Former AB6IX member Im Young-min returns as a lead in the BL drama Wintertime, a sequel-world story about reunited men facing old wounds.
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Former AB6IX member Im Young-min is making a comeback as the protagonist of a BL drama. Production company OAK COMPANY recently announced through its official social media the casting of Lee Dong-gun and Im Young-min as the protagonists of Waave’s new BL drama Wintertime. Wintertime is a BL romance drama based on the web novel of the same name by writer Lee Romil. It depicts the process of two men who reunite after nine years facing past wounds and intertwined emotions and becoming drawn to each other again. It shares the same universe as the BL drama Summertime, and Kwon Yi-hyeon, who appeared in Summertime, will also play an important role in Wintertime. Lee Dong-gun will play the cold and free-spirited Gu Seung-hyeok. Gu Seung-hyeok, who has lived in a harsh world, is a person who acts especially coldly and cruelly toward Kwon Yi-hyeon, whom he meets again after nine years. However, contrary to his outward attitude, he hides complex emotions inside. What is drawing attention is former AB6IX member Im Young-min. Im Young-min came from Mnet’s Produce 101 in 2017 and debuted as AB6IX in 2019, but in May 2020 he had his driver’s license revoked for drunk driving. Due to this incident, he left AB6IX, enlisted as an active-duty soldier in November of the same year, and was discharged in 2022. After that, he turned into a solo singer, and last year he left his agency. Im Young-min will play the role of Kwon Yi-hyeon following Summertime. Kwon Yi-hyeon, who endured a harsh reality while carrying past pain, will face Gu Seung-hyeok, who has returned after nine years, and will once again confront the wounds he had suppressed. OAK COMPANY has produced numerous BL works such as Heart Stain, Ball Boy Tactics, Thunderclouds and Rain, Proposal in the Prosecutor’s Office, Summertime, and The Sound of Sugar Cubes, expanding the field of genre content. The new work Wintertime is scheduled to be released in Korea at the end of November. • Former AB6IX Im Young-min moves on to a new path after contract termination... reveals a handwritten letter: “I hope you will continue to be with me” • Former AB6IX Im Young-min speaks about his determination ahead of a Japan fan meeting: “I want it to be a time to retrace memories together”
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