Korean 4-member rock band CNBLUE held a press conference before their Tokyo SHIBUYA-AX public performance on 20th September, the last day of their first 東名阪 (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka) tour.
Before debuting in their home country, in the summer of 2009, CNBLUE participated in Japan’s Indies Scene and released a mini album. After that, CNBLUE achieved their debut in Korea in January this year which led to them acquiring first place on the music chart, and with one step to stardom, CNBLUE earned their self-introduction. Leader Jung Yong Hwa had first appeared in the Korean drama “You’re Beautiful” and because of that, he was already very popular before the band’s debut. Furthermore, with the 4 members’ good looks, and the fact that in Korea, where dance groups are predominant, it is rare to have real “bands” that play their own music, CNBLUE became extremely popular instantly.
In Japan, CNBLUE released their 2nd single “I Don’t Know Why” on 16th September, the first day of their Osaka nanba Hatch public performance tour, and achieved a 7th place ranking on the daily chart. The tickets for the 3 performances of their first 東名阪 tour were sold out on the same day and it was difficult to get tickets. In the midst of growing to become such a popular artiste, one thing to note is their youth; their average age is not even fully 20.
The interview was carried out mostly in Japanese. With regards to their first 東名阪 (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka) tour:
“Because we are not just confined to Tokyo, but we now get to hold public performances at various cities, I am really happy.”. [Yong Hwa (guitar & vocal)]
“The yaki and takoyaki which I like in Osaka was really delicious. It was my first time going to Nagoya and I ate Hitsumabushi. I ate separately 3 times on separate occasions, but the taste was completely different for all 3 occasions; it was very tasty.”. [Min Hyuk (Drums)]
The other comments were also in the same vibe and were about their fun experiences.
Again, with regards to their latest single:
” “Lie” and ”I don’t know why” were songs to discover our own individual styles. From the standpoint of CNBLUE’s music, these are songs which let you feel that there is possibility of growth and are songs about love. ”. [Yong Hwa ]
Various questions were asked rapidly. For eg. “What kind of female types do you like?” was directed at CNBLUE who is known as a “good-looking band”.
And ” What would you do if you had one day of rest?” was directed at the CNBLUE members who have been busy travelling to Japan and Korea and other various countries in Asia.
With regards to this:
“Eat gyuudon (beef rice bowl) in the morning, go to Harajuku for shopping, and at night, study the people who are performing street lives. After that, we would also like to perform street lives. (laughs) “ [Yong Hwa ]
“Like in the past, perform live at the live house, and after that, if I could eat delicious ramen I would be happy.” [Jung Shin (bass) ] Based on their replies, the interviewers were caused to feel that CNBLUE had a very sincere attitude with regards to music.
“I am listening to bands like BUMP OF CHIKEN, Mr. Children, and recently, ONE OK ROCK.” [Jong Hyun (guitar and vocal) ]
Besides Western bands like Bon Jovi, Maroon 5 and Hoobastank, the members also like J-ROCK.
“We really want to succeed at live performances, and in order to become a band that can think, “We want to try watching live performances.”, we want to try our best with all our might. In Japan, because we have been making live performances the core of our activities in order to deliver a good album, we would now like to make it such that we will be able to meet everyone again soon. ” CNBLUE said of their planned activities from now onwards.
About 2000 people gathered for today’s live. CNBLUE performed all their songs which have been released so far. The performance extended for about 2 hours. The new songs were performed, as well as Japanese, English and Korean songs; and together with the encore, a total of 23 songs were performed. —>
Source: community.pia.jp
Translated by: christabel88@twitter
Re-posted by: Euni@cnbluestorm
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