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- lived with his grandmother in a buddhist temple as a small child
- was largely raised by his grandmother when he was young
- originally wanted to grow up to be a veterinarian, then a basketball player, before landing on music
- was diagnosed with & had surgery for pneumothorax in his first year of high school. doing vocal exercises to help his condition made him think more seriously about becoming a singer. he still often has to wear face masks, especially during spring.
- saw a singing group perform at his high school and was inspired by one of the singers to start going on auditions. the same singer ended up training at jellyfish ent with hongbin and became vixx’s ken.
- was frequently scouted on the street by other companies
- had to break up with a girl to begin idol training
- left training for two or three months because of worries until hakyeon brought him back
- trained with/has known hakyeon the longest among the members
- featured in seo inguk's tease me mv
- featured in brian joo's let this die mv
may 3 2016 ∞
jan 1 2017 +