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Posted by Sophie-Ha Wednesday, November 23, 2022

A former girl group member explains she earned around 400,000 KRW (~$300 USD) per month delivering milk

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A former member of a girl group that went viral and caused a sensation in South Korea recently gave an update on what she has been up to. During their heyday, this girl group's song had gone viral, causing everyone from middle school students to adults to follow the unique dance choreography of the song.

BADKIZ's track "Ear Attack" garnered immense attention for its addicting melody and interesting lyrics. The song helped the girl group gain popularity, and they were asked to perform the song at various events. However, one former member explained that she had to deliver milk after departing from the girl group, which caused such a sensation.


Jina Yoo
appeared on a YouTube channel on November 22 and gave an update on what she has been up to. She talked about various things, such as how the group felt when they were given the song "Ear Attack" and what she did after she departed from the group.

She explained, "When we first received the song back in 2014, all the members were flustered. We wanted to be cute like the other girl groups but we were singing about slapping men. But we comforted ourselves because we were able to garner more attention because of the song."


Jina explained that the girl group had actually gained popularity and had three events to attend a day. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to earn as much. She explained, "During that time, a lot of people probably thought we earned a lot of money (but that wasn't the case)." 


She continued to share that she had to earn money doing milk deliveries after departing from the group. Jina explained she delivered milk for over a year after leaving the group. She elaborated, "I had to work even on rainy and snowy days. I would start work between 2 AM to 3 AM. There would be stacks of milk carts I had to deliver that day. It would be over 150 per day. I earned from 300,000 KRW to 400,000 KRW (~224 USD to 299 USD) per month."


Jina shared that she would give half of the money to her parents and use the other half to pay her phone bill and transportation expenses. She also confessed that she worked at various restaurants after quitting the milk delivery work.

She explained she even worked at a sushi restaurant where she frequently faced rude drunk customers. Luckily, the restaurant owners came to her defense when she faced these rude customers.

Now she is running a dog daycare and hotel with her twin sister.

Jina also shared that she is still aspiring to become a singer, but this time, she is working hard to become a trot singer. She has been diligently releasing solo trot albums and still working to accomplish her dreams as a singer. She explained, "A lot of people think I quit (being a singer) because I am not active now but I still haven't given up."


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loindici
loindici512 pts Wednesday, November 23, 2022 1
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

I'm impressed. She's gone so far from departing the group to actually sustaining herself in an impressive way (like, a dog daycare and hotel, and also she's now a trot singer!)

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Hopkinz5,364 pts Wednesday, November 23, 2022 0
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

I loved Jina! We were all sad when she left BADKIZ. I liked her trot song from like 7 years ago but she hasnt released much since then.

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