100922 [Hot! Debut Diary] Teen Top L.Joe ② "A boy who came back from the USA to Korea for his dream to become singer"

From the elementary school, he was always hoping to hold a mic.
L.Joe dreamt to become a singer from his childhood. "On elementary school, Jo PD's 'girl-friend' her by chance my rap so he became interested."(Laugh) "I was hoping to become a major in piano but my parents were against it, and not long after all my family had to move in America."
Then L.Joe added while thinking of the past "Even if we emigrated in America I had a great interest in rap, and with my foreign friends who liked rap too, we used to gather and pratice it." we could see in his eyes his strong will to go toward his dream.
L.Joe wants to give hope to people through usual songs. "'I declared that 'to achieve my dream to become singer I'll come back in Korea' but my parents showed a strong opposition, and after one month of trying to convince them, I came back to Korea without my mother knowing, I only had the consent of my father."
L.Joe who came to Korea was interested into the Department of Theater and Film at the art middle school, to enter it he first registered at a acting academy.

When I came back in Korea I thought that everything would go smoothly but since I came back without knowing anything to practice no opportunity came to me."
"Seeing that I failed at various auditions, it felt like the way to become singer was growing longer and longer."I was sorry towards my father who trusted me and sent me in Korea, and to my mother who didn't know I came back."
He added: "I was worried about weither I should come back in America, but the I saw that their was a public audition at Lotte World, I thought that this one would be the last one and I applied."
L.Joe, who passed the preliminary round and advanced to the finals, was standing on the big stage in front of the people and, because it was really dark, couldn't see anything so he didn't know how he would end the performance.
After the final stage: "I was impressed you looked to have a lot of fun on stage. Only look at the front and don't sing, try to be a bit more relaxed and it'll be better" he didn't thought at all that he would get these comments he won the prize and that how L.Joe had the chance to become a trainee.