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"Please introduce yourselves together and seperately." Unlike Eunji, Daemi and I had to rely heavily on a translator for our interviews in China. We all kissed our thumbs before pointing at the camera.

"We are R 3 D! We are R.E.D!" We chorused and the interviewer; Zhao Fei Ling, clapped along with the audience.

"Hello, I am R3D's Leader Eunji."

"Wassup, I'm Rei."

"Hello, I'm R3D's maknae Daemi."

"Wow, so confident and beautiful." Fei Ling exclaimed. "So as you can see, we're lucky to have time to talk with R3D. Would you mind explaining the basics of your group?" Eunji, as per the norm, took lead with her flawless Mandarin.

"We're a trio girl group that debuted in March this year, under CC Entertainment. We have two albums out, our debut and our first comeback, as well as two singles out on iTunes. Our first album, R3D, is a mixture of hip hop and RnB with a feminine touch, and our comeback album F3MME is much more fierce and raw." Fei Ling nodded and lookd down at her notes before glancing back up to the camera.

"So, first of all, you're a part of the CC Global Domination Tour and you just finished your first concert in Seoul. How has it been for you so far?" She kindly waited as the translator did her job and I grinned.

"The Seoul concert was pretty big." I said. "The arena was packed and it was kind of overwhelming to hear all those people calling out our names, it made me personally feel like I was on top of the world. But it was also hectic, with all the rushing to and from costumes and make up, and rehearsing it as well as different meetings, and we also had to uphold regular performances such as Inkigayo and TV interviews." Fei Ling nodded as the translator spoke and smiled.

"That would be fun." She agreed. "Eunji, you performed an English song during the Seoul concert didn't you? Fans have been going crazy, contacting us, to talk about it." Eunji blushed and fiddled with her necklace.

"Ah, I performed the song Euphoria, by Swedish singer Loreen." She said. "Loreen sung this song at EuroVision last year and it won. I liked the lyrics so I decided to ask if I could perform it. Actually, Daemi performed an English song as well, with our label-mate Jaekyung." Fei Ling nodded.

"So you all speak English?" She asked and we waited for the translator.

"Yeah, Eunji speaks Mandarin, English and Korean really well and she's learning Thai." Daemi explained. "I can speak Korean and English and both Rei and I are learning Mandarin. But Rei's the best. She can speak fluent English, Korean, Spanish, French and Thai." I blushed as the audience clapped and awkwardly rubbed my neck.

"Oh, so talented." Fei Ling complimented and I bowed in thanks. "Now, your debut single Ruby. We have the MV here for our audience at home so let's watch a bit of that." We were able to watch it through two monitors off to the sides and I giggled as my part came on. In our MVs, I have to be fierce, cocky and just act 'cool', whereas in reality I'm just loud and cheerful so it's pretty cool to watch our MVs.

"Wow, you guys act so different." Fei Ling said before we burst into laughter. "Wait, not like that!"

"Ah we understand." Eunji said, giggling. "When performing our songs anywhere, we have a certain persona to adopt. For example, my persona is very sensual and teasing whereas Rei's persona is cocky and confident." Fei Ling pointed at me.

"Your persona sort of reminds me a bit of EXO's Kai and 2NE1's CL. You all have the same sort of stage confidence." I looked at the translator before smiling and bowing.

"Ah, thank you." Daemi laughed.

"That's possibly just made her year because her biggest inspiration is CL." She revealed and I nodded, fiddling with the spiked cuff on my wrist.

"Oh really? Then would you like to make a video message to her?" Fei Ling offered and I looked up with wide eyes.

"Really? Honestly?" Everyone laughed and I composed myself, fixing my hair before looking at the camera.

"Hello CL-sunbae." I bowed. "I'm Rei from R3D and I just want to say that you're an inspiration to me. I love your confidence on stage and I wish to continue learning from your performances sunbae! Thank you." I sat back down and giggled, vibrating in my seat as I kicked my legs, before remembering we were on national TV.

"That's probably gonna end up as a gif or meme or something on the internet." Eunji commented and I groaned.

"Do you have to worry about that all the time?" Fei Ling asked. "Like, how hard is it to watch what you do and say nearly all the time?"

"It's really difficult!" Daemi burst out. "Like, when we got off the plane this morning and got into Beijing Airport, there was a lot of fans there, and I get claustrophobic so Rei was shielding me but that just made the fans scream out our pairing, and Eunji was so close to swearing at them. But she couldn't because that would be bad for us and CC." Fei Ling nodded in understanding.

