Nineteen
My SM Journey"This will be your new dormitory from today onwards." Our new manager, Sona Kim, said to the seven of us. She was only 2 years older than me. The previous manager of the group had been reassigned to another group of trainee after Yejin's departure. The company had wanted to change the dynamic of the group by changing the members, the managers and the dormitory itself. "I hope everyone of you have packed all of your things and brought it here already. We will be sending people to clean up the rooms, which all of you have vacated today."
"Elizabeth and Ziying will be sharing room one. Hyorin, Aeyoung and Jieun will take room two. Lastly, Minjung and Ashley, you will be taking room three. Learn to live well with your roommates. Don't cause any trouble" She continued.
Both Ziying and I were born in 1993 and because my birthday came a month earlier than her, I was tasked to be the leader of the group despite only joining a week ago. Some of the group members had protested against this change because they were my seniors in the company.
"Give her some time, I am sure the company chose her for a reason." Jieun, being on my side, assured the rest of the members.
"Yes! I am sure she can do better than Yejin!" Ziying chipped in.
"I promise I will put my life in this to make sure our group becomes successful." I ended the discussion with my promise.
Jieun was born in 1994 while Aeyoung, Hyorin and Minjung were all born in 1995. Ashley was the youngest (magnae) of the group born 1996 in America.
"I will be taking room four and I will leave it up to you girls to decide how you want to settle on the household chores." Sona continued as she passed each of us the keys to the house. "The 12am curfew will be lifted because the company understands that some of the debuting trainees would practice overnight. Oh, and also, no male friends are allowed into this house. I will be watching you."
"Now, these folders contained each of your individual profiles decided by the company and your upcoming schedules all the way till your debut. Please read through it thoroughly and ask me if you have any questions. We will be holding a meeting tomorrow to hear your input so please take your time off today to go through it." She said as she passed the folders around.
"So, our group name is Lady'S?" Ashley asked while pointing to the label on the cover of the folder. Sona nodded, "yes, the management team came up with this temporary name. But if you have any other suggestions, please feel free to share it tomorrow with the team."
I flipped to the first page of the folder.
Profile of Lady'S Members
Elizabeth Lee
Korean Name: Lee Chaeyeon
Stage Name: E-liz
Birthday: 2 January 1993
Nationality: Korean-Singaporean
Position: Leader, Main Vocalist, Visual
Height: 168cm
Experience: -
Zhang Ziying
Korean Name: Jang Jiying
Stage Name: ZY
Birthday: 30 April 1993
Nationality: Taiwanese
Position: Lead Rapper, Main Dancer
Height: 165cm
Experience: Youtube artist
Kim Jieun
Korean Name: Kim Jieun
Stage Name: Jieun
Birthday: 16 April 1994
Nationality: Korean
Position: Lead Dancer, Lead Vocalist
Height: 158cm
Experience: Backup dancer of BoA in 2014
Park Hyorin
Korean Name: Park Hyorin
Stage Name: Hyorin
Birthday: 30 June 1995
Nationality: Korean
Position: Main Rapper, Main Dancer
Height: 170cm
Experience: Appearance on EXO90:2014 variety show
Lee Aeyoung
Korean Name: Lee Aeyoung
Stage Name: A-young
Birthday: 27 November 1995
Nationality: Korean
Position: Lead Vocalist, Actress
Height: 160cm
Experience: Acted in EXO Next Door webdrama
Kim Minjung
Korean Name: Kim Minjung
Stage Name: Minnie
Birthday: 29 December 1995
Nationality: Korean
Position: Dancer, Rapper
Height: 162cm
Experience: Appearance on EXO90:2014 variety show
Ashley Yang
Korean Name: Yang Jimin
Stage Name: Ashley
Birthday: 31 July 1996
Nationality: Korean-American
Position: Magnae, Main Dancer
Height: 160cm
Experience: -
"The schedule for tomorrow will be at the SM building. We will start with the management meeting at 8am, then we will start the song recording immediately after. The main and lead vocalist will begin first while the rest will prepare for the teaser with the performance directors. We will switch around after dinner. Is everyone clear?" Sona informed.
"Yes!" We answered in unison.
"Very good, take a good night rest and the war shall begin tomorrow."
"Sona unnie! Before we sleep, can I talk to my members for a while?" I asked before she retreated into her room.
"Sure, do whatever you want, leader."
"Okay girls! Come gather around me and find a place to sit comfortably." I told the group.
"I know I am still very new to this and many of you have been trainees very long before I became one, I hope that we can still fight this war and achieve our dreams together as one. I hope that we can be more open with each other and point out anything we are unhappy about to each other and don't bottle up any bad emotions. Feel free to find me anytime you need someone to tal
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