This is a review article written after watching the broadcast.
Bada grew teary-eyed as she recalled her father.
On the 20th, channel A's "Close Friends Tokyumentary - Table for Four" (hereafter Table for Four) featured first-generation original idol S.E.S. member Bada, who invited her close friends Eugene and Brian.
That day Bada explained how she debuted with S.E.S., saying there were her parents' sacrifices behind her.
Bada said, "My father was given six months to live. (When things got worse) we moved to a rural orchard, but we were hit by a jeonse fraud. Later we lived in a prefabricated church building. It was right before my debut. It was the hardest time. When my father sent me to the arts high school, he told me not to go twice. We were really struggling. The arts high school tuition was expensive."
Bada added, "I passed the entrance exam twice and he asked if I really had to go. The week I said I would go to the arts high school no matter what, my father went out holding a traditional overcoat and hat. Even though he was sick, he performed at nightclubs. I didn't understand what he meant by his questions," and she grew teary-eyed.
Bada said, "It was a cold rainy winter day. The house was so small that the bathroom was attached to the entryway. I heard my father, putting on straw shoes, say, 'I really don't want to go out today' from the bathroom. Tears came out of me without my knowledge, and I put my fist in my mouth and bit it. I was afraid I would make a sound. I didn't feel like my father then but the weight of a man. That's when I thought, 'I must succeed.'"
Bada also mentioned her mother's sacrifices. She said, "Because my father was sick, my mother worked in a hospital cafeteria. She also visited herbal medicine shops," expressing her gratitude.
Bada, who debuted as part of S.E.S., said, "S.E.S. had a rich girl concept. Internally, they treated me like a fifth album singer. Back then I didn't speak much and had a haughty vibe. Then during a holiday the manager took me home for the first time. When I said I was getting off here, he asked if I needed to go to the bathroom. Because the house was prefabricated he thought it was a bathroom. The manager was so surprised. The next day he said he felt like he had made a mistake."
Bada recalled, "There was no hot water at home. The dorm had hot water, but my parents washed with cold water at home, so I washed with cold water too. After I received my first settlement payment, I washed with warm water for the first time."
Asked about her father's reaction to her debut, Bada replied, "He was so happy but also like, 'She's really going down that path.'"
[Photo] channel A's "Close Friends Tokyumentary - Table for Four," OSEN DB
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