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Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir on Q TV
BIG thank you to @code-name-bluebird for sending me this link from a 2011 interview with Scott and Tessa.
Tessa broaches the topic of her 2008 surgery at 11:33, which sounds just brutal in more ways than one. Her injury and surgery wreaked havoc on their relationship, to the point they didn’t even speak to one another. (Forgive me, I’m new to virtue moir, so this is all news to me!) I can’t imagine what this would be like.
This is what Scott said about not talking to Tessa:
“Once it got past a certain point, it almost became, like we couldn’t even pick up the phone and call each other. We didn’t know what to say to each other, and just the awkwardness just grew.”
“We’d never not talked to each other for two months. And now in 2008, we have Tessa coming back from the biggest injury of our lives, and Tessa and Scott don’t even know each other.”
At 13:05, the interviewer (ewww...is that Jian Ghomeshi?) asks Scott, “In that moment, were you angry? Were you angry with her or with life?” Scott shows clear discomfort on his face, almost grimacing. He’s shifting in his chair. It’s so hard to watch. He answers. And then the interviewer asks Tessa, “Were you angry at Scott for not being in touch with you?” Tessa’s answer is quick.
Yes. A little bit. And I think, looking back, I didn’t do a very good job of explaining my pain to him.
They go on to talk about visiting a counselor to help them get ready for the games and come together again, which I find really interesting. They HAD to be extremely committed to one another on more than a professional level to do this. I mean, how many actual married couples refuse to go to counseling or really examine themselves in order to be better partners to one another?!?!
This right here, from Tessa at 15:50, just blew me away:
“Whether we’re on the ice or off the ice, we need each other.”
SIGH...Watch out for Scott’s wink at 20:35. It’s adorable. They’re adorable. I’m fallen down the Tessa and Scott sinkhole, and I CAN’T GET OUT! 😂
Hello Calvin. Where are you?
I’m in my studio on [London cultural hotspot] Hornsey Road. Is this interview going to get turned into a glossy pamphlet that you’re going to sell?
No. What’s happening today. Are you making some hits?
(Laughs) Today I am getting some guide vocals recorded for a song I wrote that’s for a girl, and I don’t want to sing the guide vocals because it’s a particularly girlie song and I’m too embarrassed to send my version with me singing to the artist in question.
You do sound girlie fairly frequently, though.
Yes absolutely, I’ve got a falsetto tone that I like to use. I sang the demo of ‘Bounce’ and it was PHENOMENAL. I’m thinking of releasing that mix as some sort of iTunes bonus mix.
Amazing.
Well I don’t know about amazing – it’s certainly ‘special’. It’s a special mix.
Maybe save it for the 25th anniversary anthology.
Or maybe as an album bonus track. ‘Extra content’.
What’s the worst ‘extra content’ you’ve ever produced?
Me? I’m struggling to think of much that we’ve done. I suspect there will be some YouTube videos that I was roped into very early on. Around my first album. We did a series of YouTube videos of me just acting like a complete dickhead. But I’d been told to act like a dickhead! Showing people around my crib-in-inverted-commas when it was the Holiday Inn I was staying in. Things that were not very funny, thought of by online marketing people. Something like that. THAT’S content, but you can’t buy it. (Pause) Well you certainly couldn’t sell it.
What sort of ‘content’ will be on your new album? How much is there to hear at this stage?
Well there’s not much to hear to be honest. I could give you a blast of the second single but there’s not much point in that over the phone. The album’s not coming out until next… Next… Let’s say next year.
That’s quite a long time. It felt like it would be this single then another then the album.
No. Well that would be the old favourite, wouldn’t it? The two-singles-then-the-album routine. But there are going to be at least four singles, maybe five. Or possibly there will never even be an album. We might get to five singles and think, ‘nah, fuck it’.
Surely after the fifth it’ll be greatest hits o’clock, job done, thank you ladies and gentlemen: GOODNIGHT.
