Q: How have you been? We know that you've been travelling back and forth Korea and overseas for promotions, please tell us more.

Jinyoung: We've been really busy preparing for the new album as well as the concert. It is true that our shoulders were really heavy with both the album and the solo concert, both of which could not be neglected. The members worked and prepared very hard in order to give the fans who've waited and cheered us with one heart two presents - good music, and a handsome performance. The fact that everything we dreamed of so much is coming true one by one, we spent each day happy and thankful - I think there was no way we could have felt that it was difficult. 

Baro: While we were on break from Korean promotion, the sale of our album started in Japan and we did showcase lives, events and took part in music programs. We were really surprised to have so many people love our music even overseas. They sang B1A4's Korean songs from beginning to the end and sent us letters and placards despite their lacking Korean - it was really cute and there were many times we were touched by the sincerity. We'll work even harder in future to gain ma~ny more BANAs not only in Korea but in other countries too!

Q: B1A4 will finally be having your solo concert in December. It will be a very commemorative day, to be having a solo concert within 1.5 years of debut. How are the preparations for the concert going?

CNU: Just as you've said, I think it will be a very commemorative day. A solo concert is a dream that we've wanted to fulfil since before our debut. Thanks to the many people who work hard around us and the fans who give us so much love, we're really happy to be able to realize the dream of a 'solo concert' - we will spill all of B1A4 on the concert stage. It'll be nice if everyone enjoyed the show, and that it becomes one performance that stays for long in the memories of the audience.

Sandeul: There aren't many days left till the concert. *shakes* I am a little nervous, but it is a stage that I've dreamt of for so long so in order not to regret anything I'm going to set myself on fire! Honestly... I did not expect us to be able to do a concert so quickly, so I ever made an official promise in an old interview that "if we ever got to have a solo concert, I will wear a white shirt and get sprayed with water!" In the end, will there be water or will there not be water? You're curious? Ever since news of our concert spread, the fans have been screencapping that interview and sending it to me, asking me to hold true to my promise. Will that promise be fulfillied? You'll know after the concert ends. Hahah!

Q: You've been receiving love for your cute and fresh image so far. This time we see that you've focused on exuding the maturity and chicness of a winter man. Please tell us about this maturity that B1A4 speaks of, and how has it changed from before.

Jinyoung: B1A4's image so far has been fresh and cute. The timing for this comeback was done in late autumn, so we tried to transform into lonely, chic men to fit the change of the seasons. The members all turned 20 after our debut so instead of boys, we now exude the feeling of being men. Rather than forcefully transforming ourselves to show a matured side, we want to naturally become adults as time goes by.

Baro: Firstly, I'd like to think that the most eye-catching thing would be the outfits. In particular, I came out in the music video and on stage wearing a trenchcoat. Aren't autumn men all about trenchcoats? The most fragmented example of how we've matured is the change from our casual clothes into matured clothes like trenchcoats.

CNU: The mood of the songs is also very different from previous albums. The songs we used to sing were mostly bright and upbeat, and this time 'Tried to Walk' is a song with strong beats made by the combination of acoustic and electronic sounds. Our cheoreography and stage performances are also very different now. We want everyone to remember B1A4's maturity as one covered with the bright and outstanding color we have.

Q: It's your second year of debut. This is about the time that you start having your own music identity. Will each of you please talk about B1A4's definition of music?

Jinyoung: B1A4's music is a toy box. There are many interesting things inside, and from them you can choose the ones you like and enjoy them in a variety of ways.

CNU: B1A4's music is a universe. There is no end, and you have to continue learning about it.

Sandeul: B1A4's music is a rollercoaster! Listen to it once, and you can't get ahold of yourself.

Baro: B1A4's music is a light bulb. It's always by us quietly lighting up the surrounding.

Gongchan: B1A4's music is a rainbow. There are many colors to it.

Q: 'Tried To Walk' is composed by Jinyoung. What were you thinking of that caused you to create a song with a slightly different direction from the catchy dance songs in the past?

Jinyoung: I don't think that it is a different direction from the other songs I've made so far. Rather than having a change in directions, I think it's filled with more sensitivity since it's the autumn season after all. Actually, the theme of this song was a scene from a CF shot by movie actor Jung Woosung. (Interviewer: Ah, that "Go! Please go!" advertisement? It should be that drink advertisement.) Yes you're right. I got inspiration from the scene of him throwing fallen leaves at the girl, and I wanted to express the story behind it through music. 

[T/N: The CF he refers to is Jung Woosung's 2% Lotte Chilsung Water advertisement with Jeon Jihyun. http://pann.nate.com/video/201125786 The dialogue goes.. JWS: Nothing has gone well ever since I met you! Go! Go! Please go! JJH: Please fill me up.]

Q: Are there any habits you have when you compose?

Jinyoung: When I focus on composing, I will not get out of my seat for several hours if there's a good melody that comes to mind. There has been once that I composed for several hours straight without eating anything, and the members were worried sick about me losing weight, haha.

Q: When are the times you want to walk alone?

Jinyoung: I don't like being alone. I want to walk with someone next to me.

CNU: When I have many things to ponder about alone.

Sandeul: When I hear that I'm gaining weight from people around me.

Baro: When we're waiting in the car on days that the weather is good

Gongchan: When I need to change my mood, I want to walk while listening to music.

Q: What are the 3 things in your life you need most?

Jinyoung: Fans - please always be on my side. Love - people need to live while loving. Music - my lifelong assignment.

CNU: Things that I've collected so far (letters, movie ticket stubs, receipts etc) - the record and memories of my life. Acquaintances - my people who believe in me and cheer for me. BANA - people whom I treasure and want to shower them with love.

Sandeul: Food - my energizer. Glasses - my eyes!! Clothes - ah, embarrassing...

Baro: People - because all the people whom I have fate with are precious. Laughter - the driving force for me to always live brightly. Stage - the reason I exist.

Gongchan: Cheek fats - many people around me are upset because I've lost my cheek fats. Family - the existance that brings me strength. Music - the friend that will walk with me forever.

Q: Please talk about your feelings about Suzy, the nation's first love who has risen to be the trend, personally recording for your song.

Baro: I was really happy when I heard that senior Suzy was going to be participating in our song, but it was a pity she did the recording so quickly and disappeared like the wind right after.

Q: What is the worst thing you've done so far in your life?

Jinyoung: When I was in high school, I had a girlfriend for a while. I lied to my mother that I didn't have one.

Baro: During middle school, my friend was raising a puppy and it was so much fun to play with it that I did not attend supplementary classes for a month without letting my parents know. I remember being hit by my dad really badly when they found out later on. We cannot lie to our parents.

Gongchan: I liked that I had to purchase a reference book, and used that money to go to the arcade.

Q: Like in the lyrics of 'What Shall We Do', you have a chance to go on a worry-free date alone with your girlfriend. Shall we plan out a one-day date course for each of your girlfriends?

CNU: I'm not too fond of wandering around outside, so I will invite my girlfriend to my house and cook delicious foods for her, then watch an interesting movie together.

Baro: The front of my girlfriend's house > Myungdong > Han River > Namsan > Dongdaemun > Hongdae > the front of my girlfriend's house.

Gongchan: After picking her up from the front of her house, we will take a bus from the high speed bus terminal to the amusement park in Yongin. [T/N: Everland.] After having an enjoyable date with my girlfriend all day, I will safely bring her back to the front of her house, and then I would go home.

