Kim Hyun-joong, a singer of South Korean popular music, also known as K-pop, greets Japanese fans during a K-pop music event called Love-1 Festival in Chiba, Japan.
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[Pic] Fanpic Kim Hyun Joong @ ‘Break Down’ Showcase in Japan [11.07.29]
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[Video] Kim Hyun Joong ‘Breakdown showcase’ & ‘Lotte Duty Free CF’ Behind The Scense
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[Trans] Kim Hyun Joong @ SBS Power FM Love Game (Hosted by Jung SunHee)
Trans by CHEERKO @ soompi.com
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Love Game: summary
It has been 2 years since he returned to her program. He has not done radio for 2 years.
She comments on how good his voice is. Most of the time people talk about KHJ’s looks.
She says she is Bi’s fan but she was really impressed that there is someone more impressive or as impressive as Bi.
He says that he went through a lot to prepare for the debut…6 months of work, discouragements, slump and recharging. He also thought about quitting and just going back to acting but thought about all the people who worked hard with him. So he slept maybe 3~4 hours and practiced a lot until the debut. To overcome his feelings of discouragement, he just decided to throw hmself into the wrok as there was a goal of the debut date approaching.
He talked the most with KyuJong before he came out as solo as they both have not come out with album at that time. They would get together for soju and talk. KJ also worked hard by trying acting in Musical at this time and his hard work is paying off and that also encouraged him.
KHJ says that Break Down is much better with dance and on the stage.
He was struggling about whether to make BD or Please as title song. But his 2nd stage song will be Kiss Kiss instead of Please because people were showing much more heated enthusiasm for Kiss Kiss. Personally, he likes BD the best.
Someone wrote in that she thought KHJ would be very proud and haughty but she saw him at WeGotMarried and thought him very nice and also has a strong ability to make a living. She wonders if there are other types of misunderstanding that people have about him.
He says that people think that he is a type to go for wines and such. BUt in fact he prefers soju type of food. Even now he says that he drinks about 3 and half to 4 and half bottles. She is surpised that he can drink that much.
Regarding his popularity at youth. He says he had none as he rarely went to school. So he hardly had opportunity to meet girls. He also was not a gentle type of person as youth but a rough, soccer-loving kind of person. In fact, he says that girls were afraid of him. In his youth, his friends included 3 Kim’s including himself and all three were considered to have bad personalities. He is still very close to those friends and even now they do not have girlfriends as the personality was mooteukteuk-blunt and not so personable. (It is hard to tell from that statement whether he includes himself among the 2 Kims as not having a gf now. But it also sounds like he is not among them.–Korean language can be so vague!!)
MC says that just because someone is good-looking does not mean that he is popular. She also asks him about his height. He says he grew while he was active in Japan and then he is basically this height even in high school days.
Mc plays the PLEASE which is her favorite.
Regarding his hope for next acting job: he says that playing a smart and rich guy was difficult for him and the characters are kind of far from his true self. He prefers to play a role like Dok GoJin, a comical and playful character, from Greatest Love.
MC felt that KHJ would be better suited for action type of character like WonBin in Ajussi. KHJ says that if he plays a playful character, he would like something really comical and if it is an action actor, he would like to play it more seriously.
It appears that his bday is a national holiday to honor the people who servied the country. So he used to think that flags were flying for his bday. As a elementary student, he would play soccer and eat chicken and pizza. As a jh student he would get money together and eat grilled pork skin and or jjajjangmyun and play soccer. As a high school student, he and his friends tried to imitate adults by getting a soju together and trying some.
His motto is that life is one shot. He does not think about fantasy or past life but that life is now. He is born a KHJ so he will do his best to live well until death. He has a second motto which is that don’t be a number one but be the only one.
She recommends that he later come up with a song called Only One and perhaps he can even wirte it. He says he will try.
Currently he goes to his fitness center which has a swimming pool so he swims. To increase breathing he is also practicing holding breath and swimming under water from one end to the next. He says it is an agony doing that so he would not want to broadcast it.
