it’s really...good
JinJin: You sound so insidious
Cha Eunwoo: MJ (hyung)! I’ll buy you anything you want!
What message do you want to deliver through this album ?
Cha Eunwoo: Our album is called
Like when you’re switching on the light,
through our album,
we’d like to switch on the power
for those who are feeling down
we are in the middle of a very hot summer
so through our album,
we wish that it will help blow away the heat
What inspired you in making the music and lyrics?
MJ: I visited the Han river frequently
to clear my mind for good ideas
and came up with the lyrics and melody for this album
I think it is better to work in an open space
instead of just trying to figure something out in the studio
I was able to come up with various ideas and some good melodies
so, I think I will do the same
next time, if I get the chance to work on a new album
Whose the most fashionable person in your group?
MJ: I think now, we all have obtained a different sense of fashion
so it’s not easy to pick
one person in particular
Eunwoo Cha: It’s definitely not MJ (hyung)
people who usually answer like that aren’t very fashionable
Jin Jin: Bin would also answer like him
Eunwoo Cha: Bin and MJ don’t really care much about fashion
Jin Jin, Sanha, and I always had an interest in fashion
Jin Jin: MJ is good at matching colors to his outfit
when he has to dress up
Bin tends to ask
“Is this okay? how’s this”
to the members
Do all the clothes in the living room still belong to MJ?
MJ: Nope. We all wear our outfits now
Jin Jin: We cleared things up in between us
MJ: We cleaned up the clothes that were in the living room
and so we have them in our rooms now
Why do people think that the clothes in the living room belong to MJ?
MJ: Everything that is in the living room is communal
so I just wore them a few times for them
JinJin: How nice of you
Cha Eunwoo: You wore them for us?
JinJin: Thank you so much x2
It’s already been 5 years since your debut, but are there still new sides to the members?
JinJin: According to the album’s concept
the members try a different makeup style or a new hairstyle
so when it suits them very well
so when we discover new styles, it surprises us
Cha Eunwoo: MJ is such a funny person
and he sometimes says ‘ah…’
“I’m done”
“I’ve used up my jokes”
so we think he is done but
after a month, he comes up with new ways to make us laugh
JinJin: I agree. He needs his time
Cha Eunwoo: He does have that moment where he’s not funny
MJ: I’m just pretending to be not funny
because if I make you laugh 365 days straight,
then you will all lose your belly buttons (there’s a saying in Korea that you lose your belly button when you laugh too much)
Cha Eunwoo: And just wearing our clothes for us
Tell us one TMI about the member next to you.
JinJin: He wore a hat today
Cha Eunwoo: To add to that, I brushed back my fringe under my hat
for the first time
JinJin: Oh that’s right
Cha Eunwoo: It’s the first time wearing it like this
Cha Eunwoo: MJ’s TMI is...
I don’t think he’s in great condition today
I’ve known him for 10 years but I just feel that he isn’t in his best condition today
MJ: Really?
That’s correct
MJ: My tension is low right now
What do you do to catch your tension again?
MJ: Catch what (Didn’t hear the questions properly)?
Cha Eunwoo: Catch me outside X2
MJ: I don’t want to do that
JinJin is...
wearing his earring the other way around today
he usually wears the left one on his right ear
Cha Eunwoo: You want me to agree with you huh?
JinJin: The question was to say something TMI, not to tell a lie
He’s trying so hard to convince us...
I just touched my earrings to check then
Aren’t they the same ones?
MJ: They are the same ones but he wore them the other way around yesterday
Cha Eunwoo: Oh, is that so?
MJ loves JinJin too much
What was your favorite subject back in school?
Cha Eunwoo: My favorite subjects didn’t connect
I liked maths but didn’t enjoy science,
and I liked social studies but didn’t enjoy Korean
JinJin: If I had to pick, probably maths and English?
Cha Eunwoo: You were the dance scholar at Hanlim Art’s School
JinJin: That’s true...
MJ: You have to admit it
JinJin: I won the scholarship through dancing
MJ: Apparently he was very well known (at his school)
JinJin: Thank you
MJ: He wore sunglasses around
JinJin: Yeah, I wore my sunglasses around
MJ: He’s such an attention seeker
JinJin: In my graduation photo,
I’m holding a bunch of 10$ bills in my sunglasses
I borrowed some 10$ bill off my friends
dollar bill swag.jpg
Whose the best cook?
