I struggled so much while I was working on "Haegeum". "Haegeum" can mean an instrument but also freeing what's forbidden (...)
The thing about idols… is that we don't have to commit a crime or do something that's controversial for people to blow little things out of proportion and judge us. I could never undrstand the mentality of those people. I mean, I've never caused trouble, but… Like when an idol smokes a cigarete in a music video, thee kind of things… Say I get criticized for these things at the age of 31.(...)
I strongly believe it's a social phenomenon that we need to think about. I wanted to unlock what is forbidden to us. And since a world of information is just a click away from us now, even I stopped bringing my imagination and my thoughts into action. So this is my message: "Let's free ourselves from these things".
Thanks to all the brilliant technology we have, we can now easily find out what's happening around the world. But I strongly feel that this is the reason why some things in our lives are actually forbidden to us. It's okay to care less about what others think. You should be able to do what you want. (v.cr.: dwellingsouls)