[Culture inside] MINO, "I'm popular as SHINee as soon as I debuted. I'll have a slump soon".

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SHINee Minho, who released a solo album, confessed honestly about the back story of his comeback and his concerns as an artist.

Min-ho, who appeared on the YTN cultural program "Culture Inside" (MC Park Min-seol), which will air on the 16th, said he joined SM Entertainment with the so-called "street casting," but his parents opposed his activities in the entertainment industry.

Accordingly, the SM manager visited Minho's school every day to persuade him, and eventually Minho was able to debut as SHINee after being a trainee.

However, Minho confessed that while working in popularity, he gradually began to feel embarrassed, and that he had a slump because he felt unable to trust himself when he was on stage alone. Nevertheless, he tried to find his own identity by practicing repeatedly to overcome the slump, and with the help of members like family, he was able to transform himself from SHINee's main rapper to vocal.

Watching the active solo activities of other members, he raised his own doubts about his solo activities. However, he confirmed in a letter from fans he received while in the military that he desperately wanted his solo career, saying that he had a desire for a solo album.

Minho expressed his ambition to show the wider music world and various stages through his first solo studio album. He explains that he wants to include the bright eyes and innocence of a boy when he was on stage as a SHINee in high school.

He also expressed his desire for acting. He recently took the stage of the play Waiting for Godot, and said, "I really loved and liked acting, so I can do it for a long time in the future."

Minho, who released his first solo studio album consisting of 10 songs earlier this month, will present a solo concert on the 30th. It's my first solo concert, so I'm determined to pour out everything I've never revealed before.

More detailed interviews on Minho can be found on YTN 'Culture Inside' Culture Interview.

Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.