{"id":19339,"date":"2025-06-27T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/19339\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:02:09","slug":"shinsegae-heiress-annie-reveals-idol-debut-condition-i-had-to-get-into-the-ivy-league-it-took-me-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/19339\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinsegae heiress Annie reveals idol debut condition &#8220;I had to get into the Ivy league. It took me 10 years&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1751033137-7365978-high.jpg\" data-image=\"hecwbsw1kefr\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On June 27, a new episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/Daesung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daesung<\/a>\u2019s YouTube show <strong>ZIP DAESUNG<\/strong>\u00a0featured the co-ed K-pop group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/allday-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALLDAY PROJECT<\/a>. The group consists of members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/annie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Annie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/tarzzan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tarzzan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/bailey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bailey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/woochan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woochan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/youngseo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Youngseo<\/a>, and joined <strong>Daesung<\/strong> for a variety show-style &#8220;entertainment bootcamp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Among the group, <strong>Annie<\/strong> has gained significant attention for her high-profile background. She is the granddaughter of<strong> Lee Myung Hee,<\/strong> Chairwoman of <strong>Shinsegae Group, <\/strong>and the eldest daughter of <strong>Jung Yoo Kyung, <\/strong>President of <strong>Shinsegae Co., Ltd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the show, <strong>Daesung<\/strong> asked <strong>Annie<\/strong> how she managed to get her family\u2019s permission to debut as an idol. <strong>Annie<\/strong> surprised viewers by revealing, &#8220;It took me 10 years to get their approval. At first, they said absolutely not. But after I kept insisting, they gave me a final deal. If I got into an Ivy League school, they would let me debut.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annie<\/strong> eventually fulfilled the condition by gaining admission to <strong>Columbia University,<\/strong> one of the top Ivy League institutions in the United States. She later debuted as a member of<strong> ALLDAY Project <\/strong>under<strong> The Black Label, <\/strong>the agency led by renowned producer <strong>Teddy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She also shared that her family has long enjoyed the music of <strong>YG Entertainment<\/strong> artists including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/1TYM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1TYM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/Big-Bang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Big Bang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/2NE1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2NE1<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/black-pink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BLACKPINK<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> <strong>Annie<\/strong> recalled a family trip on a chartered bus where her mother repeatedly played the music video for <strong>Big Bang<\/strong>\u2019s &#8220;<strong>Fantastic Baby&#8221;<\/strong> on the screen. &#8220;My mom watched it so many times that she memorized every accessory in the video,&#8221; <strong>Annie<\/strong> said, smiling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZIP DAESUNG<\/strong> is a talk show that follows<strong> Daesung,<\/strong> a homebody known for his energetic personality, as he explores the outside world with a variety of guests. The program airs every Friday at 6 PM KST on <strong>Daesung<\/strong>\u2019s official YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1751033142-7365979-high.jpg\" data-image=\"q3n98zzonxbl\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:16px!important;font-weight:bold!important;\">SEE ALSO: <a class=\"see_also\" style=\"font-size:16px;\" data-link=\"\/\/www.allkpop.com\/article\/2025\/06\/allday-projects-debut-track-famous-hits-number-1-on-melons-top-100\" data-from-idx=\"331156\" data-to-idx=\"331110\" target=\"\">ALLDAY PROJECT&#8217;s debut track &#8220;FAMOUS&#8221; hits number 1 on Melon&#8217;s TOP 100<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On June 27, a new episode of Daesung\u2019s YouTube show ZIP DAESUNG\u00a0featured the co-ed K-pop group ALLDAY PROJECT.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[18189,18190,3406,1180,3411,3409,18187,4862,18188,171,975,3407,67,132,68,3408,3410],"class_list":{"0":"post-19339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-1tym","9":"tag-2ne1","10":"tag-allday-project","11":"tag-allkpop","12":"tag-annie","13":"tag-bailey","14":"tag-big-bang","15":"tag-blackpink","16":"tag-daesung","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-music","19":"tag-tarzzan","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-woochan","24":"tag-youngseo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114755937407786528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}