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[12.12.24] ShinCom Twitter: Christmas messages from the members

[ERIC] 2012 Christmas, together with M Style who’s back as ‘Cool Water’~ Have an enjoyable Christmas~ Mer-Ch!
(Caption on pics: “Grasshopper ah, if you carry on playing like this, what are you going to do when winter comes?”
“Just die, I guess.”)

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[MinWoo] Hello~ This is cutie pie M style^^ Everyone have a happy and pretty white Christmas Eve~♥

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[HyeSung] Hoping you have an enjoyable Christmas with your loved ones, Merry keu-ri-soom-eosseu…. ㅡㅡ; Merry Christmas~^^*

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[JunJin] Hoping you have an enjoyable Christmas with your loved ones, Merry keu-ri-soom-eosseu…. ㅡㅡ; Merry Christmas~^^* Everybody’s Choongjae (that everyone loves)

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[DongWan] Merry Christmas to everyone~ I’m alone at home but I’m not lonely. I’m together with an orange pie, a pear pie, and 6 sets of scripts that I have to memorize. Today’s just Monday. I guess… hehehehehehehehehe

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[Andy] All my beloved Shinhwa Changjos!! Let’s end 2012 on a good note~ I hope you have an enjoyable Christmas… And be with Shinhwa in 2013 too~~~

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Credits: @ShinhwaCompany + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.12.11] A summary of Shinhwa’s drinking capacities and habits

No.1: Junjin (15 bottles of soju) (does not include the beer he drinks to rinse out his mouth… WUT O_O)

- Holding on to his friends and refusing to let them go home
- Keeps on repeating things that he has already said
- Crying while talking about his feelings

(Jinnie defends himself by saying that no one wants to listen to his pent-up feelings, so he has to continue repeating himself. LOL good try. And Hyesung says even Sung Shikyung, famous for being one of showbiz’s best drinkers, says that he is no match for Jinnie. Then Jinnie goes to say that Sung Shikyung doesn’t even answer his calls these days. LOL)

No.2: Andy (6-7 bottles of soju)

- Becomes very courteous (Eric says that Andy speaks to him in honorifics, i.e. very formally, when he’s drunk)
- Starts to laugh a lot
- Keeps on repeating things that he has already said

(Andy explains that he just wants to go home as soon as possible, so he starts behaving very formally to make people uncomfortable so that they’ll let him go home. Smartypants!)

No.3: Dongwan (5 bottles of soju)

- Becomes aggressive
- Starts to laugh and aegyo a lot
- Asks to be pecked on the cheek, and gets angry if he doesn’t get it (Wannie says he even asked strangers before. I wanna be near him the next time he gets drunk.)
- Drunk-dialling ex-girlfriends
- Keeps on talking about uninteresting things (To which the members say that he does that even when he’s not drunk. LOL poor Wannie)

(Wannie says that he recently went drinking with the writers and the director and when he got drunk, he CUT THE FILM. Yikes. And he even confessed that he visited an alcohol addiction clinic in Gangnam with his manager. Oh Wannie….

Thankfully Hyesung quickly changes the topic to talk about how he asks to be pecked on the cheek – not playfully, but forcefully i.e. shaking the other party and saying ‘I want a kiss!’ Y’know.. I’d love to see Wannie drunk one of these days.

Moving on to the topic of drunk-dialling his exes, Dongwan says none of the calls have ever turned out well. Erm, understandably so? Anyway, he ends off with some advice to the girls who gets drunk-dialled by their exes: When an ex-boyfriend drunk-dials, he’s just in pursuit of some sweet comfort – so never take the call. Aw.)

Joint No.4: Eric (3 bottles of soju)

- Exposing himself
- Falling asleep on the spot
- Going on and on about lengthy conversation topics e.g. the past and future, contemplating about life
- Rapping in English
- Starts to act cute

(Dongwan relates a past incident where he was staying at the studio, and he brought a drunk Eric back. While Wannie went off the to the washroom, Eric said he was feeling warm so he started to strip himself naked (!!!) and ran around. Then he fell down and hurt his toe, and rolled on the ground grabbing his toe, yelling in pain…. Ok I really really LOVE Eric, but the mental image I have of him now is NOT pleasant… But I’d still like to see him in action. Keke.

Eric then apologized and agreed that no one should have done that… But if you really want to do that, wait til you’re alone to do it. HAHA.)

Joint No.4: Minwoo (3 bottles of soju)

- Starts calling his friends
- Excessive skinship (I wanna be near him too the next time he gets drunk.)
- Starts playing tough
- Sings his own songs if at the noraebang (that’s when Dongwan reveals that Minwoo brings his own music recordings to play and sing along too. Hee. Junjin joins in and said that because he does that because he’s part of Shinhwa and he just wants to impress – there was even once when he called his dancers to join him in his ‘performance’… LOL but how true this is I don’t know, that depends on how much Jinnie’s tremendous variety sense is at work here. Ha.)

No.6: Hyesung (2 bottles of soju)

- Keeps on repeating things that he has already said
- Disappears after paying the bill
- More skinship

(Junjin rightfully points out that Hyesung only listed his ‘good’ habits, and the others quickly chime in to add that he has lots of bad habits too. Andy recounted a time during a meeting among the members, a tipsy Hyesung went up to him and asked if he’s feeling down, and asked him to join him for a drink later, just the two of them. And after that, Andy waited for Hyesung at a street stall while grilling lamb skewers for an hour, but Hyesung didn’t appear. People recognised him and fellow celebs who saw him asked, “You…came alone?” – i.e. ‘Don’t you have any friends to hang out with?’

HAHA aww Andy. Hyesung goes into a long explanation which can be summarized as: he lost his belongings at another place before meeting Andy. Okaaaay… If you say so.)

In any case, their livers must be screaming – this much alcohol can’t be good for anyone… Drink in moderation guys! >.<

[12.12.03] The Evolution of Shinhwa’s Ideal Types

From yesterday’s (2 Dec) episode of Shinhwa Broadcast, where they were discussing why none of them has managed to get married and subsequently delved into an analysis of how their ideal types have evolved over the years… And it’s a complete riot LOLOLOL.

Shin-Brief presented a table containing descriptions either taken from past interviews or mentioned during their TV appearances, and I thought it’s a timely update from that old one that I’ve translated years ago – I hope I managed to capture everything that was listed… ^^

ERIC
1998: Long hair, with tanned skin (Eric said that there could be a mistake here because this description sounded more like himself when he first made his debut. HA.)
1999: Small hands and feet, with a nude make-up look
2000: Height above 170cm, slim and cosmopolitan (by ‘cosmopolitan’ I think he means something along the lines of a city girl)
2006: A girl who’s more mature than her peers
2009: A pretty girl who treats my parents well
2012: Intellectual, cosmopolitan (He mentioned that his ideal type is someone like actress Kim Nam Joo, with a sharp and sophisticated dress sense)

MINWOO
1998: I like all female celebrities
1999: Chubby (Yaaaay….? LOL.)
2002: A girl who’s pretty even when she’s just wearing a white t-shirt and jeans
2004: Chubby
2005: A girl dressed in sportswear and is doing stretching (I think that was the year he was working out and hitting the gym a lot for his 2nd solo album. Hee.)
2007: Good at making money and at housekeeping
2008: Cute and chubby

DONGWAN
(Dongwan got a lot of flak from the other guys because his descriptions seemed to be kinda contradictory LOL. At a point they riled him up so much that he just went, “YA! That’s up to ME!” HAHAHAHAHAHA.)
2000: Height of 170cm (Apparently at that time he was dating a girl with a height of 170cm)
2006: Like girls who study a lot / Doesn’t like girls with big hands / Likes girls who don’t smile easily / Ideal occupation: Kindergarten teacher (Eric pointed out that it doesn’t sound right for a kindergarten teacher to not smile in front of the kids, to which Wannie said, ‘The kindergarten teacher part is fake.’ LOL)
2008: Blood type A, conservative & modest / With a lot of dating experience
2011: A girl who doesn’t have sharp features (Jinnie asked if he meant girls who look like Mona Lisa and proceeded to break into a laughing fit. HAHAHA.)
2012: A girl who makes her own choices and is driven / Doesn’t like girls who confess first

ANDY
2007: Any girl will do
2008: A girl who’s good at making kimchi
2009: I like any girl who’s kind
2011: Any girl will do as long as she just looks only at me
(Oh poor lonely Andy. LOL.)

JUNJIN
2000: A girl who’s able to cry heartfelt tears for others
2002: A girl who’s cheerful and bright in front of others, but quiet in front of me (Even Jinnie himself said that sounded like someone with a bipolar disorder LOL.)
2007: A girl who can be a good wife and mother
2008: A girl who treats my parents well
2009: A girl who can be a good wife and mother

HYESUNG
1998: Kind and does a lot of aegyo
2000: A girl who always carries knitting tools in her bag / Carries a handkerchief / Does a lot of aegyo
2002: Cute and does a lot of aegyo
2005: Cute and does a lot of aegyo
2006: Feminine and does a lot of aegyo
2008: A girl who can connect with the right feel and does a lot of aegyo
(The guys notice Hyesung’s penchant for aegyo and they go into HILARIOUS simulations of aegyo, including a very annoying rendition of ‘Apeunya? Na-do apeuda’ / ‘Are you hurting? I’m hurting too’ from MinJin. HAHAHAHAHAHHAA gotta watch it to experience it)

I’m not sure when the SFSubs team will release the Eng subs for this ep (on a related note, kudos to the SFSubs team. Subbing is seriously a laborious and unfortunately (sometimes) thankless job. :( So go to their site/Twitter and thank them if you’re reading this!) but here’s the unsubbed episode to whet your appetite for now^^

Credits: Shinhwa Broadcast + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.10.09] Junjin, “I became a singer in order to find my birth mother”

Shinhwa’s Junjin broke into tears as he talked about his longing for his birth mother, on the 9th October episode of KBS2′s “Yeo Yoo Man Man”. During the interview, he revealed that he had wanted to be a singer so that he could find his birth mother.

In a surprise segment for Charlie Park, who was the guest for the episode, Junjin said, “As I grew older, I resented my father and felt bitter about why I had to live under such circumstances.”

“Instead of my mother, I lived with my grandmother. And even though my grandmother became like a mother to me, I still yearned for my mother.”

“I started out to become a dance choreographer but when I saw H.O.T on TV, I thought ‘If I appeared on TV, I may be able to find my mother’. And so I became a singer instead.”

Credits: Mydaily + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.08.01] Liveworks CEO Lee Jangeon’s Facebook update: Shinhwa Company’s 1st anniversary

The company directly set up and operated by the Shinhwa members who are writing Korean idol group history everyday…
Shinhwa Company is already celebrating its 1st anniversary^^ I hope it will continue to be a reliable pillar of strength for Shinhwa in future…
CEO Eric, the Shinhwa members and the staff… And everyone who has been supporting us… All of you have worked hard, and please continue to work hard in future^^

Credits: Lee Jangeon’s Facebook page + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.07.08] Shinhwa: We’re not in the past tense, we’re idols in the present tense!

- If we were to ask you to rate your promotional activities for the 10th album?

“We were very troubled over what kind of songs to sing for our comeback after such a long hiatus. We decided on going the trendy way and pitting ourselves against the idols. That’s why we chose ‘Venus’ (as our title track). We thought we wanted to shed the feel of Shinhwa from before and try out a more casual round of promotions. Through ‘Shinhwa Broadcast’, we’re able to show our natural selves in variety which we haven’t been able to show before, and also show our more personal sides. Judging from what we see now, I think we have been successful. If we say that Shinhwa had been more focused on showing off the individual members in the past, we are now showing the harmony that has been achieved through our experience.” (Eric)

“This has been a round of activities with even more trust among the members. Even though individual activities are tough, we find time to take care of one another and gave it our all for Shinhwa activities. This was possible because of the trust among the six of us, and we found strength from Shinhwa Changjo. We found confidence because the members are all very competitive.” (Andy)

- You’re now having activities under the name of Shinhwa Company, which was established with investments from the members. What’s different now?

“Honestly, when we were under a management company, we moved like robots according to our schedule, and we threw tantrums when our bodies were worn out. But with the Shinhwa members being part of the company, of course we have a much greater sense of responsibility when it comes to our work. Every member carries out his role faithfully. Junjin leads the variety part with ‘Shinhwa Broadcast’, Hyesungie leads the performances with his vocals. While Dongwannie works on his acting projects, he often cheers everyone on by shouting ‘Shinhwa is the best when we have six’. Maknae Andy has achieved success as a producer, and has grown in many ways. In particular, Eric has done the best job with his role as team leader.” (Minwoo)

- How is Eric as a CEO?

“He’s an objective and level-headed CEO. In fact Eric and Minwoo are the most passionate when it comes to Shinhwa activities, and they put in the most effort. There was even once when the three of us were supposed to hang out to play but the two of them spent 6 hours just listening to music, and I got angry and went back home. Minwoo and Eric had an argument due to their conflicting views on music, but in the midst of that they achieved objective resolutions. I hope he continues to be a level-headed CEO next year too.” (Dongwan)

- Your proudest moment during Shinhwa activities?

“Although before we released our album, we were labeled as the longest-running idols, and the oldest idols, we didn’t want to give the impression that we’re idols who are stuck in the past. We didn’t want people to listen to Shinhwa songs by themselves as they think about the past memories; instead we felt that we want to be a group that makes music that’s relevant in the present. But seeing our fans who have already become mothers attending our concert with their kids in tow, we get goosebumps. It’s something that we couldn’t have imagined when we made our debut in 1998. The members are really awesome and they look great.” (Eric)

-The secret to your longevity?

“The six of us often argue. It’s important how we resolve that. Until we resolve our problems among ourselves, we don’t get out.” (Minwoo)

“Actually idol groups can also be unsustainable. LSM Entertainment’s Lee Sang Min apparently has a 20-year contract but to be able to go on as long as Shinhwa did without signing a long-term contract, realistically speaking it seems impossible. Haha. We’re really amazing. We’ve had our share of conflicts but we’ve never ever talked about disbanding before. The members are kind and soft-hearted. At the crucial moment, we’d think about our cause, our honor, our affection and loyalty.” (Eric)

- Your upcoming plans?

“The big picture is to release a Shinhwa album every year. Hyesung will be releasing a solo album, Dongwan will be involved in acting, Andy will be introducing a new 7-member group. Minwoo will be working hard in his role as Shinhwa’s producer while preparing for his individual activities. Junjin continues to bring laughter to viewers as an entertainer through ‘Shinhwa Broadcast’. If we say that this round of activities is to tell everyone that we’re still in existence with our comeback, then perhaps the next round of activities is when we will have to really give it a good shot and pit ourselves against other singers. We’re confident that we’ll show you an even better side of ourselves.” (Eric)


Credits: Joongang Daily + Absolut Shinhwa