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Meanwhile Minho:

Listen, he is not a kpop artist. He's not a western artist. He's a LEGEND, who became the first solo artist from one of the biggest companies in South Korea, while he was meant to be just the main dancer of the group and was told that he's tone deaf.

He worked hard by sacrificing his sleep despite his school and hectic schedule to prove that he's more than just a dancer. And he DID. He's now filling arenas just by himself, is a big name in Asia and has yet more to come. He's only 26 years old but is already someone who your faves look up to and want to be alike. He's someone, who, despite his young age was a mentor in The Unit survival program as a respected and amazing artist alongside Bi Rain. He's someone, who never shows off, always praises and respects the junior artists and is so humble.

He still works hard and never gets a rest. And you just don't have the right to tell him that he's overrated or he doesn't deserve the recognition and respect that he has. Go ahead and like your faves as much as you want, but don't you try to drag that AMAZING and HARDWORKING ARTIST down when you don't even reach the minimum that he ever reached in his life.

Favorite SHINee Moments (1 / ∞):

Minho pressed 0525 on the phone at the end of Your Number (©@iloveviewsh )

Minho: please anticipate my drama/movie! Taemin: I’m really looking forward to it! Minho: really? Taemin: yes Key: me too Jonghyun: me too Minho: thank you! (©@2minaddict )

when taemin was talking about his drama Minho whispered to taemin: amazon prime? taemin: yes, it’s amazon prime! well, it cost money!

While Minho blew a kiss taemin: it’s a bit gross jonghyun: don’t say that to your hyung! taemin: it’s because me and minho are close friends~ it is cute if you see it occasionally but i see this everyday so it’s a bit…  Minho then fake punched Taemin in the stomach ㅍ_ㅍ (@fodfran, ©@2minaddict )

minho: This moment when I am together with everyone is my happiness. Please take with you the most amazing memory today.

Jonghyun: Minho-san, you’re so full of energy today

Minho: Do you have work tomorrow? Don’t go. Let’s be together tomorrow  Jonghyun Key Taemin: S-O E-M-B-A-R-A-S-S-I-N-G! (repeat x10) (© @SWEETGRAVlTY)

afterwards taemin chased minho as he ran away taemin: don’t go, lets stay together? (© @2minaddict)

Minho in Koh Samui

Your hair has gotten a lot shorter over the period of time we didn’t see each other.

Last winter, I cut my hair short because of my movie filming. I did the role of a student soldier in the movie <Jangsari 9.15>. I was thinking if it was the shortest style among the hair(style) I have done ever since my debut. Even so, it has grown out a lot.

Shall we talk about your solo fan meeting <The Best CHOI’s MINHO> that has just ended not long ago.

I feel the lack of not being able to do the usual fan meeting in more countries. That’s why using this opportunity, I started in Seoul and proceeded with an Asia tour around Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan. Firstly, I was extremely nervous. I worried a lot too because I felt the burden of doing stages alone. However, surprisingly time passed so fast that I didn’t see it passing. I was definitely able to complete it well thanks to the support given by fans enthusiastically. With a surprised heart, I felt proud with the thinking that ‘Still, seems like I have worked hard in being active (promoting/doing activities) over that period of time too’ It was a stage that my grateful heart, as well as the thought of working even harder, comes out naturally.

Heard that the event’s title ‘The Best CHOI’s MINHO’ was given its name by yourself.

I felt that the fan meeting title would be the most important, so I was thinking of what would be good when I thought since I have been promoting as ‘Minho,’ there are many people who don’t know that my surname is Choi (pronounced as ‘Cuei’).

That’s why with ‘Choi Minho’s fan meeting,’ I was going to save* ’Choi (Cuei)’ when I thought of ‘CHOI (English pronunciation)’ and it was like ‘Ah, Choice (in English)! Choice (in Korean)! that it was being decided. While at that, not just a choice but it was at the thought of ‘Hoping it’s the best choice’ that ‘The Best Choi’s Minho’ was born.

