[SURE] Jinyoung & Youngjae Interview (Got7) [Translation]
me: can I still do this?
me: *frustrated* I understand this but how do you say that in english
T/N:
- someone probs will do a better job
- I went overboard with translating ~freely~ sometimes
- I still hate 아쉽다
Got7‘s Junior and Youngjae spent their childhood respectively in Jinhae, in Gyeongsangnam-do, and Mokpo, in Jeollanam-do. Before debut, Junior received meaningful scoldings from his dad that „if you do it like that, it doesn‘t matter what you do, it won‘t work“. Youngjae endured his time before becoming Got7 with singing at more than a few musical schools in Mokpo. And now these two are standing on stages in Seoul, Thailand, Japan and many other countries. „Sometimes I‘m amazed. When I look back at myself coming up from Mokpo alone and standing on the stage. There are times I think ‚How did I become like this?‘“ Youngjae says as he picks the cucumber from he sandwich in front of him. „Ah, it‘s not that I‘m picky, I can‘t eat them because of an allergy.“ he explains quickly in fear of a misunderstanding. Idols Junior and Youngjae, who recently have to endure the cheers and the rebukes of people at the same time, are coming closer to adulthood, but on the other side, are still like children.
Junior
Recently your screen debut ‚A Stray Goat‘ had been shown on the Jeonju National Film Festival. You already have acting experience through Dramas like „My Love Eun-dong“ and „When a Man Loves“. Between standing with Got7 on stage and standing as Park Jin-young in front of a camera, is there a difference in your mental attitude?
The character of an actor and a musician can be different, but I think they don‘t differ much in the fact that in both singing and acting one has to ‚concentrate‘. I‘m still too young to discuss them both, but I think they‘re different in the way one has to concentrate.
I heard you too saw the finished movie on the festival for the first time.
I couldn‘t be objective. Before watching the movie the director told me „see the movie as a movie“, now I know what he meant. I inevitably ended up seeing the movie while judging my acting and checking the lacking scenes and regretful acting.
‚A Stray Goat‘ is, summarized with the keywords school, violence, mobbing etc, not a light/happy movie, right?
That‘s right. Actually because of that I had a mentally difficult time before the meetings when I saw the script. But the director told me „It‘s just the work that is dark and uneasy. The characters living in it don‘t need to be.“ So it is alright for me to just act. When I heard that I felt like I found the solution.
Aside from ‚A Stray Goat‘, your global tour is drawing attention. You held your first concert in Shanghai, Osaka, Tokyo, Bangkok etc. There were whole 22 thousand people at the Bangkok concert.
Yes, that‘s right. It was very touching. I sometimes have the habit to write a diary or to make notes. When the concert was over, I wrote quite some into my notebook.
Is it okay to ask what you wrote?
At that time my parents came to the concert, (I wrote) the words my dad said to me then. My dad says a lot to me. This time he said „get used to the way you lose your strength on stage.“
Your father said this? It‘s something a professional producer would say.
Even before my debut, when I was a trainee, my dad was very proficient in theories. Like, „Popping is done contracting the muscles; because you can‘t do that, you have to go for rhythmic hip hop.“ Like this he always gave me concrete advices.
Did he study in that field because his son chose that path?
He has a good touch and intuition by nature. My dad has the eye of a hawk.
So there is a reason you got the words your father gave you when you were young engraved in your heart, that ‚if you do it that way, nothing will come of it‘?
Yes, that‘s right. My father‘s words made me who I am now.
Youngjae
I heard the mood of the global tour was amazing. Also that the member‘s parents came to the concert in Thailand.
I heard that my mum cried. (laughter) I got to know it this time, that my mum can‘t fly by plane. So when I phoned with my dad, I said „then from next on you come alone. Don‘t make it hard for mum.“
Haha. You‘re a curt son. It‘s not long since your tour ended and you arrived home. I heard today too you‘re having a filming in your exhausting schedule. What do you crave for most when you‘re busy?
Food. Because during activities I have to look pretty on screen, so I‘m always suppressing my appetite. I used to eat uncontrollably once I started eating and look big on TV, so I‘m worrying about that.
You‘re the lead vocal in the team. Because you‘re 7 people, you split a song that‘s a bit over 3~4 minutes. Isn‘t that disappointing for you?
No. It‘s not a Youngjae song, it‘s a Got7 song. Our goal is not to show show that I can sing well, but to make good, presentable music together as 7 people. I think if my voice stands out, then I‘m doing my role as the lead vocalist wrong.
But still, there must be times you want to be acknowledged for your singing talent. Did you ever think of going on ‚King of Masked Singer‘?
I want to go. But I‘m quite afraid. When I am alone, I‘m nervous and unconfident.
Usually the people who can sing well have each points they feel their voice is lacking.
Every time I practice I record my voice and listen to it. There are a lot times I am taken aback because it‘s not the voice I thought it is. In the past, when one taped his voice on a recorder and listened to it, it sounds quite weird. It feels like that.
You‘re in your 3rd year since debut, is it still like that?
Yes, So I constantly end up practicing more and I constantly listen to my singing.
But you definitely have a nice voice. Which feedback to your voice made you the happiest?
It‘s „a voice that makes my heart tender/warm“.
Do you still dream of becoming a music therapist later?
