How long do you work?
K-Pop Audition/Trainee QuestionsHey everyone, so this is a quick post about the hours with being an idol.
Note: Everything will be based off my own observations and other articles I've read. Thus, different experiences will be different.
So basically, as an idol, you don't really do anything when you aren't promoting. During non-promotion times, you may relax with your family or go see a movie, etc but most idols have variety/radio shows to do (some of the rookies might train even more) when they aren't promoting with your group. So this will be a quick post about idol hours during promotion.
Quite frankly, for the 2-3 weeks you are promoting your single, its going to be hellish. You are probably going to be at most sleeping for 1-3 hours and the rest of the time will be left allocated to preforming, appearing on variety shows, and attending music awards and such.
For variety shows and other interviews, these will most likely be conducted in the late evening/early morning. Take for instance, an entire filming for Running Man. They usually film a good 5-6 hours at a time, in order to get 1.5 hours of watchable footage. Other shorter programs, such as Weekly Idol, might film for only 2 hours. But usually, theres another schedule to attend, so you would leave in a hurry.
Most likely, during promotions, you will be literally running everywhere. And not only from the lack of sleep you're getting (including lack of food since a lot of idols don't eat right before they go on stage), the sheer act of acting happy is tiring as well -- especially when all you want to do is to just sleep. Preforming will be even more difficult. It's fun to dance and sing when you have had enough to eat but it most definitely isnt as fun when you are surviving on one hour of sleep and only a kimbap.
For the more popular members, they will most likely be shuttled from one schedule to another while the less popular members can get some rest. Whether you believe that's a good thing, is up to you.
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