{"id":143698,"date":"2025-06-14T11:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T18:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143698"},"modified":"2025-06-14T11:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T18:13:03","slug":"youngseo-opens-up-about-leaving-hybes-illit-and-feeling-too-old-for-k-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/youngseo-opens-up-about-leaving-hybes-illit-and-feeling-too-old-for-k-pop\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngseo opens up about leaving HYBE\u2019s ILLIT and feeling &#8220;too old&#8221; for K-pop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Youngseo<\/strong>, once part of <strong>HYBE<\/strong>\u2019s trainee system and the final <strong>ILLIT<\/strong> lineup, is finally opening up about her rocky path to debut. Now gearing up to launch with THE BLACK LABEL\u2019s co-ed group ALLDAY, she\u2019s sharing the emotional rollercoaster that followed her unexpected exit from HYBE\u2019s BELIFT LAB. In a revealing video on ALLDAY PROJECT&#8217;s YouTube, Youngseo addressed long-standing rumors that she was set to join other YG Entertainment projects, admitting she had to lay low while her future remained uncertain.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iVDmfi79CMk?si=S5aeqeSHx_XN5RUC\" title=\"ALLDAY PROJECT -  \u2018DAY 1\u2019\" width=\"1240\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iVDmfi79CMk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her biggest struggle? Feeling like she might be aging out of the K-pop world. At just 19, Youngseo feared she was already too old to debut, a sad reflection of the industry\u2019s obsession with debuting young idols while treating those over 30 like they\u2019ve hit retirement. After leaving HYBE and exiting ILLIT, she sent countless audition tapes to agencies, determined not to give up.<strong> THE BLACK LABEL<\/strong> eventually saw her talent and offered her a spot in ALLDAY PROJECT.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyangzeoz\/status\/1933465301036777944\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">19yo youngseo thinking she was too old to debut is now debuting as the maknae \ud83e\udd79 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ejRnFkqLJ\">pic.twitter.com\/6ejRnFkqLJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; lune (@nyangzeoz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyangzeoz\/status\/1933465301036777944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans, however, are furious at BELIFT LAB, accusing them of putting her through unnecessary mental stress and calling the agency &#8220;evil&#8221; for how things ended. Despite everything, Youngseo\u2019s resilience has earned her even more love from fans who admire her fight to keep chasing her dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youngseo, once part of HYBE\u2019s trainee system and the final ILLIT lineup, is finally opening up about her rocky path to debut. Now gearing up to launch with THE BLACK LABEL\u2019s co-ed group ALLDAY, she\u2019s sharing the emotional rollercoaster that followed her unexpected exit from HYBE\u2019s BELIFT LAB. In a revealing video on ALLDAY PROJECT&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[3160],"class_list":{"0":"post-143698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-illit"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}