Lai Guanlin: Former member of Wanna One, retired at the age of 23 after a series of scandals

Kim LâmOct 29, 2024 at 15:17

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Successfully debuting as a member of the group Wanna One, Lai Guanlin was originally a lovable, scholarly guy in the eyes of the audience. However, after a series of scandals, he gradually lost the audience's support and retired at the age of 23.

Lai Guanlin was born in 2001 in Taiwan (China). At the age of 10, Lai Guanlin followed his father to the United States to live for about 5 years, taking the English name Edward on Melrose Street, Los Angeles.

Lai Guanlin was discovered by his father to have a natural talent for music at the age of 3 and began to nurture his passion for rap since his early elementary school years. The first KPop song Lai Guanlin listened to was EXO's "Growl" and from there he learned about the history of Korean music from his seniors' songs HOT

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Because of his love for Hip-hop and K-pop, Lai Guan Lin secretly registered for auditions without his parents' knowledge in high school.

In May 2016, Lai Kuanlin mustered up the courage to skip his high school graduation ceremony and audition for CUBE Entertainment's "CUBE Star World Audition" in Taiwan. As a result, Lai Kuanlin was one of only two people to be accepted out of over 1,000 candidates by performing a short rap of Jay Chou's Chinese song "Listen to Mother's Words".

CUBE's Artist Development Team, who was in charge of the audition that day, saw that Lai Guanlin's voice tone was very good, his physique was also very good, and he had the advantage of speaking two languages: English and Chinese, which could be put to good use. Although he couldn't speak Korean yet, the Artist Development Team believed that his potential could develop very well and decided to choose him.

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After being selected, Lai Guanlin confessed everything to his family and boldly expressed his dream of going to Korea to pursue his passion of becoming a "swaggy rapper". Although his father initially objected, Lai Guanlin persisted in persuading him and eventually received support and consent from his family.

In July 2016, Lai Guanlin and his mother went to Korea for the first time and visited CUBE headquarters to better understand their future residence.

In October 2016, Lai Guanlin's representative father signed a contract with CUBE. Lai Guanlin then returned to Korea alone, moved all his luggage to the company's dormitory, and officially began his trainee life.

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In 2017, a turning point in his life occurred when Lai Guanlin was nominated by his company to participate in the survival reality show PRODUCE 101 season 2 of Mnet TV channel with Yoo Seonho after only 6 months of training. In the final episode, Lai Guanlin ranked 7th overall with a total of 905,875 votes, joining the 11-member lineup of the project boy group Wanna One, which operated for 1 year and 6 months.

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Debuting as a member of Wanna One - a project group from the Korean show Produce 101 in 2017, he gained a large fan base thanks to the group's phenomenal success.

Lai Guanlin and Wanna One have achieved many admirable achievements, including two prestigious awards "Best New Male Group" and "Best Male Group" at MAMA 2017. At the same time, Kuanlin was also officially recognized as an artist under CUBE entertainment company on November 7, 2017.

After returning to China to work, Lai Guanlin was sought after by the media and the public. He was ranked among the top most beloved young idols in Chinese showbiz.

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However, in 2020, Lai Guanlin's image collapsed after being involved in a series of scandals. In November 2020, he was filmed smoking and spitting indiscriminately on the street. The male idol's actions were harshly condemned by the public. Next, a "former fan" accused Lai Guanlin of scolding fans when they stood near him at the airport, secretly dating a senior 10 years his senior, and taking gifts from fans to give to his girlfriend Truong Gia Tich.

Despite his apology, fans still refuse to forgive Lai Guanlin. Due to his private life scandal, his idol career was cut short at the age of 20. With no place left in the idol world, Lai Guanlin turned to directing. Up to now, he has completed two films, The Winter-Spring War and Beijing Rain. Both of Lai Guanlin's works were nominated and won awards at many domestic and international film festivals. Not only that, recently, Lai Guanlin has not cared about losing fans, openly dating his girlfriend on the street.

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In mid-June 2024, Lai Guanlin suddenly announced his withdrawal from the entertainment industry. He changed his profile picture to black and posted a brief message: "After much consideration, I have decided to change my track. Based on changes in my career plans, this social media account of mine will now be managed by staff."

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According to Chinese media, the phrase "changing the track" in the post is Lai Guanlin's retirement announcement. The news that the male artist left showbiz at the age of 23 shocked the public in China, and is currently the number 1 viewed and searched topic on Weibo. Longtime fans of Lai Guanlin were shocked by their idol's sudden decision.

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