(Laughs) OR, like in America, they do that eight-for-eight thing. Eight tracks for eight dollars. I could do something like that. But with the exchange rate it would be, er… Eight… Four… Er, I don’t know. Six? 5.6? Pounds? Er… Does that sound good?
It depends Calvin on whether the songs are any good. It would be a lot easier if the price of a download was in some way connected to how good it was.
Ah, but that’s just a matter of opinion thought isn’t it?
No.
No?
No.
I always think this as well actually. I think there are some good songs and some bad songs and that’s just the way it is. Some things are good for different reasons, and some things are bad for different reasons.
Maybe. I don’t think this is something you can apply to every song. Maybe with two thirds of songs you can’t say whether it’s objectively good or objectively bad, but the remaining third of music, well, yes you can. You cannot use the magic on everything, but that doesn’t mean it works on nothing.
Hm. But I guess – and I’m not including you in this – most music journalists would say that their opinion holds the most gravitas when in fact a lot of them don’t know much at all.
That was an incredible backhanded compliment, to say ‘and I’m not including you in this’. Superficially flattering, but at the heart of it you are simply saying “I do not consider you a music journalist”. Amazing.
(Guffaws) Let’s just move on shall we.
Are you impressed that you mentioned several minutes ago that you had written a song for a female artist, but weren’t immediately bombarded with questions about her identity?
Yes. Well, you probably knew that I’m definitely not going to tell you because she hasn’t agreed to it yet.
Be that as it may, who is it?
I can’t tell you.
Is it someone for your album or is it someone you’re submitting a song to?
Oh it’s for my album, I don’t work on anyone else’s songs any more. I’ve had enough of all that.
What changed your mind on that?
I was always singing on my music to start with, but now I don’t need to song on it because, well, I’ve decided not to. So now every track I make can be a track by me featuring whoever. So there’s no need to give songs to anyone else. Before I needed an outlet for the more girlie songs that only girls could sing on, and now I don’t need to do that.
Most dance songs do sound good with a lady on.
Girls sound good soaring over a big riff. The female voice travels better in a club.
So who’s that female artist?
She’s not even heard the track yet!
How about three guesses?
Sure.
CHER. (Laughs) No.
Oh. Er… Who else is there?
Hahaha, ‘if it’s not Cher who else could it possibly be’! (Laughs)
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No. More current.
ELIZA DOOLITTLE.
Sadly none of those are correct so now I don’t have to tell you. By the way is your office in Islington?
Yes, near it. Why?
You know you tweeted that picture of stuff you’d stuck on the wall using No More Nails?
Yes.
I recognised the window that was outside your window! I recognised it.
That’s someone’s flat. Sometimes he stands in the window with just his pants on.
(Laughs) I knew that’s where it was. I used to live round the corner. Yes. Not any more though.
So you’re currently Number 3 in the iTunes chart…
Am I? I thought I was Number 2. But obviously that’s the iTunes chart not the actual chart.
But it’s the chart that counts. Sort of.
Yes to an extent. If you listen to commercial radio…
Which we often do. Do you?
I do too. I listen to ALL RADIO.
Do you listen to Radio 4? I have done.
Do you find it occasionally quite good except when it’s a) The Archers, b) a satirical news show, or c) ‘a play’?
It’s usually a play though isn’t it. Um… My mum used to listen to it while she was doing the ironing. To be honest I’ve not really listened to Radio 4 for a while.
It’s useful to know about other stuff, though.
Some people think that’s important.
It is important!
No.
Because, right, well for example there’s this book called ‘A Technique For Producing Ideas’ by some bloke who used to work in advertising and it’s quite interesting if you’re interested in that sort of thing, and it’s a very short nook based on a talk he used to go round and give to people at colleges or wherever. And it’s about how to come up with ideas and how to make your brain work and all that sort of stuff, and part of it is cross referencing the matter at hand with something unrelated, and then you find the right combination of the thing you know about and the thing that’s nothing to do with it, and that’s where the spark of an idea happens. So listening to someone bang on about farming on Radio 4 is actually more useful than you might think it is.
Ah, right. Oh I see.
