"Despite that he is no longer with U-KISS, Xander keeps in touch with the group.

"At the end of 2012, they had a big gathering. I visited my boss and I didn't know they were having a end-of-the-year party so we went to dinner together. Nowadays, we are too busy so we don't really contact each other. It's just mostly happy birthday or messages," he said.

Among U-KISS, Xander said he's in contact regularly with new member Hoon, who was also a solo artist before joining the group.

If he is given a choice to join a boy band again, Xander said he would stick to his solo career.

"No thank you," he said in jest. "I'll be happy to but being in a group, I already did this. I want to try something that I could do as a solo artist. Maybe when I'm tired of being a solo artist.""

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