Girls Generation’s Tiffany Young on her hopes for solo career in US, where she grew up, and her tough K-pop training
- Tiffany Young moved from the US to Seoul aged 15, signed to a label to train and spent a decade in Girls’ Generation
- She talks about her drive, and her dream of making it in America as a solo act
After spending a decade with K-pop superstars Girls’ Generation, Tiffany Young is looking for solo success in her native US.
“K-pop and the K-pop experience has made me very resilient,” says Young.
Young, who just turned 30, has spent half her life in K-pop, first as a trainee and then in its major leagues. South Korea is famous for its star factories, where aspiring K-pop idols undergo exhausting immersion programmes, learning how to sing and dance, how to audition and how to give interviews.
Young was a 15-year-old California girl who spoke no Korean when she auditioned for the entertainment conglomerate SM Entertainment, which agreed to take her on as a prospect.
She moved to South Korea three weeks later, assuming her future as a pop star was assured. “I think when you’re young, you think that once you get in, that’s all there is,” Young said.
