On April 24, fashion magazine 10Star released Kim Yo Han's recent interview.
During the interview, Kim Yo Han said, "My father is a taekwondo instructor, which made it natural for me to go into taekwondo. I'd been a taekwondo player since when I was in the first grade of elementary school."
He continued, Since around 16, some management agencies asked me if I wanted to join their company and stuff. I declined all the offers though, because I wanted to focus on doing taekwondo."
He added, "When I told people around me that I wanted to become a K-pop star, they all gave me negative responses. But that make me push myself even more. I was like, 'Okay, everyone. I'm so going to make it. Watch me.'"
Kim Yo Han responded, "Yes, that's true. But it honestly wasn't an easy journey to get there. There were many times when it got me thinking, 'Shall I just stop here?'"
He continued, "There was a time when hate comments and rumors gave me extreme anxiety. I just had to keep telling myself to keep doing it until I can. I reminded myself that nothing was impossible if I thought was possible."
At the end of the show, Kim Yo Han and other top 10 contestants with the most votes from "the national producers" made debut as K-pop boy group X1 on August 27.
However, as a vote rigging controversy surrounded the show, X1 unfortunately disbanded in the beginning of this year.
(Credit= 10Star, Mnet Produce X 101)
(SBS Star)