markβs speech for the world, at the world environment day 2026
βhello everybody, my name is mark lee. it is an honor to be here today. thank you so much for inviting me to world environment day and to Azerbaijan here in Baku. it is a beautiful city. before i sing you guys a song, i would like to tell you a short story.
i visited kenya earlier this year, and at that time, i was going through a very important time in my life. i had to make a very important decision for my career and for my life. and so i had a lot of people giving me advice, asking me questions that i didnβt really know the answer to. i was going through a strange, confusing period of time.
but i was in kenya and so i went on a safari. i saw so many beautiful animals, and i saw a lion. and at that moment, i kind of realized that sometimes its not really important to know the answer to all these questions or to know if youβre perfectly ready for everything, but rather whether youβre willing to take the next step toward real change.
so i made this song in kenya. its called βready or notβ and if i am correct and if weβre all getting the same memo, i do believe that our planet is asking us the same question. not whether weβre ready, but whether weβre willing to raise our voices and take this step. whether weβre willing to care enough to create real change.
i believe our souls all have this longing for a better world and i think thats one of the truest pieces of evidence there is that a better world could exist for everybody.β
UPPER ROOM
a room, prepared before the name.
written before it was spoken.
before the noise of the world began, we record in the oldest way possible.
the wind carries what is written.
the moment the breath touches all stillness awakens.
βbut seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.β - Matthew 6:33 ESV
mark lee u are insane truly insane we love u so much omg π
"why are you crying, it's just a kpop group" actually no, it's a kpop group that helped me recover and SAVED my life when I was at my lowest point and wanted to die every single day
you know why it hurts so much? because the dreamies always felt like childhood friends we grew up with, the ones we did everything with. and now it feels like we woke up and realize we arenβt kids anymore. one by one, weβre going to live our own separate lives.
πππππποΏΌNCT DREAM U GUYS WERE THE ONLY CONSTANT IN MY LIFE πππππππππππππ WHAT DO I DO NOW ππππππππππππππππππ