Eric Nam Talks About Anxiety Attacks and His New EP
While his music might not always be my favorite, I truly love Eric Nam as a person. So glad to see him on the up and up. Here are two quotes from the interview: Having watched you on TV for several years, and knowing you were a singer, I wondered if you were happy – creatively – doing that. ‘No, I was not, I had a really hard time. The reason I got into TV was, obviously, for profile, but my previous company was in a bad spot and I felt I had to bring in money for them. But Korean isn’t easy for me and I didn’t pick it up very well, so to be on live TV constantly and not know what was going on, it was an anxiety attack every day. I would sit there thinking, ‘why am I putting myself through this? I just want to do music’. Since the Interview album, where I started doing more music with the TV [work], that kept me sane.’ If you could change one thing about the idol system, what would it be? ‘I want to say responsibility on the end of the companies, not that they’re doing a bad job, but as much as they are putting money into these kids, the kids are putting their entire lives and worth into your company. It happened to me too – like, they said, “well, we invested this much”, and I had to say “you got your money back, but I invested seven years where I’ve had a hard time.” So they have to think what can we do to make sure these kids aren’t just healthy physically, but emotionally and psychologically?. Then also, how can we equip them with the skills and mindset to move being beyond an idol should it not work out or when idol life is over.’ Read the full interview here:
