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omonatheydid{1} Himchan “Do you want to hear the story of ‘music genius’ Himchan?”
[..] We have prepared the column “star story” in our publishing which not only tells a truthful side to stars, but their past that brought them to where they are today. This episode’s protagonist is Himchan who has stepped forth into the music industry with his strong charisma as he let his name be known with the title of “ulzzang from a Korean traditional music high school.”
Himchan, who earned a supportive (?) message from Bang Yongguk as he was the next up in the interview, greeted us in a confident tone. Himchan, who is known as “bare faced,” came without makeup in showing a whole different kind of innocence from the stage image he’s used to showing. However, his husky, low voice allowed the reporter to get a feel for his strong charisma.
“Hello, I’m Himchan. It’s my first time having this kind of interview and I hope you can look out for me well. I was born at 11AM on April 19, 1990 in a hospital in Seoul. I’m the youngest of 1 son and 1 daughter in our family and I’ve always had a big interest in music since I was younger. My older sister was a big influence as she attended a piano academy when she was younger, so we had a piano in our house. What I still remember from when I was younger was that I’d be able to play exactly the songs I’d learn from kindergarten on the piano. In seeing that, my mother thought I was a musical genius.”
Himchan attended a piano academy starting at the age of 5 with the light inspiration of wanting to play piano with his older sister and that was when he began to enjoy music. However, Himchan tells us that he wasn’t just a calm kid who would do music.
“When I was in kindergarten, I was an extreme goofball. In other words, I was a cute troublemaker. When we’d go on picnics, there was never a time when I’d get scars from falling down in running around. Ah, also, I always sported a short haircut and it was greatly influenced by my mother who owns a hair salon. In other words, I was a good looking kid haha.”
Afterwards, he entered elementary school where he continued to study music but he pushed aside piano in which he started since he was younger in beginning to learn the violin.
“Since first grade, I learned violin for six years with the influence of my friends. Even then I was a goofball that always joked around haha. Because of that, I’d get in a lot of trouble from my teacher but I think I was able to make memorable memories. I think this was when I was interested in studying something else besides music for the first time as I had fun learned math and debate.”
Although he wasn’t too delved in studying, Himchan was a fairly “bright child.” Even if he didn’t study, looking at his test scores, he was a student who maintained to stay ranked in the upper half of his class. Himchan had always thought that there was something more important than studying which he said was “character.”
“At the time, our entire school made us write journals and I used to really hate it. I wasn’t fond of having to write our daily events like all the other kids and be marked up for it. That’s why I began to write my own kind of journal and I don’t know, but I found it fun in that if I didn’t write an entry, I’d feel empty haha. I’m the kind of person who has to write down what I want to do so there was a period of time where I was really into soccer so all I did was work out.”
And that’s how Himchan stepped foot into the elite course in raising his dreams in music.
CREDITS: HERALDM (SOURCE) | HEODANG @ TUMBLR (TRANS)
[..] We have prepared the column “star story” in our publishing which not only tells a truthful side to stars, but their past that brought them to where they are today. This episode’s protagonist is Himchan who has stepped forth into the music industry with his strong charisma as he let his name be known with the title of “ulzzang from a Korean traditional music high school.”
Himchan, who earned a supportive (?) message from Bang Yongguk as he was the next up in the interview, greeted us in a confident tone. Himchan, who is known as “bare faced,” came without makeup in showing a whole different kind of innocence from the stage image he’s used to showing. However, his husky, low voice allowed the reporter to get a feel for his strong charisma.
“Hello, I’m Himchan. It’s my first time having this kind of interview and I hope you can look out for me well. I was born at 11AM on April 19, 1990 in a hospital in Seoul. I’m the youngest of 1 son and 1 daughter in our family and I’ve always had a big interest in music since I was younger. My older sister was a big influence as she attended a piano academy when she was younger, so we had a piano in our house. What I still remember from when I was younger was that I’d be able to play exactly the songs I’d learn from kindergarten on the piano. In seeing that, my mother thought I was a musical genius.”
Himchan attended a piano academy starting at the age of 5 with the light inspiration of wanting to play piano with his older sister and that was when he began to enjoy music. However, Himchan tells us that he wasn’t just a calm kid who would do music.
“When I was in kindergarten, I was an extreme goofball. In other words, I was a cute troublemaker. When we’d go on picnics, there was never a time when I’d get scars from falling down in running around. Ah, also, I always sported a short haircut and it was greatly influenced by my mother who owns a hair salon. In other words, I was a good looking kid haha.”
Afterwards, he entered elementary school where he continued to study music but he pushed aside piano in which he started since he was younger in beginning to learn the violin.
“Since first grade, I learned violin for six years with the influence of my friends. Even then I was a goofball that always joked around haha. Because of that, I’d get in a lot of trouble from my teacher but I think I was able to make memorable memories. I think this was when I was interested in studying something else besides music for the first time as I had fun learned math and debate.”
Although he wasn’t too delved in studying, Himchan was a fairly “bright child.” Even if he didn’t study, looking at his test scores, he was a student who maintained to stay ranked in the upper half of his class. Himchan had always thought that there was something more important than studying which he said was “character.”
“At the time, our entire school made us write journals and I used to really hate it. I wasn’t fond of having to write our daily events like all the other kids and be marked up for it. That’s why I began to write my own kind of journal and I don’t know, but I found it fun in that if I didn’t write an entry, I’d feel empty haha. I’m the kind of person who has to write down what I want to do so there was a period of time where I was really into soccer so all I did was work out.”
And that’s how Himchan stepped foot into the elite course in raising his dreams in music.
CREDITS: HERALDM (SOURCE) | HEODANG @ TUMBLR (TRANS)
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Date: 2012-05-07 07:14 pm (UTC)awaiting the rest of the interview ^^
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Date: 2012-05-07 08:21 pm (UTC)Also, that picture is the cutest thing ever.
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