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First-hand recounting of how The Pretty Reckless was formed, plus inside scoop on forthcoming record and GHS strings.

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141111 Genie Interview : HI SUHYUN feat. Bobby - "I'm Different"

Q: Can you please introduce this new single “I’m Different” and explain what kind of style of music does it portray? Lee Hi: This song “I’m Different” is from a girl’s perspective, telling the guy she likes that she’s different from any other girls. The song itself consist of cute and sexy elements in it, please anticipate it! Bobby: This song is about 2 girls telling the guy they like, saying “I’m Different”, especially this song is consist of HISUHYUN’s different vocal colors and with the addition of rap, it forms a complete harmony of a song. The YG maknaes have prepared a lot for this upcoming debut song.  Q: Could you tell more about your upcoming plans after this?  Lee Hi: It’s my first time working and collaborating alongside with Soohyun to form this duo-unit HISUHYUN, I’ll continue to work hard on the upcoming activities, everyone please support us ~ ^^ I’m also preparing for my new solo album. Since I’ve grown into adulthood, I’ll be inserting various kinds of music styles into my upcoming solo album, I hope you all can anticipate this!  Soohyun: It’s also my first time collaborating alongside with Lee Hi unnie, together as HISUHYUN to the public, we will show you our individual charms, everyone please support us! I’ve a feeling that through this we will be more lively as ever compared to before. Even now I’m feeling very excited for our debut!  Bobby: Next week our BIGBANG seniors will be off to Japan for their concert, I’m very proud to be with iKON to stand on stage together to perform at the open ceremony. In the midst of preparing for the concert opening ceremony, we’ve planned to rehearse, write lyrics, composing songs and etc. Hope that everyone could give their support to HISUHYUN’s new debut with “I’m Different”. At the same time I hope everyone could give their support to our beloved iKON.  Q: First time collaborating with 2 female singers on expressing your feelings, how does it feel like? Bobby: It feels great! Since I could only hang out along with my iKON brothers with only guys in our group and suddenly I’m working alongside with 2 pretty female singers. I felt very happy while preparing for this debut track, when in reality both Lee Hi and Soohyun’s personality and characteristic wise are totally different.  CHI-ENG translations by: @suwoongs KOR-ENG translations by: @YGBobbyBar 

Via: iKON-Global PLEASE TAKE OUT WITH FULL CREDITS.

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[Mwave] Taeyang Had Conflicts with Yang Hyun Suk in Producing Second Solo Album

Big Bang’s Taeyang shared his thoughts on releasing his second solo album. Taeyang attended the press conference celebrating the release of his second solo album Rise on June 2 in CGV in Gangnam-gu. Unveiling his music video for the title song Eyes, Nose, Lips for the first time, Taeyang caught attention by appearing topless in the video as he sang out yearning and love.  Taeyang said, “This is the second full length album being released under the name of Taeyang. The album’s title is ‘rise’ as I took a long time to prepare and it has been a long trip. Many things have happened until now and I tried to express them musically without losing any of the moments.”

He continued, “There was a great quantity of products but I only selected the best songs to be included. I felt greedy towards the end. It was the hardest part to fight my own greed but I tried to throw away the greed and select nine best songs that anyone would enjoy.” Taeyang also said, “My initial goal was to produce an album that I could be satisfied with. But in the process of making the album, I began to have obsessions. I had a tendency to go deeper and deeper into the sound and feel of the music that I wanted to do. After much contemplation, I later realized that the I can only touch people’s heart with music when I can convey sincerity.” He explained, “That’s why the album was delayed. I was into a color and liked it so much that I wanted to fill the album with just one color. I had conflicts with chairman Yang Hyun Suk in that sense, but thanks to that I was able to achieve good progress. Instead of fulfilling my greed, I thought it was more important to present music that more people can enjoy and like, so I picked out the nine songs."

source: Mwave

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131016 [NEWS] ‘Rough Play’ Lee Joon says, “Bed scenes revealed my belly fat” (Interview ②)

MBLAQ’s Lee Joon (age: 25, real name: Lee ChangSeon), who came back as an actor in four years, impressed the film world by trying a different move from other ‘Actor-dols’. He did not bother to have shocking sex scenes or to curse and swear in the film, which shocked people by showing a 100% different image from his existing one.

