Interview with 4minute about debut and Hyunah's past

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All: Hello! 1, 2, 3, we are 4minute. It's nice to meet you~
Interviewer: It's nice to meet you.
Interviewer: So, your team's name is 4minute. I think it means 4 minutes. What is the meaning of the name?
Jihyun: It means that we can capture the hearts of people in 4 minutes with our charms. It also means that at four minutes, we will try to show our best appearances.

Interviewer: Because you're a new group, we don't really know much about all of you. Can you please tell us a little about yourselves?
Jihyun: 20 years old. I'm the leader, Jihyun Nam.
Hyunah: It's nice to see you. It's been a long time. I'm the force and rapper of 4minute, Hyunah.
Jiyoon: Hello~ I'm the charisma of 4minute. 20 years old. I'm Jiyoon.
Gayoon: Hello. With a charming voice, I am the main vocals of 4minute. I'm Gayoon Heo.
Sohyun: Hello, I am the cute one in 4minute. 16 years old. Sohyun Kwon.

Interviewer: Hyunah, with your position in 4minute, you sparked the interests of many people. After you left Wonder Girls, they started becoming really popular. Do you regret leaving them?
Hyunah: It's not that I "regret" it. I'm very grateful that they did well. I have many good memories being with them. I'm going to bury those deep in my heart now and try to start again with 4minute.

Interviewer: Another thing that I'm curious about is-- Why did you leave WG?
Hyunah: That was when I was 15 or 16 and I was very greedy. Even though I had many health issues, I just ignored them and went on with my activities and busy schedule. So after a while, I grew weaker and I became very sick. Even though I left inconveniently, I'm very healthy right now, everyone! Please support us and watch over us.

Interviewer: There are many girl groups right now-- particularly those around your age. What forte do you have that makes you different?
Jihyun: Our particular forte is that we stand out and we're very funky. Our five colors combine and create a very cool appearance on stage and in our performances. In four minutes we can reveal our charms. I think that's our strong point.

Interviewer: If you did a 5-minute song, then we'd be in trouble.
Jihyun: Up to 4 minutes and 44 seconds is okay.

Interviewer: Then the last 20 seconds is a problem.

Interviewer: Nowadays, there are many dances that are easy for others to follow. What specific choreo points like that do you have in "Hot Issue"?
3:53-4:00 [T/N: The interviewer mumbles something but I'm not really sure what he says.]

Interviewer: So, your debut song is "Hot Issue". Please tell us more about it.
Gayoon: It has a fashionable 80's funky rhythm. We mixed in our own funky style and it became "Hot Issue".

Interviewer: You just started promoting your song but we are looking forward to many things.
HA: So that we can always capture the fans' hearts, we'll try to show a prettier, more charming, and cooler appearance. Thank you!

Source
Credits: Donga TV
Translations by chungalung@4-minute

Comments

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

Jiyoon is still the only one that catches my eye.

[misuslovett.livejournal.com]

IA. I am waiting for her to go solo or something~

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

For real.

I don't even know who the other ones are lol ._.

[misuslovett.livejournal.com]

they bore me to death... whenever the perform I just turn the sound off and stare at Jiyoon doing her thing.

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

lmao oh lawd. i just don't watch at all.

[misuslovett.livejournal.com]

I'm just such a lesbian for her man lol

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

Korea is turning me into a lesbian.

[misuslovett.livejournal.com]

I was already one but Korea is just increasing it with all the SNSD girls and Hyori and now this hot bitch. IDEK... my sexual orientation is now fucked up thanks to SM and YG :/

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

I have so many girl crushes now.

[misuslovett.livejournal.com]

me too bb, me too.

hsdjkfsfawer YOUR ICON! have you seen the preview for "the invisible wall" PV? OMG! they all look fucking amazing <3

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

NO OMG ILL WATCH IT NOWWWWWWW

[misuslovett.livejournal.com]

GO GO GO GIRL! IT'S BEAUTIFUL. URUHA LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND AOI IS ONE HOT MF.

