TVXQ-related ments on ‘Strongest Group’ 最强天团 (Part 1)

– On TVXQ’s nicknames- 3.50 onwards.
Peng Yu (MC): How did the name of TVXQ come about?
Yunho: Teacher Lee Soo Man’s name for us was 东方不败 (Invincible East). So at that time, (he) wanted to use 东方不败. At that time, there was even a meeting with the director of 东方不败

Female MC: It seems that President Lee Soo Man really liked Chinese movies
Yunho: At that time, (we) even got the permission of the director. Although 东方不败 was not bad,(we) considered the meaning of the ‘Rising Gods of the East’ and chose that instead.

Yunho: Actually, at the time, when we heard the name of TVXQ we felt very embarrassed.
Changmin: At the time, there was almost no one using Han characters in their names.
Yunho: Majority were English names.
MC: HOT etc.
Yunho: At the time, using this name in Han characters, although it was a bit awkward, now when you hear it, it sounds especially ‘strong’
Yunho: And also has become a source of confidence, with the passing of time.

Victoria: Then besides the group name, each member’s names are also 4-characters. How did this come about?
MC: Or perhaps at the time, you had a feeling that there would be a programme called ‘Strongest Group’
Zhou Mi: That 10 years later, there would be such a programme
Yunho: That could be one of the reasons (smiles). Because the group name is 4-characters, so each member’s nicknames being 4-characters, would make it more meaningful. Because he is the most outstanding singer, so he got the name ‘Strongest Changmin’. For me, the English meaning is ‘you know’ (do you know?). It became (a way of) conveying to the other party, my sincerity as an artiste, thus ‘U-Know Yunho’.
Peng Yu: So it became an special feature of the group to have each member’s name consist of 4-characters, and is also a good way of remembering, because each one has an outstanding point.

-On Yunho’s filming-
Peng Yu (MC): I’ve heard that Yunho has been busy filming a drama.
Yunho: In the drama, ’Night Watchmen’s Diary’, I play a swordsman.
Victoria: I heard that when you were riding a horse, you fell and hurt yourself. Are you okay?
Yunho: While practising horse-riding, I hurt my bum.
MC: The bum? Which part?
Yunho: The right part was hurt.
MC: Was it a problem when using the bathroom?
Yunho: No problem. Good (he says it in chinese 好)

-Changmin-
Peng Yu: Has Changmin been filming a drama too?
Changmin: Recently, I filmed the drama, Mimi. Right now, I’m resting.
MC: Right now? Why?
Changmin: There’s nothing to do.
MC: I have a 빙수 (bingsu / shaved ice) shop, come and work for me. Right now, I am short-handed.
Yunho: He has to discuss this with me.
MC: Ah, you are the manager?
Changmin: This is about me working, let me decide. (laughs)

-On Yunho’s library-
MC: In China, there is a library, in Shaanxi Province.
Yunho: (nods) yes, many of my fans used my name and built two libraries in China. At the same time while (I am) receiving love, they are also sharing love, building this library.
Peng Yu: There is also someone who is very important to Yunho, who expressed his gratitude. This is a letter from Yunho’s father.
Zhou Mi: Even Brother Yunho does not know his father wrote this letter.
Yunho: At that time, I didn’t know. After that, I asked my father: have you written it? He said he wrote it already.
Peng Yu: The letter that Yunho’s father wrote is a long one. We have extracted a essential paragraph :

Chinese fans, have you been well? Building libraries for children of troubled families, and also providing library books and learning materials; such a beautiful and charitable gesture will help the flowers of the future bloom, giving them strength. Health is the most important. Please take care of yourselves. From Yunho’s father.

MCs: So moving, so loving~~

Yunho: Listening to it again makes me feel shy. They really support me. This makes me work harder. My family believes in me and I also treat my fans like my family. So I will always continue to work hard.

TBC – all mistakes are mine. Part 2 next.

