On July 22, Soyeon - leader of Kpop girl group (G)I-DLE - appeared on MBC FM4U's "Kim Shin Young's Noon Song of Hope" program.
During the show, Kim Shin Young asked Soyeon, “You recently attended the Blue Dragon Television Awards, performed at the SBS Gayo Daejeon Summer Music Festival and now you are performing live in front of me today. now. What worries you the most?".
Soyeon replied, "When I'm with the members, I feel supported and don't feel nervous, but today, I'm really nervous."
Kim Shin Young praised Soyeon: "I always wanted to sing comfortably like you did. But you can't perform like that unless you're the one who created the song."
Not only the leader of (G)I-DLE, Soyeon is known as a talented music producer.
Normally, most Kpop idols only perform songs composed by the company, but almost all of (G)I-DLE 's songs from the group's debut (2018) until now have been written by Soyeon. write lyrics, compose and compose music.
Soyeon is credited with copyright for 87 songs. She is the 4th generation female Kpop idol with the most copyrighted songs on KOMCA - Korean Music Copyright Association. Soyeon was announced to become an official member of KOMCA earlier this year.
In a recent program, Soyeon revealed that her monthly income can be up to 1 billion won (about 18.3 billion VND) if she works effectively.
Kim Shin Young then mentioned (G)I-DLE's upcoming 3rd world tour. She is jealous because she has never done a world tour, only having domestic performances.
However, Soyeon humbly expressed: "The nationwide (domestic) tour is my dream. It would be great for us. It's not easy to have many people come see you even in Seoul."
Soyeon shared more details about the tour, saying, “It will take place on August 3 - 4. We will start at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena and then go to many cities in different regions including Hong Kong (China), Japan, USA, Thailand and Australia.”
Kim Shin Young said that filling the Olympic Gymnastics Arena (Korea) was an amazing feat.
Soyeon proudly said, "This is actually a dream stage for us. The arena was sold out, so we even opened additional seats with limited visibility. I was surprised and very aware." Thank you, audience".
Kim Shin Young praised the members of (G)I-DLE: "The group has very interesting and unique members. When I listen to the group's songs, I think you guys are great. Your music is something we can trust and listen to.”
Soyeon added, "When we release “Klaxon,” I want to be a great sunbae. I hope that people in this era will like our music.”
Finally, when Kim Shin Young asked, "Is there any group that you really want to dedicate a song to?". Soyeon replied, "It's NewJeans . I can give them not just 1 song, but 100 songs. If they want any song, contact me anytime," she told an interviewer. shy smile.
Soyeon also added that she loves NewJeans and aespa.
(G)I-DLE, aespa and NewJeans are all classified as 4th generation Kpop girl groups. But there are also arguments that (G)I-DLE should be called generation 3.5 (a cross between the 3rd and 4th generations).
Currently, all three groups have built a certain position in Kpop, they are the leading girl groups, especially in the Korean market.