*Save: Using something that existed and changes it into something more interesting.

You sang Maroon’s 5’s ‘Sunday Morning’ as your opening song, is there a meaning behind it?

‘Sunday Morning’ is a song that I really liked ever since I was in middle school. When I wake up after sleeping in usually, I liked that sense of somewhat blurry yet refreshing feel, so I chose this song wanting to share that feeling and emotion with fans while listening to this song on a Sunday together.

You are being called as ‘Choi Tender’ among fans, are you the kind to express yourself well usually?

I am actually not good at words that would give one goosebumps. That’s only me expressing my words at things that I am grateful about. As far as possible I actually would like to take care and greet each and every one of my fans. While working hard in trying to do that, it seems like my sincerity has been noticed by my fans.

It seems like there’s a different feeling to be filling up the stage as ‘Choi Minho.’

There’s a lot that I need to fill up the empty space of my members on my own isn’t it. I was thinking about what is there when this and that has been prepared. To be touring around in various cities, I have also practiced a variety of languages and also planned performances that I can show too. Reactions were better than what I expected that I was surprised myself too.

Especially in Japan, heard that you showed your potential in gathering 20,000 people.

Seeing it, it’s because it’s the place that I have actively been promoting between locally and internationally. It’s such a pity to not being able to tour around more cities. But thanks to the fact that many fans came that I got to hold an encore fan meeting at the end of March in Seoul too.

Talking about ‘Minho,’ words such as ’Passion,’ ‘Energy,’ Charisma’ would be thought of, we are curious about how you yourself think of it.

If I were to choose a word that expresses me well the most, I would think of the word ‘Responsibility’ at the very first. All my energy and hard work, passion seems to be derived from responsibility. If I didn’t have a sense of responsibility towards the things/works that I was given, there wouldn’t be the ‘me’ here right now. Not knowing when an opportunity will come to a person, it isn’t easy to grab that opportunity, isn’t it. I think I grabbed onto the good opportunities at a young age and at that fact, I did my best in them with gratefulness.

In the period of 11 years after debuting, you have experienced so much more as compared to your peers of the same age.

I really like the point that I was able to learn about a variety of cultures as I was going around the whole world. The atmosphere in every country is different, isn’t it. It’s really nice/I really like it to see and listen to it while experiencing it. Certain traveling would change one’s life too, isn’t it. The energy that an unfamiliar city gives always comes to me with a sense of freshness and gives me inspiration. That’s why I travel a lot when I am on vacation. I think I have been to everywhere around the world except for Africa. I really want to go to Africa if I have a chance to. The city that I like the most hmm, I like the cities in Europe and it was fun because individuality in each country is definitely different. Helsinki and Berlin are memorable too, oh, the weather in LA was really sunny too so it was nice. It’s hard to just pick one place.

Regardless of the field, you have been active in all directions, how do you feel when looking back at it?

At that time, I thought that I have worked to my very best with no regrets but there are lots of parts where I felt a sense of pity when looking back at it. I have a sense of regret with the thought of ‘It would have been good if I did it a little more actively/aggressively.’ Also, as the years of experience(/age) build up, there are things that I would just naturally go over it and things that I would think of it lightly and give up. It’s such a pity when I think of it now.

You acted a lot of characters as an actor too, if there’s a work or a character that is most memorable to you, it would be?

Honestly, it’s hard to choose one. That’s because every single character is precious and important to me. Even so, if I have to pick one, the character ‘Jinil’ that I took on in my first lead movie ‘Derailed’ is an existence dear to me. It could be that it’s because it was a character directly opposite to me that it lingers a lot (in my mind) and I would think of it sometimes too.

What is the SHINee song that you have the most affection for?

I think music that can be heard comfortably is the best. With that, ‘Replay’ is the best. The lyrics may be cringy, even so, it’s a song that I can sing comfortably. Even now, the song is being sung in a variety of versions at our concert too.

