{"id":467842,"date":"2026-05-30T14:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/467842\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:22:21","slug":"i-am-living-happily-former-idol-finds-new-life-as-flight-attendant-after-group-disbands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/467842\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I am living happily&#8217;: Former idol finds new life as flight attendant after group disbands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/576df4c6-c257-4ac3-a2dc-351b4d601c06.png\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1200 \/ 1753; width: 100%\" alt=\"Choi Eun-su \/ Captured from Instagram\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Choi Eun-su \/ Captured from Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">It is a question that has crossed the minds of every K-pop fan at least once: What do idols do after their group disbands?<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">For former MYTEEN member Choi Eun-su, the answer has taken him from the stage to the skies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Choi, who debuted in 2015 as a member of NPI before re-debuting with MYTEEN in 2017, recently shared an update on his life after idol activities, revealing that he is now working as a flight attendant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">On May 27, Choi opened up about whether he still feels regret over leaving behind his career as a singer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">\u201cPeople often ask me if I have any lingering feelings or regrets,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt would be a lie to say I don\u2019t, but I am fully satisfied with my life now and living happily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">In a video, Choi said that after MYTEEN\u2019s sudden disbandment in 2019, he completed his military service and went through a number of jobs, including waiting tables, working in kitchens, selling clothes and doing office assistant work. Then, in 2024, he was hired as a cabin crew member by Jeju Air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Choi has been combining his past and present lives on social media, posting videos under the theme \u201cwhen a former idol becomes a flight attendant.\u201d In one clip, he playfully wrote, \u201cNine years since debut\u2026 If you can recognize me, you\u2019re officially a K-pop veteran. Who was your favorite third- or fourth-generation group?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f4e3accc-d4d0-4d56-a878-071fb46e8171.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1200 \/ 899; width: 100%\" alt=\"MYTEEN \/ Captured from Instagram\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MYTEEN \/ Captured from Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">When Choi&#8217;s career as a singer came to an abrupt end, he shared an emotional message with fans, saying he was still struggling to process the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">\u201cMYTEEN, a group that received so much love and expectation from &#8216;You&#8221;th&#8217; and many people around us, has now come to an end after I gave everything I had as its leader,\u201d he said. \u201cTo be honest, I still feel blank and do not really know what kind of expression I should make or what words I should say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Still, Choi said, he tried to see the ending as the beginning of something new.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">\u201cThis is not the end, but a start,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Now, years later, that new start appears to have taken flight \u2014 quite literally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">This article from Xportsnews is adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Choi Eun-su \/ Captured from Instagram It is a question that has crossed the minds of every K-pop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-467842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}