On May 4th, singer v guested on MBC’s “Radio Star” and was asked to choose between IU, the star of his “My Heart Is Beating” music video, and SNSD’s Yuri, the star of his “Tear Drops” music video.
The MCs asked, “Let’s see who is the current ‘trend.’ Pick between the two of them.”
Seeing K.Will contemplate his decision, fellow guest Wheesung advised him to be careful with his decision, as “the minute you open your mouth, you’re caught.”
After much deliberating, K.Will revealed, “Since IU was in two of my music videos, I’ll go with Yuri. I’d like for her to be in my next music video again.”
Super Junior’s Heechul joked by adding, “Cool’s Yuri“, which led K.Will to burst out in laughter.
Today it was announced that the ladies of SNSD are scheduled to perform their new song “MR. TAXI” live on Music Station on May 13th.
This will mark their first visit in Japan since the Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake that hit Japan on March 11th. Originally, they planned to promote their new song in March, but due to the circumstances they were forced to delay their promotions. After already coming second on the recent Oricon Weekly Chart,as revealed the other day, the nine girls will finally be able to directly cheer up Japan.
Their comment after getting the news about their upcoming performance, “We have been anticipating to perform this song ever since its completion. Even if it is just a little, we are going to put all of our effort into this performance in order to cheer up everyone in Japan, so please look forward to it.”
On May 31st the girls of Shoujo Jidai will also start their Japan tour through six major cities.
Taiwan’s ’58 News’ recently dubbed a woman in Taiwan named Jing Jing as Jessica’s doppelganger.
On the news broadcast, Jing Jing greeted in Korean, “Hello, I’m Jessica. I’m here in Taiwan again”. She elaborated, “Many people said that I look like Jessica. At first, I did not believe what I was told and I had no idea how my resemblance to Jessica could affect my daily life”.
She added, “I have been practicing to look like Jessica in terms of her poses and expressions. To have the pretty legs, I massage my legs everyday”.
’58 News’ staff praised her saying, “Jing Jing does have the look that resembles Jessica. In addition to that, she is taller than Jessica”.
Girls' Generation will perform on TV Asahi's Music Station on May 13th.
They will be performing their popular new single , 'MR. TAXI,' which was released on April 27th. Since this song is the girls' first original Japanese single, many are curious to see how they will perform and what kind of outfit they will reveal that day. After the news was released, the girls said, "We've been wanting to perform the song ever since it was finished. Even if it only helps a little, we will try our hardest to make everyone in Japan feel better, so please look forward to it."
In Korea, May 5th is Children’s Day, and what better day to do a children’s interview?!
Well Dispatch did just that with popular girl group SNSD as the guests. Despite their busy schedules, all nine members of SNSD gathered together to participate in the interview.
SNSD showed much professionalism as they answered a string of questions from small children. They received a variety of questions, from their phone numbers to why they wear shorts – even about who they prefer between SHINee and Super Junior. The members matched every question as they explained simply and carefully for the children to understand.
Check out the interview video and translation below!
Question 1: SNSD noonas (older sister), why do you cry every time you win 1st place?”
SNSD: “Hello. We’re SNSD.”
Tiffany: “Do we cry every time we get 1st place? Yes, I think so.”
Yuri: “Of the nine, I think at least one of us always cries.”
Tiffany & Hyoyeon: “Every time we get first place, I think we cry because we are so happy and our hearts are filled with joy.”
Question 2: “Sooyoung noona, since your name is Sooyoung, are you good at ’soo young’ (swimming)?”
SNSD: “No! She can’t! Sooyoung can’t swim!”
Sooyoung: “However, my name doesn’t come from the sport, swimming. The ‘Soo’ is from ‘exceptional’ and the ‘young’ is from ‘honor’. When you guys get older, you will start to learn Chinese characters. As you learn the Chinese characters, you will find out the meaning of my name. It has nothing to do with swimming, but if all the children want, I’m thinking about learning to swim starting this summer. Please cheer me on!”
Question 3: “SNSD unnies (older sisters), I want to grow out my hair, too. What should I do to grow it out?”
Hyoyeon: “Keep thinking, ‘My hair is growing, my hair is growing..’.”
Sunny: “My hair is growing…”
Tiffany: “If you eat well, your hair will grow well.”
Yoona: “That’s true! If you eat a balanced meal and eat lots of protein, your hair will grow fast.”
Taeyeon: “I heard black beans are good.”
Tiffany: “If you listen to your parents well, it will grow faster.”
Hyoyeon: “Uhh… that’s true!”
Question 4: “Do you like SHINee better? Do you like Super Junior better? Of the two, who are you closer to?”
Tiffany: “We can’t pick!”
Taeyeon: “We like them all.”
Hyoyeon: “Super Junior members are cool oppas (older brothers). And SHINee members are cool juniors…
Tiffany: “So we can’t pick, right?”
Hyoyeon: “Right!”
Question 5: “SNSD noonas, what are your phone numbers? Give me your cellphone numbers.”
Yuri: “1004~ Noona’s number is 1004~” (In Korea, 1004 spells out chunsa, which also means ‘angel’)
Yoona: “010~”
Tiffany: “My number is _ _ _~ _ _ _ _.”
Sooyoung: “More than greeting you through phone, us noonas get much more help when you watch us and cheer us on when we are on stage. Young children, please cheer on SNSD.”