You know the mental wobbly bit in ‘Bounce’?
Yes.
Is there more of that on the album?
Maybe, but we’re talking about the album like it exists. Which it doesn’t yet. In the next two songs there’s none of that. I mean I love that bit. It was necessary to put it in so it wasn’t just a linear track. But at the same time, certain ‘people’ thought it was a little bit much for a certain time of day on some radio stations.
But the whole point of its amazingness is that it is, quite literally, ‘a bit much’!
It is! (Laughs) Imagine anyone just sitting there listening to the radio at home, or in the supermarket, or working in a garage… (Laughs)Some old dear’s buying eggs then all of a sudden it’s “DRNNN!! DRNNRNNN! BRNNN!!!!” It made me laugh so I kept it in, but there is an edit with it not in, for people who are susceptible to heart attacks.
Does that edit upset you?
I did it! I did it entirely through choice.
That’s like ripping the heart out of the song!
No you’re completely wrong.
Now then Calvin we know this song better that you do, listen to what we have to say.
(Laughs) No, it’s a funny thing to have in there and in a club it goes off, but it doesn’t work in every situation.
It’s very accommodating of you to do a non-mental edit.
I try to be accommodating. To start off with, five years ago or whatever, I was very precious over my songs, but it’s more important to open yourself up to the challenge of doing something that more people can get on board with.
That’s a beautiful thing.
Well I’m making songs for the radio. I’m not making songs for people who look at Drowned In Sound or whatever. I’m a commercial act! That’s what we’re trying to present me as, so, you know, you’ve got to respect that.
How well do you think you’re doing at presenting yourself as a commercial act?
Not that well. (Laughs) I love being accommodating in the musical sense, but I’m not very good at going out or trying to get my picture taken or getting off with celebrities or that kind of thing. I’m terrible at that so I’ve given up on it, and I don’t think I’m going to be a celebrity any time soon. But as far as music goes, I’d like to think of it as being an accessible thing I do.
You’ve been very polite on Twitter recently.
I have, haven’t I?
Was that your idea, or someone else’s?
As I’ve spoken to more and more people about it, people who use Twitter and mostly DJs – mostly quite a bit older than myself – it’s been interesting to see their take on it, and life generally. We’re talking worldwide DJs. People who know how the world works. It might sound strange taking advice from Tiesto but he knows what he’s on about. And he was just, like, ‘look. Don’t do that’. (Roars with laughter) And, er, I went, ‘wow. Really?’. And then I thought about it, and I was like, ‘actually who does do that? All my least favourite people, that’s who. All my least favourite people go off on Twitter and cause problems with people and chat about what annoys them’. I just thought, there’s enough of all that going on in our lives as it is, we don’t need to read it going on in someone else’s. So now I just try to do positive things.
It was quite good when you were waiting for something to arrive from, if memory serves, Ikea. That was Twitter gold.
Yes, that’s all alright but when it spills over into a rant it’s not a good look, is it? And it’s not really who I am, either – it was supposed to be quite jokey but there’s no typeface for sarcasm.
If there was a typeface for sarcasm what would the font be?
I don’t know. Maybe that’s why there isn’t one. Upside down?
That would be ridiculous.
Well you can’t have italic can you. Bold?
Let’s not have bold.
Capital letters are interesting. People who write all emails in capital letters, I always wonder what’s going on there. Do you remember when Alan McGee was on Twitter? That’s where I took my lead from and, er, it lost me a lot of friends. (Laughs)
What else would you like to discuss today?
Oh I don’t know! You tell me! Come on. Is this meant to be just a chat? I thought it was supposed to be an interview!
Which female artist are you writing that song for?
Oh I can’t tell you that. If they agree to it, then… Well, they haven’t even heard it yet.
Who else is on this selection of tracks that may or may not form your third album?
So far it’s Kelis, me… Er… Hm…
You need to get on with that.
No seriously it’s fine, most of the tracks are done, it’s just a question of lining up the people and dropping off the sacks full of cash.
