Kim Yooyeon, a member of the girl group tripleS, was originally a contestant on the survival show 'My Teenage Girl.'

On the show, Yooyeon shared that her parents were 100% against her dreams of becoming an idol due to the nature of her parents both being in the medical career.

Yooyeon has studied hard her whole life, so she could eventually get into university to please her parents. 

Due to her hard work, she taught herself how to speak a new language and speaks English fluently. Yooyeon said that it has always been her dream to be an idol, and once she started her studies at university, she didn't like it and wasn't happy. 

She studied Science Education at the prestigious Ewha Women's University. 

After joining the university, she decided to tell her parents that it wasn't what she wanted to do and wanted to chase her idol dreams.

Her parents disliked the idea of idols and didn't want their daughter to pursue that path.

Once Yooyeon participated in the survival show 'My Teenage Girl,' her story touched many people, and she consistently was one of the most-voted contestants, but unfortunately didn't debut.

Yooyeon shared that during the show, her mother didn't vote for her, and neither of her parents showed up to support her in the final episode. Her parents said if she didn't debut in the debuting group, now known as CLASS:y, then she should return to university, and it would be her last chance.

On July 11, 2022, Yooyeon was announced to debut in tripleS, shocking her fans. Her fans believed that they wouldn't see her as an idol again because of what her parents initially stated.

On September 3, 2022, On tripleS daily behind-the-scenes show SIGNAL,  Yooyeon said, "My mom was originally considering buying 300 of my Objekts (photocards) but i convinced her to only buy 30."

This touched many of Yooyeon's fans that her mother has changed her mind and has allowed her daughter to pursue her dreams as she thanked her mother.