-My English is not great. I’ll try my best but there is a possibility of miss-translation.
-I recorded the whole event but the quality is not good. I'll definitely reference it but there could be some errors anyway.
-This is not a translation of other fan account. It is my original, and I’m writing down in English.
-I’ll put this via my twitter account, but if you like to put it somewhere else, I don’t mind. However, please make sure where the source is.
-It is VERY long. I repeat. It is VERY LONG.
6. Video Clip: Girls' Generation in Las Vegas
: With 'Into the new world' being played background, 'video clip of Girls' Generation in Las Vegas' was on. It was awesome. Too bad I cannot describe it any better, but it was really awesome. Fans screamed a lot while watching it. Perhaps the most exciting moment of this fan meeting.
7. Third Stage: Back Hug
: Girls came out after the video clip is over, sitting on chairs and sang 'Back Hug'.
8. Fourth Stage: Complete
: When intro came out, fans immediately whistled. Yes, this song is so fitting for fan meeting. I was so moved while listening to the performance. Seohyun changed the lyric at the end from ‘your love’ to ‘SONE’s love’, and fans reacted. Tiffany also finished the song pointing at fans, saying “You, you, you, you everybody make my life complete.” Of course fans loved it.
9. Fans asked questions, SNSD answered
Yuri: Thank you.
Hyoyeon: Yeah, this song is good.
Yuri: (To fans) Did you like it?
Jessica: Maybe it’s because we didn’t sing this song for a while, I feel kinda sad singing & hearing it.
SNSD: Yes, it’s touching.
Taeyeon: Well, ours songs are all good…though there are a few exceptions. (fans laughed)
Sunny: What?
Taeyeon: No, forget what I just said. What did I think? (laugh)
Taeyeon: We just performed ‘Complete’ and ‘Back Hug’. Let’s carry the momentum and do the next activity, which is ‘SNSD answer fans’ questions’. But before we do it, I guess we have to tell you about the video clip you just watched. (fans cried)
Sunny: Yeah, perhaps some might wonder what the video clip is.
Seohyun: Can you guess where the location is on the video? (fans said ‘Las Vegas’. Of course, cause at the end of the clip it says ‘Girls’ Generation in Las Vegas’ lol)
Sunny: Wow, you nailed it. I suppose you’ve been hanging around quite a lot. (fans laughed) Good job.
Sunny: (To SNSD) So, why did you go to Las Vegas?
Tiffany: Up to this point of our career, I think SNSD mostly showed fans natural, innocent side of ourselves which is in line with white dress. We wanted to show other sides of ourselves, more fancy stuffs which fit to our ages. So we shot a photobook which is pat to the moment of our lives. (fans cried)
Sunny: Ah, so the video was about shooting photobook.
Tiffany: Yes, right.
Hyoyeon: We had really nice time in Vegas.
Tiffany: Yeah, really.
Hyoyeon: We had free time so we could hang around, and of course we worked, and we had many great foods there. We also watched some splendid shows.
Taeyeon: Yeah, I think it helped us a lot. By the way, Vegas was very dry.
Yuri: We even went to desert.
Jessica: It was the first time I’ve been to desert.
Hyoyeon: We wanted to go there, too……(It seems certain members did photobook shooting at the desert while others didn't)
Sunny: Hey, Las Vegas is built on the desert.
Taeyeon: OK, I’ll let you go to desert next time. (fans laughed)
Taeyeon: Even we couldn’t see the video until today. It reminds us the time….was it September or October of last year?
Tiffany: So we showed it as a 7th anniversary gift. Of course you can see the photobook pretty soon, too. It’s a gift for you! (fans cried)
Sunny: I think we better believe photos than our fragile memories. It comes and goes. (laugh) Speaking of which, how about talking a picture with fans right now when we’re all in good shape.
Tiffany: I guess it’s more like ‘when Sunny is in good shape’. (laugh)
Taeyeon: You wanna take a picture now?
Sunny: Yes.
Taeyeon: Why?
Sunny: (To Taeyeon with a small voice) It’s in the cue card. (fans laughed)
Taeyeon: Ah, you mean with fans?
Sunny: Yeah, together with fans here.
Taeyeon: But should we do it right now?
Sunny: I know we usually did it at the end but….
Sooyoung: But we have to remove the chairs then…..
Sunny: Well, then let’s do it later, at the end. (fans laughed) Let’s do it as we like!
Hyoyeon: Yeah, do it later.
Yuri: Yeah, I thought it was weird. (fans laughed)
Sunny: You know I always follow the cue card…..
Taeyeon: Yeah, that cue card is bad...(laugh)
Sunny: OK then, since we have questions from fans here, shall we have time to answer some of them?
SNSD: Great.
Taeyeon: (To staffs) Could you please zoom this questionnaire board in so that everybody can see the questions on the screen? (but it was still too small for us to see them…..)
SNSD: We cannot see them anyway (laugh)
Sunny: You can see them if your vision is 20/10.
SNSD: Letters are too small……(then, camera staff zoomed in even more, so that everybody could see the questions.)
Taeyeon: OK, good. Now, let’s pick one question by each and answer them.
