{"id":155811,"date":"2026-01-03T11:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=155811"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:44:22","slug":"yoon-ji-sung-opens-up-about-his-past-and-present-after-wanna-one-disbanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/yoon-ji-sung-opens-up-about-his-past-and-present-after-wanna-one-disbanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoon Ji Sung opens up about his past and present after WANNA ONE disbanded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yoon Ji Sung<\/strong>, the former leader of WANNA ONE<\/strong>, wanted to reflect on his past with the boy band and spoke candidly about his mindset following the group\u2019s disbandment. The idol confessed he had long anticipated a decline in public attention once WANNA ONE disbanded in 2019.<\/p>\n

Recently, the idol made the remarks during an interview at a caf\u00e9 in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul. Despite debuting after seven years of hard training and becoming the oldest member of the boy band at 27 years old, the idol never appeared intimidated. Instead, he lifted the atmosphere by being a great leader<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI debuted relatively late. During my seven years as a trainee, I was always anxious that I might never become a singer. Since life isn\u2019t something you can guarantee, I prepared for graduate school even before debuting. It was one of the goals I had planned. At first, I couldn\u2019t attend because of promotions, but toward the later part of Wanna One\u2019s activities, I felt I could finally commit properly<\/strong>, so I decided to enroll.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/figure>\n \n

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The idol emphasized the importance of gratitude in the present. He confessed he wants to be focused on being thankful<\/strong> for the people right next to him right now, and made a clear distinction between gratitude and nostalgia: \u201cGratitude and longing are different emotions,\u201d Yoon explained. \u201cI\u2019m deeply thankful to those who have watched me and supported me since my Wanna One days until now, but I don\u2019t necessarily want to go back to that time, nor do I miss it. What matters most to me is the value of the present, doing my best where I stand right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what did the idol say about the disbandment?<\/h2>\n
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“I honestly thought that once Wanna One\u2019s activities ended, I wouldn\u2019t even receive one tenth of the attention and love I had back then<\/strong>. Because I had already worried about and predicted that outcome, I didn\u2019t feel emptiness or regret afterward. Knowing that, I really gave it my all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, it just felt like that would happen. It was instinctive. I thought the other members would all do well, and they really are doing great now, which makes me proud. But for some reason, I didn\u2019t think I would be the same. Still, thanks to the fans, I\u2019ve been able to keep working hard<\/strong> and live the life I have today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/figure>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yoon Ji Sung, the former leader of WANNA ONE, wanted to reflect on his past with the boy band and spoke candidly about his mindset following the group\u2019s disbandment. The idol confessed he had long anticipated a decline in public attention once WANNA ONE disbanded in 2019. Recently, the idol made the remarks during an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":155812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-155811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155811","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\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}