Tuesday, October 21, 2008

[08.10.21][news] M's advice: Live together if you want to last as long as Shinhwa

Shinhwa's Lee Minwoo offered some advice to the juniors during an interview with Edaily SPN, "If you want to be a long-running group, my tip is that you have to live together with your fellow members in a dormitory."

Lee Minwoo is a member of longest-running idol group Shinhwa, which has spent 10 years in showbiz since making their debut in 1998. Not only are they the longest-running group, but they have also established themselves as one of the top idol groups in Korea. Besides their success in group activities, the members have also achieved success in their solo careers. This has made Shinhwa the role model of many younger idol groups.

Lee Minwoo suggested that the first step to being a long-running group is to live together in a dormitory, as it can strengthen their partnership.

"It's not just living together, you have to treat each other like family, like brothers. You can't think of outshining your fellow members and standing out by yourself. No matter who falls behind, you've got to pull him along."

"Besides giving support in spirit, you have to help in terms of material issues if need be. We fought before too, but it's because we've stayed together and understand each other really well that we can stay together for so long."

When leader Eric enlisted for military duty on 9th Oct, Shinhwa members all gathered on 7th Oct for a sending-off dinner despite their hectic schedules.

Lee Minwoo promised the reunion of Shinhwa in another 4 years' time. "Although there will be no group activities for the moment as the members will be enlisting, but we've already built up the Shinhwa brand. We still want to present Shinhwa's music to everyone. We'll create another legend then.


Source: Edaily SPN & oceans
Chi trans: jojoyu7@shinhwachina
Eng trans: midnightgirl13@shinhwabiz

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