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Tbh the first half sounds like a sad Singaporean story. Wanting to pursue his interest/dream but was stopped by NS which isn't flexible at all. After being enlisted the general "mindset" of "normal" Singaporeans changed his path. Individualism is really lacking in this country, there is a weird obsession with the "correct" life path in Singapore. Just my 2 cents and with no intention to bring politics into the comments. Cheers
omg you guys should interview Tasha too! because she was an actual K-pop idol and though the experience would be similar i think we’d be able to know more about the kpop scene through her debut experience 🙂
K-Pop training is tough; it depends on the agency they are signed under (if they are with the Big 3 - SM Ent/JYP/YG Ent; they are well supported and have less worries) and there is tier of agencies (of course some the smaller agency have debuted and maintain OG groups like KARA/TARA)
@@jackjackyphantom8854 it only works for smaller agency (bigger agency is call accumulated debt - take Twice for example - they don't pay a single cent of their own money and they are paid monthly salary as they are JYP money maker and their contract renewal is up as most idol contract is 7 years the first time) it also depends on which agency *the big 3 now 4 - JYP/SM/YG/Hybe is runned differently*
she used to be from idol school tho ( a survival show similar to produce series ) if she won she would have been in fromis_9 and be in hybe entertainment 😟😟
Can’t believe Alfred left out the bit about how good he is at art and graphic design. During 少年之名, he designed hand drawn birthday cards for his good pal Boyu and for one of his teammates Oscar, and he also illustrated the poster for celebration night (it’s on his ig stories) ^_^ Bottom line is that he’s mad talented and deserves to be seen by many more people!! Can’t wait for your upcoming pieces of work, 加油 🦭fred!!
Wow I didn’t expect Zula to cover on this topic! I actually watched We Are Young back in 2020 when I heard that there was a singaporean joining just because I felt it was cool and Alfred became my one-pick throughout the show, not only because he’s Singaporean but bc he is super talented, interesting, real and gives off amazing energy (and a great artist too). Alfred if you’re reading this I wish you all the best in whatever you decide to do in the future! ✨
Oooh, I didn't watch we are young but Alfred seems like such a nice person, I love his vibe and the clip of his song at the end looked great, I will definitely check it out! Also I love your guys' accents
Wow, such a good interview! I didn't know anything about Alfred before, but it is very interesting to hear about his journey. He seems to have a very positive mindset!
There are actually 2 Singaporeans on we are young :) if y'all haven't watched it, y'all should watch it! The performances were really good, mentors as well!
thank you zula for this video so so much!! rlly interesting to know the behind the scenes of survival shows esp from a singaporean hahah alfred has come a long way!! wishing him atbbbb also idk y but i kept having goosebumps throughout this vid ahahha
Olympic champion is someone who wins something at the Olympics. Olympian is someone who participated in the olympics He was a youth Olympian and as far as I know was selected to be an Olympian as well. So more accurately he was a youth Olympian that was potentially an Olympian as well
Omg i remember loooong ago I used to watch Alfred and Minhua on UA-cam doing covers??? then mah dudes disappeared im guessing thats when he went over to become a trainee etc :') I'm so happy with how much theyve grown~ Wishing the best for his future(: Vampire was dope thooooo
Ahh been waiting for this EP of Ask Zula to drop!! Watching Alfred’s journey on 少年之名 and then hearing him talk about his experience almost 2 years on hits different but in a good way bc you can truly see his growth from the show! Would 💯 recommend everyone to check out his new single《Vampire (重生)》; the MV is super high quality, the choreo is amazing and whole song is such a bop you can just tell a lot of effort was put into it ☺️✨
Ending up watching we are young afterwards, it made me regret not watching it sooner. Format wise, was definitely better than QCYN too, in the sense of giving more stages & chances
Such an inspiring journey, I really enjoyed watching this interview! On a side note, luckily Alfred didn't join youth with you 3, God has a better plan
wow i followed this guy from the jyp-alpha audition together with some of his friends... in fact i think i'm facebook friends with him lol! didn't know he moved to the china scene!
