160506 Baekhyun’s birthday party, (almost) full translation
* Last updated 160509 8am KST. I’m attempting to translate any significant amounts of Baekhyun’s dialogue, in linear order. What I have for now amounts to the first 50 min. out of around 110 min. I will keep adding as I work on the rest of the voice file =)
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- Cutting the birthday cake
B: I would really like to share this cake with all of you, and you guys all know how I always used to talk about a snack party. But you see, I realized that bringing food is prohibited here in Artium. So that was a worrying thing for me, and we have to keep the law…you understand, right? We can’t have a snack party but…yeah I’m really sad about it, I originally wanted to have a huge pile of snacks all in one spot, and see you guys’ faces up close and all, but I’m sorry it’s turned out like this… But still, thank you guys so much, really. You know, having a party like this is a really rare thing for me, ever since I was born… You know when you’re little you invite your friends home and order chicken, pizza, kimbab, you buy that kind of stuff and have a party, like Mc****s and all that, you get together in a big room and eat it all, right? I’ve never been able to do that. I used to say, what’s the use of having a party, I can just casually hang out with friends. But after debuting, and seeing our members celebrate their birthdays on stage one by one, I did start wanting to do something. I too wanted to gather together the people that I like, just like this, I want a party! So I…well it wasn’t exactly me that rented out this place, but I made this happen and here we are! I want you guys to tell me I’m amazing! (Fans: Amazing!!!)
B: So we received some questions from you guys ahead of time… I haven’t been able to read them beforehand, the managers refused to show it to me till now. For real! Why would I lie to you guys, this is nothing to lie about!
Oh here’s a good one. “What was your birth-dream [the dream your parents have foretelling a baby in the works, a common Korean thing] and baby name?”
Do any of you guys know my birth-dream? (Fans: No!) I’ve never told this on broadcasts, right? (Fans: Right!) You guys are really in luck! So I’m not sure what my baby name was, but I do know my name was originally supposed to be “Baekho” [white tiger]. But it was too…scary a name to live with, so my parents said, be gentle in life, so I became Baek “Hyun” [the Chinese letter for Hyun stands for ‘gentle, benevolent’], and yes I do think I’m living “gently”, more like “dizzily” [the two words sound similar]. And about my birth-dream, my father dreamt one and my mom had her own too, which one would you like to hear first? (Fans: Both!) So my dad had this dream one night, what he saw was a white piglet, a tiny one, he was washing this tiny white piglet endlessly in the bath. That was my birth-dream. I’m a white piglet, that’s why it’s so hard for me to get rid of my nutella tummy… And my mom’s dream was of a snake. It’s really important to hear what kind of snake it was! It was a “flower-snake”. I actually looked these up on the Internet, because you naturally get curious, right? And I found out that both the white pig and the flower-snake are supposed to mean that it’s a girl baby. (Someone screams: That’s why you’re pretty!) Hey I’m not pretty, I’m handsome! *laughs* So anyway, both my parents thought I was gonna be a girl before I was born. My mom craved strawberries when I was in her belly, and so forth…so they thought I was a girl baby, but when I was actually born, I had all this hair on my head, and these huge ears, I was a little monkey! If you look at any of my pictures from right after I was born, I’m not kidding––say my face is here, then my ears were THIS huge (with gestures). I’d love to show it to you, but I don’t have the pictures with me, maybe later… I’ll post it on Instagram! Anyway, that’s my birth-dream and baby name, we’ve done one question…
Should I do all of them? (Someone yells: We have lots of time!) You have lots of time? Okay then, let’s just play until the last buses come! You guys might have to walk home!
“Would you count as your daughters even ‘daughters’ that are older than you Dad?”
Yessss. Of course I do. See, the reason I used the word ‘Dad’ was because I saw this picture on Instagram. It was a picture of EXO and EXO-L holding hands and walking together. To be honest, it’s not possible for EXO-L to go that extra step ahead of us on our road, you guys are accompanying us on the road that we’ve walked. So I thought it would be so nice to be a Dad, because Dads try things out in advance, and go one step ahead to check out the road, and keep watch in case anything bad is there. So that’s why I wanted to call you daughters, and whether you’re older or younger, you’re all daughters! Because EXO-Ls are the daughters.
“Do you still make puppy sounds in your sleep?”
I keep waking myself up with these sounds, I surprise myself awake. When I’m super tired, it happens without me even knowing. I still do this, and I don’t think I’ll be able to fix it all my life. (Fans: Don’t fix it!) What? Don’t be sick? Don’t fix it? *snorts* I won’t fix it then.
“How do you usually do your signature after you pay with a card?”