MJ: Rocky and maybe Jin Jin?
they’re the ones who always cook
What kind of food do you usually cook?
JinJin: I learned fishing from my mother
So I brought some sashimi (raw fish) for the members
Caught an octopus once and boiled it
I want some octopus ramen right now
MJ: Octopus ramen is so good
The rest of the members eat what is there
Cha Eunwoo: We often order food
What’s your favorite delivery food?
MJ: I always order cheese donkatsu and...
Cha Eunwoo: Oh your tensions are back!
JinJin: Yeah, he’s coming back
MJ: I also want chilled jokbal right now
JinJin: When are you going to have them?
MJ: I also want grilled tripe
Cha Eunwoo: He’s been going on about tripe recently
MJ: Grilled tripe...
There are tripe ddukbokkis now
MJ: Yeah! I know! Tripedduk!
Have you tried AOO Tripedduk?
Man they’re good
Cha Eunwoo: If you can have one right now?
Let’s say that it’s 0 calories
MJ: Grilled tripe
Cha Eunwoo: Grilled tripe?
MJ: Yeah! Assorted tripe!
Start with the yeomtong, then the daechang, makchang, gopchang
and then fried rice
and top it with coke! Yum!
What do you think you’d be doing right now if you didn’t become an idol?
MJ: Art!
Architecture!
I love making things so
I’d probably be doing something like that
Cha Eunwoo: A teacher?
MJ: Kid’s won’t be able to concentrate
JinJin: Or you can use your face as a whiteboard
then kids will be able to concentrate, won’t they?
A scuba diving instructor?
Recently I tried freediving
and the instructors were so awesome
“breathe in and breathe out, and hold your breath”
like that
What other language do you want to learn?
MJ: I’ve tried many
Korean, Japanese, English...
Cha Eunwoo: You speak Korean?
MJ: Haven’t mastered it yet, just a little?
Cha Eunwoo: Say something in English for us
MJ: Hello my name is MJ
Eunwoo Cha: In Japanese?
MJ: Konichiwa (Good afternoon)
ah...
Happy virus MJ desu (I’m happy virus MJ!)
Eunwoo Cha: Something else?
MJ: (thinking)
Ai shiteru (I love you)
Does MJ still pretend he doesn’t know, when he makes a mistake while dance practicing?
MJ: I don’t hide these days
Everyone makes a mistake
I’m proud of myself! x2
What is your favorite perfume?
MJ: The smell of diffuser in Eunwoo’s room
Cha Eunwoo: My diffuser?
MJ: Yeah. I like that kind of smell
Something woody
Cha Eunwoo: I also prefer woody scents as my diffuser and stuff like that
but perfumes, I like the ones that smell like spring
I want myself to smell like that
JinJin: In my case, I like the cool scent
I try to avoid heavily scented perfumes
I tend to find the ones that suit my image
Cha Eunwoo: water?
MJ: The smell of the ocean?
JinJin: Should I go around smelling fishy then?
What does Astro want to hear the most these days?
Cha Eunwoo: We came back with a new summer song
SUMMER KING
I’d like to hear that
MJ: SUMMER KING STRONG!
What’s on your playlist?
JinJin: 1 to 6 is our song
the ones from our album are on repeat
I’ve recently started listening to band music
so I tend to listen to them a lot lately
and after this season, I’m going to start learning drums again
MJ: I should learn it too
I’ll use you as my drum
What’s a good song to listen to when going to bed?
MJ: There’s this OST song called
by Seo InGuk
it’s really...
good
JinJin: You sound so insidious
What’s something you want to say to each other right now?
MJ: I have something I want to say!
Let’s go eat something nice after this!
I mean it
Cha Eunwoo: MJ (hyung)!
I’ll buy you anything you want!
MJ: I feel so happy
JinJin: We gathered here today with Esquire Korea,
to answer the questions that you commented for us
We tried our best to answer as many questions as possible
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Cha Eunwoo: Keep healthy and always be happy! Thank you!
We are ‘Wanna be a star - Astro’ Thank you!
Cha Eunwoo: Next up is a clip by our little bros so stay tuned!