What do you usually do when you are given a holiday normally?

I think that ‘to rest well’ is also a task. When I have time to rest, I would work hard thinking that I need to develop myself. As much as having an occupation that receives love and interest by many, it’s an obligation on me. I think it’s important to manage yourself. I like exercising, don’t I. Basketball, soccer, weight training and etc. That’s why when I have time, I am the kind to shed off my fatigue as I sweat. Lots of endorphins are being released when I am exercising, I think the driving force of being able to actively promote for a long time is exercising.

You have spent your 10s and 20s differently from others so is there something you want to do before turning 30?

The change of the heart in my 10s as well as the side of me that work hard to achieve a goal that I have. Isn’t that a process that everyone at that age would undergo similarly. Of course, as compared to my peers of the same age, I was definitely in a better environment. That’s because I was at the position where I could achieve my dream. Not sure if it’s because I have done a lot of things over time, I can’t think of anything that I would like to achieve impatiently before turning 30.

Seems like 2019 will be a turning point for Minho.

I think that it could be the biggest turning point in my life. I thought that this could be a good opportunity too. I should spend the time building myself.

What is Minho’s ‘Small-yet-Definite Happiness’ recently?

Picking coffee beans and ask for it to be ground before making it at home or I would grind it myself and make it using a coffee machine. I really like coffee by nature so the time of me drinking it after making it myself is really nice nowadays. Should I call it a healing time!

Lastly, shall we deliver your thoughts and greeting.

It was a holiday that made me realized again the fact that I definitely need to rest for a while too. It was a time that made me felt that I have to work my hardest for my holiday to be more worthwhile. Always thankful towards you guys who unchangingly care for us, who have been active for a long time. See you again through the same and unchanging side (of me).

160409 Handsome Minho @ DxDxD Hiroshima 

He’s come so far in the eleven years we’ve got to spend with him, from the shy and awkward kid to the confident man we know and love today. He’s hardworking and dedicated, compassionate and friendly…He’s a gentle soul; truly,  he’s a role model who we can all benefit to look up to. 

Many people know now, but I think there was a span of time where not a lot of fans acknowledge the work he would do just in SHINee, with writing lyrics alongside Jonghyun since their very first album. He mentioned it himself, as well as the fact that he worked hard while training to learn how to dance and sing. Despite feeling personally unprepared when it came time to debut, he strove to keep practicing and working as hard as he could to be the best for SHINee and for us. To this day, he stills strives to improve on the skills he’s cultivated over the years, not only with singing and dancing but also with acting as well.

Minho is a well-rounded idol who deserves our respect and appreciation!

Honestly, and I know I’m very biased, I think that Minho is one of the kindest idols in the industry. Other celebrities heap nothing but praise on him for his kind and genuine nature. Time and again, I’ve seen comments that say how kindhearted he is and that if you’re going to like a celebrity, he’s a good choice.

I’ve mentioned it before, how his nickname is “SHINee’s Heart Aid” or “Choi Tenderheart”, which I feel is really telling of his character. He is usually the first to comfort the other members when they are crying, and he’s so supportive of them and their solo activities, despite his own busy schedule. He has so much love to share, and the other SHINee members are lucky to be on the receiving end of it, regardless of how much they may tease him. 

Anyways, Minho is made of love and kindness, and he only deserves love in return!

Not only is he dedicated and kind, but he is also gentle with others. One perfect example of this is how he interacts with children! There are so many instances, but the freshest one in my mind is when he took Sian to China in his father’s stead. I know I’m not a parent myself, so I can only imagine the level of trust that Sian’s parents have concerning Minho and Sian (as well as their daughters). He’s been nothing but gentle with children since Hello Baby with Yoogeun.

I know I’ve never had the pleasure to meet him, but given the evidence we’ve seen over the past eleven years, I can say with complete confidence that Minho is genuinely kind and tenderhearted. The world would be a lot better place if there were more people in it like our Minho!