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TVXQ-related ments on ‘Strongest Group’ (Part 2)

8.41 onwards – oh the female MC in white is called Hui Lian-

-On TVXQ’s dance-
Peng Yu: One of TVXQ’s most attractive points is their dance.
Zhou Mi: In SM, Brother Yunho has a nickname called ‘Dance Machine’. It means he really, really can dance.
MCs: The first-placed. Shall we take a look?
-Yunho demonstrates. When Yunho is dancing, his phone/ipod/mike drops out? lolol and Changmin is clapping with approval www-

Hui Lian: This is really hard, we can’t do it.
Victoria: That’s right, we can’t. Are there easier ones that we can learn?
Yunho: Once you learn this, then you can dance the rest. Michael Jackson.
MCs: Ah~ Michael~
Victoria: Good, then (could you) demonstrate it for us.
Hui Lian: Ah, we are very blessed.
-caption: not dancing, bored changmin-
Hui Lian: Changmin, do you want to go home?

Peng Yu: Changmin, can you do it too?
Hui Lian: Because he is too ‘super’, even an ‘ah’ sound is also okay.
Changmin: Why are you like this to me?
Hui Lian: Changmin, don’t be lazy.
Changmin: Although I’ve debuted for 10 years, I am not (good) with dancing.
Hui Lian: I saw the MV already, and he was really good.
orz changmin just does a few ‘ows’ and then he says: that’s it. lolol’
Zhou Mi: Just learn this, just learn this. Just this, this is easier.

-The MCs each do a dance and Yunho chooses Peng Yu because of his ‘eye expression’. He then jokes that when he makes his album, it should just focus on Peng Yu’s face ^^)-

-On Changmin’s high note-
Zhou Mi: We know that in TVXQ, Changmin is a member that can really hit the high notes. So in this segment, let us consider the high notes part.
Victoria: During a concert in China, he also sang a song in Chinese.
Changmin: At the time, I was wondering how to repay the fans. I discussed this with Super Junior’s Kyuhyun and Victoria, while eating with them, and they said, how about singing 听海 (Listening to the Sea)
Hui Lian: 听海? We want to hear it.
Changmin: I can sing a bit.

Peng Yu: The key just now, it seems like it’s for a woman.
Victoria: That’s right.
Peng Yu: Really high.
Changmin: It is just a little below a woman’s note. Originally, it could be a bit higher, a little bit.

high note battle –

On how Changmin was discovered –
Peng Yu: So how was Changmin discovered?
Changmin: I was at the entrance of my school, playing badminton and got chosen.
Peng Yu: You got discovered while playing badminton?
Victoria: Which school was it, you also want to go there too?
Peng Yu: Yes, which school was it? I will go there and play badminton.
Zhou Mi: Even if you played shotput, you wouldn’t get it.
Victoria: Were you always this good at singing?
Changmin: Instead of saying I sing well, I prefer listening to songs.
Peng Yu: So from being a student that would sing while playing, like a hobby, when you went to the company for the audition, were you nervous?
Changmin: I still remember that I was more nervous when it came to the dancing.
Zhou Mi: Me too.
Changmin: During the audition, they let me dance. I had never danced before. The auditioners tried to create a ‘dance-like’ atmosphere by clapping their hands.
Zhou Mi: Ah, same! Me too!
Yunho: From clapping, he got chosen.
Zhou Mi: I was clapping and doing this (demonstrates stepping from side-to-side)
Changmin: I didn’t even know that!
-captions: it must be because they were similar that they became singers-

Peng Yu: Yunho got chosen by SM from dancing.
Yunho: I got into SM through dancing.
Peng Yu: How many people were there at the time? Do you still remember?
Yunho: I can’t remember how many there were, from that area, there was about 800 – 1000 people around there. After I won in Jeolla, I came to Seoul. It seemed like there were many people.
Yunho’s audition tape screens; captions: in the countless number of applicants, Yunho is like a brightly shining new star-
Hui Lian: Do you remember that time?
Yunho: I was a middle school student
Hui Lian: Middle school time?
Yunho: There was a ‘rocking’ dance, the dance at the time should be like this – demonstrates –
Zhou Mi: Even dancing like this, it feels different.

Peng Yu: When you audition, you just audition in front of the company’s people. So the first time you go onstage, don’t you become more nervous?
Yunho: Although I don’t remember, it seems like it was like this. If we are nervous, the audience will also be nervous. When we feel like this, we just keep practising until we are not nervous.

TBC- part 3 next – all mistakes are mine.

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Credits:

江苏卫视官方频道China JiangsuTV Official Channel,
CN-EN Translations by @snxy, original posts: 1 & 2
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