» What’s the most difficult thing about practicing?

 

Chunji: Generally speaking, our dance is in formation, “kalgunmu” (sharp, coordinated dance formation), right?  So I think the most difficult thing is getting our dance moves to lock perfectly into place.  Because of this, we gained a lot of know-how during our first and second (single) albums.  So we were able to do “No More Perfume on You” very easily.

 

» There was nothing particularly difficult about it?

 

Niel: Aah, the facial expression was very difficult.  For the first two promotions, being basically expressionless or merely serious-looking on stage was sufficient, but for a song like this one, you must be smiling all the time.  So it was quite difficult.  We had to fix it.

 

» Among the members, who’s the scariest if he gets mad?

 

Changjo: For something like that… I haven’t seen any of the members truly angry

 

» Oh, it hasn’t reached that point?

 

Changjo: We’ve had some bickering, but not to the point of serious anger

 

» Well, if they were truly angry, which member could you say you’d be scared of?  

 

Niel: It’s gotta be me pfffttt hahaha!

Changjo: Hahaha 

Chunji: Not in the slightest

Changjo: I think you wouldn’t be scary at all

 

» Hahaha, denied. Oh, but if the person himself thinks he’d be scary if he got angry, maybe it means that he doesn’t let himself get angry?

 

Niel: Yeah, that’s what it is

Changjo: But I think that among us, Ricky would be surprisingly scary.  I think.

Ricky: Yeah- that’s right- I’m really scary!  So from now on, don’t make me mad, got it?

 

» What was your most memorable performance?

 

Niel: Well, first off, I think our debut performance of “Clap” has to be the most memorable one… After all, it was our debut performance, so it was the one we were most nervous about.  Our first performance. So I think it’s the most memorable one.

 

» Did you do anything on that day after you’d finished?  When you came down from the stage, having finished your first performance, what did the members say to each other, or else what was it like, did you just have something to eat or did you have some kind of event?

 

Niel: Ah- an event?

 

» If not, did you just go on to prepare for the next performance without a pause?

 

Niel: That’s right, that’s right. I think we just went on to prepare for the next stage without any rest

 

» Since it was your first stage, was there a person who thought, going up on a real stage for the first time, “I’m not as nervous as I thought I’d be”?

 

L.Joe: No no no

Niel: Everybody was nervous

 

» Sometimes there’s a kid who’s a little different or somebody for whom that’s to be expected, though.

 

» Can you tell us about any interesting incidents that’ve happened at the dorm?

 

Ricky: At the dorm… there was one time that the door to the toilet (bathroom) became unopenable.  So we weren’t able to use it in the morning. Then a noona from the office came by and somehow got it open with tongs.

Niel: No, you’re wrong, that time it was the ajusshi who we called

Ricky: Oh, we called the ajusshi?

Niel: Right, we called the ajusshi

Changjo: You’re wrong, it was the noona who opened it

Ricky: Yeah, our noona opened it

Niel: Why did I see an ajusshi?

Ricky: Oh no, that was C.A.P. hyung

Niel: Ahh, it was C.A.P. hyung?

C.A.P.: I was lurking around at that time

Ricky: And then after that, we were warned not to lock the bathroom door

Niel: Who was it who locked the door that time?

Chunji: It was me

 

» You locked the door from the inside, then went out and closed the door?

 

Chunji: Somebody had pressed the lock button and left the bathroom door open, and I closed the door when I walked past 

 

» Oh, that’s how it happened. That’s funny. Is there anything else?  This is what fans are most interested in.

 

Changjo: We play a lot of pranks on each other at the dorm. When somebody’s in the shower, we go in the kitchen and put ice-cold water in a pot

C.A.P.: To freak them out 

Changjo: We do it one by one, freak them out!

Ricky: C.A.P. hyung was the first

Changjo: Since C.A.P. hyung comes after I use the shower

 

» The door can’t be locked now, so you just have to take it (get splashed)

 

Chunji: Yeah, if your turn comes up 

Niel: So you have to use the shower fast. If you get in and out fast, you have to keep carrying (the water)

Changjo: The victor is the person who uses the shower first

 

((translator’s comment: this is a series of online Q&A’s on daum. This is a retranslation from Japanese, NOT from Korean, with permission from a Japanese fan site. Please be aware that there may be minor discrepancies since this is a retranslation))

 

[translation by babyspaceangels@tumblr/momoironiel.com]