Taeyong from NCT talks about being a soloist, new upcoming music, his Elle cover, music and fashion, and more at KCON LA 2023.
Tetris Kelly:
First of all, your hair is amazing. Now, I want to know what inspired you to do the blue and the purple and the pinkish. I feel like there’s a lot of flavor going on right there.
Taeyong:
Yeah. Actually, this idea is my stylist’s. … She is really brilliant for this kind of job.
Tetris Kelly:
Well, yeah, you look amazing! And also you dropped your debut solo album. … How’s it feel to now be standing up for yourself, representing only you? How’s it been?
Taeyong:
It’s a little bit … I have some pressures. But I really really, I really, really excited and I can’t wait anymore. I want to go to stage, and I want to perform right now.
Tetris Kelly:
Well, they’re excited to see you perform! And you were giving your stylist some credit, but also you’re on the cover of Elle. So you have a lot of fashion yourself. So how’s it feel to do fashion and music kind of at the same time? How do they complement each other?
Taeyong:
Oh, I thought I thought that is like similar. I thought is music and fashion is really similar. And I really like it both. And I don’t know why, but I just like how to fashion and hairstyle or accessory is like that.
Tetris Kelly:
And then you’ve been hanging out in L.A. at KCON. So how’s the L.A. experiences been? What have you been doing in your free time?
Taeyong:
Oh, actually my favorite tattooist he’s living in L.A. And when I was when I was visiting in LA, I just tattoos in … you know what I mean?
Watch the video above to see if he got any new tattoos!
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