Up by jingqichuan
“I have had activities as a singer, and this is my first musical activity. So I’m nervous. I believe the audience will be looking forward to it. I’ll do my best.”
*I didn’t have a Key-related post for a while, so I wanted to share this clip. 
♥SHINee Room～Taemin Q&A♥
☆テミン君は1曲のダンスをどれくらいの時間で覚えますか！？
→1～2日
How long does it take for Taemin-goon to memorize dance moves for one song!?
- 1~2 days
☆女装で、スカートを着る時の気持ちは？
→不便だ
How do you feel when you wear a skirt as cross-dressing?
- Uncomfortable
☆これだけは譲れないことや普段心がけていることはありますか。
→マンネ(末っ子)の位置
Is there anything that you feel you can’t yield?
- Maknae position
☆テミンさんが犬を買うとしたら、どんな名前をつけますか？ (その名前をうちの犬の名前にします)
→ジャーニー(今回ダビングしたキャラクターの名前)
If Taemin-ssi has a pet, what would you name it? (I’ll name my dog)
- Johnny (his dubbing character’s name)
☆寝ちゃいけないのに、極限に眠くなったらどうしますか？
→太ももを抓る(つねる)
What would you do if you are sleepy when you should not sleep?
- I’ll pinch my thigh
[Source: Gateeyoung http://www.taemmunity.com; via shakizi | trans by jujugal]
[Cr to Dazed & Confused; Scan by DC ㅎㅋㅍㅋ] Click to see it big!
(Skipped the part about fashion)
Q: I’m curious to know what else than vintage interests you these days. What is it if there’s anything that shocked you like hammering your head?
Key: Beyonce’s music video for ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ in which she has a wedding in lingerie. Why is she so pretty? It made me almost angry because she is so pretty.
Q: You were angry?
Key: Watching it, I said, “How come? How can she be so in such a situation?” I get angry when someone else beats me to it when I’m thinking of doing what I want to try.
Q: You don’t mean trying lingerie?
Key: Ah, no, not that one. With Beyonce, we have this powerful image of her. It’s amazing to see that people like the calm music video the singer with such an image made for her quiet song as much as her energetic performances on stage. It means she gives off the same amount of energy in performing calm songs. I’d like to be like that. Supposing people are 100 % satisfied when you dance, I think they are 80% satisfied with slow songs. I was wondering how to reduce the difference, but Beyonce did it! If she doesn’t care and doesn’t feel shy in lingerie, it is nothing to be ashamed of. Who would have imagined her doing a wedding in lingerie for such a slow song?
Q: What do you think is the most important among virtues idols should have?
Key: To know well about oneself. What I can do well and what I can’t, and what people think of me. One can grow faster by knowing these. I try to see myself more objectively.
Q: How can you do it? Everyone tends to think well of oneself.
Key: You can do it by letting other people tell freely about what they think of you. For instance, people may not tell it concerned if it might hurt me. I brainwash our staff saying I won’t get hurt and they should tell me if I went in a wrong direction. I don’t get hurt when I hear those things.
Q: Because you are cool?
Key: Yes. From my appearance to my stage manners or my visual in performances and even to my personal relationship, I want them to check everything. As soon as I get off stage, I always ask, “How was it?”
Q: Do you have someone who you can trust most will tell you frankly without trying to be nice to you?
Key: No one special. I told people around me to tell me so. haha. For example, your hair and makeup look different on stage and off stage. They should tell me frankly.
Q: How has it changed you to hear frank comments?
Key: People say I’ve become gentler.
Q: You were not like that before?
Key: When I didn’t like something, I used to tell people, “I don’t like it,” without any other considerations before. But now I say the same thing in a way not to embarrass them, like a joke. I used to be the type of person that couldn’t bear what I don’t like and had to say it right on the spot, but have tried to change myself after hearing it’s too severe. These days fans say that I look like I’ve forgotten how to get angry.
Q: What was it that you couldn’t put up with most?
Key: Being unable to grasp a situation. Then I used to point it out, “You have no wits.”
Q: You stress wits and sense at every interview. Do you think you have them yourself?
Key: haha, I try to. I don’t know well about sense, but I think I’m quick at knowing how winds blow.
Q: You said you try to see yourself objectively. Then what are your strong and weak points as a singer and dancer on stage?
