DPR IAN opens up about “inhumane” expertise as a Okay-pop trainee

Korean-Australian musician DPR IAN has opened up about his previous expertise coaching to be a part of a Okay-pop group.

On the Australian leg of DPR’s ‘The Dream Reborn’ world tour, DPR IAN sat down with SBS to debate his expertise within the Okay-pop business. The singer shared that he moved to South Korea alone to pursue his music profession, and have become a Okay-pop trainee a number of months later after being scouted on the road.

“[The training schedule] again within the days? Very strict,” he stated, detailing how they might get up each morning at 5am to observe, solely to return residence hours previous midnight. “In the event you’re late a minute, it's a must to kneel on the ground and sit within the nook, like a timeout.”

“It’s rather a lot higher now, that’s what I hear,” DPR IAN continued, including that this occurred throughout what he described because the “peak” period of “slave contracts” within the Okay-pop business.

He went on to share his ideas on the expertise: “I assumed it was inhumane, however that’s actually the life that trainees stay. […] You don’t know what that grotesque and grueling aspect of that life is, as a result of nobody actually tells you.”

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DPR IAN debuted as a member of Okay-pop boy band C-Clown in 2012 underneath the stage title Rome, the place he was energetic till the group disbanded in 2015. He later established the label Dream Excellent Regime with fellow musicians and creatives DPR Live, DPR Cream and DPR REM, the place he additionally serves as a visible director.

In 2021, he launched his debut EP ‘Moodswings in This Order’, which he adopted with a studio album and two extra EPs. His newest launch was his June 2024 EP ‘Saint’.

DPR IAN, together with labelmates DPR Cream and DPR Artic are on the Asia-Pacific leg of their ‘The Dream Reborn’ world tour, and can carry out subsequent in Singapore later tonight. The trio will then carry out in Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and extra within the coming weeks, earlier than finishing the leg in Hong Kong on December 28.