Sunday, December 09, 2007

"It's like family members getting together to celebrate a festival"

"For the 6 of us to gather together, the mood is like that of all family members gathering together to celebrate a festival."

As the longest-running idol group in Korea, Shinhwa held a press conference on 7 Dec in Tokyo.

When asked "How are you feeling now that the 6 of you are doing a concert together after so long?", Lee Minwoo said, "We finally released a Shinhwa single album after so long, and we're finally standing on the same stage after last year's Asian tour, it's a brand new feeling."

He added, "As we haven't been performing together for so long, we made some mistakes during the concert. However, we still comfort each other as it always has been, so it really feels like having all your family members gathering together to celebrate a festival."

When asked, "As the longest-running idol group in Korea, you're already going to celebrate your 10th anniversary next year. How do you feel about that?" Minwoo then answered, "What do you think? Don't we look old now? We can't help that either." The audience all laughed in response to his answer. He then said, "If you're asking how we have changed, we've probably become more laidback."

Fellow member Kim Dongwan said, "The motivation behind us being able to stay together for 10 years is destiny. After all the difficulties we've experience together, we've learnt not to expect too much of each other. (laughs) That's the kind of relationship we have. When any of us faces any problems, we'll all help each other out.

When asked, "As the longest-running group who have spent 10 years together, what do you think of younger idol groups in their 10s who are very popular now?"

Shinhwa members replied, "We've heard people talk about the second Shinhwa. We've also remember hearing the seniors telling us to persist until the end. It feels rather surreal."

Source: oceans
Chi trans: jojoyu7@shinhwachina
Eng trans: midnightgirl13@shinhwabiz

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