MIN: 'YOU NEVER HAVE TO EARN THE RIGHT TO LIVE LIFE ON YOUR TERMS'

A strong sense of freedom has become what it is - Min's creative voice - evolving past limitations and taking a freewheeling attitude

- Debashree Dutta

Min’s new EP, Prime Time—her exploration of empowerment and awakening since moving to New York—is the center-piece of this interview, alongside anecdotes that helped me get to know the former member of Miss A, an influential K-pop act of its time. Since releasing the EP, she says, “I’ve been ecstatic about its reception,” actively engaging with fans, speaking about the music, and spreading the word.

PRIME TIME IS AN INITIATION and a reflection of the whole process, where she is, in a sense that's not only a sign of something big coming her way in this chapter of her life but also her belief that while "you never have to earn the right to live life on your terms, I certainly have earned that right throughout my career and life." It conveys her passion for pulling out all the stops to create the music she always had in mind - the music that truly resonates with her. "When I moved to New York, I had no plans of moving here for good. I came to do a show on Broadway called KPOP, and after the show closed, I decided to stay here. I guess you can say that the spirit of New York - the right to completely be yourself and be uninhibited - was one of the inspirations for this EP." Prime Time is Min saying just that: "What you have come to know me by, judge me by, and dictate my life by, none of that matters because where I am right now in my life is going to be defined by me and no one else."