Bright lights, dim future? K-pop teen trainees drop out as reality bites
- Posted on December 1, 2025
- By South China Morning Post
- 4 Views
Bright lights, dim future? K-pop teen trainees drop out as reality bites

In South Korea, the number of K-pop trainees who quit after joining an agency was 34.4 per cent in 2022, up 3.4 percentage points from 2020.