Hyoyeon: OK, YoonA, you first. (YoonA was stunned by being pointed out suddenly and fans laughed)
YoonA: Well, I was watching the screen….um, how about we start from the opposite side this time? (laugh)
Taeyeon: OK.
Sunny: Shall we move this board around for each of you to pick?
Taeyeon: (giggle) Um, Sunny you do that. (fans laughed)
Sunny: OK, no problem.
Hyoyeon: I think it's better for us to move than moving the board.
Taeyeon: That's a good idea.
Yuri: Let's pick questions together now.
Sunny: OK, then choose your question each. I'll sell them cheap. (fans laughed)
(All SNSD members were gathering around the board, trying to pick questions. Taeyeon was reading each question loud and made some funny noise, fan laughed.)
Taeyeon: I expected a much trickier ones!
(Jessica was the first girl to pick question, returned to her seat. Fans whistled, Jessica gave them back a typical Jessica smile.)
Sunny: You guys take too much time on this.....
Seohyun: Cause we're very careful.
Sunny: Jessica is done....
Jessica: Yes.
Sunny: OK, last minute bargain. Not many stuffs are left! (fans laughed)
Jessica: If it's a bargain, then it should've been sold out already but......(laugh)
Sunny: I know....(laugh)
(Other members were still trying to pick questions......)
Taeyeon: (To fans) Curious, aren't you?
Sunny: Since other members take too much time picking their questions, let's start with Jessica first.
Jessica: Alright.
Sunny: What question do you have?
Jessica: What is the most talked about topic at SNSD's Kakao Talk chatting room?
YoonA: Yes, we definitely have one.
Sunny: But is it OK to tell them here? (fans laughed)
Yuri: Well, there could be difference between what you want to talk about and others', Sunny. (fans laughed)
Sunny: (laugh) So, what is it, Jessica?
(Jessica suddenly talked to YoonA with mic's off. It looks like they were discussing whether it's appropriate to tell fans the topic. Of course fans laughed.)
Jessica: (finished talking with YoonA) Ah, we recently talked about which chicken brand is delicious. (Yuri laughed)
SNSD: Ah, yes we did. (But fans weren't satisfied.......)
Jessica: No, really, that's a hot topic. (Yuri laughed harder.)
Yuri: YoonA just said "Bow wow!" to me. (laugh)
Jessica: Ah, yes I know but that's not interesting at all. We always talk about dogs. Our Kakao Talk chatting room is a mess. (fans laughed) (Note: In Korean, 'dog' is included as a prefix of 'mess'. Jessica made a joke using the word. That's why fans laughed.)
Jessica: Yes, we have plenty of dogs' photos in our Kakao Talk chatting room.
Sooyoung: OK, let me explain. Lately, I wanted to eat chicken but didn't know which one is good. So I asked them which chicken is good. Suddenly, recommendations were flooding. But! nobody finished it properly! YoonA!
YoonA: Me?
Sooyoung: Why didn't you give me full information then? (fans laughed)
YoonA: I did!
Sooyoung: No, you said 'Soysalsal Honey' is good but there was no 'Soysalsal Honey'!
YoonA: That's what Sunny unnie recommended.
Sooyoung: (firmly) No, it was you. You said 'Soysalsal Honey' is delicious! (fans laughed and I was almost fell off the chair, it was so funny lol)
Sooyoung: I was so desperate at that time! How could you do that to me! (fans laughed harder)
YoonA: Well, I thought it was 'Soysalsal Honey'......(fans laughed)
Sooyoung: I even contacted call center and asked him and.....
Jessica: You contacted call center for that! (laugh) (fans laughed)
Sooyoung: And he said there is no 'Soysalsal Honey'!
Jessica: I heard you made a long conversation about it. (laugh)
Sooyoung: So I asked him "No Soysalsal Honey?", then he said "No, we don't have menu named Soysalsal Honey. But we do have Soysalsal AND Honey separately." (fans laughed)
Sooyoung: So I said "Just a moment." then came back to our Kakao Talk chatting room. Then you know what? Sunny wrote down a massive amount of information about chickens!
SNSD: Yes, she really did. (fans laughed)
Sooyoung: She explained to me about 'Soysalsal' and 'Honey' and other menus.
Sunny: I almost wrote down a research paper. (laugh)
Sooyoung: Yes, she did. At the end of those information, she added "Sooyoung, chicken equals love. Help yourself." (fans laughed)
Sunny: Actually, I added one more. I said "It's not important for you to eat which one this time, because you're gonna eat everything eventually." (fans laughed)
Sooyoung: Yes, you said "Sooyoung, it's not important to decide which one to eat now. Try everything, that's important." (fans laughed)
Jessica: And I captured those and saved at my phone.
YoonA: I did, too, to use it later. (laugh)
(fans screamed "upload it!")
Sooyoung: Ah, you want me to upload it? I actually thought about uploading it on my instagram....(fans whistled)
Sooyoung: Yeah, I thought maybe that would be helpful for us to get another chicken endorsement. (fans laughed)
Taeyeon: You jinxed us! (fans laughed)
Sunny: The problem was, we described certain brands too much during the chat.....
Hyoyeon: Hey, Tiffany! Taeyeon! What are you doing there? Still not decided which question to pick?
Taeyeon: Ah, it's so hard to decide.....
