MONSTA X I.M “10 years of activities, thanks to MONBEBE... Time to get to know myself” [Photoshoot]

MONSTA X‘s youngest member and solo artist I.M has revealed an attractive cover pictorial containing the homecoming of the ‘Spring Boy’. It is a pictorial with the March 2025 issue of fashion and entertainment magazine THE STAR. With flowers in full bloom as the background, I.M showed off his diverse face, sometimes like a dazzling boy, and sometimes like a deep man.

I.M, who recently successfully wrapped up his solo world tour, said, “Time passed quickly and I didn’t really feel it during the tour, but after it was over, I thought, ‘When did I go to all these cities?’“. He continued, ”I was most touched when I sang with my fans, and I liked communicating with them on stage.“

I.M will soon be holding the ‘I.M World Tour ‘Off the Beat’ Encore in Japan’ concert in Japan. He said, ”As it is an encore concert, we will show a different stage from the previous tours, and I especially put a lot of effort into the band‘s arrangement,“ and expressed his anticipation for the beer he will drink in Japan, saying, ”Drinking beer after a performance is really refreshing.“

I.M described music as ”a diary, a mixture of love and hate, and a job,“ and explained his turning point as a solo artist by saying, ”Music is a process of capturing my daily life.“ Also, he stated, ”I believe in not being afraid to try new things and not becoming lazy as I get older.“

About 10 years have passed since his debut in May 2015, and I.M gave credit to his fans, saying, ”I think I’ve constantly been looking for things to do all this time,“ and ”It was possible because of the fans.“ He also said, ”Doing music is a process of looking inside myself,“ and ”It was a time for me to get to know myself more and more,“ revealing his deep affection for music.

With member Kihyun‘s discharge from his military service in February, expectations for full MONSTA X activities are rising. Hyungwon’s discharge is coming up in May. I.M said, ”Monbebe (fandom name) seems to like us the most when we are ourselves,“ and ”Kihyun hyung who served in the military looks even more handsome,“ making the set burst into laughter.

Lastly, he chose ‘Groot’ as the word he would like to include in “I.M is OOO”, comparing himself to the character Groot from the movie ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’. ”Groot answers everything with ‘I am Groot’,” and said, “I understand what that means so well. I think that alone is an answer, so I think the answer would be, ‘I am me.’.”

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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