Entertainment Life With A Camera (PART 2)

251 - It's hard without love

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It's hard without love (support).

Today, we invited a person who represents Korea as an idol and an actor. Ian of the boy group Awy interview exclusively in this magazine.

Q. Hello, Mr. Ian.

Ian: Hello.

Q. How are you today? Awy's new song 'Firework' is steadily climbing the global rankings, and 'I Want to Know You' is over 20% in viewer ratings, so you must be busy these days.

Ian: Thankfully, I received a lot of love and there were many places where I was called here and there. I'm busy.

The period of music program activities has passed, but it felt like I was starting music program activities again. It was like the situation when I went to work at a music show for a whole week at the beginning of our debut.

Excluding the advertisements overlapping with the group, the items overlapped to the point that there were no more advertisements to shoot.

Overseas, the situation was the same. Requests for advertisements even came from China, where Korean celebrities were reluctant due to the Hallyu Law. A large photo of Ian holding a local beverage brand was hung in downtown China, and his face could be seen in Thai TV commercials.

Needless to say, the Asian topic of 'I Want to Know You' spread across the OTT platform, and requests from luxury brands to use Ian as their global muse and ambassador flooded from Europe and America.

Q. You caught both acting and viewership ratings, and you're also very popular in the industry. Do you receive a lot of scripts? Director Lim Hoon, the master of Chungmuro, expressed his intention to use Ian as the lead role... .

Ian: I want to try a movie at least once if I get a chance. But for the time being, I have to focus on my group life.

At this time, Mr. Ian smiled meaningfully. Like someone holding a large spoiler in his hands. Like someone whose mouth is itching to talk.

Q. Do you have any news to focus on in your group life?

Ian: Sooner or later Awydom will hear some surprising news. Now I have to show it through the stage, not through acting.

Q. I'm really curious about what the news is. However, there must have been a lot of good suggestions for rowing when the water was coming in, wasn't it regretful?

Ian: I've always said this before, but I think it's time for me to focus on group activities. Oh, but that doesn't mean that I'm ignoring my acting career. (laughs) Because there's Awy, there's actor Choi Ian. This is what our group Taewoong always says as if a habit. 'I need a group to exist.'

"The members seem to have a really good relationship."

"Other than Jinhyuk, who has an older sister, or Seodam, who has younger siblings, they are all only children, so they rely on each other more like brothers."

"It looks nice."

The interviewer turned off the tape recorder. Off the record, it meant not to be put on paper.

"I'm asking this as a fan, but the open talk room situation was pretty serious, wasn't it? Did you know, Ian-ssi?"

"Yes. I knew. Everywhere I go, they talk about it."

There were some people who had heard of the existence of open chat rooms, but seeing the reality in person was different.

It even went up to the national petition with <Please severely punish open chat rooms for fabricating celebrity agitation.>, and with the firepower of fans, over 200,000 people are waiting for an answer in a few hours.