The first thing Lim Young-min – leader of K-pop group AB6IX (pronounced Abby-Six) – does when he walks into the hotel suite at Marina Bay Sands is smile and let out a cheery “good morning”. While the latter might seem contextual, based on whom he is addressing it to (the Men’s Folio team woke up at 6am for this shoot), the former is much appreciated. It might be almost clichéd, but Lim’s smile can light up a room or end the strifes of the world. Such is the genial nature of the 22-year-old lad, that Men’s Folio is not surprised he answered all 12 questions that the team posed – a rarity when it comes to Korean celebrities.
While it might be his fellow group mates’ (Jeon Woong, Kim Dong-hyun, Park Woo-jin, and Lae Dae-hwi) first time on our sunny red dot, one might not know that Lim actually grew up here. “I was so young when I grew up here till the age of five that I do not remember much. But I remember having dinner with my family and playing with my brother,” he reminisces.
Off-camera, Lim is inquisitive as he examines every piece that the Men’s Folio team has assembled for this shoot. A pair of Dior Men’s Bermuda shorts are met with a wide-eyed look of wonder while a Givenchy puffer jacket has him excitedly banter with his makeup artiste (if we are right, he was asking if he should purchase it). When it comes to a flouncy Saint Laurent studded shirt, Lim is hyper-aware that he needs a necklace to jazz it up. “It will improve the image,” he says, and Men’s Folio is very inclined to agree.
This story is from the December/January 2020 edition of MEN 'S FOLIO Singapore.
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