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MIN Opens Up About Battling K-Pop Rivals, Ageism & Playing the ‘Peacemaker’ Ahead of Debut Album: ‘This Is My Prime Time’


On MIN's birthday, the miss A member's EP 'Prime Time' arrives with layered meaning in a career that's moved from JYP Entertainment to Broadway.

A longtime symbol of love, beauty and longevity, the camellia has made its mark on pop culture as Coco Chanel’s signature flower, teaching an important lesson about prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird and, for MIN and her grandmother, the floral represents the K-pop star herself. After working on South Korean children’s television and joining K-pop agency JYP Entertainment in middle school, a teenage MIN moved to New York for an intended international solo career that included mentorship from Lil Jon. Despite being characterized as miss A’s spunky main dancer, typically rocking a jagged bob and showing heel-over-head flexibility in music videos, MIN says she began battling high levels of self-doubt and anxiety near the act’s third or fourth year.

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