Song Seung-hyun retired and became the owner of a rice soup restaurant In FT Island, I learned from serving again (Full Story)
Sep 09, 2025
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Song Seung-hyun posted a lengthy post on his account on the 9th. A year has already passed since he moved to New York after completing his 15-year career in the Korean entertainment industry. At the same time as I got married, the things I thought I had prepared for in advance in this place, where everything was first, were a completely new challenge."
Then "The first thing I did was my father's new soft tofu shop. Starting from the bottom, I started working by learning one by one from Bathboy to the server. I thought I was humble when I was a celebrity, but I was actually arrogant. There was also a moment when I felt that I decided to immigrate too easily. However, he has dragged it so far with the heart that he did a great job today. I'm now preparing to take over a Korean restaurant called "Jinsang-gukbap" with the money I collected in Korea."
Song Seung-hyun went around many roads and eventually started the restaurant business. I went out of the entertainment industry and worked physically every day and collected money one by one, and when I looked back, my body and mind became stronger. Even now, I don't feel dopamine like I did in the days when I enjoyed huge amounts of money in just a few hours on stage. Sometimes I miss that stage, but now I really like what I'm doing and I'm happy. He said, "I want to become a more humble owner of a rice soup restaurant."
Song joined the FT Island guitarist in 2009, but left the team in 2019 and turned into an actor. He announced his retirement from the entertainment industry in February last year and married in June of that year.
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A year has already passed since he moved to New York after completing his 15-year career in the Korean entertainment industry.
The things I thought I had prepared for in advance in this place, where everything was the first time I got married, were a completely new challenge. At that time, I used to think a lot for a while, looking at the plane flying in the sky behind the restaurant.
Thanks to my father, who taught me little by little and broadened my perspective from Korea, I first encountered and learned the distribution industry, and now I am doing something completely different from distribution, but all of those experiences are gathering and supporting me.
The first thing I did was at my father's new soft tofu shop.
Starting from the bottom, I started working by learning one by one from Bathboy to the server. (The server is still doing it.)
The first three months were really lonely and difficult, but looking back, I endured every day positively thinking that I was able to challenge myself in a new land with the blessing of marriage in a blessed environment. (I felt most sorry for my wife next to me.)
While working in a restaurant, I think I've been doing everything I've been doing, challenging the opposite field of what I've been doing so far.
I thought I was humble when I was a celebrity, but I was actually arrogant. There was also a moment when I felt that I decided to immigrate too easily. But rather than just saying it's hard, "You did a great job today." has been dragged through the day with a heart.
Having liked new challenges since I was young, I am now preparing to take over a Korean restaurant called Jinsang Gukbap with the money that I collected in Korea. (My father gave me a discount.)
One time, I was in the car with my father
"The restaurant industry doesn't seem right for me. I'm sorry, father."
I think it was only yesterday that I told you that, but after going around many roads, I ended up starting a restaurant business. Numerous pains and experiences followed up to the takeover..
As I went out of the entertainment industry and worked physically every day and collected money, I suddenly looked back and found that my body, mind, and mind became stronger. Of course, your physical strength. I was proud of myself, but I wondered if all this was my father's big plan. Your father is really a mentor and a grateful person.
Now I don't feel dopamine like I did in the days when I enjoyed huge amounts of money on stage in just a few hours. Sometimes I miss that stage, but now I truly like what I do and I'm happy.
Originally, I liked food and eating, so I wonder if I've changed my job. I tried to learn well, I endured well, and I'm still doing well. Above all, thanks to my wife, I was able to take on this challenge, which is a great help, and I am always grateful.
I am grateful to the customers who come to see me and come to see me, and I am more proud and happy to share my positive and bright energy and laughter with delicious food.
When I first came to New York, I thought, `What can I do?I thought a lot about ". I'm now making my own new stage on stage, where I used to play guitar, sing a little, and act in front of the camera.
Even if the store doesn't go well right away, I can hold on and I'm confident that it will go well. I'm definitely strong. And I want to become the owner of a rice soup restaurant that is more humble and knows how to be humble once again.
My first honest diary in New York that I've never had the courage to do, the end!
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