Q: Escaping from the limitations of an idol, your solo song 'Be My Girl' definitely has a mature vibe to it. In what way did you work hard to digest this song?

Jinyoung: Be it the feel of the song or its lyrics, it is quite different from B1A4's songs so far. In order to nurture the slightly sexy vibe, I started putting myself under a spell that 'I am sexy'. In the period that we were recording, I sang while thinking that I am the sexiest on Earth. Hahaha.

Q: It feels like I'm listening to club music that's trendy all over the world when I listen to 'In The Air'. This is a strong song that presents B1A4's individuality well with its electronic sounds. By any chance are there any DJs you'd like to collaborate with on your song?

Baro, Gongchan: David Guetta. As much as he is a DJ who starts the trends nowadays, we'd like to create a combination of his music with our style. Even though he works mainly with club music, we'd like to work together to make a new style of music by creating something that even the general public can listen to without being sick of it.

Q: I think it has helped you guys a lot to have competed on equal levels with many galaxy-like senior singers on Immortal Song. Please tell us what you feel about Immortal Song, something difficult about it, and maybe share some interesting stories.

CNU: Afterall these are songs who have received much love, and people who are very famous... The biggest worry was whether we should sing the song while retaining and bringing out the style of the original song, or editing the song and singing it in a fresh new way. We could have ruined the original song for many people with just a small mistake, so we were even more careful. Whenever this happened, the members will put their heads together and solve the problem by finetuning each other's opinions. More than anything, I think we managed to solve the problem easily without much difficulty because of the mutual trust between the members.

Sandeul: The most memorable time throughout Immortal Song was when I sang senior Lee Yong's 'Forgotten Season'. I went for the filming after staying up 2 days to shoot for our music video, and my voice did not come out as I expected it to. Despite the panic, I have no regrets because I did my best on stage and many people cheered me on. If I was given another chance to go on the show, I want to prepare better and show everyone a good stage.

Baro: I have to say that I felt both the honour and the burden of having to sing the songs of outstanding seniors and to stand on the same stage with amazing seniors. However, it felt fruitful to be able to show new performances and complete songs week after week, and it's an experience that cannot be gained elsewhere.

Q: B1A4 became the experts of childhood education on the program Hello Baby! You probably have imagined a lot about marriage and your future family. Please tell us at what age you'd like to get married and have children, and how you'd like to bring up your children.

Jinyoung: I have never thought about marriage in detail, but if I ever get married I want to become a careful husband and a friend-like father. And we will definitely not stay home on the weekends. I'd bring my family out somewhere to travel and make many good memories.

CNU: Ever since I was young, I've wanted to get married early. I will believe in what my child chooses to do, and push him or her until their full potential.

Sandeul: When I was thought, I thought I had to get married at 20 years old. But now that I'm past the age of 20, I'll have to slowly and seriously think about it again.

Gongchan: I will get married when I have the ability to be responsible for a family. I want to be a father who will listen to his children's troubles and always play with them.

Baro: I want one daughter and two sons. I want to raise them individually after understanding what they do best at.

Q: This is something that came to mind after looking at a section on a news site called 'Star Column'. B1A4 is well-praised by staffs at the broadcast stations for your unchanging sincere greetings and courteous ways ever since your debut days. But every now and then, there are times where these basic virtues are really hardpressing. Are there times in the middle that your heart is wavered? We're curious about how do you overcome these difficult times.

Sandeul: If anyone shows the slightest sign of wanting to go another way, no matter who is it we pull them back into place. To be able to do them, I think it's the concern and affection we have for each other.

Baro: What I've been feeling recently is that people do things according to their thoughts. Maybe it's because of the impact of Jinyoung hyung's positive thinking, but I think my actions depend on my mental attitude. In the past during my trainee days, I ever got scolded by the company staff - it wasn't my intention, but that was how I appeared to be in the eyes of others. The staff said, "Even if that wasn't your intention, you will look like that sort of person in the eyes of others when you perform such an action. If that is not your intention, carry it out accordingly in your actions." Everything is hard work, I believe. And also the constant promise of not losing the mindset of a beginner.

Jinyoung: I do think that no matter who you are, you may waver, and you may change slightly. More than that, the problem is when you don't know that you've changed and you just walk away from it. At those times, people around need to offer help... That is why we often consult the company staff, and observe each other amongst ourselves. If we think that today this member is a little weird, we observe for several days and then talk about it. When we talk about it, we find out the reason and naturally it becomes solved.

Q: You said that the secret to unwavering teamwork are special events. What is the most recent special event?

Jinyoung: Rather than a special event, we feel that everyday is an event. We decide on order and seating arrangements everyday with rock-paper-scissors, so much that the company staffs ask if we're not sick of it. But we're not. (Interviewer: You decided upon the order of the photoshoot through rock-paper-scissors too right?) Yes, we decide everything with rock-paper-scissors, haha. Also, if a member says that "today, I'll buy food", we will order a variety of foods to eat whenever it comes to mind during practicel. We also make up impromptu fairytales and stuff. Everyday is interesting.

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Source: http://blog.naver.com/uslus1029/60178731595

Translation Credits: skipfire.tistory.com

Please remove all translations with full credits to source and translator.

Q. The Japanese version of Sleep Well, Goodnight is a fresh dance song composed by Jinyoung!

Sandeul: We live together in a dormitory. There was a day I was about to go to sleep, when Jinyoung hyung suddenly said “Hey, listen to this!” and woke me up. I was really sleepy then. (laugh) The moment I listened to it I liked it so much I woke all the members up.

Baro: I was really tired, and he woke me up the moment I had just fallen asleep. At first I was going to say “I got it~ I’ll listen to it tomorrow”, but upon listening to it, I liked it so much I started dancing. (laugh)

Jinyoung: He lifted the mood up suddenly.

CNU: We usually have absolute faith in the songs that Jinyoung creates. When I first heard the song, I thought that despite it being very different from what he had created in the past, it was good.

Jinyoung: In reality, I actually hesitated about letting them listen to the song.

Q. Why?

Jinyoung: The chorus is sung in falsetto, hence I thought if it would have been better if I gave it to a female singer instead. But Sandeul’s reaction was so good. I was really glad that everyone said it was good.

Gongchan: I was the only one who did not manage to hear it at the same time with everyone else, but I was more sober than them (because they heard it after getting awoken). I thought it was a really good song. As CNU hyung said, it is of a different style from what he used to do, and hence we decided upon it as the title song for our next single.

Q. The lyrics of the original Korean version were also penned by Jinyoung, and it does show a more matured image compared to as before, with an outlook on the world.

Jinyoung: I guess so. At first I wrote lyrics along the line of dancing together, but it eventually turned out to be about getting rid of a girlfriend and then going to dance.

CNU: The theme of the lyrics is a ‘cute player boy’.

Sandeul: Normal player boys usually enjoy themselves after getting rid of their girlfriends, but for us cute player boys, we give off the feeling that our girlfriends are liberal enough to allow us to go dance.

Jinyoung: Cute player boys who are sorry to their girlfriends for going to play alone.

Q. So the leading character of this song is Jinyoung?

Jinyoung: No no, it is not a personal experience. (laugh) I have never gone to a club before, so most of it is from imagination. It was written with the members in mind. For example, I imagined what Baro would have done, if he was a player boy.

