Kim Changwan and IU’s ‘Your Special Meaning’
KCW: Who exactly are you to me?
IU: I’m your youth.
The special connection between forever young Changwan and his youth, IU.
KCW: IU was singing about her own love story, but why did I feel uncomfortable inside?
MC: Are you being jealous?
KCW: I can’t continue the story.
MC: IU’s puberty was different from others.
IU: I thought I was some kind of cyborg.
KCW: Her soul just floated away.
KCW: Where did she go?
MC: In Mongolia, don’t they lead nomadic lives?
CH: We ate rice with soy sauce.
MC: Mongolia soy sauce is really famous too.
MC: It’s really delicious.
And today, a hotter and more passionate
place where all generations become one, music Healing Camp
SH: The final winner is Akdong Musician!
CH: We received a cash prize with many zeros in it.
MC: Let’s go for a drink. These kids seem pretty rich.
IU: I didn’t expect to get into big trouble.
IU: It wasn’t intended.
MC: That’s evil.
MC: You were in a prestigious school, but you weren’t well off?
KCW: Others were really wealthy.
MC: Was it because they found out about your age?
IU: I can’t help but love…
Isn’t there a secret? Is IU’s love blooming?
IU: The atmosphere just became like that.
IU: An itchy kind of love.
MC: Let’s edit that out.
IU: Oh my.
MC: What about you, IU? How was it like for you to date?
IU: I…
IU: When I’m dating, it’s the most…
IU: Teehee!
IU: When I’m dating, it’s great.
IU: It’s the time when narcissism springs up.
IU: I usually have low confidence,
IU: but when I start dating, I can’t help but love myself.
MC: Because someone has feelings towards you.
IU: Yes.
IU: Since the person that I like likes me as well.
IU: In my eyes, the person I like is so amazing to me,
IU: so anything the person likes is amazing to me.
IU: If the person he likes is me,
IU: I acknowledge that I’m amazing too.
IU: When I start dating, my confidence rises.
MC: Oh, well said.
MC: It’s really sentimental, yet it makes sense too.
Romance professor, DoctorU (?)
MC: Are you happy now?
IU: Recently? Well…
IU: I guess you could say I am.
IU: I guess you could say I am.
IU on her path to happiness(?)
MC: What if it’s the other way around?
MC: If you like that person, but the person he likes is not you,
MC: then your self-esteem would drop really low.
IU: I guess so.
MC: If the person even hates you.
MC: Then what would you do?
40-year-old middle-aged man living alone - IU, please help me out…
Middle-aged loner, let’s try falling in love…
-flustered- -flustered-
IU: I… why…
MC: How can you ask someone so young such a question?
IU, how desperate I must be to be relying on you…
IU: What should one do, teacher?
Please help me out, teacher Kim!
MC: It just came out of my mouth like that.
MC: Alright, sorry, that was my bad.
MC: What should I do then?
Please help me, teenage uncle. What should I do?
KCW: There’s a solution.
There’s a solution to unrequited love?
MC: You said there’s a solution?
MC: What is it then?
KCW: Drinking all day and night.
MC: In that case, IU…
IU: Yes.
MC: You’ve sang many love songs, right?
IU: Yes.
MC: What kind of love songs do you like best?
IU: As I was preparing this remake album,
IU: I was undecided between ‘Meaning of You’ and another song.
IU: Right until the last moment, I was having trouble deciding.
IU: That’s Sanulrim’s ‘More, More, More’.
MC: More, More, More.
IU: That song gives one an itchy romance sort of feeling.
KCW: Oh~ More, More, More.
IU: Yes, I really like it.
MC: How does it go?
MC: Could you sing a bit of it?
KCW: Please whisper a few barely audible words in my ear~
KCW: Oh, I’m out of breath.
KCW: Shall we sing it as a duet?
MC: We’ll really have to hear this then.
MC: Yes.
Please whisper a few barely audible words in my ear
More, more, more
Let’s just sit down, like the way we meet now
Awhile more, more more
Don’t be mean, try to understand me better
There’s always a sense of regret
If I could fly, if I could draw how much I long for you,
I’ll fly, I’ll show it to you
Please whisper a few barely audible words in my ear
More, more, more
Let’s just sit down, like the way we meet now
Awhile more, more more
Don’t be mean, try to understand me better
There’s always a sense of regret
If I could fly, if I could draw how much I long for you,
I’ll fly, I’ll show it to you
Please whisper a few barely audible words in my ear
More, more, more
Let’s just sit down, like the way we meet now
Awhile more, more more
A special harmony that crosses generations, ‘More, More, More’
KCW: Ah, I feel really happy.
MC: Even for us as audience.
MC: Please sing more for us~
MC: So Kim Changwan, you’re married.
MC: I heard that it was the backview of your wife,
MC: the backview of your wife
MC: that was love at first sight for you.
MC: Usually it’s the front appearance we fall for and end up getting married.
MC: How did you fall for her backview?
KCW: Someone asked me what my first impression of her was like
KCW: and I answered that my first impression of her was her backview.
KCW: We were about this far apart.
KCW: I didn’t know who she was
KCW: and wondered who was sitting there.
MC: What was her backview like? Was she backfacing you but with her head turned?
KCW: No, no.
MC: Just a backview?
KCW: Yes. My view was blocked by the chair.
KCW: I could only see some colours vaguely.
KCW: That was my first impression of her
KCW: but like a photograph, it remained in my heart.
MC: But how much did you love your wife, to have waited for her by the road for 8 hours?
KCW: In this age that even elementary school students use mobile phones, that’s something unimaginable.
KCW: But at that time, only some houses had landlines
KCW: or we would use public phones to communicate.
KCW: If we hadn’t agreed to meet, there was no other way,
KCW: but to wait by a road that she often passes by for a whole day.
KCW: I felt like she would pass by anytime now,
KCW: but then she didn’t, so I thought probably went somewhere else first.
KCW: Waiting is probably an enjoyable experience in itself.
KCW: Wondering when she would arrive.
MC: Did you meet her after waiting for 8 hours?
KCW: Of course I did. That’s how I knew how many hours I waited.
MC: Wow, this is really…
MC: How did you feel then?
KCW: Oh~
KCW: I think I was at the entrance of a hospital then.
KCW: With bright lights on a dark night.
KCW: I think I waited until morning.
MC: It wasn’t really morning yet, right?
KCW: That’s not it.
MC: Does it still seem like morning to you when you see her now?
KCW: Ah, what nonsense.
KCW: Ah, what nonsense.
MC: You’ve snapped out of it now.
KCW: You know all too well, so why ask?
KCW: Recently…
KCW: when I got home,
MC: Yes.
KCW: People who drink go home at a certain timing.
KCW: and then from the door.. no, not the door…
KCW: from the room at the end came a voice,
KCW: ‘Are you going out now or just coming home now?’
Kim Changwan’s transformed end of love~
KCW: What morning are you talking about?
MC: Now that Akdong Musician has debuted glamorously,
MC: becoming the winner in KPOP STAR…
MC: The winner is Akdong Musician!
SH: They announced that we had won
SH: and I thought it would feel thrilling to win.
MC: Yes, yes.
SH: But that’s not how it felt at all.
SH: I wondered to myself if we were going home now that this was over.
SH: That’s what I was thinking.
SH: Is that mum over there? Is that dad?
MC: Mm.
SH: It didn’t feel like reality had sunk in yet.
SH: But after everything ended, I had a good sleep and woke up the next day,
SH: then I learnt from my dad that many reporters and advertisers had contacted him.
SH: Seeing such a situation, I was like, “Oh, are they looking for us?”
SH: That was when reality started to sink in.
MC: The two of you received a 300 million won cash prize.
MC: That’s a lot.
MC: 300 million is a lot. Did you guys donate it?
CH: We didn’t expect ourselves to win initially,
CH: but if we did receive such a huge amount of money,
CH: we thought let’s donate it.
CH: That’s what we thought initially.
MC: Did you say that on broadcast?
MC: They probably asked you what you would do with the money if you won.
SH: This is how we replied then, “Eh, we won’t win.”
SH: “How is that possible?”
MC: Did both of you willingly donate the money or were you pressured to do so?
SH: We willingly donated…
CH: Is it possible to be pressured into donating?
MC: He asked if it’s possible to be pressured into donating.
MC: Ah, that’s really…
MC: Well if the people around you make noise…
MC: If the people around you make noise, then you’ll be pressured into donating.
MC: You asked if it’s possible to be pressured into donating, right?
CH: Yes.
MC: What a great answer.
MC: No, I mean, if you had 300 million, would you donate it?
KCW: There are many uses for the money.
MC: What… What is he saying…
SH: He said there are many uses for the money.
MC: Certainly.
CH: We were still eating rice with soy sauce then,
CH: but suddenly the money with many zeros came in,
CH: so we couldn’t even…
SH: We felt like we couldn’t handle it.
CH: Yes, we felt like we couldn’t handle it.
MC: Even so, you should spend some of that money on yourself.
Yuri: Isn’t there anything you want to buy?
SH: The things we wanted to buy were when we were still eating rice with soy sauce.
SH: I wanted to buy a pair of shoes.
SH: With that cash prize.
SH: I wanted to buy a pair of shoes, but I received shoes from a fan.
SH: I received them as a present,
SH: so now there’s no longer anything else I want.
Yuri: So simple…
MC: I’ll give you a pair of shoes from my house.
MC: I’m not sure if you can wear my shoes though.
MC: How does it feel? To be popular, and have money now.
MC: Does it just feel good, or…
CH: Initially, it just felt good.
CH: It felt amazing when people recognised me.
CH: After eating soy sauce rice, now we were eating good food everyday.
CH: I felt like I had become another person and entered a new world.
CH: As I was enjoying those emotions,
CH: one day, I met up with my friends,
CH: but my friends saw us as celebrities.
CH: I felt kind of hurt then.
SH: We thought it would feel good,
SH: but they just went like, ‘Oh, celebrity!’
SH: If others said that, we might have felt good,
SH: but because our friends said that, it felt like we had drifted apart.
MC: Yes, that’s possible too.
CH: Now that I’m in my 3rd year of high school,
CH: my friends would say that they’re studying, or attending a private academy.
CH: There are things that I find tiring too.
CH: For example, during photoshoots, I find it really tiring.
CH: But if I told them I was doing a photoshoot,
CH: they would be like, ‘How lucky.’
SH: I was recording and it was midnight by then,
SH: and I texted my friend that I was recording,
SH: and she replied, ‘How lucky.’
MC: I see.
MC: What are you up to?
MC: I’m filming ‘Healing Camp’ today.
MC: Wow, how lucky.
SH: Yes.
MC: Then while I’m here, they call on the guests one by one,
MC: but it’s never my turn.
MC: I’m always listening to others talk.
SH: No, I like it.
MC: Then I have to try and read the minds of the seniors.
MC: You have to do things like that,
MC: but your friends are just like, ‘How lucky.’
MC: Is that right?
CH: Yes.
SH: What did you say? Yes?
SH: Oppa said yes.
SH: I didn’t say that.
MC: I heard that Kim Changwan couldn’t find a job initially.
MC: You couldn’t find a job, so you became a singer?
MC: Or was it because you became a singer that you didn’t get a job?
KCW: When we graduated,
KCW: it was really difficult to get a job in the late 70s.
KCW: I was no exception and couldn’t get a job.
KCW: I was idle for about a year,
KCW: and then there was a company that approved of my documents,
KCW: but it was really far from my house.
KCW: The important thing though,
KCW: was that I was embarrassed to ask my parents for transport money.
KCW: I went for the interview…
MC: But it was really far?
KCW: Yes, it was.
KCW: I walked there.
MC: You walked to the company office?
KCW: My house was at Heukseok-dong,
KCW: I went all the way to Gimpo Airport.
