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The different broadside of Mark Tuan is looking beauteous impressive.
Since entering the euphony country successful 2014 with K-pop boy band GOT7, the 29-year-old has accomplished galore dreams portion besides earning millions of fans each implicit the world.
But aft releasing his archetypal afloat solo project—the introspective album—The Other Side, Mark is acceptable to question crossed the United States and link with admirers successful a full caller way.
"As a group, you're with a institution and you conscionable got to beryllium much cautious astir definite things," helium exclusively shared with E! News. "I deliberation for this album, since I'm doing this independently, I had much state astir what I wanted to accidental and the euphony I wanted to make."
Since aboriginal summer, Mark has been preparing to showcase his caller euphony for listeners passim the states during The Other Side tour. And portion GOT7 fans are utilized to immense flips and large stunts during concerts, Mark says his solo acceptable volition beryllium different.
"I wanted this circuit to beryllium a small much intimate with fans due to the fact that this album, I'm talking astir truly idiosyncratic stuff," helium said. "I wanted to person a amended transportation with the concert."
Within hours of tickets going connected sale, shows successful New York, San Francisco and his hometown of Los Angeles wholly sold out. The quality was perfectly thing to grin about, especially as Mark's been tense about how fans will person his caller music.
"I've worked for a twelvemonth connected this project," helium explained. "The radical has a definite representation and a definite sound, but arsenic soloists, we each person precise antithetic sounds and sensation successful music, but I deliberation I conscionable came backmost and I started experimenting with what benignant of euphony I wanted to marque and past it conscionable came together."
When Mark kicks disconnected his circuit Oct. 3 successful San Antonio, Texas, the "Lonely" vocalist promises to enactment existent to himself. Expect to spot his nails painted and his manner connected constituent aft moving with a stylist.
"Fashion is simply a mode to explicit yourself," helium noted. "I'm ever unfastened to effort caller things successful manner and I bask it."
He's besides going to beryllium traveling connected a circuit autobus for the precise archetypal clip wherever helium volition marque self-care a priority. In summation to showcasing his skincare regular connected social media, Mark also partnered with Spark Aligners and gained a sense of assurance acknowledgment to his teeth straightening journey.
"You got to instrumentality attraction of yourself first," helium said. "By taking attraction of yourself, you tin relax, person a bully nighttime and aftermath up to different large day."
And successful the process, present a performance acquisition that volition permission fans buzzing with excitement.
"I anticipation they tin travel to the amusement and beryllium touched and consciousness something," Mark added. "I truly privation this to beryllium idiosyncratic for everyone. If the amusement makes them consciousness amended astatine the extremity of the day, that's what I want."
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