Q. So if you were a player boy who got rid of his girlfriend to go play, where would you go? [T/N: Getting rid here is not a negative meaning, nor does it refer to a break-up. More like temporary separation, for the day etc.)

Jinyoung: There is someplace I’d like to go in the day so I’ll get rid of her in the day. There are many people who cannot ride rollercoasters even though they like it right? I want to go to the amusement park, ride rollercoasters and eat cotton candy.

Sandeul: To a cafe. I’ll order an Americano, turn on my laptop, and give off a vibe that I’m spending time alone… While waiting to meet that somebody.

Baro: You might still be alone even after your coffee is cold. (laugh) I will go to Han River, and eat chicken and drink cola.

CNU: I will devote all my time to the girl I’m dating, as I want to always be with her. After I get rid of my girlfriend and make some personal time, I will watch movies that I did not get to watch.

Baro: I will risk everything for the one woman I give all my heart to.

Jinyoung: Everyone is like that. I too, will never cheat on my girlfriend. I’m worried about not being able to see a girlfriend that I’ve gotten rid of.

Gongchan: If my girlfriend oversleeps, and there is no one who will play with me… I’ll probably go back to sleep too.

Q. How was recording in Japanese like?

Gongchan: It was not our first time recording in Japanese, so we’re more used to it now and are starting to enjoy it.

Baro: Jinyoung hyung did our vocal direction.

Q. We’ve heard that he is surprisingly strict.

Sandeul: I thought that I’d never be allowed out of the recording booth. (laugh) It was absolute hell when we recorded Bling Girl, a song made by Jinyoung hyung, and is also included in our debut Japanese single. I was really scared before we started recording this time, but I managed to understand the demands of hyung a little faster.

Jinyoung: I kept asking for a higher quality, so the recording time extended by a lot. I think I gave the members a lot of difficulties with my “if we sing more, the song will become better” mindset while recording.

Baro: It was hard for him to direct a Japanese song, but I think we perfected the song thanks to him.

Q. The other songs included in this single are cool, strong and electro. Japanese versions of Baby I’m Sorry and So Fine have been included.

Jinyoung: So Fine is a song that has received much love in Korea. I rearranged it for the Japanese version, and added some klaxon sounds. You’ll be able to feel a fresh charm that is different from the Korean version. I believe that upon listening to these 3 songs, listeners will be able to feel how diverse of a group we are.

Q. A song that you would like to listen to before you sleep?

Gongchan: Sung Sikyung‘s 당신은 참… (You Are So…). It is a slow song, and comfortable enough that the moment I put my earphones into my ear, I will fall asleep. It’s really nice to have a voice next to your ear as if it’s whispering to you.

Baro: Justin Bieber‘s Die In Your Arms. The lyrics have absolutely no correlation with sleeping (laugh) But it is a really calming song. It sounds really good in your ears, so please try listening to it before you sleep too.

Sandeul: Kim Dongryul‘s 편지 (Letter). The lyrics speak of an old letter as the theme, and has a back story of revisiting the past. The lyrics are bittersweet. Whenever I cannot fall asleep, the voice in this ballad lulls me to sleep.

CNU: Robin Thicke‘s The Sweetest Love. I’ve always been a fan of his voice. This song has a slight jazz feel to it, and I feel like it’ll be nice to listen to it before sleeping.

Jinyoung: will.i.am‘s This Is Love. Rather than listening to a soft song, I like to listen to something brighter to release the tension. This song is not only upbeat, but it also has a sad feel to it. The arrangement is well done, and do pay attention to the piano sounds and the phrases in the song!

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ROUND 1: Where would you go on your first date?

CNU: A stroll date. When at the beginning stage of a relationship, it is the time where I want to get to know my girlfriend better! But there is also the possibility that I may get nervous when facing her so the talk may not turn out so well… In order to have a natural conversation, I will just walk leisurely. I like the idea of a stroll date. To watch the scenery while walking would be relaxing.

Sandeul: A bicycle date. The first thing that comes to mind is the scene of riding a couple bicycle that always comes out in movies. I want to go to a park, rent a couple bicycle and ride along the wind. I want to get to know more about my girlfriend through talking to her while riding the bicycle. After exercising, we would go eat something delicious. I want to make sure my girlfriend enjoys it till the end.

Jinyoung: A date while holding hands. We will start with holding hands while walking along a place with beautiful scenery. When we get hungry, I would bring her to a cafe instead of a restaurant, since there are many girls who are uncomfortable with showing the side of them eating on the first date. After having a light meal, we would come out of the shop and I would hold her hand again (laugh). When night falls, I will walk her home. Gentlemanly, right? (laugh)

Baro: A cafe date. We would go to a cafe or restaurant, and have a slow chat. I want to close the gap between our hearts by talking and understanding each other. I would lead in the talk, and create an easy atmosphere. Leave it to me♪ Lastly I will walk her home, and set a promise for our next date and go home! (laugh)

Gongchan: A movie date. Even though it may be very common, but I want to go and watch a movie! Movies are interesting and ladies like movies too… If the movie genre is something that both of us like, wouldn’t it be alright? And after watching it, we can recap and discuss about the nice scenes. That way, the gap between us will become smaller ♪

ROUND 2: It is your girlfriend’s birthday, where would you go for a date?

Gongchan: A romantic candle night. What I want to do is a surprise shocking date. I would set a date on her birthday pretending not to know about it, and bring the jealous her to a restaurant. And when we enter, instead of lights the shop will be lit by candles. In order to celebrate with just the two of us, I would have rented the shop. That’s the best romance right?

Sandeul: I will personally cook for her in a restaurant ♪ I want to do something special for her, so I will personally cook. And it will not be done at home but in a restaurant instead! Instead of the chef, I will show off my culinary skills and enjoy a romantic dinner just both of us alone. After the meal, I will sing a song for my girlfriend at a small stage near the restaurant. Lastly, I will secretly give her something that she wants as a present.

Baro: A surprise party at home! In Korea, it is a tradition to have seaweed soup so I would have it prepared at home while waiting for it. I would tell my girlfriend to first head to my house, and give her my keys. When she enters the room, she will see a table full of birthday dishes! I will then enter with a cake, and make her even more touched.

CNU: A trip to Chuncheon! I want to ride a train and go for a holiday with just the two of us. The recommended place is Chuncheon, about a two hour ride from Seoul. The scenery is pretty, and it is famous for its chicken dishes like dakgalbi. I hope to leave behind our daily lives and make memories that we will never forget forever.

Jinyoung: To be a voluntary worker at my girlfriend’s house for a day ♥ With the heart of wanting to grant all the wishes of my girlfriend on her birthday, I will go to my girlfriend’s house with an apron and a towel, and give her a “One Day Use of Jinyoung” coupon as a present. (laugh) Other than working in the house, I will make seaweed soup for her. If I worked hard enough, lastly we will go out and have a delicious dinner ♪

ROUND 3: It is the reconciliatory date after a fight, where would you go?

Baro: Pretending to be a mascot in an amusement park. How would that be? I will prepare a ticket to the amusement park, and have a friend of my girlfriend give it to her. I will wait for her in the amusement park wearing the mascot outfit. When she arrives, I’ll dance for her and make her laugh. Upon seeing her smiling faces, I will give her roses and remove the outfit. She will be touched at the look of me soaked with perspiration, and will definitely forgive me! (laugh)

Sandeul: To have skinship while watching a horror movie ♥ If I hug my girlfriend who is scared, wouldn’t she be happy? And when the movie ends, my surprise video letter will be shown, and I will apologize through it.

