June 10th, 2022
Koreabew

Former lead vocalist of ROXI, a now disbanded girl group signed under Pledis Entertainment, has got KPOP fans talking after she released a YouTube video yesterday accusing one of her members of bullying, which allegedly caused her to leave the group and the company.

Kyungsook Kim uploaded a vlog on her personal YouTube account yesterday where she documented her visit to Seoul while reminiscing about her time as a trainee before her debut as a member of ROXI. She is originally from Busan, where she currently lives since leaving Pledis, but has documented her travels to various places within South Korea for the last year. Fans of the singer really seem to enjoy her vlogs and enjoy seeing her appear happier since her departure from the KPOP world. As the YouTube video follows her to various Seoul hotspots -- like her favorite restaurant, coffee shop, and a local park her former members used to visit on their off days -- and starts with a positive mood, fans were a bit surprised by the sudden revelation towards the end of the vlog.

The latter portion appeared to be filmed after sunset, and Kyungsook was seen sitting in a booth in a quiet corner of an unknown bakery shop sipping some hot cocoa. She was wearing a grey beanie and occasionally glancing around while revealing to the camera her lingering feelings about ROXI's disbandment.

"I think it's really unfortunate how I left," she said, "I really enjoyed that group and the company. We worked well together for almost seven years. They were like my little sisters, like family..."

Fans claim that her eyes were watering which is why she began staring out the window although the sky was too dark to see anything. She continued:

"If it wasn't for a certain member's attitude... we might still be together..."

Kyungsook goes on to explain in minimal detail that this unknown member always acted mature and was considered the go-to person if there was any trouble. She wasn't even the oldest of the group but she was trying to be bossy. She took the group seriously, but maybe a bit too seriously as she became more controlling and independent as years went by. She claimed this member was "taking advantage of her influence over the group" and constantly badgered her about any mistake she made during rehearsal or even things she might've said during interviews. 

"There were many verbal obscenities that I heard on a daily. Maybe she was a bit stressed out after our first music show win-- she must've felt the stress since we were gaining some popularity, but she started to take it out on the members. Particularly me."

She didn't go into detail about these specific experiences, but she said enough for her fans to send her worrying messages underneath her video and demand the identity of the member so they can get punished for it. During this vlog, she never revealed the name of the member she was talking about, but she did say that the member's name started with an "S".

There were two members of ROXI (who are now currently in Z10N) with names that start with the letter S: Seoyoon and Sena.

Fans on social media started sharing their thoughts on who they think is the bully. Most people wrote off Sena since she was the youngest with an innocent image who wouldn't hurt a fly. Seoyoon had a tougher exterior image in ROXI and was known to use bold language at times, so it seemed like she could be the guilty one. To support their claim, fans of the old group pointed out the body language between Kyungsook and Seoyoon in several videos and pictures online. They noticed that after the time of their first award show win (so somewhere around 2018), these two were not as affectionate compared to other members, and there seemed to be a conscious decision to not let them stand next to one another. Fans found this odd since these two members seemed to be great friends during their pre-debut years.

[picture of Kyungsook and Seoyoon making silly faces in the rehearsal room]

Fans also did some more social media digging and discovered that Kyungsook no longer follows Seoyoon, but follows the other two members' accounts. So far, a confirmation or denial of these rumors has not been made by HYBE or the individual members themselves.

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Comments: 

???: i don't know... i can't say if Kyungsook was bullied or not, but if it's true, that's very unfortunate. i really can't believe Seoyoon would do something like that either, regardless of her image. i just want these two to be back on terms again! ROXI was my fave girl group :(

???: so seoyoon was the one to make our precious kyungsook leave? ha... she needs to burn in hell who the heck does she think she is? she was probably hating bc she was ugly and untalented one in da group. LOL

???: I don't think she'd lie about something like this, but I also wish fans weren't so quick to make assumptions about who they think it is. I hope HYBE clarifies these rumors soon before there are fan wars.

???: i thought kyungook got kicked out because she was pregnant?

???: Kyungsook is just looking for attention since she's been MIA the last year. Probably needs to pay her bills lol. I heard that she was a real brat to the staffs back then so I wouldn't be surprised if SHE was actually the bully -__- #supportZ10N