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SHINee for SOHU Korea, October 2009

[I think this is the transcript for a video clip unfortunately I couldn't find the video, sorry! — Admin]

Due to release their newest mini-album on the 19th this month, SHINee recently accepted an exclusive interview with SOHU Korea. This is the second meeting between SOHU and SHINee, since the last interview in September 2008, and one year was all it took for the five boys to mature and shed the cute image they had during their debut days.

When talking about the soon-to-be released mini-album, members said: “We’ll show off a more mature, manly kind of style.”

SHINee: (Bows) Hello everyone, we’re SHINee!

SOHU: This is the second time interviewing SHINee since the Shanghai stop of the SMTOWN concert last year in September. Has everyone’s Chinese improved since then? Can you guys show off what you’ve learnt, then?

Jonghyun: Then, let’s say whatever Chinese words that are appearing in our minds right now! Onew: Hmmm… For me, I’ll almost always think of “I Love You” first Jonghyun: Ah, you seem to keep repeating that. Onew: Then what are you thinking of? Jonghyun: (Chinese) 我想你 I miss you. It means that I miss everyone. Then… how about Key Key: (Chinese) 你很漂亮 You are pretty. It means “pretty”, right? Jonghyun: Ah, it means pretty? (Turns to Key) You’re very pretty. Taemin: As for me, because I really want to go to China… (Chinese) 我想去中國 “I want to go to China”. Jonghyun: Ah, wanting to go to China! (Everybody joins in) Minho: Me… Jonghyun: You wouldn’t say stuff like “I’m hungry”, or anything like that, would you? Minho: No, no, that’d be too direct. (Chinese) 請支持我們 “Please support us”. Jonghyun: And that’s what we’ve learnt.

SOHU: Now what everyone’s most concerned about is the soon-to-be-released mini-album. Can you guys tell us about the concept? From your images to the styles of the songs, will they be more mature?

Jonghyun: For this mini-album, all of us will undergo a huge change, and show everyone sides of us that haven’t been seen before. So please anticipate it, everyone. And Onew will tell us about the concept this time round, just to reveal a tiny bit. Onew: For the songs this time round, the vocal ranges will be lowered just a little, and the choreography of the dance will help to show off our stylish and cool sides, along with the melody of the song. So everyone, just have a little more patience and wait a little more, please! Jonghyun: We’re manlier this time, that should be it. Key: Also, we hear that our ROMEO album is going to be released for sale soon in China, so please support us.

SOHU: You guys have lots of fans in Mainland China, and recently you’ve been to Taiwan for promotional activities as well. Have you guys ever thought of returning to China another time, to meet with your fans again?

Jonghyun: Definitely, if we have the time and the opportunity. We really wish to be able to travel to different countries and areas to meet our international fans. And every time we manage to do so, we get to experience their passion and energy, and we’ll be really happy and gain lots of strength from our fans too. Onew: We’ve been on promotional activities in Taiwan, Thailand and Japan, and we’ve been thinking of China, so we hope to go back someday.

SOHU: Fans have been saying, SHINee is really good-looking, but they’re too thin, and they worry for your health. How do you guys usually keep healthy? Jonghyun: We get our strength from rice, usually, right? (Everyone laughs) When you get full from eating rice, you’ll be healthy.

Taemin: We have our proper three meals everyday, and we don’t snack either. Thank you everyone for your concern. Jonghyun: That’s true, and we have sufficient rest as well. When we have time, we’ll chat and having this type of healthy mindset, is the key to having good health, right?

SOHU: Fans have been saying, SHINee is really good-looking, but they’re too thin, and they worry for your health. How do you guys usually keep healthy? Jonghyun: We get our strength from rice, usually, right? (Everyone laughs) When you get full from eating rice, you’ll be healthy. Taemin: We have our proper three meals everyday, and we don’t snack either. Thank you everyone for your concern. Jonghyun: That’s true, and we have sufficient rest as well. When we have time, we’ll chat and having this type of healthy mindset, is the key to having good health, right?

SOHU: The photobook shoots in New Zealand were very stylish indeed. Were there any funny incidents during the trip there? Jonghyun: We spent a week in New Zealand, and experienced the local culture there. Onew, what was the thing that left the deepest impression on you?

Onew: It has to be the food; I remember the seafood there so well… Jonghyun: Yes yes, it was really delicious. Key? Key: The New Zealand landscape was really special, so to me it was more than enough that I had the chance to go there. And we took the chance to rest as well. Jonghyun: Uh huh, what about Minho? Minho: The scenery of New Zealand was eye opening for me, and ever since we returned I’ve started to like sleeping early because of the jet lag and time difference.

SOHU: Ever since SHINee’s debut, you guys have been really fashionable. Are there any fashion tips you want to share?

