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YG's trainee Choi Rae Sung rumored to be making $9,000/month from composing

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Posted by Susan-Han Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Rumor has it that one YG Entertainment trainee, set to debut soon in the label's newest male idol group along with Bang Ye Dam, Choi Hyun Suk, Lee Byung Gon, Kim Jun Gyu, and more, is already making quite the earnings as a rookie composer.

Many YG fans know that Choi Rae Sung, seen on Mnet's 'Stray Kids' as a part of the YG male trainee team, is the label's newest, hot composer Millennium. Under the name Millennium, Choi Rae Sung has composed iKON's "Bling Bling", Bobby's "Tendae" and "Alien", 'Mix Nine's "Come Play", and most recently, iKON's "Love Scenario".

Choi Rae Sung was first discovered on 'K-Pop Star 3' in 2011. After joining YG as a trainee, he learned to compose and mix tracks from Teddy. Fans often refer to Choi Rae Sung as Papa YG Yang Hyun Suk's favorite trainee, due to his potential as a composer.

According to netizens' rumors, Choi Rae Sung makes approximately 10,000,000 KRW (~9,300 USD) per month thanks to his compositions from the past year. YG fans seem to have estimated the numbers based on the success rates of Millennium's various composed tracks.

Netizens commented, "Raesung is the best TT He can sing, dance, compose, everything", "Since he's good friends with Hanbin I already feel close with him,,,, Raesung please debut", "Heol Millennium was Raesung?!", "He was the guy who danced with our Seunghoonie! I totally rooted for him!", "He really grew up", "'Love Scenario' is so good... Daebak", "Wow respect", and more.

Do you want to see Choi Rae Sung and the new YG boy group debut soon? You can also follow Choi Rae Sung's SoundCloud for some of his composition work, below.