Heukseok-dong and Gimpo Airport are 20km apart.
KCW: There wasn’t a river-side path then either.
KCW: I think it was the 2nd line and the 4th line.
MC: You went over hills, didn’t you?
KCW: Firstly, I had to go over hills, I guess.
KCW: After that, I had to make a long journey through the Gimpo mudflats,
MC: You really had to travel across hills and rivers.
MC: That’s right.
KCW: The interview was around noon.
KCW: But I got up at dawn and set off.
MC: Feels to me like you’re going for the imperial examinations.
MC: Travelling all the way to Hanyang.
KCW: I was just short of this,
KCW: then it would really be like going for the imperial examinations.
MC: Totally like the imperial examinations.
MC: Just short of your baggage and straw shoes.
KCW: I just kept walking,
KCW: by the time I took the interview,
KCW: the sun had already set.
MC: What happened in the end?
KCW: I failed the interview.
Yuri: Did you walk back home?
KCW: Of course, I went back the same way.
MC: He walked back.
MC: Did you indulge in alcohol after that then?
KCW: Not to such an extent.
KCW: Ah I keep telling such embarrassing stories.
KCW: Why does Healing Camp do such things to people?
KCW: You’re not healing me right now.
MC: So you drank some alcohol occasionally then?
KCW: Actually, I have a bit of a drinking habit.
KCW: It’s rather embarrassing,
KCW: but that was the period when I abandoned myself.
KCW: I resented society.
KCW: I resented society and worse still, I abused myself.
KCW: I felt ashamed of myself and because of all that,
KCW: I sought solace in alcohol
KCW: and because an alcohol addict.
KCW: To remove myself from such a vicious cycle was really difficult.
MC: Yes, yes.
KCW: There’s nothing more tiring than hating yourself,
KCW: but even through that process,
KCW: there were opportunities that allowed me to become more matured.
MC: Yes, yes.
KCW: I wondered if I should just waste my life away like that
MC: Yes.
KCW: So life prepared an exit for me
KCW: and I crawled out from there,
KCW: taking things a step at a time.
KCW: If I managed to grab on to even something tiny,
KCW: that became my lifeline.
KCW: I had to grab onto that lifeline to escape.
KCW: I didn’t dream big at first.
KCW: I first tried to escape from my daily life
KCW: and from there, I started to see hope.
KCW: That’s important.
MC: But I’m really curious how someone who drinks all day
MC: became a singer.
City guy Kim Changwan - Sanulrim’s “Ah, Already…”
KCW: Although that was kind of by chance,
KCW: I was composing daily, like keeping a diary.
MC: Ah, is that so?
KCW: Composing music became a way for me to console myself
KCW: and gradually I started to build up a repertoire of songs.
KCW: Then I recorded the songs,
KCW: and they became a hit across the nation within 2 weeks.
KCW: It became that sort of album.
MC: It was really the trend then.
MC: Yes, yes. Of course.
MC: So this kind of music exists.
MC: An estimated 400,000 copies were sold then.
MC: That’s like a debut album selling about 5 million copies today.
MC: I was released one day, suddenly.
MC: This new style of music.
MC: It was released during my 1st year in university.
MC: I was drinking all night and then when the sun came up, the song was out.
MC: Ah, already… the sun is up!
MC: I was drinking a lot then.
MC: Then there was ‘Youth’,
MC: ‘Spreading Silk on my Heart’.
MC: It went like this
MC: and it had a really long intro too.
MC: Oh my, the song still hasn’t started yet?
MC: There were about 7 or 8 big hits at the same time.
KCW: When we heard our songs played on the bus, we would alight
KCW: because we felt shy…
MC: Did all 3 of you compose together?
MC: That’s right. Between the 3 brothers.
MC: Must not have been easy.
KCW: ‘Today was fun.’
KCW: ‘Today was enjoyable.’
KCW: That was how we started.
MC: When I was boarding,
MC: I stayed at a rich relative’s house.
MC: A rich relative.
MC: It was a house of a rich relative.
KCW: Ah, that’s what you did then too?
MC: Yes, yes.
MC: It was a rich relative’s house
MC: and they had everything at home,
MC: so everything I wanted was there.
MC: At night, I would secretly put on Sanulrim’s songs,
MC: and the music would play
MC: but I was chased out from the house in the end.
MC: So did someone recommend you guys after listening to the songs you composed?
MC: Or did you go to record companies to try and get them to release your songs?
KCW: After recording our songs on cassette tapes,
KCW: we gave them to record companies
KCW: and told them to have a listen.
MC: Yes, yes.
MC: But were there any songs they rejected when you were recording?
MC: Because they were really different from the kind of music then.
MC: Would the record company be like, “What is this?” and throw it to the side?
MC: What if that happened?
KCW: We originally intended to fund our own release.
KCW: We even borrowed money from relatives,
KCW: wanting to release an album on our own.
KCW: But after giving our cassette tape to a record company,
KCW: they contacted us after about a week.
KCW: and wanted to fix a date with us.
KCW: In order to do the recording.
KCW: The first time we recorded,
KCW: the date clashed with an employment exam of some company.
MC: Ah, is that so?
KCW: But I felt that since it was the first time in my life I could record my music.
KCW: There were more employment opportunities,
KCW: and I could try again another time,
KCW: so that’s why we went ahead and did it.
MC: So they did the recording and everything for you.
KCW: We thought we had to pay them cash,
KCW: but they told us that wasn’t necessary.
KCW: We also assumed they would record the album and only give it to us.
KCW: Instead of playing it on the broadcasts and all.
KCW: We were puzzled over why they recorded the album and just gave it to us like that.
MC: So you thought they gave you guys the album as a souvenir?
KCW: Yes, we thought it was just a souvenir.
KCW: We thought they recorded it just for us.
MC: Like neoprints, only giving you a copy.
MC: They recorded the album and gave you a copy,
MC: so you thought you had to pay them.
MC: Then they said you didn’t have to pay, so you were like, “What?”
KCW: That’s right. They told us it’s okay. That we could just take it.
KCW: So we just thanked them and went home.
KCW: But the copyright laws weren’t very clear then.
MC: Ah, that’s right.
KCW: We hadn’t chosen a company…
MC: How about getting back those royalties that you didn’t receive then?
KCW: Well, now…
KCW: There was a reviewing process then as well.
MC: That’s right, review.
KCW: As there was a reviewing process then,
KCW: if I wanted to release a song on self-esteem, for example,
KCW: they would say it wasn’t allowed.
MC: They would say you couldn’t, I guess.
KCW: It wouldn’t pass.
MC: Didn’t pass the review.
MC: Because the lyrics were weird.
KCW: The lyrics…
MC: What? What are these lyrics? Out.
KCW: No, the lyrics were different then.
MC: Oh, is that so?
KCW: The lyrics were totally different.
MC: What were the lyrics about then?
KCW: They were all about the night life of Lee Kyunggyu.
KCW: Something about the light footsteps in the morning, going here and there,
KCW: Drinking all night long.
KCW: It was all that sort of songs.
MC: While writing, you’ve already drank 7 bottles.
KCW: That’s right, so they were all vetoed.
KCW: They requested for us to rewrite the whole song.
MC: So you changed all the lyrics?
KCW: Yes, so we changed all the lyrics to the opposite meaning.
MC: Talking about a day in my life the other way around.
KCW: That’s right.
MC: IU, wasn’t it difficult for you when you released your debut album?
IU: Yes, well the response wasn’t that great initially when I debuted.
IU: You could almost say that I screwed up.
MC: You had confidence in yourself though?
IU: Self-confidence?
IU: Well… That was still during my cyborg period,
IU: so I didn’t really feel that it was tiring or anything like that.
MC: Cyborg?
IU: Yes, I just thought to myself that I screwed up.
IU: There were many trainees then,
IU: but no one would practise with the mentality
IU: that they would screw up once they debuted.
MC: Of course not.
IU: They’d imagine that once they debuted,
IU: it would turn the whole world upside down.
IU: But let’s not talk about creating a sensation,
IU: there wasn’t even a squeak,
IU: so I thought I was just a tiny speck of dust.
IU: I think my self-confidence really plummeted then.
IU: I felt that I was really a nobody.
IU: That’s what I thought then.
MC: So your first album took a nosedive.
MC: What about your second album then?
IU: Starting from the second album…
IU: because I sang a ballad in my first album,
IU: we went with a more bright concept in the second album,
IU: with dance choreography and bright clothes,
IU: and gradually, things improved.
IU: Everyday, things got a bit better.
IU: Then from ‘Good Day’ onwards, the response was much better.
MC: IU’s 3-level high note really slayed all the uncle fans.
The focus of much talk and many parodies - IU’s 3-level high note
But the 3-level high note led to a major side effect?
IU: We didn’t expect it to become such a big issue.
IU: After it became an issue, the situation was that
IU: the audience didn’t listen to the first half of the song at all,
IU: they would just zone out, then suddenly,
IU: oh the 3-level high note is coming, it’s coming!
IU: That was really scary to me,
IU: so I told my agency that I couldn’t do it because it was too pressurising.
IU: They told me that they were also afraid I would hurt my throat,
IU: so we decided to just not do it.
MC: As you’re singing, when you get to the 3-level high note, do you become nervous?
IU: Totally nervous. Would I be able to do it successfully today?
MC: What if you slipped after the first level?
IU: Yes. What if I couldn’t even make it to the first level?
IU: I worried about that a lot.
Yuri: How did it feel to be popular then?
IU: I was still a cyborg then,
IU: Rather than thinking to myself that things were great,
IU: I always felt uneasy.
IU: As if my house would be taken from me anytime.
IU: Like I would be carrying my luggage and thinking this seems to be my house,
IU: but I can’t unpack my luggage after entering,
IU: and would just leave it by the door.
IU: The feeling that I had to be mentally prepared to leave anytime.
IU: So I didn’t feel like I enjoyed it.
IU: I was full of thoughts like, is this really alright? I felt uneasy.
IU: I kept having such thoughts.
MC: You felt like you were a packaged singer, right?
IU: Yes, yes.
IU: Actually even now as I prepared my ‘Flower Bookmark’ album,
IU: I really never expected it to be so well-received.
IU: ‘Flower Bookmark’ was really…
IU: But when it was released, everyone said they really liked it.
IU: Initially, I was glad for that.
IU: I felt that unlike the other albums, I didn’t feel stressed as I prepared this album
IU: and enjoyed myself while recording for the album,
IU: so it’s really great that everyone likes it so much.
IU: Yet a scary thought crossed my mind then.
IU: I felt like I was ripping everyone off this time.
IU: That’s what I thought.
IU: Yes, I ripped everyone off.
IU: I mean… I didn’t really do such a great job,
IU: but the atmosphere was really like that.
IU: So I felt that from the 6 years since I debuted,
IU: the ability that I’m gifted with,
IU: it’s unintentional, but it seems I’m really good at ripping everyone off.
Yuri: Nah…
IU: I mean it.
IU: You’re being deceived right now.
IU: I’m just deceiving everyone.
IU: I feel that if I pour my passion, emotions and sincerity into what I do,
IU: I would be generously rewarded.
IU: So before others take notice,
IU: before others take notice,
IU: I need to quickly raise my standard.
IU: I have to work hard and change these bubbles into solid soap.
KCW: According to Baek Namjoon, you’ve really created a work of art this time.
KCW: You just called this work of art a rip off.
MC: You feel that because you ripped everyone off, before others realise, you have to quickly fix it.
IU: Really do a proper job of it.
MC: If you do this well, people would be wondering, was I being ripped off?
MC: They wouldn’t think they were ripped off anymore.
IU: That’s right.
KCW: You were saying you wanted to become solid soap,
KCW: but I don’t think you’ll be happy that way.
KCW: You need to fill it to the brim with bubbles to be happy.
