VANNER's Hyesung reveals he's been working part-time at Lush, has received no pay for two years (1 Viewer)

[Juniverse]

So basically, a few fans had seen him working there and he addressed it on Vlive.

I believe that many idols, like me, currently are not making any earnings despite promoting as idols. For me, I have been living without any earnings for about 2 years, and what I have realized is that when a person is living without any earnings for himself, your thoughts end up in a very extreme place. And so I started thinking. All I really want to do is to pay for my bus fare. Pay for my meals. And if I end up meeting a friend for the first time in a long time, and they are a friend who is younger than me, then maybe I can buy them something. Just coffee. Food. Just enough money for those simple things would maintain my welfare, but when I find that I don't have that, it turns into an ultimatum. I need to quit being a singer and an idol, I am tired of this, I need to live my life. When I realized that I was having such thoughts, I came to the conclusion that I need to just lay my pride down, and get a job to meet those few requirements. It doesn't matter if sometimes, people recognize me. If anyone asks me why I'm working there, I just need to answer that I am not making any money right now, and if I'm not even working part-time, then I can't continue being an idol. So I am working to protect my main role. That's is why I am working part-time at 'LUSH', everyone.

I was supposed to start the live at 9 PM, but honestly, I was really worried. So I spent quite a few minutes just hesitating. But I'm glad now that I was able to communicate honestly with you all.

I will continue to work hard as VANNER. And all I can ask is that while you all are living your lives, if you happen to see VANNER on TV, or you hear a song by VANNER somewhere, if you could just say, 'Oh yeah, it's VANNER', or 'I remember VANNER'. If you could just remember us like that, I would be grateful.

It takes a lot of maturity to swallow your pride and do what you need to do. I really respect him for this. Everyone, please go check Vanner out, they're talented and they have great music and awesome personalities

 

[Wingfrost]

It must be difficult for idols who have to do that, his dream isn’t working out like he wanted and to survive he has to take a second job to provide for himself. A lot of people would just give up on their dream and try something else.

 

[Myco]

I've really enjoyed VANNER's releases so far so I hope they can gain enough attention one day to just concentrate on being an Idol

 

[Bopper]

There should be no shame on his part in working to make ends meet, he should be proud that he took that step. If anybody should have shame, it’s Vanner’s company for not being able to at least provide basic necessities for their trainees/idols.

What’s worse is he’s 100% correct in that there’s many idols who aren’t earning either. They’re all in the same boat, and often in smaller, badly run companies.