How do you guys do it? I bet it’s all the same for everyone, be honest, okay? Raise your hand if you draw a straight line. A circle? A heart? A squiggly line? Oh, I see lots of people do squiggly lines. When they ask me for a signature after paying, I do this (straight line gesture). So guys, how are you supposed to sign from now on? (Fans: Straight line!)
Oh this also looks like a fun question. “The meaning of Supreme for Baekhyun?”
In fact, I do have a lot of stuff from Supreme. First of all I do like it, and every Friday there are new items going on sale on the Internet, and sometimes I’ve waited since 11:59 the night before for that…but you know, the reason I like this brand is, well I usually like wearing training pants, and comfortable clothing, and Supreme is the kind of brand that feels comfortable while also looking kinda good. So that’s why I like Supreme.
I’ll read another question. “When are you reminded of fans the most?”
There’s an additional note here, saying “don’t say ‘always’”. Very detailed, right? Just…when we do pre-recordings, we’ve done it a few times without fans watching us. You guys know about this too, right? When broadcast companies say they’re busy and they need to get stuff done quickly…there were times when fans had actually come to the recording, but couldn’t get in. At those times I really missed seeing the fans. Because for real, performing on stage facing an empty audience, it really drains your energy. When we’re taking MV shoots, we don’t have fans in front of us, but thinking we’d be able to show you something, I get really curious about your reactions, so it’s exciting and I can do it, but doing a performance onstage without you guys…it really feels lonesome. When I do a stage without you guys watching, I guess that’s when I think of you the most.
“How do you remove your eyeliner?”
Removing eyeliner? I do it the exact same way you guys do! I remove it in front of a mirror, making weird faces. Admit it, all of you guys do that too. I bet none of you do it all prettily and daintily, cuz I’ve done eyeliner for a long time, so I know a lot about this. When you fill it down to that membrane, it’s hard to remove with just cotton balls, you need a Q-tip…and if you want to use a Q-tip, you have to lift this part with your hand…(gestures on eyelid)…this is how you do it, right? You can’t do this and have a decent face… There will never be a day where I can show you guys how I remove makeup… Well maybe if we do a reality show later?
So what should I answer next? All of it? There’s a super silly question here. “Do you really dance better than Shim Jaewon?”
(Fans: Show us your dancing! Show us!) I…I do really try hard to dance well, but Jaewon hyung…Jaewon hyung is really so great at dancing. As for me, sometime later, after we have our comeback, like we’ll eventually do, and after finishing that up, if I have time, I’m planning to get dance lessons, I’m gonna go full-scale and stand right next to Kai. *laughs*
“What do you do first thing in the morning?”
What do I do first thing in the morning? It’s my personal everyday life, how can I describe it word for word…going to the bathroom, looking at my cell phone…When I wake up in the morning, what do I do? (Fans: Turn off the alarm!) I don’t even set an alarm, I’m just not the type to wake up to an alarm… When I wake up, first thing I do is take medicine, stuff good for me, like vitamins. I’m jjang, right? Guys, I’ve tried taking all those vitamins. When I was young, you know how parents would say, eat this, it’s good for you, try it! And what did you guys do? Nah, I’m good, I’ll eat it after I get home, I don’t need it. But try getting a little older, life gets really hard. Taking that one vitamin makes your day better. So remember to take those vitamins, okay?
“Do you get special hand care?”
No, I don’t. What I really thank my parents for is this, that my mom has really beautiful hands. Mine are exactly the same as hers. (Fans: Show us!) Show you guys? I have too many scars right now, I’m a dude with rough hands.
“How do you usually take care of your throat?”
A lot of you guys are really curious about this, right? (Fans: Yes!) My throat is actually a lot sturdier than you might think. For real. My throat does get hoarse sometimes, especially at the end of concerts, it gets really hoarse. Then I go to sleep thinking, “looks like I might not be able to sing tomorrow morning”, then I wake up, and I do it. My throat becomes so clear, like, when was I ever sick? But I’ve recently caught a cold, and I’m coughing a bit so today my heart aches a bit [since I don’t have the best voice for this party], but I ask you guys to be understanding, okay?
“Please make a 3-line poem with our fandom name!”
‘Ex’: EXO-L is…
‘-So-’: Precious [KR: sojunghada]
‘-El’: El Dorado
(Fans cheer) Huh, so you guys like this kind of thing… (Fan says: El Dorado!) *Baek bursts out singing El Dorado*
“Whatchu doing tomorrow?”