MC: I’ve heard rumours that IU is…
MC: arrogant.
MC: Why would they say that? Is it because you didn’t greet your seniors?
MC: You don’t seem like someone who greets others often.
IU: That seems to be the case recently.
IU: Recently, I think I really need to start greeting others properly.
MC: You don’t greet others usually?
IU: You know how the other idols go,
IU: 1, 2, 3, hello, we’re _________!
IU: But since I’m on my own, it’s really hard to find a chance to greet others.
IU: Even if I go over, because my voice is too soft,
IU: and during my debut album, I’m not sure if they knew me..
IU: Even when I greet them, I think to myself that they might not even know who I am,
IU: so I go ‘hello~’ softly like that.
MC: Are you thinking that there might be misunderstandings if you don’t do it well?
Yuri: When we debuted, we didn’t know that we had to greet strangers as well.
Yuri: So if some high-ranking staff from the broadcast station appeared, we didn’t know at all and were scolded for that.
Yuri: Our boss then told us that if we made eye contact, we had to greet them no matter what.
Yuri: We were scolded for that a lot.
IU: I tried really hard too.
CH: As we’ve been living in Mongolia,
CH: and were homeschooled on top of that,
CH: we weren’t aware of the senior-junior relationship.
MC: Ah, that’s right.
CH: So upon entering the adult world at our young age,
CH: we felt really awkward greeting others.
CH: How exactly do we do the 90 degree bow?
SH: In Mongolia, there aren’t such differences between people.
SH: We’d just speak informally to one another,
SH: or go ‘Hey!’ in English.
SH: So doing a 90-degree bow seemed really weird to us.
MC: Really awkward.
SH: So after we got here, we greeted others our own way like that,
SH: but people would be wondering why we were being like that.
SH: They would give us weird glances.
SH: So we did the 90-degree bow after that to our seniors.
MC: I think you’re doing quite well now though.
CH: It’s become automatic now…
MC: Just now when I first met them, they have really good chemistry.
MC: They would look at each other and say let’s greet and then bow together at the same time.
Yuri: 1, 2, 3~
MC: 1, 2, 3, hello!
SH: When we first debuted and met seniors,
SH: we were really uncoordinated and would be like…
SH: H-hello~
MC: You weren’t very well-coordinated then, but now…
SH: When we were first greeted by a boy group,
SH: they stood in a V-shape formation,
SH: then went, “1, 2, 3, we’re ________!”
SH: so we were wondering…
SH & CH: should we do that too?
SH & CH: Hello, we’re Akdong Musician.
SH & CH: Akdong! Bbusibbak!
SH & CH: Akdong! Bbusibbak!
CH: And then after that, we do this.
CH: This means we’ll change the world.
Yuri: It’s so adorable~ Oh what to do?
MC: How was the response?
MC: Just slapping your thighs was already cute.
MC: So did it go well?
CH: We were wondering if doing this gesture was alright.
MC: What did he say it meant?
CH: That we’ll change the world.
CH: That we’ll turn it like that.
Yuri: Ah turning it, I thought you were shooting a gun.
SH & CH: Hello, we’re Akdong Musician.
SH & CH: Akdong! Bbusibbak!
CH: This means we’ll change the world.
Yuri: It’s so adorable~ Oh what to do?
MC: When Sanulrim debuted,
MC: you met seniors at the broadcasting station, right?
MC: How did you greet them then?
MC: Was it like, “Ohh~~~ We’re Sanulrim!”
MC: How did you greet them?
KCW: We just went to them one by one and asked politely, “Have you had your meal?”
Yuri: It’s not even “Have you eaten”.
KCW: We actually asked them if they had had their meals.
KCW: Then one of the elderly went, hey, hey, Cheonghakdong is here. Cheonghakdong.
MC: Aren’t they called the Cheonghakdong lads?
KCW: Yes.
MC: Weren’t you the ‘white’ of Fin.K.L?
Yuri: That’s right. Yes.
Yuri: 1, 2, 3, Hello! We’re Fin.K.L!
Yuri: And then, it goes like, I’m Fin.K.L’s red, Lee Hyori.
Yuri: I’m Fin.K.L’s maknae and lead vocals, ‘white’ Sung Yuri.
KCW: When she bowed, she tilted her head slightly.
Yuri: That’s because my hair is like that, so I had to bow this way.
Yuri: Can’t mess up my hairdo.
MC: Nowadays, there are many idol groups appearing.
MC: You would have received greetings from them, right?
KCW: That’s right, everytime they greeted me, there would go like ululu uwahhkk!
MC: How did it feel?
Yuri: I don’t think he likes it very much.
KCW: Me?
MC: Yes.
KCW: It scared the life out of me.
EXO: 123 we are one. Hello, we’re EXO.
SJ: We’re Super Juni-ohh~
Beast: Hello everyone, we’re Beast.
Kids, have you been eating well~?
MC: There’s a rumour that IU is seriously hard core.
IU: Well there are many people who think so.
IU: Saying that I’m hard core.
IU: But I don’t think that’s a bad comment.
IU: That’s because if they belittle me, that would hurt my pride.
IU: I think it’s better this way,
IU: but I think I’m deceiving people about this as well.
IU: Whether I’m hard core or something else,
IU: it’s rather confusing.
IU: I’m not very sure what I am myself either.
IU: But then again, what did I do to end up deceiving others like that?
IU: What do you think then? Is IU hard core?
CH: Well, we…
MC: Just be honest. Don’t talk about other stuff.
CH: But I think Soohyun would know better.
CH: Since IU is her role model.
MC: Ah, role model.
SH: But up to now, she’s just doing the music she wants to…
MC: Hard core?
SH: She’s just doing the music she wants to…
MC: Hard core?
MC: Just say what’s on your mind. Is she or not?
SH: A little?
MC: But it’s good to have a strong will.
IU: Yes.
IU: Having a strong will is good, right?
MC: Of course.
IU: But I don’t.
IU: That’s why I think I’m deceiving others.
IU: I just look as if I have a strong will…
MC: No, but right now, even the way you’re speaking seems like you have a strong will.
MC: The moment someone says something, you’re like, no that’s not it.
MC: You’re wrong. That’s not it.
MC: Isn’t that having a strong will?
MC: You do have it.
IU: That seems to be the case.
MC: What do you think, teacher Kim?
KCW: Ohh, she’s not just your usual hard core.
IU: Oh my gosh.
MC: Why is that so?
MC: What happened?
KCW: We had a meal together recently.
MC: Yes.
KCW: So we went to eat,
KCW: and I asked her, “Can you eat much?”
KCW: She answered that she could.
KCW: So I asked her if she could eat this much meat
KCW: and she said she could.
KCW: Ohh~ but she really finished it all.
KCW: It was really a shock to me.
SH: We had a meal with IU as well,
MC: Yes, yes.
Yuri: Did she eat a lot too?
SH: We ordered a lot of food.
SH: We were eating together, but she kept eating right till the end.
CH: Even though she’s already full.
SH: She was like, as long as I’m here, I’ll eat.
KCW: But the thing is, she only eats one meal.
IU: Ah, that’s right.
KCW: So we agreed to meet in the evening,
KCW: but because of that, she almost didn’t eat anything at all in the day.
KCW: She should have eaten something, but…
MC: That’s strong.
IU: Ah, did I do that?
KCW: She’s incredible.
IU: You should keep to that.
MC: Is it because of her age?
KCW: That’s what I mean.
KCW: And then the moment she put down her spoon,
KCW: she went, tomorrow morning I’ve got to have some sweet potato.
MC: Really strong.
IU: For me, it’s either I’m totally abstain from food, or I would binge on food.
IU: There was a short period of time that I had bulimia.
IU: It was really serious. My bulimia then.
IU: Nowadays, in order to control my binge eating, I set some rules for myself.
IU: I would only enjoy eating all I want for only one meal.
Yuri: Was it because of the way people looked at you, or some misunderstanding, or perhaps stress?
IU: Recently, I’m really sensitive about even things that are really trivial.
MC: Ah, you’re really sensitive recently?
IU: Yes, then I would lose faith in myself and even hate myself
IU: and really plunge into the deep end.
IU: I would feel lethargic all day
IU: and there would only be 2 things I can do.
IU: Eating and sleeping.
IU: I would be uninterested in everything else and not feel like doing anything and feel distressed.
IU: So I would keep sleeping and during the times I’m awake, I would keep eating.
IU: I would feel very empty inside… Not that my stomach is empty,
IU: but I had to fill this emptiness inside somehow,
IU: so I would keep eating and eating.
IU: Just eating and sleeping continuously.
IU: As I kept doing that, I gained weight
IU: and it became really bad for my health.
IU: My health got worse.
IU: I ate until I vomitted.
IU: So I received treatment after that…
MC: You did?
IU: Yes.
MC: For bulimia?
IU: Yes, bulimia.
IU: Not anorexia, thankfully.
IU: So I received treatment for bulimia
IU: and got a lot of advice from my seniors.
IU: I talked a lot to myself and wrote in my diary too,
IU: to fill that emptiness inside me.
MC: Have you recovered completely then?
IU: Not completely.
IU: Recently, if I get stressed,
IU: the only thought that comes to my mind is to eat.
IU: Nothing else but that.
IU: It’s gotten a lot better now though,
IU: and I’ve started exercising.
IU: I’ve become addicted to exercising recently,
IU: so the first thing I do when I wake up is to exercise.
IU: Only if I did that, then I’d allow myself to eat,
IU: so now I’m able to eat more normally.
IU: I’m on the path to recovery currently.
MC: I see.
MC: When you meet Kim Changwan, do you feel like both of you hit it off really well?
IU: Absolutely.
IU: I mean, I didn’t know what he was going to talk about,
IU: but he always seems feel the same way about things as me,
IU: so I’m really amazed.
IU: Just listening to him talk today,
IU: I think I’ve received a lot of healing.
MC: Do you binge as well?
MC: You binge drink, don’t you?
KCW: That’s the problem.
MC: That’s what I meant.
KCW: That’s right.
MC: Binge drinking.
KCW: Not when it comes to eating,
KCW: I eat my meals normally, but…
KCW: ah I can’t control myself when it comes to drinking.
KCW: Ah, really.
KCW: Actually, I’m feeling rather thirsty right now too.
MC: Let’s have a drink together today.
MC: The kids seem to be quite rich.
MC: How about that? We’ll drink and let them foot the bill.
KCW: That’s a great idea.
KCW: Just now, Akdong Musician said they felt hurt by their friends,
KCW: now that they’ve become celebrities.
KCW: Actually, don’t rashly set your targets.
KCW: Same goes for you, IU.
KCW: You’re at the young age that you’re going through hard times to achieve your dreams.
MC: That’s right.
KCW: And you still have many arrows left to shoot.
KCW: You wouldn’t know exactly where your target is yet.
KCW: For IU, to others,
KCW: others might be building fences and trapping you into a position,
KCW: but it would be good to throw all that away and go somewhere else.
KCW: For Akdong Musician,
KCW: initially, you said you wanted to lead a nomadic life,
KCW: with a huge farm.
KCW: As for how long you’ll continue to be singers,
KCW: such questions don’t have definite answers.
KCW: Don’t you still have many more dreams?
MC: Yes, yes.
MC: So think about it carefully, don’t set your target yet, at your young age.
MC: But honestly, your voice is really a great source of healing.
Yuri: That’s right.
MC: As you’re singing,
MC: just as I’m starting to feel ambitious,
MC: if you go, don’t do that.
MC: Then I’ll really not go that far.
MC: Because his voice itself doesn’t sound ambitious.
MC: For example, if he told you not to set your targets now.
MC: That this isn’t all there is to it.
MC: You don’t know how far you can go.
MC: If he said it this way, you’d probably do the opposite.
