A girl group member, who made her debut over 10 years ago, candidly spoke about her income.
Recently, on the YouTube channel Hello Hanssemyo, a video featuring WJSN (also known as Cosmic Girls) member Seola was uploaded.
Chicken Angel, who visited Seola’s home, cautiously asked her about her income. Seola replied, “You probably know well that entertainers are freelancers. It varies hugely each month. It’s very irregular, and sometimes the difference is more than tenfold.”
Seola said, “I would look at the settlement statement, think it’s okay, and spend extravagantly, but the next month it would be cut in half. After experiencing that several times, I became very cautious about spending money. Even when a lot of money came in, I thought, ‘This isn’t really my money; it’s money that will go out,’ so I became very conservative with my expenses, thinking it wasn’t stable income.”
She continued, “Around my first year of settlements, the income was so erratic and there was a big chance I might not earn money someday. Sometimes I made several million won, but then for months, I’d receive ₩500,000 KRW (about $367 USD), ₩100,000 KRW (about $73.30 USD), and then it would go back up, 500,000 won, then 100,000 won again. There were even months with zero income. When I received my first settlement, it was in the mid-₩10.0 million KRW (about $7,330 USD) range.”
Regarding what she did with her first settlement, she said, “I wanted to buy my parents a gift. They said, ‘You don’t have to do this,’ but they smiled broadly and we went to the jewelry store,” causing laughter.