part 1: hone your skills
1. make yourself a better, better and more comprehensive dancer by taking part in dance classes. If you haven't spent too much time on dancing, you should ask around and take various dance classes as much as possible. You should focus on hip-hop and choreography. As a trainee or even an idol, you must have outstanding performance in performance, including dancing. If you can't attend the entity class, go online to learn new skills.
2. Pay a vocal music teacher to help you improve your singing ability. Even if you are good at singing, you can still learn something new from your teacher. At least the teacher can teach you how to improve your endurance during the performance. Even if your specialty is dancing, you'd better spend some time on singing, so that you are more likely to stand out and be selected as a trainee during the audition.
3. Practice [rap | rap]] to improve your talent. Rap is an important part of Korean pop music and an interesting way of performance! You can often listen to some rap music, understand the rhythm of rap, and try to model your favorite rapper. If you stumble, you can find some tongue twisters to practice and relax your tongue.
4. Write your own music and choose some familiar songs to practice. During the audition, you have to sing some songs that the producer is familiar with. After becoming an intern, you have to start writing and arranging your own words. As an artist, you must have the above two abilities, so you'd better practice from now on. If possible, sign up for music production courses. You should also spend a lot of time listening to Korean pop music, watching Korean music short films and finding some popular styles to imitate.
Part 2: Develop new habits
1. Be familiar with Korean culture and the standard of beauty for Koreans. Although many entertainment companies also recruit trainees from overseas, you will face a large Korean audience in the future. If you know little about Korean culture, start studying it now. You should also be familiar with the well-known singing and dancing groups in Korean entertainment circles, spend time browsing Korean fashion websites, and learn about Korean social etiquette and social norms. If you are not Korean, your understanding of Korea can show producers your efforts to become a trainee and your determination to devote your youth and sweat to Korean pop music culture.
2. If you are not familiar with Korean, you must learn this language. At least you have to know how to say "hello", "goodbye", "please" and "thank you" in Korean. Of course, the more you know, the better! If you become a trainee, sometimes you have to sing in Korean. Mastering Korean can also help you make Korean friends, so that you will not encounter obstacles in food, clothing, housing and transportation because of the language. If you can't take a physical course, you can try downloading an application such as EggBun or Duolingo.
3. Avoid falling into scandal and be careful when speaking on social media. Proper manners and politeness are the characteristics of many successful trainees. You should try to stay away from troubles and troubles, such as not attending drinking parties involving minors, and be careful when posting messages on social networking sites. Executives and managers in your company are likely to see your message. Producers are interested in trainees who have strong professional quality and are not afraid of hardship, rather than trainees who often make trouble and are concerned because of scandals.
4. Create a YouTube channel, upload videos and attract fans. You can record your original songs and covers and upload them to YouTube. You can also tell your experience of trying to be a trainee in the video. Producers often browse YouTube pages to find suitable trainees. Make a plan to upload videos and update your channel regularly. You should also study various ways to attract the audience to get more clicks.
5. Maintain a healthy weight and perfect figure. Some entertainment companies like to recruit slim students, and some companies can accept students who are slightly bulky or plump. No matter what your body shape is, you should complete the strict exercise tasks arranged by the company, such as attending dance classes for several hours every day. If you are out of shape or want to lose weight, you have to keep exercising every day, eat less processed food and eat more natural and healthy food.
Part 3: Participate in the audition selection of trainees
1. Do some research and decide which company you want to sign up for the interview. The larger entertainment companies in Korea include SM, JYP, YG, Cube, LOEN, Pledis, Woolim and BigHit. Some entertainment companies will choose students who have the basis of singing and dancing according to specific aesthetic standards, while others don't mind choosing students whose appearance deviates slightly from the public aesthetics and even needs more training in a certain aspect. As long as there is an interview opportunity, you can attend, but this may increase your financial burden and consume a lot of your time. So it is best to find a company that you are most sure of being selected and concentrate on this audition.
If you are under 14 years old, you must be accompanied by your legal guardian or sign the audition documents for you.
2. Practice your specialty better and respond to the audition with confidence. Most Korean idol trainees are good at singing, dancing or rap. You'd better have a particularly excellent skill and have a good performance in other aspects. For example, if your strong point is dancing, you should take dance classes to improve your dancing skills, but you can't relax your training in singing and rap. No matter what the result is, in order to become a Korean idol, you must spend a lot of time training all the skills mentioned above. Having a strong point can help you stand out in the interview.
