[OSEN] XLOV member Uumuti has opened up about his thoughts on malicious comments.
On the November 14th broadcast of MBC’s ‘Omniscient Interfering View’, group XLOV, who are promoting with a gender-free concept, and Boom appeared as guests.
Talking about the group name XLOV, Uumuti explained, "There is both the negative X and the unknown X, containing the love of incompleteness." He added that it has been 11 years since he came to Korea, driven by his admiration for K-Pop, and shared that he is fluent in Korean, Chinese, English, and Japanese.
Uumuti also mentioned the malicious comments he received during his debut. He said, "People in the comments were asking, ‘So is he a guy or a girl?’ Rather than feeling hurt, I thought, ‘Well, people will come to like it eventually.’ When people see something new, they are bound to be surprised. There must be many people who want to try a new kind of beauty… I was just worried they might lose courage after seeing those malicious comments."
After finishing their schedule, Uumuti sat down with the members to share a meal and a conversation. Uumuti said, "When we created the group with the concept of gender-free, the message we wanted to convey is a life of living coolly according to one’s own individuality, regardless of age or gender. That was how I felt back then."
Hui recalled, "Back then, I wasn’t good at Korean. My mom said, ‘Wouldn’t it be okay if Uumuti goes?’ so I just said, ‘Okay, I’ll go’ and came here." Rui added, "(Before debut) it was such a difficult time. As my debut kept getting canceled, I didn’t know who to trust. I couldn’t trust my family or my friends. Dancing to a style of music I didn’t even like and trying to align everything just for a debut made me feel like I was losing myself."
Showing sympathy for Rui, Uumuti expressed his heartache and shared, "At that time, the thought I had when I saw Rui was that he would die if he couldn’t debut. It also took a long time to receive a debut team offer."
Encouraging his members, Uumuti said, "Let’s make this album a huge hit with an even cooler attitude. Fighting!"