MC asks if there are other celebrities who also frequent it. He says no. It is mostly membered by grandmothers and grandfathers who tend to use the track alot that he feels like he has the entire gym to himself. Most of the members also come early from 6 to 7 AM.
He again talked about his complex about dark circles and becomming too dark due to too much soccer. He also felt that he is no longer idol since he went on air for Knee Master show. (That is the show where he said that he sort of fixed his nose). The fact that he can naturally talk about drinking, shaving, first love and hair cutting means that he is no longer an idol. As an idol, talking about such things was prohibited in the agency.
He also says that he quit smoking on Jan 1 2011. He did relapse once this year but he practices no smiking at this time. He will be touring the music program circle again with Kiss Kiss. He says that he thought that he would be nervous on stage after not working as a singer for a while but he didnot and he really enjoys it very much.
He reads an article that says that as an idol he lived very naturally ane even scolded fans and he hopes to enjoy his old days with other fans who become parents.
KHJ talked about scolding young or old fans who would come around to his house–he really does not care too much for fanatic fans and he also felt that such fans do not stay long as fans. He really like those fans who are considerate of his privacy and even do not try to talk with him or shake his hands on fan signing days and instead tell him to take a break at that time.
These are fans who watch over him from far and he is very grateful to them.
He says that even during his SS group days, he went around doing what he wanted to do even in full make-up. He went to see movies, he even went to amusement parks, etc. He says that there was no real prohibitions set by the agency against him. But the mc who seems to have been part of that old agency says that there was more prohibitions aginst female members.
KHJ says that the president knew everything but did not really say anytning too aginst it. Even going to clubs and such.
KHJ says that he was scared so he did say everything after he did them. He once got into a big trouble because he was late for his schedule. He thought he would die. He says that even if he would get punished, he would anticipate it and still do what he wanted to do anyway. (Is he saying that he was beaten up or something when he was late for a scheduled appt?? As he is talking about his old agency, I sort of get some contradictions. At first he says that he did not have prohibitions but then he saiys that he would anticipate punishment and still did what he wanted to do and then reported to the agency out of fear….Do you know what I mean?)
His plan: Until end of July, he will promote his current album, then in August, he plans to tour about 10 to 12 Asian countries for fan meetings. Then, he is not going to go into acting this year but promote his second album. Mc asks him to return to Love Game to promote his second album.
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[Video] Kim Hyun Joong Breakdown Showcase Behind The Scenes as Shown By DATV Japan
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[Trans] Kim Hyun Joong @ Danny Ahn’s KBS FM 89.1 Radio Show
Trans by CHEERKO @ soompi.com
June 14th Danny Music Show:
Lots of fluff in the beginning~~
While KHJ was working on Mischievous Kiss, he had been reviewing songs for his album. He heard about 200 songs. He chose 10 songs from them. He thought about what songs would be good and also fitting for him. He practiced for a month and a half just for the stage performance which was very difficult for him.
He introduced his album songs in the show for the clips 1,2,3.
Re doing solo album–the positive aspect is that he can do the kind of music that he wants. The negative aspect is that he has to fill up what he used to do with 4 other members by himself.
He felt that he had to put in 5 times the effort.
He often felt the slump as he prepared each song for the album. But he was also able to take with him a realization that if one tries, one can do it.
Comparing life when he was in SS group to now his solo life: He actually slept lot more while functioning as a group—even if the group is noisy, he still slept through it. Now, he finds that he sleeps less and he is really taking good care of his voice. He does throat and voice exercises like humming and blowing and eating ?jip?. He also worries about catching cold so uses air conditionser less.
Danny gave 20 two choices and he has to choose one of them very quickly. I will put what he chose first then what he did not choose second.
ddeukbboki vs soondae
long hair vs short hair
ocean fishing vs hiking
motocycle vs car
private home vs apartment
couple ring vs couple necklace
telephone vs texting
fruit juice vs coffee
low heel vs high heels
travel vs ?something play?
horror movie vs action movie
sports vs computer game
pants vs skirt
Japanese vs English
?holder phone vs smartphone
daughter vs son
Sharon Stone vs Olivia ?
left side face vs right side face
sleep vs bhap (rice)
playing with others vs playing alone
instant food vs well-being food
Lee hyori vs Uee
underwear is size 3 and not 4
girl vs friend (he believes that friend would support no matter what)
He does not get hiking–why go up and come back down again?