Key: My best and worst point is that what is my own is too clear. What I can do well and what I can’t are clear. I can do well a certain kind of music and can sing well a certain kind of songs. The gap between what I can do well and what I can’t is not just some but too big. For example, I’m not good at ballad songs.
Q: Uk, something of it doesn’t match you.
Key: I can’t sing such songs that say ‘I love you.’ But I have to sing them.
Q: You don’t seem to think you want to do everything well.
Key: I don’t mind doing only what I like to, but I belong to a group. I don’t think I want to do it well, but I think I shouldn’t do harm (to the group).
Q: ‘Real,’ ‘Up&Down,’ and ‘Electric Heart’ are you favorite SHINee songs. You seem to have the sense to catch stylish songs. Don’t you?
Key: Something like this. To take a girl group for example, there is a member who gets the most attention and is loved by everyone. That member is pretty, but I like this member more, something like that. People who speak the same language with me like the same things with me. We like the same music style and even the same restaurants.
Q: Isn’t it you are only seeing those kinds of friends?
Key: My interest seems to be different from that of boys of my age.
Q: You didn’t know what offside means.
Key: I can’t talk about soccer and don’t know well about sports. And my type of girl is different too.
Q: Who is your type of girl?
Key: Kaya Scodelario!
Q: Trusting your sense, I’ll ask this. What do you think SHINee needs now?
Key: Not to be impatient. I think we should do what we can’t do later, what fits us the most now, without considering popularity or money. To do what we can do later and to become more popular, what use is there? It is the most important now to not look awkward.
Q: Do you mean you should do what you can enjoy at your age?
Key: Yes. For example, if you try to look like a grown-up and manly when you look young to anyone, people don’t think you are manly but rather finds you cute. So it’s better to go naturally.
(skipped parts on painting)
Q: When you try something else than music, people may think well or ill of it as a penalty of your fame. What do you think of such a prejudicial view?
Key: Once you mind it, it never ends. I paint because I like it, not for others. If I make a t-shirt, I’ll make what I’d like to wear. I won’t make it thinking, “Many people will buy this.”
Q: I heard you make a promise with yourself every week, like, to read books or to eat less fast food. What is your promise for this week?
Key: doing exercise.
Q: What is your promise for next week?
Key: To make myself busy next week. I get anxious if I’m not busy. I feel uncomfortable while I idle away.
Q: Your last interview with Dazed was two years ago. Do you recall it? Do you still think same way?
Key: Yes, I remember it all. I have very good memory. I still don’t like releasing a single rather than a regular album, and I have the same ideas as before.
Q: Then, why did you say during makeup, “I should do plastic surgery for this”? Didn’t you say you like your face even though it’s not a handsome one?
Key: I like my facial weaknesses. I have no discontents with what I can’t change. It was just a whining, a joke. I like myself very much.
Q: We are Dazed & Confused, so I’ll ask this. What is it if there’s anything that confuse you these days?
Key: Whether I am an adult or not.
[Source: DC Shinee Gallery | Trans by jujugal]
To see more photos, click…
“My character in the sitcom is a serious one, but I want to deliver happiness to viewers. Oh Dalsoo sunbae-nim wrote on his script, “I’ll blow away all the people’s stress of the week with my acting”. I also want to make viewers happy.”
“It was awkward in the beginning. I did an one-episode drama before, but it’s been a while since I did it, so I felt very awkward. Now I feel more comfortable with the staff and with other sunbae actors. I can now express one by one what I didn’t know how to at first.”
“I grew my hair long and darkened its color to look chic. And I have my hair cover my eyes, so my look can be expressive even though I stay still.”
“My character is opposite to Minhyuk. So it feels very amazing and interesting to come back to myself after being engrossed in acting the chic character.”
His activities as [SHINee] are expected to be in the first half of the year. SHINee stayed abroad most of last year for Kpop activities. They are planning to release a regular album one and half year after their 2nd regular album Lucifer in 2010.
[Source: http://www.gamechosun.co.kr/ent/view.php?no=271; Trans by jujugal]
*OK, so it’s a regular album, not a mini. Sure it should be after such a long wait! Yay~
Q．もしも1日魔法が使えたら他のメンバーにどんな魔法をかけてみたいですか？
Q. If you could use magic for one day, what magic spell would you use for other members?
－ｷｰからの返事：テミンさんに物を忘れないようにする魔法をかけたい。
- Key: I would cast a spell over Taemin not to lose things.
