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I’ve been receiving a lot of request for ENG subs in my uploaded video of Sechskies’ movie, “Seventeen”. But my Korean is below average so I’m not really capable of subbing an entire movie. If anyone who knows Korean would be interested in subbing, please feel free to contribute your subtitles through this link and add the timed text. Tell me if you have contributed something so I can give you proper credit.

You guys came back from Japan after the MV shooting. Did you get that ‘high quality’ that you all wanted?

JW: We’ll have to wait to see if it’s high quality, but the budget was definitely high (laughs). We monitored in between, and we all looked good. 

SH: We wanted a background with snow because of the song’s concept. We had almost no hope when we left because there was no forecast that said there’ll be snow. But when we started shooting, it started snowing a lot. We were lucky. 

JD: We stayed for 3 nights, but we worked so hard that we couldn’t even have a party afterwards. We had to hurry back and forth and film before the sunset.

You were selected as ‘Person of the Year’ for 2016 by <Atstar1>. This year must have been the most dramatic one in your lives. 

JW: We had the grateful opportunity of getting together through <Infinite Challenge>, and it has already been a year since then. 

JD: And it’s exactly today! The first time we discussed the reunion with the <Infinite Challenge> staffs at the Chinese restaurant was today’s date (11/2) a year ago. 

SH: It really was a lucky year. I feel like we’ve done a lot of activities, but thinking back, we really haven’t. Our physical strength is different from before for sure. Jaeduck-hyung became more haggard day by day during the MV shooting. 

JJ: I had dark circles before I got my makeup done today (laughs).

How is it to be with the members after 16 years? 

JW: I think personality wise, we’ve changed. I have become more talkative, and Jaejin (Jaijin) has become brighter. But the way we mess around each other is still the same. It’s still fun to mess around Jaeduck and Suwon. 

SW: I also have that ‘one-shot’ that I can attack Jiwon-hyung with. 

SH: I’ve become less talkative than before. When I was younger, I talked a lot partly because the company wanted me too, but now that I’m old I don’t really like talking. Now the fans tell me “Please talk”.

JD: I think I was the most energetic one back then. 

JW: Our team’s image was damaged because Jaeduck talked too much using satoori. 

SW: That’s why we couldn’t get as big as H.O.T. (laughs).

It’s your comeback in 16 years but all of you have those “frozen man” faces. 

JW: When we look at ourselves, we think we look pretty much the same as before, even though we do look less youthful. But I’m surprised that the public feels the same way. I think Suwon and Jaeduck look even better now. The J-walk days were just unbearable. 

JD: Sure, what’s important is that we get better over time (laughs). 

SH: I think now, we take care of ourselves more because we’re more considerate. We’re a group, and a member of a group shouldn’t be viewed as the odd one out. 

The song <Three Words> became a hit, as shown by its 1st place in Gaon’s October monthly chart.

JW: It’s still hard to grasp because we’re part of the CD/Album generation. I feel like if a song wins 1st place, you should be able to hear it everywhere in the streets. I couldn’t hear <Three Words> anywhere (laughs). To be honest, I worried a lot about not getting any attention. I worried that people would think we’re forgotten because <Infinite Challenge> is just a temporary bubble. If that happened, it would’ve been an automatic end, so it’s a relief that we had good results. 

SH: I was driving and got caught in traffic, and there was <Three Words> coming out of the car that was next to mine. It was a young man listening to it, and it made me really happy. I wanted to say thank you. 

SW: You shoudl’ve sung along if you had your window open (laughs).

JD: It made our next step even more important. I wish this kind of reaction will carry on. 

How would you spoil the new song coming out soon, using only three words? 

JD: Winter.

JW: YG style.

JJ: Oh this is hard. I’ll give it more thought and answer later. 

You are holding additional concerts in Daegu and Busan. 

JW: It wasn’t part of our initial plan, but we’re doing them because the Seoul concert turned out good. 

SW: I want there to be slightly different ways for this concert. When the audience can guess “The first song will definitely be <Com’ Back>”, it’s not fun. Oh, and Jaeduck-hyung is going to dress as a girl. 

JD: No! But I am thinking about what would make our fans happier. 

JW: We want to take individual opinions into consideration and put unexpected songs. You know, for those individual stages that you can perform only at the concert. Those that you can’t perform on a broadcast show, but can only perform in front of fans who like you. 

JJ: I’m going to sing a ballad song. i already have a song chosen in mind. 

How much chance do you have of working together with Sechskies’s ‘last dragon ball’, Ko Jiyong?

SH: We always have our doors open, but it’s a little hard considering Jiyong’s job.

