Born to be a Fangirl (hiatus)

❤ANIME AND KPOP FANGIRL FOREVER❤ I don't own most of the photos in my blog, all the credits belongs to the owner. I just simply share them because I love to ^o^. I thank all of the owners for their photos and fanarts; I salute you all & I love you all ❤ HOORAY! YEHET! OHORAT!

[dailyexo]

[TRANSLATION] Kai - 180216 Official EXO-L website update

“안녕하세요. EXO 카이 입니다. 여러분 제가 늦게 찾아왔죠 아무래도 사진으로 고민이 많아서 생각이 많았어요. 사진을 모두 올릴 순 없어서 늦었지만 조금이라도 사진을 올립니다. 여러분들이 보고 즐거우셨으면 좋겠어요. 제 사진 선물 보시고 설날 잘 보내세요. 새해 복 많이 받으세요. 이제 더 자주 찾아오는 카이가 되겠습니다! ㅎㅎ 안녕”

Translation: “Hello. This it EXO’s Kai. Everyone, I came a bit late, didn’t I? The photos gave me a lot of trouble, so I had to do a lot of thinking. I am late because I couldn’t upload all the photos, but even if it’s just a few, I am upload them now. I hope you all enjoy seeing them. Look at my photo present and spend the Lunar New Year well. Happy New Year! From now on, I’ll become a Kai that comes here often! hehe Bye”

Photo links: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47.

Credit: translation, dailyexo.tumblr.com, Source: Official EXO-L website.

[marymanette]

Ahhh I am soooo going to buy a laptop and a phone when I get freaking salary and I am sooooo going on a vacay ALONE!!! It doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone~~

[hogeky]

Top Shoujos

okay this is something i wanted to do for i while. i had read a lots of shoujos so i wanted to do my top because there could be some of you guys that wants to read some good shoujo mangas and in my perspective (in which i read already ) this are one of the best once for me. there could be better ones that i didn’t read yet so im gonna add some new ones later if necessary

Updated!!

orange TAKANO Ichigo 

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2012 

Genre : Drama, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life,Tragedy

Chapter : 21

Art : 9

Rating: Average: 9.1 / 10.0 

Summary : One day, Takamiya Naho receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named Naruse Kakeru. The Naho from ten years later repeatedly states that she has many regrets, and she wants to fix these by making sure the Naho from the past can make the right decisions—especially regarding Kakeru. What’s more shocking is that she discovers that ten years later, Kakeru will no longer be with them. Future Naho asks her to watch over him closely.

Hirunaka No Ryuusei

Main Couple :  

Status: Completed 

Released : 2011

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 78

Art : 10 

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0 

Summary :  Suzume Yosano has lived deep in Japan’s countryside all her life until she’s forced to move to Tokyo to stay with her uncle. A new city, a new crowd, and a new tall, dark haired peculiar stranger that just happens to be her homeroom teacher… she will also have a new classmate named mamura which will have a big role in her life later Daytime Shooting Star is about a young girl’s experience of the heartbeat of first love, and the agony of what comes after

strobe edge

Main Couple :

Status: Completed

Released : 2007

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 39

Art : 9

Rating: 8.6 / 10.0 

Summary : Having no experience in romance, the vibrant Ninako curiously explores the meaning of what “love” really is, and is surprised to feel a colorful range of emotions as she grows closer to the school heartthrob, the quiet yet gentle Ren, who also happens to be involved in a longtime relationship. With every intention of keeping her head held high, Ninako prepares to face the mental pain of this one-sided love that she had allowed to take root, facing a series of trials that would either contribute to her growth as a headstrong woman, or break her as it did with other girls. However, is this really a one-sided love? Or had something been silently sown in the most hidden area of Ren’s heart?

ao haru ride

Main Couple :

Status:  Completed

Released : 2011

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 48

Art : 10

Rating : 8.5 / 10.0 

Summary : Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to “reset” her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she’s cute and had a demure personality she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a series of misunderstandings and mishaps, she couldn’t get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka Kou. Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won’t be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but that they cannot go back. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

ookami shoujo to kuro ouji

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2011

Genre : Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo

Chapter : 47

Art : 9

Rating : 7.8 / 10.0

Summary : Erika lied to her friends about having a boyfriend by showing a picture of an anonymous guy who turned out to be a a schoolmate of hers and was shortly recognized by her friends. Their conversations then was overheard by the guy, Sata Kyouya. Erika went to explain and proposed her idea of faking as lovers. However, Sata who gave off the nice-charming feelings guy turns out to be a black prince and used her reasons to blackmail her instead.

kimi ni todoke

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2006

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 99

Art : 8

Rating : 8.7 / 10.0

Summary : Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character Samara from ‘The Ring’ (a popular Japanese horror movie), has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people. But when her idol, the popular Kazehaya, begins talking with her, everything changes. She finds herself in a new world, making new friends and talking to different people. Sawako opens up to new people, making it easy for them to hurt her or help her. Which will her new friends do?

tonari no kaibutsu kun

Main Couple :

Status: Completed

Released : 2008

Genre : Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 52

Art : 9

Rating : 8.9 / 10.0

Summary : Mizutani Shizuku is the type of person who only cares for her own grades. But when she accidentally delivers the lesson notes to Yoshida Haru, Haru becomes convinced they are friends. Haru turns out to have a very innocent personality, but who would’ve thought that Haru would actually confess to Shizuku?

dengeki daisy

Main Couple :

Status:  Completed

Released : 2007

Genre : Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 72

Art : 7

Rating : 8.8 / 10.0

Summary : Teru, a poor and kind girl, recently lost her older brother, her only remaining relative. Before he died, he gave her a cell phone connecting her to a person he said would support her if ever he were unable to. As time passes she is cheered on by text messages sent from this enigmatic person, known only as DAISY. But one day, through an unexpected incident as Teru begins working for the delinquent school janitor, Kurosaki, she starts to question DAISY’s identity. DAISY may be closer to Teru than she thinks…

TAIYOU NO IE 

Main Couple :

Status: Completed

Released : 2010

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 50

Art : 6

Rating : 8.7 / 10.0

Summary : “Back in the day, this place was like a house of magic. Surely there must have been an invisible wizard living here in such a place so filled with both tears and laughter. Or so I used to think.” What’s a young child to do when her mother leaves her father for another man? Or when her father remarries a woman who brings along a child from a previous marriage? Or when her childhood neighbor friend invites her to live with him?

haru matsu bokura

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2014

Genre : Romance, School Life, Shoujo

Chapter : 14

Art : 9

Rating : 8.5 / 10.0

Summary : Mizuki cannot readily open her heart to anyone, but she is going to turn over a new leaf in high school and change that. But how can she get along with a good-looking group of four, especially with rumors at school about how they met? Although cautious at first, she gradually gets to know their true personalities. A story about good-looking men and the insanity of youth!

Hatsu haru

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2014

Genre : Romance, School Life, Shoujo

Chapter : 4

Art : 7

Rating: 8.6 / 10.0

Summary : When I’m too far, its hard to be seen. When I’m too close, its also hard to be seen. It hurts, I feel like crying. It’s too sad, until I make you laugh. That’s right, this is what you call first love…The most popular guy in school, fall in love for the first time in his life! 

suki ni naranai yo , senpai

Main Couple : 

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2015

Genre : Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Comedy,

Chapter : 4

Art : 9

Rating: 7.8 / 10.0

Summary :Falling in love with a painting while at a school’s festival, Iku is able to meet the gentle high schooler who created it. She falls in love at first sight and with that feeling in her heart, decides to enroll in that high school! But, what happens when she joins the art club and discovers her gentle prince has disappeared and a sleazeball has taken his place?!

tsubaki chou lonely planet

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2015

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 5

Art : 9

Rating: 8.4 / 10.0

Summary : Ohno Fumi is a poor 2nd year high school student. Because of her father’s debts, she’s kicked out of her own home and has to rely on her own connections to survive. Thus begins her life living with and housekeeping for a writer…

Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai   

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2013

Genre : Comedy, Josei, Romance, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 13

Art : 7

Rating: 7.9 / 10.0

Summary : The unemployed Shibata Michiko is betting everything she has on her romance with a younger man—literally. In order to keep him happy, she deprives herself of the things she wants and buys him expensive clothing and accessories. Since she’s flat out broke, she needs to find a job before she starves to death and loses her young love interest. However, Michiko discovers that the boy was never interested in her romantically. Depressed at being dumped and after a series of unsuccessful interviews, she bumps into Kurosawa—an intimidating former boss she used to dislike.

