on october 16 of the same year, it was announced that he would participate in the 6-member dance group younique unit, alongside eunhyuk, hyoyeon, taemin, henry lau and kai performing the veloster theme song titled "maxstep" for the album "pyl younique album", being a collaboration album between s.m. entertainment and hyundai. a video teaser of the song was shown on the pyl younique show the next day. the song was officially released on october 31, 2012.