On December 4, 2008, Ori made her debut as a soloist under Chang's Entertainment with the self-titled mini album Ori in her third year of middle school, with the concept of "an ugly duckling that will grow into a swan". On January 2, 2009, she had her debut stage on Music Bank and performed the title track "It's Snowing". However, the viewers' reactions to Ori's performance were not favorable and the program's homepage was in an uproar after the broadcast, with many netizens harshly criticizing her.
This also made Ori a hot topic online and top the trending search rankings. Additionally, many of her past photos resurfaced and netizens began coming up with the conspiracy theories that she became a singer through connections or intentionally sang badly for "noise marketing". Meanwhile, many also started defending Ori and became her fans, attracting over 2,000 members for her fancafe.
Due to the pressure from the incident, she had a very long conversation with her mom and the CEO. Ultimately, they decided to cancel all of her schedules and she disappeared from the entertainment industry.
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