Who has the biggest "Rags to Riches" Stories in kpop?

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for BG we have groups like BTS who were nobodies at the beginning and came from like nowhere to be the biggest BG on the planet

what about GG?

for soloists I know IU struggled a lot growing up

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the biggest stories are from 1 and 2 gen, I remember some Super Junior or TVXQ were very poor famillies. Kim Jaejoong was abandon by his real familly and given for adoption.

Today most idols come from midle class to rich people

Girl’s Day developed from flops for 3+ years suffering the classic nugu tragedies like a horrible debut song, constant concept shifts and lineup changes into becoming one of the biggest girl groups of their gen

they weren’t the BIGGEST group to go from rags to riches but definitely one of them