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- Interview with Choi Ye-na, the winner of AAA 2025 Best Musician Award

-following the interview ②.
The site of "AAA 2025" was attended by a large number of fellow celebrities who were close enough to be considered Choi Ye-na's reunion. Choi Ye-na was able to enjoy the festival without feeling awkward thanks to Kim Chae-won and Sakura, Ahn Yu-jin and Jang Won-young of IVE, and Hye-ri, a member of the ENA entertainment show "Hye Miri Yechaepa."
In particular, Choi Ye-na was on stage with Kim Chae-won and Hye-ri in an interview conducted by MC Jang Won-young of "AAA 2025" and shouted, "If you do, you're Choi Ye-na." This is a slogan that Choi Ye-na often shouted in "Hye Miri Yechaepa."

Choi Ye-na said, "I was talking like a slogan to raise my confidence before the game, but I had an interview and a stage ahead, so I shouted thinking about 'Hye Miri Yechaepa.' "It was so comfortable to have the members next to me and it was really fun," he said.
He then said, "I'm so lonely because I'm alone in solo activities. I like people so much, but I'm so lonely that I always go looking for my friends whenever I have a schedule. Fortunately, I wasn't lonely at all this time, and I was so grateful, he said. "I stayed with the members because they were in the same hotel." One day, I had a day off, so I came out to play with my manager, but I remember wandering around a lot because I got lost. I almost couldn't stand on stage."
Choi Ye-na, who debuted as IZ*ONE in October 2018, is already celebrating her 8th anniversary this year. Choi Ye-na said, "Since I was young, my parents have said, 'Time passes quickly in a blink of an eye,' but now it is. I wonder when eight years have passed. The reason why I was able to run so hard was because there were fans. The relationship between the artist and the fan seems to be special. It is a special relationship that seems like a family and is difficult to refer to as one. I'm grateful that we can spend our time together as we grow old and spend our time together. It feels like a new type of family," he said, boasting a unique love for his fans.

Before IZ*ONE's birth, the Mnet survival audition program "Produce" series was launched by girl group I.O.I. Following the release of a new album in May this year to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their debut, they are also set to hold a concert. Therefore, IZ*ONE, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in two years, may be planning a reunion project by taking over the momentum of IOI.
In this regard, Choi Ye-na said, "Of course, in my mind, if I have a real opportunity someday, I have the thoughts of 'It would be great to get together' and 'It would be fun.' However, I think there will be a realistic problem," he said of his current agency, YH Entertainment (Gu Yuehua Entertainment), saying, "I will be the one."
-Continued in interview ④.
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