MC: They wouldn’t bother.
MC: Try saying it in an angry manner.
MC: Don’t rashly set your targets, kids. Got it??
MC: Then this looks like your target now.
MC: But the way he said it just now, don’t rashly set your targets.
MC: You’d feel like you really shouldn’t do that.
Yuri: You’d feel like listening carefully to what he’s saying.
MC: It’s the first time I’ve heard something like that.
MC: Did you do that on purpose? Gently, then strongly, gently, then strongly?
Yuri: Playing mind games?
MC: Have you always been like that?
KCW: I’m feeling really sleepy now.
MC: What did he say?
Yuri: He said he’s really sleepy.
MC: You said you’re sleepy?
KCW: I’ve never… had such a long chat.
Yuri: He’s explaining in detail too.
MC: Don’t tremble, just speak normally.
CH: My voice tends to tremble when I speak too.
CH: As I was listening to everyone talk,
CH: I was thinking that I’m slightly afraid of turning into an adult next year.
CH: How would I face this dangerous new world?
CH: I was going to say that,
CH: but I thought if I did, I was worried that I would miss out on an important piece of advice,
CH: so I forgot about the broadcast and just kept listening,
CH: and it’s all really good advice.
Warm gaze
MC: I see. Chanhyuk wants to become Changwan.
SH: Write that in the subtitles.
CH: Now I feel a bit like I’m turning into a cyborg too.
IU: I think they’re really intelligent and doing a really good job.
IU: Actually, Soohyun and I are 6 years apart.
IU: We’re 6 years apart, but while eating together, it didn’t feel like she’s younger than me at all.
IU: I was really nervous about eating together, initially.
IU: I don’t really have many younger siblings at home
IU: and I grew up mostly with my older siblings.
IU: So I thought that if I had a meal with someone 6 years my junior,
IU: I would have to serve her, or pour water for her,
IU: just like what my older cousins did for me,
IU: I thought that was what I should now do for my junior.
IU: I felt really nervous and pressured,
IU: but when I met her, she didn’t feel like my junior at all.
IU: So we just spoke informally like friends,
IU: and we’re really good friends now.
IU: There’s not much advice or anything I can give her.
SH: Unni, please give me lots of good advice.
IU: Alright.
IU: Actually, Akdong Musician is doing really well right now.
IU: Many others around their age are debuting now too.
IU: When I first released my own album,
IU: many staff at my company complained about me.
IU: Why does this kid have so much to say?
IU: They said that a lot.
IU: But thinking back now, I think I did a good job then.
IU: Among the few things that I did well, I think that’s the best thing I did.
IU: I just kept telling them what I thought.
IU: Whether it’s something that sounds ridiculous or immature,
IU: but because I kept telling them what I thought,
IU: now my company really takes my opinions into account and respect my opinions.
IU: I hope that as the rookies do their promotions,
IU: whether it’s alright or not, they should express how they feel.
IU: I hope they have that kind of awareness.
SH: It’s great to have a senior like this who can give me this sort of advice.
IU: You’re doing great now.
MC: But if you keep listening to it, it becomes nagging.
MC: When do you think you received consolation from music?
KCW: Music?
MC: Yes, to you.
KCW: You don’t receive consolation from music.
MC: Is that so?
KCW: What consolation…
KCW: more like giving me a slap in the face when I feel like crying.
KCW: When you break up with your lover, you write sad ballads,
KCW: but if you listen to such songs when you’re happy, would you be able to relate to them?
KCW: Music is what gives me a slap in the face when I feel like crying.
KCW: That’s what it is.
MC: In your songs, there seems to be a degree of darkness in your lyrics.
MC: Compared to others your age.
MC: Just like when you sang about youth, one day this youth will be gone,
MC: but while it lasted, we never thought it would be gone one day.
MC: The lyrics about how youth will disappear one day, for someone at that age…
KCW: That’s right. Young people wouldn’t have written something like that.
KCW: I had to play the part of the head of the household from a young age
KCW: and I didn’t have a space where I could freely express my emotions.
KCW: so gradually…
KCW: I became a depressed introvert.
MC: You lost your brother because of an accident, right?
MC: You must really miss him a lot.
KCW: Of course.
KCW: The 3 of us had been composing music together for many years
KCW: but I hadn’t realised that we were one entity.
KCW: Only after my youngest brother passed away did I realise that 3 of us had been one entity.
KCW: Previously, someone asked me if I wanted to travel to the future or back to the past.
KCW: I always chose the far future.
KCW: After I lost my brother though, I don’t wish to travel to the far future or the far past either.
KCW: I just want to return to any point in time between when we were born and before he passed away.
KCW: If it’s during that period, I would want to return to any point in time at all.
KCW: There’s no other point in time I want to return to more badly.
KCW: That’s how it is.
Still listening to the music
With my eyes shut
Yuri: You must really miss your brother a lot, to even have a ‘heaven’ folder in your phone.
KCW: There are a few people in there.
KCW: My brother, my father, and Park Wanseo as well.
Yuri: When you miss them, would you give them a call?
KCW: How is that possible?
KCW: I’m not a cyborg after all.
KCW: For me, actually when I compose music, I temporarily forget about the present
KCW: and forget about my sorrow.
KCW: After my father passed away, I composed ‘It’s Only Now that I See’.
KCW: Then when my brother passed away, I composed ‘Forklift’ and ‘12-year-old living as a 12-year-old’.
KCW: I composed songs like these.
KCW: It’s not that I purposely wanted to compose them
KCW: but because I was feeling really down, there was nothing else to do.
KCW: I didn’t feel like doing anything either.
KCW: They were just songs that came to me as I strummed my guitar.
KCW: In that moment, I was able to block off my sorrow.
KCW: Music became my emergency exit.
Reminiscence
Walking along the road,
someone was next to me
When I felt it, I realised
that the person had already left
and I was walking alone
Suddenly, the wind became cold
Letting you go,
Still standing where I am
I can’t move a step at all
As if I’m frozen
because I was caught by surprise
Hiding under the moonlight, I’m crying
Ooh the person who has left
Ooh he comes to mind
Ooh the person who turned around
Ooh he comes to mind
I didn’t ask why you left me
but I’m hurting inside
It’s something that has already happened
and I can’t change it
I just hate myself
I miss you, my little brother…
KCW: Seeing everyone waving your arms in front of me like that, it looks like a talent performance
MC: We have some special guests with us today.
MC: Nice to meet you, everyone.
Yuri: Just like Kim Changwan and IU,
Yuri: music connects all of us regardless of age
MC: How old are you?
Kid: 10 years old.
MC: 10 years old?
MC: How are you?
Kid: I’m fine.
MC: Do you know that uncle over there?
Kid: No, I don’t.
MC: He’s wearing a Kim Changwan band t-shirt,
MC: but he doesn’t know who Kim Changwan is.
MC: Amazing kid. Well done.
MC: What’s your favourite song?
Kid: Mountain Grandpa.
MC: Ah, you know Mountain Grandpa but not Kim Changwan grandpa.
MC: The mother seems to be a fan of Kim Changwan’s band.
MC: Why don’t you give them a message then.
Mum: I’m nervous, so I don’t know what to say.
MC: Alright. Let me try looking for IU’s fans then.
MC: Ok, ok.
MC: Let’s just skip him.
MC: So how does it feel to see IU in person?
Uaena: She’s a goddess.
MC: Ah, is that so? Is there any favour you want to ask of IU?
Uaena: I love you.
IU: Thank you.
MC: I told you ask for a favour, what are you saying?
MC: Do you talk to your son often?
Dad: I’m starting to talk to him now nowadays.
Dad: He’s going to be discharged from the army soon.
Dad: So we came here together today.
MC: Is there anything you want to tell your son?
Dad: I hope he studies hard.
MC: It sounds like something that would block your communication.
KCW: This is what I think.
KCW: My dad said a few words to me in the past.
KCW: Almost none at all.
KCW: I reached home late at night and was dozing at my table.
KCW: Perhaps he wanted to wake me up, so he ruffled my hair.
KCW: It was late at night but he asked me how was school.
KCW: He asked me how was school and told me to go eat something.
KCW: Besides that, what else was there?
KCW: I don’t talk to you guys much, do I?
KCW: Not only do we not meet up,
KCW: I don’t even use popular SNS platforms.
KCW: But I don’t think there’s a gulf between us.
KCW: Don’t be too anxious,
KCW: or feel that that person needs to know me by today.
KCW: Wait a little and hold on a little more
KCW: and it’ll be fine.
KCW: Even if it doesn’t turn out that way,
KCW: as long as you have faith,
KCW: I love you and you’ll feel my love for you.
KCW: As long as we trust each other, we’ll make it through this together.
Tonight, I would like to have fun communicating with you.
Already Now - Music and lyrics by Kim Changwan
Already now, the sun is up.
Outside the window, it’s bright.
Light footsteps early in the morning
Everyone’s singing the same song together
On a bright sunny day, full of blue feelings of waiting
Passing by here and there
Searching for the path of your warm gaze
MC: How do you feel after watching the performance?
SH: My heart is beating quickly. I really liked it.
CH: Sunbae is wearing glasses and playing the guitar like me,
CH: so I think it would be great if we could become like this in future.
CH: Why isn’t there any reaction?
CH: There isn’t anyone here with crossed legs here, right?
SH: Please uncross your legs.
SH: Over here. You can’t do that. You’ve got to uncross them.
Don’t Cross Your Legs - Music and lyrics by Akdong Musician
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
You showed me chic and provoked my instincts
I didn’t think about the consequences and lifted up my leg and crossed it over my opposite leg, it was nauseating
What is this feeling of my leg falling asleep and my blood not circulating?
You showed me snobby and provoked my instincts
I clenched my firsts and banged my desk so everyone focused on me, then I crossed my legs, it was all twisted up
What is this feeling that my growth plates are closing up starting with my toes?
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
Don’t cross your legs, all of you
Don’t cross your legs, all of you
Don’t cross your legs, all of you
Don’t cross your legs, all of you
Akmu: Thank you.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Music and Lyrics by Yoon Sang, Original singer Kim Hyunsik
The beautiful starlight in the quiet night sky
Silently shines through faraway windows
Midday memories disappear somewhere
As if it’s a dream, I am only looking at the night sky
At the soft melody, my heart becomes like a child
Racing through the blue ocean of memories
The deep night, the beautiful times come to me, colouring my heart
I remember the eternal summer night dreams
So even if morning comes
It won’t be forgotten
IU: Thank you.
KCW: They say songs are frames for memories.
KCW: The accident that my youngest brother got into…
KCW: If not for you guys, it would have been really difficult for me to go through that.
KCW: 30 years after Sanulrim disbanded,
KCW: you gave me the courage to start a Kim Changwan band.
KCW: This talk is getting really solemn.
KCW: I keep talking about things that block communication between us.
MC: There’s only one of it in this world.
Yuri: It’s a guitar pick that we custom-made for you.
MC: It’s a guitar pick.
KCW: It even has my name written on it.
MC: Yes.
KCW: I’ll have to use this then.
MC: Okay.
MC: Let’s enjoy the performance then.
A collaboration between Kim Changwan, IU and Akdong Musician
Motorcycle Guitar Ride - Music and lyrics by Kim Changwan
Let’s ride a motorcycle with a guitar
Let’s ride a motorcycle with a guitar
Let’s ride a motorcycle with a guitar, let’s ride, let’s ride
Let’s play a guitar with a motorcycle
Let’s play a guitar with a motorcycle
Let’s play a guitar with a motorcycle, let’s play, let’s play
Let’s use a drill with a balloon
Let’s not do that, let’s just hug
Let’s get a caterpillar to hug a wardrobe
The way you see it, hear it and imagine it cyber
The way you see it, hear it and imagine it cyber
credit: Squishy
KCW: Who exactly are you to me?
