Yesung reveals he entered a singing contest to impress his crush

Super Junior‘s Yesung revealed that his road to becoming a singer was influenced by his crush.

On the July 30th broadcast of Mnet‘s ‘Beatles Code 2‘, Yesung shared a memory about his first major crush and music when he began, ”When I was in junior high, I went on a school trip… I got on the bus, and there was a really pretty girl that caught my eye.”

“For the first time in my life, I had thoughts like ‘Wow, she is so pretty’ and ‘I want to see her again’ running through my head,” he continued. “To be honest, I was never the type of student that liked to stand in front of others. I had never even sung in public before.”

But after meeting his first love, Yesung set out to make a decision that would change his future. “I wanted to look good in front of her, so I decided to enter a singing competition. I won first place and won snacks as a prize, so I asked my friend to deliver the snacks to the girl,” he explained.

Yesung also added, “I listened to Lim Chang Jung‘s “In My Embrace” over and over again to sing at the contest,” and sang a portion of the song during the filming, captivating the MCs and staff on set.