Horimiya   

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2011

Genre : Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 53

Art : 8

Rating: 9 / 10.0

Summary : Hori may seem like a normal teenage girl, but she’s a completely different person after school. In her workaholic parents’ absence, Hori has been like a parent for her little brother since she was young herself. Between taking care of her brother, feeding them both, and housework, she doesn’t have much time for a usual teenage social life. One day, she meets someone else who does not present his true self at school: a quiet, glasses-wearing boy called Miyamura. She’d assumed he was bookish, and possibly an otaku, but Hori couldn’t have been more wrong. Outside of school, Miyamura is a friendly guy with many piercings, and he’s not very good at academics. Now the two of them have someone with whom they can share both halves of their lives!

Watashi no Ookami-kun   

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2014

Genre : Comedy, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural

Chapter : 11

Art : 8

Rating: 8.4 / 10

Summary : Kusonoki Komugi lives with her mother in Tokyo and can’t get along with classmates. Because of her mother’s business trip, she has to stay with her father in Hokkaido for a year. She thinks she will have opportunities to make new friends. She got to sit next to Ookami Yuu, a popular boy who tells her she smells good. One day, she discovers his secret…

Nisekoi   

Main Couple :

Status: Ongoing

Released : 2011

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Harem, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice Of Life

Chapter : 181

Art : 9

Rating: 8.7 / 10.0

Summary : Raku Ichijou may be the heir to a yakuza group, but he’s a normal high school kid who dreams of peace and quiet. However, when he meets super-hot but violent transfer student Chitoge Kirisaki, his life takes a sharp turn for the worse!

to be continued …

[dailyexo]

[TRANSLATION] Suho - 180118 Official EXO-L website: “After a Long Time, Monthly Suho Dubai Edition” (“오래간만 월간 수호 두바이편”)

“CEO 이유찬 사업차 두바이 방문 샷”

Translation: “CEO Lee Yuchan’s buissness trip in Dubai shots”

“photo by 김종대”

Translation: “photo by Kim Jongdae”

“오다 주웠어.”

Translation: “Picked this up along the way”

“세상은 넓다.”

Translation: “The world is vast.

"영광스러움, 벅차오름, 행복함 많은 걸 보고 느낀 두바이에서의 시간 역시 무엇보다 감사함을 가장 많이 느끼고 왔습니다.

어디서나 우리는 하나.”

Translation: “Proud, overwhelmed, happy I experienced and felt many things during the time we spent in Dubai More than anything else, I feel so thankful.

Wherever we are, we are one.”

Photo links: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Credit: translation, dailyexo.tumblr.com, Source: Official EXO-L website.

[103oclock]

STAFF DIARY: EXO-Love ♥

[ 20151010 EXO-Love CONCERT in DOME ] Let’s bring back the memories of the happy day in October that EXO and EXO-L spent together again~^^

EXO with EXO-L

(source)

[103oclock]

151119 SINGLES - Baekhyun’s special afternoon

Congratulations. To Baekhyun, who has 1 million fans, for achieving your childhood dream! It still feels like a dream that I’ve achieved this dream. Even when I started as a trainee, even when I debuted, it all felt unreal. It feels that way even now too. I think it is because I still have a long way to go. The new dream that I am dreaming of now is this: I want to do activities [to work] with the EXO members for a longer time, I want to go up to the next level. Though I actually don’t really know what the next level is (laughs).

What gives you strength when times get tough? This is kind of obvious, but I gain strength when I hear the sound of fans shouting. It is so much better than energy drinks. There aren’t even any side effects. Whenever I go up on stage, I immediately forget everything that had made me tired. But when I get off stage, I become tired again.

We heard that though you have a ‘cool guy’ character, you surprisingly have a lot of aegyo. People say that but I don’t really know myself. Because I don’t do aegyo on purpose. Since I was young, I grew up watching my mother do aegyo to my father. I received a lot of love too, it must be because of these things that aegyo naturally comes out from me(laughs).

(source)

[103oclock]

December 2015 Singles issue - Baekhyun’s interview

Congratulations. To Baekhyun, who has 1 million fans, for achieving your childhood dream! It still feels like a dream that I’ve achieved this dream. Even when I started as a trainee, even when I debuted, it all felt unreal. It feels that way even now too. I think it is because I still have a long way to go. The new dream that I am dreaming of now is this: I want to do activities [to work] with the EXO members for a longer time, I want to go up to the next level. Though I actually don’t really know what the next level is (laughs).

What happens if you don’t really what the next next level is. I’ll just do my best in whatever I do, of course. And I want to do well in everything. I’m being so vague, huh(laughs).

What are you most confident in. It is definitely [singing] songs. It is also because of songs that I was able to become an EXO member. I am even confident of singing ballads from the early phases of the 2000 generation right now. However, I’m still inadequate. I can’t break down R&B songs as smoothly as how Kyungsoo hyung(D.O.) does.

Other than that, aren’t you envious of another talent of the EXO members? (Says resolutely after a long time of contemplation) No. That’s because we have personalities that are different in our ways. Ah! It would be great if I was a bit taller though(laughs).

Aren’t you jealous of Kai’s teleportation? Haha, that is the superpower that every EXO member wishes to have. Because if I have the superpower to teleport, I would be able to arrive straight at a destination that would normally have taken 1~2 hours. In the time that was saved, I would be able to sleep more, and how nice would that be.

Isn’t time difference a pain when you go overseas for performances? You can’t sleep well either. I don’t suffer any setbacks because of the time difference. I wake up and go about when the sun rises, and I know when the sun sets so I sleep well. The state of getting enough sleep is great. Getting sleep during our promotional activities is the most difficult. We didn’t sleep for about 2~3 days consecutively when we were shooting the music video for ‘Growl’. These days, if I have a shooting/filming early in the morning, I can’t sleep well either. My face actually swells a lot. If I don’t get good sleep, my face becomes very swollen. 

You also played in a musical <Singing In The Rain> last year even though you were so busy. I’m shy. It would be great to have an opportunity to be able to do another performance in <Singing In The Rain> again. It was tiring, but at the same time, it was extremely fun. Thanks to it, I felt the joy of acting. They say there is charm in living another person’s live. Because then, I will be able to feel the vicarious satisfaction of experiencing whatever that I can’t experience and whatever that I can’t do in the future, on stage too.

What gives you strength when times get tough? This is kind of obvious, but I gain strength when I hear the sound of fans shouting. It is so much better than energy drinks. There aren’t even any side effects. Whenever I go up on stage, I immediately forget everything that had made me tired. But when I get off stage, I become tired again.

Do you not have anyone you rely on? That would be Suho hyung and Minseok hyung(Xiumin). Especially EXO’s leader, Suho hyung, who listens my troubles. He listens with all sincerity, and talks to me with all sincerity. With Minseok hyung, I look for him when I’m having troubles in situations like “This, or that?”. Though the final choice is up to me anyway, I still sometimes need Minseok hyung’s opinions.

How do you relieve stress? I exercise until I can’t worry anymore. Otherwise, I would go into the car and shout. And I would also focus on a game that doesn’t require any thinking. If I’m in the dorm, I mainly enjoy playing computer games. I’m similar to the guys my age.

We heard that though you have a ‘cool guy’ character, you surprisingly have a lot of aegyo. People say that but I don’t really know myself. Because I don’t do aegyo on purpose. Since I was young, I grew up watching my mother do aegyo to my father. I received a lot of love too, it must be because of these things that aegyo naturally comes out from me(laughs).

You seem to get along very well with Xiumin and the other members. When I first became a trainee, the hyungs said that I was pretty funny when they saw me. A trainee who had just entered the company would normally not do anything and stay quiet, but I really didn’t rest to stop talking. So then the hyungs and friends around me were curious of me. And so I think that was how we became close quickly. Truthfully, I’m not the kind to be discouraged anywhere I go.

Have you experienced a slump? There was a year of nothingness after ‘MAMA’ activities’, until the comeback of ‘Wolf’. It was during that time that I reached a slump. It was fortunate that it wasn’t the peak of our promotional activities. Because I debuted right after a relatively short trainee period, I crashed too fast. So, for a year, I strove hard to do songs and dances as though I was trainee. Even now, when I have free time, I would practice. Because we don’t have time to go to the practice room, I would sing songs in the car as we get to places. I sing to the extent of people around me telling me I am noisy. Since we are too busy preparing for our award ceremony performance right now,  I’m thinking of practicing dancing even harder, starting next year. Shim Jaewon hyung, who directs the performances, says that since I’m great at my expressiveness, he recommends to guide me step by step on how to learn the very basics of dancing.

It seems like you don’t rest at all. I can’t stay still when I hear the fans singing along to our songs in the concert venue. In order to let EXO-Ls feel the ‘EXO pride’, I can’t stop. Aren’t they the people who waited for so long to listen to our songs and come to watch our performances? It is the only way I can repay my thanks to them.

