The meeting went as I expected, Yang Hyun Suk, whom I’ve known since I was a 16 year old kid with hopes, dreams and somewhat talented, told me that I needed to make a new album.

Pardon my English, but what the . I just finished a world tour and in between I’ve been doing other works, like commercials, special appearances on TV, interviews and photoshoots for magazines, you know, “celebrity stuff”.

So no, I don’t want to, I don’t have the energy, I don’t even have the inspiration, I haven’t been able to write a single verse in so long… Yes, I have material that weren’t used in past albums, but they weren’t useful for a reason.

Yang Hyun Suk look me dead in the eye and told me something about me being negative lately, quiet and somber. And insisted that I needed to work on new music, because this is my last year before enlistment and I owe it to the fans and also because I have a contract.

I went directly to Teddy’s studio, if I was going to do this I needed help.

But I found Youngbae, my friend, my companion in those trainee years and also in this celebrity life. I don’t know how he do it, but he have the ability to keep the balance in his life.

He is also a great super star in Korea, and in the world, just behind me – ugh, again I can’t believe I’m calling myself a super star- he too did a world tour last year, maybe smaller