IU: I’m your youth.
The special connection between forever young Changwan and his youth, IU.
KCW: IU was singing about her own love story, but why did I feel uncomfortable inside?
MC: Are you being jealous?
KCW: I can’t continue the story.
MC: IU’s puberty was different from others.
IU: I thought I was some kind of cyborg.
KCW: Her soul just floated away.
KCW: Where did she go?
MC: In Mongolia, don’t they lead nomadic lives?
CH: We ate rice with soy sauce.
MC: Mongolia soy sauce is really famous too.
MC: It’s really delicious.
And today, a hotter and more passionate
place where all generations become one, music Healing Camp
SH: The final winner is Akdong Musician!
CH: We received a cash prize with many zeros in it.
MC: Let’s go for a drink. These kids seem pretty rich.
IU: I didn’t expect to get into big trouble.
IU: It wasn’t intended.
MC: That’s evil.
MC: You were in a prestigious school, but you weren’t well off?
KCW: Others were really wealthy.
MC: Was it because they found out about your age?
IU: I can’t help but love…
Isn’t there a secret? Is IU’s love blooming?
IU: The atmosphere just became like that.
IU: An itchy kind of love.
MC: Let’s edit that out.
IU: Oh my.
MC: What about you, IU? How was it like for you to date?
IU: I…
IU: When I’m dating, it’s the most…
IU: Teehee!
IU: When I’m dating, it’s great.
IU: It’s the time when narcissism springs up.
IU: I usually have low confidence,
IU: but when I start dating, I can’t help but love myself.
MC: Because someone has feelings towards you.
IU: Yes.
IU: Since the person that I like likes me as well.
IU: In my eyes, the person I like is so amazing to me,
IU: so anything the person likes is amazing to me.
IU: If the person he likes is me,
IU: I acknowledge that I’m amazing too.
IU: When I start dating, my confidence rises.
MC: Oh, well said.
MC: It’s really sentimental, yet it makes sense too.
Romance professor, DoctorU (?)
MC: Are you happy now?
IU: Recently? Well…
IU: I guess you could say I am.
IU: I guess you could say I am.
IU on her path to happiness(?)
MC: What if it’s the other way around?
MC: If you like that person, but the person he likes is not you,
MC: then your self-esteem would drop really low.
IU: I guess so.
MC: If the person even hates you.
MC: Then what would you do?
40-year-old middle-aged man living alone - IU, please help me out…
Middle-aged loner, let’s try falling in love…
-flustered- -flustered-
IU: I… why…
MC: How can you ask someone so young such a question?
IU, how desperate I must be to be relying on you…
IU: What should one do, teacher?
Please help me out, teacher Kim!
MC: It just came out of my mouth like that.
MC: Alright, sorry, that was my bad.
MC: What should I do then?
Please help me, teenage uncle. What should I do?
KCW: There’s a solution.
There’s a solution to unrequited love?
MC: You said there’s a solution?
MC: What is it then?
KCW: Drinking all day and night.
MC: In that case, IU…
IU: Yes.
MC: You’ve sang many love songs, right?
IU: Yes.
MC: What kind of love songs do you like best?
IU: As I was preparing this remake album,
IU: I was undecided between ‘Meaning of You’ and another song.
IU: Right until the last moment, I was having trouble deciding.
IU: That’s Sanulrim’s ‘More, More, More’.
MC: More, More, More.
IU: That song gives one an itchy romance sort of feeling.
KCW: Oh~ More, More, More.
IU: Yes, I really like it.
MC: How does it go?
MC: Could you sing a bit of it?
KCW: Please whisper a few barely audible words in my ear~
KCW: Oh, I’m out of breath.
KCW: Shall we sing it as a duet?
MC: We’ll really have to hear this then.
MC: Yes.
Please whisper a few barely audible words in my ear
More, more, more
Let’s just sit down, like the way we meet now
Awhile more, more more
Don’t be mean, try to understand me better
There’s always a sense of regret
If I could fly, if I could draw how much I long for you,
I’ll fly, I’ll show it to you
Please whisper a few barely audible words in my ear
More, more, more
Let’s just sit down, like the way we meet now
Awhile more, more more
Don’t be mean, try to understand me better
There’s always a sense of regret
If I could fly, if I could draw how much I long for you,
I’ll fly, I’ll show it to you
Please whisper a few barely audible words in my ear
More, more, more
Let’s just sit down, like the way we meet now
Awhile more, more more
A special harmony that crosses generations, ‘More, More, More’
KCW: Ah, I feel really happy.
MC: Even for us as audience.
MC: Please sing more for us~
MC: So Kim Changwan, you’re married.
MC: I heard that it was the backview of your wife,
MC: the backview of your wife
MC: that was love at first sight for you.
MC: Usually it’s the front appearance we fall for and end up getting married.
MC: How did you fall for her backview?
KCW: Someone asked me what my first impression of her was like
KCW: and I answered that my first impression of her was her backview.
KCW: We were about this far apart.
KCW: I didn’t know who she was
KCW: and wondered who was sitting there.
MC: What was her backview like? Was she backfacing you but with her head turned?
KCW: No, no.
MC: Just a backview?
KCW: Yes. My view was blocked by the chair.
KCW: I could only see some colours vaguely.
KCW: That was my first impression of her
KCW: but like a photograph, it remained in my heart.
MC: But how much did you love your wife, to have waited for her by the road for 8 hours?
KCW: In this age that even elementary school students use mobile phones, that’s something unimaginable.
KCW: But at that time, only some houses had landlines
KCW: or we would use public phones to communicate.
KCW: If we hadn’t agreed to meet, there was no other way,
KCW: but to wait by a road that she often passes by for a whole day.
KCW: I felt like she would pass by anytime now,
KCW: but then she didn’t, so I thought probably went somewhere else first.
KCW: Waiting is probably an enjoyable experience in itself.
KCW: Wondering when she would arrive.
MC: Did you meet her after waiting for 8 hours?
KCW: Of course I did. That’s how I knew how many hours I waited.
MC: Wow, this is really…
MC: How did you feel then?
KCW: Oh~
KCW: I think I was at the entrance of a hospital then.
KCW: With bright lights on a dark night.
KCW: I think I waited until morning.
MC: It wasn’t really morning yet, right?
KCW: That’s not it.
MC: Does it still seem like morning to you when you see her now?
KCW: Ah, what nonsense.
KCW: Ah, what nonsense.
MC: You’ve snapped out of it now.
KCW: You know all too well, so why ask?
KCW: Recently…
KCW: when I got home,
MC: Yes.
KCW: People who drink go home at a certain timing.
KCW: and then from the door.. no, not the door…
KCW: from the room at the end came a voice,
KCW: ‘Are you going out now or just coming home now?’
Kim Changwan’s transformed end of love~
KCW: What morning are you talking about?
MC: Now that Akdong Musician has debuted glamorously,
MC: becoming the winner in KPOP STAR…
MC: The winner is Akdong Musician!
SH: They announced that we had won
SH: and I thought it would feel thrilling to win.
MC: Yes, yes.
SH: But that’s not how it felt at all.
SH: I wondered to myself if we were going home now that this was over.
SH: That’s what I was thinking.
SH: Is that mum over there? Is that dad?
MC: Mm.
SH: It didn’t feel like reality had sunk in yet.
SH: But after everything ended, I had a good sleep and woke up the next day,
SH: then I learnt from my dad that many reporters and advertisers had contacted him.
SH: Seeing such a situation, I was like, “Oh, are they looking for us?”
SH: That was when reality started to sink in.
MC: The two of you received a 300 million won cash prize.
MC: That’s a lot.
MC: 300 million is a lot. Did you guys donate it?
CH: We didn’t expect ourselves to win initially,
CH: but if we did receive such a huge amount of money,
CH: we thought let’s donate it.
CH: That’s what we thought initially.
MC: Did you say that on broadcast?
MC: They probably asked you what you would do with the money if you won.
SH: This is how we replied then, “Eh, we won’t win.”
SH: “How is that possible?”
MC: Did both of you willingly donate the money or were you pressured to do so?
SH: We willingly donated…
CH: Is it possible to be pressured into donating?
MC: He asked if it’s possible to be pressured into donating.
MC: Ah, that’s really…
MC: Well if the people around you make noise…
MC: If the people around you make noise, then you’ll be pressured into donating.
MC: You asked if it’s possible to be pressured into donating, right?
CH: Yes.
MC: What a great answer.
MC: No, I mean, if you had 300 million, would you donate it?
KCW: There are many uses for the money.
MC: What… What is he saying…
SH: He said there are many uses for the money.
MC: Certainly.
CH: We were still eating rice with soy sauce then,
CH: but suddenly the money with many zeros came in,
CH: so we couldn’t even…
SH: We felt like we couldn’t handle it.
CH: Yes, we felt like we couldn’t handle it.
MC: Even so, you should spend some of that money on yourself.
Yuri: Isn’t there anything you want to buy?
SH: The things we wanted to buy were when we were still eating rice with soy sauce.
SH: I wanted to buy a pair of shoes.
SH: With that cash prize.
SH: I wanted to buy a pair of shoes, but I received shoes from a fan.
SH: I received them as a present,
SH: so now there’s no longer anything else I want.
Yuri: So simple…
MC: I’ll give you a pair of shoes from my house.
MC: I’m not sure if you can wear my shoes though.
MC: How does it feel? To be popular, and have money now.
MC: Does it just feel good, or…
CH: Initially, it just felt good.
CH: It felt amazing when people recognised me.
CH: After eating soy sauce rice, now we were eating good food everyday.
CH: I felt like I had become another person and entered a new world.
CH: As I was enjoying those emotions,
CH: one day, I met up with my friends,
CH: but my friends saw us as celebrities.
CH: I felt kind of hurt then.
SH: We thought it would feel good,
SH: but they just went like, ‘Oh, celebrity!’
SH: If others said that, we might have felt good,
SH: but because our friends said that, it felt like we had drifted apart.
MC: Yes, that’s possible too.
CH: Now that I’m in my 3rd year of high school,
CH: my friends would say that they’re studying, or attending a private academy.
CH: There are things that I find tiring too.
CH: For example, during photoshoots, I find it really tiring.
CH: But if I told them I was doing a photoshoot,
CH: they would be like, ‘How lucky.’
SH: I was recording and it was midnight by then,
SH: and I texted my friend that I was recording,
SH: and she replied, ‘How lucky.’
MC: I see.
MC: What are you up to?
MC: I’m filming ‘Healing Camp’ today.
MC: Wow, how lucky.
SH: Yes.
MC: Then while I’m here, they call on the guests one by one,
MC: but it’s never my turn.
MC: I’m always listening to others talk.
SH: No, I like it.
MC: Then I have to try and read the minds of the seniors.
MC: You have to do things like that,
MC: but your friends are just like, ‘How lucky.’
MC: Is that right?
CH: Yes.
SH: What did you say? Yes?
SH: Oppa said yes.
SH: I didn’t say that.
MC: I heard that Kim Changwan couldn’t find a job initially.
MC: You couldn’t find a job, so you became a singer?
MC: Or was it because you became a singer that you didn’t get a job?
KCW: When we graduated,
KCW: it was really difficult to get a job in the late 70s.
KCW: I was no exception and couldn’t get a job.
KCW: I was idle for about a year,
KCW: and then there was a company that approved of my documents,
KCW: but it was really far from my house.
KCW: The important thing though,
KCW: was that I was embarrassed to ask my parents for transport money.
KCW: I went for the interview…
MC: But it was really far?
KCW: Yes, it was.
KCW: I walked there.
MC: You walked to the company office?
KCW: My house was at Heukseok-dong,
KCW: I went all the way to Gimpo Airport.
Heukseok-dong and Gimpo Airport are 20km apart.