How much is Kelis? Oh actually you were working with her anyway weren’t you…
I’ll tell you what, I’m getting some great remixes in because I keep promising people things. I’ve got quite a list of things I need to get back to people on as a result. It’ll be fine. It’s JUST A BIT OF FUN.
Perhaps everyone should just CALM DOWN and HAVE A LAUGH.
Well that’s what it is. Everyone just needs to fucking calm down, breathe, enjoy life.
Right, get back to work.
You too!
Julian: Is that whiskey you're drinking?
Interviewer: No, it's rum, why do you want some?
Julian: *smiles* No, I just. . .I like your style
Interviewer: It's my favorite drink *laughs* I've been to Cuba. . .
Julian: The smell of alcohol is a great smell.
[Interview][ENG] Haru*HanaVol.008. Individual talk with 2PM
Q. If you were to apply the catchphrase "I am an Ultra XXXXX" to yourself, what would be the XXXXX? A. Sensitive Chansung Q. What are you into lately? A. I'm spending my time translating "Kaito Royale" screenplay while shooting or acting. There's not a single Korean word in the scrip T.T So it's really hard to understand it Q. The point which makes you glad you were born as a man: A. What could it be. Hmm. I guess the fact that I could go to an all-boys school hah A. I transferred schools for a few times before I finally went to an all-boys school Q. If you could slip in time which would you choose – the past or the future? A. The Past. Even though I'm still young hah A. Up until now there were some moments that made me realize some things, and I would like to let the past-me know about it, because he had no idea of those thing Q. Among all the hairstyles that you've had so far, which one did you like the most? A. The "Hands Up" style Q. Do you have a wish you want to come true? A. (after a long consideration) If we're talking about immediate wishes… I want to sleep. Q. If you could fly somewhere right now, where would you go? A. I don't really want to go anywhere right now. I just want to be here haha Q. What is the point of the new album that you like the most? A. There are 5 new songs there, and I really like those 5 songs Q. Jack from "Kaito Royale" is a very mysterious character; please let us know what we should be looking out for A. Even though Jack might seem like a weird person, eventually, I think you will be able to understand how come he developed that kind of character. Please don't miss the last episode! Q. What would you eat right now, if you could eat as much as you want? A. Hitsumabushi (*a variety of barbecued eel on rice with sweet soy sauce in a bowl) Q. What would you like to try doing if you became a woman? A. I haven't really thought of anything specific, but would like to try and become a woman for a time being Q. When you do think it's great being the youngest? A. Never hah A. There basically are no advantages hah A. The members are all of similar ages, so we treat each other as friends Q. Please introduce your cat: A. His name is Jeonggamie and he currently lives at our family's main house
Q. If you were to apply the catchphrase "I am an Ultra XXXXX" to yourself, what would be the XXXXX? A. Junho. Because I am a passionate man who takes anything on with great energy Q. What are you into lately? A. Writing lyrics and composing songs. I sometimes also watch movies to bring up the emotions Q. The point which makes you glad you were born as a man: A. I haven't really thought about that… Quite opposite, I sometimes feel jealous towards women, when I discover some cute outfits. Ever since the short jackets became trendy I would think that even a guy would look great wearing that, but there are usually only women sizes available Q. If you could slip in time which would you choose – the past or the future? A. I would like to go back into the past and make myself become a better me by fixing particular negative aspects of myself. I think I could become a better person by making the better choice when the decision has to be made Q. Among all the hairstyles that you've had so far, which one did you like the most? A. Straight and long hair from "Heartbeat" days Q. If you could fly somewhere right now, where would you go? A. Since I really liked the Okinawa Soba when we were there, I would like to go back to Okinawa once again to eat that Q. When does the "sentimental guy" Junho become sentimental? A. When the wind blows I get to think that "I need to live my life to the fullest" haha Q. Where do you get the ideas for composing? A. I get a lot of ideas simply by leading my normal daily life. For example, lyrics come to my head while listening to a sad classical melody, and I also get ideas while filming for a variety program. But since I cannot really record anything during the shooting, later on I desperately try to recall it haha Q. I know that you like animals, so what animal do you like the most? A. I like them all, but cats are my favorite. Cats really don't try to look adorable in front of a human being, quite the opposite, it's me who has to reach out and ask the cat to communicate with me hah A. I think it's amazing and very charming Q. Please introduce your cat: A. Her name is Kkomaengi and she's a sibling of Chansung's cat. Recently the two animals met each other again for the first time in a year, and they really couldn't remember each other at all hah A. Her character is like that of a little girl. If I don't come to visit for a while, she forgets about me and runs away the next time she sees me haha
