How do you feel after today’s shoot?
I just finished the shoot so I feel a bit dazed.
But it has been so long since I communicated with you guys.
So I will pull myself together
To finish up this interview well.
What do you do the day before an editorial shoot?
There’s nothing much special.
To go to bed in time?
That’s the only thing I do.
What time do you go to bed?
It depends.
Around 11 pm these days.
What time did you go to bed yesterday?
I went to bed around 11: 30pm yesterday.
And fell asleep right away.
Do you have your own styling tip?
I think I dress according to how I feel.
I tried to wear something that has strong characteristics
Like bold patterns
And vibrant colors
As I was working on this summer album.
But then since the album is out now, I need to work on my new album.
And I can’t seem to focus
If I dress something very fancy
So when I work on my music,
I wear all black look a lot.
Is there any fashion item you recently purchased?
A pair of red-tinted glasses by Gentle Monster called ‘Deus’.
I haven’t tried them yet ever since I bought it.
I should wear them soon.
Until we have the sun.
What’s your TMI of the day?
Esquire prepared so many different caterings today.
For the shoot.
And I ate too much?
What was the best one?
There was a pork cutlet sandwich.
And the quality was
The pork was really thick and delicious.
Please let me know your daily routine.
I wake up at 8 in the morning.
Put on shoes
And take a walk outside.
It feels really great
To walk in the morning
Listening to some music.
And then I work out
Because I got a herniated disc.
So I do some exercise that’s good for my disc.
And eat breakfast,
Work on music,
From noon to 7ish?
And then From 7 to 10
I spend time
Learning some stuffs I want to learn.
And from 10 to until I go to bed
I talk to my friends
And then around 11 pm.
I try to go to sleep.
I have been living in
My studio lately.
When’s your favorite time of the day?
Morning.
I feel really tired and exhausted when I wake up in the morning.
But when I put on shoes and take a walk outside
I can get away from thinking about work just for a little while.
I tend to analyze every music I listen to.
And it makes me hard to just enjoy on the music
But my mind gets quite blank in the morning,
Which makes me appreciate music itself as a fan.
So I am enjoying those moments.
What type of music do you want to try in the future besides the one you are doing right now?
There are too many.
For now,
I want to try something
with drops based on EDM.
How would you describe your music in one word?
In a word?
Design?
In a way it’s like designing a certain sentiment.
Every time there is a different start and end to it
Different flow, different texture.
So it’s really like a design.
Do you get nervous before you go on stage? What do you do to loosen up?
I do get nervous every time.
How should I describe this?
I really hate the feeling
when I am not prepared.
But if I am convinced that I am prepared,
from a lot of practice,
Even when I actually feel nervous
I can change that feeling into
joy
and thrill.
Not the tension.
So just to practice a lot and be prepared
is what I do to loosen up.
What’s your favorite music video?
The most recent one.
I really like the music video of
.
I was able to be immersed in a lot of characters
As well as acting,
And show other aspects than dynamic performances.
So as an artist
I felt great sense of achievement during the process.
You were so good at acting!
Actually I do have a lot of ambition in acting.
I think it came out in the video?
A song that gives you comfort?
There’s a song called by Aminé.
It gives me comfort very much.
Do you think people are born with talents? Or is it something people can obtain with hard work?
This is the question I get sometimes
from people who want to pursue their career in music
And rap.
In my opinion, everyone has a talent.
I think talent is like a seed.
To make an analogy.
Steady practice and hard work, and experiences of failure
Water that seed
And make it bloom as a flower.
And people will applaud for it.
If you could use one word to describe you?
Blooming flower!
Do you have any unique hobby of your own?
I think constantly learning new things
Has become my hobby.
Because I am too involved in my work all the time,
I cannot not make music even for a day and it became a habit.
But then sometimes that makes me
Feel like I am going crazy.
Because I am too goal oriented.
So I try to learn something that can help me
achieve my goal.
That can be acting or
I had to rollerblade in this music video.
And it was great that I can try it
With a legit excuse.
And my MBTI is INFJ.
And it actually makes sense.
So I keep learning new things.
And currently I am learning martial arts.
Can we see you doing martial arts soon?
I don’t know.
But I think like
“Someday I can make use of it”
And it relieves my stress
To do something using my body.
Are you good with rollerblades?
No.
You will be surprised if you see the video recorded my first trial.
How long did I practice? Around a month and a half?
I fell down a lot actually.
What’s one item you cannot miss out in your everyday life?
My bag?
Because I carry my notebook and a pen inside my bag.
I really love to write.
And I get anxious if I don’t write anything down.
Because I have too many thoughts,
I need to organize my thoughts in one page.
And the note shouldn’t have any lines.
I felt like
I am restricted.
I found myself trying to stay between the lines.
And I hate that so I use notes without any lines
Sometimes I draw
And color as well.
I should be able to write something down at anywhere.
What would you do if you win a lottery?
Would you split it with anybody?
Yes definitely.
I think I would give it out
to my family,
To my DPR crews.
In this order, I would split it with them.
It would be great if I could relieve my stress I get from financial matters.
And put my burden down
For a little bit.
Do you have any life motto?
I don’t think I have one.
I am not sure it’s my motto but
I recently realized something.
When I first started music,
I was not afraid of failure.
I didn’t get much criticism
Because I was so fresh and new.
Nwt it has been like 5 and 6 years.
And people can fall
If you go up high.
It’s very easy to be afraid of
Other people’s criticism.
And other musicians who have done music longer than I do
Also tell me that
they realized the same thing.
When you look at your failures and mistakes,
There are a lot of thorns outside.
It hurts to touch them.
But when you peel them,
There is a fruit full of nutrient
That’s called ‘growth’.
Having that fruit makes me grow much better
Than when I try to grow by myself without those failures.
So I shouldn’t be afraid of those things.
And embrace them by my own will.
I became to think like that.
What was the hardest decision you have ever made to achieve your dream?
Giving up?
If you want to focus on your dream and your goal,
You need to block other things.
For example,
Like spending your time with your mom and dad.
It may sound nothing special.
But even things like hanging out with your friends.
You need to block those out from your life temporarily
In order to make good music,
To produce better music videos.
To make this happen,
You need to work harder
And be a workaholic.
So it was hard to make decisions to give up on those certain things.
But after I made my decision, I felt rather calm.
It’s alright.
It was my choice.
And I should keep this decision it as long as I can.
When do you feel the happiest?
When people around me feel happy.
When my music came out
My father called me
And said that he loved the song,
“You are going to blow up Dabin!”
I feel great when I can be someone’s energy like this.
In everyday life, I feel great when I finished
What I was supposed to do that day.
When I fulfilled
my mission of the day
As I planned.
It feels really good.
What’s your biggest goal as an artist?
First of all,
I want to show that I have a spine.
I want to pursue what I want to do.
And prove myself to people.
But I don’t want to be a hungry artist
Only insisting what I want to do.
I just want to show my conviction.
My number 1 goal is not to be
A legendary musician.
The number one goal of mine is to make people around me happy.
It would be great if I can achieve them both.
It was short but
I hope this interview was informative.
I am glad all the photos look really amazing.
There are not many chances to meet you all these days.
But I hope the situation will get better soon so we can all meet more often.
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