After held a succesful Mini Concert in Medan-Brastagi, Indonesia in March 5th, KOREANpop got an opportunity to interview U-KISS team. After waiting in cold weather for about 15 minutes, finally our redaction can met this 6 boys which friendly welcoming us. Although they've did so many activities during the day, there's no tired look on their face. They throw jokes each other, make the awkward atmosphere become friendlier, so the 10mins interview felt like just 3mins. All the questions & answers are in English, thanks to Eli and Alexander (translator note: I think they forget to put Kevin's name here) for being translators between KOREANpop with Soohyun, Kiseop & Dongho.
Introduce yourself please:
A (Alexander) :Hello, I'm Alexander
K (Kevin): Hello, I'm Kevin
E (Eli): Hello, I'm U-Kiss Eli
D (Dongho) : Hello, I'm U-Kiss Dongho
S (Soohyun) : Hello, I'm U-Kiss Soohyun
Ks (Kiseop) : Hello, I'm U-Kiss Kiseop
All : And we are U-KISS.
How do you think about Indonesia and finally held a concert here?
K : We always wanted to go to Indonesia from the first. Finally we came and the impression about Indonesia is "love of the fans". They are very excited and enthusiastic and many friendly people. And so many beautiful view, trees and mountains here.
A : And we really enjoy the foods.
K : Uh yeah, yummy.
A : Love nasi goreng (fried rice) and sate (satay)
K : Yes, yes.
Do you like it too?
E : I love everything (laugh)
What do you think about the concert? Any good moments?
E : It's so much fun. This is the first time we did it with Indonesian fans. We're really had a good time both on stage and out of stage. We would like to thank all the fans whose with us, for three times (He mean to three times during the event in Brastagi)
A : Terima kasih! (thank you)
K : Ah, during fanmeeting (he means showcase) We aslo play games on the stage. We choose our own fans And everything makes us closer to our fans.
In addition to singing and acting. what else do you want to do?
S : I'm Soohyun.... I ...
A : Musical!
S : Oh, yeahh.. musical.
D : I'm Dongho. I want to be a DJ Radio
Ks: I want to founded a coffee shop with Eli
E : *start talking with Korean* (he mean to translate Kiseop words)
S + D : Yongo yongo! (English English)
E : OH YEAAHH.. I CAN SPEAK ENGLISH!! (continue) yup, looks like I want to set up my own coffee shop with Kiseop in Korea.
K : I think many fans will come!
E : I hope so.
K : And i want to try to act in a drama or movie.
A : Me? I WANNA GO TO HOLLYWOOD! (laugh) no~, maybe if Eli and Kiseop build a coffee shop, I'm going to sell Gummy Bears or cookies or cakes. Yum yum!
Talk about the truth, if you can't continue to work in intertainment industry, what would you like to do? traveling or...
E : I wanna go backpacking!
ALL : Uwoooww~~
E : Backpacking around Asia.
With who? Boys or girls?
E : With KissMe
ALL: Awww~~
K : You pay for everything?
E : (laugh) I'll try.
ALL : (laugh)
Ks : I will build a coffee shop.
Just imagine, 10 years or more from now, you will get married..
E : OWGH!!
What kind of wedding do you want?
Ks: I want a wedding in the beach
S : I want a marriage on stage when U-Kiss held a tour.
E : And he will marry everyone!
D : I wanna a simple marriage. A wedding at the church.
K : If I get married, i want... to marriage in the beach. Like Kiseop.
If you wake up in the next day as a girl, actress. Who you would like to be?
Ks: I wanna be like Go Hyesun from Boys Before Flowers (she played as Geum Jandi)
S : I want to be Lee MinJeong, the girl in Boys Before Flowers too.
D : IU. I would like to be IU.
K : I wanna be a girl from Girls Generation (SNSD)
E : Who?
K : Jessica
E : I would like to be.... ANGELINA JOLIE
A : OMG! I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT!
E : NO! And you?
A : I.... I dont know..
E : Alexander could be Oprah Winfrey
A : Yeah. I wanna be a succesful woman.
Money, or Love, or Friendship. Which one first?
Ks : Number one is friendship, 2nd is love & the last is money.
S : For me, of course love will be the first. Love from fans.
D : Me..? All the same.
E : Friendship. And then love, then money.
A : Me toooo!
K : I pick love, because of friendship and kinship, there's love there!
What are your plans after this concert?
E : We want to release a new album and we'll ask our fans to keep supporting us 100% and we'll tell them that we really love them & thankfull for all the supports for us.
ALL : Good!
Will you have another concert later in Indonesia?
E : Yup! We'll try to come to Indonesia & we'll visit Jakarta!
K : Yeah, Jakarta.
D : And Bali.
E : Yeahh.. We want to visit Bali also.
Any message for fans or readers?
K : Well, this is first we came to Indonesia and we are very grateful to all of you for greeting upon our arrival here and make the show success. We definitely will come again for concerts and fanmeeting or showcase. We'll release a new album, so please keep supporting us! WE LOVE YOU!
A : We'll miss you!
Credits: Korean POP + U-KISSesia + Xian@UKISSesia (scans/taken & translation) + Kissme4UKiss