JJ: Wouldn’t he be able to appear as a surprise guest for our 20th anniversary? To be honest, we can’t ask him directly, but we subtly hint at it through our fans. 

SW: But I think if we have him on stage once, I’ll miss him even more after that. I really like us being on stage all together, so much that I would be even more disappointed if he doesn’t come back. 

JW: I can’t ask Jiyong a favor anymore. If we were in the same place, I could’ve asked him, but he’s a kid with different things to lose. That means the best I can say is ‘I know your situation, but please just come’, but I’m afraid we’ll destroy everything that Jiyong has worked so hard to achieve for the past 16 years. We need to respect Jiyong’s life. 

Next year is Sechskies’s 20th Anniversary. Do you have a bucket list of things that you want to do with the members?

JW: To sell 200 thousand albums.

JD: What if we have to buy all those albums with our own money (laughs)?

JJ: To release the new album in 20 different versions.

JD: No, the design team would suffer too much.

SH: I think it’ll be fun to travel abroad together, apart from work. 

JJ: What do you mean travel! We gotta work hard for the  20th anniversary. Give me more work to do. 

SH: Then I think it’ll be cool for Jaejin-hyung to work on artwork that celebrates our 20th anniversary. 

JJ: I like it. If I can do something in terms of artwork, I’ll do it anytime!

I think you guys might have a plan for individual activities as well, for next year. 

SH: Not at all. Team comes first.

SW: We have to release Sechskies 5th album next year. And 6th album. 

JD: Personally, I’m thinking that we need to plan our 20th anniversary concert well. 

JJ: Shouldn’t we sing more of our old songs than we did at our last concert, since it’s the 20th anniversary? I think it shouldn’t end in just two hours (laughs). I’m preparing an art exhibition.

JW: I have some thoughts of international promotions. We disbanded shortly after debuting in Taiwan with the name ‘ 水晶男孩’ and planning on Japan promotions. If we have the opportunity, I want to meet more international fans before it’s too late. 

Let’s go around and give advice, since 2016 is ending soon.

JW: Jaeduck, gain some weight. I’m worried about him because his stomach problems won’t allow him to eat much so he is losing weight. 

JD: I’m trying. Don’t worry, I’ve gained 3kg already. I’ll give one to Sunghoon. I’m worried about your toe. Cheer up! It hurts my heart to see him feeling sorry to us when he himself is probably disappointed too. 

SH: I am really worried, so I’m trying not to move as much as possible before the concert. I’ll say this to all the members: Right now seems to be perfect, so let’s take care of ourselves a little more! We never know, anything can happen at any time. 

JJ: I’ll do one for the fans! While 2016 was focused more on talking about the past 16 years, next year will be the year that we will get to write our new story. We’ll work hard to exceed your expectations, so let’s have fun and spend a good year together. 

SW: Jiwon-hyung’s knee cartilage is in a really bad condition right now. If it gets worse, we won’t be able to do team activities, so I would like for him to not use his foot to “caress” us- use your hand instead (laughs).

JD: Now that I think about it, Jaejin’s wrist is also bad. I think we really are at that age where we have to care about our health.

SW: As our bucket list next year, let’s all get a health check-up. 

Ok, it’s time to give us the last hint about the new song. 

JW: (Ponders for a while) Five. 

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-Jaeduck lives with Tony now. 

Jaeduck: He envied us but sincerely congratulated us. He even posted on his social media. Seeing him so happy, I realized that I’m living with a good person. (Laughs)

-Do you get along with your rival H.O.T.?

Jiwon: We started as rivals, but 20 years have passed. I’ve done a lot of shows with Heejun, and Jaeduck lives with Tony. We did have a few misunderstandings back then because we didn’t talk, but as years passed, I feel like we’re real friends now. Back then, we didn’t even have time to have real talks because people were so busy making us rivals. Now, we say whatever’s in our minds to each other. I go to public bath houses with Heejun. H.O.T. and Sechs Kies at a public bathhouse together.. You couldn’t imagine such thing back then. 

-Do you have any plan of solo albums?

Sunghoon: We just started as Sechs kies. We need to establish the group first. 

Jiwon: I did have something in progress, but I stopped working on it. 

Suwon: Good. 

-You call yourselves “Maheun-dol”, but you guys look young. 

Jiwon: Yeah, people don’t see us our age. I mean, we did keep it pretty well. We’re pretty proud of the fact that nobody had plastic surgery. I think that’s why we look more handsome than when we were younger. You know how greenbelts are untouched? Well, our faces are like that. We didn’t touch them, so they remained the same. Ah, only if we had the physical strength, I think we’ll be a match for people in their 20s…

-Fans are a little different too, right?

