Based on an allkpop report on February 26, 2023, recently the official Star Wars website has released their exclusive interview with Kang Daniel . Interestingly, the "Upside Down" singer who is known as a Star Wars fan is the first K-pop idol to be featured on the site. Previously, Kang Daniel had often expressed his love for Star Wars on various occasions.
In an interview with MTV he stated that he had taken inspiration in his music from the Star Wars spaceships shooting at each other. While in another interview with Cosmo Philippines, he said that Star Wars had changed his life and made him want to become a film director. He also had an exciting discussion about Star Wars with director Kim Yoon Jin (Our Beloved Summer) at the 2022 Seoul International Drama Awards.
Kang Daniel has even released a sci-fi music video for his song Ready to Ride which takes influence from Star Wars, specifically the concept of pod racing. Thanks to his extraordinary love for their film, the Star Wars film site also took the opportunity to interview Kang Daniel. According to StarWars.com, they interviewed Kang Daniel via email as he prepares to launch his first United States tour in March 2023.
In the interview, the idol shared various things about Star Wars, including how the sci-fi film had an influence on the music. According to Kang Daniel, there are similarities between his current music genre, and Star Wars, "I often think that there are similarities between K-pop and the Star Wars phenomenon.
This genre has changed the landscape of pop music forever and is now a global force, just like Star Wars." He also predicted that K-Pop would continue to develop like Star Wars, "As an artist, I hope to continue to develop, and I think K-pop as a whole will grow in ways that we can't even comprehend now. We have become the universe." our own, as Star Wars created it."
Kang Daniel himself debuted with Wanna One in 2017 and chose to pursue a solo career after Wanna One disbanded in 2019. In the three years since then, he has released four EPs and one album, selling more than 1.7 million units and receiving more than of 150 million views on the music video. You can read Kang Daniel's full interview on the official Star Wars website! https://www.starwars.com/news/kangdaniel-star-wars-interview
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