[VOD & News] "My Everything" Lee Min-ho's Song Picks.

[VOD & News] Lee Min-ho's Song Picks.
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Lee Min-ho has been a 'perfect guy' from the moment the public started to recognize his name and face. He was the perfect guy at a top private high school in "Boys Over Flowers" (KBS, 2009), a cold-hearted guy of the city who is a 'real man' and a well-reputed planner in "Personal Taste" (MBC, 2010) and an employee of the national communications network control team at the presidential Blue House who drives an imported car and easily spends several millions of wons a day in "City Hunter" (SBS, 2011). In other words, an actor who has played men who have everything and shot to stardom through "Boys Over Flowers." And this glamorous and distinguished aspect to this star celebrity made it so easy to describe this actor.

Yet the moments he truly shined was when his perfectness, achieving the golden ratio, ruptured. The reason that Goo Joon-pyo in "Boys Over Flowers" instantly seized women's hearts was because of his arrogant gestures which did not suit his proud physical appearance and perfect background, then Jun Jin-ho in "Personal Taste" was indecisive over his greediness to dig into the secret of Korean-style houses versus his pure love toward Gae-in (Son Ye-jin) and Lee Yoon-sung of "City Hunter," with financial power and fighting capability, went to great pains to think there must be a better solution even at the moment he punishes a villain.

Of course, such are the types of characters he may have been asked to play. But it is hard to deny that it is not by stroke of luck but the ability to portray all those moments of hesitance that he became who he is today. That is why one needs to carefully look back on his past where he appeared in a number of projects that helped solidify his acting skills. If you are interested by Lee's choice of songs that he says he listened to at memorable moments of his life, it is because they reveal a bit of the concerns and depth he has as a human being, not as the bright and shining star.

"My Everything" - Lee Min-ho

The last song is "My Everything" that Lee Min-ho himself sang. "'My Everything' is in the special edition soundtrack for series 'Boys Over Flowers.' I'm nowhere close to singing as well as actual singers but I sang it to express my gratitude over the huge love that the drama received. I'd never imagined that the singer to a song could be me so I practiced and prepared really hard with the thought that I'd be singing for someone for the first time.

I also remember being touched by an audience singing along to the song when I sang it for them. I guess it's actually not a song I listen to often but it's always in my playlist." Lee Min-ho's low yet soft lower register stood out in the song but the music video, containing five years after the story in 'Boys Over Flowers' was popular as well.