With the recent kerfuffle in Twitter-space between local rapper Sheikh Haikel and Korean boyband U-Kiss, it is nice to know another popular Korean boyband 2PM believe in freedom of tweets.
2PM, which made their debut in 2008, believe in 'keeping it real' for its fans - even on social media.
In an e-mail interview, group member Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul writes that they "try not to censor what we tweet".
Thai-Chinese Nichkhun, 21, who grew up in the United States, adds: "Twitter is our personal space, and we use it to interact with our friends and fans. And we can relay news quickly through it. It's good to be able to talk to our fans from different parts of the world."
The six-member heart-throb boyband also comprise Kim Jun Su, 22, Ok Taecyeon, 21, Jang Woo Young and Lee Jun Ho, both 20, and Hwang Chan Sung, 19.
They are coming to Singapore for the MNET Ultimate Live! Korean pop concert on December 4, which will also see boybands 2AM, MBLAQ and Beast, and rookie girl group Miss A performing.
True to the minimal-censorship rule, 2PM member Lee, the band's resident joker, is unabashed about giving a break-down of their physical assets.
Asked to reveal the sexiest part of each member, he replies via e-mail: "We haven't really thought about it that much, but maybe my butt, because it's so plump? And Taecyeon's body, because he works out a lot. Chan Sung's deep eyes can be quite sexy, and Woo Young's cheeks are cute. Nichkhun's body wave is sexy.
"And as for Jun Su, he says he's sexy when he jumps ropes," he concludes, triumphantly you imagine.
Jokes aside, keeping fit and looking good is serious business for them. They went from teenage boys to muscular men over the past few years, thanks to a high-protein diet that includes eating lots of chicken breast.
"It's most important we stay committed to working out," writes Hwang, adding that they go to the gym whenever they get some free time.
Hey, whoever said staying fresh-faced, posing menacingly in industrial goth-chic leather and fur outfits (as they do on the landing page of their official website) and busting out those sleek hip-hop, acrobatic dance moves is easy?
Just do not ask these idols - who have released one studio album and four EPs to date, and have hordes of female fans in Asia - for advice on how to chat up a girl.
When asked what they would say in English to a lass they fancied, Lee answers simply: "Hi!".
Source: The Korea Herald
ETA: Here's the original article from The Strait Times SG.
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