CNU: To release the anger at a baseball park. If she looks like she is still angry… I want to carry out the date at a baseball park. When watching baseball, you raise your voices and cheer the players on right? If we scream it all out at a place where many people are also being loud, wouldn’t all the oppressed frustations in the heart be released? (laugh) I feel that we will naturally become closer again after watching the game together.

Jinyoung: To take it out on me at a boxing gym! I will bring her to a boxing gym and tell her to hit me as she would. (laugh) I think in the midst of her, we will end up bursting out in laughter. At the end of it all, our relationship would have improved and I would want to tightly hug my girlfriend.

When we find out about your date plans, we also learn about your views towards dating.

Baro: Through this revelation, it was interesting to find out about each other’s views towards dating.

Jinyoung: Even so, don’t you think that mine are the best?

Members: Obviously it’s mine that is the best!!

Jinyoung: …I see. (laugh) I recommend the “One Day Use of Jinyoung Coupon”.

CNU: For me, it’ll be the baseball park date. I think that unexpectedly ladies do like baseball. It’s different from usual dates, so it’s really good right?

Sandeul: I recommend the bicycle date. It is really good when you want to communciate naturally.

Baro: As for me, it’ll be the reconciliatory date in the amusement park. I think that it is a fail-proof plan for reconciliation!!

Gongchan: I go for the candlelight dinner. I think it will be very touching.

Jinyoung: But of course, there are also plans that are a little more rash. (laugh) But Baro, for your plans of holding a party at home! Do you plan to do it in our dormitory?

Baro: Yes. I’m sorry, but I was thinking about making everyone stay out for the day. (laugh)

Sandeul: (immediately) No way!!!!!! I’m going to sleep on my bed!! (laugh)

CNU: I’m going to eat the food that Baro made too. (laugh)

Jinyoung: And for Sandeul’s plan of borrowing out a restaurant’s kitchen to cook. How do you exactly plan to do that~? (laugh)

Members: Ah that’s right, euhahahahaha~!

Baro: However as of right now, we’re right at the gate before our Japanese debut. So instead of dates, it’ll be our music promotions. The rap parts of our debut song Beautiful Target were made by me and CNU hyung. It’s a song that we worked hard to make sure that the fans could sing along (by searching the dictionary for vocabulary) and I am very confident about it.

Sandeul: The accompaniment song of Chu Chu Chu is also good. The song title is how we express our feelings of the song in Korean. Please listen to it with the feelings of a lover singing it to his other half.

Gongchan: Ready To Go is an original song sung in Japanese. The lyrics talk about having hope and working hard. I hope you listen to it with the thought of our Japanese activities.

CNU: Bling Girl is a song made by Jinyoung, and describes the dugeun dugeun feelings during a confession.

Jinyoung: We want to become a group that will receive the love from Japanese fans as we show you the music of B1A4.

All: We’ll work hard so please cheer for us!

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★ Beautiful Target is a song that gives you strength

★ Congratulations on your Japanese debut! Please talk about how you feel right now!

CNU: I’m really happy! I’m really excited to be able to sing on stage and show the Japanese fans our performance.

Sandeul: I’m looking forward to standing on a Japanese stage. I’m nervous!

Baro: I’m looking forward too, but I do feel some pressure. We will have to show everyone a more matured and hardworking side to us.

Jinyoung: The start is always difficult, especially having to match the lyrics with the beat.

Baro: It is my first time making a rap in Japanese, and it was hard to think of words that rhymed.

Gongchan: However, this is a song that has been showing people in Korea our unique color. When you are tired, this song will really give you strength so I hope that everyone in Japan will listen to it too.

★ The origin of ‘B1A4′ is from your blood types?

CNU: Yes! We have 1 member with blood type B and 4 members with blood type A. There is also the meaning of Be the one. All for one. (Becoming the best only when 5 becomes 1).

Jinyoung: In Korea, they say that there are personalities that come with your blood type.. It’s something like reading your fortune in Japan? (laugh)

★ In Japan, we have the blood type personalities too, even though blood type As and Bs are so-so to each other (laugh). B1A4 seems to have a good relationship.

Baro: I think it’s okay because I’m the only blood type B. (laugh)

★ Ahaha (laugh). So! If the five of you were a family, what characters would you take on?

CNU: I always hear that I play the role of the mother (laugh).

Jinyoung: For example, when we are heading out CNU would ask if we turned off the gas, or whether we locked the door. And he is also good at cleaning up!

Baro: Jinyoung hyung is in the position of the father. He is very reliable, and is the type to stand in front of the members to lead us on. When he is encouraging us, or gets angry, we definitely have to be careful.

CNU: Gongchan is the youngest child. But he is the maknae who may break anytime. He is actually the eldest (in his family) so he is very quick at noticing things.

Jinyoung: I’m always leaving my things all over the place, so they often get lost. But Gongchan always brings them back to me. I call that ‘Gongchan’s miracle’. (laugh)

★ How about the remaining two?

Baro, Sandeul: We are the mischievious son #1 and son #2.

Baro: Let’s decide on who is #1 and who is #2.

Sandeul: My birthday comes first so I’m obviously #1.

Baro: Tsk, got it…

Jinyoung: They always fool around like this, giving us a lot of laughter. Their existence is like vitamins that give strength to the members.

★ Your relationship is very good~ So lastly, please tell us what do you think is a ‘good man’!

Jinyoung: An attentive man.

CNU: A man who knows how to love a girl.

Baro: A man who only loves that one girl in his life.

Gongchan: A man who fulfils whatever is given to him to his best effort.

Sandeul: Ah! I become last! What do I do.. Nothing comes to mind! A man who is attentive, knows how to love, only loves one girl, and does his best at everything.

Members: He’s just concluding it up for us (laugh).

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★ Goal of achieving first on the Oricon charts

- Your Japanese debut on 27 June is approaching soon, leader Jinyoung please tell us about your feelings now!

Jinyoung: We are working hard for our debut. Rather than being nervous, we are more excited. We want to hurry meet the Japanese fans, and stand on the stage.

- Your goal is to achieve first on the Oricon charts, right?

Jinyoung: We believe that if we work hard enough, we can achieve our goals.

- It is the ‘nothing is impossible’ mindset. Moving on, ‘Beautiful Target’ was a hit in Korea last year. Please tell the Japanese fans more about the song!

Sandeul: It is a fresh and youthful song. When you are down, I feel that it will make your mind clear. When you listen to it feeling happy, you’ll enjoy it even more. You will be able to hear various sound effects like gunshots, a female screaming and rocket sounds.

- The lyrics speak of a man falling for a beautiful lady at first sight. What are your beautiful targets like? What would you do if they appear?

Gongchan: A girl who is usually very calm, but in front of only me has much aegyo! If such a girl appears, I’ll take my time and express my feelings to her slowly.

Baro: For me, a girl who speaks and communicates well with me. But if such a girl appears, I will not just simply confess to her. I am the type who would wait till I gather up the courage to confess.

CNU: A kind person who cares and looks after me like a mother. A girl who understands me well. But I will not be able to approach her quickly, I am the type who would watch and look for a chance (to confess).

