4minute who released their first full-length album [4MINUTES LEFT]!
They have always drawn the public's attention with their powerful songs and performances, the Kpop girl group 4minute released their first full-length album!
Included in their first full-length album released few days after the single 'Heart to Heart', the "shadow title track" 'Mirror, Mirror', is a song that emphasizes 4minute's forte, their powerful sexy side. At the moment, the members and the fans, who have shown different opinions on the song to pick as the title track etc, are enthusiastically thinking over it.
With what kind of determination are the 4minute members engaged to fulfill their impending activities for their full-length album? Let's listen to the girl's stories and the songs they usually enjoy listening to.
4minute, please greet the Cyworld users.
>Gayoon : Hello, I'm 4minute's Gayoon! We're coming back after a year of absence and are very pleased to meet you. You've been waiting for us for a long time, right?^^ In the upcoming times, you'll get to see a good image of us often.
>Sohyun : I'm 4minute's youngest member, Sohyun. We're starting our domestic promotions for the first time in one year and the feeling is new. As it's a comeback after a long time, we've packed this album with good songs, and since we've improved very much, please love it a lot!
>Jihyun : Hello. I'm 4minute's Jihyun! We feel thankful towards everyone who has waited for our comeback for a long time. This time, we've strived for the preparations in order to show you 4minute's feminine image and other charms that we couldn't show you before. Everyone, please anticipate it a lot !
>Hyunah : To all the Cyworld users, hello. I'm 4minute's Hyunah! Have you been doing well? 4minute has finally come back! We, 4minute, will show to everyone, who has waited and waited for us, a handsome image through our songs and performances that will definitely not disappoint you. Please watch out for us!
>Jiyoon : In charge of the charisma and the cuteness in 4minute, I'm Jiyoon. ^^ While spending this year in a productive way, 4minute prepared this album. This time, everyone will get to see us with songs that can move one's heart and since we will be fulfilling activities, please be considerate and give us lots of love.
What kind of particularities do the mini album (Heart to Heart) and the first full-length album (4MINUTES LEFT) have?
>Hyunah : In 'Heart to Heart', we're meeting fans in a new way with a girlish fresh and bubbly image different from the strong image 4minute has shown. It seems that many people found it changing and liked it. Before making our comeback, because they have sent us a lot of love, we are also excited and bearing anticipation ahead of our first performance.
>Sohyun : Even if it feels like 'Heart to Heart' and 'Mirror, Mirror' are poles apart for their concept, in this album, overall, the strongest particularity is that, for the first time, we picked a song talking about love as a title track. It's about time that 4minute, who has experienced love, makes you listen to a song about a love story.
>Jihyun : While we were preparing this album, except Sohyun, we all ushered in our 20s. And I think that we'll get to show you a more mature image with our emotional side and music-wise.
>Gayoon : We have improved in order to prepare a music that will enable us to get closer to our many fans; it's also about living up to the expectations of the fans who have loved our music and performances. While we came to think about how the fans would perceive the melodies, the lyrics, the concept, etc., we aimed for perfection even more. We have upgraded the unchanged established image that we have assumed so far, I hope that you will enthusiastically watch out for all the efforts we made to appeal with images that are totally opposite.
It is known that 4minute's promotion activities are progressively turning out to be successful, how does it feel?
>Sohyun : We had our first concert in Japan. A lot of fans came to our second concert and filled the venue whereas it happened not a long time after our debut; I then realized our popularity. It was on stage that I realized it the most.
>Jiyoon : Sometimes, when we were walking on the streets in Japan, we were recognized and it felt great. Also, not long ago, at the Japanese Billboard Awards ceremony, we received a good award. Back then, because many people cheered on us and encouraged us, we gained a lot of strength!
If one says 4minute, we think of their powerful performances ! How about the members' anecdotes from the preparations?
>Gayoon : Since our debut, when we blended music and visuals together, I think that we could truly display our color. A lot of fans also said the same. So, in order to play with music that will entertain your eyes and your ears, we put a lot more of energy into it. We also longed to change our looks a lot and tried out many things.
>Jihyun : Because it is 4minute's first full-length album and that we had to show an even more enhanced image of us in response to the expectations of many people for our songs and dance routines, we found enough time and practiced hard individually on our own. Because I think that our album and performances will come off as perfect as the members have strived for on their own, we are also anticipating it a lot.
Is there an aspect that can make you say confidently "4minute is different than the other girl groups !"?
>Sohyun : It's teamwork !
>Jihyun : Above all, our teamwork is good : I think that it has become our very mainspring; it enables the members to be engaged in the activities in the best condition and with the best mindset possible. Because we know each other very well and because we understand each other, whenever we want to show our best image we help each other, consequently it's paying off on stage.
> Hyunah : That's right, teamwork ! Also, 4minute is said to be 'powerful' if we consider the 4minute with its strong performances. Isn't our strong color the thing that differentiates 4minute from the other girl groups and 4minute's very own charm? Haha
Introduce the 4minute song you want to make the Cyworld users listen to.
>Sohyun : 'Calmly and Naturally'. It's 4minute's first ballad and a song that shows another image of us, and many people liked it. It played many times on radio stations too. And whenever we sing it we pay even more attention to our voices and our feelings, I remember this because the fans really liked it.
>Jihyun : There are songs, aside from the popular title tracks like 'Hot Issue', 'Muzik', 'HUH', 'I MY ME MINE', in which we displayed other concepts with minor changes. There's 'What a Girl Wants' that we used as a follow-up track for the first time. It's a song that paints the girlish 4minute's childishness and I think it's a song that suits spring very well.
>Gayoon : For me, it's 'Invitation'. With the other members we liked it so much we wanted to have it as the title track. In particular, while preparing the performances for our Japanese concert, we practiced the dance routine together. When you add the powerful dance routine to the song, it's a song in which you get to feel its high energy even more. I hope the Cyworld fans will listen to it.
What about the songs filled with stories that are special to the members?
>Hyunah : I recommend
G.NA unni's 'I Miss You Already'. Lately, while studying lyrics composition, I expressed and wrote a lot of thoughts. It's a song that I like to listen to when I'm alone imagining things. Even if I've always liked G.NA unni, her resonating and tender voice suits very well the sad lyrics.
>Gayoon : I'll also recommend a G.NA's song. I covered it with BEAST's Yoseob. It's a song that suits the season of love, spring. I'll recommend
'The Things I Want to Do Once I Have a Lover (with Rain)'. We, 4minute, also want to brag about the things only lovers can do, like in the lyrics, once we get a lover.
>Jiyoon : It's a song from the latest rising artist Katy Perry. Even though I like all her songs, among the ones I listen the most, there's
'Firework'. I think that her powerful appearance during live stages displays perfectly the energy of this song. It's an artist, among many others, that I want to learn a lot from.
>Sohyun : It's
Keyshia Cole's 'Fallin Out'. It's one of the songs I listen to when I'm spending time alone. It's a song in which her sad voice and the charming melody are very beautiful.
>Jihyun : I'll recommend
Britney Spears's 'Lucky'. Even if there are times I feel lonely, I always have to feel thankful towards the fans, as 4minute's Jihyun. Also, I feel really lucky to have fans who remained with us and who haven't forgotten 4minute and have kept supporting us while we were away. ^^
Source : Cyworld STAR BGM
Translating & editing : Meeli @4-minute.com
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