Singer Choi Ye-na. [Yonhap]
Singer Choi Ye-na. [Yonhap]

Singer Choi Ye-na's reputation as a hands-on professional is set to be on full display, from the full-body suit she wore at the Waterbomb festival to the concepts behind her stage performances — all of which she planned herself.

Saturday's episode of MBC's "Jeonjijeogin Chamgyeon Sijeom" will follow Choi as she develops her stage ideas and show scenes from her first encore concert.

In the episode, Choi visits the agency she has been with for 10 years to attend an ideas meeting. She arrives with a PowerPoint presentation she put together herself, covering her recent performances, public reaction and the direction she wants to take going forward.

Particularly notable is the revelation that the full-body Waterbomb suit that drew wide attention — as well as the "Yumi's Cells" concept she presented at the Blue Dragon Series Awards — were both her own ideas. The episode also shows how her distinctive personal style, dubbed "Yena Core," takes shape.

Her drive for perfection comes through even more clearly at the encore concert. After expressing delight at the size of the venue, Choi dives into rehearsals and personally checks everything from the timing of crowd interactions to the speed of the lift and her movement across the stage.

At the concert, Choi opens with "Catch Catch" and performs a set of her signature songs, including "Nemo Nemo." Jo Yu-ri, her former IZ*ONE groupmate, also takes the stage as a special guest.


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