"Understandable." She commented. "So now I have some questions fans sent in via Twitter, mail and Facebook. You ready?" We all nodded and she looked at the first card.

"This one is for Daemi. Is it true you and Rei have aegyo fights in your dorm?" I coughed and Daemi shook her head mournfully.

"You can't really call them fights since maknae always wins." She said and I nodded.

"It's true, no one can resist her aegyo." Both Eunji and I firmly agreed on this after we wtinessed Daemi use aegyo to force our manager to buy her a new dress. "She's a monster. An aegyo monster." The audience laughed as Daemi pouted.

"Ah okay, second question is for Rei. If you could choose any male rapper to collaborate with, who would it be and why?" I pursed my lips, thinking, before snapping my fingers.

"I can't choose but if I had to, it would probably be Minho from SHINee, Chanyeol from EXO or Eunhyuk or Shindong from Super Junior." I replied. "Every idol who is asked that always seems to reply with G-Dragon or something, but I'm a massive fan of SM Entertainment, so I like their artists a lot. Plus all of those rappers can rap really fast and I think it'd be interesting to do something like that."

"Plus Rei has a fangirl crush on Chanyeol and Eunhyuk!" Daemi burst out and I glared at her.

"Yah! Why are my secrets getting spilled out and not yours?" I called, snapping my fingers. "Dongsaengs should respect their unnies!" The audience burst out laughing after my rage was translated, and Fei Ling wiped a tear from her eye.

"Ah, you girls are very amusing." She said. "Now, this one is a good question for all three of you. What is your ideal type of man to date? Eunji?" Leader flushed faintly before composing herself.

"I personally like a man who can take control and lead me if I'm having trouble. He has to be caring and I wouldn't mind if he reads books." Eunji said and Fei Ling nodded.

"Daemi?"

"Ah, I don't have much experience with boys but generally enjoy the company of ones who know how to make me laugh. And I like it when they don't care about appearances, that's always a good thing." Daemi said shyly and the audience cooed.

"Rei?" I scratched my head.

"Uh, I like a man who loves skinship as much as me." I said. "And he has to be able to make me laugh and support me. And I certainly wouldn't mind it if he played an instrument or knew a second language."

"Rei just wants a male verison of herself." Eunji interjected. "And to be honest, both Daemi and myself and our manager can't really see her with anyone other than a male version of herself." Fei Ling nodded.

"So does CC have a policy on dating? Like YG and SM?" She asked curiously and I nodded.

"We do, but we're not as strict as other labels." I epxlained. "For example, Saera in FlashPoint has a boyfriend and Jin from XPlosion has a girlfriend."

"So what's the policy, if you're allowed to date? Are you allowed to date other idols?" I nodded.

"Yeah. Basically, in plain text, the dating policy is a set of rules we have to follow that pertain to our partner. For example, because Saera's boyfriend isn't an idol, she can be more lax about rules. She's not really allowed to do much in public beyond a kiss on the lips and holding hands. The policy restricts PDA a lot, for the sake of our fans. But Jin is dating a trainee in CC so they have to be a lot more careful so to avoid rumours." I explained.

"So, if you were to date your ideal type, what would some rules be that you would have to follow?" Fei Ling asked.

"It depends on the person." I said and she grinned.

"Say you were dating Chanyeol from EXO. He's in SM and they have a different policy on dating." I nodded.

"Yeah SM basically says idols cannot date. But recently, CC met with SM, YG and JYP to discuss this and SM ammended their policy slightly. So if I were to date Chanyeol-sunbae, I would have to go into a meeting with the CEO and we would both have to sign a contract that discusses terms and conditions."

"What would these terms and conditions be?" Fei Ling asked, as Eunji and Daemi glanced at me.

"It would depend. If we wished to gain more popularity, both our CEO's would tell us to do more PDA, as well as set us up on dates and variety shows together."

"How do you know so much about this?" Fei Ling asked slyly. I bit my lip teasingly and looked away, which caused a massive uproar in the audience.

"No, no I was only teasing!" I called out, laughing. "Aniyo! No, I was curious so I ended up asking Saera about it."

"But she wishes it were true!" Daemi called out, bursting into giggles.

"Yah!"