The Black Label Company's all-female mixed music group ALLDAY PROJECT, fronted by producer Teddy, has not officially debuted, but the topic of discussion about the group members has appeared frequently on social media.
Recently, netizens have noticed past photos of member Annie (Moon Seo Yoon) - the daughter of the Chairman of the department store business of Shinsegae Group Chung Yoo Kyung, and the half-sister of Samsung Group founder Lee Byung Chul.
When The Black Label announced all 5 members of allDAY PROJECT, Annie's Instagram account with more than 180k followers deleted most of its previous posts. However, netizens still found a series of old photos of her that were spread.
Some of them show Annie being close to friends of the opposite sex. She did not hesitate to sit in the arms of an unidentified man, and hugged and kissed a close friend of the opposite sex confirmed to be Samuel Lim.
In the video introducing ALLDAY PROJECT member, Annie shared about her difficult time when her family opposed her dream of becoming a singer. That made her more determined, tried to practice and show more to prove that her passion was serious.
However, Annie's seemingly "playing" and not being afraid of intimate contact with friends of the opposite sex made her questioned.
The person who posted Annie's photos criticized: "You said you have wanted to be a singer for a long time. But who would believe if she said she really wanted to debut and work hard despite family objections if she posted such photos on Instagram? ".
However, fans also defended Annie, saying that since Annie had been in the US since childhood, she was more comfortable interacting with people. And Annie is not afraid to get close to Samuel Lim because they are longtime close friends and Samuel Lim is gay.
In April, Samuel Lim attracted attention when he and singer Rose (Blackpink) attended the Coachella music festival in the US. Rose and Samuel Lim also had many close moments, making many people suspect that this was the boyfriend of the Blackpink member.
Previously, in February, Samuel Lim appeared at Rose's closed birthday party in Los Angeles with many other celebrities such as Lisa, Bruno Mars, Olivia Rodrigo, Jaden Smith, Simi & Haze, Moises Arias...
With a controversial past, there are still comments that Annie is not suitable to become a Kpop idol, and doubts about her determination. However, it is undeniable that Annie's academic achievements are a "bright spot" in the idol world.
Annie's mother told her that if she passed the university entrance exam, she would convince everyone in her family to let her pursue her passion for singing. Since then, Annie has been determined to study day and night and successfully passed the entrance exam to Columbia University - one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the US.
Meanwhile, most Kpop idols are trainees from a very young age, there are people recruited by the company when they are just in high school, high school, so very few idols go to university.
In the context of Kpop groups becoming younger, with members debuting when they were only 13-14 years old, the 20 to 23 age groups of 5 alley PROJECT members seem to be higher than the general level.
But many people support this group, because they think that they should choose idols of mature age like the groupAllDAY PROJECT, when they are mature enough and can take responsibility for their actions.
alleDAY PROJECT will release their debut single "Famous" on June 23 - also marking the group's official debut date.
