Choa left AOA as a result of she thought there was “no level in staying”
Former AOA member Choa has opened up concerning the purpose behind her departure from the group in 2017.
Choa not too long ago appeared on singer Lee Ji-hye’s YouTube channel, throughout which she and the remainder of the principle solid of tv present Diva Sisters – Ivy, Chae Rina, Narsha and Lee herself – had been filmed gathering for drinks to rejoice Lee’s birthday.
Within the midst of discussions concerning the girls’s experiences within the Korean leisure business, Ivy requested Choa whether or not she “left [AOA] for [her] personal good”. Choa then admitted that on the time of her departure from AOA, she “nonetheless needed to be a part of this business”, per SBS Star.
Nonetheless, Chae Rina famous that it “virtually appeared such as you had been accomplished with this business”, including that “the general public in all probability felt the identical method”. Choa responded by recalling the excessive requirements she had set for herself whereas she was nonetheless an idol.
“I monitor myself in addition to different artists rather a lot. Again then, I used to watch performances by completely different [seniors] and thought to myself, ‘I might by no means be pretty much as good as them. What I’ve won’t ever match up with theirs.’ I always in contrast myself to [seniors],” she informed them.
Choa then shared that “at some point, I used to be identical to, ‘If I can’t be the perfect even when I strive arduous, there’s no level in staying on this enterprise’”, pondering leaving the group was the most suitable choice for her “get pleasure from my 20s”.
Choa was a member of fashionable Ok-pop lady group AOA from 2012 to 2017. She left the act in June 2017. The singer made her return to the leisure business in 2020, after launching her personal YouTube channel and contributing the music ‘Right here I Am’ to the soundtrack of the Ok-drama, Males Are Males.
In a earlier look on the identical present, Choa had additionally revealed that “many Ok-pop stars depend on medicines to get via the day within the business” when requested about what recommendation she would give to youthful idols.