Isn’t that a very nice and perfect answer? I am very greedy. I start becoming excited the moment our comeback concept is set. I think about how I can express this message coolly, and I am extremely looking forward to how the fans will react to it. To meet my own expectations, I can only do my best. This is the best I am doing. No, the only way.

[103oclock]

December 2015 Singles issue - Baekhyun’s interview

Congratulations. To Baekhyun, who has 1 million fans, for achieving your childhood dream! It still feels like a dream that I’ve achieved this dream. Even when I started as a trainee, even when I debuted, it all felt unreal. It feels that way even now too. I think it is because I still have a long way to go. The new dream that I am dreaming of now is this: I want to do activities [to work] with the EXO members for a longer time, I want to go up to the next level. Though I actually don’t really know what the next level is (laughs).

What happens if you don’t really what the next next level is. I’ll just do my best in whatever I do, of course. And I want to do well in everything. I’m being so vague, huh(laughs).

What are you most confident in. It is definitely [singing] songs. It is also because of songs that I was able to become an EXO member. I am even confident of singing ballads from the early phases of the 2000 generation right now. However, I’m still inadequate. I can’t break down R&B songs as smoothly as how Kyungsoo hyung(D.O.) does.

Other than that, aren’t you envious of another talent of the EXO members? (Says resolutely after a long time of contemplation) No. That’s because we have personalities that are different in our ways. Ah! It would be great if I was a bit taller though(laughs).

Aren’t you jealous of Kai’s teleportation? Haha, that is the superpower that every EXO member wishes to have. Because if I have the superpower to teleport, I would be able to arrive straight at a destination that would normally have taken 1~2 hours. In the time that was saved, I would be able to sleep more, and how nice would that be.

Isn’t time difference a pain when you go overseas for performances? You can’t sleep well either. I don’t suffer any setbacks because of the time difference. I wake up and go about when the sun rises, and I know when the sun sets so I sleep well. The state of getting enough sleep is great. Getting sleep during our promotional activities is the most difficult. We didn’t sleep for about 2~3 days consecutively when we were shooting the music video for ‘Growl’. These days, if I have a shooting/filming early in the morning, I can’t sleep well either. My face actually swells a lot. If I don’t get good sleep, my face becomes very swollen. 

You also played in a musical <Singing In The Rain> last year even though you were so busy. I’m shy. It would be great to have an opportunity to be able to do another performance in <Singing In The Rain> again. It was tiring, but at the same time, it was extremely fun. Thanks to it, I felt the joy of acting. They say there is charm in living another person’s live. Because then, I will be able to feel the vicarious satisfaction of experiencing whatever that I can’t experience and whatever that I can’t do in the future, on stage too.

What gives you strength when times get tough? This is kind of obvious, but I gain strength when I hear the sound of fans shouting. It is so much better than energy drinks. There aren’t even any side effects. Whenever I go up on stage, I immediately forget everything that had made me tired. But when I get off stage, I become tired again.

Do you not have anyone you rely on? That would be Suho hyung and Minseok hyung(Xiumin). Especially EXO’s leader, Suho hyung, who listens my troubles. He listens with all sincerity, and talks to me with all sincerity. With Minseok hyung, I look for him when I’m having troubles in situations like “This, or that?”. Though the final choice is up to me anyway, I still sometimes need Minseok hyung’s opinions.

How do you relieve stress? I exercise until I can’t worry anymore. Otherwise, I would go into the car and shout. And I would also focus on a game that doesn’t require any thinking. If I’m in the dorm, I mainly enjoy playing computer games. I’m similar to the guys my age.

We heard that though you have a ‘cool guy’ character, you surprisingly have a lot of aegyo. People say that but I don’t really know myself. Because I don’t do aegyo on purpose. Since I was young, I grew up watching my mother do aegyo to my father. I received a lot of love too, it must be because of these things that aegyo naturally comes out from me(laughs).

You seem to get along very well with Xiumin and the other members. When I first became a trainee, the hyungs said that I was pretty funny when they saw me. A trainee who had just entered the company would normally not do anything and stay quiet, but I really didn’t rest to stop talking. So then the hyungs and friends around me were curious of me. And so I think that was how we became close quickly. Truthfully, I’m not the kind to be discouraged anywhere I go.

Have you experienced a slump? There was a year of nothingness after ‘MAMA’ activities’, until the comeback of ‘Wolf’. It was during that time that I reached a slump. It was fortunate that it wasn’t the peak of our promotional activities. Because I debuted right after a relatively short trainee period, I crashed too fast. So, for a year, I strove hard to do songs and dances as though I was trainee. Even now, when I have free time, I would practice. Because we don’t have time to go to the practice room, I would sing songs in the car as we get to places. I sing to the extent of people around me telling me I am noisy. Since we are too busy preparing for our award ceremony performance right now,  I’m thinking of practicing dancing even harder, starting next year. Shim Jaewon hyung, who directs the performances, says that since I’m great at my expressiveness, he recommends to guide me step by step on how to learn the very basics of dancing.

It seems like you don’t rest at all. I can’t stay still when I hear the fans singing along to our songs in the concert venue. In order to let EXO-Ls feel the ‘EXO pride’, I can’t stop. Aren’t they the people who waited for so long to listen to our songs and come to watch our performances? It is the only way I can repay my thanks to them.

Isn’t that a very nice and perfect answer? I am very greedy. I start becoming excited the moment our comeback concept is set. I think about how I can express this message coolly, and I am extremely looking forward to how the fans will react to it. To meet my own expectations, I can only do my best. This is the best I am doing. No, the only way.

[103oclock]

BAEKHYUN ☆ HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY~!!

On the 6th of May 2016, it was Baekhyun’s 25th birthday. The happy BAEKHYUN ☆ Birthday Party that Baekhyun and EXO-L got to spend together!!

Shall we take a peek at the scene of Baekhyun’s birthday party that was made much, much, much more happy because it was spent with EXO-Ls?

[160506 EXO BAEKHYUN  ☆ Birthday Party!! ]

The Artium was filled with EXO-Ls who were celebrating Baekhyun’s birthday They all have wide smiles on their faces because they are going to meet Baekhyun~~

Baekhyunie is the midst of rehearsal~ Even his back view is handsome~!!

Birthday party, staaaart~!!! The main character has appeared~ ^^

Birthday wishes should not be left out at a birthday party~ Ah~ @@ An angel has came down from heaven~

He read the questions EXO-Ls sent in,, He also spoke his heartfelt thoughts! And also gave witty replies~! Baekhyun is full of sense~!!

BEST OF BEST BAEKHYUN He really gave his best in answering, didn’t he~

And finally, his lethal aegyo Because he met Eri, shy shy shy~~!!

DREAM was sung together with EXO-Ls~!!

There was even a Q&A quiz that tested everything about Baekhyun.. It was a really happy time.

Surprise guests 1,2 who came to celebrate Baekhyun’s birthday Together with D.O. & Xiumin~!! [Shutter noise]~!

It seems to have been a time that will never be forgotten~

EXO-Ls~!!! EXO is making a come back soon.  Please wait a little longer~!!

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[YEOLSTAGRAM]  song by MQ,CY lyrics by EXO-L Composer: That guy Lyricist: That girl This was fun #Vapp #I’m_excited_for_you_guys_to_sing_along_with_me

Lyrics translation

Title: Moon

I think of you in the mid of night Even if my gaze speaks, you won’t know It’s fine, I’m okay alone Will you be here tomorrow?

I hover over you like the moon If I do, will you see me? My heart that wants to go closer to touch you It will always stay the same

Don’t go Hold me in my footsteps Don’t go I need you

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[FULL TRANS] SEHUN EX’ACT LUCKY ONE interview

Keywords: dawn, relationship, side road

Q: What kind of movie will EXO be if EXO were to be a kind of movie genre? What about the movie genre based on your life?

Sehun: Fantasy. If I were to boast, I would say we did things that were not realistic, and we are going to do the same for the future. The members are all very different from one another too. If we were to be made into a genre, it wouldn’t be comedy but fantasy action? The main leads would be our team, EXO.  If I were to seriously express my personal life, it would be a very sad movie that turns happy. Why happy, firstly because our members are doing so well and I, too, have widened my working field. I think it’s because of those two things.

Q: When and where is your favourite time and place? 