KCW: There wasn’t a river-side path then either.
KCW: I think it was the 2nd line and the 4th line.
MC: You went over hills, didn’t you?
KCW: Firstly, I had to go over hills, I guess.
KCW: After that, I had to make a long journey through the Gimpo mudflats,
MC: You really had to travel across hills and rivers.
MC: That’s right.
KCW: The interview was around noon.
KCW: But I got up at dawn and set off.
MC: Feels to me like you’re going for the imperial examinations.
MC: Travelling all the way to Hanyang.
KCW: I was just short of this,
KCW: then it would really be like going for the imperial examinations.
MC: Totally like the imperial examinations.
MC: Just short of your baggage and straw shoes.
KCW: I just kept walking,
KCW: by the time I took the interview,
KCW: the sun had already set.
MC: What happened in the end?
KCW: I failed the interview.
Yuri: Did you walk back home?
KCW: Of course, I went back the same way.
MC: He walked back.
MC: Did you indulge in alcohol after that then?
KCW: Not to such an extent.
KCW: Ah I keep telling such embarrassing stories.
KCW: Why does Healing Camp do such things to people?
KCW: You’re not healing me right now.
MC: So you drank some alcohol occasionally then?
KCW: Actually, I have a bit of a drinking habit.
KCW: It’s rather embarrassing,
KCW: but that was the period when I abandoned myself.
KCW: I resented society.
KCW: I resented society and worse still, I abused myself.
KCW: I felt ashamed of myself and because of all that,
KCW: I sought solace in alcohol
KCW: and because an alcohol addict.
KCW: To remove myself from such a vicious cycle was really difficult.
MC: Yes, yes.
KCW: There’s nothing more tiring than hating yourself,
KCW: but even through that process,
KCW: there were opportunities that allowed me to become more matured.
MC: Yes, yes.
KCW: I wondered if I should just waste my life away like that
MC: Yes.
KCW: So life prepared an exit for me
KCW: and I crawled out from there,
KCW: taking things a step at a time.
KCW: If I managed to grab on to even something tiny,
KCW: that became my lifeline.
KCW: I had to grab onto that lifeline to escape.
KCW: I didn’t dream big at first.
KCW: I first tried to escape from my daily life
KCW: and from there, I started to see hope.
KCW: That’s important.
MC: But I’m really curious how someone who drinks all day
MC: became a singer.
City guy Kim Changwan - Sanulrim’s “Ah, Already…”
KCW: Although that was kind of by chance,
KCW: I was composing daily, like keeping a diary.
MC: Ah, is that so?
KCW: Composing music became a way for me to console myself
KCW: and gradually I started to build up a repertoire of songs.
KCW: Then I recorded the songs,
KCW: and they became a hit across the nation within 2 weeks.
KCW: It became that sort of album.
MC: It was really the trend then.
MC: Yes, yes. Of course.
MC: So this kind of music exists.
MC: An estimated 400,000 copies were sold then.
MC: That’s like a debut album selling about 5 million copies today.
MC: I was released one day, suddenly.
MC: This new style of music.
MC: It was released during my 1st year in university.
MC: I was drinking all night and then when the sun came up, the song was out.
MC: Ah, already… the sun is up!
MC: I was drinking a lot then.
MC: Then there was ‘Youth’,
MC: ‘Spreading Silk on my Heart’.
MC: It went like this
MC: and it had a really long intro too.
MC: Oh my, the song still hasn’t started yet?
MC: There were about 7 or 8 big hits at the same time.
KCW: When we heard our songs played on the bus, we would alight
KCW: because we felt shy…
MC: Did all 3 of you compose together?
MC: That’s right. Between the 3 brothers.
MC: Must not have been easy.
KCW: ‘Today was fun.’
KCW: ‘Today was enjoyable.’
KCW: That was how we started.
MC: When I was boarding,
MC: I stayed at a rich relative’s house.
MC: A rich relative.
MC: It was a house of a rich relative.
KCW: Ah, that’s what you did then too?
MC: Yes, yes.
MC: It was a rich relative’s house
MC: and they had everything at home,
MC: so everything I wanted was there.
MC: At night, I would secretly put on Sanulrim’s songs,
MC: and the music would play
MC: but I was chased out from the house in the end.
MC: So did someone recommend you guys after listening to the songs you composed?
MC: Or did you go to record companies to try and get them to release your songs?
KCW: After recording our songs on cassette tapes,
KCW: we gave them to record companies
KCW: and told them to have a listen.
MC: Yes, yes.
MC: But were there any songs they rejected when you were recording?
MC: Because they were really different from the kind of music then.
MC: Would the record company be like, “What is this?” and throw it to the side?
MC: What if that happened?
KCW: We originally intended to fund our own release.
KCW: We even borrowed money from relatives,
KCW: wanting to release an album on our own.
KCW: But after giving our cassette tape to a record company,
KCW: they contacted us after about a week.
KCW: and wanted to fix a date with us.
KCW: In order to do the recording.
KCW: The first time we recorded,
KCW: the date clashed with an employment exam of some company.
MC: Ah, is that so?
KCW: But I felt that since it was the first time in my life I could record my music.
KCW: There were more employment opportunities,
KCW: and I could try again another time,
KCW: so that’s why we went ahead and did it.
MC: So they did the recording and everything for you.
KCW: We thought we had to pay them cash,
KCW: but they told us that wasn’t necessary.
KCW: We also assumed they would record the album and only give it to us.
KCW: Instead of playing it on the broadcasts and all.
KCW: We were puzzled over why they recorded the album and just gave it to us like that.
MC: So you thought they gave you guys the album as a souvenir?
KCW: Yes, we thought it was just a souvenir.
KCW: We thought they recorded it just for us.
MC: Like neoprints, only giving you a copy.
MC: They recorded the album and gave you a copy,
MC: so you thought you had to pay them.
MC: Then they said you didn’t have to pay, so you were like, “What?”
KCW: That’s right. They told us it’s okay. That we could just take it.
KCW: So we just thanked them and went home.
KCW: But the copyright laws weren’t very clear then.
MC: Ah, that’s right.
KCW: We hadn’t chosen a company…
MC: How about getting back those royalties that you didn’t receive then?
KCW: Well, now…
KCW: There was a reviewing process then as well.
MC: That’s right, review.
KCW: As there was a reviewing process then,
KCW: if I wanted to release a song on self-esteem, for example,
KCW: they would say it wasn’t allowed.
MC: They would say you couldn’t, I guess.
KCW: It wouldn’t pass.
MC: Didn’t pass the review.
MC: Because the lyrics were weird.
KCW: The lyrics…
MC: What? What are these lyrics? Out.
KCW: No, the lyrics were different then.
MC: Oh, is that so?
KCW: The lyrics were totally different.
MC: What were the lyrics about then?
KCW: They were all about the night life of Lee Kyunggyu.
KCW: Something about the light footsteps in the morning, going here and there,
KCW: Drinking all night long.
KCW: It was all that sort of songs.
MC: While writing, you’ve already drank 7 bottles.
KCW: That’s right, so they were all vetoed.
KCW: They requested for us to rewrite the whole song.
MC: So you changed all the lyrics?
KCW: Yes, so we changed all the lyrics to the opposite meaning.
MC: Talking about a day in my life the other way around.
KCW: That’s right.
MC: IU, wasn’t it difficult for you when you released your debut album?
IU: Yes, well the response wasn’t that great initially when I debuted.
IU: You could almost say that I screwed up.
MC: You had confidence in yourself though?
IU: Self-confidence?
IU: Well… That was still during my cyborg period,
IU: so I didn’t really feel that it was tiring or anything like that.
MC: Cyborg?
IU: Yes, I just thought to myself that I screwed up.
IU: There were many trainees then,
IU: but no one would practise with the mentality
IU: that they would screw up once they debuted.
MC: Of course not.
IU: They’d imagine that once they debuted,
IU: it would turn the whole world upside down.
IU: But let’s not talk about creating a sensation,
IU: there wasn’t even a squeak,
IU: so I thought I was just a tiny speck of dust.
IU: I think my self-confidence really plummeted then.
IU: I felt that I was really a nobody.
IU: That’s what I thought then.
MC: So your first album took a nosedive.
MC: What about your second album then?
IU: Starting from the second album…
IU: because I sang a ballad in my first album,
IU: we went with a more bright concept in the second album,
IU: with dance choreography and bright clothes,
IU: and gradually, things improved.
IU: Everyday, things got a bit better.
IU: Then from ‘Good Day’ onwards, the response was much better.
MC: IU’s 3-level high note really slayed all the uncle fans.
The focus of much talk and many parodies - IU’s 3-level high note
But the 3-level high note led to a major side effect?
IU: We didn’t expect it to become such a big issue.
IU: After it became an issue, the situation was that
IU: the audience didn’t listen to the first half of the song at all,
IU: they would just zone out, then suddenly,
IU: oh the 3-level high note is coming, it’s coming!
IU: That was really scary to me,
IU: so I told my agency that I couldn’t do it because it was too pressurising.
IU: They told me that they were also afraid I would hurt my throat,
IU: so we decided to just not do it.
MC: As you’re singing, when you get to the 3-level high note, do you become nervous?
IU: Totally nervous. Would I be able to do it successfully today?
MC: What if you slipped after the first level?
IU: Yes. What if I couldn’t even make it to the first level?
IU: I worried about that a lot.
Yuri: How did it feel to be popular then?
IU: I was still a cyborg then,
IU: Rather than thinking to myself that things were great,
IU: I always felt uneasy.
IU: As if my house would be taken from me anytime.
IU: Like I would be carrying my luggage and thinking this seems to be my house,
IU: but I can’t unpack my luggage after entering,
IU: and would just leave it by the door.
IU: The feeling that I had to be mentally prepared to leave anytime.
IU: So I didn’t feel like I enjoyed it.
IU: I was full of thoughts like, is this really alright? I felt uneasy.
IU: I kept having such thoughts.
MC: You felt like you were a packaged singer, right?
IU: Yes, yes.
IU: Actually even now as I prepared my ‘Flower Bookmark’ album,
IU: I really never expected it to be so well-received.
IU: ‘Flower Bookmark’ was really…
IU: But when it was released, everyone said they really liked it.
IU: Initially, I was glad for that.
IU: I felt that unlike the other albums, I didn’t feel stressed as I prepared this album
IU: and enjoyed myself while recording for the album,
IU: so it’s really great that everyone likes it so much.
IU: Yet a scary thought crossed my mind then.
IU: I felt like I was ripping everyone off this time.
IU: That’s what I thought.
IU: Yes, I ripped everyone off.
IU: I mean… I didn’t really do such a great job,
IU: but the atmosphere was really like that.
IU: So I felt that from the 6 years since I debuted,
IU: the ability that I’m gifted with,
IU: it’s unintentional, but it seems I’m really good at ripping everyone off.
Yuri: Nah…
IU: I mean it.
IU: You’re being deceived right now.
IU: I’m just deceiving everyone.
IU: I feel that if I pour my passion, emotions and sincerity into what I do,
IU: I would be generously rewarded.
IU: So before others take notice,
IU: before others take notice,
IU: I need to quickly raise my standard.
IU: I have to work hard and change these bubbles into solid soap.
KCW: According to Baek Namjoon, you’ve really created a work of art this time.
KCW: You just called this work of art a rip off.
MC: You feel that because you ripped everyone off, before others realise, you have to quickly fix it.
IU: Really do a proper job of it.
MC: If you do this well, people would be wondering, was I being ripped off?
MC: They wouldn’t think they were ripped off anymore.
IU: That’s right.
KCW: You were saying you wanted to become solid soap,
KCW: but I don’t think you’ll be happy that way.
KCW: You need to fill it to the brim with bubbles to be happy.
