FT Island reveals the real reason to why they decided to appear on ‘Immortal Song 2′

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

During a recent interview with online music portal ‘Monkey3‘, FT Island revealed the real reason to their appearance on ‘Immortal Song 2′.

When the members were asked whether or not it was their good looks that caused people to question their actual skills they replied, “People accused us of not actually playing our instruments just by looking at our hand motions on television. There were even rumors that the background music in our albums were not even performed by us. This is probably the main reason why we decided to be on ‘Immortal Song 2′. The rumors were really unsettling.”

They then stated, “We were very glad when we received positive feedback when we appeared on the show. Just by performing live infront of the crowds and showing them we did not fake any of our performances made the stage even more special and meaningful.”

Sources: allkpop and Newsen via Naver

Comments

[geniebsmart.livejournal.com]

Seriously? Aww. I know there will always be naysayers, but for peeps to really think these guys weren't playing their instruments live...really? ;~;

[kerynr.livejournal.com]

This fake thing with them and CNBlue... I thought they already proved their talent.
At least for me, yes.

[sai12.livejournal.com]

It really sucks that they can't play live on the music shows and gotta...hand sync or whatever. Though it should be known that they are capable of playing.

[oystersauce87.livejournal.com]

Went to their concert last month and they're definitely amazing live. No doubt about it.

[ghost-whisper.livejournal.com]

Anyone who questions their skills is a fool, imo.

[penipenpen.livejournal.com]

I know it is hard for them to set-up everything when they do live music show (i.e mubank, inkigayo etc) but I do wish hand-syncing would stop. Some fans won't ever get over it until they saw them performing their instruments "live" on those shows OTL

Them and CNBlue shouldn't be questioned about their performances. They both are great. ^^

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering about whether they're getting to play at least somewhat live on some of the music shows lately because I've seen their instruments with cables that look like they're connected via radio pick-ups...it's hard to tell because they obviously do have a backing track but I'm not sure if it's just that or not.
It really is ridiculous that music shows aren't pushing for more live performance though, it shouldn't be that difficult if they can handle vocal groups with many more members than the bands!