(Jinyoung starts smiling and nodding)

- Oh? Jinyoung, is that someone who comes to mind?

CNU: No, the five of us have been together ever since our trainee days, there is no time for us to find a girl we like.

- Your youth days must have been busy. What is Jinyoung’s type of girl then?

Jinyoung: Hmm, I don’t have a specific type based on appearance. I like people based on their first impressions. The style I like differs at different timings. If I really find a girl whom I like, I most likely will approach her actively and personally.

Sandeul: If I find a girl whom I like, I try to get closer to her. I’ll then actively confess to her. The type of girl I like depends on situations, but I like girls who like me.

- There are many of you looking for girls who like them. So, when you held your fanclub inauguration event in Tokyo in April, you guys showed a unique ‘sprout dance’ move during your performance of Beautiful Target. It’s become a topic, this dance that asks you to hold your hands above your head while locking your hips and moving your legs!!

Gongchan: The ‘sprout dance’ was created by Baro hyung while fooling around! It’s a dance that introduces us as sprouts, and asks for everyone to look after us in the future.

- Hey~ Baro has a strong genius rapper image, yet he managed to come up with a dance! In the Japanese version of ‘Beautiful Target’, Baro has to rap in Japanese. Was it hard?

Baro: Even though we took Japanese lessons prior to recording, it was really difficult. Due to the different words, the rhythm was different. But it was a really fresh experience. The lyrics had the same meanings as the Korean version, so it was less difficult than expected. And honestly speaking, my rap parts had many English words so I didn’t suffer that much at all.

Jinyoung: Baro has a strong obsession about rap. As much as he worries about the rap, he has managed to establish his own rap. His rap is charming because no matter how many times you hear it it doesn’t get boring, it’s unique and interesting.

- Jinyoung, you also composed ‘Bling Girl’ right? Do you create your songs as you play the piano?

Jinyoung: I don’t use specific instruments (to compose). I composed ever since before debut, and I’ve been composing using a synthesizer connected to the computer. From the computer, I am able to choose various instruments such as the drum.

- ‘Bling Girl’ is a self-composed song?

Jinyoung: At that time, I couldn’t come up with the chords. Hence I started by creating the melody, and then inserted the chords. I’m currently studying more about making chords. There are some regrettable parts (in Bling Girl), but I feel that it is a song that represented all that I felt before we debuted.

- It is a song that is jammed with Jinyoung’s thoughts then. In the normal edition of the Japanese album, there is an original song ‘Ready to Go’ included. How did you all study Japanese?

CNU: We’ve been learning from a Japanese teacher who comes to teach us at the company. Even though there hasn’t been much time recently, we’re still working hard.

- There is a handshake session on 30 June and a commemoration event on 1 July. You can show off your improved Japanese to the fans then!

Sandeul: So far our lives in Japan have received passionate support. You can’t even feel the difference from the Korean lives.

- What words from the fans make you happy?

Jinyoung: I feel happy to hear them say I’m charming.

Gongchan: “I’ll always be cheering for you!”

Baro: Hmm, nothing comes to mind.. Ah! I know! “Today you guys were the best! The best! The best!”

Sandeul: During the fanclub inauguration event in April, I introduced myself as something that would taste better the more you chew. I was very touched when the fans cheered me on by saying “Octopus, fighting!”

CNU: What could it be for me?

Gongchan: For CNU hyung it would be “you’re so cool!”.

CNU: That’s right! I feel happy when I hear that (laugh)

★ When all the schedules have ended, exchange of ideas during a reflection session

- What does everyone talk about when you return to your dormitory after your schedules?

CNU: Everyone is really talkative so we talk a lot. It’s hard to name just one. We discuss work, and put a lot of thoughts into what we’ve done well and what we need to change about our performances. Recently a topic has been about the music we don’t like.

- You are really passionate about your work. What about your meals?

CNU: I often cook. Kimchi fried rice, ddeokbokki… Recently we’ve been busy so I haven’t cooked much. But back in our trainee days, we had a roster to make breakfast for all five members.

Gongchan: (CNU hyung’s) kimchi fried rice is really delicious but.. I’m not so sure about his ddeokbokki.. (laugh) But CNU hyung grills samgyupsal really well.

- The member with a weird habit?

Baro: I’ll talk about this! I want to say that the three members (excluding Gongchan) are really bad at cleaning up. They don’t bother about the smaller pieces of rubbish. It’ll be nice if you did a little more cleaning up.

(Jinyoung, CNU and Sandeul smile bitterly)

- Baro is the only member with blood type B in B1A4. I think there are many things that the remaining 4 members with blood type A want to talk about as well. As the popularity of B1A4 increases, there have been solo activities planned out as well. CNU had his first acting challenge in spring with sitcom I Need A Fairy as a high school student with a dream to be a singer. How was it?

CNU: I have always wanted to try acting in a drama, but because it’s a totally different thing from being a singer so it was hard. Initially I was so nervous, but I enjoyed it eventually thanks to the opinions the members gave me, and the nice treatment from the senior actors.

Sandeul: I couldn’t imagine that the CNU hyung I was seeing in the drama was the same CNU hyung that I knew.

CNU: That’s right. I think the members were embarrassed to see the scenes I came out in. But in the end they told me that they got used to it (seeing me on the drama).

- You will start to get busier after your debut on 27 June. Please tell us about your goals for this year.

Jinyoung: We want to get a rookie award in Japan.

Gongchan: I want to achieve first place on the daily charts.

Jinyoung: Oh? That’s not it.

Gongchan: Ah! I got it wrong. I want to achieve first place on the weekly charts. And I want to achieve first place on the monthly charts as well.

Sandeul: I don’t know if I’m thinking too far ahead, but it’ll be nice if there were people cheering for us anywhere we go. I want to tell people about us.

CNU: I want to hold a B1A4 solo concert. A concert name that includes B1A4!

Baro: I want to lose 5kg, and make defined abs.

Sandeul: I want to have abs too.

- Both of you are having a competition then.

Baro: I ate too much meat yesterday, so it starts now.

Sandeul: The opponent is impossible (to beat). (laugh)

Gongchan: CNU hyung has many outfits that are sleeveless so he is always doing pushups.

- We look forward to how B1A4 will continue to grow. Please end it off with a word to the Japanese fans!

Gongchan: Everyone, please just wait a little longer! We are going to Japan soon to meet everyone, so please cheer for us and give us a lot of love!

