Wonder Girls First Sit Down English Interview

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

NY1s Lewis Dodley sits down with all five members of the Wonder Girls as part of Asian-American History Month.

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Because most of the comments here are mostly about the girls english skills.....


JYP interview Spoons:

~I think this would have never happened 20 years ago or 10 years ago.
~Now cause of the internet I think the next generation really don't have the boarders that we used to have when we grew up.
~The biggest problem was the history. The history of no Asian musician succeeding in the states. That history is the biggest wall that I have to face.
Q: Why do you think there hasn't been an Asian popstar?
A: Two things. The timing wasn't right. The American people were not that open to other cultures. Because of the internet the younger generation really got open to the world. Now they are so much more accepting and open to other cultures.
~The other artists that tried to cross over to the U.S forgot who they are and tried to become different. They tried to become more Americanized. Their looks changed, their singing changed, their music changed. So when they really debut in the U.S they just look like another U.S artist.
Q: Why do you think Americans are apparently more readily acceptable of a Spanish speaking group, or even Asian sports stars with limited english skills who didn't have to go through the lengths the Asian stars had to go through to learn english?
A: With music you have to move peoples hearts. It's not just about your ear, it's not just about your eye. You have to move peoples heart and touch them. For them to listen to it, for them to feel the music, to enjoy it. Moving somebody's heart is not an easy thing at all. So I think that's why it's really more tough in the music field.
~In the wonder girls case their music is their own music that I made. That I wrote. That I composed. It's not from an american artist. It's not from an American musician. So we are really coming out with in the U.S with our own colors. So I think this is going to be a huge separation from other asian artists who are trying to cross over with music and concepts given by an Americana producer.
~ I think when Asians try to cross over to the American music scene they are more scared to be themselves. That's why they try to adjust their image and concept more towards America. We are going opposite. We are just being ourselves. & Seeing if this is new and fresh to the American people. We wanna give that edge.
~We are not Americanizing at all.
Q: Would you consider this a race between you YG & SM and Island records?
A: I think it can be a movement. I don't think we are competing against each other. We are only helping each other.
~Asian people enjoy music listening to the melodies. Listening to the lyrics. The more sensitive side. They use their ears more. American people use their body more. They feel the music. They relate to it. They fall into it.

Discuss plz.


I didn't know there was an Asian-American history Month down in the U.S

Comments

[jrockboogie123.livejournal.com]

Damn! They need to give Rain their English teachers number
cause their English is good!

[proleptical.livejournal.com]

Ye Eun's English is very impressive! Yoobin, I expected, but Ye Eun truly impressed me.

Nice vocabulary, too! Didn't consist of tons of "like" and "whatever", LOL.

[djclazzi.livejournal.com]

Holy shit they sound so much better than I thought they would.

[canyoucelebrate.livejournal.com]

SOHEE YOU ARE GONNA KILL ME WITH YOUR CUTENESS SOMEDAY! <3

[playitdirty.livejournal.com]

wow they speak english really well O______O & they look like they know what they're saying ♥

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

They sound great..... WG yessss.
Only a week, sorry hugs. We get a whole month,it is the shortest month of the year.

[kichi-kawaii.livejournal.com]

They talked more than Rain -.-
And I can understand them :DDDDD

[fashionbang.livejournal.com]

i don't even like wondergirls, but to me sohee's english sounds the best.

i really don't know about them releasing stuff here though..

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

They make me feel like I'm a failure in Korean. Their English is amazing. Hopefully I can be able to carry a conversation and converse with good comprehension in the next two years.

Now...he needs to bring over 2PM ASAP.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Do you guys get special presentations in school and stuff?

[djclazzi.livejournal.com]

2PM would be easy as far as english goes, 3/7 are already fluent.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Most of what rain says is memorized lines. He doesn't speak in the moment.

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

I know I shouldn't, but I abuse that month SO HARD.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

And they are some good examples of how hot asian men can be. Break down the walls~

[keysu.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh their english is so good! Especially YeEun, but they all impressed me! I really liked the interviewer too, he was v. nice!

[biznass.livejournal.com]

I love them and they sound so good.

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

Hence my PUSH that they should be here. Not to mention, the overall heighth/sexiness runs in their favor.

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

~Great minds think alike~ They're hot.

[xradiostatic.livejournal.com]

woaaah they sound so good here, especially ye eun. i'm impressed. o:
jyp needs to hook rain up with WG's english tutor, seriously.

i thought it was asian-american month, not week. if it's a week, that's bogus. D:

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

By the way, it's Asian Pacific-American MONTH. How is it that Asian-Americans only have a week?

[djclazzi.livejournal.com]

If any K boy group could do it it's them. They're the only ones heterosexual enough to do it.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

I'm just going by what I read on soompi. Dont shoot the messenger.

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Asian Pacific-American Heritage MONTH.

But then again...why do they have to add heritage? Can't they just say month?

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

FUCK SWINE FLUE. Yellow fever is whats hot.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

ikr suju could never make it because the dudes are too pretty and heechul would make every "straight" male in america uncomfortable.