Tomorrow I’m filming. (Fans mumble) You’re asking what filming it is? What do you think it will be? I’ll take an answer from just one of you. (Fan in front row answers) Drama? Correct! It’s drama filming. It’s a lot of work, really.
“What kind of feeling do you get when fans sing in unison?”
At awards ceremonies, or at Dream Concert, you know, when we can really tell where our fans are? At those times, we really don’t want to go offstage. I really don’t want to go, but the security staff tell us repeatedly to leave. The reason I don’t want to go is, you know at these events there are a lot of EXO-Ls, and you guys cheer really loudly, right? So wherever we go, we hear cheers, like, “Baekhyun-ah!” and “EXO!” That feels really good for us, like we have backup forces with us. So we don’t want to go back in, but we’re always going back against our will. We say, we want to stay, we want to stay with EXO-L, but we have to go. We can’t stay.
So I’m gonna do just one more. “Where did you get the idea for the costume stage for ‘Unfair’?”
It was just because I wanted the stage to be… Wait, you guys all know it was me who had the idea for that stage, right? (Fans: Yes!) You know, there are a lot of jobs out there, not just in our country but all over the world, right? I wanted to get people in any jobs, various kinds of jobs, to enjoy our song together. To hear our song and get cheered up and excited. So that’s why I proposed wearing various job costumes for the ‘Unfair’ stage, and our members are all really obliging, so they were all like, “Sure!” So my idea for those costumes was accepted. You guys liked it, right? I really enjoyed it too.
So this is the end of the Q&A session… I did want to get to the other ones, but the stuff I just told you now is the “cream of the crop”. You all know what that means, right? Just checking, because some of you are so little, little babies even.
The next corner is…“Best Of Best Baekhyun”.
“Best 3 Songs that Suit Baekhyun Well”!
I heard before I came up here that people were supposed to choose songs that were not EXO’s. There were a lot of EXO songs submitted. Right?
Best 3, third place! [“Butterfly Grave” by Take]
This is the song I once sang during a student trip in high school. I can’t remember how it goes… (Fans call out lines) I can’t hear a thing you’re saying! *sings song beautifully* It’s been so long since I’ve sung this… Back then, I was a high schooler, and what did I know? My buddies and I just thought, let’s go and do some harmonizing, and so we sang this song, and we harmonized…out of tune. *laughs*
Second place! [“The Manual” by Eddy Kim]
Have I ever sung this song? (Fans: No!) I was really surprised about this, but I’m supposing that it’s here because it’s a song that you guys love, right? So just now backstage, I listened to this song, just briefly. So I can only sing a really short part of it. I don’t really know the lyrics… *sings part of song* I’ll practice this and sing it somewhere. (Fans say something) *jokingly* You’re…going to hit me? [ ] So scary… I will sing it for you.
I gotta tell you, this [poster holding pose?] is getting uncomfortable… Let’s hurry up.
I’ve sung this song quite a few times…
First place. [“Moon of Seoul” by Kim Gunmo]
You guys like songs like this? Right, this is the song I played on the piano some time back. *sings full verse with ad-lib* How was it? My throat’s not so good today, so I ask for your understanding. But I’m working really hard so that I can show all this stuff to you guys.
Would you like to see what’s up next? Are you guys curious? (Fans cheer) 2nd floor, are you curious? (Even louder cheering) Ooh, I think the 2nd floor has a louder voice!
“Best Top 3 Moments when Baekhyunee Looks Awesome”!
Remember, it wasn’t me that chose to do this one! This one really wasn’t my idea. So, “Awesome Moments”, I’ll start at #3.
Third place! “When dancing on the stage, especially the hip-thrusting in ‘Overdose’”.
One of my legs got longer than the other because of that… *giggles* You want to see it one more time? (Fans: Yes!) Ouch, my hips… I’ll still show it to you. *does Overdose intro* *giggles* You guys might not know this but originally, the opening of Overdose was Kai’s part. What do you mean, I took it away? We don’t have that kind of authority, we just do what the company tells us. It’s just that I have wider hips… Of course Kai is the better dancer, but I ended up doing it, with my wide hips.
Let’s look at #2. [“When breathing”.] *Baekhyun tries to breathe heavily into the mic*
I frankly have no idea what I can do for this. I guess I should just sit here and only breathe.
Let’s go straight to #1. First place!
(Fans: Ta-da!) Wow, we even have BGM here?
“When singing on the stage”.
This is true. To be honest, I’m doing a drama and I’ve done a musical, I’ve experienced a variety of jobs, but I think I have the most fun when doing a song performance, that’s just me. Personally, I wanted to experience everything, of course I wanted to be a singer first, but I did want to try out other things. But as I’d expected, for me, I’m happiest when I’m performing [as a singer] on stage.