★ Jinyoung

Hobby: Writing and composing songs

Something you cannot leave out from your bag: MP3 and earphones

What would you be now if you didn’t debut: Inventor

If you had a Japanese girlfriend, where would you go for your first date: Namsan Tower

Where do you start washing from when you take a bath: Hair

Your future dreams: To have a happy family

★ CNU

Hobby: Exercising to train my arm muscles

Something you cannot leave out from your bag: Spectacles and MP3

What would you be now if you didn’t debut: Boss of a samgyupsal restaurant

If you had a Japanese girlfriend, where would you go for your first date: Shimokitazawa (the feel there is good)

Where do you start washing from when you take a bath: Teeth

Your future dreams: I want to own a 3-storey building; the first level will be a music school, second level a samgyupsal restaurant and the third level a taekwondo hall

★ Sandeul

Hobby: Singing

Something you cannot leave out from your bag: Spectacle case

What would you be now if you didn’t debut: I cannot think of anything else than to be a singer

If you had a Japanese girlfriend, where would you go for your first date: Kyoto, or Everland Resort

Where do you start washing from when you take a bath: Chest

Your future dreams: To let people know about B1A4, no matter what countries they’re from

★ Baro

Hobby: Movie appreciation

Something you cannot leave out from your bag: Japanese vocabulary book

What would you be now if you didn’t debut: Soccer player (even though it’ll be tiring)

If you had a Japanese girlfriend, where would you go for your first date: Hokkaido (the scenery filled with snow is really pretty)

Where do you start washing from when you take a bath: Usually it’ll be my hair, but if I have make-up on I’ll start from my face

Your future dreams: To have a world tour concert as B1A4

★ Gongchan

Hobby: Searching for movies with the themes of love and separation

Something you cannot leave out from your bag: Book

What would you be now if you didn’t debut: Professional swimmer

If you had a Japanese girlfriend, where would you go for your first date: Osaka

Where do you start washing from when you take a bath: Face

Your future dreams: To keep on doing what I like

Source: beautifulday.kr

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CNU

Your charms: I do both vocals and rap. It’s a little embarrassing to say this myself, but my pretty smile.

Before I sleep, I organize the happenings of the day while doing some slight reflections, and think of the next day’s schedules.

The scene in the dormitory before sleeping: (Interpreting artist Shin’s drawing) Jinyoung would fall asleep curled up like a baby. Sandeul would have thrown his blanket out of his bed and fallen asleep with his laptop on his stomach. Baro sleeps the most comfortably with his blanket pulled up to his chest.

Lullaby you wish to hear from your girlfriend? It’s enough to hear her sing “잘자요 우리아기” (Sleep Well, Our Baby), even if she has no techniques.

Type of girl who will move your heart: A bright girl who always smiles to the people in her surroundings.

When you’re in love: I would probably be passionate but that’s just a guess. Honestly I don’t know my own style.

What would you buy a 100 million dollar insurance for? My shoulders.

When do you miss the members? When I was waiting around in the waiting room during my sitcom filming, I really thought a lot about them.

A moment when you’ll be oddly sad: A bedroom in our dorm has 2 double-decked beds, so that room has 4 members and one of us sleeps alone. I’m constantly worried about having to sleep alone if by any chance the sleeping arrangements change.

Members’ secrets: Jinyoung’s right arm is amazing. For various reasons.

Ability you’d like to steal from the members: Jinyoung’s positive mind, Sandeul’s socialibity, Baro’s variety skill and Gongchan’s beautiful voice.

Ability you’d like to borrow from God: The ability to visit the past, the ability to visit the future and the ability to read minds.

Phrase you’d like to engrave on your tombstone: I left (the world) with no regrets.

To the fans: I hope we can be together forever.

Jinyoung

Your charms: B1A4′s daddy leader. If I had to appeal with my looks, it’ll be my long torn fox eyes. If I had to name something that the members would appreciate, it would be my caring nature.

If I would live as someone else for a week, I wish to be So Jiseop in the movie “오직 그대만” (Only You). I dream to have a love as fated as in the movie.

The source of your inspirations: I cried reading the book “사랑 고마워요 고마워요” (Love, thank you, thank you). Reading books unfolds all kinds of imagination. Thanks to them, I learnt about relationships through words.

My role model is will.i.am. His songwriting skills, ability to sing, stage presence, leadership, and the carefreeness that comes with his exper ease.

Members’ secrets: The absurb gags that come from Channie sometimes, CNU’s excessive carefreeness, and Sandeul who cannot sit cross-legged.

Type of girl who will move your heart: A girl with a bob who would help an old grandmother hold onto her heavy things on the subway. I’m looking for that person.

Lullaby you wish to hear from your girlfriend? MYMP ‘Say You Love Me’, Supreme Team’s ‘Darling’and Navi’s ‘I Love You’.

Lullaby you wish to sing? I want to perform Beast’s “안을까말까” (Should I Hug Or Not) with an acoustic guitar and sing it to her. The song is really nice.

Members’ pyjamas: Leader sleeps in a sleeveless shirt, Sandeul in his pink three quarts, Baro in hisMonsters Inc. shorts, CNU in his underwear.

To the members: Thank you for doing so well up until now, and let’s continue to become an amazing group as united as we are right now (and I’ll say I love you, with a heart too)

To the fans: I have nothing I wish for, other than to eat well and stay healthy. But I hope you all stay by our sides. And don’t cheat!

Sandeul

Your charms: I bring energy to this world, the owner of this fatal attraction, main vocal Sandeul.

If I would live as someone else for a week, I wish to live as Jim Carrey in the movie “Mask”. I’ve always wanted to wear that mask ever since I was young.

As soon as I wake up, I replenish my body with water since it’s the start of a day.

Before I sleep, I end the day with water too.

Lullaby you wish to hear from your girlfriend? I think I’ll fall asleep slowly to the childhood rhyme of “A Sailor Went To Sea”.

Type of girl who will move your heart: A person who does their best at their work. A girl who can hold onto me and move my heart.

Amongst the members, what are you number one at? My lips are fuller and sexier than any of them.

When do the members look sexy? When Channie comes out of the shower and he calls for me. I will never forget the appearance of him ruffling his hair dry while looking at me.

A recent worry: I always think about what sort of pretty actions should I do to receive praise from the other members. It’s a worry that I have for myself.

Members’ secrets: Jinyoung hyung and Baro are just as tall as I am!!! No one knows that.

Goal in 2012: To do everything to my best effort so that I regret nothing. To work hard at exercising. And also to receive the love of noonas.

Me in 15 years’ time I’ll be dressed from top to bottom in a furry training suit, with two puppies on a morning jog. I’ll then meet the members to compose songs in the afternoon.

To Baro: Please stop nagging. I’ll do better.

To the fans: We’re eating and sleeping well, and healthy. So now, there’s nothing to worry about right?

Baro

Your charms: I’m the only blood type B man in B1A4. It is a little embarrassing to say it myself, but I have quite a lot of charms.

The scene in the dormitory in the morning: I’ll be the first to wake up and as I’m drying my hair after washing it, Channie will enter the toilet. CNU hyung will then really slowly get down from his bed, and Sandeul will open the door of the refrigerator. Jinyoung hyung is still asleep.

Lullaby you wish to hear from your girlfriend? Hyeryeong’s “반지 하나” (One Ring). I have ever heard this song as a lullaby before in the past, it melts my heart.

Type of girl who will move your heart: A girl wearing a white shirt and denim pants immersed in her work. The appearance of a girl drinking after sweating out from exercising moves my heart.

If I would live as someone else for a week, I want to be the character David Rice from the movieJumper. It’ll be interesting to visit the universe by teleportation.

Moments when you think that you look sexy: When I’m engrossed in work. I have ever once heard someone say so before. Hehe.

What does your blonde hair represent? A ghost who kills time. Coming back with blonde hair makes me feel welcome, like a long lost friend. Blonde hair is my friend. I want to run around the tracks with it.

What does your low voice represent? One of my weapons for a reversal.

If I had to introduce a member to my younger sister, it’ll be Sandeul. I started to think differently from the past. When he’s sulky, he is easy to appease. He’ll always keep her happy.

Members’ secrets: Shh. The fact that there are no secrets to Baro is a secret.

