Singer Jadu confessed that she had a hard time in the past because of fraud.
On the 17th, Jadu appeared on Jang Young-ran's YouTube channel "A-grade Jang Young-ran" and said, "I am doing something somewhere," adding, "Since I married a pastor, it feels like I do everything except broadcasting," as she shared what she has been up to.
Jadu debuted in 2001 as the coed duo "The Jadu" with Kang Doo. She went on to gain popularity with hit songs such as "Goodbye," "Kimbap," "We need to talk," and "I want to live."
After Jadu and Kang Doo decided to go their separate ways, Jadu signed with a new agency. She added a new member in 2007 and worked as The Jadu's second lineup, but the group failed to gain the same popularity as before and disbanded in 2015.
Jadu said, "After Kang Doo and I went to different companies, I began to be scammed," adding, "I was swindled in every category, and I knew too little about how the world works."
Jadu said that as she suffered fraud damages, she grew disillusioned with people. She added, "I suffered from severe depression," and "I carried an oxygen tank to breathe, and when I collapsed, I went to the hospital and lived on IV drips."
She went on, "Then I began my faith life, and while trying to find a company that would let me practice my faith comfortably, I even fell victim to a contract scam."
Jadu said, "I was able to overcome without giving up on life because there were people who held me to the end." Jadu married a Korean American pastor six years her senior in 2013.