MC: I’ve heard rumours that IU is…
MC: arrogant.
MC: Why would they say that? Is it because you didn’t greet your seniors?
MC: You don’t seem like someone who greets others often.
IU: That seems to be the case recently.
IU: Recently, I think I really need to start greeting others properly.
MC: You don’t greet others usually?
IU: You know how the other idols go,
IU: 1, 2, 3, hello, we’re _________!
IU: But since I’m on my own, it’s really hard to find a chance to greet others.
IU: Even if I go over, because my voice is too soft,
IU: and during my debut album, I’m not sure if they knew me..
IU: Even when I greet them, I think to myself that they might not even know who I am,
IU: so I go ‘hello~’ softly like that.
MC: Are you thinking that there might be misunderstandings if you don’t do it well?
Yuri: When we debuted, we didn’t know that we had to greet strangers as well.
Yuri: So if some high-ranking staff from the broadcast station appeared, we didn’t know at all and were scolded for that.
Yuri: Our boss then told us that if we made eye contact, we had to greet them no matter what.
Yuri: We were scolded for that a lot.
IU: I tried really hard too.
CH: As we’ve been living in Mongolia,
CH: and were homeschooled on top of that,
CH: we weren’t aware of the senior-junior relationship.
MC: Ah, that’s right.
CH: So upon entering the adult world at our young age,
CH: we felt really awkward greeting others.
CH: How exactly do we do the 90 degree bow?
SH: In Mongolia, there aren’t such differences between people.
SH: We’d just speak informally to one another,
SH: or go ‘Hey!’ in English.
SH: So doing a 90-degree bow seemed really weird to us.
MC: Really awkward.
SH: So after we got here, we greeted others our own way like that,
SH: but people would be wondering why we were being like that.
SH: They would give us weird glances.
SH: So we did the 90-degree bow after that to our seniors.
MC: I think you’re doing quite well now though.
CH: It’s become automatic now…
MC: Just now when I first met them, they have really good chemistry.
MC: They would look at each other and say let’s greet and then bow together at the same time.
Yuri: 1, 2, 3~
MC: 1, 2, 3, hello!
SH: When we first debuted and met seniors,
SH: we were really uncoordinated and would be like…
SH: H-hello~
MC: You weren’t very well-coordinated then, but now…
SH: When we were first greeted by a boy group,
SH: they stood in a V-shape formation,
SH: then went, “1, 2, 3, we’re ________!”
SH: so we were wondering…
SH & CH: should we do that too?
SH & CH: Hello, we’re Akdong Musician.
SH & CH: Akdong! Bbusibbak!
SH & CH: Akdong! Bbusibbak!
CH: And then after that, we do this.
CH: This means we’ll change the world.
Yuri: It’s so adorable~ Oh what to do?
MC: How was the response?
MC: Just slapping your thighs was already cute.
MC: So did it go well?
CH: We were wondering if doing this gesture was alright.
MC: What did he say it meant?
CH: That we’ll change the world.
CH: That we’ll turn it like that.
Yuri: Ah turning it, I thought you were shooting a gun.
SH & CH: Hello, we’re Akdong Musician.
SH & CH: Akdong! Bbusibbak!
CH: This means we’ll change the world.
Yuri: It’s so adorable~ Oh what to do?
MC: When Sanulrim debuted,
MC: you met seniors at the broadcasting station, right?
MC: How did you greet them then?
MC: Was it like, “Ohh~~~ We’re Sanulrim!”
MC: How did you greet them?
KCW: We just went to them one by one and asked politely, “Have you had your meal?”
Yuri: It’s not even “Have you eaten”.
KCW: We actually asked them if they had had their meals.
KCW: Then one of the elderly went, hey, hey, Cheonghakdong is here. Cheonghakdong.
MC: Aren’t they called the Cheonghakdong lads?
KCW: Yes.
MC: Weren’t you the ‘white’ of Fin.K.L?
Yuri: That’s right. Yes.
Yuri: 1, 2, 3, Hello! We’re Fin.K.L!
Yuri: And then, it goes like, I’m Fin.K.L’s red, Lee Hyori.
Yuri: I’m Fin.K.L’s maknae and lead vocals, ‘white’ Sung Yuri.
KCW: When she bowed, she tilted her head slightly.
Yuri: That’s because my hair is like that, so I had to bow this way.
Yuri: Can’t mess up my hairdo.
MC: Nowadays, there are many idol groups appearing.
MC: You would have received greetings from them, right?
KCW: That’s right, everytime they greeted me, there would go like ululu uwahhkk!
MC: How did it feel?
Yuri: I don’t think he likes it very much.
KCW: Me?
MC: Yes.
KCW: It scared the life out of me.
EXO: 123 we are one. Hello, we’re EXO.
SJ: We’re Super Juni-ohh~
Beast: Hello everyone, we’re Beast.
Kids, have you been eating well~?
MC: There’s a rumour that IU is seriously hard core.
IU: Well there are many people who think so.
IU: Saying that I’m hard core.
IU: But I don’t think that’s a bad comment.
IU: That’s because if they belittle me, that would hurt my pride.
IU: I think it’s better this way,
IU: but I think I’m deceiving people about this as well.
IU: Whether I’m hard core or something else,
IU: it’s rather confusing.
IU: I’m not very sure what I am myself either.
IU: But then again, what did I do to end up deceiving others like that?
IU: What do you think then? Is IU hard core?
CH: Well, we…
MC: Just be honest. Don’t talk about other stuff.
CH: But I think Soohyun would know better.
CH: Since IU is her role model.
MC: Ah, role model.
SH: But up to now, she’s just doing the music she wants to…
MC: Hard core?
SH: She’s just doing the music she wants to…
MC: Hard core?
MC: Just say what’s on your mind. Is she or not?
SH: A little?
MC: But it’s good to have a strong will.
IU: Yes.
IU: Having a strong will is good, right?
MC: Of course.
IU: But I don’t.
IU: That’s why I think I’m deceiving others.
IU: I just look as if I have a strong will…
MC: No, but right now, even the way you’re speaking seems like you have a strong will.
MC: The moment someone says something, you’re like, no that’s not it.
MC: You’re wrong. That’s not it.
MC: Isn’t that having a strong will?
MC: You do have it.
IU: That seems to be the case.
MC: What do you think, teacher Kim?
KCW: Ohh, she’s not just your usual hard core.
IU: Oh my gosh.
MC: Why is that so?
MC: What happened?
KCW: We had a meal together recently.
MC: Yes.
KCW: So we went to eat,
KCW: and I asked her, “Can you eat much?”
KCW: She answered that she could.
KCW: So I asked her if she could eat this much meat
KCW: and she said she could.
KCW: Ohh~ but she really finished it all.
KCW: It was really a shock to me.
SH: We had a meal with IU as well,
MC: Yes, yes.
Yuri: Did she eat a lot too?
SH: We ordered a lot of food.
SH: We were eating together, but she kept eating right till the end.
CH: Even though she’s already full.
SH: She was like, as long as I’m here, I’ll eat.
KCW: But the thing is, she only eats one meal.
IU: Ah, that’s right.
KCW: So we agreed to meet in the evening,
KCW: but because of that, she almost didn’t eat anything at all in the day.
KCW: She should have eaten something, but…
MC: That’s strong.
IU: Ah, did I do that?
KCW: She’s incredible.
IU: You should keep to that.
MC: Is it because of her age?
KCW: That’s what I mean.
KCW: And then the moment she put down her spoon,
KCW: she went, tomorrow morning I’ve got to have some sweet potato.
MC: Really strong.
IU: For me, it’s either I’m totally abstain from food, or I would binge on food.
IU: There was a short period of time that I had bulimia.
IU: It was really serious. My bulimia then.
IU: Nowadays, in order to control my binge eating, I set some rules for myself.
IU: I would only enjoy eating all I want for only one meal.
Yuri: Was it because of the way people looked at you, or some misunderstanding, or perhaps stress?
IU: Recently, I’m really sensitive about even things that are really trivial.
MC: Ah, you’re really sensitive recently?
IU: Yes, then I would lose faith in myself and even hate myself
IU: and really plunge into the deep end.
IU: I would feel lethargic all day
IU: and there would only be 2 things I can do.
IU: Eating and sleeping.
IU: I would be uninterested in everything else and not feel like doing anything and feel distressed.
IU: So I would keep sleeping and during the times I’m awake, I would keep eating.
IU: I would feel very empty inside… Not that my stomach is empty,
IU: but I had to fill this emptiness inside somehow,
IU: so I would keep eating and eating.
IU: Just eating and sleeping continuously.
IU: As I kept doing that, I gained weight
IU: and it became really bad for my health.
IU: My health got worse.
IU: I ate until I vomitted.
IU: So I received treatment after that…
MC: You did?
IU: Yes.
MC: For bulimia?
IU: Yes, bulimia.
IU: Not anorexia, thankfully.
IU: So I received treatment for bulimia
IU: and got a lot of advice from my seniors.
IU: I talked a lot to myself and wrote in my diary too,
IU: to fill that emptiness inside me.
MC: Have you recovered completely then?
IU: Not completely.
IU: Recently, if I get stressed,
IU: the only thought that comes to my mind is to eat.
IU: Nothing else but that.
IU: It’s gotten a lot better now though,
IU: and I’ve started exercising.
IU: I’ve become addicted to exercising recently,
IU: so the first thing I do when I wake up is to exercise.
IU: Only if I did that, then I’d allow myself to eat,
IU: so now I’m able to eat more normally.
IU: I’m on the path to recovery currently.
MC: I see.
MC: When you meet Kim Changwan, do you feel like both of you hit it off really well?
IU: Absolutely.
IU: I mean, I didn’t know what he was going to talk about,
IU: but he always seems feel the same way about things as me,
IU: so I’m really amazed.
IU: Just listening to him talk today,
IU: I think I’ve received a lot of healing.
MC: Do you binge as well?
MC: You binge drink, don’t you?
KCW: That’s the problem.
MC: That’s what I meant.
KCW: That’s right.
MC: Binge drinking.
KCW: Not when it comes to eating,
KCW: I eat my meals normally, but…
KCW: ah I can’t control myself when it comes to drinking.
KCW: Ah, really.
KCW: Actually, I’m feeling rather thirsty right now too.
MC: Let’s have a drink together today.
MC: The kids seem to be quite rich.
MC: How about that? We’ll drink and let them foot the bill.
KCW: That’s a great idea.
KCW: Just now, Akdong Musician said they felt hurt by their friends,
KCW: now that they’ve become celebrities.
KCW: Actually, don’t rashly set your targets.
KCW: Same goes for you, IU.
KCW: You’re at the young age that you’re going through hard times to achieve your dreams.
MC: That’s right.
KCW: And you still have many arrows left to shoot.
KCW: You wouldn’t know exactly where your target is yet.
KCW: For IU, to others,
KCW: others might be building fences and trapping you into a position,
KCW: but it would be good to throw all that away and go somewhere else.
KCW: For Akdong Musician,
KCW: initially, you said you wanted to lead a nomadic life,
KCW: with a huge farm.
KCW: As for how long you’ll continue to be singers,
KCW: such questions don’t have definite answers.
KCW: Don’t you still have many more dreams?
MC: Yes, yes.
MC: So think about it carefully, don’t set your target yet, at your young age.
MC: But honestly, your voice is really a great source of healing.
Yuri: That’s right.
MC: As you’re singing,
MC: just as I’m starting to feel ambitious,
MC: if you go, don’t do that.
MC: Then I’ll really not go that far.
MC: Because his voice itself doesn’t sound ambitious.
MC: For example, if he told you not to set your targets now.
MC: That this isn’t all there is to it.
MC: You don’t know how far you can go.
MC: If he said it this way, you’d probably do the opposite.
MC: They wouldn’t bother.
