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[Exclusive]Seongmin, "Wearing Hanbok reminds me of my parents.."I'm going to spend the Lunar New Year holiday with my son" [Hanbok Interview①]

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Heo Jihyung

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2026.02.12 Singer Seongmin Interview with Hanbok / Photograph = Lee Dong-hoon

Singer Seongmin, a former member of the group Super Junior, announced his plans for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Sung-min recently told various stories, including holiday plans and New Year's resolutions, through a New Year's hanbok interview held at Star News headquarters in Seorin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Seongmin is busy with the release of his new digital single "UNLIMIT" on the 2nd. After a nine-year hiatus, he returned to the stage and predicted active activities with the hope that "I really want to meet overseas fans."

He said, "I've had a nine-year break from my activities. Starting with this new song activity, it is on various stages such as broadcasting and events, and it is even more meaningful as overseas performances are scheduled. He will soon leave for Myanmar and is scheduled to perform in Japan. I'm even more excited because it's been about 13 years since I met overseas fans in person. As there are many people who have been waiting for us, we plan to actively continue meeting with overseas fans this year," he said.

Wearing a hanbok for the Lunar New Year, he said, "I usually like hanbok. Isn't it a traditional costume of our country. I don't have many opportunities to wear it these days, so every time I wear hanbok, I feel naturally reverent," he said.

2026.02.12 Singer Seongmin Interview with Hanbok / Photograph = Lee Dong-hoon

He then boasted a unique hanbok person. Seong-min said, "I remember taking pictures with my mother and father in the past, and it's a pity that many people are moving away from me because hanbok is so pretty. I want you to set a date for wearing hanbok. Like a challenge, I think there will be the fun of wearing hanbok together.

Then, he said, "It would be nice to perform with a hanbok concept, as well as the new song 'God's Life'. He added, "I thought it would be nice to perform with the dancers wearing a hat because 'God' went into 'God's Life'."

Seong-min said he is planning to spend the Lunar New Year holiday busy this year. "Even though I'm busy, my family must meet," he said. "I plan to visit my parents, father-in-law, and mother-in-law and greet them. "I'm old, but shouldn't I get New Year's gift money?" he said with a smile.

He also mentioned the holiday scenery that changed after marriage. Seong-min said, "The atmosphere has changed a lot from before. My mother also said, "Rather than making holiday food herself, let's prepare it at the market and spend it comfortably," and added, "She's so happy that she's just waiting for the holidays." He also said, "When I meet on holidays, my son screams and runs around. We plan to leave the child for a while and get out of parenting," he said.

2026.02.12 Singer Seongmin Interview with Hanbok / Photograph = Lee Dong-hoon

In particular, he will be on stage to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Myanmar's diplomatic relations, he said, "I'm also spending time with my family, but I'm going to focus on practicing Myanmar's performance during the break. I plan to sing about six to seven songs locally. We are preparing a variety of group songs, new songs, and requested songs that we have performed in the past, he said. "I am very excited to meet overseas fans after a long time."

Seaweed soup and jeon were cited as foods that come to mind when thinking of Lunar New Year. "I remember seaweed soup especially because it's around Lunar New Year's Day," he said. "I can't eat a lot of jeon because of my diet, but I'm going to 'unlock' for a while and eat as much as I want during the Lunar New Year holiday."

As a playlist recommended for the Lunar New Year, he mentioned the ballad song "Comma". Seong-min said, "In the new year, I feel like I have to live harder, but I think there are times when I'm tired at this time of the year," adding, "It's a song to take a 'comma' for a while and run again." I hope you think it's a "comma" for "god-saeng." At night, I want you to feel relaxed listening to "Under the Starlight" and explaining the reason for the recommendation.

As for the new year's goal, meeting with overseas fans was the first choice. "I've always had it in my mind that I haven't met overseas fans in person for more than 10 years," he said. "I tried to push ahead with it whenever I had the opportunity, but it wasn't easy. As the response to the new song is good this year, I want to actively promote overseas performances," he said. He added, "I want to visit Korean fans in person and meet them a lot."

-Continued in the hanbok interview ②.

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