It takes mere seconds of scrolling through K-Pop fan spaces online to stumble upon ‘s Mingyu. The 27-year-old rapper, a member of hit K-Pop boy group Seventeen, is an online favorite for his charming personality and cool Instagram posts. Seriously, social media account Pop Base has to presumably every time he posts a photo.
Seventeen is in the midst of the U.S. leg of their “Seventeen [Right Here] World Tour,” hitting five cities including two stops in L.
A. Before heading out on the road, Mingyu chatted with on Zoom, taking a break from his hectic rehearsals for the tour and the 13-member group’s latest EP, . “It’s currently 11:00 a.
m. in Korea, and my entire body is aching,” the rapper cheekily tells of the preparations for the album and tour. Mingyu explains the rather intricate schedule of preparing for tour, releasing the album, performing the concert in Seoul.
The tour wraps in L.A. this coming weekend, where the group will perform two sold-out shows at BMO Stadium.
It’s an exciting weekend for the group. Today, Mingyu’s bandmate Joshua, an L.A.
native, accepted a certificate of appreciation on behalf of Seventeen from the L.A. City Council.
The group also has a major in the city for the tour’s finale. In the midst of an already booked and busy year for Seventeen, Mingyu has dipped into the world of . Earlier this year, he secured a .
In a social media post announcing Mingyu’s new role, referred to him as “the perfect embodiment of Dior’s aesthe.