Q. If you were to apply the catchphrase "I am an Ultra XXXXX" to yourself, what would be the XXXXX? A. Musician. "I'm an ultra musican!" Q. What are you into lately? A. Making songs. Lately, I've been referring to Japanese hit songs from different eras Q. The point which makes you glad you were born as a man: A. Hm, I've never been a woman so I'm not sure..being able to defend himself? Q. If you could slip in time which would you choose – the past or the future? A. Go back in time to when I was three years old and learn and do everything I wish to do now. Do you think I'm greedy? LOL Q. Among all the hairstyles that you've had so far, which one did you like the most? Do you like the style with your forelocks styled up or falling down? A. I liked my hairdo when I was shooting the jacket photos for my solo single, "Alive." Please check it out. LOL Treatment of the forelocks depends on the circumstance. Either styling has its pros and cons. A do-up is obviously better for a powerful concept, however, the downside of it is that it makes my face look bigger…haha Q. Musician "Jun.K" has released his solo single, "Alive." What are your ambitions? A. I hope to become an icon of my time, that is my ultimate dream. I want to many people to hear songs I made and feel my sensitivities. Due to 2PM's tight schedules this year, I couldn't do any solo activity on TV. Better luck next time Q. Where do you get inspirations for your music? A. Whenever I come up with a particular melody, I save it on my cellphone using the voice recorder. That later serves as the foundation of my composition Q. You got some style. How do you pick your wardrobe? A. Not that I dislike simple looks, but I prefer stylish and distinctive clothings. I often wear both clothes I shopped and those I recieved from my fans Q. What are fans to you? A. The reason why I keep doing music
Q. If you were to apply the catchphrase "I am an Ultra XXXXX" to yourself, what would be the XXXXX? A. Spiderman Q. The point which makes you glad you were born as a man: A. Being able to protect the one he loves Q. If you could slip in time which would you choose – the past or the future? A. I wish to go back in time and become a better man than I am now. Plus, I want to mend all the wrongs I did in the past Q. If you could fly somewhere right now, where would you go? A. I would fly to my homeland Thailand, recently hit by major floods, to do volunteer work Q. What was your favorite hairdo? Which hairstyling do you prefer: forelocks down or up? A. I had a assymetrical cut with all my forelocks down in a diagonal for "Without U," and I thought it was quite unique. I like trying new hairstyles. Q. How was Tokyo Disneyland? A. I haven't been to Disneyland for about four years so I had great fun riding amusement rides and stuff, but some fans spotted me. LOL My persomal favorite ride is, "Space Mountain." I enjoyed "Pooh's Hunny Hunt," too Q. Now that you are relieved of "We Got Married," how do you feel? A. Empty. I feel the similar way when my drama or movie shooting comes to an end. I feel sorry to part ways with Victoria since we'd been on the show together for some time. However, we are still good friends and I'm not sad at all because I got such a wonderful new friend Q. When would you like to get married in real life? And how many kids would you like to have? A. I want to get married around 29 years old, and travel around with my wife for the following 1~2 years. I'd like to have about a couple of children, and I hope to have a friendly relationship with my kids. Q. You are always so kind like an angel, but do you get annoyed sometimes? A. Of course the BlacKhun is summoned from time to time. LOL I get annoyed when things don't go well. I tend to get mad at myself when I repeat same mistakes I've made in the past Q. How do you alleviate stress? A. I try to think positively. To be more specific, I try to forget about my worries by watching a movie or listening to music. The movie I watched most recently is, "No Strings Attached," a romantic comedy film starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutche
