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Arena Homme Plus - OCtobeR 2013
Jonghyun's Interview:
Q: What music does SHINee’s main vocalist listens to? J: Listening to Robin Thicke and Pharrell recently. I will try to look for music which are beneficial in recording. Example the songs which Korean idols need to practice the most to are Justin Timberlake’s songs. It’s textbook for idol’s music. Q: There’s idol music this stand-alone genre? J: Of course there is. It’s music which needs to be showcase, so stimulating rhythm are often used. It’s music which requires performance and visual decisions. |
Q: Have you considered composing your songs directly?
J: I’m a voluntary composer. I decided I should compose songs when I was in a band during high school. Then I became a singer after joining the company. Q: Were there any prejudice towards idol music when you were in the band? J: When I was young, I only felt that only my idol’s music is the best and inclined to ignoring the others. This was when I was very young. There was even a story about thirst for music, which was like due to the era’s background. Now the market has already changed. The audience’s visual and audio senses are different from the past too. The idols can also produce all kinds of music now. |
Q: Idol is a kind of job occupation too, surely there are frustrated moments.
J: There is pressure being an artiste. Even though you have to bear with the point of having less freedom, but there’s even people whom used my information for ID usage. Felt invaded because of these illegal actions but I’m already used to it now. Q: Because you are under this company, actually you can be regarded as a company’s employee too. Then are there moments where you don’t wish to work too? J: The most crucial problem is my condition. If my body condition is poor, recordings and practices won’t progress smoothly. If you are not efficient while doing tasks, the pressure will be very big. In that way, the outcome too will be very sad but there’s no way to manage my own body condition everyday according to the schedule, so sometimes have to do it too no matter what. |
Q: This is the pressure that working adults basically face.
J: Even though you are an idol but actually there’s nothing special. While chatting with friends, it’s like the same pressure they face in their daily lives but we have a benefit too, that is our social lives started early. Mine has already been 6 years. Q: You are already at an agent level. J: Haha. Because it has been 6 years, it’s not bad to be able to communicate well in the society. My friends are still being ignored by the society. |
Q: That is indeed very tiring.
J: The pressure that I feel from the society, even though I would complain to friends but friends whom haven’t started their lives in the society are unable to feel the same, so we just simply don’t talk about work. Friends are unable to feel the same and are also busy with preparations for working life, so there might be a possibility of feeling detachment. We would mainly chat about things in the past. There was once in junior high when a senior pulled me over and nearly beat me up, a friend whom was quick on his feet rescued me. We would always talk about this incident every time we meet, very meaningful every time. Compared to talking about the current status, it seems even more meaningful to dig up the past memories. Q: Men will reminisce about the past with their close friends; will talk about women and football with friends. J: Correct. We will only talk about interests during the stage of getting closer because close friends will know about each other’s interests. |
Q: To drink and have fun is the rhythm of youth.
J: I only don’t drink and smoke but will often go to pubs/clubs. I don’t care about the others’ opinions, just really like to chat with friends at good places, nothing different from people our age. Sometimes I would go to internet cafes too. It’s a very exciting moment when you open the internet cafe’s door and walk in. It’s also very interesting when you collected the non-member’s card at the counter. I find this side of me very amusing. Because I couldn’t play games so I go to enjoy the atmosphere. Q: But friends’ attention will probably change when hit mid 20s. J: Some friends were very envious when I attended music school but as age increases, they too gradually stepped back into reality. They understand an idol’s hardship. Now there are no longer any friends whom envy me because they have their own paths. If I complain about being very tired, they too will accept my grouses and said this is how life is. |
Q: There’s politics no matter in which organisation. How is politics like in the idol world?
J: It should be the same as other company. There are tips. Because knowing the efficiency will be the highest when 5 are practising together so will practice together even though it’s late. Also because know which timing is the most suitable for recording, thus will choose that timing for recording.
Q: There’s a perspective that idols are a company’s product.
J: SHINee is slightly different. The company gave us a framework, the members will participate in the production stage, gave a lot of input, when there’s problems, the members will often solve it on the spot too. Need to control the production process in order to make use of the company’s top resources and help, the members will enter production as player. Can consider it a kind of collaboration.
Q: Are there any benefits being in SM, this kind of enormous establishment company?
J: There will be a lot of unexpected parts being shown. This point is a very huge benefit. Because in order to showcase our forte, there will be hundreds brainstorming together and packaging to present a better product.
Q: SHINee is currently at the peak but no matter what the company will have an expiry date shelf life.
J: Singers are story tellers. Because I’m very interested in producing and composing so I hope to produce more music. I’m working towards becoming a composer in accordance with my age. Those 24 years old composers too are also like me composing, practising, penning lyrics and selling their compositions. I’m preparing at a comfortable pace according to my age.
Cr.: Chinese translation: yoyoyuan
English translation: eimanjjong
With thanks to: source
J: It should be the same as other company. There are tips. Because knowing the efficiency will be the highest when 5 are practising together so will practice together even though it’s late. Also because know which timing is the most suitable for recording, thus will choose that timing for recording.
Q: There’s a perspective that idols are a company’s product.
J: SHINee is slightly different. The company gave us a framework, the members will participate in the production stage, gave a lot of input, when there’s problems, the members will often solve it on the spot too. Need to control the production process in order to make use of the company’s top resources and help, the members will enter production as player. Can consider it a kind of collaboration.
Q: Are there any benefits being in SM, this kind of enormous establishment company?
J: There will be a lot of unexpected parts being shown. This point is a very huge benefit. Because in order to showcase our forte, there will be hundreds brainstorming together and packaging to present a better product.
Q: SHINee is currently at the peak but no matter what the company will have an expiry date shelf life.
J: Singers are story tellers. Because I’m very interested in producing and composing so I hope to produce more music. I’m working towards becoming a composer in accordance with my age. Those 24 years old composers too are also like me composing, practising, penning lyrics and selling their compositions. I’m preparing at a comfortable pace according to my age.
Cr.: Chinese translation: yoyoyuan
English translation: eimanjjong
With thanks to: source
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