Jonghyun: Ah… Key will answer this question! Key: If you have to talk about the secret to being fashionable, our album concepts actually influence our personal dressing styles. Like we wore lots of accessories for the JULIETTE concept, so I wear lots of trinkets and stuff when I dress for going out too. Jonghyun: Uh huh, it does seem to be so. Key: And if I don’t wear so many accessories, I’d feel like my arm’s really empty and there’s no sense of style at all. (Raises his hand up) For example, I’m only wearing two bands now, and I feel that they aren’t enough. Maybe it’s the lingering influence from our previous concept, so I really feel that our concepts influence our personal tastes in fashion.

SOHU: Members of idol groups have been setting foot in the acting industry recently. Do the members of SHINee have any plans to act as well?

Jonghyun: Our Taemin has already taken on that challenge! Taemin: I’ve acted in the sitcom [Taehee Hyekyo Jihyun], and although it was just for a short period of time, but I still managed to learn more about acting, and got new experience as well. I’ve learnt so much from the acting sunbaes. If there are opportunities, the members of SHINee will do their best to try out acting as well.

SOHU: Lastly, say hi to your fans in China!

Onew: We’ll be coming back with our third mini-album very, very soon, at the end of October, and our albums will also start to be sold in China, so please support SHINee like always, thank you very much! (Bows)

SHINee: We’re shining SHINee, thank you everyone! (Everyone bows together)

Translations by hazel @ asianfanatics / re-post from (x)

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SHINee, October 2009

Where has the dongsengs who used to sing "Noona, you are so pretty" gone? Right from the start when we stepped into the building, SHINee's manly beauty that greeted us is definitely different from the image of 'Juliette' promotion period in June. Even though it's just 2 months after 'Juliette's last official broadcast, SHINee has made very obvious transformation.

We have always been manly (laughs), there are not as many restrictions this time to things like the concept of the album, so we are very happy to be able to show a new image of us. (JONGHYUN) In the future, we will uncover our potential and present to everyone even more different looks. (KEY)

On 16th at KBS 2TV Music Bank was the first stage of Third Mini Album title track 'RING DING DONG', SHINee has received unusually enthusiastic response, and even managed to dethrone Leessang who has been occupying the first place spot on various online music sites. SHINee who has risen to first place looks excited in every interview.

It's the first time that we are first on online music charts. The symbol in front of our name is not that of a rising arrow but rather that of a consistently number one symbol. Every morning when we think about this we are very excited. (JONGHYUN)

SHINee who has been viewed as the strongest newcomer last year has already debuted for two years, and has managed to shake off the title of being SM's youngest group. Jonghyun and Taemin who have known each other for 4 years, are also members who have known each other the longest. We wonder if they have changed much from the first time they met each other.

Hearing this question, SHINee members expressed in unison while exchanging looks that "there are no major transformation in terms of their looks". The members also said that "Jonghyun's height has also remained unchanged". Even though it's teasing, but through their jokes we can see the friendship that they have built over time.

“I never thought of seeing Jonghyun hyung turn 20 years old. He was only in his third year of junior high school when I first met him. After I got to my third year of junior high, all the hyungs have already become legal." (TAEMIN) It's very good to be able to see how each of us matures, but at the same time, I am happy that we still managed to retain a lot of how we were like when we first met each other. (JONGHYUN) (

Being the youngest group means that they will also be seen as cute, but even though this position is now taken by their hoobae group, F(X), they do not feel that it's a pity. When talking about their hoobaes, they do not bother to conceal their excitement, and it feels like they are oppas who are very proud of their dongsengs.

“We now seem to be able to understand how Super Junior and So Nyeo Shi Dae feel. The hoobaes come to encourage us in the waiting room, and when all the performers gather on stage after a music show, it feels very heartwarming. They will be standing beside us talking to us. (KEY) "Amongst all the girl groups this year, f(x) is definitely the best. Isn't 'La Cha Ta' a very lively song?" (ONEW)

This year, the music industry has seen many new groups emerging, sprouting like newly born shoots after a rain. Excluding competition from last year such as 2AM and 2PM, new groups such as BEAST and MBLAQ has also issued their challenge to the music industry. Faced with such situation. SHINee still remains unfazed. Rather having the ambition to win, SHINee is more meen to present a more matured mindset.

Rather than just seeing others as our rivals, we are actually groups with our own music styles. It's very interesting to watch others perform while we are on our activities. (JONGHYUN) The image that we used to show is an image that we can only show at the age that we are at. Once we grow older, we will not be able to show that. In the future we will continue to bring to everyone different looks of us. We are still young right? (KEY)

The undisputed strongest newcomer from last year, SHINee has achieved undeniable good results. The promotion activities this year to them is a very important period for them to establish their popularity back home. "Rather than waiting for the dark clouds to disperse before going to catch our target, I want to take the every step myself to conquer the peak, realising myself." From Key's words, we get the feeling that SHINee has grown up a lot in a short while.

"Our target this year is...Daesang? A concert?" (ONEW) "The name of our album this time is '2009, Year Of Us'. The 'us' in this case is not just referring to us SHINee alone but also the fans. We want to be able to connect with our fans to make this year that is truly 'ours'. (JONGHYUN)

Translations by atlantis-x @ soompi/shineee.net / re-post from (x)

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