Tiffany: I'm trying to choose between two candidates.....
Sooyoung: Anyone who already picked the question?
(YoonA raised her hand.)
Jessica: Shall we start from YoonA, then?
YoonA: Mine is, 'You guys have lots of oversea activities. What do you do during the flight?' (fans already knew the answer, yelled "Sleep!")
YoonA: When we get on the plane, we take off our shoes, and then after take-off, we lean back the seat, and start sleeping simultaneously. (fans laughed)
YoonA: We need aircrews' help to wake up at the end of the flight. (fans laughed)
YoonA: And then we go eating after landing. (laugh)
Hyoyeon: Sometimes we're so hungry, ask aircrews for flight meals even before take-off. (fans laughed)
YoonA: We're like "Could you give them now, please?" (laugh) Anyway, mostly we sleep during the flight.
Jessica: How about yours, Seohyun?
Seohyun: It's 'SNSD started social career pretty fast. I start my social career at the age of 20. Do you have any advise for me?' I know it's not and interesting subject....(fans laughed)
Seohyun: Well, um......(Tiffany giggled at her. Fans laughed)
Seohyun: Um.....I tell you this. Nobody is same. Consider yourself being reborn, learn as much as you can while living your life. This is it! (fans whistled. Such a Seohyunisque answer lol)
Seohyun: Actually, that's what I was enlightened about, really.
Sunny: (To Seohyun) When were you enlightened about that?
Seohyun: During 7 years I've spent with you unnies? (fans laughed)
SNSD: Yeah, she really grew up well. (laugh)
Seohyun: I think I've grown up a lot.
Sunny: You do.
Tiffany: But you still blush when talking....(laugh)
Seohyun: Well, I'm a bit shy.....
Taeyeon: OK, how about you Tiffany?
Tiffany: I thought we're doing this by pick order......
Taeyeon: OK, then. Yuri?
Yuri: Can I do it later?
Sunny: OK, then I'll do it. Mine is rather simple one. If any of you want to answer this, then please go ahead. 'Which place do you want to go for vacation this summer?'
Hyoyeon: If I tell you, then you're gonna let me go?
Sunny: OK, I will. Permanently. (fans laughed)
Taeyeon: I thought you want to go to desert. (laugh)
Sunny: (giggle) So you have to take it seriously, or you might have to stay there forever.
Sunny: Me, I want to go to Greece. You know, the island which is the background of movie "Mamma Mia!".
YoonA: You mean Santorini?
Sunny: Yes, you're right. The beach, and white buildings....
(Yuri suddenly started humming Pocari Sweat CM song. That advertisement was taken at Santorini. Fans laughed.)
Sunny: Since I go to work every single day now (because of radio show), I feel like leaving sometimes. I remember when I was a student, waiting for summer holiday.......
Sunny: So, will any of you tell us about the place you wanna go? No? OK, then pass. (fans laughed)
Hyoyeon: OK, my turn. It's a simple one, too. 'What is SNSD's hobby recently?' (Hyoyeon was awkward saying so, and fans + other members started to laugh. Typical Hyoyeon fail lol)
Hyoyeon: Well, my hobby recently.....I bought inline skates. (fans whistled.)
Tiffany: Yeah, I saw them in front of the door. (laugh)
Hyoyeon: You did? Actually, I was pretty good at inline skating when I was an elementary school student. So I asked (a seller) to remove the brake of skates. (fans rumbled)
SNSD: But that's dangerous!
Hyoyeon: Well, I thought I could do it just like my old days. But he (seller) recommended me to ride it with brake on first, and if I have no problem with that, then he'll let you know how to remove the brake. The problem was, I couldn't even move. (laugh) (fans laughed)
Hyoyeon: It was scary. (laugh) Anyway, I'm doing inline skating recently. If you somehow meet me when I'm skating, say hello to me. (laugh)
Sunny: It'll be fun. So where should we go to find you, Hyoyeon?
Hyoyeon: You know, the river which is called 'Han'. (fans laughed)
Sunny: OK, hopefully we'll meet you there, coincidently. (fans laughed)
Taeyeon: Well, there are many areas at Han river, so......
Sunny: I thought the Earth is just one....(In Korean, 'area' and 'Earth' are homonyms. Sunny made a joke with them.) (Tiffany couldn't help laughing at this dull joke, and fans did the same lol)
Sunny: (giggled) Why, why? Never mind. Sooyoung, you're next.
Sooyoung: I'm thinking about it, and I guess I should take ideas of other members. It's 'Tell us about episodes among SNSD. Doesn't matter if it's a funny one, or a trifling one, or a big one, anything. I want to listen your stories.' (To fans) Well, what do you want? Do you want to hear about quarrel? (fans laughed)
Hyoyeon: I think we better start from the good one, not the bad one. (fans laughed)
(some fans screamed 'public bathhouse')
Sooyoung: What? Ah, public bathhouse~
Sunny: (To fans) Please, listen to my radio show! (laugh)
Tiffany: (To fans) Yes, please listen to her radio show.
Sunny: I already talked about it on my show. What? Was it too light? (fans yelled "yes!")
Sooyoung: I went to public bathhouse with Yuri back in the day.
Yuri: Ah, right. (fans whistled)
Jessica: Actually we went there together in Japan recently....