He doesnot really enjoy computer games.
He finds it difficult to use smartphone as it needs lots of downloading for apps and the buttons
keep on pressing down even if he does not wnat it. etc. So he prefers the land phone.
He brought Huh Young Seng’s Let It Go to play on air.
Acting maybe next year.
He remembers few lines from BOF–Make me GeumJandi’s honorable fireman–I can go anywhere with white sale and wind. He feels strange that those lines came out so comfortably.
He says that he researched so much about autism to prepare for JiHoo role that he could not act well. But he realizes that acting should be more comfortable and relate to everyday life.
KHJ is given several situations and he is to answer what he would do:
situation 1: a person is waitint in front of a ex-gf’s house and sees the girl walking hand in hand with the new guy—KHJ says that he would tell her he will wait for her until 12 so please come back after ending it. Then, he says that he has to make sure she comes to him by beating up the new bf after the exgf and new bf say goodbye so that he is in no condition to influence the gf and then he would go and take a shower and wait for her to come to him. (laughter)
situation2: a friend calls at dawn aksing for KHJ’s help. He bought a brand name bag for the gf as she kept on asking for it. But now his credit card is over 3bekmanwon. So, KHJ would say to his friend to break his investment and use it. (laughter)
If a friend really needs money? I think what KHJ is saying is that if you reach out to a friend to borrow money, your relationshipo with that friend is not deep enough. He says that when he was haiving realy tough time, he never asked friend for money as he could not bear the burden he is putting on the freind.
If your girlfriend says you are no bf as he has very little time to spend with the gf…he says he would tell her..that is right I am not your bf….(the radio show is saying that the answer does not seem right) so KHJ says ..right I am not your bf but I will be your husband someday. (laughter)
MC asks if KHJ is really like that to a gf if he has one. KHJ says that he does not really express sentiments. He tends to love alone and show more fighting words to gf. He prefers gf who is more like a friend so that he can say anything even not so nice words (ie get lost) to her.
last situation: your gf tells you she is busy and goes off to a club with her friends but you find out because your other friend sees her there. gf beggs for your forgiveness. KHJ says that he will tell her not to be so sorry as he has gone to clubs many times without her. Same same. Mc asks him if he goes to club often. KHJ says he rarely goes ot clubs. He has gone 2 oe 3 times with few “hyungs” but he feels it does not suit him. Many strange women would approach him and the fact that he would have to spend so much money on expensive alcohol and share with others does not seem right to him. Not too long ago, he went to a club called Mombi in GhangNam for a dancer hyung’s bday and he liked that one as it is more a dancing club. He felt more comfortable talking with male DJ’s.
(perhaps both the mc and KHJ being idols, there was no direct questions about KHJ and his cureent situations at all…perhpas to help KHJ to maintain privacy??? I felt that it was hard to get the real KHJ from those situatons–I wonder if he would even go out with girlfriends like described in the situations.
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[News] Kim Hyun Joong announces plans for a Japanese tour [11.07.29]
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SS501’s Kim Hyun Joong successfully completed his Japanese showcase on July 29th at the JEPP Tokyo.
Over 1,800 fans and reporters from 200 different media outlets showed up for the promotional “Break Down“ event. Although Kim Hyun Joong performed in Japan before with SS501, it was his first time appearing as a soloist. “Even so, I’m not nervous,” he said as he smiled at the crowd.
After performing a total of seven songs, the 4D leader cracked up the audience as he confessed, “I want to sing more, but I don’t have any more songs to sing.”
Concluding the concert, he revealed, “In response to all of the Japanese fans who showed so much love for my solo album, I will be planning a nationwide tour in Japan.”
Kim Hyun Joong will be releasing his second solo album this fall, and will embark on a seven-city tour across Japan in November.
