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  • You saw the title, and now  you're thinking how did Hye-won,  

  • the girl that got into Iz*one solely for  her visuals, save the k-pop industry?

  • It might seem incomprehensible to  you that the girl that has a total  

  • of 2 lines in her entire career, who  fails to hold one single note and has  

  • never moved more than two muscle groups at  the same time, saved the entire industry.

  • But this video will answer all your  questions, and let me promise you;

  • I'm not crazy; you will agree  with me by the end of the video.

  • But before we get onto the video, let's quickly  answer the question: Who is Kang Hyewon?

  • Hyewon was born in the city of YangsanSouth Korea, on July 5th, 1999.

  • Her first High School was Bokwang High School,  

  • and soon after, she transferred  to the infamous Hanlim Art School.

  • At one point, she joined 8D Creative, a  small company that was sold to a Pharma  

  • Company at one point and only  has a single group, “OnlyOneOf”.

  • A group that launders money from straight women,  

  • who fetishize gay men, by queerbaiting  and inappropriately touching each other.

  • So clearly, Hyewon joining the  company was the last hope for the  

  • company to survive and fund the  activities of their boy group.

  • For publicity purposes and lack of budget,  

  • Hye-won was sent to the third season  of the famous survival showProduce”.

  • There she was quickly noticed for beingpretty girl who has absolutely no talent.

  • And unlike other coming-of-age  stories of trainees,  

  • Hyewon did not improve a single  bit during the entire program.

  • She remained the girl with a pretty face who  has absolutely no idea why she is on that show.

  • Well, actually, the Heize cover exists  and she kinda slayed not gonna lie

  • but still.

  • Most people noticed that she did  not even want to be on the show,  

  • she just wanted to watch Attack  of Titan and play her video games.

  • Clearly, her company forced her.

  • But no matter how much disinterest she showed  in that program she had already built an entire  

  • fanbase that was ready to sacrifice their  lives for miss Kang and with a little bit  

  • of help from M-net she managed to debut  as the 8th member of the group Iz*One.

  • As a member, the situation didn't improve for her.

  • I mean, how could it if she was given justcouple of seconds of lines in every comeback?

  • She continued to be pushed to the  side when it came to group activities,  

  • but her visuals managed to get her quite  some brand deals and magazine shoots.

  • So despite the lack of interest and  promotion from WakeOne Entertainment,  

  • she still managed to create a legacy for herself.

  • This shall not imply that  she let the injustice slide.

  • She was petty and spiteful  when it came to things like

  • this and always made sure to take revenge.

  • When given a limited time to  promote her group's comeback,  

  • she instead decided to promote her  favorite anime, Attack on Titan.

  • You could audibly hear the staff and company  

  • representatives fuming but she  did not let this bother her.

  • She knew her power and influence.

  • While promoting on a music show program, she  noticed how the cameraman was not focusing on her,  

  • and this was also the time Wonyoung, her  group mate, was getting lots of hatred.

  • So, she created a plan, one, that could  have only been created by a mastermind.

  • During the encore stage of  one of their promotions,  

  • she dropped a few pieces of decorative paper.

  • That paper had the number of the  cameraman in it. How did she get it?

  • We do not know.

  • But she purposely dropped it  in front of Wonyoung's eyes  

  • so that she would pick it up and receive praise.

  • While Hyewon herself would receive hate for  being so inconsiderate of staff members.  

  • She took the hate because her selfless self wanted  Wonyoung to finally receive positive comments

  • and also because she had other plans.

  • While leaving the stage wonyoung  noticed the number on the paper and  

  • started to ask her members whose number this was.

  • Hyewon quickly replied by suggesting  to call the number and find out.

  • She ended up doing it when the camera man  was around and his bell started ringing.  

  • Everyone was in shock.

  • Did the camera man decide to  give the members his numbers?

  • Of course not. But that's what Hyewon wanted it  to look like after he completely ignored her.

  • The staff members quickly sent a complaint to the  

  • owner of the music show and  the camera man was fired.

  • After Iz*one disbanded, Hyewon returned to 8D  Creative and was originally meant to debut in  

  • a group with Go Yujin and and Yu Minyoung who both  ended up leaving the company due to mismanagement.

  • So with no female trainees left, the plans  of the 8D girl group were cancelled as well.

  • After quite some time Hyewon was  forced to release a winter album.

  • Now you might think Winter album?

  • Singing?

  • Hyewon?

  • How is that possible.

  • And trust me, I could not believe it as well.

  • But when I tell you, it's the best winter album  

  • created by a k-pop act after  Exo's Miracles in December.

  • I don't know how she did it but she did.

  • Due to lack of promotions and limited sales  the winter album did not do too well but again,  

  • she dropped an album that  would manifest her legacy.

  • Now let's answer the questionHow did she save the industry?

  • By now you might have already  created a theory in your head.

  • What if she saved the industry by being the  

  • worst dozen of k-pop and making  other dozens look not so bad?

  • And no. that is not the answer.

  • The answer is that there is no answer  and Hyewon did not save the industry.  

  • I just wanted to make a video on my queen.

  • I hope you enjoyed it.

  • And if you watched it to the enddon't spoil the ending in the comments,  

  • act like I revealed some insightful and  mind-blowing information at the end.

  • So more people actually watch  the video until the end.

  • I also need to let you guys know that  I made the music show incident up.

  • She was probably just lazy.

You saw the title, and now  you're thinking how did Hye-won,  

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