Sehun: I like midnight. About 1 or 2AM. The very mid of night. I think the feeling of tranquility and silence that one will only get at midnight suits me well, and I also really like the feelings that I am only able to feel at that time. I can also think more then. As for my favourite place, I don’t really like being cooped up. If I was locked up, I’ll become gloomy. Or should I say that I get lost in my sadness. I have friends whom I always go out with. Though I like being with them indoors, I don’t really like it when I’m alone. 

Q: What do you mostly think of at midnight?

Sehun: Everyone might not think the same but, worries for my future, my expectations, my excitement, don’t we all have thoughts like these? Thoughts of our lives.

Q: Between something familiar and something unfamiliar, which do you enjoy more?

Sehun: I enjoy unfamiliar things. We’re comfortable with familiar things, aren’t we. But we have to adapt to unfamiliar places. Just like how we have to follow the Roman law when we go to Rome, I think the process of adapting to a new place is fun. New people, new things, getting to experience those kinds of things for the first time while there will be many eye-opening and challenging things too. That is why I think I can enjoy unfamiliar things more.

Q: Where do you think you will make your home if you were to travel your entire life? 

Sehun: I hope to have my home in Seoul. I think it would be great if my ordinary day is in the city, living with many people in a place where the air isn’t good and then sometimes going to somewhere that doesn’t have anyone and where the air is good. 

Q: How was your very first travelling trip?

Sehun: I can’t remember my first trip because I travel a lot. I obviously had my first trip but I just can’t remember. 

Q: Then can you talk more about a trip you’re thinking about now?

Sehun: With travelling, I should organise the trip and then travel. But I like travelling whenever I feel like it. I don’t ever plan it and I just go spontaneously. I won’t even bring my clothes, I won’t even book a place, I will just go carrying only my wallet. It’s fun going with my friends and doing things there. I don’t know what will happen but the people that I match well with all like that kind of things. So I think our relationship will last for a long time. If there is a baseball game when we get to a rest stop, we’d do that and then leave, and when we get to Daegu, we eat something. Those kind of unpredictable trips. It makes you excited. When I see others making plans for their trips, I also wish to do the same. I really want to do that but I don’t follow my plans very well. Then I think that will screw up the planning even more. So I just travel comfortably with a “Okay, whatever!” mindset.

Q:  How would you explain something that you like because it’s been a long time with it, and something that you like because it’s new?

Sehun: I think of new things as something that I get to experience and be enlightened by. As for old things, what I learn from them will become feelings and memories and that way, I can remember them. To be specific, it would be human relationships. I think relationships are the most important in life. With humans, the more you see each other, the more you become fond of the other, don’t you? The process of getting close with someone is fun. It’s the same with new things. If you meet someone new, you will obviously have things to learn from them, there will be things you get to gain and on the other hand, you will have an influence on that person. I think those kind of things are fun. 

Q: The past, the present, and the future. Which one of them do you think is the most important?

Sehun: For me, I think the future is important. I think about 10 minutes has passed since the start of the interview but that’s still the past, isn’t it. And so, I wonder if there is such a thing as the present. The moment a minute and a second passes, those moments become the past and besides, we are walking in the direction of our future, aren’t we. I think the thing about the present is that it’s quite ambiguous. Are we able to talk about the present? I don’t think so. That is why I wonder if there is such a thing as the present. Can we even call it the present. Of course if we look at the big picture, we can call the time from just now until this moment the present but if you really consider it, isn’t the passing of 1 minute and 1 second history? Time is always moving so isn’t the the future important? I think of it that way. 

Q: When did you experience the broadening of your outlook on the world?

Sehun: I like things that are eye-openers, I like learning, I like experiencing, and I said that I enjoy coming upon new things. And so I am the type to try everything. That way, I can inform the people that I like and I can be of help. When people say they’ll do something, I can recount my experience and that will help them. I think that also includes how I see the world. So I think I will challenge all kinds of things.

Q: What do you think is the most valuable among all visible things? 

Sehun: Firstly, I am unable to point out just one. Um, isn’t everything valuable? We use every little thing because we need them. Wherever we are, they are all essential and they are all important, are they not? It’s difficult coming up with an explanation right away but I think that even the things that we normally think is bad all have their own roles to play. 

Q: Among the things men made, what do you think is the most praiseworthy?

Sehun: It’s difficult just talking about one, so everything, all. Because wherever we are, they have their uses, and we need them. Isn’t it thanks to them, that we are able to live conveniently? 

Q: What is a moment that you wish to have in your life? 

Sehun: Um, I hope to have a very touching moment. I’m really looking forward to that moment. What it is specifically, I am also uncertain, but I wish to have a touching moment that renders me speechless. I think it is impossible to feel touched if you don’t like that person. When you think of someone you really like, when you were once touched by that person or because they did something that touched you, that is when you are able to come up with plans to make them feel touched. Surprise is also incorporated in the sentiment of feeling touched, isn’t it. Because if there is no element of surprise, you cannot feel touched. 

Q: If you have a twin or a doppelganger, what kind of person do you wish they would be? 

Sehun: We have to be similar. Ah, no. I hope they would be the complete opposite of me. Only that way we can learn from each other, and the way we think will be different too. I think it will be fun if their logic/reasoning is different from mine. I think only in that way, we can inform and enlighten each other. I like taking care of someone. I wish to become someone who strengthens the other. Among the many reasons why living is essential, I think that is one of it. That is my life’s joy. I believe that it is a really happy thing to be able to be of help. And I think that those things will come back to you. So if I die, who will be sad? I have those thoughts too. Among the people I sincerely interacted with, who would be sad? I occasionally have those thoughts too. 

Q: If you were born into a family with 9 brothers, which position would you like to be born as?

Sehun: The oldest one. Then I can take care of everyone. There is joy in busily living in a tough life. Of course I’d be extremely tired and I will need time for myself. But still, if I lived like that, I’ll have things to do and I think that having a life where you get to take care of things will be satisfying and interesting. 

Q: When have you felt that your life is perfect? 

Sehun: I think the greed of humans is never ending. Many a time I have thought that I don’t have more to wish for but because my field of work has widened, I want to know more, I want to do more, I want to experience things. By doing that, it seems like this is how I wish for more. Even now, I have something I am hoping for. 

Q: If you were to be invisible one day and only one person could see you, who would you pick that person to be?

Sehun: The woman I love. 

Q:  When do you feel that the day has gotten shorter? 

Sehun: When I’m happy. When I’m playing with people I love. Or when I go on trips. When I’m happy, I don’t think of what was difficult, or something that I am agonising over at that moment, or what I am stressed over, so it seems like time is passing so quickly. When you’re doing something you hate, you will keep thinking “when is it going to end” and you’ll keep waiting, when is it going to end. By doing that, you’ll become delusional. Then you will feel like time is taking too long. I think humans are mysterious in that aspect. When we do something we like, we go ‘I want to do this until I die.’ When we have that kind of mindset, we don’t have anything to wait upon and we have something we want to do and we do it. And when it happens, you won’t even know that time is passing. 

Q: If day or night was to keep going, which would you like better? 

Sehun: Night, midnight. The tranquil atmosphere of midnight. But day and night have to co-exist. Night is only nice because there is day. 

Q:  What time of the day do you think the sky looks the most beautiful? 

Sehun: Midnight. During that time. It’s very pretty. It’s dark but I like it. Even though we can’t really see the stars in Seoul, I don’t think that it is very important. I’m not the kind to feel moved when I see that kind of things. 

Q: Have you ever felt that someone is of great importance in your life? 

Sehun: I feel that way most of the time. If there is something yummy, I’ll say “let’s come together again.” When something bad happens, they’ll run to me. When something good happens, we share it together. People, though it doesn’t have to be the people I know, but I think that value that people have is amazing. And I can’t even measure their worth. Those people, are the first ones I think of. The ones I can’t live without. 

Q: What is the compass in your life?

Sehun: How should I explain this. If there is a road straight forward or backward, and if there is a road on my left and right as well as side roads, I will take the side roads. There are pros and cons of side roads. Side roads are fresh and they’re not complete. Also, there is something you can experience from it. As with the common straight roads ahead, because there are already many information on it, I know that there might not be things I want to try experiencing. However, as for the side roads, people who have not gone through them don’t know what they hold. And though it cannot be gauranteed, I might be able to be a bit more comfortable and be able to go faster, and it will be fun. The con is that there are many bends. Extremely many. And if you’re not careful, you might end up at the start and go the straight road ahead instead, you might not keep walking the same road too. So you need to be wise with your choice of roads. You’ll learn and experience many things, I think you need to rely on and go with people who make the the environment great. If I can only handle being wise, I will be able to safely and enjoyably cross that bend while living a dynamic life. I think being an EXO member isn’t all straight roads and within that, I want to have more dynamic experiences, do a lot more, know more things, help the people around me and learn from each other. I want to live that way.

