[Epoch Times, April 5, 2022](Epoch Times reporter Zeng Weixin comprehensive report) The leader of the popular Korean boy group EXO (Kim Junmyeon), who was discharged in February this year, released his second mini-album “Kim Junmyeon” yesterday (4th). Grey Suit” and held an online press conference, and he introduced the album to fans on a livestream an hour before the album’s release.
SUGO returned to the music scene with a new album “Grey Suit” less than two months after he was discharged from the army. This is his first solo album “Self-Portrait” released in March 2020. After a lapse of two years, he released a solo work. Just like the first album, this time SUHO is also actively involved in the production of the new album, from the concept planning of the album to the lyrics creation of the new six songs, SUHO put a lot of effort into it.
During the online press conference for the release of the new album on the afternoon of the 4th, SUHO, who was in the midst of the spread of the CCP virus during his military enlistment, said frankly, “I didn’t expect that the world would change so much in the past two years. I thought I would be able to meet reporters, but I didn’t expect that Greetings from the camera.”
Regarding his return to the music scene after a blank period of enlistment, SUHO said, “I miss my fans very much. In order to meet everyone as soon as possible, I started preparing from the afternoon of the day of my discharge.” He admitted that he was also nervous when he debuted, but he thought he would get used to it due to his experience in solo activities in the past, but he found that this is not the case after the release of the new album.
SUHO said that in order to repay the fans who were waiting for him, he incorporated the stories he wanted to tell for the past two years into the album, so the album has a color unique to SUHO, “The biggest difference from the previous work is that I understand what I like and can correct it. The part that expresses what I like is the biggest change and growth, and I hope to show SUHO’s unique style through this album.”
Suho also said, “The inspiration for this concept came from the book “Silence” that I read during my military service and talked about the importance of time. When I was serving in the military, I felt that the world was still colorful, but my time seemed to stop, and I felt Trapped in a gray world, and the gentlemen in the gray suits in the book touched me so much that I named the album Grey Suit, and the album’s songs are coherent with the theme of ‘time’.”
SUHO, who came back on the eve of EXO’s 10th debut anniversary, also mentioned, “It’s incredible. When I first debuted, seeing the seniors celebrating the 10th anniversary felt great, but I didn’t expect us to celebrate this day, all because of the support of the fans. achieved”. He also revealed the members’ reactions to the new album, “I heard that after listening to my album, the members hid it like a baby, and gave feedback such as ‘really made music that is very similar to me'”.
KAI (Kim Jong-in), who served as the host of the online press conference, also said: “We all trust each other, and there is nothing more important than the album being loved by the members.”
After the press conference, SUHO put on a gray suit and started the live broadcast. He said that because he saw many fans have expectations that he would wear a gray suit for music activities like the album title, but in fact there is no such plan, because he did not want fans to be disappointed, so he broadcasted the live broadcast. In order to satisfy the wishes of fans, he also specially ordered suits for this purpose.
The book “Silence” that inspired him was actually a gift from fans at a certain autograph session. Suho said that the title song ‘Grey Suit’ tells the story of the emotions that have gradually become colorful due to re-encounter after experiencing a gray time when time seems to stop and empty, just like meeting his fans again.
The live broadcast was originally planned to end with SUHO reading the fans’ support message. He didn’t expect that the content of the first message would touch SUHO and let SUHO keep changing the topic, so that there were no tears on the scene. In the end, he ended the live broadcast with tears in his eyes.
SUHO’s second mini-album includes the title song “Grey Suit” of the same name, “Morning Star”, “Hurdle”, “Decanting”, “Bear Hug”, and the fan song “Morning Star”, “Hurdle”, “Bear Hug” and a message of enjoying each other in the moment. Moment” has a total of 6 songs.
SUHO’s second mini-album “Grey Suit” will be digitally released in Taiwan on April 4th simultaneously with Korea. The album has been released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Romania, Russia, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Peru, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Slovakia, etc. No. 1 on the iTunes Albums Chart in 33 countries and regions.
Responsible editor: Liang Mengzhu