EXO member Xiumin will release his debut solo record in September.On August 18, South Korean media outlet News1 published a report claiming Xiumin will debut as a soloist next month with an album.
The news was later confirmed through a statement from the K-pop idol’s label, SM Entertainment, via Mydaily. “Xiumin is scheduled to release his first solo album in late September,” the company wrote in its brief statement, per translations by Soompi.
The impending release will make Xiumin the seventh member of nine-piece K-pop boyband EXO to go solo. He follows bandmates Baekhyun, Chen, Suho, Lay, Kai and D.O in doing so.Despite not having released an official solo record since his debut with EXO in 2012, Xiumin has participated in a number of unofficial solo projects in the years since.
These include his SM Station project single ‘You’, as well as numerous original soundtracks to K-dramas throughout the years, including 2020’s Mr.
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