LE SSERAFIM Kim Chaewon detailed the reason for leaving Woollim Entertainment and signing with Source Music.
Read on to know what the female idol said.
Here's Why LE SSERAFIM Kim Chaewon Left Woollim Entertainment and Signed With Source Music
On May 9, Weverse Magazine released an article containing the interview they had with LE SSERAFIM's leader Kim Chaewon, along with her pictorial shots.
During the interview, the "FEARLESS" singer talked about her re-debut in another girl group, mentioning the reason why she left Woollim Entertainment and moved to Source Music (one of the subsidiary labels of HYBE).
She said, "I wrapped up my time with IZ*ONE last year but then I became worried and unsure of what I should do going forward. Two and a half years isn't very long to be in a group, after all."
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LE SSERAFIM Kim Chaewon then revealed that she decided to leave Woollim Entertainment and joined Source Music because she wanted to be part of a group once more.
"I wanted to be in a group again because I still had a lot of dreams of things I wanted to achieve as part of a group," she explained. She added that she regretted all the things she never got a chance to showcase in the past.
She went on to say, "That's when Source Music told me they were making a new group and made me an offer, and the people at my previous label supported me and respected my decision, and that's how I ended up making a fresh start somewhere new."
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LE SSERAFIM's leader also shared that even though she had to start all over again as a trainee, she doesn't regret anything.
Kim Chaewon told Weverse Magazine, "It's not easy changing companies, being a trainee again and having to start everything over from the beginning. But I thought I would have regretted it if I didn't do it."
She continued, "It's not every day that you have an opportunity to debut with a group again, and I wanted to challenge myself, rather than take the safe way and keep myself from the things I want to do. I decided to follow my heart in the end."
Kim Chaewon joined Woollim Entertainment in 2017 and trained for only 11 months before competing in Mnet's girl group survival show "Produce 48" in 2018. She returned to Woollim after IZ*ONE disbanded in April 2021 and assumed to have left the agency after five months.
LE SSERAFIM Breaks Record for Highest 1st Week Sales of Any Girl Group Debut Album
In other news, LE SSERAFIM once again made history on the Hanteo Chart with their debut album "FEARLESS."
According to Hanteo Chart on May 9, "FEARLESS" sold a total of 307,450 copies in the first week of its release (from May 2 to 80. This figure is the ninth-highest first-week sales among albums by girl groups in Hanteo history.
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Including LE SSERAFIM, there are only six girl groups that sold more than 300,000 copies in the first week. The five other female groups are TWICE, IVE, IZ*ONE, Red Velvet, and BLACKPINK.
Other than this, LE SSERAFIM's "FEARLESS" is now the debut album by a girl group with the highest first-week sales in Hanteo history, beating aespa's "Savage" which only sold 276,877 copies.
Watch LE SSERAFIM's "FEARLESS" music video here to celebrate the rookie group's historic milestone!
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Written by Maria Scott