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[Trans] Kim Hyun Joong Guesting at Sukira’s Kiss The Radio Program (Hosted by SuJu’s LeeTeuk & Yesung)
Trans by CHEERKO @ SOOMPI
Kiss The Radio Program: mostly summary
So much fluff in the beginning.
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Introduction of KHJ as: What kind of man is a real man? Someone who helps out an old woman who is lost; someone who helps out a child who is bullied by at least giving a noogie to the perpetrators; a man who will not tolerate anybody that badmouth people he cares about. We have today the man among men, man who came out as a strong and tough man from his soft image of BOF. They say that so many people are leaving messages about KHJ who will be a guest for the entre one hour.
KHJ intro himself as KHJ who came back with solo album Break Down. There are people also waiting right outside the radio.
KHJ says that night time is his show time so he has energy.
KHJ says that both mc;s do not drink very well but he says that he has not drunk that much these days to prepare for the come back.
KHJ feels a bit uncomfortable being the only guest for the one hour unlike when he used to come out as a group before. But he will think of the program as being carried out as group of three—he and the 2 SUJU MC;s,
Does KHJ think of himself as 4D? KHJ feels that people think of his honesty as something comical. KHJ says that he does not really think too seriously about being referred to as 4D. KHJ talks about his cartoon character uzusin, He says he likes aliens and believes that there are aliens because we earthlings just cannot be the sole beings in the universe.
KHJ talks about his album: He worked with Steven Lee and other choreographers who woked with usher and other famous aritsts. He feels grateful to all these people.
KHJ had soft image but now he returned as strong man in Break Down. Why? KHJ says that he realized that he cannot have that white skin he used to have and his skin is not as it used to be and he also grown beard too fast so he said to himself it is best to go the road of becoming a man. He has 6 pack and everything now. His dance is referred to as tje 3-level gear dance or something that goes around and around. He is happry with the dance and is happy that other people are saying positive things about it too.
KHJ says that lots of people ask him to take off sunglasses while performing on stage. But he says he just cannot do it now. Sometimes perfoming is so hard that his eyes turn in exhaustion. So he wants to adjust to the perfomance more and then take it off one of these days.
KHJ says that when he was doing mv he did not wear sunglasses but realized his exhaustion while performing on stage.
KHJ syas that he does feel most comofortable in this radio program as they are all similar age and had been idols.
Suju gives him speed quiz that he has to answer yes or no only/
yes to feel a bit lonely as solo performer.
yes to my popularity is somewhat greater than my company’s president esp for those under 30.
no to feeling very excited at seeing younger and cuter girls groups even though my ideal female is Lee HyoRi.
yes to if I really like someone, I will definitely make her mine.
yes to KHJ feels that he sometimes lose even if he is very honest and does not present himself in grandiose manner.
Suju further ask about the popularity. KHJ says that he feels that he has more popularity among those under 30. But for the older,,,no. He thinks that it may take him 20 years or more to surpass the reputation and populatiy of Bae Yong Joon. Suju thinks that KHJ has loaylty.
KHJ says that all the girls group members are cute, pretty and sexy but he has never felt that he wanted to make them his girlfriend. He says that realistically he would think that these girl group members would not be able to hang our late at night and have a beer with him. Becayse his ideal female is someone he can be as comfortable as a firend. But he says that maybe in 5 years things can be different. He also says that those girl group members cannot eat whatever they want either as they have to stay in shape for their work.
Suju asked if there is any other person whom KHJ is interested. KHJ says that he actually met someone. It is someone in his own agency and asked Bae Yong joon to arrange a dinner as he is her fan. It is HongSehWon-sunbaenim(who is that??) He had dinner and couple of wines with her. Some fan asked KHJ if he ever had drinks/meals with Lee HyoRi. He says he did as they were once in the same agency together.
