The 2nd-Generation Idol Who Was Duped Into Filming NSFW Scenes As A Barely-Legal Teenager
Former Stellar member Jeonyul revealed that she had been tricked into filming racy scenes.
Jeonyul appeared in a YouTube video featuring Koreans’ lives. In the video, the former idol revealed that she has been working at a jewelry store in Yongin.
She spoke about how she had been doing and revealed that she was making ₩10,000 KRW (about $7.58 USD) an hour at the time, while working from 10 AM to 10 PM.
I begin working from 10 AM and get off work at 10 PM in the evening. I get paid a little more than ₩10,000 KRW (about $7.58 USD) per hour.
— Jeonyul
When asked if customers recognized her, she shared that due to Stellar’s image, most didn’t and were surprised when they found out about her former life as an idol. Jeonyul then revealed that because she was only 19 at the time the group’s popular yet controversial “Marionette” was released, she did not recognize how sexually-suggestive some of her scenes were.
I didn’t know the scenes were so racy. After the music video was released, a member asked me if I had read the comments and asked me if I knew what the milk scene was suggesting. I learned what it meant after reading the comments.
At the time, because I was so young, I thought they gave me the least controversial scenes, but they gave me the sexiest ones.
— Jeonyul
At the time of its release, “Marionette” was very controversial because of the members’ outfits and the video’s overall sexy nature. Jeonyul’s scene was particularly controversial due to a scene in which she spills milk onto her body while wearing underwear.
Despite the controversy, Jeonyul agreed that the song had played a big part in pushing them to stardom. Before the release of Marionette, we only performed at small festivals outside of Seoul and at military bases, but after the song’s release, our schedules were packed months-long with college performances.
Since disbanding, Jeonyul has also attempted to make her way into acting, most recently appearing in a short film.
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