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

AHHALKWJEWAKLJEALWKGUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhoijowkl

SO. FUCKING. SEXY.

[misuslovett.livejournal.com]

I.KNOW.OMFG!! BITCHES ARE SO DAMN FIERCE!!!!

[x-neverbroken.livejournal.com]

if dis bitch don't take off her sunglasses...w/e i still love her.

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

I think this was posted on omntd a couple of weeks ago...

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

And yeah, I don't understand why she ALWAYS has her sunglasses on.

[marochi-x.livejournal.com]

I'm so tired of that.
Why do female rappers have to be "boyish."

[beebz-x.livejournal.com]

OMO! SO SHE DOES HAVE EYES!
I'm was getting scared for a sec.

[megasourwarhead.livejournal.com]

eek, ok yeah she can keep them on 24/7

[ulchick418.livejournal.com]

aww, your icon ;__;

[lennoxs.livejournal.com]

gurl, ikr.

[xdaisyxlovesxbb.livejournal.com]

O.O Gayoon is the main vocal? i wouldnt have ever thought that :X

[ramen-cupnoodle.livejournal.com]

Really? Her vocals > Jiyoon's. Jiyoon belts it out more and has a stronger stage presence, but her tone/voice can't really compare with Gayoon's.

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

This. Jiyoon's voice is more noticable, but I've always like Gayoon's voice more. I'm kind of surprised though, she doesn't sing much on her own in Hot Issue.

[kayleeny-weeny.livejournal.com]

I like their song and I hope they do well~ :)

[nezumi-kenka.livejournal.com]

MTE

[d-magix.livejournal.com]

IA. It's like been there, done that >.>

[pretzel-knot.livejournal.com]

that was what i thought right after i read the interview. D:

[beebz-x.livejournal.com]

At first glance I really thought this was 2NE1.
>_<
sorry...

[fraash.livejournal.com]

because being 'funky' nowadays is very original.

man, I thought their name was lame, but ho~ly, the reasoning just takes it to another level ._.

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

Even 5Minute would make more sense seeing as there's 5 of them..

idgi

[fraash.livejournal.com]

OMG. mte! IT IS RANDOM!
lmao, ikr, it's like wtf? "we'll show you our best appearence in four minutes!"
I KNOW. and the interviewer's failed jokes didnt help... at all.

[albeitalways.livejournal.com]

lol i thought even the interviewer was making fun of them for that 4minute thing.

[shadowfax.livejournal.com]

All this time I thought Jiyoon was the youngest one.

[pinkkeyyy.livejournal.com]

<3

that is all.

[folkloric.livejournal.com]

I think its because of a really bad radio song they did. They attempted to sing Milkshake and it ended horribly, that and their comparison to 2NE1

[onerainysunday.livejournal.com]

"It means that we can capture the hearts of people in 4 minutes with our charms."

this makes no sense. why does it take 4 minutes? does that mean that it takes each person 48 secs to display her ~charms~?

[albeitalways.livejournal.com]

i heard the reason jiyoon doesn't take off her sunglasses is because her manager and the cube staff doesn't want her to, even if jiyoon wanted to take them off.

all because of some 'concept' she's supposed to be following.

sigh.

[xlolitsnozomix.livejournal.com]

lol jiyoon is set of having those glasses, isnt she?
i wanna see her w/o them! she looks so pretty :\

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

It means that we can capture the hearts of people in 4 minutes with our charms.

LOLOLOL didn't someone here at Omona make that ~prediction~ before their debut?

[pretzel-knot.livejournal.com]

oh so jiyoon is supposed to take care of the charisma part. that sort of explains the sunglasses attached to her face 24/7, i guess, in some strange, obscure sense if we're looking at this from the ~idol concepts~ korea likes to coin. LMAO.

[trashsocialite.livejournal.com]

Haha I'm so glad the translations were posted now I finally know the names of these bitches!

Except JiYoon, because she is amazing.