"You said you were responsible."Kangmin's parents who stopped him from giving up his debut [★FULL Interview]

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The boy, who complained every day that he wanted to quit idolizing, is now in his seventh year of debuting and is confident.

This is the story of Kangmin, the youngest member of the boy group VERIVERY, who drew the line coolly, saying, "I have never received an offer," and now challenged himself as an actor who dreams of "the people's first love" beyond a solo artist on stage. After an eventful narrative, he finally found his own color and was ready to fly.

Kangmin recently conducted a round interview to commemorate the release of his first solo single "Free Falling" at the Jellyfish Entertainment headquarters in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Kangmin confessed his extraordinary responsibility for his first solo appearance and his narrative so far. Kangmin, who was the team's first soloist, said, "I feel a lot of responsibility both as a member and as an individual. I want to show you that you are not lacking alone. I may lack a lot of things because it's my first time, but I'm going to do my best one by one like when I first debuted as VERIVERY," he said.

In the background of the decision to make a solo debut at this time, there were recent great experiences, including "Bobble 2." Kang-min said, "The recent experiences were so big and as I accumulated a lot of those things, it became clear what I wanted to do. I told the CEO, "There are so many things I want to talk about," and he explained, "I melted serious stories for the first time in this album."

"I don't think I've always lived like a beginner." While preparing for my solo debut, I felt that mindset once again. When I first started this job, I always told my mom when I was a hard trainee that I wanted to quit, but when I thought about it again, why did I make my debut with such hard work, and why I was able to perform for seven years so far, it became comfortable."

Kangmin found the reason why he was able to work hard for seven years through "free polling." "There were a lot of things I didn't know before I debuted," he said. At that time, the people on stage were cool and I thought that was all, but when I stood on stage, I felt more and more as I got older and repeated the experience, how precious the time they spent for us was. For a while, I felt it even bigger when we weren't working on the album. In fact, I felt more stark while doing "Bobble 2," he confessed.

There was also a moment when I wanted to give up. Kang Min, who went to middle school in Busan and was a trainee in Seoul every weekend, said, "I envied that students of the same age were playing on weekends because they were young. I had to go home and take a video of the basics and send it to the company. The students recalled their school days, saying, "I told my mother in envy that I wanted to quit."

Then, what would have been the reaction of his parents when Kangmin said he wanted to quit as an idol trainee, saying he was having a hard time. Kangmin said, "My father and mother said, 'If you start now, can you do it until the end?You said ' That's why 'you have to' and 'you said you were responsible' were always loud. I wanted to quit at a young age, but I think my parents also knew that I was jealous of other students, so they stopped me from quitting."

Earlier in July last year, Kangmin appeared in the new season of Mnet's "Bobble 2" of CJ E&M boy group audition program, which produced Wanna One and X1. At the beginning of the broadcast, Kangmin always settled at the top of the list and was listed in the debut group, but unfortunately, he ranked ninth in the final ranking announcement ceremony, where only eight players debuted, and suffered elimination.

Is it because of Kangmin's regret that he failed to debut as a member of "ALPHADRIVEONE (ALPHA DRIVE ONE)" launched through "Buffle 2"? As soon as the news of the debut of the "Buffle 2" derivative group produced by CJ ENM and managed by FNC Entertainment was reported in January, some fans wished for Kangmin to join. Afterwards, Kangmin seemed to be conscious of this and told the fan community, "If you're going to be like this, why did you go on the program?" and went out to debut. But what should I do when I'm out. You have to choose the future and do your best. I really want to stop talking about this, but I just want you to like me as myself. I will try to be loved as Yoo Kang-min in the future," he said, hinting at not joining the derivative group.

Nevertheless, some fans urged Kangmin to join the derivative group, and Kangmin eventually drew the line through a live SNS broadcast, saying, "I checked everything, but I didn't officially receive any offers."

In this regard, Kang Min said about the "Bobble 2" derivative group toward the end of the interview, "When I went out on "Bobble 2", my goal was not a derivative. My goal was to make a debut in the top eight, but I think I came in 9th place. So of course I have to go back to where I was and do what I have to do. Thankfully, you liked the chemistry (in "Bobble 2"), so there were various stories that were created by them (in relation to the derivative group) and I was so curious too. I thought, "Is this really something that happened?" so I asked the company, and they said, "It's nothing," so I thought, "Then it would be rather convenient to tell the fans."

In addition, Kangmin answered, "I think I'll go out" when asked if he would go back to the past, but he said, "I won't go out if the new season of 'Bobble' does." It's hard. It was hard mentally and physically. I had a good experience..." he laughed.

Actor Kang Min's pursuit beauty, not singer Kang Min, is the "people's first love." He is currently preparing to solidify his position as an actor as well as a singer. Kangmin, who began acting in earnest through the web drama "If You Raise Your Finger" released in November 2023, also appeared in the short-form drama "Jump Boy LIVE" on the 27th of last month.

Currently, idol-turned-actors such as EXO Do Kyung-soo (Dio), Wanna One Park Ji-hoon, IU, and Black Pink Jisoo are actively active in the broadcasting industry. As Kangmin is also working as a singer and an actor, is there a senior who is using him as a role model.

Kangmin pointed out actors Cho Jung-seok and Ryu Seung-ryong. Kangmin, who said, "I want to act funny," said, "That's my last goal. I think it's hard, but I think that's the coolest. Or I want to act as my first love. I want to have the title of "The People's First Love." I think I can only do it at this age."

But there is still a long way to go. It's because he's not satisfied with his current acting skills. Kangmin said, "I don't think it's acting yet. I think it's hard. I think I'm not good enough, he said, "I don't know if I'm good and bad, but there are still so many things to improve, so I have to practice hard."

Kangmin's first solo single "Free Polling" was released on various online music sites at 6 p.m. on the 26th.

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