Source: Oh_boy_412 (1, 2)

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[FULL TRANS] SEHUN EX’ACT MONSTER interview

Keywords: complementariness, care, emotion

Q: What is the youngest memory you have? 

Sehun: When I was 4? Or 5? I remember playing the games in my neighbourhood. Putting 100won into a machine and shooting. Snow brothers? I was the best in King of Fighters. We had a system in the neighbourhood. At that time, 100won was a lot of money. We had to stand in a line with our pocket money that we worked hard to save. The more difficult something is, the more we will regard it with value and care about it. I think it was even more so when we were younger. 

Q: If you can rewind your life, which time in your life do you wish to go back to?

Sehun: Baby. When I was a newborn baby. When I was in my mother’s womb. There are many things I regret and find sad. If I could go back in time, I want to make those things better and make everyone happier. But I am also very happy now. I don’t want to go back. 

Q:  When do you feel that you’re an adult?

Sehun: I feel like I have turned into the kind of adult my parents wanted me to be. I can’t share this in detail but I think it is when I feel “Ah, I really grew up so much”, when I and the people I like understand each other, and when I was of help to the other party and that’s how they feel my sincerity. 

Q: Have you had a moment where you got rid of that weight of others’ expectation of you?

Sehun: When I play for a while. Even if it is a short while, I would still get to lower that weight and have fun. If that happens, I will come back to my senses. Just like how a screw has to be loose to be able to be tightened, people are the same. You need to be undone once, um! Go “That’s right, let’s try once” and things will be fine. You can’t tighten more when you’re being continuously nervous and restless.

Q: What do you think is the most important in order for your goal to be reached?

Sehun: The obvious answer would be ‘I have to work hard.’ But I think that is a question that calls only for an obvious answer. Working hard for your dreams and goals, being extremely honest, I think the right answer is doing your utmost best in everything you do. I don’t think there is a right answer in how to live a life. But I really think this is the most correct answer. 

Q: When you’re doing something, do you think the process or end product is more important?

Sehun: The end product. But the process can be important too. Of course you have to work hard too but personally, no matter how good the process was, I think the end product has to be good when you show it to someone else. For myself, I have to be satisfied with it. Though of course you will feel comforted by a good process. But I feel that when the end product isn’t good, it is very unfortunate and regrettable.

Q: What are you most afraid of?

Sehun: When I get caught for lying in a situation that can’t be helped, thinking what should I do, drowning in my anxiety. Even if that is a white lie. Because then the trust has been broken.

Q: What you think is the most important when you understand and accept others?

Sehun: I think being truthful without lying is the most important. You can feel it can’t you? That this is artificial. But whatever it is, I think people meet each other to gain things from each other. It’s bad to think that we’re using people but I think there might be useful things to gain. I talk about that usage with the hyungs too. I think it’s right to help each other as we continue to live. 

Q: What do you think is the reason why a person changes?

Sehun: I think that stepping stone or opportunity is different for each person but there are also people who do not change. Of course, one changes when the ego grows. It is different for others but the more you meet with people, I think the bigger the influence you have on that person’s change.

Q: Is that kind of change because of internal or external factors? 

Sehun: I think, first experience the external things and then come back to meditate over it internally. Should I say that you will grow on the basis of meeting people and experiencing and learning things? You get to find out about new things, you’ll find out about not just your field but also others. I think you will be influenced a lot by meeting other people.

Q: What do you think is essential for you to stay the same when people around you change? 

Sehun: I think the attitude I have towards people will be the same. The honest attitude and taking care care of people. Though I think it is pretty bad that even the closest people around me have changed, I don’t think that the entirety of change is bad. It’s right that they changed, I think that in order to grow, you have to change. For example, when I was a trainee, I was a shy little boy. Now, everyone worked hard and are at a good position but I think it is impossible to be intimidated like how we were last time.

Q: Do you like obvious or ambiguous things?

Sehun: I like obvious things. I really hate things that turn out to be nothing. I like things that have validity. Then I can enlighten the other party. It is the same for when I am in public places. As for personal places, ambiguous things? People are free like that. 

Q: Are you type to believe in chance, or are you the type to believe in the inevitable?

Sehun: I think there are both. In human relationships, I think you can’t estimate when chance will come. It looks for you when you’re not thinking about anything. I don’t know about the inevitable

Q: What do you think is most valuable among the things that can’t be seen?

Sehun: Emotions. I think feelings are all important. When we meet people, I believe that we don’t just talk through a language but we also include our emotions. We can also know from the other’s gaze. Because following your emotions, you can then change your expressions. I want to see it once. How we come up with an emotion. I think that people are really mysterious. I want to try digging out the truth. How people were made. 

Q: What do you want to have if you can have only one thing in the world forever?

Sehun: People. If there are people, won’t everything be done? I think we will be able to continue living somehow. Even if there were people and we had no games or handphones, we will still be able to laugh through talking.

Source: Oh_boy_412 

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[FULL TRANS] BAEKHYUN EX’ACT LUCKY ONE interview

Keywords: Future, reaction sunset

Q: What kind of movie will EXO be if EXO were to be a kind of movie genre? What about the movie genre based on your life?

Baekhyun: It will be a documentary. Then you will get to see the group’s emotions all in one. As for my life, I’m not sure. I think it will be a documentary too. My emotions will all be in it. Honestly, if we talk about EXO or me, we’re the same. 

Q: Which lyrics do you like best out of all the songs’ lyrics in this album?

Baekhyun: It would be “Hello angel / You’re like an art piece / If I look at the sky, I only see you”. I think the melody and lyrics match really well. It’s as if I’m really saying it. I like that you can listen to it as if I am saying it to you. 

Q: When and where is your favourite time and place? 

Baekhyun: I like my room the most and I like 11PM to 12AM the most. Because that’s the time I am done with work. I can rest best in my room too. I don’t really like going out sometimes. 

Q: Between something familiar and something unfamiliar, which do you enjoy more?

Baekhyun: I prefer things I’m familiar with. Since I’ve already done the things I’m familiar with, I can apply it and alter it to fit my style. I can then also comfortably enjoy it. I can’t do something I’m unfamiliar with without direction. I think with things that I am familiar with, I am able to show what I have.

Q:  How would you explain something that you like because it’s been a long time with it, and something that you like because it’s new?

Baekhyun: Something that I like because it’s been a long time would be the members. Because by just looking into their eyes, I’ll be able to tell where the boundary line is. Something that I like because it’s new would be a new choreography and song. It’s fun learning to dance to something new. It’s also nice to something new. I think the time we prepare for a new album is great.

Q: What is something that pops up in your mind when you think of old memories?

Baekhyun: It would be singers. Buzz, SG Wannabe, V.O.S, Monday Kiz. It seems like old memories will come back if I listen to these sunbaenims’ songs. 

Q: The past, the present, and the future. Which one of them do you think is the most important?

Baekhyun: The future. I live as I draw out my future. By planning the future, I can then organise my present to fit with it. If I plan according to the thought of “At what age I’ll be doing this,” I’ll be heading in that direction. Life doesn’t always follow what we plan but we should make it follow as much much as we can. I hope I am able to achieve all the goals that I set

Q: When did you experience the broadening of your outlook on the world?

Baekhyun: My outlook on the world is still narrow. It feels like my outlook became narrower since debuting. It’s not easy going around as and when I want, and I don’t think I know much about the world. I only come to know the things regarding my job, but apart from singers, celebrities’ lives, I don’t know much. When I meet foreign fans and think, “Wah, people who look totally different and speak a totally different language are here to see us,” and that’s what my outlook widens.

Q:  What do you think is the most valuable among all the things that you can see with your own eyes? 

Baekhyun: Family, the members, as well as the fans and people around us who love EXO and me.

Q: Among the things men made, what do you think is the most praiseworthy?

Baekhyun: Phones. Because you can immediately convery news to someone else who is far away. I think if there were no phones, there won’t be internet either. There are times when you use the internet through phone modems. I don’t think there will even be internet if there weren’t any devices that can transmit and receive radiowave like that. I don’t think human civilisation could have progressed this much if not for that.

Q: Is there something you consider important though others might regard it as something unimportant?

Baekhyun: Sense. If you are sensible, you’ll have the wits too and I think those little things can make like a little easier.

Q: When have you felt that your life is perfect? 

Baekhyun: I have never felt that way. I keep feeling regret over every single things. I have thoughts of “Will I be able to do well,” and I have never lived a day just making plans. Since I have a spontaneous person, I am the type to do whatever I feel like doing at that moment. So I have never thought that my life is perfect.

Q: What is a moment in your life that you want to have?