I had never heard of him and stuff before this, and I was thinking that his age was at most 23-24, then he mentioned he was "turning 31 this year"..like BRUH
c-ent really wasted, people who follow c-pop idols will know. was happy to know when i saw theres singaporeans on c survival shows, at that time c-pop was growing. idol producer is still the best survival up till now (in terms of skills, visuals & fame up till now)
Produce 101 (Somi was good - despite she was from JYP plus Somi didn't need to join Produce 101 after failing to make it to Twice through the reality show Sixteen) doesn't favour big agency (as the public determine the members of the group..
@@cc.eciliaaa their exclusive contract renewal is up (as most idol groups contract is 7 years); Twice actually debut on my birthdate XD which is special !! XD
2010 audition -> 2012/3 Out of NS, mentions need to pursue further studies thus didn’t go back to Korea for training But yet 2012 SKarf debut, he mentions its reignited his dreams thus pursuing competitions Am I missing something in the timeline ?
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Thank you Alfred for sharing his experience with us! Do follow Alfred on his socials and drop him a like and comment “I came from ZULA!” on his latest MV! Also, let us know who you would like to see on future Ask ZULA episodes!
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Thank you Alfred
Tbh the first half sounds like a sad Singaporean story. Wanting to pursue his interest/dream but was stopped by NS which isn't flexible at all. After being enlisted the general "mindset" of "normal" Singaporeans changed his path. Individualism is really lacking in this country, there is a weird obsession with the "correct" life path in Singapore. Just my 2 cents and with no intention to bring politics into the comments. Cheers
He came so far :""" dying to hear tasha spill some tea from idol school ㅠㅠ
right since she trained with fromis 9 members too and other trainees that have become idols like former izone member jo yuri :DD
omg you guys should interview Tasha too! because she was an actual K-pop idol and though the experience would be similar i think we’d be able to know more about the kpop scene through her debut experience 🙂
U are early. 🤗
K-Pop training is tough; it depends on the agency they are signed under (if they are with the Big 3 - SM Ent/JYP/YG Ent; they are well supported and have less worries) and there is tier of agencies (of course some the smaller agency have debuted and maintain OG groups like KARA/TARA)
@@RoyLimisAw3s0me I heard that u have to pay with ur own money when u are debuted.
@@jackjackyphantom8854 it only works for smaller agency (bigger agency is call accumulated debt - take Twice for example - they don't pay a single cent of their own money and they are paid monthly salary as they are JYP money maker and their contract renewal is up as most idol contract is 7 years the first time)
it also depends on which agency *the big 3 now 4 - JYP/SM/YG/Hybe is runned differently*
she used to be from idol school tho ( a survival show similar to produce series ) if she won she would have been in fromis_9 and be in hybe entertainment 😟😟
Can’t believe Alfred left out the bit about how good he is at art and graphic design. During 少年之名, he designed hand drawn birthday cards for his good pal Boyu and for one of his teammates Oscar, and he also illustrated the poster for celebration night (it’s on his ig stories) ^_^ Bottom line is that he’s mad talented and deserves to be seen by many more people!! Can’t wait for your upcoming pieces of work, 加油 🦭fred!!
Wow I didn’t expect Zula to cover on this topic! I actually watched We Are Young back in 2020 when I heard that there was a singaporean joining just because I felt it was cool and Alfred became my one-pick throughout the show, not only because he’s Singaporean but bc he is super talented, interesting, real and gives off amazing energy (and a great artist too). Alfred if you’re reading this I wish you all the best in whatever you decide to do in the future! ✨
this was a fun watch. He seems like a very down-to-earth guy but with many doors of opportunity open for him. Nice!
Oooh, I didn't watch we are young but Alfred seems like such a nice person, I love his vibe and the clip of his song at the end looked great, I will definitely check it out!
Also I love your guys' accents
Wow, such a good interview! I didn't know anything about Alfred before, but it is very interesting to hear about his journey. He seems to have a very positive mindset!
thank you for this insightful video! alfred is very eloquent and leah is also a very good listener and host :) i really enjoyed this!
ive watched him from the start to the end of the competition!!! Proud of him!
His voice is so nice and soothing
There are actually 2 Singaporeans on we are young :) if y'all haven't watched it, y'all should watch it! The performances were really good, mentors as well!
alfred really dodged a bullet with the ywy3 auditions LOL but best of luck to him! he has a great attitude & foundation
thank you zula for this video so so much!! rlly interesting to know the behind the scenes of survival shows esp from a singaporean hahah alfred has come a long way!! wishing him atbbbb also idk y but i kept having goosebumps throughout this vid ahahha
Jackson Wang is potentially a Junior Olympian participant; he ultimately choose an IDOL life
Olympic champion is someone who wins something at the Olympics.
