{"id":10251,"date":"2026-04-15T23:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/taemin-on-being-first-male-k-pop-soloist-at-coachella\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:28:37","slug":"taemin-on-being-first-male-k-pop-soloist-at-coachella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/taemin-on-being-first-male-k-pop-soloist-at-coachella\/","title":{"rendered":"TAEMIN on Being First Korean Male K-Pop Soloist to Perform at Coachella &amp; More | Billboard\u00a0News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWe caught up with TAEMIN at weekend one of Coachella 2026 where he shares how he feels about being the first male K-Pop soloist to ever play Coachella and being honored at the Grammy Museum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Tetris Kelly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>I don\u2019t think anybody at Coachella looks as good as you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThank you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>I love the style. Man, how you feeling?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis is such an honor. It feels amazing. Standing on a stage I\u2019ve always dreamed of, it still doesn\u2019t feel real.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Well, you\u2019re talking about this moment right now, man, you were the first Korean K-pop soloist ever to play Coachella. That\u2019s a big honor. Like, how did it feel on stage?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVery honored and grateful. I\u2019m so happy I can\u2019t sleep today. Dreams come true.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>And then, of course, you just dropped new music as well. So I mean, it\u2019s taken a while in your career to finally do your first full English single. So how was it to perform that song tonight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWorking with new producers, I tried to find a balance between my signature sound and something completely new. Taking on that challenge meant a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Well, you killed it, man, very good. And of course, you being honored at the Grammy Museum. So I mean so many honors for you. Congratulations. How excited are you about the Grammy museum exhibit, and what can fans expect?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhen I performed at the Grammy Museum, so many fans came out, and it just didn\u2019t fel real to be standing on such a legendary stage I\u2019ve always known. It was such an incredible experience. Lately, I\u2019ve been experiencing so many new things, and it\u2019s been such a happy, fun ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Keep watching for more<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We caught up with TAEMIN at weekend one of Coachella 2026 where he shares how he feels about being the first male K-Pop soloist to ever play Coachella and being&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217,552,100,94,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-billboard","category-genre-kpop","category-media","category-music-news","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}