Baekhyun: I wish to grow taller. 186cm. I think it’s the best height for guys. I think that’s the most reliable height to wish for. A 186cm tall guy with nice body proportions. (Laughs) If I was taller, I want to take things from a place that is high up.  And I want to look dependable. If I was taller, won’t my feet and hands be bigger too? I want to see that once. How big my feet will get.

Q: If you have a twin or a doppelganger, what kind of person do you wish they would be?

Baekhyun: I hope that they would be someone just like me. I want to see the sight of that. I can’t see myself other than looking in the mirror. I’m really curious. I want to observe them for the entire day. Then I can come back to reflect on myself and I will get to see things that need to be altered.

Q: If you have something you have been constantly curious about and you were to one day have it, what would it be?

Baekhyun: A person’s vocal cords. I am constantly curious about vocals/vocalisation. I think it’s really fascinating. Even today, I felt that my vocals aren’t very good. So even though I was to study it, I don’t think that’s how you study it. I’m curious because I am working a job that requires time and hard work.

Q: What is worth the wait?

Baekhyun: As for now, it would be a break. I’m waiting for the time I get to have a break, and I am also waiting for the new album to be released. I’m anticipating the fans’ reactions, as well as the public’s, when the album first drops. I have the expectation that hopes that they will think of it as something new. I also have the expectation that I can do even better.

Q: When do you feel that the day has gotten shorter?

Baekhyun: When I play. When I play with my friends, when I play with the fans, birthday parties, fan meetings, concerts and such where I get to have fun with the fans.

Q: What time of the day do you think the sky looks the most beautiful?

Baekhyun: For summer it’s from 7 to 8, for winter it’s from 5 to 6, when the sun goes down. The feeling when the sun and the moon meet is the most beautiful. You can also see it as if they’re fighting for their territory. Though it gets darker below, the part where the sun goes down is bright. I think that colour is really pretty too. I seem to become more tranquil and relaxed then.

Q: Have you ever realised that your existence occupies a bigger part of someone else’s life than what you thought it would? Or the other way around?

Baekhyun: The fans, as well as the public that always keeps an eye on us. If those people were gone, I’d be gone too. It would be the same the other way around too.

(Source)

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[FULL TRANS] BAEKHYUN EX’ACT MONSTER interview

Keywords: mischief, consistent, clarity

Q: What is your earliest memory?

Baekhyun: I think it would be me holding onto a baby bottle. (Laughs) I was at my mother’s friend’s house then. There might have been a baby in the house. I might have been about 4 years old then? My mother’s friend was doing the dishes and I remember that I was holding onto an empty baby bottle. It was sunset then. The front door was right in front of the living room and there were 3 rooms. I think it was a brownish house. 

Q: When do you feel that you’re an adult?

Baekhyun: An adult? But I’m already 25. Ah, when I’m a good son to my parents.

Q: Do you think that you’re a consistent person?

Baekhyun: I’m not a person with consistency. I think I’m the kind to act according to my feelings. I’m impromptu. (laughs) I’m fascinated with people who are consistent, like D.O.

Q: Do you think that it is because of an internal factor that makes someone change, or do you think that it is because of an external factor? 

Baekhyun: Factors on the outside play a strong role. If people around me tell me that I’m doing well, I will appear to do well. And if they say that I’m not good at something, I will not appear to do well. Truthfully, I don’t think internal factors are all that important. After all, people cannot see themselves in objectivity, so they give themselves opinions that are more generous than what others would give. So I think that internal factors cannot change a person. 

Q: What do you think is essential for you to stay the same when people around you change? 

Baekhyun: Be very playful and to have a bright personality.

Q: When do you think that you’re the most you?

Baekhyun: When I fool around with the members in the waiting room. For me, when I’m in front of others, I really don’t change much or have different personalities. I’m exactly the same as how I am on stage. Whether I am on stage or off, I’m not that different.

Q:  Have you felt burdened by others’ expectations of you? Have you had a moment where you got rid of that weight?

Baekhyun: Always. Since I became a celebrity, I worry most about what happens if I don’t sing well, what happens if I don’t dance well. If we talk about when I get to get rid that weight, it would be when I practice, and when I exercise. When I take care of my wellbeing. If I do that, that burden feels lighter. If only I could resolve every single one of it. 

Q: What are you most afraid of?

Baekhyun: I’m afraid of dying. By a major illness, dying and not being able to live for a long time. I hope to live for a long time without any pain. Peacefully. As a pacifist.

Q: Are you the type to believe in chance, or are you the type to believe in fate? 

Baekhyun: I believe in fate, of course. “Whatever can happen will happen”. There’s that saying, isn’t there? I believe in that saying. To me, I feel like everything is all about fate. Just like how I got first got casted into the company. And just like how it was fate that EXO was formed.

Q: What do you think is the most valuable among the things that can’t be seen with the naked eye?

Baekhyun: People’s emotions. Though you can’t see it with your eyes, isn’t it the most intriguing thing? Even if you meet every single person, you won’t be able to like them all the same. I think it is very fascinating how your heart moves towards a certain person more than towards others. 

Q:  What do you want to have if you can have only one thing in the world forever?

Baekhyun: If I can have it forever, it would be EXO. I really hope that EXO’s name will be forever. Just like Michael Jackson who was many musicians’ role model, and is remembered and missed by many. I think it would be great if I can live in people’s memories for a long time, and if the one important stroke I draw in my working field leaves an imprint.

(Source)

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[FULL TRANS] KAI EX’ACT LUCKY ONE interview

Keywords: vagueness, 11:30 p.m., trace

Q: What kind of movie will EXO be if EXO were to be a kind of movie genre? What about the movie genre based on your life?

Kai: SF (Sci-fi). SF is a combination of reality and fantasy, and in SF, there are things that won’t happen in reality. I think one can use their own sense to feel EXO.

Q: Which lyrics do you like best out of all the songs’ lyrics in this album?

Kai: I like Artificial Love the most in this album. ‘Twisted feelings and an unfocused reality.’

Q: When and where is your favourite time and place? 

Kai: Um… I think I like the practice room. Since I’ve been there for a long time, I am familiar with it, and I like creating new things there. My favourite time is 11:30. Because that is like the middle of evening and midnight. I like that atmosphere. I think there is an sort of atmosphere that the time where evening shifts into midnight. The kind of atmosphere that you get before shops close. And it is the mid of when the lights are not all turned on yet not entirely turned off. I like that kind of indefinite atmosphere.

Q: Do you like obvious things or vague things? 

Kai: Um, I think I like vagueness. Like things that leave room for doubts. 

Q: Are you the type to enjoy things you’re familiar with or things you’re unfamiliar with?

Kai: Familiar things. I really like the challenging new things but since I am the type that is shy with strangers, I think I prefer meeting familiar people if I am to meet someone. 

Q: If you were to talk about something that you like because it’s been long with it and something that you like because it’s new, what would it be? 

Kai: Like relationships and items, I like things last for a long time. I like things that have traces of my usage because they are things I use for long, or things I don’t use but contains traces of others. As for something that I like because it’s new, it would be things regarding what I do. There are things I want to achieve, as well as making things that only I can create. And also things like exploring the unknown.

Q: Is there an object that brings memories to you? 

Kai: I think it would be when I search among those traces that I talked about earlier. Like things that I wrote in the past. The fact that there are those kind of traces is also one of the reasons why I like old things. 

Q: When did you experience the broadening of your outlook on the world? 

Kai: My social circle is pretty small. But after doing our activities, after debuting, I met many different kinds of people and that was when I thought that this world really has a lot of people. Because I cannot approach them personally, I am the kind to observe. When I see new things, I think “This kind of people exist too,” I like passing time looking around like this. I also really like walking around. But most of the time I am in the car so my summers are cooling and my winters are warm. So there are also times where I lose touch of the change in seasons. There are some busy streets during those times. While others are moving about busily, I’m the only one walking slowly so there is a kind of feeling that time is going really slow? I think I feel that way even if I was looking at that view. 

Q: Is there something you want to have that you’re constantly curious of? 

Kai: Dance. I think I’m really curious about many things that are regarding what I do. Um, I’m also curious about the things in the future too. How will I look like in 10 years, will I be happy. I want to know, but I’m also kind of afraid. 

Q: Have you felt that your life is perfect?

Kai: For me personally, I think happiness is important. We were born to live happily. For what we do as well, we do them so we can be happy, not be happy so we can do them. However, if I only think about things like these, there are times I don’t know when I am doing something to be happy or whether I am searching for happiness in doing something. I then start to think a lot and I don’t know which I should put first and I don’t even know which is the right answer. When I am absolutely not thinking about anything, I think that is when I am most happy. When I am doing a performance, I don’t think about anything, and because I am focused on the performance, I think I am very happy then. Personally, I am like that but there will be times like that for other people when they clearly try searching for it. Thinking about whether I am doing something to be happy, it it  difficult. So instead, when I do something unconsciously, when I’m doing something, that is when I am happy. 

