- What's up? We are-
- [all] Monsta X.
- Today, we are doing Wired Autocomplete Interview.
- Interview.
- Let's go.
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[speaking in Korean]
- Okay.
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- [I.M] Who Monsta X?
- [all] We are Monsta X. [laughter]
- I don't know what is the question.
- Korea K-pop band.
- Yeah.
- Six members.
- Most handsome guys.
- [I.M] Who in Monsta X has a tattoo?
- Tattoo. Minhyuk and I.M.
- I.M. - Minhyuk and I.M.
[speaking in Korean]
- How many tattoos?
- Hip.
[speaking in Korean] [laughter]
- Hip? - Just kidding. Just kidding.
- Knee and then-
- Back. - Back. Your back.
- Me too. I have a back- and my wrist.
Yeah, that's it.
- Who in Monsta X can speak English?
- Every one. Every member. - Is this well?
Or just speak English.
- Just speak English. - We can speak English.
- We can. - Every member. Every member.
- [Hyungwon] Who in Monsta X can drive?
- Except Minhyuk.
- [I.M] Yeah, except Minhyuk.
- We can vote and drive.
- I love Uber.
- [Kihyun] Is Monsta X-
- [I.M] Is Monsta X a K-pop group?
- Yes. - Yes. We are a K-pop group.
- Good question.
- Correct question. Perfect question.
- Most handsome K-pop group.
- Next question.
- Is Monsta X popular in Korea? Yes.
- Hey, what is the question?
Of course. We are popular. [laughter]
We're star. We're super star. We're super star in Korea.
Korea is our Korea.
- Wow.
- [Kihyun] How Monsta X was formed?
[speaking in Korean]
- We made our debut by a survival program.
Name was No Mercy and the program was even worse.
It was tough.
- Yeah.
- All members are multiple positions and-
lots of [indistinct] and-
We can sing, we can rap, we can dance.
We can laugh. We can cry. We can do everything.
We can love too.
- How did I.M get into Monsta X? Wow.
- Surprise.
- That is not easy.
- What I just said there is the-
I joined the program in the middle -
not even the middle - end of the program.
And lots of people hated me, including-
[laughter] - No, no.
- How did I.M get into Monsta X. No hate.
- No hate? Well, whatever.
- Love.
- This is my result. I am in Monsta X.
- Whatever. I just hopped on that program-
Yeah, [beep] pass.
- [I.M] How tall is Monsta X Hyungwon?
- 6 feet.
- Oh, really?
Six feet? - Yes, every day I grow up.
- Every day grow up? - Yes.
- Really? - Six feet?
- Yes, today. Right now.
- You're growing up still?
- You're growing up.
- Oh, not fair. Please stop it.
- And then your muscle?
- [laughter] No, just tall.
- [Hyungwon] How did Monsta X get their name?
- Our company gave that name to us.
- Who is Monsta X choreographer?
- [all] Shownu.
- Yeah, he's not here.
- [Hyungwon] Oh. Who is Monsta X manager?
- Schedule care is Kihyun and the mental care is Jooheon.
Always call to us and-
"Are you okay? How are you doing now?"
- And our chat group master is Minhyuk.
English major is I.M. [laughter]
- [I.M] Where is Monsta X from?
- We're from Korea.
- We're from Starship.
- Korea and then Monbebe's heart.
- Oh my God.
[overlapping voices drown each other out]
- Gwangju.
- In Seoul.
[speaking Korean]
- Gwangju in Seoul.
- Seoul. Daegu, Seoul.
- Gwangju, Seoul.
- Seoul.
[laughter] [speaking in Korean]
- Daegu, Seoul. Gwangju, Seoul.
- Where does Monsta X live?
- Seoul. We're living in Seoul.
- Apartment?
- Yeah, apartment.
- Does Monsta X- Does Monsta X live together?
- We are living together,
but we are living half-half, separated.
Three living in another dorm.
We live in another dorm.
- Does Monsta X speak English?
- Spanish. - Spanish, of course.
[Speaking in Spanish]
- [I.M] Does Monsta X write their own songs?
- Half of us.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Write the songs.
- We make- write the lyrics.
- We compose, we write our own lyrics.
- Arrange.
- And this album, one-of-a-kind, is made by Jooheon.
- Jooheon.
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- [I.M] Does Monsta X have siblings?
- Yes.
- We all have brothers.
- But we don't have sister.
- Yeah.
- Only brothers.
- Yeah. Boys, boys.
- [Jooheon] Monsta X fanchant?
- It depends by the song. But basically like M-O-N-
Mon-sta X. We sing the words separately.
[speaking in Korean]
- We love Monsta X.
- [Jooheon] Monsta X oldest to youngest.
- Shownu, Minhyuk, Kihyun, Hyungwon, Jooheon, I.M.
[speaking Korean]
- [Jooheon] Zodiac. Signs.
- Scorpio. - Me, too.
- Capricorn.
[speaking in Korean]
- So Scorpio, Capricorn, Aquarius, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius.
- Paprika boy.
- Why Monsta X?
Why Monsta X popular?
- Wow.
- Hey, hey, hey.
[speaking in Korean]
We're superstar, man.
- Why?
[speaking in Korean]
- Yeah, we try to be popular.
- Just confidence. We want to be popular.
[speaking in Korean]
- [Jooheon] Why was Monsta X in We Bare Bears?
[speaking in Korean]
- The cartoon manager came to our concert
and we kinda had the opportunity
to join that huge program.
It was a great experience. Such an honor to us.
We drove by that cartoon [indistinct].
And it's really popular.
[Speaking in Korean]
- [Hyungwon] Why are Monsta X fans called Monbebe?
- Our fans suggested that name to our company
and our members choose that.
[speaking in Korean]
At that time, we were so happy.
- I love that name.
- Yeah, me too. I love that name.
- Very cute name.
- [Hyungwon] Why does Monsta X sing in English?
- Lots of American fans, including the Europeans,
who speak all English, fans we wanted to approach them to
in a more friendly way.
With some language that we all can sing and speak and listen
So tried to release our English album,
and we had a good deal with a big record so that came up.
- So we love Monbebe that's the reason why.
- Well, some of the questions were very basic.
- Very basic.
- Hope this interview made you satisfied. All your-
- Things about us.
- Please go check out our latest album One of a Kind.
- Thank you.
- [all] Bye.