Transcript chuchu@serendipity | Kor-Eng Egle @2pmalways | Scans blog.naver.com/satosatos
Q. 2PM’s 2nd regular album is finally coming out. I’ve heard that your opinions were taken into consideration while making the concept for this album. What kind of concept is that?
Junho: Since all our concepts up to now have been rather dark, we personally became depressed with it as well. It was also hard to keep on showing the dark impression on stage as well. I’m talking about Hearbeat, Without U or I’ll be Back. So we gathered members’ opinions that for this album it would be great to shake off the dark image, and we relayed it to Jinyoungie-hyung.
Taecyeon: This time the concept is very far from the beastly-man one. Rather than coming forth with the beastly image, we’re going to show the image of men who are enjoying themselves. It’s an honour that we’re called the beastly idols, but I think it’s inevitable that one day we would suffocate with this kind of image, so this time we’re going to show our original selves, who can have fun and enjoy the music.
Wooyoung: If you take a look at the lyrics of our previous releases, most of them are sad love songs with an overall dark atmosphere. However, it’s been hard for us to fully express the aspects of such concept, because we don’t have a great experience of sad break-ups behind us. So we wanted to show the things we’re probably the best at. If we were to show us having fun, we would enjoy it and so would our fans. This way our performance would be even more truthful. I want to become one with the fans while having fun with them.
Nichkhun: That’s right. During our “I’ll Be Back” promotion days, I had an opportunity to go and see Psy senior’s performance, and he looked so free just enjoying the stage over there. We also wanted to show that kind of performance. The kind of performance where we all get excited just by having fun on stage.
Junsu: As far as this time is concerned we are sure going to have fun. You’ll understand it once you see the stage, but you will be able to witness the appearance of 2PM who are properly having fun. Please look forward to it!
Chansung: It would be great if it wouldn’t be just us freely having fun, and that our performance didn’t seem forced onto other people. I want to produce a kind of stage where this having fun would fit naturally. And, honestly speaking, I don’t know if it’s ok to say so, but even though we really enjoyed preparing this album, I don’t really care whether it’s going to be a hit or not. From the company’s perspective we’d be in trouble. But we’re already satisfied enough, because we managed to do the job well in good spirits.
Taecyeon: What are you talking about? It’s definitely not like that. It must be successful. We’re definitely going to be successful with this album!
Q. 1000 days since your debut. This time for 2PM was also full of great deals dangerous as infectious diseases. What kind of impact for 2PM was left after the affair in 2010?Junho: You’re talking about the leader’s withdrawal, right? It would be a lie to say it didn’t poison our group. It felt like everything was filtered through and through. Should I say that it was like filtering all the impurities out? It felt like getting a total renewal. So in a sense it strengthened the ties between the members. If you look at it that way, the former affair could be considered as a medicine for us as well.
Junsu: It was very hard. I just think of that as of an unpleasant memory. It was a time when everyone was working so hard, but we were very worried and scared of what the people’s reaction might me.
Nichkhun: I think that time was an opportunity for us to learn a lot. What people are ought to be thinking, and what kind of actions are not accepted well.
Taecyeon: It’s not like we’ve become very comfortable with it yet, because these were really hard times. However, we managed to overcome it, because we stayed together.
Wooyoung: Back then it was so sad, shocking and absolutely not funny. Everyone felt the same, and we had a talk that we should work harder in order to be able to laugh and smile again in the future. We said that we had to get stronger and don’t make emphasis on separate team work. But it felt like we grew to depend on each other even more. No matter how you look at it, we managed to turn the misfortune to our advantage.
Q. What is 2PM’s final goal?Taecyeon: To become even more successful. Receiving love from more people and recognition for the music that 2PM makes.
Wooyoung: Our goal is to keep on developing further, so that with every oncoming album the evaluation from the public would get better and better and so that people would not be able to nag.
Nichkhun: So therefore, I think that 2PM’s 2nd regular album has to be successful for the exact same goal. But we can’t do anything but wait for the results, after having done our best, because it is not our decision to make.
Junho: Right now it’s been almost 3 years since our debut. All the senior singers say that after your 3rd year you start thinking a lot. Because it’s a time when you might be having a lot of other thoughts, and also become weary. So I think that when these moments come, we need to have an honest talk and move towards the right direction. 2PM has to go on until the very end. Because we have a common goal we need to achieve together!
Junsu: That’s right. Even though every single member might have personal activities in the future, the group 2PM itself is not going to disappear, because all 6 members share the same feelings and the same visions about the future.
*Mae be taken out with FULL credits*
Transcript chuchu@serendipity | Kor-Eng Egle @2pmalways | Scans blog.naver.com/satosatos
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