You're the first SHINee member to release a solo album.
Being a solo artist was my original dream, but when I went into SM Entertainment and debuted with SHINee, I was relieved to have people beside me who could fill the aspects I lacked and push me on. But I always thought I would get to do it one day. There was a time I vaguely talked about a solo debut with SM Entertainment's performance director, Jaewon hyung. I asked him, "What do 당신 think?" and he told me, "If 당신 work hard and do well, do 당신 think the company would just leave 당신 alone?" Since then, I've quietly worked hard.
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