To Sandeul: Wash the cups after you’ve drank water from them! Because there are 3 cups in the sinks there aren’t enough (for the other members to use).

To the fans: It’ll be good if everyone stayed healthy.

Gongchan

Your charms: I am part of B1A4′s vocal line, chic maknae Gongchan. I have the unknown power of aegyo.

Phrase that makes you happy: When someone calls out for me with “Chansik-ah~”, I feel that there is no distance between us, and it makes me feel closer to the person.

Nickname that is unforgettable: Neup-dol. [T/N: Or swamp-dol. 늪/Neup is Korean for swamp, and swamps are known that it is hard to get out once you’ve fallen into it.] You will not be able to get out once you’ve fallen. I’d like to confess that it is actually us who came up with this nickname.

If I would live as someone else for a week, I want to live as Hansel from “Hansel and Gretel”. I would eat the gingerbread house for a week.

B1A4′s worst bloody battle? I swear I speak the truth, but we have never fought before. We talk a lot, and comfort each other. The reason for our biggest argument was over the dinner menu.

Members’ body parts that you want: Sandeul’s cheek fats. I’m looking for the recently missing cutie bouncy cheek fats of Sandeul hyung.

Members’ secrets: When we need to clean (the dormitory), the hyungs disappear one by one. So I always end up doing it alone.

Members’ sleeping habits: Jinyoung hyung does ballet when he’s asleep. CNU talks to himself, and it’s scary. If you sleep with Sandeul hyung, he’ll hug you to sleep. Baro hyung snores. Hyungs, I’m sorry.

Lullaby you wish to sing to your girlfriend? A song with sweet lyrics, such as Alex’s “사랑하오” (I Love You). I want to love her.

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V.G: Other than B1A4, people are calling you “blood-dols”. Who gave the team its name?

Jinyoung: We decided on the team name together. Initially with the meaning of “we are the ace”, we had decided our team name to be “Ace” and even had a logo made. But in the end we decided on our current name. With 1 member being blood type B and 4 members being blood type A, we are B1A4. Baro is the only member with blood type B.

V.G: There are many similar male idol groups of your age range, but what is the special point to B1A4?

Sandeul: I think it’s our friendliness. Idols whom fans are easily able to come close to comfortably?

Baro: All five of us are from the provinces. And amazingly, we are all from different hometowns.

Sandeul: Come to think of us, privately we all have use accents, but mine is the most serious. I have a Busan accent but honestly when I use the accent, I do not realize that I’m using it. Even now, I’m speaking with an accent. (Baro: Eh… How is that possible!) Speaking in standard Seoul accent seems to be really hard.

CNU: We have gone on quite a few broadcasts and reality programs, so I think the fans are able to treat us more like friends.

V.G: With B1A4 as the main characters, the fans have made many games and written many fanfictions.

Baro: So that’s why those came out on related search terms on Naver? I have to take another look then!

Jinyoung: Maybe that’s why we also have many nicknames, because the fans are able to make them for us comfortably. I hear that we resemble animals really often. I’m an arctic fox, CNU’s a bear, Sandeul’s a duck, Baro’s a squirrel and Gongchan looks like a puppy? Is that true?

V.G: Are you now more used to being on stage? Or are you still nervious?

Baro: All of us enjoy the stage well, and I think that’s one of our charms. We have the confidence to play well around on the stage, and it’s comfortable. We think of the stage as our playground.

Jinyoung: The message that we shout before we go on stage is also “so let’s play!”. That is how the people watching can enjoy the performance.

V.G: The process of each of you becoming a singer was different right?

Jinyoung: Ever since I was young, I had the dream of becoming an entertainer. I went back and forth from my hometown of Chungju to Seoul while studying acting. I came about to learning how to sing as well, and I managed to score many small roles in dramas. It was when I was preparing to enter university that the company contacted me for an audition upon seeing me on an internet cafe, and that’s how I was accepted. I sang Im Changjung senior’s song, and reenacted out the knife scene with Gong Gil from ‘The King and The Clown’. 

Baro: Hyung was in fact, acting while he sang. He immersed himself in the song, and had moist eyes after that.

Sandeul: I was shocked after seeing those eyes. Another of hyung’s surprising sides is how he looks when he composes and writers. He did not even learn it, but he now knows how to edit songs as well.

CNU: I saw everything, from the start when Jinyoung started to take interest in composing and he went to purchase the equipment for it, and started studying. It now feels extraordinary when I see that his own songs are put into our album.

Gongchan: Jinyoung hyung is like a father. He leads us on as if we are children. (V.G: What is the age difference?) 2 years (laugh).

V.G: How did Baro debut then?

Baro: I was a “kid” who didn’t know what to do about my dreams because I was in the province. But I found my chance when the company saw a picture uploaded on my mini-hompy and contacted me. Of course I agreed immediately. Ask me what did I sing. (V.G: What song did you sing?) I sang Jo Sumi’s “If I Leave” (laugh). I liked to rap and had no confidence in singing, but my friend told me that as much as I can’t sing, I should sing a song that has much screaming. So I put my heart down and chose a song that had a bit of screaming. 

Sandeul: But for a guy, I’m actually amazed by his high vocal range. He managed to pull the song off. He has many sides to him that’s like a woman. Just like women doing some self-management, he removes his makeup immediately when he reaches home and does masks (laugh). He’s really good at tidying too.

Baro: That’s because I’ve had the habit of tidying up. Since my mother and father come home late after work, I will have to do the housework if the house is untidy. That’s why I’m used to cleaning up the house before they come home.

Jinyoung: Baro is someone who reflects a lot about himself, and will constantly find his weaknesses and correct them. He also works very hard to create his own rap. Whenever I see these sides to him, I know that eventually his hard work will pay off. I am looking forward to it.

V.G: What kind of history did Sandeul have, that “pre-debut Sandeul” actually comes up in the related search terms?

Sandeul: I’ve always had really bad eyesight so I grew up wearing spectacles. But everyone says that it’s very different now and when I wear spectacles. Because I really liked to sing when I was young too, I joined many singing competitions all over Korea with that appearance. I swept up all the awards… Just kidding, but I did place 1st a few times (laugh). Those videos are often uploaded onto the internet, and the company contacted me to recruit me into the team.

Baro: Unknowingly, Sandeul immerses his emotions on stage, and it’s really mournful. Usually most people would be serious while singing, and then greet people while laughing after that to relieve their emtions. But Sandeul doesn’t let go of his feelings until the MR track finishes playing.

Jinyoung: But the things that happen in daily life is like a sitcom. For example, a situation recently was that he was just opening the door to the bathroom but ended up breaking the doorknob. That’s ridiculous… Breaking an iron handle as if he’s in a slapstick comedy. The reaction was really huge…

Gongchan: To express Sandeul hyung in one word… Motor? (V.G: Because he has a motor on his mount?) How did you know? (laugh) No, I will say that he has Mobius in him. When hyung is stuck on a subject while talking, he will repeat that repeatedly. I have heard him talk about the same thing for 2 hours.

V.G: Compared to the other members, CNU seems to be calmer and quieter.

Jinyoung: Between ourselves, we talk CNU the scholar. He is gentle in everything he does, and he also speaks very calmly.

CNU: Since I’m born in Choongcheongdo, I’m a little slow (in movement). But in real life, I’m a little frivalous, I think that’s part of my character. Because I always cover my face a lot, I think that side to me doesn’t appear often. But when we are alone in the dormitory, I fool around the most.

