Shinsegae Chairman's daughter Annie's family is against it, and she got accepted to Columbia University to persuade her

By Wooju, Lee

Jun 14, 2025

Shinsegae Chairman's daughter Annie's family is against it, and she got accepted to Columbia University to persuade her



Annie (real name Moon Jae-yoon), the eldest daughter of Shinsegae Chairman Chung Yoo-jung, revealed the idol debut process.

On the 13th, a documentary video about the debut process of the hybrid group All-Day Project was posted on the YouTube channel 'All-Day Project'.

Annie came across the music video of 2NE1 and Big Bang when she was seven years old about how she decided to become a singer. It was such a shock. A new world opened up to me. "I want to do what they're doing unconditionally. I've come to make this determination."




Shinsegae Chairman's daughter Annie's family is against it, and she got accepted to Columbia University to persuade her
Annie says, "'What if I were to be a singer to my mom as if I were possessed one day? I did it, and my mom laughed and said 'It doesn't make sense' So I said 'It doesn't work' Two or three years later, I set the mood a little serious and said, "'I actually really want to be a singer.'" I said, "Does this make sense?" That's the first time in my life that I got hurt"When I was in the second or third grade of high school, my family's opposition grew the most, but my mother suggested it when I said I couldn't give up. I gave up sleeping because I said I would help persuade the rest of my family when I got into college, so I prepared really hard for the entrance exam and eventually got into college" he said. Annie was a trainee after graduating from Columbia University in the U.S., where former U.S. President Barack Obama attended.

Annie said "But actually, my mom didn't know I'd get into college. I always practice and go to the practice room to dance all day. When will he study?" "I had to show more to prove the truth of how desperate I was for this dream because people thought I wouldn't be serious about this path and were more suspicious. I liked that I could get closer to the opportunity to debut, so I worked hard and worked hard every day" he said.

Meanwhile, Annie is the eldest daughter of Shinsegae Chairman Chung Yoo-kyung, who drew attention with the birth of a fourth-generation chaebol idol even before her debut. The five-member mixed group All Day Project, joined by Annie, is set to debut on the 23rd.






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