According to a former SM trainee, aespa’s Winter has been extremely famous and talented since before debut.
On July 3, a topic titled “Winter has been famous since she was a trainee” was published on the Korean forum Pann Nate, drawing attention.
According to the author of the topic, their friend was an SM trainee for about a year from mid-2018 to late 2019, so they know a few stories about aespa members as trainees.
In particular, this friend describes Karina as “very hard-working”, following older trainees well and taking good care of younger ones. Additionally, it was said that Karina was not too good at dancing and singing before debut, so she must have practiced really hard to reach her current skill level.
Meanwhile, Winter has been very talented since she was a trainee. She was always in 1st or 2nd place in the monthly evaluations and she was also pretty, so there was a lot of talk among the trainees that she would debut.
It was also mentioned that even though her traineeship was private, Winter was famous enough that trainees from other agencies knew about her.
- A former SM trainee who is close with the members of aespa said on her Instagram that Kim Chaehyun and Winter were ranked 1st and 2nd in the monthly evaluations
- Yeah, it was a good idea to debut Winter. Karina has the popularity and star quality as the center, and Winter has the popularity and core idol power as the ace of the group
- Winter is a true all-rounder.. I think she will succeed as a soloist.
- Anyone who knows SM Entertainment must have heard the name Kim Min-jung (Winter’s real name). Before aespa debuted, there were several other trainees who were famous, besides Kim Min-jung and Yoo Ji-min (Karina’s real name).
