Song Ji-eun
"Love is Move" is too high to sing. [laughs] I have a thin voice so I've always alternated between pushing in and pulling out rather than putting force to my voice all the time and that's what I did this time again as well while trying to make my voice sound more powerful.
I cried a lot while preparing this album. There were so many different genres of music, all of different subjects, and we'd always record late at night so I couldn't sing the way I wanted. And I'm the type that usually takes a break when I'm in a slump but you can't do that with albums. So I recorded the songs while thinking I should work hard now to not have any regrets when I see the product.
When I start on something new, I usually think about it for a long time and then absorb it in so I can't absorb it in if I don't have enough time. I'll end up doing it half-heartedly.
From the moment that BoA debuted in Japan I sang along to her songs so much that my Japanese pronunciation isn't awkward but I'm not getting any better these days because I haven't been able to study that much. What's really weird though is that I can understand everything when we're doing interviews although I can't speak the language. I think I'll slowly start speaking in Japanese more comfortably in a few months.
The theme of 'stalker' to my solo song "Are You Crazy" was set by an executive at our agency. It was difficult to understand when I first got it but I took it on anyway because I wanted to show people that I can pull of that sort of a song as well. My blue hair to the vibe of the song... it was completely different from what I had shown the public through Secret.
I'm not that interested in clothes so I don't know how to dress well. It's okay because I have stylists. [laughs] Sometimes I ask the members of my group about what I should wear and dress in what they say is okay.
I don't know if it's because our boss is cares for us but he won't let us go outside at all so we don't even really go out shopping when we're in Korea.
Because I had to lose weight I used to starve a lot but now I just eat when I want to. I couldn't fulfill my schedule properly when my health got bad. I wouldn't have any energy so I couldn't smile properly and not be powerful on stage which would make it meaningless for me to even be a singer.
Zinger
I wrote the lyrics to my solo song "Amazinger" in our new album. I hadn't been able to show people my style of rap because I'd adjusted my rap to go with that of Secret's style but I expressed all that I wanted this time. For all 48 bars of the song, I rapped about how I wasn't able to do the music I wanted to or had a hard time because of malicious comments people wrote about me on the Internet.
When I look at lyrics that other people wrote I sometimes become sensitive, sometimes wonder how I could make my lyrics interesting and always think. That's why I jot down memos in my iPod when I come up with good words and then open up all of them when I work.
I joined Secret thinking it would become a hip-hop group but I was wrong. I got tricked. [laugh]
I've been rapping for a while now which naturally has reduced the amount I sing in our songs and I've become worse at singing as well. I really wanted to be good at both singing and rapping in the past but I think I've leaned more towards just rapping now. I want to be recognized for my rapping skills.
But rapping in Japanese is really.... [laughs] I get how I should be rapping but I'm not used to the pronunciation so I have a bit of a hard time when we're recording. We have a Japanese person who directs us and is understanding of the rapping but extremely meticulous when it comes to the singing parts.
When we were in Japan we got one free time during which we ran around a lot in Harajuku. [laughs] And we could've gotten lost since we don't have mobile phones! But I had a bigger desire to shop. Ji-eun gave up on her own shopping and followed me around a lot. (Ji-eun: Well, I don't even like clothes that much so...)
When I flew into Korea I had no idea our photographs would get taken in the airport so I wore just anything. And I became so surprised when it happened. It's only going to happen more and more since we'll keep going to Japan. But it's going to be a lot of pressure because we're even starting to get asked the brand that we're wearing... [laughs]
In Japan I can't understand anyone except the members of our group which has brought us closer together and really become one. That's why we're even starting to talk like each other.
I get lonely easily because I'm an only child. Even when I don't see a single member of our group, I get anxious and ask our manager, "Where are they? What are their schedules?" [laugh]
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Jun Hyo-seong
I've gone back to my purple hair. I had gotten it dyed to promote "Madonna" in Japan but I thought it went well with this album as well so I wanted to sport it again. I am a bit worried that it'll damage my hair. They've [hair] slowly started to get out of control so I'm not going to dye my hair for the time being.
I spent my birthday this year in Japan but I think not having done anything properly for it because we were all so busy will be my memory from it. It had been my dream for us to not be able to celebrate someone birthday because we'd be too busy to. I'm not disappointed or sad that we couldn't celebrate. I was just happy that we were busy. [laughs]
When I was young, I had high expectations for everything so I was always serious and uptight. But I got shocked when my former band disbanded and realized, 'You need to fall at times as well.' Before then, I was embarrassed about falling. I'd worked so hard, trying not to show myself fail, but after showing people what I had most dreaded, I realized that this is what life is about and came to be a bit more at ease.
The optimistic Sun-hwa and quite worried me definitely have different personalities but we're also similar in many ways. Our tastes in food and how we're impatient are really similar in particular. [laugh]
I started smiling a lot on stage starting with "Madonna." It was similar to "Magic" in a way so while thinking of how I'd be able to show people that we've improved, I decided that I should show them that I'm really having fun. And because I had fun, naturally I smiled which I think made think 'Jeon Hyo-seong is always smiling.'
When we did our showcase in Japan I really cried a lot because it reminded me of how we held a small showcase in Korea ahead of making our debut there. And I was so thankful and moved by how we'd had such a hard time yet are receiving so much love overseas as well now.
I learned Japanese by watching Japanese animations. I started liking Shibasaki Kou by watching movies "Battle Royal" and "Yomigaeri" when I was young but started liking more peaceful movies like "Be With You" after some time.
I also used to listen to just fun songs but these days I enjoy listening to ballads by Kim Bum-soo, Sung Si-kyung and Kim Yeon-woo. I guess my tastes have changed. It's kind of weird.
Han Sun-hwa
The mindset I had while preparing this album was 'I want to rest after working hard just up till this time.' [laughs] What I'm saying is that I really wanted to do well this time so I lived by a strict plan everyday. My sleeping time, diet, working out, vocal lessons... That's why the album has to do well. If it doesn't... I'm going to cry right here. [laughs]
I had a hard time preparing the album because we were also busy from promoting ourselves in Japan. I felt a lot of pressure while wanting to put more effort into it because this is our first full-length album but I feel like we weren't able to so there are some things I regret and wish I did better with.
Here, I'll be honest. My birthday is a week before Hyo-sung's and we had always thrown a surprise party for each other every years. So I'd expected something this year as well but there was nothing. [laugh] But rather than being disappointed about it, because I was tired from our schedule as well, I realized this is what adults meant when they said they even forget their own birthdays when they're busy. So we're getting old too.. [laugh]
I've said this before on a TV show but nobody has ever confessed he likes me before. I can meet a lot of people my age on music programs but I'm not interested in idol stars. I like guys who are older than me, not in guys my age. [laugh] (Zinger: Her ideal guy changes everyday.)
We've gone from living in the basement floor to the 2nd floor but we always sleep in the same room because our boss believes we should. And in the past, someone would always mess up the room while another would always clean up the room but we all just don't clean anymore. I guess we're all becoming like each other. [laugh]
Zinger talks in a certain way and I realized that I've come to talk like her too.
Hyo-seong dances, Ji-eun sings and Zinger raps but I didn't have a particular part which I was worried about at one point. But I'm happier now because I can do everything. I like challenging myself in various fields.
I failed so many auditions before my debut but I thought them as an adventure. It was fun learning one thing after another because I was new to Seoul from Busan. I recently opened up the diary I wrote on the train ride to Seoul back then and felt proud after reading it. I thought, 'Yes, I new it! I did it and with such a positive attitude too!" [laughs]
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