Korepo interview with SF9 "When we start to go solo in the future, I want to have collaboration with each other"
SF9 individual interview "When we start to go solo, I want to have collaboration with each other in the future"
After the group interview as a whole, the interview was divided into 5 vocal line and 4 rap line. When they were told "Everyone from vocal line will stay here, and everyone from rap line please prepare for shooting", Youngbin who is in charge of rap, stayed in his seat and playfully said "Oh, I'm from vocal line. I'm the main vocal of the group" (laughs). We started the discussion with Inseong, Jaeyoon, Dawon, Rowoon and Taeyang.
Q : We know SF9's leader is Youngbin but who is the leader of vocal line?
Inseong : It's Jaeyoon. When we practice our vocals or discussing among the vocal line, Jaeyoon has the most musical comprehension since he comes from practical music department. When we talk about pitch, harmony and rhythm, I think we can see Jaeyoon as the vocal line leader.
Rowoon : That's right.
Taeyang : Jaeyoon is the best!
Jaeyoon : Thank you ~
Q : Please tell us the strength and advantage of this cool vocal line.
Jaeyoon : Each of us is good at different type of genres. So we're not limited to one type of music, it's possible for us to cover various genres. When it comes to singing while dancing it's Taeyang, when we talk about ballad, it's Inseong, Rowoon and me. For Dawon, it's BIGBANG style.(laughs)
Dawon : It's R&B and hip hop for me. I like SOL(taeyang) sunbaenim, but I like all of BIGBANG sunbaenim.
Rowoon : (For Inseong) it's korean trot
Inseong : Well,trot...
Dawon : I'm also trot
Jaeyoon : I think it's a good thing to have various types of talents. And because we listen to different music, it helps us to know more about music.
Rowoon : Also, all of the vocal members have such a good voice. Our vocals are not similar, we have different colors so I think each of us has advantages in chorus and solo. I think, our vocal line can do unit activity because our voices sound good together.
Jaeyoon : That will be great ! Not to mention, Dawon is so good at harmonizing.
Rowoon : Some members specialize in high note. Taeyang is good with rhythm and his vocals are good. And I'm an all-rounder (laughs). I'm sorry I'm joking.
Inseong : And rowoon is the visual !
Rowoon : I'm being saved by everyone..
Taeyang : That's not true!
Dawon : He does everything !
Q : Looking at you guys so blunt like that, seems like you have good chemistry and teamwork.
Rowoon : Yes! Our bond is strong
Q : Then, from vocal line side, is there anything you would like to ask from rap line?
Rowoon : Since the members of rap line are composing some songs, please make some for us as well. I want to make emotional ballad song together.
Inseong : Personally, I would like the members of rap line to work hard on their vocals too..
Rowoon : Oh~
Q : Aren't you worried about taking a part (in your song) ?
Rowoon : I have confidence in not taking a part!
Inseong : I think I will not lose to Juho (laughs)
Dawon : I just hope I will keep doing my best and we will keep supporting each other as much as we do now.
Q : What is your recommendation from this album, especially the one when the vocals stand out in the song?
Jaeyoon : There's 1 song
Rowoon : "Blank"
Inseong : It seems like when you listen to it, you can feel the charm of our vocal line because we got the right part that suits our vocals in this song.
Taeyang : When I heard "Blank" for the first time, I thought the song was good. We focused on the recording while we are aware of the fact that we're still in the process of finding the color of our voices. I think we're doing well at delivering our voices and feelings.
Q : How do you want to grow as vocalist, and what do you want to challenge?
Rowoon : I'm also studying acting and my final goal is to act in musicals.
Inseong : Really?
Rowoon : I've watched the musical 'Notre Dame De Paris' before and it looked so cool. But at that time, I haven't studied acting yet so I felt like musical is something that I can't reach. But one of things I would like to try after I started learning acting is musicals. So I watched a lot of musicals, it's fascinating and stunning. I will work harder in both acting and singing, and when I have the chance someday, I'll make it sure to appear in musical.
