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#Wendy described by Irene, Joy and Seulgi

We really like her fresh smile. The first time when she entered SM as a trainee, she sang very well that shocked us so much. At that time, there wasn’t a voice like her. She also know how to sing Pop song very well. That’s why when we found a song that we like, we always ask Wendy to sing it for us. She was also a smart student when she was in Canada.

# Irene described by Wendy, Joy and Seulgi

She is so pretty. At first we could not even go near her because she was too pretty. She has that kind of smile where she lift the corner of her mouth which is so beautiful. Moreover she is a talented leader. She usually likes to joke aroung and really friendly with other people but if we do something wrong, she will teach us a lesson and point out why it is wrong to do it. At that time, we can really feel that she is our Onnie. And if you confess or tell her about your problem, she will warmly hug you. She looks like a girl but she has a lot of charm.

# Joy described by Wendy, Irene and Seulgi

She sounds beautiful. When we look at her, it feels like we are looking at a Disney Animation. We were really shocked when she sang during the SM’s evaluation session. She sounds so happy but there is something else inside it. Because of it she can sing trot too. She can do it anywhere she want. Because she has a lot of charm. She is Red Velvet’s maknae but she is the oldest in her family. Maybe that is why she has a mature side and she also likes to listen to her unnies’ problems. Of course, she also has a lot of aegyo.

# Seulgi describe by Wendy, Irene and Joy

She has the eastern beauty and western beauty. Even though she doesn’t have double eye lids, she looks beautiful because her eyes are big. She sing and dance very well maybe because she trained for so long. She has a very beautiful voice but also a powerful one that makes her able to sing almost every songs. Since she has a very solid basic, she can make you easily like her. She is not an emotional person so she is not a person who gives up very easily and she is a type that works really hard so she doesn’t lack of any talent.

Source: MyDaily Translated by: nuelyoong@onehallyu

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[13.06.16] Nell Mydaily Interview

“You released a new album …”

On one hand, there’s the sense that our hard work has come to an end, but, opposite that, there’s the feeling that we could have done better, so we’re at a point of being relieved but regretful.

“The album’s being received very well, though …”

When an album’s received well, it definitely feels good, but that tells us that there were that many people waiting for it, so that’s enough for us to be grateful for. The feeling that we’re being praised for having worked hard? That feels good. Amongst young friends, in the midst of other styles of music, we feel like we’re really working hard, so we wonder if maybe we won’t help other friends who are doing music different from mainstream music feel a little good.

“Nell’s become brighter?”

Ten years ago, since our first album, this is the first album we’ve released during the summer. Surprisingly, there’s a lot of talk that we also fit the summer well. Haha. Unlike our usual songs, there are a lot of positive messages, so it seems like people are saying we’ve gotten brighter and changed, but, honestly, it wasn’t a consideration of the seasons, but the result of working on something that fit the second part of our trilogy.

“The reason you’re releasing the gravity trilogy …”

Because we haven’t ever really released singles, we thought about releasing it as a trilogy. A single itself has its advantages, and, likewise, we thought we could make this like an omnibus film told in parts. The extent of the meaning of the whole album titled “gravity” will differ by listener, but we wanted to insinuate that, whenever you forget or lose a dream, that collapse that comes upon you or that hard time — that’s a moment of gravity. Even if you try to emerge from it, you can’t, and, through music, we wanted to express the different ways people use to escape from these hopeless situations.

We can’t tell you yet what feeling the final third part will have, but, because our usual production volume is large and twelve already made a number of songs, we think it’ll take a while to select songs.

“Nell’s production style is …”

Vocal Kim Jong-wan manages the lyrics and the general direction, and all the members consult together and decide on the sound as a whole as well as the arrangement elements. When we start working on an album, for two to three months, we feel like we’re living together in our recording studio, stuck together to the point that we get tired of each other. We don’t have specific individual roles. Our roles are to work together.

Jong-wan, like a leader, organizes all our many ideas, and he’s also quick to sense trends and capture the core. (Jae-kyung) I’m leading these old people well. Haha. (Jong-wan)

“Your thoughts about appearing on music programs …”

This is the first time we’ve been on music programs in six months, but the overall age of the participants has gotten lower again. We still can’t adjust to broadcast stations. To people like us who spend the majority of our time in the recording studio and in concert venues, the system of a broadcast station is different, and it always feels new. Because we spend most of the time in our dressing room by ourselves, if we see other singers, it’s fascinating, and it’s also fun if we see girl groups …

“The reason you don’t participate in Immortal Song …”

The reason we don’t participate on shows like I Am a Singer, Immortal Song, etcetera is just that our tastes are different. It’s not that it’s good or bad to do that, but, still now, we like holding our own concerts with our songs best. So, we know that we’ve gotten offers a few times, but we have yet to feel much interest in these programs. And, this might sound immature, but, we want to go out and perform happily, but going out on those shows itself feels burdensome.

“The reason Nell’s music continues to be loved?”