Yuri: Ah, you're talking about hot spring.
Sooyoung: Yes, we did.
Jessica: Yes, it's sort of Japanese public bathhouse....
Sunny: But we didn't scrub off dirt and dead skin cell there.....
Sooyoung: I did. (fans laughed)
Sunny: Plughole could be clogged because of you.
Taeyeon: Hey, you guys have gone too far on that one. Come back. (fans laughed)
Sunny: Oh, right. Sooyoung is very neat.
Sooyoung: Yeah, actually I did it in my room.....(fans laughed)
Taeyeon: Well, episodes among SNSD.....there are too many of them, and mostly they are too insignificant. Or too significant. (laugh) (fans yelled 'we want those too significant ones!')
Sooyoung: Well, we do have funny stuffs. It's a shame we cannot tell you....(fans groaned)
Taeyeon: OK OK. Let's tell our fans those. Let's do it. (fans shouted with joy)
Sunny: Well, we should find out insignificant ones among too significant stuffs.....
Hyoyeon: Well, you know we do five minutes talk a lot. Recently we did it in Japan. However, there is a slight difference compared to old days. We have some alcoholic beverages in front of us. (fans laughed) Maybe it's because we've spent too much time together, but sometimes it's hard to say certain thing that we comfortably said when we were young. So we got some help from alcohol to solve that problem. (fans laughed) Even Seohyun drinks.....
Sooyoung: Right right right. Recently we.....uh, was it Seohyun's birthday? Or YoonA's?
SNSD: It was Seohyun's.
Sooyoung: OK. We gathered around on Seohyun's birthday. We do not drink too much alcohol, you know. (fans made noise of disbelief) No, no, we really don't.
SNSD: Yes, it's true.
Sooyoung: I can tell you this candidly, we don't drink alcohol too much. When we drink, it's more like one glass and that's it. You know, we ordered chickens and drink beer together. We don't usually go out for drinking. Because of that, our drinking party is so dull. So we were like, "Hey, anybody knows games which are being played during drinking party?" but nobody, I mean nobody knew it. So we played only game we knew constantly and it was boring. (fans laughed) Hence, I researched the web to find out which games are popular at drinking party. I actually found out some funny ones. But the problem is, some of our members just couldn't get them. (fans laughed) Actually, there was one person who was reeeeeeeally bad. (fans laughed)
Sunny: We usually call that person a 'blackhole'. (laugh)
(fans already screamed Tiffany's name lololol)
Sooyoung: (To fans) Do you know 'Mandu' game? (Many fans said yes, but I didn't know it, and I felt really old because of that lol)
Yuri: Wow, there are many....
Sooyoung: (To fans) You know, 'Mandu' game is like blah blah blah......(she explained the rule)
Hyoyeon: And Tiffany was like "Mandu" (fans and other members all laughed)
Tiffany: I drank too fast that night.
Hyoyeon: That's not it. We did another game which is called 'Phoneme'. If you want to make others guess 'Kim-chi', then you gotta say 'K' and 'C'. But Tiffany was like "K, C, Kimchi!" (fans laughed)
Sunny: Yeah, she answered her own question. (laugh)
Sooyoung: She did.
Tiffany: I told you, I drank some that night. (laugh)
Taeyeon: See, our episodes are mostly like this. Too trifling. Only people who were actually there can laugh.
Tiffany: Yes, right....oh wait. We did hidden camera stuff to Seohyun. (fans cried)
Sooyoung: Do they know it?
Taeyeon: Do you remember why we did it?
Sooyoung: Not sure why we did it, but Seohyun suddenly went to bathroom, and without any reason, we mutually agreed to leave her alone and disappear. (fans laughed) We thought it would be very funny to see Seohyun's reaction when she found out everybody is gone.
Sunny: Actually, there was a reason.
Hyoyeon: Yes, there was.
Sunny: I think it was Yuri's birthday.
YoonA: Um, it was my birthday.
Sunny: Was it?
YoonA: You know, that 'Mandu' game was my birthday, too. (laugh)
Sunny: Yeah, it was YoonA's birthday and Seohyun did a white face pack. She drew too much attention because of that even though that day belonged to YoonA. (fans laughed)
Yuri: (giggled) As if she was a heroine that night.....
Sunny: Seohyun's face was too white, it was almost like standing in front of reflecting plate. Hence Seohyun said she were gonna cleanse the face pack and went to the bathroom. But we thought, 'Since she's almost like heroine tonight, let's give her full support!' and did hidden camera on her even though it was not her birthday.
Hyoyeon: It was so sudden, I had to hide at bathroom with holding chicken leg. (fans laughed)
Sunny: She ate it there. (fans laughed)
Tiffany: We were sitting at the bathroom with our body crouched.
Sooyoung: We even asked unnie who lives together to tell Seohyun that we're gone, and we were watching. I took a video on her with my cellphone, but I cannot reveal it because we were on pajamas...(laugh)
Taeyeon: Just like that, episodes are made every single day.
Yuri: OK, my turn. 'What is your dream, or things to achieve while acting as a member of SNSD?'
Sunny: That's quite profound.
