[INTERVIEW] AOA's Chanmi finds her voice with virtual show 'GIRL'S RE:VERSE' - 코리아타임스

Singer Im Chan-mi played the avatar named Dohwa successful the virtual euphony endurance amusement "GIRL'S RE:VERSE." Courtesy of Kakao Entertainment

By Lee Gyulee

Singer Im Chan-mi, amended known arsenic Chanmi of the K-pop miss radical AOA, said that competing connected Kakao Entertainment's euphony endurance amusement "GIRL'S RE:VERSE" allowed her to research her voice.

Singer Im Chan-mi / Courtesy of Kakao Entertainment

The endurance show, which kicked disconnected connected Jan. 2, invites 30 singers from antithetic K-pop miss groups to play virtual world (VR) characters and vie with each different successful a metaverse named W.

The contestants fell their real-life identities and execute wearing VR headsets and controllers successful abstracted spaces to amusement disconnected their show skills and talents done their virtual avatars. Among those, lone the apical finalists marque their debut arsenic a caller K-pop radical successful the virtual world.

Im played the avatar named Dohwa. During the preliminary round, successful which the contestants had a one-on-one competition, the vocalist failed to marque it to the adjacent round.

"When I was doing radical activities with chap members, it was important to find what suits each of us. The absorption was much connected what we each bash best. But successful the virtual world, my precedence was immoderate I wanted to do, and what I bash the best," the vocalist said during an interrogation with The Korea Times via video chat, connected Jan. 19.

"Because determination was a state successful creating the visuals (of the performance), I created the quality I similar and enactment accent connected the elements I similar erstwhile making a performance."

The amusement runs connected a alternatively unfamiliar concept, incorporating high-end exertion with K-pop. Im expressed that she felt starring successful this amusement would beryllium a refreshing acquisition successful her 12-year euphony career.

"I thin to worth doing thing new. Because it's been a portion since I debuted, I've gotten dull erstwhile it comes to caller formats oregon activities. And I felt that a virtual debut could beryllium a caller motivation," she said. "It's not that I'm leaving down the vocation I've had until now, but I felt similar I tin adhd connected this caller acquisition (onto my career) truthful I gladly joined the show."

The vocalist said she felt a large woody of work during the show. "There was a consciousness of work successful the performance. I solely designed the stage, truthful I person full responsibility," she said, adding that she besides felt a batch of emotion among the contestants passim the competition.

She added that the amusement allowed her to deliberation backmost connected the prejudice and bias that exists successful the industry.

"It is existent that if the singers beryllium to a large amusement agency, they thin to get much of the spotlight. And I've besides had the privilege successful that sense. But I consciousness present the satellite recognizes those who person the charm and talents, careless of the agency," she said.