3. Prepare three songs for the audition, one of which must be a Korean song. You should consider your own advantages and strengths when choosing songs. If you are good at rap and dance, you should choose a Korean song that can highlight your advantages. You have to show another dance type through the second song. The third song you choose should be your personal favorite. In short, you should let the producers see your skills and enthusiasm through this opportunity. Search for audition videos on YouTube to see how other excellent candidates performed.
4. Give or send the photo to the producer. You can go to the photo studio to take pictures, or you can do it yourself at home. Photos should be taken from the front and side, some only need to be taken on your head, and some need to be taken on your whole body. The lighter the makeup on your face, the better, because the producer wants to see you without makeup.
5. Wear your usual clothes and wear the lightest makeup to attend the audition. Too much cosmetics will hide your true face, and clothes with slimming effect, such as shaping underwear, will hide your true figure-these are things that the judges don't want to see. Every move of Korean idol trainees should be controlled by the company. When you perform on stage or appear in public, the company will choose your clothes, makeup and hairstyle for you. Don't wear the costume of a Korean idol, which will make the producer mistakenly think that you are only coming to the audition to see the idol.
6. Participate in on-site audition or online audition for overseas applicants. Major entertainment companies in Korea will hold countless live auditions around the world, and maybe one will be held in your city. If you can't attend the live audition, or you can attend, but want to show more talents, you can log on to the website of Korean entertainment company and look for information about online audition from the forum. For young people with trainee dreams, online audition is a very good opportunity! It is certainly a valuable opportunity and experience to participate in the on-site audition, but you can't underestimate the possibility of successfully selecting talents through online audition.
7. Stick to your dreams and don't give up easily. You need to go through a long wait before you become a trainee. Many people have participated in countless auditions before they are finally selected as trainees. If you get feedback from an audition, you must make use of it in order to perform better in the next audition. For example, some judges say that your singing ability needs to be strengthened, so you should immediately find a vocal music teacher to start training. Don't worry because you are older but haven't become a trainee. Many Korean idols have not been selected by entertainment companies when they are close to 2 years old. You should focus on improving your singing and dancing strength and persistently participate in various auditions.
Part 4: Understand the lifestyle of trainees
1. As a foreigner, it may be difficult for you to make friends. Trainees usually sign contracts with the company for several years and spend more than 18 hours with other students every day. If you can't speak Korean or don't know Korean culture, you will be alone for a long time, unable to make friends and feel unable to integrate. Try to express yourself clearly when communicating with others, especially when there is a language barrier. When working alone in a foreign land, you should try to be kind to others, which is of great help to your success and making friends.
2. Read the contract carefully before making any commitment to the company. Once you become an idol trainee, you will be tied to the company for a long time in your life. Depending on the age of the trainee, some companies may require you to sign a contract for up to 5 or 6 years. Therefore, when you read the contract, you must think it over word by word. If you can't speak Korean, hire a lawyer who knows Korean to help you review the contract. Many companies require trainees to return their salaries in case of breach of contract. Some companies refuse to solve the accommodation problem of trainees in case of emergency or health problems. So you must fully understand the contents of the contract before signing it.
3. Take care of yourself, because only with a healthy body can you cope with hard training and study. Many trainees have to get up at 5 or 6 o'clock every morning and can't rest until 12 o'clock in the evening or even 1 o'clock in the morning. In addition to the training arranged by the company, they have to finish their homework and extra exercises. Training plans made by entertainment companies are usually not approved by trainees.
Trainees usually sleep less than the recommended value every night, and they eat irregularly.
4. Prepare for the monthly evaluation test. Because new students are often recruited into the company, the company should evaluate all trainees every month to ensure that the business level of new students reaches the standard. During the evaluation, every trainee's nerves will be tense, because those who perform poorly will be asked to leave the company. Any entertainment company usually has 2 to 3 students at the same time. You will compete with these students on the same stage, so as to keep your position as an intern in the company.
tip: you should respect everyone you meet during the audition. You never know who the person who is watching your audition is!
You can learn from other trainees or idols what they think of their entertainment companies. These evaluations can help you understand the company and let you decide whether to cooperate with it.
whether the outcome is good or bad, you should be prepared. If you suddenly break your voice during the audition, don't stop or panic, but continue to finish the performance.
Warning: If you come from other countries, after being selected as an intern, you will have to live in Korea and start working hard in the entertainment industry. So, you have to think carefully about whether this is the life you want and whether your family agrees with your decision.