Yuri: It is. To me, well, I'm not sure whether there is such an album out there.....since we have many members, I dreamed about putting every member's solo song on one album. Then there will be 9 songs, and it could be the album. (fans were absolutely delighted with Yuri's idea.) I think it can be a very interesting, fresh, memorable album. Could be special, only SNSD can make that type of album.......
Hyoyeon: You mean each member's solo song?
Yuri: Yes, right.
Hyoyeon: Which means, Taeyeon already has one so we should release solo songs quickly....
Yuri: Haha, no I mean we can put songs all 9 members sang together, and also put Sunny's solo, Taeyeon's solo, etc.
SNSD: That's a really good idea. Could be fun.
Taeyeon: It's possible because we have 9 members.
Yuri: I thought it'll be fun......
Taeyeon: Are you listening? (fans said "yes")
Taeyeon: No, I didn't mean you guys. I meant SM. (fans laughed and applauded)
Taeyeon: SM, are you listening now???? (fans laughed)
Taeyeon: Um, sorry about that. (fans laughed)
Yuri: Well, again, it will be fun if we do that.
Hyoyeon: Right. Tiffany, you're turn.
Tiffany: Me?
Taeyeon: I didn't do it, too.
Tiffany: Would you do it first, then? Mine is more about everyone.
Taeyeon: OK. 'It's been a long time we have fan meeting. How do you feel?' Well, there were many questions but......
Tiffany: In fact, we told you about photobook at the beginning, also told you about how we have been doing recently, that's why it took me some time to pick a question. Because we already answered many of the questions. So I chose one everybody can share.
Taeyeon: I see. So what is yours, Tiffany?
Tiffany: Kinda similar to yours. 'Tell us things you want to tell SONEs, future activities, and other messages you want to give us.'
Hyoyeon: I think we'd do Tiffany's later.
Taeyeon: Agreed. To me, fan meeting is a very special event. It's the only chance we can meet with our fans. So I was looking forward to it. Well, I'm not sure what I should say right now....(She was obviously thinking about recent scandal. Suddenly, there was no exciting atmosphere anymore.) I had a lot of things to say in my mind, but I couldn't do it because of certain circumstances. That might have made you guys upset, and us, too. That has been the case so far, even up until couple hours before this fan meeting. Um....I felt more nervous than last fan meeting. Because.....when I say certain thing....sometimes I said A but you could get it as B even though we talk face to face. I'm really scared of that sort of situation. Therefore, I'm not sure how I should say properly, and since this is not the event for me only, so it's hard to tell you straightforward. In fact, I'm very confused now. You guys supported us well when we came back with Mr.Mr., so we could do well and finished the activities well. During that time, we were on the tabloid for non-music related reasons....um, what should I say....(She was struggling to find the right word....)
Sunny: Well, we were on the tabloid.
Taeyeon: Yes, we did. Because of that, I guess you guys got hurt a lot. So I want to tell you carefully that I'm sorry for making you shocked. I do internet, I do SNS, and I know how to speak as well. I can read, and I also can think. Therefore, I know. I know what's going on out there. But whatever I do, I cannot think of myself only. (her voice started to crack at this point...) And that makes everything more difficult. Even though my intention was not (to hurt fans), I understand some might not like me anyway. Well, I felt bad because you guys and us, both got hurt too much. I wanted to speak to you quickly, wanted to sort things out. We didn't speak or act not because we were indifference of the matters or didn't want to think about them. We wanted to be careful. (her voice cracked again..) I wish there is no massive misunderstanding between people who love and believe each other. (her voice completely cracked here.....)
(fans started to applaud)
Taeyeon: No, no. I don't think it deserves to be applauded. Please.
Sooyoung: You know, Taeyeon was concerned about communication problem a lot. There are certain members who were being misunderstood for rumors which are not true. But they were too embarrassing for us to even say "No, they are not true.". Maybe we could still say they are not true. But we felt like we were making an excuse to our fans who are upset about many other things by telling them "A and B are not true, so you don't have to worry about them at least." if we say so. Whether we made you upset by this amount or that amount, the thing is we made you upset. Therefore, from our standpoint, only thing we could say was we're sorry about that. Well, I'm not sure 'sorry' is the right word....however, we gathered around and talked about what we should do. It's impossible to meet every single fan and tell them, so we thought about writing something on the internet, but then other non-related people can see those, too. It's very important for us, but for somebody else, it could be no big deal at all. We didn't want our important things to be viewed like that. We felt bad when seeing somebody else talked about the stuffs that's very important to us like nothing. So we thought holding this type of event should be the priority.
Taeyeon: In fact, I feel so uneasy even talking right now. I'm so scared. I'm worried my intention could be misguided. I'm terrified by the possibility of it. However, I think I should pluck up the courage. I feel sorry for making this sort of atmosphere, providing cause for it.
Sooyoung: Well, our relationship traces back to 7 years. There are things to be settled between people who had such a long term relationship. I think that's a right manners between people who are close, stayed together for so long. I don't think laughing off this sort of matters is a proper thing to do.
Taeyeon: I agree.
Sooyoung: I guess that's why Taeyeon brought out the topic.
Taeyeon: Honestly, I expected to see that kind of question. I was wondering how I should start the topic, because it was too scary for me to bring it out without anything. However, I'm not sure I explained everything properly. I have no idea what I should say......
