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[TRANS] Weekly TV Guide Mar.6 issue TOHOSHINKI INTERVIEW
To commemorate 10th year anniversary since their debut in Japan
Yunho X Changmin interview with over 3000 characters
"We will continue to walk on this path together, the two of us…"
They celebrated their 10th anniversary in Korea in 2014 and this April, they will celebrate 10th year anniversary in Japan. We will present you here a TOHOSHINKI special talk. We asked them to talk about their thoughts that are conveyed through their new single "SAKURAMICHI", episodes during the WITH tour, and what they are thinking now.
I wish to tell our fans that our hearts/souls are connected forever.
Yunho: Our new single SAKURAMICHI is perfect for this season, do not you agree?
Changmin: It has a beautiful melody line and the lyrics are gentle so it was easy for me to put my emotion into the song. A song about departure is easier for me to sing when compared to love songs. My recording went very very smooth while imagining myself talking a stroll along the Meguro river in cherry blossom season.
Yunho: Well, I rather think that it was easier for you to sing the song because it is the right key for you. It was a bit too high for me and I had to work harder. But I let my emotions help me sing the song, and at the end, I think I did pretty well.
Changmin: I love the part of the lyrics, "For sure, we will be alright. Our hearts/souls are connected forever."
Yunho: Surely. I think the part represents/summarizes SAKURAMICHI.
Changmin: I think, it is the first message that we wish to convey to those listening to this song. I want to tell everyone, "We cannot be near with you all the time, but our hearts/souls are connected together.. so you should not worry about anything, and we can keep walking forever".
Yunho: This song gives encouragement and support to people who will be taking a new path, and it is meaningful to me who is in the last year in his 20's. I felt that I was getting encouraged too.
CM: I love the atmosphere of the promotion video.
Yunho: The real cherry tree in the filming was so truly beautiful.
Changmin: But the cherry blossoms are fake.
Yunho: What? I took so many pictures because I thought those were real… I am in shock! But the tree (stalk+branches) was real, wasn't it? I am glad that I was not totally fooled (laughed).
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I was able to relax a little to enjoy the beauty of red penlights
Changmin: (When this interview was conducted) We've performed in Fukuoka and Sapporo. Can you tell me about something that left deep impression to you?
Yunho: It was my birthday. I guess, it was that everyone celebrated my birthday on stage on the first day of our tour. Until the moment, no one said, "Happy Birthday!" to me. At the very moment when my birthday came, I did not receive any messages from Changmin and I was eating ramen noodles alone, feeling lonely. I was thinking about "Why?". But after all it was all because you all planned to give me a surprise. Because I did not know anything about it, I was so happy. Even you smeared creams/a piece of cake on my face..
Changmin: Actually I wanted to smear a lot more.. but the next song is our new single "SAKURAMICHI" so I hesitated a little.
Yunho: Ah~ I knew that. It will be awkward to sing our new single while wiping creams off my face.. I was grateful to you for not doing that (laugh).
Changmin: I was so looking forward to going to have a miso ramen after the concert in Sapporo. Unfortunately, the restaurant was so very crowded that I had to give up. I regret that. In order to enjoy my bowl of miso ramen soup, I ate only three spoonful of cooked rice for the entire day. "What the heck of my endurance!" I was so upset and just drank wine and sulked in bed.
Yunho: (laugh) We had episodes like that.. I guess the both of us really like the set list of this tour, right?
Changmin: Because it is Dome Tour, we have technical difficulties in sounds, but we try our best to convey our feelings through our bare/unembellished/honest vocals. We pay attention to lyrics one phrase by one phrase, and we also enjoy ourselves.. I think we have been able to do that so far.
Yunho: I am the type who seldom cries/shed tears. But during the encore songs, I can see people crying.. so I get emotional and get choked up. This tour is..more than any previous tours.. I want to touch everyone's soul. With the mindset, I am doing my best. After this tour has ended, I hope everyone will live his/her life well.
Changmin: We have performed live in Dome for many times, but this is the first time that I was able to relax a little to enjoy the beauty of red pen lights. In order to pay back to the love everyone has given to us, I want to do all my best while enjoying our live performances.
Yunho: At the final concert at Tokyo Dome on Apr 2, I think that we can perform the best with confidence which we've gained through performing at many stages, so please looking forward to it. Of course, we do all our best in every concert, many different thoughts will explode at our final day concert.
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I think right now when we celebrate our 10th year is the most important time for me.
Yunho: It is just amazing that we are able to celebrate our 10th year anniversary since we debuted in Japan this year.
Changmin: Japan is a foreign country to the two of us, but it is a second home to us. I am so grateful to the fact that the number "10" is the symbol/proof for that we are loved a lot in foreign country.
Yunho: The fact that TOHOSHINKI has been loved not only in Japan but also in all over Asia is not because that we did our best but all because our fans together have cherished/cared for us.
Changmin: Among the activities we had, the live at Nissan Stadium in the summer of 2013 has left a deep impression to me. Together with excited fans, we waved our hands and jumped.. I thought that even I had 10 friends together, it is so hard to get all excited about one thing… but those people are connected just because they are supporting the two of us and over 70,000 people composed one scenery was just incredible.
Yunho: Yes, Nissan was amazing. But.. I think right now when we reached to the mark of 10th year is most impressive to me. Everything that I experienced so far is very important/indispensable for me. From the time when we first arrived in Japan till now, I feel that I haven't changed much. We started from a small venue and now so many people are interested in TOHOSHINKI. I am truly happy about that.
Changmin: We have had activities for 10 years and experiences many numbers of stages, we became much stronger than before and we won't lose ourselves so easily.
Yunho: Yes. In old days, if we crack our voice, we would drag it till the end of the concert. But these days, we can say, "This is what is live about." (laugh)
Changmin: Yes, yes. When I made mistakes, I regretted so much that everyone can see how upset I was. But these days, I can get over it and prepare for the next song.
Yunho: Changmin sometimes sang songs with too much focus/too intensely but these days he allow himself to sing more naturally and I really love that. He has more artistic flexibility in his singing, his dance skills have advanced significantly. Everyone around us tells me, "Watch out how Changmin has advanced! Yunho, you are in danger!" (laugh) Changmin, what do you think of my dance?
Changmin: From the beginning till now, and from now on, there is no place for me to make a comment about Yunho's dance. I have full respect to you forever!
Yunho: Thank you. It will be really great if we can walk together while showing us in the way we really are.
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I am really grateful to everyone in Japan from the bottom of my heart.
Yunho: I was scared of having activities in a foreign country and also sometimes I felt somewhat sad/disappointed about the style of Japanese fans who listened to our songs quietly and deeply (without cheers). However, we started to get used our activities in Japan and we have been able to communicate through our hearts/feelings..
Changmin: It is not very easy to support foreigners for many years, but we are able to celebrate our 10th year in Japan, I am grateful to our Japanese fans. I am frustrated that I could only say, Thank you. I truly am grateful to you all from the bottom of my heart.
Yunho: Our fans are members of TOHOSHINKI and also staffs who make our stages together. In private, we do not know each other but on stage, we can share our feelings.
Changmin: I wish to become an artist who can do live performances in front of many people. I wish everyone get energized through our live concerts and please live well in this spring.
Yunho: Yes, I agree. I always feel responsibility as being a leader of TOHOSHINKI and I feel the responsibility the most strongly on stage. Every time, I play a role of a fool/silly person and I make jokes and play goofy but my real personality is not something like that (laugh). However, when everyone laughs at me, that will make me happy. It is easy for me to show that on stage than just talking here, so please come and see us on stage.
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