seoul and Gwangju also took its toll on him physically.
“I had to go back and forth between Gwangju and Seoul, but they wouldn’t even feed me or let me sleep. They didn’t even give me money for transport, so it was really hard. It made me realise that ‘Becoming a celebrity isn’t easy.’ And so, eventually, I packed my bags and went home.”
What was more unbearable for him, more than the physical hardships he had to endure were the critical reactions from the people around him.
“My friends scorned me. They said I sucked at singing and wasn’t very good [on the show]. Even my homeroom teacher said: ‘I don’t really think that’s the path you should be taking. You should quickly find another path for yourself.’ My homeroom teacher was really pretty but she never seemed uglier to me than she was that day.”
‘You’ll see.’ With that, he became angrily determined to prove himself. He started going to an academy to learn singing. He hated being told ‘you suck’ more than anything else in the world.
“To me, Park Dae Hong, who was the director of one academy in Gwangju, was like an angel who fell from the sky. He contacted me, saying: “I’ve heard a lot about you. Most of Gwangju’s female students seem to know about you too. I want to polish your talents.’ He‘s the one who also discovered 2NE1’s Gong Minji and even Kara’s Goo Hara; both of them are originally from Gwangju too. He set me up with some tutors and helped me out a lot.”
With the help of Director Park Dae Hong, who recognised his talents, Seungri was later able to audition for an entertainment industry. Sadly however, what they were looking for weren’t Seungri’s singing or dancing skills.
“They told me to draw my hair back and show them my forehead, and to tuck my hair behind my ears. After that, they took a picture of my profile and my front. I went again later on and showed them my dancing, but I didn’t hear from them again.”
With that, he fell into despair once again, but there was one person who recognised his talents…
Translation credits: sjay.x @ BBVIP.net// Source: Asiae.co.kr
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