Sooyoung: The things we would like to explain are mostly minor ones, so I don't think we can sort every single thing out here.....
Sunny: Well, we overcame a lot of obstacles to come this far, 7 years. And I think there are fans here who have been with us from the beginning. Or there could be fans who started following us from yesterday. Regardless of that, I think you guys came here today to see us, to listen to us, to try to understand us. So I guess you might be able to understand how we feel now, how we will perform at the stage in the future. I hope we speak the same language in that regard. We will sing and dance, do our best like we have been doing so far, or even moreso, to encourage you. We don't want you to get hurt, we want you to be encouraged because of us. We'll sing good songs, show you good performances like we've always done. We'll show you how much we care about SONEs.
Taeyeon: I guess I made the atmosphere too tense.........
Hyoyeon: We still have Tiffany's question.......(fans laughed)
Tiffany: I spoke with Taeyeon and Sunny last night, until very late. We wanted to sort these things out. We talked about respecting each member of us even more. And I thought that kind of attitude is necessary for us to fans here, and fans who are out there. You know, our members are all very honest. We were upset, just like you guys. We were sorry as well. We wanted to express our feelings but we could not. Therefore, I am thankful that we can have this type of event here. I want to tell you in more detail, but it comes to no good. Even after wondering about what I should say, I came to the same conclusion to Sunny. We want to give you good songs, good images, we want to encourage you. In that regard, we've been doing hard, we will do it. I wish you guys do not say we've changed, because we do our things as hard as ever, or even moreso. We'll definitely do it harder from now on. I think when we look back on this period later, we'd be thankful about it, and we'd remember it as a chance to be even more united. I think we can talk about it with smile on our faces someday. We'll be sharper, be more joyful to show you our good side, so please keep your eyes on us.
Taeyeon: I told you I'm sorry a lot, but actually I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you. Thinking about it for couple months, I really wanted to say thank you. I want to say thank you to all of you here. (fans applauded)
Sunny: Well, we could only answered 9 questions because we had to pick one by each.
Taeyeon: Yeah, too bad since there are many questions left on the board.....
Sunny: I know you could be wistful about it, but wistfulness could lead you to ask us other questions more later, and we might have another time to answer.
Sunny: We'll meet again, so......um, wait. Is it the end? Already? (fans groaned)
Taeyeon: I don't think this is the proper way to end...(because of the tense atmosphere)
Sunny: You're right. So we're gonna sing a song to say goodbye.
Hyoyeon: That's good.
Sooyoung: Yeah, we should leave you with good spirit, so let's sing 'Goodbye'. (fans laughed)
Sooyoung: Um, was it such a bad joke? (fans laughed)
Sunny: We don't want you to go back with a bad mood. So we're singing 'Goodbye' to say goodbye.
Taeyeon: I heard many fans love the song.
Sunny: When we asked which song you want to hear live to fans, and many answered 'Goodbye'. So we're singing 'Goodbye'. After the stage, decide whether you really go, or stay here and.....(Sunny laughed and fans cheered)
Sunny: (still laughing) OK, it's 'Goodbye'.
10. Fifth Stage: Goodbye
: Girls immediately started singing Goodbye. Though I like the song, I'm not sure it was a proper choice for saying 'goodbye' to fans, since the lyric of the song is far from good will. Sound quality of tonight's stage was horrible, and this stage was the one at its worst. I really, really want to blame sound engineer for the event. He (or she) completely failed. But still, it was good to hear the song live. It's quite possible we might not have a chance to hear it live in the future. (no reasons behind it, just my guess....) After the song is over, Girls said goodbye to fans and disappeared to the backstage. Fans started chanting encore.
11. SNSD's message to SONEs (narration: Seohyun)
: Waiting was not long. Couple seconds later after Girls disappeared, lights were out again, and intro of 'Forever' came out. Fans cried, perhaps they thought SNSD will sing it right away. But it was wrong. Video cilip was on, Seohyun's voice started to come out, and it was SNSD's message to SONEs. At first I thought the narration was recorded prior to the event, but Seohyun actually did it live. Following is the message.
To SONEs, our precious beings,
Do you remember? Our first stage, first meeting between SONE's and SNSD. We were all teenage girls at that time, but now we're all middle of 20's, or even late 20's. And you guys have spent the same time with us. Being able to stay with people who shared past memories together are things that we should appreciate. The moment I cannot and will not forget even after a lot of time has gone by comes across my mind. After long wait, we finally had a chance to perform. However, we were concerned if there are fans who cheered for us. Being anxious and fluttered, we stepped up to the first stage. And we saw SONEs who cheered for us passionately. As if we are your family, you guys cheered for us, encouraged us. (Seohyun's voice started to crack from this point.) It was like you guys telling us that "We'll watch your back, so don't worry and sing." At that moment, we got confidence that we can sing again because there are people who cheer for us. We've sung restlessly since then, and 7 years have gone by. (Her voice really cracked at this point.....) The reason why we can still stand here at this very moment is you. We've been through a lot of things together. Anxiousness of rookies, memories of recording a stage at early dawn together, moment we communicated at the stage and felt proud of each other's existence, and memories of hurting each other sometimes. We've grown up together just like that. We wanted to give SONE's only happiness but sometimes we disappointed you. We wanted to be perfect, but we made mistakes sometimes. We've learned a lot for 7 years, but we're still learning. We feel there are still too many things to learn. We are so thankful to you that you always stood up for us, cheered for us even though we're not good enough sometimes. We'll never forget that we shared the most precious moments of our lives with you. Thank you again for making those moments, and staying with us right now. I believe you'd know what we feel about you. (fans said "yes") We love you so much. Stay together for long. (fans cried)
12. Sixth Stage: Forever
: From YoonA's voice, one of the best songs ever for fans started. It was quite emotional after all those talks. Some members of SNSD were crying after the song. Jessica turned her body to the opposite of the audience, tried to hide her emotion.