Olympian is someone who participated in the olympics
He was a youth Olympian and as far as I know was selected to be an Olympian as well.
So more accurately he was a youth Olympian that was potentially an Olympian as well
his experience is quite interesting, good to hear
He really reminds me of Joanna from NOC. Anyone agrees??
Omg i remember loooong ago I used to watch Alfred and Minhua on UA-cam doing covers??? then mah dudes disappeared im guessing thats when he went over to become a trainee etc :') I'm so happy with how much theyve grown~ Wishing the best for his future(: Vampire was dope thooooo
there’s also this Chinese girl who studied in Singapore, Curley gao who won a Chinese survival show.
omg i didn’t know she studied in sg
Omg Esther Yu studied in sg too
Ahh been waiting for this EP of Ask Zula to drop!! Watching Alfred’s journey on 少年之名 and then hearing him talk about his experience almost 2 years on hits different but in a good way bc you can truly see his growth from the show! Would 💯 recommend everyone to check out his new single《Vampire (重生)》; the MV is super high quality, the choreo is amazing and whole song is such a bop you can just tell a lot of effort was put into it ☺️✨
Thank you so much @Alfred Sun
Really appreciate it that you shared your experience!!!
If Alfred ever needs a hip-hop/rnb track, hit me up XD Hearing his story was really inspiring
Ending up watching we are young afterwards, it made me regret not watching it sooner. Format wise, was definitely better than QCYN too, in the sense of giving more stages & chances
We spill the beans here
this was super interesting to hear
i know another guy that was supposed to go to Youth With You 3 but encountered visa issues as well and i know perfectly the pain :"((
now i feel obliged to watch 少年之名 just to root for him. and his new mv ofc!!!!
ikr!! hbfhvjberuvg
Such an inspiring journey, I really enjoyed watching this interview!
On a side note, luckily Alfred didn't join youth with you 3, God has a better plan
wow i followed this guy from the jyp-alpha audition together with some of his friends... in fact i think i'm facebook friends with him lol! didn't know he moved to the china scene!
I had never heard of him and stuff before this, and I was thinking that his age was at most 23-24, then he mentioned he was "turning 31 this year"..like BRUH
c-ent really wasted, people who follow c-pop idols will know. was happy to know when i saw theres singaporeans on c survival shows, at that time c-pop was growing. idol producer is still the best survival up till now (in terms of skills, visuals & fame up till now)
Omggg I love Alfred! I know him from his BL film 😅
I was kinda hoping he would say something about Summerdaze when he mentioned acting…
isn’t that volume so low.. i’ve had to play at max volume
interview tasha,ferlyn & cheris next pls!!!!
Alfred scene @11:20 is so attractive
alfred jiayou. its still not too late at 31.
leah's type of boiboi....can tell she is nervous hahah
the audio is so low
i voted him..
Tasha’s best friend!
Jackson Wang Mai boy
帅 🫣
Mindef again omggggg we could have a guy Kpop group
He kinda looks like Ten
Somehow his face skin looks different?
He prob has makeup on
the way he stares at you :D
Is he dating Tasha ? They used to be really close
Isn’t he 💅🏻🌈?
Produce 101 (Somi was good - despite she was from JYP plus Somi didn't need to join Produce 101 after failing to make it to Twice through the reality show Sixteen) doesn't favour big agency (as the public determine the members of the group..
it's sixteen that form twice, not seventeen 😅
@@cc.eciliaaa i mi up the show and idol.. haha
@@cc.eciliaaa Seventeen is not formed via reality show but they have teaser TV program to showcase their talents under Pledis Entertainment :)
@@RoyLimisAw3s0me i know 😂 i am a fan of seventeen
@@cc.eciliaaa their exclusive contract renewal is up (as most idol groups contract is 7 years); Twice actually debut on my birthdate XD which is special !! XD
2010 audition -> 2012/3 Out of NS, mentions need to pursue further studies thus didn’t go back to Korea for training
But yet 2012 SKarf debut, he mentions its reignited his dreams thus pursuing competitions
Am I missing something in the timeline ?