Q: What is a moment in your life that you wish to have?

Kai: When I look back on my life before I die, I wish to die thinking that I led a really happy life. I don’t wish to die having many regrets when I look back on my life. 

Q: What is worth the wait? 

Kai: The really littlest things. For example, when waiting for my food to come after placing my order. I think I’m really happy when it comes to these kind of things. The happy feeling over the smallest things. 

Q: What time of the day do you think the sky is the most beautiful?

Kai: When the sun sets. Honestly, I have never seen much of the view of the sun rising so I see sunsets much more but I think the view of the sun setting is pretty okay. I get that kind of vagueness I talked about earlier too. 

Q: When do you feel that your day has gotten shorter?

Kai: I feel that way a lot. I feel that way when I’m doing activities, I almost feel that everyday is too short. There are also many times where I have to get up after 3 hours of sleep for a schedule the next day. During those times, 30 minutes makes a difference. Because I think time is lost when I fall asleep. During those times, I feel like time is too short. I don’t really feel that a day is long but I basically always think that the day is short. If I’m working, the day is short due to work, and if I rest, the day is again short because I am resting. But I think I like it short. Like I’m living a busy life. 

Q: Among the things that you can see with your own eyes, what do you think is the most valuable?

Kai: People. Isn’t everything that we see important? I don’t know.

Q: Among the things that men made, what do you think is the most praiseworthy?

Kai: Language. Because then we can communicate. (Laughs) Because we communicate through words, we get to interact with other people and we get to feel emotions. I think it’s speaking. Language over written words. Because first of all you will need to have a conversation. 

Q: If you were you have a twin or a doppelganger, what kind of person do you wish they would be? 

Kai: I hope that they would be an ordinary person who has the same personality as I do. I’m curious. How they would live their life. Because if I wasn’t a singer, I would have done ballet. I am really curious as to how I would be if I did ballet. We are exactly the same but at that turning point where I will become a singer and he will go towards dancing, I wish to see myself walking that road. I have never let go of that thought in my life. It doesn’t have to be dance, but I think that turning point in life is important.

Q: What is your life compass? 

Kai: For me? Happiness. (Laughs) I really have no care for materialistic things. The feelings that I feel [is my life compass].

Source: 쁨 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

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[FULL TRANS] KAI EX’ACT MONSTER interview

Keywords: happiness, memory, dance

Q: What is your earliest memory?

Kai: The oldest memory I have of myself is when I was in kindergarten, there was a stationery shop at the bottom of the hill. I remember that there was a claw machine in front of it where you put in 100won and operate it. The image of the catching of items is very vivid. Apart from that, I also remember the first home that I lived in in the past. Was the first home that I lived in? Or rather, it was the first home that I remember. And it was the image of me living happily with my parents. I didn’t give my dad kisses but only gave my mom, those kind of things? I think that was my very first memory. 

Q: Have you ever had times where you think that you’re an adult?

Kai: A time where I think I’m like an adult? The most recent I felt that way was on Children’s Day. I went out to get a present for my niece and had a phone call with my parents. I said to my mother, “Mom, today is Children’s Day, treat me with love.” But my mother said, “What are you talking about, you’re not a child.” And on Parents’ Day, I thought taking care of my parents was an obligation when I was younger but now, because I cannot visit them often, I think a lot about needing to give them at least a phone call. Those kind of things? Recently I feel like I became an adult when it comes to those things but apart from that, I don’t think I’ve felt like I’ve become an adult.  Sometimes I think that everyone, including me, think that we mature with age. After the age of twenty, we think that there should be a line between being a child and an adult. I don’t think that is important. You can still have the thoughts you had when you were a kid when you grow up. And it’s not like the thoughts you had as a child were wrong or had no value just because they were thoughts coming from a child. For me, I don’t think those things are all that important. I’m not trying to make an assertion about what is an adult or what is a child, after all we are the same person growing up. 

Q: The past, the present, the future. What you think is the most important? 

Kai: I think they’re all important. I think they’re all equally important but… The most important is… I think all three are important. I think it is important for you not to lose that drive you had from the past and for you to look back on yourself in the present. And also imagining the things that won’t happen in the future. I think all three are good/important.

Q: When you think that you’re really yourself?

Kai: When I look at the time after waking up. When I sleep in. (Laughs) I think those times are when I’m really myself. If not, um, the time when I think I’m the most me would be… when I discover a part of myself that I don’t know? When I discover a part of myself that is different from the everyday me, I think I’m more myself. If we talk about our social livess, we have a certain attitude towards other people to some extent. With our basic etiquette, we are bound to change how we look at someone according to the situation or the relationship we have with them. I think that is how we view someone, based on our social custom that is fit for that moment. When I meet my friends and a side of me that even I don’t know appears, that is when I really think ‘This is me.’ Because that side of me came out from within me. Because it is the side of me that comes out unconsciously. 

Q: Is there a time when a person you were once close to suddenly felt like a stranger? 

Kai: Many times. There are times when I feel unfamiliar even when I look at my mother’s face. I seriously feel that way. With things that are unfamiliar, it’s not a bad unfamiliarity but it’s somehow like trying to search for something different. I would feel unfamiliar but when I really have a good look at her, I go “Oh, seems like her eyebrows changed?” (Laughs) It can be things like these. A new feeling when I look at them. 

Q: Do you think it is because of internal or external factors that a person changes? 

Kai: I think it is due to both. But I think somehow, internal factors play a bigger part. There are situations that are difficult to someone. However, there are also people who don’t think that way. Everyone’s situation is different so I think even with the same pressure people receive on the outside, the limit for each individual is different. And so I think that the most part of a change comes from internal factors. There are obviously external factors too, but even underdoing the same pain, someone might completely give up, while someone else might become a better person after conquering that same suffering. Other people cannot truly understand the pain that person is receiving since each person has different sufferings. I think it is the internal problem. When one is stressed, only they, themselves, can relieve that stress best and I think it is most important that they resolve it on their own. Though it is also important to receive comfort from others, I think it is different depending on each person’s mindset. For me, I think it is all due to internal factors that one changes.

Q:  What do you think is essential for you to stay the same when people around you change?  

Kai: Dance. That’s because I danced since I was young. I think dance is the first thing I worked hard for in my life. I started dancing since I was 8 and I have been dancing for more than half my life. I don’t even remember what I did before that and I only have fragmented memories of those times. The only proper memories I have are of me dancing since I was 8. But looking at myself still dancing, I don’t think I will change. I relieve stress that way a lot. Also, I think people think that they’re the same. I think I am exactly the same but for people who look at me will think that I changed. It is different based on the point of view the other person is standing at. I think I will be the same if I were to be born again. I won’t change. But I think I changed a little on the outside.

Q: Do you feel burdened by others’ expectations? 

Kai: Truthfully… I don’t. Instead, I am the kind to put the burden on myself. I should be doing better, this kind of burden. Instead of thinking that I have to do better because someone else is watching, I think that those thoughts should be put aside and I have to be the happiest. Because then, when people watch me, they will be happy too. So I think it is best for me to enjoy myself as I go. 

Q: What are you most afraid of? 

Kai: What I am most afraid of? Losing my life goal. I think it is important to think that something has to be there tomorrow, because if I lose that [vision], I will become unhappy. Because every hour in a day is very precious.

Q: Is there something you find important whereas others will find insignificant? 

Kai: A lot of things. (Laughs) Something that others regard as insignificant while I regard it with importance… I can’t really say if I am to think of something like this right away. Because the values each person has are different.

Q: Are you the kind to believe in chance or the inevitable? 

Kai: I don’t really know, I’ve never thought about this seriously. Whether it is chance or fate, they’re both good. Chance is the inevitable and the inevitable is chance. If I were to determine chance as something, it would be something that is fun as for the inevitable… I’m not so sure about the inevitable. I hope it’s not something that is already set. Because that way, life will be fun. 

Q: Among things that cannot be seen, what do you think is the most valuable?

Kai: Happiness! (Laughs) Ah, there are many valuable things. When we were young, we thought about these things a lot. Why is it me? Why am I looking at this thing like this, why am I me? In elementary school, things that were seen through these pair of eyes were really fascinating and in middle school, I was really curious as to why I am me. For me, I can’t sleep at night if I have worries. So when I’m alone, I start off thinking about things and then my imagination takes flight as I start to think about useless things. During those times, I have those thoughts. I think it is most important that I was born as myself. 