Q. If you were to apply the catchphrase "I am an Ultra XXXXX" to yourself, what would be the XXXXX? A. "Ultraman" Q. If you could slip in time which would you choose – the past of the future? A. I'd like to go back to the past to change myself. To make myself a better person, I'd teach the old me everything I know now Q. Among all the hairstyles that you've had so far, which one did you like the most? Do you like the style with your forelocks styled up or falling down? A. The tied-back hair I sported during "Heartbeat." I liked it because it gave me a more masculine look. As for the forelocks, I don't mind much either way.. Q. What was the most memorable schedule you've done in Japan? A. August "Mezamashi Live." I was worried whether we would be able to pull it off on the stage since we were all very tired from being up all night the day before. Nevertheless, many fans were there to cheer for us in the rain, and we were touched. I remember myself being happy because the fans' support gave me strength Q. You're fluent in English and your Japanese is improving fast. We also heard that you've started to study Chinese language, recently. What is the secret of your exceptional linguistic ability? A. That's an overstatement. LOL I'm not too sure if I got any know-how.. memorizing a lot of vocabs, maybe? Having said that, I heard somewhere that speaking rather than memorizing is the better way to learn a foreign language. So I try to practice my speaking as mush as possible these days. Do I get embarrassed when I make a mistake? No, not at all since I fully expected it to happen when I speak. LOL Q. You're currently appearing on Japanese drama, "99 Days of Me and My Star." Is the filming environment of Japan different from that of Korea? A. Since the amount of shooting of an episode is shorter in Japan than in Korea, the actors seem more at ease during the shooting. I'm a fundamentally cheerful person and I tend to pull pranks during rehearsals. However, I was told by the director to "suppress my cheerfulness and fully focus on my charactor," since the charactor I play in the drama has a brooding personality Q. If a Japanese manga was to be cinematized, which manga and character would you like to play? A. I want to play "Sakuragi Hanamichi" of "Slamdunk." There's one problem, though.. I'm not good at basketball… LOL Ball games are not my forte
Q. If you were to apply the catchphrase "I am an Ultra XXXXX" to yourself, what would be the XXXXX? A. Superman Q. What are you into lately? A. Studying Japanese. It's interesting Q. The point which makes you glad you were born as a man: A. Because I became a member of 2PM Q. If you could slip in time which would you choose – the past or the future? A. The past. I would like to have fun with my friends back in high school years, because I can hardly meet them these days Q. If you could fly somewhere right now, where would you go? A. To my hometown Busan Q. Among all the hairstyles that you've had so far, which one did you like the most? Do you like the style with your forelocks styled up or falling down? A. I've liked all of them; because it changes with every single song we release in order to fit the concept, so it matches the image. I switch between lowered bangs and styled up ones every now and then, so I actually like both styles Q. Do you have a wish you want to come true? A. I want to be fluent in Japanese just like a native speaker. And I would also love to see my family Q. I think you've gone to onsen on your day off, what were your impressions? A. It was my first time at an open-air batch, and it felt new and fresh. Especially because the upper body felt cold and the lower body was warm hah A. The onsen had dark water, and I also ate yoghurt that is being sold only at that place Q. What is your ideal way to spend Christmas, if only you were allowed to do anything? A. I would like to spend Christmas in New York or in any other foreign place. I would like to personally witness things like Santa Claus' sleigh being pulled by real reindeer Q. What is the personal vitamin for "everyone's vitamin" Wooyoung? A. Music. Of course, recently I'm ve.ry. into "Ultra Lover" Q. If you could appear in "Dream High 2," what kind of role would you like to have? Is there anyone you would like to act with? A. It would be rather disappointing to part with Jason, because personally I really liked the character, but if I were to appear in Dream High again, I think a role of a character totally different from Jason could be fine. I would like to act together with An Seonggi. Since I am his fan, if I got an opportunity to work with him, it would be a great honor for me
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