“Thanks on your selfless act as a result of now I get to see your good-looking face on a regular basis 🙏”
It’s not unusual to listen to tales from Ok-Pop idols about how they needed to audition at a number of leisure firms earlier than they had been accepted. What’s a lot much less widespread, although not extraordinary, is when an leisure firm reaches out to somebody a number of instances to supply them a casting alternative earlier than the individual accepts it!
But that’s precisely what occurred for a rookie idol at SM Leisure who claims he was casted not twice, or thrice, however 4 instances earlier than he lastly joined the label.
The idol in query is RIIZE‘s Eunseok, who simply debuted with the brand new group a few weeks in the past on September 4.
He lately revealed that he was road casted by SM Leisure’s recruiters 4 completely different instances earlier than he turned a trainee on the label.
처음에 길거리 캐스팅이 된 이후에 4번이나 더 제의를 받고 sm에 입사하게 된 은석이,,🥺 pic.twitter.com/Lr7gM3dFhk
— 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 🎸 (@realriization) September 13, 2023
I got here to SM Leisure after being street-cast. At first, once I was approached with the provide, I wasn’t . However I used to be forged 4 completely different instances… which led to me standing right here in entrance of everybody in the present day.
— Eunseok (RIIZE)
Provided that Eunseok has been introduced because the visible member of RIIZE, it’s seemingly that he was initially recruited for his good-looking look!
And he’s removed from being the primary SM Leisure idol to be road casted in the same method. The truth is, there are over a dozen different artists on the label which have comparable tales, although theirs didn’t contain rejecting the provide so many instances! The record contains EXO‘s Suho, Sehun, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, and D.O., NCT‘s Taeyong, Jaehyun, and Jaemin, and SHINee‘s Minho and Jonghyun.
Some netizens criticize SM Leisure for “harassing” Eunseok with so many affords, whereas others are simply glad that he lastly accepted the chance and have become an idol.
Right here’s what folks should say in regards to the revelation on a discussion board put up about it!
Eunseok undoubtedly has a promising profession with SM Leisure, so hopefully he’s glad that he lastly accepted their provide!