Q: What would be something that you wish to have if you can have one thing in the world forever?

Kai: Memories. If I were to be born again, I wish to have my memories from this life. The good things, the bad things, everything. Won’t I find the bad things funny if I were to think about them when I am born again? 

Source: 쁨 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

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[FULL TRANS] NYLON Korea October issue - BAEKHYUN interview

It looks like you enjoyed shooting for the magazine, didn’t you? Even your poses and your expressions were very natural. It’s fun that I get to wear a variety of clothing styles while doing the photo shoot. I like it also because looking at the monitor after the shoot is amusing to me. I enjoy doing things that I normally cannot do on a regular basis. 

There were really a lot of people today but it was as though you were only focused on yourself. Are you the kind to enjoy receiving attention? Whenever I get a lot of eyes (attention) on me, I jokingly tell them to stop looking at me, but I do not find their stares not burdensome. It’s nice having everyone’s attention solely on me. Haha. Because everyone is showing their interest for me. 

Is there a difference between the Baekhyun doing a magazine photo shoot like this or the Baekhyun on & off stage? I’m exactly the same. They’re all me. I don’t think it is worth calling it a difference.

So it seems like you do not have an unexpected side of you where even if you told us about it, we still wouldn’t believe in it. I am bad at hiding things. I don’t think there is anything that people who like me don’t know about me. They even know where all the moles on my body are. 

Among all the different sides of you that everyone knows of, which is the most ‘Baekhyun-like’? It would be the image I have on stage. That’s because I think I am able to show everything that I am capable of on the stage. Even to the extent that I am not even aware of. I think by receiving energy from the audience, some things just come bursting out. 

Is that also one of the reason why you generally take the start of EXO performances? Because it seems like you are in charge of almost all the first parts. I actually also wonder why that is, too. It was the first time in the song ‘Overdose’, but I wonder if that is just because I start off that part well. I think of it that way personally. Haha. It’s interesting. Even for ‘Lotto,’ the first part was actually Kai’s part. However, because Kai is injured, I became the one doing the first part again. It could be because of that that makes people think I’m the only one doing the first parts. It’s not an exact rule that we follow, it’s just that it turned out this way. 

Having only seen you sing and dance on stage, it is refreshing seeing you act in the recent drama <Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo>. Now that you have experienced the field of acting, what do you think of it?  It is really difficult. From the understanding of the character to how I should pace my speech, there wasn’t any one thing that was easy.

Among the different emotions that you had to express, what was the hardest? Crying scenes. That’s because I don’t cry much. However, because Lee Joonki sunbaenim took my acting like it was real and kept up with his lines, I cried a lot. There were many things that I learnt while working with him. 

I thought you would cry a lot, this is surprising. I don’t cry easily. I didn’t cry even when we received big awards. The thing I think about when I cry is my time as a trainee. There were 4 vocal rooms in the practice room and every week, I was evaluated on whatever I practiced there. Because compared to others, my time as a trainee was short, so I was always following them around and it was too much for me. So I really cried a lot while practising on my own at midnight.

You must have really practised a lot. You were originally the member who couldn’t even dance well but with severe practice, you got to where you are now. I improved a lot from watching the best dancer in our team and learning from him. For dancing, just like singing, you cannot just improve at once. Instead, practising will not let you down and as much as you practise, your efforts will show. Which is what makes it more fun. 

Then for now, are you at that stage where you enjoy dancing? I am not at that stage yet but I do like it. In the past, even if a song that gets people hyped was played, my body didn’t know how to react to it. But now, it moves [to the beat]. 

Is there any particular music that makes you dance? Recently, somehow, I dance while listening to hip hop music. Among the songs we have, apart from the title songs because I like all of them, I like the dance for ‘Lady Luck’. ‘White Noise’ or ‘El Dorado’ are also songs that make me hyped when I dance to them. 

Other than dancing, singing and acting, is there anything else that you enjoy? Gaming. There is a game that I am really addicted to. 

What is your level? I think it is of a certain level. I am good [at games]. 

Are you the kind to have be competitive? I am not competitive. I might lose, I might win and when I win, it’s not like I gain anything. It’s the principle of having each other enjoy [the game]. The moment you start to harbour a desire to win, something that you used to do for fun will then become too serious. 

Then what about when you work? It’s different when it comes to work. For that, I think you have to have a drive in order to be able to survive. There are many idols in this industry. Among them, in order to get a hold of what belongs to us, we have to be competitive. 

Do you still have that kind of pressure? Truthfully, if we were to talk about EXO now, [you guys] are the best team among the idols. I wish that was true in reality. When talking about EXO, people say that we are amazing but I am not quite sure if that is what everyone thinks. Instead of just a particular age group, I think it would be nice if more people remember each and every EXO member, and if they also know what traits we [each] possess. I wish for people to recognise the individual members in EXO just as they recognise EXO as a whole

But still, as EXO and as EXO’s Baekhyun, it would be good to daringly try whatever you want to do now. There are many things that is possible by using just that name. That is honestly not easy. Personally, I still have a long way to go if I want to spread my roots. That is why sometimes I act, I do musicals, and I emcee but I think it is difficult to consistently show different images [of myself]. It is most important for me to show my image as a part of EXO and if I have enough time on my hands, I wish to show a good image of myself. I think it would be nice if it had a solo or even a modified unit [in EXO]. Since there are many members, there is much you will be able to see from us.

Then, if say you were to form a unit based on how you would like it to be, what kind of unit and content would you like to show? I would form a vocal unit with me, Chen and Xiumin, who [both] live on the same floor with me. There was something small that we showed at the concert but I think that would be a good unit. 

You are 25 years old now, which is exactly in your mid 20′s. How aware are you of your age?  Instead of thinking that I am 25, I think of myself as mature. Even if it was just a little, I started doing my part as a filial son to my parents, and I think being in a position where I can’t just do whatever I want thoughtlessly has made my thought become more mature. I think about what I should do so I wouldn’t make any mistakes and live a good life as a celebrity. I certainly have more thoughts now compared to the past. I have a responsiblity over the members and my family, and I try to do what is morally correct. 

Do you not feel a regret that you became aware of that responsibility so early in your life? You could just enjoy your youth as it is now. Honestly, I do, which is why I quite enjoy gaming and I also like meeting and talking to friends. During those times, I feel really young. Sometimes apart from the times I have to catch myself, I am living the life as a normal 25-year-old.

Is there something that you used to like when you were younger but now are less interested in? Going out and about. There are times you just wander about without any reason, aren’t there. I used to like pointlessly going out with my friends even when we had nothing to do. I have lost interest in that kind of thing. 

Then on the other hand, is there something you didn’t know of before, but recently found out about the good of it? Staying home? Haha. I really couldn’t stay home to watch a movie or to listen to music and lie down and do nothing. It made me restless and I thought it was a waste of time. I don’t know why I thought like that, but I have come to like it now. Instead of me becoming more mature, that is just me becoming more relaxed.

What do you live for now? Everyone has their own colour (character). Even our scents are different. Either way, celebrities are fighting for colours but I think it is right to look harder for your own colour. For me, I think I have my own exact colour. Though I don’t know if it is just my own delusion. (Laughs) If my witty and carefree self on stage is my colour now, then in the future, I wish to be remembered as someone who does everything well. And so, I keep monitoring myself while discovering and showing as many things of myself. That is the drive that keeps me going. 

Going a bit further, what do you think is the reason of your presence? The reason why someone called Baekhyun exists. Happiness. The world is very chaotic and people have lost all their feelings but when someone always lives their life brightly, there will be happy things that may arise from even the little things around them. For me, since I was young, I was not the most popular kid in class because I was handsome. Instead, I was the kid who was friendly with the entire school. And being tactful, I am the kind that would not do things that would make the other person’s mood sour. Also, I did not treat people based on stereotypes and instead, I was a kid who liked making others laugh and enjoy themselves. I would high five people in the corridors one by one. It was actually really hard. (Laughs) But that was my personality, so I couldn’t help it. But wouldn’t it be nice if you have more friends who are like that? And so for me, my existence is to give that kind of happiness.

So if there was someone who is exactly like Baekhyun, do you think you will be happy? Let’s just say, a doppelganger.  Ah, it would definitely be nice… I would like it! It would be interesting. Though there might be things that I will think “He really shouldn’t be doing that” when I look at him. Then I would have to give him some advice. 

Will you be close to him? I don’t think I will want to be close to him. Haha. Because it is a little weird being together with someone who is so similar to your personality. It would be good if he lives well in a different area, somewhere really far.

(Source)