Chung Ha reveals she thought of leaving the music industry: “It’s a job, not my life”
nme.comChung Ha has opened up about her year-long hiatus from the music and why she toyed with idea of leaving the industry.Chung Ha recently signed with the Jay Park-owned label, More Vision, after leaving long-time agency MNH Entertainment this March.
Meanwhile, her last solo music release was the July 2022 record ‘Bare & Rare’.In the year between ‘Bare & Rare’ and signing to More Vision, the singer contemplated stepping away from the music industry completely, she revealed in a recent appearance on the YouTube talk show Gabee’s Rising Star.Chung Ha spoke about how during a previous meet up with host Gabee, a member of the dance group LACHICA, the dancer had “counselled and persuaded” her to not “go study abroad”.“I asked her what’s her plan,” Gabee recalled. “I naturally thought she’ll go into a new agency and asked, ‘Where will you go, Chung Ha?
What agency would be good for you?’ Then she said she’ll study and go study abroad.”“We just said – not ‘What’s wrong?’, but ‘Just stop it’,” she added. “We just ignored it and talked about her plan [to join a] new agency.
She entered a great agency anyway.”Chung Ha then opened up about how she wanted a company that would “give realistic advice” and act like a “pacemaker” when she’s burnt out.
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