Gongchan: If Jinyoung hyung’s the father, CNU hyung is like the mother. (laugh) When we first came together as a group, I did not know anything at all. The other hyungs took care of me and explained things to me, but only CNU hyung didn’t. He also scolded me many things. But I realized later on, that he intentionally did so so that I would not become lazy under the protection of the other hyungs who treated me like the youngest.

V.G: How did maknae Gongchan debut?

Gongchan: Since I was young, I wanted to be a singer but because I was in the countryside, there were no chances. But I got contacted by the company after they saw a picture my friend uploaded on a portal site.

CNU: At first, Channie looked like a puppy but now.. A dog? (laugh). He looked like a kid, but he didn’t act so. Even though he’s the youngest in the team, but at home he’s the eldest and had a mature side to him. Hence he looks after the hyungs well, to the extent that he feels like a mother dog. Jinyoung has the tendency to lose things, but he would wordlessly take it and hand it to him. It is to the extent that we nicknamed it “Gongchan’s miracle”.

V.G: I think that the five of you together makes up for the weaknesses that you have individually. You also seem very close.

CNU: We have a “talk time” that we do on Saturdays. Even though we don’t do it as often as in the past since we are busy, but because of that time, we got much closer. We also managed to clear up our misunderstanding. Whenever Baro has a problem, he would be very straightforward in expressing it. Rather than thinking long and hard about it, he would express it out and relieve his mind of it. He is also quick in making judgements. On the other hand, Jinyoung and I will think long and hard. We think about the different situations that will matter based on the decisions we would eventually make… In this period, Channie would be listening quietly, and suddenly throws something out. There are many times that his answer would be good, and we make a decision while everyone goes “oh, oh!”. As for Sandeul… He is active. (laugh)

V.G: Last year was your first year of debut, and you will be starting your full-out promotional activites starting this year. What is your goal?

CNU: Every year we set goals, and last year we wanted to get the rookie awards. It came true. This year’s goal is to achieve first place in a music program. If we manage to get a bonsang award in the year end award shows, I think we will be really really thankful. Please look forward to our album releasing in March.

Source: 빵집누나 @ Daum Cafe

Translation Credits: skipfire.tistory.com

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- Firstly, in the format of “amongst the members, he is the most xx”, please introduce yourselves.

Jinyoung: Gongchan is the best-looking! He has a lot of aegyo, and even though he’s younger than the others, he looks after us.

Sandeul: He is the maknae that we can depend on.

CNU: He is also sometimes like a child, so I feel like a grandfather(laugh).

- That reminds us, in the song “B1A4 Story” that serves to introduce the group , you sang that Jinyoung was a grandfather.

Jinyoung: There was a broadcast some time back where I wore white clothes and a straw hat. The fans thought that I looked like a grandfather, so they started calling me that from then now.

Gongchan: Hahaha, that’s right that’s right.

Baro: Besides that, Jinyoung hyung as a leader raises us like his grandchildren, and has the role of leading us now. In that sense he is also a grandfather.

CNU: Jinyoung, amongst the members, also lives the most positively. He always seems to be working towards positive directions in every matter.

Sandeul: !! (Wordlessly, he just spread both of his arms out and made a very exaggerated shocked expressed)

Everyone: HAHAHAHA!

Sandeul: As for CNU hyung, he is the most trustworthy person in the group so there’s a feeling of a mother?

Jinyoung: Baro is the vitamin of the group.

CNU: Yeah, Baro is the best source of energy in B1A4.

- To Baro who is the only blood type B stuck with 4 people with blood type A, when are the times that you think that you’re all alone (in being a blood type B)?

Baro: When we try to decide what to eat, blood type Bs are usually able to pick out something we want to eat immediately after taking a look at the menu.

Sandeul: As for the blood type As, we end up having to look at the menu for 10 minutes.

Baro: I sometimes say, “It’d be nice if everyone picked out their food quickly” and look at them. There are many times that they ask me for advice like, “How about this?” (laugh)

Jinyoung: There are also times in our daily lives that I feel that we should pay Baro a little more attention, but we don’t say it out immediately. Then later on we tell Baro that “since you did it this way last time, do it the same way now” but he asks us what happened last time and totally forgets everything. Times like that, I think, he’s definitely a blood type B. (laugh)

Baro: Since I’ve always lived thinking of myself, I always assumed that everyone else lived like me. But whenever I’m with the members, I think that they have really lived thinking about many things. I get these thoughts often. (laugh)

CNU: Hahaha. But I feel that Baro is slowly becoming more like a blood type A, after being around us for so long.

Everyone: (nods nods)

- How is everyone feeling about the upcoming summer debut?

CNU: Just like how I feel whenever I think of the pork belly I really like to eat. (laugh) I’m really excited, and my heart is fluttering.

Gongchan: My heart is beating really fast. Rather than feeling the pressure, I am looking forward to the debut.

Baro: I was really happy to see so many fans come to our first showcase in Japan last year. We will work hard to show everyone a more handsome and matured look.

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Three Questions To B1A4.

1. A lady who will become your Beautiful Target?

2. The image of a older woman?

3. Please tell us a memory from Valentines’ Day.

Jinyoung:

1. A person who thinks only of me, and has a cute face when she smiles.

2. I feel that they are tender and magnanimous.

3. On valentines’ day, there were chocolates at my seat on my examination table. In Korea, your examination table is usually used by someone else so whether the chocolate was for me or someone else, I don’t know either. but I ate it anyway (laugh). After that, on White Day, I put some sweets on the table for an experiment [T/N : whether the person will take it] and it was gone. (laugh)

CNU:

1. A person with a big heart and is like a wise mother.

2. Age is just a number, and I think that both older and younger women have their individual charms.

3. I was happy to have received homemade heart-shaped chocolates on Valentines’ Day so I tried making my own chocolates for White Day, but they failed. I ended up giving the failure of a weird chocolate to the girl, and when she saw it she looked disappointed. I myself who failed am embarrassed(laugh)

Sandeul:

1. A person who enjoys and works hard at what she does, and takes responsibility in it.

2. I do not think of women by their ages. If there is a person who is of my ideal type and she is older, I will work hard to get to know her.

3. I have never once received chocolates on Valentines’ Day before. I was always jealous of my elder sister who as a girl, got many chocolates, so I freeloaded (off her chocolates). That’s why I have no good memories (of Valentines’ Day). (laugh)

Baro:

1. A person whom I connect well with through our hearts and words. I like girls with cute faces and have aegyo.

2. I think that they will be very accepting, pay a lot of attention to details, and take care of me.

3. A girl in my class in middle school left me chocolates on my table. I was really happy, but in Korea in March [T/N: White Day is celebrated on 14 March], it is a new school year so we were sorted into different classes. I didn’t have the chance to give her something in return.

Gongchan:

1. A person who is usually cool but in front of me she’s a gentle feminine lady with aegyo.

2. Age is just a number!

3. Usually (on Valentines’ Day), the girl gives chocolates to a boy but because I really liked this girl very much, I put chocolates on her table instead. But she didn’t even ask who put it there, and ate it immediately. My crush ended right there.

Source: wintersnow

Japanese to Korean Translation Credits: 미유누나

Korean to English Translation Credits: skipfire @ FLIGHTB1A4.com

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