LABOUM’s Haein Reveals Her Husband Was Once An Idol Trainee

LABOUM’s Haein has revealed a personal detail that gives her marriage an unexpectedly K-pop beginning: her husband, now known publicly as a non-celebrity, was once an idol trainee she met while both were still chasing debut dreams.

The former girl group member shared the story in a video uploaded to her personal channel on June 29, 2026, Korean Standard Time. According to Koreaboo’s report, Haein explained that she first met her husband when she was 19 and already training inside an entertainment company.

Fans had previously known that Haein married outside the celebrity world, but the new account adds a different layer to that public understanding. Her husband may not have become an idol, but their relationship began in the same agency environment that shaped Haein’s own path toward debut.

A Trainee-Era Connection

Haein said she was the only trainee at the company when a new trainee arrived, and that trainee was the man she would eventually marry. At the time, she recalled, there were rules that kept male and female trainees from freely talking to one another, which made it difficult for them to become close inside the company.

Instead, their conversations developed outside the formal trainee setting. Haein said they began talking while using public transportation, where they found they had a lot in common. Rather than describing those talks as overtly romantic at first, she framed them as conversations between young people thinking seriously about the future and working toward similar dreams.

That detail is part of what made the story resonate with fans. K-pop trainee life is often discussed in terms of competition, discipline, and debut pressure, but Haein’s recollection shows a quieter side of that world: two young trainees talking about what they hoped their lives might become.

Haein also suggested that there may have been mutual interest even then, though neither person expressed it directly. She said they did not show their feelings at the time, but looking back, she believes both may have liked each other.

From Separation to Family

The early connection did not continue smoothly. Haein said her future husband suddenly stopped coming to the company, and she later heard that he had quit trainee life and enlisted in the military. At that point, she thought they would never meet again.

The story took a different turn when she later received an unexpected message from him. Haein did not present the moment as a polished celebrity romance narrative; instead, she described it as a surprising reconnection after a period when their paths seemed to have separated completely.

Haein and her husband married in November 2023. At the time, she also shared news of her premarital pregnancy, later giving birth to her first child in May 2024. She welcomed her second child, a son, in April 2025.

The new revelation does not change the public facts of Haein’s marriage, but it reframes the beginning of the relationship. What had been described broadly as a marriage to a non-celebrity now includes a trainee-era backstory connected to the same idol system that introduced Haein to public life.

For longtime LABOUM fans, the story offers a more intimate look at how Haein’s personal life and career history intersect. It also shows how not every trainee story ends in debut; some people leave the industry, enlist, build private lives, and later become part of an idol’s story in a very different way.

The response to Haein’s account is likely to be warm because it combines familiar K-pop elements with a grounded family timeline. Behind the agency rules, trainee schedules, and debut hopes was a connection that survived a long detour before becoming marriage and parenthood.