- Taemin: I would create wings for all our members.
[Source: DC Shinee Gallery; http://blog.naver.com/hang_a?Redirect=Log&logNo=40149121895]
*Hope someone posts other members’ answers.
…The first dance Rino choreographed for SM Entertainment was Korean boy band SHINee’s debut song, ‘Replay’. She recalled the first time she met the five young lads.
“Oh my god, they’re so cute,” Rino raved, “That was like three years ago. They’re like my ‘babies’. They were so fresh and ready to learn. They were also respectful and hard workers.”
She also named the SM Entertainment idols whom she shared a stronger bond with.
“They’re people I talk about dance the most with, like SHINee’s Taemin, Girls’ Generation’s Hyo-yeon and f(x)’s Amber,” Rino said.
If Taemin, Hyoyeon, Super Junior’s Eunhyuk and TVXQ’s Yunho — generally believed to be the best dancers from each team — battled out on the dance floor, who would win?
Rino first protested “it’s not fair” and explained that she would have to see the four do the same choreography before she could rate them.
Out of all her choreographies for SM artistes, Rino listed SHINee’s ‘Love Like Oxygen’, TVXQ’s ‘Maximum’, which she co-created with Jaewon from SM Entertainment, and Girls’ Generation’s ‘Genie’ her favourites.
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[Source: xinmsn]
To read the whole article, go to http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5045993.
SHINee, a group who made a debut recently with “Replay-you are my everything” and whose popularity is soaring up with their refined sound and captivating dance technique. They are the most competent and anticipated among groups of the same generation, but their unity and good teamwork is another reason they attract people. On the photoshoot, they showed their teamwork.
On the photoshoot for shots with all of the five, Jonghyun led the other four saying “Let’s try a smiling version at first,” “Jump at one, two, three.” During the shooting with two or three of them, Key made an oyaji gag(?): on the camera man’s request, “All with the same [*onaji in Japanese] pose,” Key said “Oyaji pose?”, and it froze everyone still. Taemin was excited like a kid when he floated in the air held up by Onew and Minho. During solo shots, Minho got funny to make Key laugh, and Onew made funny faces, so everyone burst into laughter. Everyone was in a happy mood throughout the photoshoot thanks to the members. When it was finished, they bowed 90 degrees, shouting “Thanks for your hard work!” I think I’ll fall more in love with the five members whose teamwork and manners are perfect!
[The part on M/V skipped]
Q – Your favorite part in the Japanese version of Replay?
Key ’本当の気持ちは伝わらなくて[*I cannot let her know my true heart]‘
Jonghyun Oh!
Key (In Japanese) onaji? (sound same?)
Jonghyun 伝わらなく~て~♪ (tsuta wara naku~te~♪) (He sings the part himself)
Minho Overall the Japanese lyrics feel like more poetic.
Onew As for me…. I like the chorus part “何をしても（僕の心は）もう（届かないのか）(nanioshitemo, (bokuno kokorowa) mou, (dokanainoka) [*Whatever I do, can’t I let her know my heart]“.
Jonghyun The lyrics in this part have tender resonances.
Q – It is not only the resonances of words, but also the singing by you five members makes it so tender. A girl’s heart will beat ‘kyun kyun’.
Key (In Japanese) Mune kyun? (Heart beating!) [*‘kyun’ is onomatopoeia for the heart beating sound]
Taemin Barbe-que?
All ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ(laugh)
Onew In fact we were very concerned if our singing in Japanese could make listeners feel it.
Q – I think so! This song is about a boy who is struggling not to be treated as a child but cannot let the girl know his feelings of love. Do you yearn for this kind of situation?
Onew I like it! I yearn for it.
All ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ(laugh)
Minho In the lyrics, the boy feels sorry because he cannot express his feelings. In a real situation, I think a man would tell the girl “I like you!”.
Key I don’t like the boy in Replay either. If it were me, I wouldn’t hesitate but make a confession. If she says no, I’ll give up!
Q – You don’t drag on with a crush?
Key I mean not making a speedy confession, but keeping the feeling and preparing my heart (for the confession) . Then if she says no, I’ll try to stop there. It is discourtesy to keep thinking without thinking about the other!