Inseong : My goal is to be able to sing songs of various genres properly. Recently, the type of song song with detailed part attached to it is becoming trendy. (the type of sound) that touches emotions. I will be a person with deeper emotions to be able to sing with such a voice!
Jaeyoon : It would be better if we release the original japanese song instead of japanese versions of korean songs. I hope someday we'll be able to release and sing our self composed japanese songs.
Taeyang : The goal is to show you my vocal together with dance skills. Now I'm working hard to be a good performer so I can show you a good stage as a group and individu.
Dawon : It feels like I haven't shown you enough of my dance and singing skills. So I want to practice harder and show you more of my charm.
After that, we went to the rap line, Youngbin, Juho, Hwiyoung, Chani to continue the discussion
Q : Please tell us the strength and advantage of this cool rap line.
Chani : We are overflowing with charm . (looks at youngbin) There's a flower boy (youngbin poses with hand pistol under his chin). (looks at hwiyoung) And flower boy again. (looks at Juho) and handsome boy (laughs). All the visual line are here !
Q : It seems like Youngbin and Chani look like each other..
Chani :That's right but since I debuted earlier than him, Youngbin Hyung-ie is the one who looks like me hahaha.
Juho : I think the good thing about us is that all of the rap line have different colors of voice so it helps people to enjoy listening to us.
Hwiyoung : Even if we're doing the same rap, but I think everyone has different style so it sounds good together. We have different beat and feeling. There are members who write the lyric when they do rap making, there are members who do it one by one. Because everyone is different, I think it's just like the goshiki (five colored mochi), we have various charms that completes each other.
Youngbin : The charm of our rap line is our self-confidence. We believe that rap is about expressing and delivering our thoughts and concerns. I think that's why we have confidence. If we have a chance, I wish I could listen to a lot of fans about everything they want to say and what kind of music they want to listen.
Q : In the korean third album 'Knights of The Sun', the first track 'POEM ; 00:00' was done by the rap line, right?
Juho : It's a rap centered song that all of us took part in writing the lyrics. The japanese album mainly composed of songs that will show our team's color so this song is not included. If we have a chance, I'd like to show you a rap centered song in Japan too.
Q : How do you guys organize things in the process of making a song?
Juho : Everyone gets together to decide which part to take by each member. And then we discuss the theme and subject that is suitable for the song. After that, we gather again to listen to each other work and give each other advice to make it better. That's why there are a lot of revision. We also made lots of revisions when we made the rap for 'O Sole Mio'. Because I think a good song will be born through such a process, so we're paying attention to little details.
Q : Do you have someone who is in charge of 'putting it all together'?
[T/N : it can be means 'troubleshooter' ]
Hwiyoung : It's Juho hyung. Usually, he's the first one who say 'let's gather together and talk about the song'. And he'd say "After you write the lyrics, send it to me. I will collect the lyrics from other as well and we'll gather and share our thought together". So in many cases, juho hyung is the one who put it all together.
Q : Is there anything you would like to ask from vocal line line? From your information, inseong-ssi has said that the member of rap line need to work hard on their singing skills too..
Chani : I'm working really hard in practicing my singing!
Q : They also asked you to make an emotional ballad song together
Hwiyoung : On the contrary, because hip hop is a trend these days, I hope I can make a lot of hiphop song for my hyungs. All of them are great, no words are needed for their capability. But I would like to do something that we can enjoy together, please give it some thought.
Youngbin : It would be good to have a collaboration like always. But if I could ask for a favor, maybe dance....
Juho : Oh, that would be great~~
Q : Do you mean, you want them to do their best at dancing?
Youngbin : Not only doing their best but also get better in it.
Q : Does it mean that the rapper line are good at dancing?
Youngbin : The rapper line has better sense of rhythm than the vocal line, so we're slightly better than them in dancing (laughs)
Juho : (discovers inseong who is passing by) Inseong-ssi! I will do my best and practice my vocal!
Inseong : Do your best!
Juho : OK ~
