omonatheydid | infinite, the best idols in group dancing

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There needs to be at least one technique to survive through the idol wars. The 7 membered male group, Infinite, (Kim Sunggyu 22. Jang Dongwoo 21. Nam Woohyun. Hoya. Lee Sungyeol 20. L 19. Lee Sungjong 18.) resumed promotions with their new song ‘BTD (Before The Dawn)’ and are challenged victory with their ‘scorpion dance’. The movement bends the body down and the up again like wires are attached, making it similar to a scorpion’s movements. It’s a unique, eye-opening performance that even arose suspicions about having the screen being fake. Infinite who said, “We have confidence that we can be first place between idols who do choreography in a synchronized, grouped up way like we do,” seems to have succeeded in capturing eyes of music fans with the ‘scorpion dance’.

-The scorpion dance has become a craze. It seems like the time to practice must be long.
“Besides the 5~6 hours of sleep, we practiced for the rest of the time. After debuting in June of last year, we haven’t rested for a day. Because we didn’t receive that much interest last year, we decided to give our all for the scorpion dance once we received the ‘BTD’ choreography. Because it’s a movement where we support our whole body with just our hip strength and bend down and up, we needed to make muscles, and we did a lot of exercises to increase our flexibility.”

- There were controversies of it being fake.
“After seeing the music video, we received a lot of suspicious saying ‘their bodies are attached with wires’, ‘isn’t the screen edited’. We really did it completely with our own bodies. We practiced enough to die, so how great is it that it became a controversy. It seems that a lot of people copied it similarly and created a UCC. We’re proud because it’s proof that the scorpion dance has become popular.”

-The members having similar looks to other celebrities has become a hot topic lately.
“Woohyun hears that he looks similar to Hyunbin senior often. So he wore the sparkly training suit that a master craftsman made in ‘Secret Garden’ and uploaded the picture, but the fans’ reactions were really heated. At a glance, he does look similar. Sungyeol hears that he looks similar to Yoo Ahin-sshi often. And since Sungyeol is an actor, Yoon Yoosun’s nephew, it also became a hot topic at first.”

-Infinite seems to have had many complications before debuting.
“Everyone failed auditions of an amount that cannot be counted. Hoya dropped out of school at the age of 17 and created the dream of debuting as a singer, while being active as a dancer. When we met for the first time as a team we said, ‘We all must have failed all the auditions to become Infinite. It must have been destiny to meet like this’ and we practiced really hard to become the best group.”

- Isn’t living as a group hard?
“We live in a house with 3 rooms in Mangwon-dong, Seoul. Because we’ve been living with each other for over a year, rules have been created so it’s not really uncomfortable. Every week we rotate doing laundry and cleaning with each other, and for the cooking and washing dishes, we each do it separately. Leader Sunggyu hyung is in charge of the nagging. If the laundry’s pushed off or the house is messy, Sunggyu hyung does not fail to continue his nagging. Although we live with just males, it’s cleaner than you would think.”

-What’s a goal you created when ‘BTD’ was created?
“Plans of debuting in Japan have been set up. We want to get first place in Korea before we go to Japan.”

-What’s a unique point that only Infinite has?
“Like the team name of ‘being infinite’, our goal is to become a group with infinite possibilities that can digest any style of music or dance. We think we’re becoming a group that fits well with our team name. We have the confidence to not lose against any other team, with our group dance.”

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