ITZY member Yuna has opened up about how she nearly didn’t make the lower to hitch the group, and spoke in regards to the “stress” she feels consequently.

The 20-year-old singer was a current visitor star on Radio Star, an MBC speak present with a spin-off on the community’s YouTube channel. Throughout her time on the episode, which aired on February 1, she spoke to the present’s hosts about her time as a trainee along with her label, JYP Leisure. 

“Again after I was a trainee, I skilled so onerous to make my debut. At JYP Leisure, all trainees get ‘report playing cards’ on the finish of the month. You possibly can verify your rank inside the trainees on the playing cards. I’ve by no means ranked close to the highest, however all the opposite ITZY members constantly ranked among the many high 10 trainees,” she informed the hosts, per SBS Star.

“When ITZY was [first] made, I wasn’t a part of the crew,” Yuna added. “It was actually irritating. At the moment, I even thought to myself, ‘I’m in my third yr of coaching. Possibly it’s time to place an finish to it. Shall I stop?’” Shortly after, the singer revealed that she was later added to the crew as its final member “rapidly and unexpectedly”.

Regardless of having been added to the ITZY line-up afterward within the course of, she recalled feeling “very pressured” due to her preliminary expertise. “I saved stressing about not being on their stage because the different members had been so superb,” the singer added, earlier than saying that that feeling has but to go away for her, regardless of having been a part of the band for practically 5 years now.

“I’m not going to lie. I nonetheless really feel like that – pressured about not being nearly as good as them. I discover performing ITZY’s songs troublesome,” Yuna admitted, which earned her praises from the hosts for her honesty. “I really feel dangerous for the opposite members of ITZY who need to all the time sing high-pitched elements. So, my aim is to get extra elements in our songs this yr.”

ITZY are scheduled to embark on a large world tour this yr in assist of their lately launched studio album of the identical title. The tour will kick off with two reveals of their residence metropolis of Seoul, South Korea, earlier than taking the quartet to cities throughout Asia, Australia, North America, Europe and extra over the course of the approaching yr.

ITZY’s 2024 ‘Born to Be’ world tour will solely function 4 of the woman group’s 5 member. Fifth member Lia is at the moment taking a break from promotional actions, having gone on after hiatus in September 2023 because of “excessive ranges of hysteria”.