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Kim Tae-heon confessed to the violence he suffered during his career as an idol of the group Empire.
On the 20th, Kim Tae-heon said on his YouTube channel, 'This was the basics back then. It posted a video titled "The Story of the Second Generation Idol Culture that idols can't even imagine these days."
Kim Tae-heon, who was driving a taxi at night, told a passenger, "I've been an idol for a long time. A group called the children of the empire," he said.
The surprised customer said, "It's a group I really liked," adding, "I used to work as a broadcasting station staff."

"Idol members must be having a hard time. "We were scared when we saw the group managers," he said.
In response, Kim Tae-heon sympathized and confessed, "I cursed, spat, kicked, and hit."
He said, "I didn't know it was such a difficult job. In the early days, there were no cell phones. There was no such thing as human rights at that time," he said with a bitter smile.
Meanwhile, Kim Tae-heon made his debut in the music industry in 2010 as a member of "Idle of the Empire" and received a lot of love. After the team's dissolution in 2017, it received a lot of support for overcoming the hardships of life by serving as a delivery service, a meat restaurant manager, and a Chinese restaurant.
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