13. More talks......
Sunny: I think this song describes our feelings better than our words.
Hyoyeon: Agreed.
Sunny: How did you like it, the 7th anniversary fan meeting? Since it's time for us to go, really.....(fans groaned)
Sunny: (To SNSD) Well, let's give fans your thought for tonight by each. YoonA?
(YoonA was crying)
YoonA: First of all, I think I didn't show you good images this year so far. (Her voice was completely shaky....) I'm eating a lot, (smiled weakly) trying to put on some weight, so don't worry about me. I'll do my best to show you good images, and the thing I really want to say is, I know certain thing could be understood differently by each person, however (at this point, she was about to broke down...) from debut to right now, never in a single moment that I considered SNSD not precious. I want you to know this. (she broke down with tears...) (fans applauded)
Taeyeon: Every one of us feels the same. That's why we could do it for 7 years.
YoonA: Thank you for stand by me.
Sunny: (To YoonA) Thank you for not forgetting SNSD, and loving SNSD though being busy all the time.
Taeyeon: YoonA had fan meeting in Thailand just before this. YoonA told us she was moved by fans. Since YoonA is wiping her eyes, Jessica, any thought on tonight?
Jessica: We had lots of good memories together for 7 years. They are so precious, I want to keep them in my box, remember them forever. (her voice cracked) And I want to make more good memories with you guys from now on. I want each one of you to be happy, I don't know why we cry this much tonight....(smiled) So, be happy everyone. Thank you, and love you. (fans applauded)
Sunny: We're here to celebrate SNSD's 7th anniversary tonight, right?
Jessica: That's what I'm talking about.....
Sunny: Well, these are joyful tears, since we become idol with longevity.....
Jessica: Some old memories came up to me....
Sunny: Sooyoung?
Sooyoung: I think the reason why you guys are upset is probably this. You've spent 7 years with us together, and it's more than being a fan who supports an artist. When our new album comes out, you guys promote it as hard as our company, vote for us, stand up for us when we're being unfairly attacked. (smiled) You almost acted like 10th member of SNSD, and I came to realize it more recently. Considering you guys have cared for us as if you're a member of SNSD, more and more I think of myself not good enough. I'm sorry for many things. It would've been better if I could realize it earlier. Considering we didn't have any meeting together, and being kept the distance for a long time, I think you might feel the distance between us. Since you guys are like 10th member of SNSD, I see why you're frustrated with it. I'm really sorry for that. Whatever works we do, we'll try hard not to let you down, so let's do our best together. Because we're on the same team. (fans applauded)
Tiffany: There is this lyric of our debut song(Into the new world, the best song in the history of mankind...) says " Keep your love unchanging for my wounded heart". I sang that part. I want to thank you guys again for loving me unchangingly until now. (her voice cracked) And I want to tell you that we're gonna love you unchangingly. I think music describes our feeling toward you more honestly and prettier, so we'll sing good songs, will try to encourage you. We'll be counting on you, and congratulations on our 7th anniversary. (fans applauded)
Seohyun: Since our debut, you guys stood by us as it should be. I'm always thankful to you, want to give you many things, want to talk to you a lot, and want to share many experiences together. I feel sorry that we were losing those times gradually. Thank you for standing by us all the time, taking care of us 9 girls. I wish you guys don't get hurt mentally and physically. I hope we can keep good memories for a long time, and start making new ones from now on. I love you. (fans applauded)
Hyoyeon: (laugh but quickly become tearful)
YoonA: It seems every one of us are getting emotional.....
Yuri: (To Hyoyeon) Take a deep breath...(Hyoyeon was still fighting back tears...)
Sunny: I think good old memories overwhelmed her.......
Sooyoung: I think Yuri better do it first.
