Monday, December 17, 2007

[07.12.14][news] Shinhwa tries to "evolve naturally from an idol group"


It's been 10 years since their debut, and sometimes having activities for a long period of time may get tiring, and the average age of their Korean fans are also increasing. However, the 1,000 plus crowd of female fans who were waiting for Shinhwa at Shanghai's Pudong Airport on 13 Dec reminded everyone of the time when Shinhwa made their debut in 1998.

In response to this, Eric said "We have been having our activities mostly in Korea, so when we have concerts in Japan, China and other countries, we can feel a different atmosphere as compared to Korea. The fiery and passionate support from the young Chinese fans makes us feel that we're back to our debut period, and sometimes we feel even more excited because of that. Such an experience has really helped me to find that long-lost feeling. But having come so far as Shinhwa, all 6 of us have also done very well in our own fields, this feeling is just as freat. If the fans can support the members in their solo activities, we will work even harder no matter where we are."

Immensely popular in China, Shinhwa is celebrating their 10th anniversary soon. They have been changing in every sense from being an idol group, and they are still evolving. What kind of music does Shinhwa hope to create?

Shinhwa's Lee Minwoo said, "Shinhwa is an idol group, and we've also grown older. Just like how we have to wear clothes that are appropriate for our age, I think the music that we make is also the same. Usually the people who can appreciate our music now are not the ones in their 10s. Just as how we have created memories for the fans who were in their 10s a decade ago, we will make music to create new memories."


When asked about how they will become in the next 10 years, he said "Shinhwa will be much older, I guess it will be too tiring for us to do dances that are too vigorous? It's not wrong for us to evolve into a more appropriate image for Shinhwa then, so we will change based on Shinhwa's unique qualities. We want to evolve our music based on these Shinhwa characteristics and present them to the fans."

Shinhwa will be holding their ' 2007 China TOUR SHINHWA FOREVER’ concert on 15 Dec at Shanghai's Hongkou Stadium, with the theme "Beginning-Birth-Forever-Friendship". They will be performing the hits from their debut period up till now.

Source: oceans
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Eng trans: midnightgirl13@shinhwabiz

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