MC: Try saying it in an angry manner.
MC: Don’t rashly set your targets, kids. Got it??
MC: Then this looks like your target now.
MC: But the way he said it just now, don’t rashly set your targets.
MC: You’d feel like you really shouldn’t do that.
Yuri: You’d feel like listening carefully to what he’s saying.
MC: It’s the first time I’ve heard something like that.
MC: Did you do that on purpose? Gently, then strongly, gently, then strongly?
Yuri: Playing mind games?
MC: Have you always been like that?
KCW: I’m feeling really sleepy now.
MC: What did he say?
Yuri: He said he’s really sleepy.
MC: You said you’re sleepy?
KCW: I’ve never… had such a long chat.
Yuri: He’s explaining in detail too.
MC: Don’t tremble, just speak normally.
CH: My voice tends to tremble when I speak too.
CH: As I was listening to everyone talk,
CH: I was thinking that I’m slightly afraid of turning into an adult next year.
CH: How would I face this dangerous new world?
CH: I was going to say that,
CH: but I thought if I did, I was worried that I would miss out on an important piece of advice,
CH: so I forgot about the broadcast and just kept listening,
CH: and it’s all really good advice.
Warm gaze
MC: I see. Chanhyuk wants to become Changwan.
SH: Write that in the subtitles.
CH: Now I feel a bit like I’m turning into a cyborg too.
IU: I think they’re really intelligent and doing a really good job.
IU: Actually, Soohyun and I are 6 years apart.
IU: We’re 6 years apart, but while eating together, it didn’t feel like she’s younger than me at all.
IU: I was really nervous about eating together, initially.
IU: I don’t really have many younger siblings at home
IU: and I grew up mostly with my older siblings.
IU: So I thought that if I had a meal with someone 6 years my junior,
IU: I would have to serve her, or pour water for her,
IU: just like what my older cousins did for me,
IU: I thought that was what I should now do for my junior.
IU: I felt really nervous and pressured,
IU: but when I met her, she didn’t feel like my junior at all.
IU: So we just spoke informally like friends,
IU: and we’re really good friends now.
IU: There’s not much advice or anything I can give her.
SH: Unni, please give me lots of good advice.
IU: Alright.
IU: Actually, Akdong Musician is doing really well right now.
IU: Many others around their age are debuting now too.
IU: When I first released my own album,
IU: many staff at my company complained about me.
IU: Why does this kid have so much to say?
IU: They said that a lot.
IU: But thinking back now, I think I did a good job then.
IU: Among the few things that I did well, I think that’s the best thing I did.
IU: I just kept telling them what I thought.
IU: Whether it’s something that sounds ridiculous or immature,
IU: but because I kept telling them what I thought,
IU: now my company really takes my opinions into account and respect my opinions.
IU: I hope that as the rookies do their promotions,
IU: whether it’s alright or not, they should express how they feel.
IU: I hope they have that kind of awareness.
SH: It’s great to have a senior like this who can give me this sort of advice.
IU: You’re doing great now.
MC: But if you keep listening to it, it becomes nagging.
MC: When do you think you received consolation from music?
KCW: Music?
MC: Yes, to you.
KCW: You don’t receive consolation from music.
MC: Is that so?
KCW: What consolation…
KCW: more like giving me a slap in the face when I feel like crying.
KCW: When you break up with your lover, you write sad ballads,
KCW: but if you listen to such songs when you’re happy, would you be able to relate to them?
KCW: Music is what gives me a slap in the face when I feel like crying.
KCW: That’s what it is.
MC: In your songs, there seems to be a degree of darkness in your lyrics.
MC: Compared to others your age.
MC: Just like when you sang about youth, one day this youth will be gone,
MC: but while it lasted, we never thought it would be gone one day.
MC: The lyrics about how youth will disappear one day, for someone at that age…
KCW: That’s right. Young people wouldn’t have written something like that.
KCW: I had to play the part of the head of the household from a young age
KCW: and I didn’t have a space where I could freely express my emotions.
KCW: so gradually…
KCW: I became a depressed introvert.
MC: You lost your brother because of an accident, right?
MC: You must really miss him a lot.
KCW: Of course.
KCW: The 3 of us had been composing music together for many years
KCW: but I hadn’t realised that we were one entity.
KCW: Only after my youngest brother passed away did I realise that 3 of us had been one entity.
KCW: Previously, someone asked me if I wanted to travel to the future or back to the past.
KCW: I always chose the far future.
KCW: After I lost my brother though, I don’t wish to travel to the far future or the far past either.
KCW: I just want to return to any point in time between when we were born and before he passed away.
KCW: If it’s during that period, I would want to return to any point in time at all.
KCW: There’s no other point in time I want to return to more badly.
KCW: That’s how it is.
Still listening to the music
With my eyes shut
Yuri: You must really miss your brother a lot, to even have a ‘heaven’ folder in your phone.
KCW: There are a few people in there.
KCW: My brother, my father, and Park Wanseo as well.
Yuri: When you miss them, would you give them a call?
KCW: How is that possible?
KCW: I’m not a cyborg after all.
KCW: For me, actually when I compose music, I temporarily forget about the present
KCW: and forget about my sorrow.
KCW: After my father passed away, I composed ‘It’s Only Now that I See’.
KCW: Then when my brother passed away, I composed ‘Forklift’ and ‘12-year-old living as a 12-year-old’.
KCW: I composed songs like these.
KCW: It’s not that I purposely wanted to compose them
KCW: but because I was feeling really down, there was nothing else to do.
KCW: I didn’t feel like doing anything either.
KCW: They were just songs that came to me as I strummed my guitar.
KCW: In that moment, I was able to block off my sorrow.
KCW: Music became my emergency exit.
Reminiscence
Walking along the road,
someone was next to me
When I felt it, I realised
that the person had already left
and I was walking alone
Suddenly, the wind became cold
Letting you go,
Still standing where I am
I can’t move a step at all
As if I’m frozen
because I was caught by surprise
Hiding under the moonlight, I’m crying
Ooh the person who has left
Ooh he comes to mind
Ooh the person who turned around
Ooh he comes to mind
I didn’t ask why you left me
but I’m hurting inside
It’s something that has already happened
and I can’t change it
I just hate myself
I miss you, my little brother…
KCW: Seeing everyone waving your arms in front of me like that, it looks like a talent performance
MC: We have some special guests with us today.
MC: Nice to meet you, everyone.
Yuri: Just like Kim Changwan and IU,
Yuri: music connects all of us regardless of age
MC: How old are you?
Kid: 10 years old.
MC: 10 years old?
MC: How are you?
Kid: I’m fine.
MC: Do you know that uncle over there?
Kid: No, I don’t.
MC: He’s wearing a Kim Changwan band t-shirt,
MC: but he doesn’t know who Kim Changwan is.
MC: Amazing kid. Well done.
MC: What’s your favourite song?
Kid: Mountain Grandpa.
MC: Ah, you know Mountain Grandpa but not Kim Changwan grandpa.
MC: The mother seems to be a fan of Kim Changwan’s band.
MC: Why don’t you give them a message then.
Mum: I’m nervous, so I don’t know what to say.
MC: Alright. Let me try looking for IU’s fans then.
MC: Ok, ok.
MC: Let’s just skip him.
MC: So how does it feel to see IU in person?
Uaena: She’s a goddess.
MC: Ah, is that so? Is there any favour you want to ask of IU?
Uaena: I love you.
IU: Thank you.
MC: I told you ask for a favour, what are you saying?
MC: Do you talk to your son often?
Dad: I’m starting to talk to him now nowadays.
Dad: He’s going to be discharged from the army soon.
Dad: So we came here together today.
MC: Is there anything you want to tell your son?
Dad: I hope he studies hard.
MC: It sounds like something that would block your communication.
KCW: This is what I think.
KCW: My dad said a few words to me in the past.
KCW: Almost none at all.
KCW: I reached home late at night and was dozing at my table.
KCW: Perhaps he wanted to wake me up, so he ruffled my hair.
KCW: It was late at night but he asked me how was school.
KCW: He asked me how was school and told me to go eat something.
KCW: Besides that, what else was there?
KCW: I don’t talk to you guys much, do I?
KCW: Not only do we not meet up,
KCW: I don’t even use popular SNS platforms.
KCW: But I don’t think there’s a gulf between us.
KCW: Don’t be too anxious,
KCW: or feel that that person needs to know me by today.
KCW: Wait a little and hold on a little more
KCW: and it’ll be fine.
KCW: Even if it doesn’t turn out that way,
KCW: as long as you have faith,
KCW: I love you and you’ll feel my love for you.
KCW: As long as we trust each other, we’ll make it through this together.
Tonight, I would like to have fun communicating with you.
Already Now - Music and lyrics by Kim Changwan
Already now, the sun is up.
Outside the window, it’s bright.
Light footsteps early in the morning
Everyone’s singing the same song together
On a bright sunny day, full of blue feelings of waiting
Passing by here and there
Searching for the path of your warm gaze
MC: How do you feel after watching the performance?
SH: My heart is beating quickly. I really liked it.
CH: Sunbae is wearing glasses and playing the guitar like me,
CH: so I think it would be great if we could become like this in future.
CH: Why isn’t there any reaction?
CH: There isn’t anyone here with crossed legs here, right?
SH: Please uncross your legs.
SH: Over here. You can’t do that. You’ve got to uncross them.
Don’t Cross Your Legs - Music and lyrics by Akdong Musician
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
You showed me chic and provoked my instincts
I didn’t think about the consequences and lifted up my leg and crossed it over my opposite leg, it was nauseating
What is this feeling of my leg falling asleep and my blood not circulating?
You showed me snobby and provoked my instincts
I clenched my firsts and banged my desk so everyone focused on me, then I crossed my legs, it was all twisted up
What is this feeling that my growth plates are closing up starting with my toes?
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
Don’t cross your legs, don’t cross your legs
Don’t cross your legs, all of you
Don’t cross your legs, all of you
Don’t cross your legs, all of you
Don’t cross your legs, all of you
Akmu: Thank you.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Music and Lyrics by Yoon Sang, Original singer Kim Hyunsik
The beautiful starlight in the quiet night sky
Silently shines through faraway windows
Midday memories disappear somewhere
As if it’s a dream, I am only looking at the night sky
At the soft melody, my heart becomes like a child
Racing through the blue ocean of memories
The deep night, the beautiful times come to me, colouring my heart
I remember the eternal summer night dreams
So even if morning comes
It won’t be forgotten
IU: Thank you.
KCW: They say songs are frames for memories.
KCW: The accident that my youngest brother got into…
KCW: If not for you guys, it would have been really difficult for me to go through that.
KCW: 30 years after Sanulrim disbanded,
KCW: you gave me the courage to start a Kim Changwan band.
KCW: This talk is getting really solemn.
KCW: I keep talking about things that block communication between us.
MC: There’s only one of it in this world.
Yuri: It’s a guitar pick that we custom-made for you.
MC: It’s a guitar pick.
KCW: It even has my name written on it.
MC: Yes.
KCW: I’ll have to use this then.
MC: Okay.
MC: Let’s enjoy the performance then.
A collaboration between Kim Changwan, IU and Akdong Musician
Motorcycle Guitar Ride - Music and lyrics by Kim Changwan
Let’s ride a motorcycle with a guitar
Let’s ride a motorcycle with a guitar
Let’s ride a motorcycle with a guitar, let’s ride, let’s ride
Let’s play a guitar with a motorcycle
Let’s play a guitar with a motorcycle
Let’s play a guitar with a motorcycle, let’s play, let’s play
Let’s use a drill with a balloon
Let’s not do that, let’s just hug
Let’s get a caterpillar to hug a wardrobe
The way you see it, hear it and imagine it cyber
The way you see it, hear it and imagine it cyber
credit: Squishy
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