Yes. When I was young, I was happy and felt at ease listening to music when I had a (mentally) hard time or had a lot on my mind. I want other people to know what I felt.
orig.: Twitter
trans.: wassereis@livejournal
me: *frustrated* I understand this but how do you say that in english
T/N:
- someone probs will do a better job
- I went overboard with translating ~freely~ sometimes
- I still hate 아쉽다
Got7‘s Junior and Youngjae spent their childhood respectively in Jinhae, in Gyeongsangnam-do, and Mokpo, in Jeollanam-do. Before debut, Junior received meaningful scoldings from his dad that „if you do it like that, it doesn‘t matter what you do, it won‘t work“. Youngjae endured his time before becoming Got7 with singing at more than a few musical schools in Mokpo. And now these two are standing on stages in Seoul, Thailand, Japan and many other countries. „Sometimes I‘m amazed. When I look back at myself coming up from Mokpo alone and standing on the stage. There are times I think ‚How did I become like this?‘“ Youngjae says as he picks the cucumber from he sandwich in front of him. „Ah, it‘s not that I‘m picky, I can‘t eat them because of an allergy.“ he explains quickly in fear of a misunderstanding. Idols Junior and Youngjae, who recently have to endure the cheers and the rebukes of people at the same time, are coming closer to adulthood, but on the other side, are still like children.
Junior
Recently your screen debut ‚A Stray Goat‘ had been shown on the Jeonju National Film Festival. You already have acting experience through Dramas like „My Love Eun-dong“ and „When a Man Loves“. Between standing with Got7 on stage and standing as Park Jin-young in front of a camera, is there a difference in your mental attitude?
The character of an actor and a musician can be different, but I think they don‘t differ much in the fact that in both singing and acting one has to ‚concentrate‘. I‘m still too young to discuss them both, but I think they‘re different in the way one has to concentrate.
I heard you too saw the finished movie on the festival for the first time.
I couldn‘t be objective. Before watching the movie the director told me „see the movie as a movie“, now I know what he meant. I inevitably ended up seeing the movie while judging my acting and checking the lacking scenes and regretful acting.
‚A Stray Goat‘ is, summarized with the keywords school, violence, mobbing etc, not a light/happy movie, right?
That‘s right. Actually because of that I had a mentally difficult time before the meetings when I saw the script. But the director told me „It‘s just the work that is dark and uneasy. The characters living in it don‘t need to be.“ So it is alright for me to just act. When I heard that I felt like I found the solution.
Aside from ‚A Stray Goat‘, your global tour is drawing attention. You held your first concert in Shanghai, Osaka, Tokyo, Bangkok etc. There were whole 22 thousand people at the Bangkok concert.
Yes, that‘s right. It was very touching. I sometimes have the habit to write a diary or to make notes. When the concert was over, I wrote quite some into my notebook.
Is it okay to ask what you wrote?
At that time my parents came to the concert, (I wrote) the words my dad said to me then. My dad says a lot to me. This time he said „get used to the way you lose your strength on stage.“
Your father said this? It‘s something a professional producer would say.
Even before my debut, when I was a trainee, my dad was very proficient in theories. Like, „Popping is done contracting the muscles; because you can‘t do that, you have to go for rhythmic hip hop.“ Like this he always gave me concrete advices.
Did he study in that field because his son chose that path?
He has a good touch and intuition by nature. My dad has the eye of a hawk.
So there is a reason you got the words your father gave you when you were young engraved in your heart, that ‚if you do it that way, nothing will come of it‘?
Yes, that‘s right. My father‘s words made me who I am now.
Youngjae
I heard the mood of the global tour was amazing. Also that the member‘s parents came to the concert in Thailand.
I heard that my mum cried. (laughter) I got to know it this time, that my mum can‘t fly by plane. So when I phoned with my dad, I said „then from next on you come alone. Don‘t make it hard for mum.“
Haha. You‘re a curt son. It‘s not long since your tour ended and you arrived home. I heard today too you‘re having a filming in your exhausting schedule. What do you crave for most when you‘re busy?
Food. Because during activities I have to look pretty on screen, so I‘m always suppressing my appetite. I used to eat uncontrollably once I started eating and look big on TV, so I‘m worrying about that.
You‘re the lead vocal in the team. Because you‘re 7 people, you split a song that‘s a bit over 3~4 minutes. Isn‘t that disappointing for you?
No. It‘s not a Youngjae song, it‘s a Got7 song. Our goal is not to show show that I can sing well, but to make good, presentable music together as 7 people. I think if my voice stands out, then I‘m doing my role as the lead vocalist wrong.
But still, there must be times you want to be acknowledged for your singing talent. Did you ever think of going on ‚King of Masked Singer‘?
I want to go. But I‘m quite afraid. When I am alone, I‘m nervous and unconfident.
Usually the people who can sing well have each points they feel their voice is lacking.
Every time I practice I record my voice and listen to it. There are a lot times I am taken aback because it‘s not the voice I thought it is. In the past, when one taped his voice on a recorder and listened to it, it sounds quite weird. It feels like that.
You‘re in your 3rd year since debut, is it still like that?
Yes, So I constantly end up practicing more and I constantly listen to my singing.
But you definitely have a nice voice. Which feedback to your voice made you the happiest?
It‘s „a voice that makes my heart tender/warm“.
Do you still dream of becoming a music therapist later?
Yes. When I was young, I was happy and felt at ease listening to music when I had a (mentally) hard time or had a lot on my mind. I want other people to know what I felt.
orig.: Twitter
trans.: wassereis@livejournal