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Even with Rado’s success, why his group Someday broke up 17 years ago: ‘We couldn’t live like human beings’

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Producer Rado appeared on KBS 2TV’s ‘Happy Together’ with former Someday members Wontaek and Jung Se-young.
  • He said the group chose to disband after severe financial hardship, despite debuting with a ‘Boys Over Flowers’ soundtrack and reaching No. 1 on a homepage music chart.

Rado returned to the stage with his former Someday bandmates Wontaek and Jung Se-young on KBS 2TV’s entertainment program ‘Happy Together’. The group appeared last in the audition segment and showed the vocal skills that marked its earlier career.

Rado is now known as the producer behind STAYC and as the husband of Apink’s Yoon Bomi. But before those achievements, he belonged to Someday, a group that debuted through the soundtrack of ‘Boys Over Flowers’ and reached the top of the homepage music chart at the time.

We couldn’t live like human beings. Four people shared one person’s portion of food over three days, and we took turns wearing the same tops and bottoms.

· RadoHe described the financial hardship that led Someday to disband.

The group ultimately chose to disband because its members could not support themselves. Rado described the situation bluntly: “We couldn’t live like human beings. Four people shared one person’s portion of food over three days, and we took turns wearing the same tops and bottoms.”

He said the members had to make the decision “to survive.” The appearance brought the former group back together while revealing how desperate their circumstances had once become.

We had to choose disbanding to survive.

· RadoHe explained why the group ended its activities.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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