KOYOTE member Shinji mentioned a rivalry with Yoo Seung-jun.
On the 8th, a video titled 'You say you performed at 13–15 events and still didn't get paid? The chronicles of KOYOTE's Shinji' was released on the YouTube channel 'How are you?!?'.
In the video, Shinji talked about KOYOTE's heyday. Shinji said, "We first secured our position when we got first place with our third album. 'Pure Heart', 'Meeting', 'Heartbreak', 'Regret' all failed to reach No. 1, but with 'Blue' we achieved our first No. 1 on terrestrial broadcast," she said.
Shinji said, "The reason 'Heartbreak' kept placing second was because there was too strong an opponent. Seung-jun is the senior. We couldn't beat him," and added, "We shared the waiting room, and at that time we were close friends and the same age as senior Kim Gu, but the three major broadcasters matched us up against each other and Yoo Seung-jun kept winning while we kept losing, so it was awkward for both sides. You want to win at least once, don't you?"
Meanwhile, Yoo Seung-jun, who debuted in 1997 with his first album West Side, was very active with numerous hit songs. In particular, he publicly declared he would enlist in the military at the time but suddenly obtained U.S. citizenship to avoid military service. As a result, Yoo Seung-jun has been barred from entering Korea since 2002.
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