In the film ‘Rough Play (directed by Shin Yeon-sik, produced by Kim Ki-Duk Film)’, Lee Joon played Oh Yeong, an actor who falls from the top star position that he reached through continuous efforts from scratch. As the director  Shin Yeon-sik aimed in an X-rated film in the first place, Lee Joon captures the hearts of viewers in sensual sex scenes and surprisingly vulgar languages for 98 minutes.

His character maintains a relationship with fans, which is almost like violence, but Lee Joon did not hesitate to give it a shot. Sex scenes or shocking images were not a problem for him. For Lee Joon, ‘Rough Play’ was a fun and interesting scenario and an opportunity to awaken his desire to act.

“It was amazing. I found the scenario really fun right away. I read it all in no time. I was so immersed in the story that I even did not have a chance to think about sex scenes or shocking images. Reading it, I thought, “It seems challenging, but fun,” instead of “How do I do this?” How do I choose a film project? It is unimaginable for a rookie actor to choose a project. Just being offered to participate in a project like this is an honor. I think that an actor can do nothing if he or she are too picky about projects. I will do my best anyway if a chance is given (laughter).”

Lee Joon, who had a desperate desire to participate in the project, was picked for the main role in ‘Rough Play’ in the end. Once he had to play his character, however, he says that he felt confused to find it very difficult to express the character’s mind. It seems that expressing Oh Yeong’s extreme emotions was quite a challenging job for a rookie actor.

“It was hard to act in front of a camera. There were many theatrical factors in the lines and emotions. For example, an emotion explodes in a certain context. But ‘Rough Play’ had a stage as its background. A theatrical situation had to be set. There were several lines that I was not used to. I had a hard time making them mine, but I did not want to make a change to the lines in favor of me. If I changed them from the beginning, I had to change all of them until the end. I tried with a mindset that it is a part of learning. Receiving positive comments from many people, I believe that my efforts paid off (laughter).”

Oh Yeong’s emotion and way of speaking that he gained after a repeated practice are pretty successful. In the film, the lines belonged to ‘Oh Yeong’, not to Lee Joon. Then, how did he deal with sex scenes that everyone had been concerned about? Practice or efforts would not have been enough for such scenes.

Lee Joon said with serious eyes, “I have shown myself a lot already.” According to him, he frequently revealed his chest on stage to give off sex appeal. He says that sex scenes were not very hard since he was used to such performance. To the mean comment, “You did not show your bottom, did you?” he said, “Oh, I did not see that coming,” with a short exclamation.

“I did not think that the sex scenes were something direct. I was fine with them since they were a way of expressing Oh Yeong. I was not worried. It is shocking just because I am an idol star. I want to say that the scenes are artistic performance. In addition, don’t’ you think that my body was not great? My body in the film looks bad. I have a belly fat from drinking (laughter). Oh Yeong is a poor man. He is a person who gets by everyday as a supporting actor. How did he have time to work out? I imagined that, even if he became a star overnight, his mind would have been empty while his appearance looks gorgeous. That is why I did not work out. I have regrets now that I see myself on the screen. I should have worked out a little. I could not stand my body (laughter).”

Lee Joon was embarrassed by what he calls belly fat, which was actually fantastic abs. He just innocently frustrated those who work out hard right away. What kind of alcohol should they drink to make such solid muscles like his?

Lee Joon said, “I hope viewers to be shocked.” He said that he wants viewers to accept Oh Yeong’s violent behaviors or vulgar languages as they are. He also asked viewers to think about what made Oh Yeong be like that. He asked viewers to see why Oh Yeong had to do bad things.

Lastly, to the mean question, “Do you have anything to say to young fans?” Lee Joon firmly said as follows.

“Watch the film when you grow up. Teenagers will have a hard time entering a theatre that shows the film (laughter).”

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