Conversion from string storage ref to bytes memory[] memory - solidity

Question

Error:
Invalid type for argument in function call. Invalid implicit conversion from string storage ref to bytes memory[] memory requested.
Code:
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
pragma solidity ^0.8.0;
import "./hip-206/HederaTokenService.sol";
import "./hip-206/HederaResponseCodes.sol";
contract Mint is HederaTokenService{
address tokenAddress
string public uri = "abc"
function mint(uint64 _amount) external {
(
int256 response,
uint64 newTotalSupply,
) = HederaTokenService.mintToken(tokenAddress, _amount, uri);
if (response != HederaResponseCodes.SUCCESS) {
revert("Mint Failed");
}
The issue arrises when I try to call the function HederaTokenService.mintToken because it expects the uri to be a bytes memory[] memory. Not sure how to convert it.
The following is the function of mintToken:
/// Mints an amount of the token to the defined treasury account
/// #param token The token for which to mint tokens. If token does not exist, transaction results in
/// INVALID_TOKEN_ID
/// #param amount Applicable to tokens of type FUNGIBLE_COMMON. The amount to mint to the Treasury Account.
/// Amount must be a positive non-zero number represented in the lowest denomination of the
/// token. The new supply must be lower than 2^63.
/// #param metadata Applicable to tokens of type NON_FUNGIBLE_UNIQUE. A list of metadata that are being created.
/// Maximum allowed size of each metadata is 100 bytes
/// #return responseCode The response code for the status of the request. SUCCESS is 22.
/// #return newTotalSupply The new supply of tokens. For NFTs it is the total count of NFTs
/// #return serialNumbers If the token is an NFT the newly generate serial numbers, otherwise empty.
function mintToken(address token, uint64 amount, bytes[] memory metadata) internal
returns (int responseCode, uint64 newTotalSupply, int64[] memory serialNumbers)
{
(bool success, bytes memory result) = precompileAddress.call(
abi.encodeWithSelector(IHederaTokenService.mintToken.selector,
token, amount, metadata));
(responseCode, newTotalSupply, serialNumbers) =
success
? abi.decode(result, (int32, uint64, int64[]))
: (HederaResponseCodes.UNKNOWN, 0, new int64[](0));
}

Answer 1

Just casting it works for me:
bytes memory var = bytes(<storage string>);