At the age of 27, Roy Kim joined the marines and had a beggar's life, with a young sergeant singing without honorifics

By GyeEun, Lee

Oct 20, 2025

At the age of 27, Roy Kim joined the marines and had a beggar's life, with a young sergeant singing without honorifics



Singer Roy Kim recalled the embarrassing situation when he joined the Marine Corps.

On the 19th, a video of Roy Kim's episode 'Smiling Show' was posted on the channel 'Smiling University'.

Roy Kim was "one of my long-time bucket lists" about his background in applying to the Marine Corps. Three close friends promised to join the Marine Corps together in their early 20s. But I couldn't keep that promise because I appeared on Superstar K. My friends joined the army in their early 20s and I put it off until my late 20s. That's why I naturally went to the Marine Corps when I joined the army."




At the age of 27, Roy Kim joined the marines and had a beggar's life, with a young sergeant singing without honorifics
The question "Have you ever regretted it?" frankly, never once. Because it would have been equally hard to go to the army, navy, and air force." Then came the question "Didn't you remember that at the time, not after being discharged?" and Roy Kim "It wasn't a regret at the time, but it was just his first time experiencing things like beggars." I'm not saying there's a problem because I'm in the Marine Corps. If you have any regrets, didn't I join the army at a late age. A sergeant is talking to his girlfriend on the phone and 'Roy Kim is in front of me. Hey! Kim Sang-woo, sing a song. Small people would have regretted it, but I sang 'Spring Spring Spring' It was a proud moment,' he said coolly, drawing laughter.

Meanwhile, Roy Kim made his debut as the winner of Mnet 'Superstar K4' in 2012 with 'BomBomBom' and released 'Love Love', 'Home', 'The Big Dipper', 'Selfish', and 'Moon Deuk'. Discharged in 2022 after joining the Marine Corps in 2020.






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