He had a different motivation.
Koreaboo
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TXT’s Soobin finally revealed the real reason why he joined BigHit Music. According to Soobin himself, the reason he decided to audition for BigHit Music traces back to none other than KARA’s Seungyeon. He revealed that Seungyeon once mentioned that a junior artist who had been catching her attention was BTS’s Jimin.
Hearing that, Soobin reportedly thought that if he managed to make a successful debut as BTS’s direct juniors, Seungyeon would also pay him some attention!
8년만에 풀린 최수빈 빅히트 지원한 진짜 이유
카라 승연누나가 요즘 눈에 띄는 후배가 방탄 지민이라고 해서 나도 방탄 후배로 데뷔하면 누나가 봐줄까봐< 라고? 최수빈 너 진짜 이정도기개와빠력을가진휀보이였ㅅ다고? pic.twitter.com/ddPwUYLbdx
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He admitted that he had lied about BTS in his rookie days. He had once claimed they were his inspiration to join the company, but the truth was a little further.
When I was a rookie, I went around saying that BTS was so cool and joined Bighit Music because of them. Everyone knows by now that that’s pretty much just a comment for show, right? To be honest, I’m a fan of KARA, and Seungyeon said that BTS’ Jimin was the junior that caught her attention recently. After seeing that, I thought that if I debuted as his junior, Seungyeon would pay attention to me. So I auditioned with the immature thought that I wanted to be noticed by her.
Soobin
Soobin is known to be a huge fan of KARA. Pre-debut, he even joined fan meetups and more. Even after debut, he’s been very vocal about his love for the group. Looks like his dreams ended up coming true! KARA totally knows of his fanboy feels.
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