Lin-Manuel Miranda’s phone case raised a bit of curiosity from eager fans after they thought they saw a Korean idol on it.
The photo of renowned American composer and playwright Lin-Manuel was taken at a recent march in support of Puerto Rico where he could be seen holding his phone in front of him.
Out of the blue, one netizen decided they needed to know what was on Lin-Manuel’s phone case.
okay but this has been bothering me for a long time… @Lin_Manuel what is your phone case? pic.twitter.com/MsnIG85nRx
— jude // a proud latino 🇵🇷🇲🇽 (he/him) (@judesnavi) November 20, 2017
When he replied, fans were quickly able to figure out who the figure on the case was.
Korean production of In The Heights, friendo https://t.co/0yIT6NcC8P
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 20, 2017
As it turns out, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote and composed for the musical In The Heights…
Yup!
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 20, 2017
And EXO’s Chen was the actor playing the role of Benny in the Korean run of the musical.
It would appear that the Lin-Manuel took enough of a liking to Chen that he got a phone case with his image on it!
Who would have thought that K-Pop awareness could have come about from a politically-motivated rally!