Another radio listener aksed KHJ’s help in getting the girl of his dreams. KHJ says the he believes that sincerity will be communicated. Instead of spenidng moneyy, he would encourage truthfulness and sincerity and belief and credibility. Suju asked KHJ to show in acting. All this time, not Lee Teuk but the other SUJU member keeps on saying that the way KHJ thinks and iseem are so similar to himself. Lee Teuk told him not to make that type of connections. ke
In acting out how to get the girl, Lee Teuk play the girl and says to KHJ that she is busy so make it fast. KHJ says I konw you are busy so I will say it quickly. I love you. I want to make you shine 10 times more than the brand name bag that you have next to you. In 10 years, I will try so hard that that brand name bag will increase 100 times. Lee Teuk also says he loves it. (For a guy who says that he hates saying I love you in SAngSangPlus show in Jan of 2009, it came out very easily…right??!!)
I like the way Lee Teuk translated what KHJ said,,,that he will work hard to be even more attractive than that brank name bag….is very moving proposal. )
The new song Kiss Kiss is played and KHJ hopes that Kiss The RAdio program edits it well and use it as the radio show tune. keke
KHJ talks about the song Kiss KIss and its dance and shows it–SUJU thinks the dance movies could be awkward as the song is so sweet and cute. But KHJ says that after BreakDwon song, there is more request for KissKiss song.
Another fan asks when was your last kiss? SUJU says that he can pass the question if he does not want to answer. KHJ says that it was 4 months ago.Lee Teuk asks KHJ is he considres himself the best looking among all the idels?? KHJ says no. For him, he thinks many people are good looking but what differentiates is how charismatic and sincere that person is…how that person give off the aura aropund him.
The other Suju member chines in to say that his father watched khj in Strong Heart and mentions that he saw KHJ at the TV station once and thingks that KHJ is the best looking among all the idols. So, Suju says that he did not even say goodnight to his father before going to bed.
Then a person calls the radio and he is called Park SeungBum and he plays soccer with KHJ in the celebrity soccer. Both play offense but he says that he is better than khj..that is he very fast but that if KHJ comes out on the field, it is hard to play the game as he has to sit out so he does not like it when KHJ cmes out. keke But, Park says that KHJ looks like he cannot do sports well…but SUJU both say he looks like he can really play well. Park does say that kHJ does really play very well. JUnsu and KHJ are kind of rivals in the game. Lee Teuk asks if KHJ or Junsu is better and Park says actually JUnsu is better. Doojin also called and said that KHJ and he also play soccer together but are not that close and KHJ also does not speak informally to him even though KHJ is older than he is. Doojin must be part of BEAST and he say that khj plays soccer well like Phillip Injaki whio is really good at position selections. (I don’t konw spoets.) KHJ says that hopes to get even closer to these two by having more meals after the games and he will try to talk more informally. He says he finds it har dot talk informally.
They then hear the song Please.
khj tells fan that he will be doing some fan signing events in areas that are not Seoul…like Daegoo, InCjuin and Biusan, et. He says he is so busy now that he cannot do it but he hopes to do it before June is over.
Somebody asked which idol KHJ is close to. KHJ says that he is close to SUJU members and JYJ members. The other mc says tjat KHJ is also close to Donghae. KHJ acknowledges it. Then he quickly says that he comes from same town with Siwon. He addresses Siwon very informaly. Siwon was very famous in school. Lee Teuk asks if Siwon or KHJ was famous during school days. KHJ says that Siwon went to school very deligently whereas he did not. So people did not know him at school. (Woah, KHJ and Siwon went to same junior high school!) The other Suju mc says that Siwon said that in Kangnam area, he and KHJ and Top were pretty famous…that everybody knew them. (Thenm I thnk KHJ said that they were not famous because of grades r anything…) Time ran out KHJ makes promotion for his album and ends. KHJ says that he will not be acting the rest of the year as he is busy preparing the next album. He had a really good time he says.
So, the highlight from the interview for me is that KHJ says his last kiss was 4 months ago, making it around Valentine’s Day. Also, he says that he had dinner with Hong SehYun the actress from the samw agency. I wonder if she is the one who came out in his MV?? I am curious about that. But the SUJU mc;s do not seem that interested in the information. Also, the other SuJu mc knows that KHJ is close to Donghae but KHJ kind of skimmed over the information as if he did not want to talk about that. hmmmm…It seems that being idols, they are respectful of privacy of each other.
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