I think people look kindly on us living as a band. There are other ways like a TV show or other routes to show ourselves, but, because there are no other ways other than our music to get to know us, rather, I feel like people like us better for that. To be honest, I want to ask why they like us, too. (Jae-kyung) Maybe it’s because we change musically and constantly grow, and they like that? (Jae-won)

These days, being a singer as a job itself isn’t restricted to just music. Many important things are gathered up in a complex way, but, in our case, to a certain extent, I think people like that we’ve kept our focus on our music while maintaing the quality of our music. And, of course, because I’ve got a good sense of trends and write good music. Ahem. Beyond that, maybe it’s just that we don’t really think of music as work and, even now, enjoy ourselves? Even now, music is our biggest hobby and talent and fun. (Jong-wan) In the end, it’s music. I guess we aren’t so bad at music after all. Haha. (Jung-hoon)

“The music style Nell is pursuing?”

As long as we’re able to express our thoughts through sound, we don’t care about the style. As a rock band, we could have a more conservative tendency, but we don’t feel burdened in accepting new genres. Should we put it as a closed mind has a negating style?

All we need is to feel that we’re freely expressing our thoughts and enjoying ourselves on our own. Rather than us enjoying ourselves because our music is bright, if we’re able to use new sounds to create new things, that’s the fun we seek. Really, we like African-American music, too, and isn’t there the chance that we could also do heavy metal? It’s important to show the four of us making music together.

“Why you feel like you have a lot of depressing songs …”

It’s not that we think we have to use depressing and sad tracks, but, as we used songs that fit how we felt at those times, generally, a lot of those tracks were borne. (Jong-wan) If a certain person likes to write really happy feelings into a song, I think Jong-wan’s the type who writes more songs when his feelings have been stored up or when he wants to express them. There are lots of instances when he thinks about the same thing from a different perspective or expresses it in a different way. When you watch that, sometimes, you have to acknowledge a genius is a genius. (Jung-hoon)

“The secret to having been together for 15 years with the same members …”

Our first album was released in 2001, but we started as a band in 1998. All four of us were born in 1980, and we were neighborhood friends since we were young. The way we came together for music happened naturally. The four of us seem to be enjoying music and having fun, and we’d already met as friends, so, even if something happens that upsets us, if we just get a drink together, we make up immediately without a large effect. Also, there are no girls around us, and we don’t have a female members, so we think that could be a secret, too.

“The reason why you’ve stayed with your agency without leaving for so long …”

We came to know Woollim Entertainment through our close friends Epik High, and it’s been eight years now, and we think it’s because we’ve gotten comfortable to the point where we don’t think we should move. Musically, Woollim lets us work without bothering us much. Of course, that could also be because we make good music on our own. Haha.

“If you have any hobbies other than music …”

We have no hobbies. After going all-in in the band, we’re busy enough just recording. Music is still hard even now. If I were to pick a hobby, then just drinking beer? (Jae-kyung) Among the members, I’m the active one. I like watching baseball, and I’m a fan of the Lotte Giants. I also like to skateboard sometimes. (Jae-won) I don’t have a particular hobby, but I like seeing films. Sometimes, I get inspiration, and I think film is similar to music. The one I’ve seen most recently is Iron Man 3? (Jong-wan) I also enjoy soccer games and see films, and I like being home. I also watch TV dramas. (Jung-hoon)

“Your hiatus after military training was long, and …”

We entered the military around the same time, and our activities naturally came to a temporary halt. We didn’t do a lot of things abroad, but, until our late-twenties, we worked non-stop, so, rather than saying that we were exhausted, we think it was a time when we forgot what we enjoyed and what was important to us. If you look at it one way, it was a time when we took our blessings for granted. Our four-year hiatus was a time that helped us remember how happy and good it was that we were doing music.

“Collaborations with other musicians?”

Recently, we worked with Big Bang’s G-dragon and gave songs to Sung-gyu from our agency’s Infinite, and they weren’t bad productions. We gave tracks to Sung-gyu’s solo venture because he liked rock so much and likes us a lot, so we thought that it would be nice for him to work with a musician he liked when he was young and tried to help him out.

But, also, because idol music is different from our music, it was a fun experience to think about in other ways. If you fit and can help each other out and need each other, then we welcome collaborations anytime. We like listening to rap music, too, as well as hip hop. We think it’d be fun to work with groups like Dynamic Duo, Epik High, etcetera, too.

“Plans to promote abroad …”

Because we’re working on our album, we don’t know when we’ll be able to hold our own concert here. We definitely think it’d be good to perform abroad, but we don’t want to go without preparing sufficiently. It definitely seems like it’d be different and fun to go abroad and hold a concert and come back, but, if it’s going to be for a long time, then we think we want to do it properly. Regardless of which country it is, if they’ll like our music, we’ve always got the window open. It’s just that, because we’re going to be doing music for a long time, we don’t want to be hasty about it. Also, we recently heard that Infinite is starting their world tour, and we hope that that first step becomes a second step, third step.

“Right now Nell is in this place …”

Hm the place we’re at now … We think we’re just at the border. Like the border between major and minor? We think we’ve always been here, and, leaving behind album sales or recognition, we keep ourselves open instead of leaning towards one style, so that’s our inclination. So, when underground musicians consider us, they think we’re overground, and, when mainstream singers consider us, we think they think of us as more underground. To be honest, that’s comfortable, and we like it. Because then we can do whatever we want. In the future, we’ll continue to be like this freely, happily like we are now.

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