Question 6: Why do you only wear shorts, even during the winter? Aren’t you cold?
Sooyoung: “We are cold. (Looking at Jessica.) It’s cold, right?”
Jessica: “Yes, it’s cold. Very.”
Hyoyeon: “It’s because it matches well with the song and looks pretty…”
Sunny: “It’s also to make us look healthy.”
Yoona: “When we’re not on stage, we wear long pants.”
Tiffany: “When we’re not on stage, we wear many layers!”
Yuri: “Young children, don’t copy us and wear shorts when it’s cold outside. Wear long pants and always take care of your health.”
Question 7: SNSD noonas, do you get nervous when you go up on stage? When are you the most nervous?”
Sooyoung: “When are we the most nervous? I think we’re most nervous right before they reveal 1st place. When we are performing on stage, we enjoy the stage, so we get the most nervous right before they reveal 1st place… And I think we cry more because we are nervous.”
Jessica: “Yes. That’s true.”
Sunny: Young children, stay healthy and listen to your parents and teachers. Get along with your friends. Also, please give lots and lots of love to SNSD.
SNSD: Young children, bye~ Right now is SNSD. I love you♡”
It’s May 5th, Children’s Day. ‘Dispatch News’ conducted an interview with Korea’s national girl group, SNSD! Although the girls are busy with their activities, album preparation and concert practice, they managed to spare some time to participate in the interview.
They are indeed the national girl group. There were a lot of different questions from the children to the girls; from SNSD members’ handphone numbers, reasons for wearing hot pants to the group (between Super Junior and SHINee) they get along better.
To suit these young children, SNSD members who are full of their own unique charms, gave some hand gestures while replying to the questions to help them understand better and this made the interview more interesting.
Interview (D represents Dispatch News who conveyed the questions from some children)
D: SNSD noona(sisters), why do you cry whenever you get first? (Choi SungJae, 8 years old)
Tiffany: Did we cry whenever we get no.1? (Looking at other members) Ah, we did. Yuri: I think among the nine of us, we take turns crying. Tiffany and Hyoyeon: Whenever we get no.1, the members would keep on crying because we feel very happy inside our hearts.
D: Sooyoung noona, since your name is Sooyoung, can you really swim well? (Choi SungJae, 8 years old)
Everyone: No. She can’t. Sooyoung can’t swim. Sooyoung: Noona’s name is not the sport ‘swimming’ (went on to explain her ‘soo’ and ‘young’). Children, when you grow up and have started to learn hanja, you would understand what noona’s name means. I’m not related to this sooyoung (‘swimming’, moving her arm). However, children, if you want, noona will learn how to swim this summer.
D: As I want to grow long hair, I wish to know how can I grow them like unnies? (Kim JiMin, 8 years old).
Hyoyeon: (Touching her hair) Think a lot about your hair growing long. Long.Long….. Sunny: (Touching her hair) Long hair. Tiffany: If you eat well, It won’t take long for your hair to grow. YoonA: That’s right. Your meals must be balanced. If you eat a lot of food with protein, your hair will grow very very fast. Taeyeon: Black beans are good. Tiffany: If you obey your parents, your hair will grow fast. Hyoyeon: Aye. That’s right.
D: SNSD unnies. Do you like Super Junior? Do you like SHINee? Who are you closer to? (Kim JiMin, 8 years old)
Tiffany: I can’t choose. Yes. Taeyeon: All of them. Hyoyeon: Super Junior are really cool oppas, right? SHINee are really cool hoobaes (juniors), aren’t they? Am I right?
D: SNSD noonas. What are your telephone numbers? Please let me know your handphone numbers. (Yoon JaeMin, 8 years old).
Yuri: 1004~ noona’s number 1004~ YoonA: 010~ Tiffany: My number is bbyeong bbyeong bbyeong~bbyeong bbyeong bbyeong bbyeong. Sooyoung: Instead of asking for our phone numbers to send us greetings, you can help noonas much more if you cheer for us when we are performing on stage. Our children, please support and cheer for SNSD always.
D: SNSD noonas, even during winter, why do you wear hot pants? You don’t feel cold? (Yoon JaeMin, 8 years old)
Sooyoung: It’s cold. (Looking at Jessica) Cold, right? Jessica: Yes, it’s cold. Very. Hyoyeon: It’s because We have to look pretty in the costumes that match the songs we are performing… Sunny: Also to show that we are healthy YoonA: When we are not on stage, we wear long pants. Tiffany: When we are not on stage, we put on a few layers of clothes. Yuri: Dear children, when you are cold, do not wear short pants like unnie/noona. Please take care of your health and wear long pants.
D: SNSD noona, are you nervous when you’re on the stage? When do you feel nervous the most? (An JungJin, 10 years old)
Sooyoung: The time when i am most nervous. I think it should be before we get onto the stage. Since we enjoy ourselves while we are performing on stage, the most nervous moment is the time when we are just about to perform…the nervousness is so great that I feel like crying. Jessica: Yes, that’s right.
At the end of the interview:
Sunny: Dear children. Always stay healty and listen to your parents well. Also, always listen to your teachers as well. Get along well with your friends. Please give us, SNSD noonas/unnies lots and lots of love.
Everyone: Dear children, goodbye~Right now So.Nyeo.Shi.Dae. We love you ♡.
