Sunday, May 11, 2008

[08.05.07][news] Dongwan: "Last year it was Minwoo/Hyesung, this year it's Jin/Andy


Back with his 2nd solo album, The Secret, Kim Dongwan shared his thoughts about competing against his fellow Shinhwa members

Last year, Kim Dongwan released his 1st solo album and promoted his title track Handkerchief, at about the same time as Shin Hyesung's 2nd album (title track First Person) and Lee Minwoo's 3rd album (title track) Stomp, resulting in all 3 albums competing on various music programmes and charts.

This year, he competes against Shinhwa's two youngest members Andy, who has just released his repackaged 1st album, as well as Junjin who has just released his 1st full solo album.

With regards to this, Kim Dongwan said "It's stressful to compete against the members, but at the same time it's not a bad thing to be meeting them as competitors too. It's really great especially when we get to meet each other on programmes, because we can get together then. Being an entertainer is a lonely profession, and it's just nice to be able to have your good friends together in the waiting room and on programmes."

When asked "what happens when you're all competing for top spot?", Dongwan replied "I'd be lying if I say that I don't want to be #1. but it'll be good if the members all do well"

Having gained much popularity with the ballad Handkerchief, Kim Dongwan will challenge the electronica genre with his 2nd album.

Source: starnews
Chi trans: 咖啡@百度東萬吧
Eng trans: midnightgirl13@shinhwabiz
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