There’s a moment about two-thirds of the way through K-pop singer Baekhyun’s solo concert that every fan is waiting for. After kicking off the setlist wearing a structured, all-white look for a run-through of some of his biggest hits, and then changing into a similarly dramatic all-black leather fit for the moodier numbers, he transforms. He emerges in a brand new outfit, one full of color and texture.
He jokes that, at 32, he feels a lot older now than he did back then, though you wouldn’t know from the two-hour choreo-heavy production of Lonsdaleite. “I had the kind of stamina to do anything and everything if I wanted to,” he says. “But now, I first try to think about how I can utilize time more efficiently.