Are your nephew and niece still calling you ‘Kaichun’? or did you get any new nickname?
Yes, they still call me ‘Kaichun’
I think it will change soon
No, I don’t think it will change soon
Few months ago, you said you enjoy playing with LEGOs. Is it still the same?
I am still doing my LEGOs.
In fact, I have so many
unfinished LEGOs
on my dining table.
I will finish them once I am done with my busy schedules
What is your most recent LEGO purchase?
I bought car series
I’m doing mostly speed and technique series.
And I got new hobby recently
Since I work out, I really love meat
So I started to enjoy cooking meat
That’s my new hobby
Any tips for cooking meat?
There are various ways to cook meat well.
For me, I first grill it in the oven for 20 minutes
And then take it out
and fry each side on oiled pan
For about a minute, and it tastes so good
That’s for a steak?
Yes, for a beef steak
Your fans are very much looking forward to your solo album
Can you tell us anything about it? I wouldn’t mind a tiny little detail
First of all, there will be many different tracks
So it will be fun to watch and listen to the songs
And it will be almost like a movie
You have great sense of fashion and a talent for art
Do you have any plans to launch your own clothing line or a fashion item?
I am not sure of it
But I would love to do it if there’s a good opportunity for various collaborations
It would be great if that happens with Gucci
I saw it from your Instagram that your mother still keeps your ballet uniform from your childhood
What is the oldest thing you own?
It would be my photographs
Photos of me which my mom took with film cameras when I was little,
Or developed photos, I think they are the oldest
What else…
I am keeping my past mobile phones personally
So I think those are also the oldest
I am keeping all of them unless I lost it
What’s the oldest model?
I think it is Galaxy
Is there any variety shows that you would like to be on someday?
It’s not like I have a specific show that I want to be on
I would love to be on any show if they want me
I am open for any shows that I can have fun,
without being pressured to be funny
And I will be doing many variety shows
for promotions of my solo album
What is your favorite variety show?
I’ve always loved
So even now I watch clips of the show
whenever I found them on YouTube
I also like <2 Days & 1 Night> so much so I am still watching it
Lately…
If you could collaborate with other dancers, who would you want to dance with?
I want to collaborate with all of them!
There are so many great dancers all around the world
If I can, I want to try all kinds of collaboration
I would like to collaborate with famous dancers
from genres that I am not familiar with,
rather than the dancers I am well aware of
I would love to collaborate with brand new dancers that I don’t know well
For a new type of genre
Have you ever thought of getting a tattoo or a piercing?
If so, what kind of tattoos or piercings do you want to get and where?
I’ve thought about it and imagined about it
But actually I don’t think I will do it
I don’t have any plans to do it at the moment
But if I were to get a tattoo someday,
I would probably get a big one around my chest, stomach, or around my ribs
(But I don’t think I will do it)
What is your favorite post on your Instagram?
When I post photos of myself, I am not usually 100% satisfied with the photo
But when I post photos of my nephew and niece, it’s always because I am 100% satisfied with the photo
I want to show you guys how cut they are
So I get a little silly
That’s why I like those photos the best
You like pajamas as much as you have your own room just for home wears
What are your criteria to pick your pajamas?
I usually buy all the pajamas that are cute
But there are some specific pieces that I wear all the time
The ones feel comfortable, soft, light, and cool
I like those ones
Is there any comment you remember from your fan cam videos?
Oh, that one
“I didn’t know that I can laugh this much”
I know you love scary movies and movies with zombies. What was the scariest movie you have ever seen?
It depends on my mood and the time I saw it
I tend to watch the same movie several times
So it feels different whenever I watch it
was sacry,
As well as
Recently I watched
And it was horrifying as well
Please let us know what songs are in your playlist
Songs I listen to the most…
I think I listen to my own songs the most
As I need to practice them,
And because they are really good
Please make sure to check it out when it’s released
As an artist and as a human being, I think you face many obstacles in your life
How do you overcome those obstacles?
In the past, I thought it is better to avoid trouble
And tried to forget about it and think that I am okay even when I am not okay
Then I felt that I cannot heal the wounds with just avoiding them
So I thought I need to deal with it face to face
I tried to speak out that it’s hard when it’s hard, and cry when I am sad
And lean on somebody else.
As I was doing that,
It was so hard back then,
But I came to realize that those holes fill up somehow
So that I can move on to the next step
And be okay with it
So when you have any troubles or hardships in your life
I think it is great to deal with it face to face and not avoid it
If you managed to overcome those troubles,
I think you can be a better person and be stronger
If you got to be a DJ of a radio show, what would be your last comment when ending the show?
I always want everyone to be happy
I want me, and also other people to be happy
I want all the people who listen to my radio to be happy
So I want to say ‘Please be happy today’
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