*drinks water* (Fans cheer) It’s just me drinking water and you react like this, what would you have done if I [ ]…
Should we move on? (Fans: Yes!) [ ]
“Actions and words that EXO-L would like to see or hear from Baekhyun”!
(Fans: Being alive!) What? Licking my arm? Wisdom tooth? [all sound similar in Korean] Oh, being alive! I…I still have a long way to go, guys. I’m gonna stay alive for a while. *giggles*
I’m gonna start with #3. One two three! “Let’s be together for a long time”, and “EXO-L pose”.
You know, when we get awards at awards ceremonies, those times and even at other times, I say “let’s be together for a long time”, right? I think that’s similar to what I said before, about doing some stages when you guys weren’t there. So I have a wish that those kinds of feelings won’t return, so that’s why I say, let’s last long, and I’m always thankful to you all above anything else.
And the EXO-L pose… You guys don’t know which exact pose is the EXO-L pose, right? Some people think it’s this…and some people think it’s this… I can tell right now that there are lots of “latecomer” fans here! [fans who’ve entered the fandom only recently] The latecomer fans might be confused, but the older fans will know the sign as this. This is the right one, folks. You know, when we’re on stage and too excited, even we go “EXO-L” [and use the wrong sign]. So either way works, but the sign we first made is this one. Why was this? It was because…well at first it was this, but then we said, nah, we should make it larger, to make it easy to see even from far away… And if we look at this [old sign] from far away, it might look like an offensive gesture! [something like the ‘loser’ sign] So we said, let’s make this very clear, so that’s why it became the current “EXO-L” sign. You guys didn’t know this, right? Today you guys are learning a lot of new things.
Now, #2! “Eri-ya, Daddy’s here”.
Hi Eri, Daddy’s here. This…you like this? (Fans: Yes!) I should do it a lot then. Eri-ya, Daddy’s here.
For the action, “Dance”? (Fans scream stuff) Those folks over there are draining my energy, they keep asking for the light switch dance… No light switch dance… I’ve gotten older… I’m not gonna go all like this *gesture* again, right? *giggles* So anyway, I’ve been feeling that I have some talent for dancing, and I’m trying to do more of it little by little. Maybe learn some popping, that’s what I’m doing.
#1! [“I love you”, “Aegyo”]
*deep voice* I love you. *giggles* Now that I try to do it right off the bat, my voice is going all deep. Whoo!
Aegyo? I really rarely watch any TV, but when I was waiting backstage…when I was backstage I saw this heart thing on “Running Man”, what was it? I don’t really know how to do these things. I really don’t! I tried to watch it on YouTube… (Fan: Watch it now!) Watch it now? Haha… What else would be an option? (Fans scream stuff) Bbuing-bbuing is so old, we’ve done that way too much really! (Fans scream more stuff, Baekhyun tries to figure it out)
Ah, “Shy Shy Shy”! What song was that from again? What? Could just one of you tell me how it goes? *sings part, with lyrics changed to include ‘Eri’* Is this the right one? *sings more* Is this it? This was a nice song…
At first I was wondering, what in the world is this “Sha Sha Sha”? Since I used to play a lot of games when I was little, I first thought it was “Shot!”, so something like “Sh-sh-shot”. That’s what I thought. But one day I did a search on the Internet for “What does ‘Sha Sha Sha’ mean?”, and I found out that it was from the song “Cheer Up” from those artists.
One more time? One more time? I envy the choreographer who made these moves, because it feels good as you do it, you don’t get embarrassed. *sings again* This is nice, can’t we get a song like this to come out? “While meeting Eris, Shy Shy Shy”. This is nice. I think this was the first time [ ].
So this is the end of the three topics we’ve prepared, the Best 3 or Best of Best Baekhyun, channel closed!
- Singing “Dream” together
So what’s up next is… Something in order to become one with you all. This January, I released a song called “Dream” with Suzy sunbae, right? (Fans: Yes!) The reception was really good. To be honest, I never imagined it would stay at #1 for so long. But even though we hadn’t gone on music shows, we even got #1 trophies. Ah…really…it’s really thanks to you guys. Of course there was Suzy sunbaenim’s power, but your power…was a little bit greater. Anyway, you all received a piece of paper when you came in, right? (Fans: Yes!) Just to help latecomer fans figure it out—because I guess latecomer fans might not know this song very well—you guys are going to sing Suzy sunbae’s part, and I will sing it like a duet with you. Let’s start…Fantastic Duo!
*Baekhyun and fans sing “Dream”*