Yuri: SONEs can listen to the things we didn't speak, and also let us see that we couldn't see. You guys stayed close to us, protected us, loved us. Relationship between SONEs and SNSD is so precious, and I don't think anything can top that. Thank you so much, and I love you so much. Thank you very much for your unconditional love toward us. With better songs and better performances, we'll give you our energy and love just like we did at the very beginning of our career. We'll do our best. Please keep an eyes on us. Congratulations on our 7th anniversary. (fans applauded)
Hyoyeon: I think fans here and SNSD members are thinking the same thing. Thankful to each other, somehow feel apologetic for each other, and love each other too much. That's why we're here together. Thank you very much for giving us your love. We've spent 7 years together, I hope we can stay together even longer. Thank you, and congratulations on our 7th anniversary. (fans applauded)
Sunny: Thank you to our members, who have spent 7 years together. Also, I want to thank every fan here, and fans who couldn't join here tonight but supported us for 7 years. It is a special day, indeed. It's 7th anniversary, just like birthday. But to me, every single day as a member of SNSD has been special. Remember when others said girls group cannot last longer than 5 years? I think we could get over that 5 year hump because we all did our parts well. So I feel every single day is special and thankful and appreciate it....am I talking the same thing over and over? (smile) Everyday is like jewelry. Congratulations on our birthday, and I hope we can fill everyday with good memories. Of course we'll do our best. Thank you again, and congratulations on 7th anniversary, and we'll be counting on you. (fans applauded)
Taeyeon: Other members already said the things that I wanted to say, but I will repeat. As much as you guys spent times for us and loved us, we will try our best to give back what we received. 7 years might feel long, but you can also say it's 'only' 7 years in a different perspective. With that in mind, we'll try to make good memories from now on. We'll reward you with good songs. I can sing because of your presence. Well, so........(smile) I'm bad at arranging my words tonight.....
Sunny: It's because you have too many things to tell.
Taeyeon: I guess so. Anyway, thank you for coming here even with this hot weather. I'll be counting on you, and thank you. (fans applauded)
Sunny: By the way, we have a good news, right?
Taeyeon: You report the good one, Sunny.
Sunny: (laugh) TaeTiSeo are preparing for new album. (fans cried) You can listen to TTS's new album if you wait a little bit more.
(Tiffany made a funny move while Sunny's talking, and fans laughed)
Tiffany: You'll like it. We're really preparing hard. (Anybody remember Tiffany's baby like voice? She said this with that voice.....) (fans cried)
Sunny: Could you give us a bit of a spoiler here? (fans whistled)
(Tiffany sang what is expected to be a certain part of TTS's new song.....)
Taeyeon: No.
Sunny: (To Tiffany) I'm a reporter, you can give me the information. Could you give us a little bit more?
Taeyeon: No, we need to stop Tiffany. (fans laughed) She just sang it!
Sunny: Really? Nobody heard it.
Tiffany: I did. It's over. (fans groaned)
Sunny: Then do it without mic's on....
Taeyeon: You really have to do that?
Sooyoung: Well, they're preparing hard so you can looking forward to it.
Sunny: We will. Let's take pictures, and we will let you go home. We've kept you too long. (fans groaned)
Sooyoung: (watching photos on the wall on the rear part of the stage) Who put these old photos on the wall! (fans laughed)
Sunny: Why? You look good on those photos.
Sunny: No 'Into the new world' photo up there?
Yuri: OK, we'll take it now. When I say 1,2,3, everybody say "Soshi~"
SNSD & SONEs: 1,2,3, Soshi~
Yuri: One more? 1,2,3, Soshi~
Taeyeon: Perfect.
Yuri: Let's chant our slogan.
(camera staff told SNSD something)
Taeyeon: He said he'll give us, SNSD members time to take pictures.
Tiffany: Me! me! me!
Yuri: Wait, wait. (to camera staff) Could you please take a picture?
(Camera staff took a picture of SNSD)
Yuri: OK, slogan time.
Sunny: (To fans) What, you want to say something? (fans yelled)
Sunny: Ah, solo concert? I think we need to ask our manager oppa about it.
Taeyeon: Then let's bring him out. (fans applauded)
Sunny: (To manager at the backstage) So, when is our concert? What? Ah, that's SMTown Concert. So the nearest one is SMTown Concert, which will be held on August 15th.
(YoonA went to the manager, heard something, and came back to the stage)
Sooyoung: YoonA just heard something.
YoonA: Our manager oppa said he's planning on it next year. (fans groaned)
(and one guy fan yelled "I'd be high school 3rd grade next year!!!" and other fans laughed)
YoonA: (To manager) Did you hear it? He's gonna be 3rd grade next year.
Sunny: Well, then we need to do it as quick as possible.
Taeyeon: Yeah, we gotta push it.
Sunny: Taeyeon, you need to concentrate on TTS first....
Taeyeon: They said our time is up here.
Sunny: Fans at 1st floor and 2nd floor, thank you so much for coming here tonight. We'll try to push for another meeting like this. You have to come at that time, too. OK? (fans said "yes")
Taeyeon: The things we couldn't talk about tonight, we can do it later when we meet again.
Sunny: Yeah, we will.
Taeyeon: We will approach you.
Tiffany: When I do TTS activity, I'll bring other members one at a time. (fans applauded)
Taeyeon: I don't care what others say, SONEs are the best!
(fans applauded and SNSD are all disappeared. Show is over.)
14. Epilogue
: I've been to two previous fan meetings before this, and nothing was like this. It was not the most exciting event ever, but still very important one. From the moment Taeyeon talked about recent media issues, atmosphere was very tense and serious. I know there are different perspectives out there on the matters, but I think they were sincere. Hope you can feel their sincerity by reading this fan account.
I really hope there will be no such fan meeting anymore, though. I want to see our girls laugh, smile, and being playful. I know sometimes you have to be serious for certain matters, but I don't want another fan meeting like this. Hopefully, next time it's all fun fun fun.
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