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26th Birthday! Check Out Various Interesting Facts About Sowon, Former GFRIEND Member, Trauma of Being an Idol, and Sharing the Injustice Experienced by Her Group

26th Birthday! Check Out Various Interesting Facts About Sowon, Former GFRIEND Member, Trauma of Being an Idol, and Sharing the Injustice Experienced by Her Group

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26th Birthday! Check Out Various Interesting Facts About Sowon, Former GFRIEND Member, Trauma of Being an Idol, and Sharing the Injustice Experienced by Her Group

Happy 26th birthday, So Jeong!

Today is a happy day for the former member and leader of GFRIEND, who recently shocked the public with the sudden news of the group's disbandment. Now, the members are all leaving the agency that has been managing them, Source Music Entertainment, and joining various other agencies. After leaving GFRIEND, Sowon chose to join 10K Entertainment to continue her career as an actress.

Check out interesting facts about Kim So Jeong, who is now taking a break from the K-Pop world and venturing into the acting world, below.

 

Written by: Satya Trisnasari

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Kim So Jeong, also known as Sowon, shared moments on her special day with greetings from friends and her beautiful portraits.

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After GFRIEND disbanded, Sowon chose to leave the K-Pop world and started delving into the world of acting. She joined 10K Entertainment agency and is ready to embark on a new career in the acting field.

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Quite different from before, Sowon chose to drop her stage name that was known to the public and use her real name, So Jeong, for her future debut as an actress.

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Having a tall and model-like figure, Sowon once tried the modeling world and appeared in the Runaway Seoul Fashion Week in 2019. This certainly helped her in getting roles due to her captivating figure and visual.

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So Jeong has been trusted to star in the drama CHILLING COHABITATION and is paired with Chanwoo from IKON. Chanwoo himself has experience in the acting field as he has been acting since childhood in various dramas.

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Some fans wondered why this 26-year-old woman chose to quit the singing world. Some time ago, GFRIEND's interview before disbanding became a public conversation and made netizens speculate about various things.

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In the interview, the members, including Sowon, explained the difficulties they faced as an idol group and the strict agency surveillance without giving them any time off or rest.

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The members also continued that period became a traumatic experience for them individually. From here, fans shared snippets of the video on social media and thought that it conveyed the members' feelings that they couldn't express until the end. The agency seemed indifferent and disbanded the rising group just like that.

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Debut So Jeong is certainly highly anticipated by fans because the sudden disbandment news of GFRIEND has made fans sad and hoping for the best for the future members. The drama CHILLING COHABITATION is scheduled to air in the first half of 2022.