All except Key Cool guy!!!! (laugh)
Onew It depends on the situation. I don’t think I must make a confession.
Taemin As for me, I’m the type that can’t make an approach (to the girl) I like so much. If I am rejected… I may not recover from it.
Q – Then you don’t need to appeal?
Taemin So I’ll devise a strategy for what to do while watching (laugh).
Q – An increasing number of girls are making a confession first in Japan.
All Oh~
Taemin There is a trend in dating too, ah~ (nodding).
All ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ(bursting into laughter!)
Key Taemin is an angel. Cute (laugh).
[Korean Trans by 도덕@DC Shinee Gallery | English Trans by jujugal]
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Taemin trying some oyaji gag??
[Cr to Tonghyun@tumblr] Click to see it big!
Q: Favorite woman type?
Taemin: A woman who is kind, tender-hearted, and can learn good points from each other
Minho: A woman who is pure and smiles pretty
Key: A stylish and smart woman
Jonghyun: A woman who knows what to do for herself and has a charm more shining than others whatever it is.
Onew: A woman who is active but not too talkative. Because I’m hesitant in making decisions ^^ (laugh)
Q: SHINee’s charms?
Key: Each of our albums has a different color, but we have maintained our own color and made new attempts in diverse aspects as well as music.
Jonghyun: Distinct individuality. We know each member’s individuality, and our different qualities mix well to form the color of SHINee. For example, Key has changed in a good sense (laugh). Unique and full of distinct indiviuality. Minho is competitive and does his best in anything.
Minho: Onew has a beautiful voice and is a gentle healing type.
Taemin: To say my charm in a word, being positive! (laugh)
- Korean Trans by 도덕@DC Shinee Gallery | English Trans by jujugal
(I skipped parts repeating other interviews.)
5 / 12 (Thu) “ELLE girl” interview
5 / 27 (Fri) “ASIAN PLACE” cover & interview
5 / 27 (Fri) “B – PASS” interview
6 / 3 (Fri) “Ori ★ Suta” interview in series (6 / 10 , 6 / 17 , 6 / 24 – 7 / 1)
6 / 7 (Tue) “duet” interview
6 / 8 (Wed) “TV Pia” interview
6 / 9 (Thu) “Pia” interview
6 / 9 (Thu) “Hanako” interview
6 / 12 (Sun) “ELLE girl touch” interview
6 / 14 (Tue) “WHAT ‘s IN?” interview
6 / 22 (Wed) “Hallyu Pia ” interview
6 / 22 (Wed) “anan” interview
6 / 23 (Thu) “Biteki” interview
6 / 23 (Thu) “Ray” solo in series (7 / 23 – 8 / 23 · 9 / 23 · 10/23)
6 / 23 (Thu) “SODA” cover & interview
6 / 23 (Thu) “JUNON” interview
6 / 24 (Fri) “MYOJO” interview
6 / 24 (Fri) “Monthly High Vision” interview
6 / 24 (Fri) “World Skipa!” interview
6 / 24 (Fri) “Monthly TV Guide” interview
6 / 24 (Fri) “TV Taro” interview
6 / 24 (Fri) “Sky Perfect Communication! Guide” interview
6 / 28 (Tue) “ELLE japon” interview
6 / 27 (Mon) “B – PASS” interview
6 / 27 (Mon) “WPK” cover & interview
6 / 28 (Tue) “Kori Suta” interview
6 / 29 (Wed) “Weekly Ja·Television” interview
7 / 1 (Fri) “popteen” interview
7 / 6 (Wed) “anan” interview
7 / 7 (Thu) “TV Guide PLUS Summer ” interview
7 / 10 (Sun) “POPEYE” fashion photoshoot + interview
7 / 10 (Sun) “Fineboys” interview
7 / 11 (Mon) “Plus + act vol.2″ cover & interview
7 / 22 (Fri) “haru * hana” interview
7 / 24 (Sun) “Skapa e2 Guide” interview
[Source: DC Shinee Gallery]
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Let’s remember SHINee is a new group in Japan. These interviews on magazines are not only for fans, but for the general public who do not know much about them. It’s OK to be exposed this much at the time of their debut. Some magazines’ target readers may not be overlapped. Still it can’t be even compared to the power of TV. It won’t be like this from the next time. Then, hopefully they should be invited in more TV programs.