Jaejin: It feels a little weird when I’m singing and fans shout “I love you”. They are so young compared to us. Back then, they were all our age, but since many of them are way younger than us now, it feels weird to hear “I love you”. So I tell my fans not to say “I love you”. 

Jaeduck: I feel so uncomfortable when the fans say “You’re handsome”. I’m embarrassed because I think I’m not handsome. 

-You guys have international fans too.

Jiwon: It’s all thanks to YG. They have a lot of internatinoal followers. They just give it a try  because we’re part of YG. How would they know us, otherwise?

-You guys are all old enough to marry now. 

Sunghoon: I’m not thinking about marriage right now. 

Jaejin: I’m going to get married when the contract ends. I want to go on blind dates. There are not that many opportunities to meet people. I’m a little lonely nowadays. 

Jiwon: I’ll be heading to a silver town* (senior housing). I’ll be the most popular one there… What if all the members go together?

-What are your further plans?

Jiwon: I honestly don’t know. We can’t do something just because we want to, you know? I want to do performances with unique concepts. I want to do some collaborations since there are some great hoobaes at YG. Such collaborations will help different generations connect. G-Dragon or Taeyang featuring will be nice. It’s just a hope, but I definitely want to try. YG is the only company where young idols and reunited 1st generation idols can perform together.

-Last words for the fans.

Jiwon: Words are never enough to express. Thank you for protecting, thank you for waiting. 

Jaeduck: Everything that’s happening now is all thanks to the fans. Unbelievable things are happening. Miracles- a continuation of surprises. 

-Last words for the members?

Sunghoon: I want none of us to get hurt. Even getting hurt gets in the way of promoting. We have to think about our age, guys. Take care of yourselves. 

Jiwon: I want to maintain this. We weren’t active for long, but we’ve spent years together. We have more things to show, and more room to grow.  

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-Why did you oppose?  Jiwon: I wanted it to be legit. It’s been 16 years- we couldn’t be nonchalant about it. But the scale was way too big to handle by ourselves. I was scared that it won’t go anywhere, and that it won’t be as successful even if we do have a concert. 

-Weren’t you guys disappointed by the spoilers?

 Jaeduck: It was a little sad, but the initial cancellation added more story to it. It was more dramatic, you know. I tried to think positively. 

-How was performing in front of kindergarten kids? 

Jaejin: Little kids must’ve thought we were comedians too, since they do know ‘Infinite Challenge’. They cheered for us. 

Jiwon: I was actually happy that that wasn’t our guerrilla concert. They didn’t know us at all. Even in the real performance, I thought we would be embarrassed if not a lot of people come.  -You couldn’t even keep your head up at the terminal. 

Jiwon: Ah, that was really really hard. I couldn’t look forward so I sang looking at the sky. 

Jaejin: It wasn’t that we didn’t try- I just wasn’t encouraged. I never thought we’ll go the easy way since it was ‘Infinite Challenge’, after all. I thought there would be some kind of mission, make it really hard, then give us a come back stage. But a guerrilla performance? I was really embarrassed. 

Jaeduck: Wherever we were, it was cool to dance together again. It didn’t matter where we were. (Laughs)

-Were you guys happy about the main guerrilla concert? 

Sunghoon: It was on a weekday in the evening, To have that number of people, I was really happy. 

-Are you really like how you presented yourself in ‘Infinite Challenge’?

Jaejin: You have to be truthful on variety shows these days. I just did what I always do. 

-Anything different after the broadcast?

Sunghoon: I knew the power of ‘Infinite Challenge’, but didn’t know the full extent. I was never interested in having a social media account, but the fans wanted it. 

Jiwon: We thought all the fans would be 30~40 by now, but there were a lot in their 20s, actually. That means there are a lot of new fans from ‘Infinite Challenge’. 

-Were you guys in contact before then?

Jiwon: Some, yes, some, no. 

-Do you feel a lot different from 20 years ago?

Sunghoon: The biggest change is that back then, the “comeback / goodbye specials” were really important. After the goodbye stage of a promotion, I felt like we would never be able to come back. Nowadays, groups release albums within short terms, so goodbye stages have lost their meaning. 

Jiwon: Back then, you couldn’t imagine being on a variety show by yourself. It would’ve been a Jekki special; there was no such thing as making a variety show with one member from different groups. And of course there were no units.

-But you guys had Black kies and White kies. Wasn’t that the origin?

Jiwon: We just divded our team like that- we never promoted separately. Now that I think about it, why did we have those?

-You never had much freedom even back then.

Sunghoon: I believe nowadays, there’s no privacy at all. Back then, there was no social media so after schedules, you could go around with maybe one or two people seeing you. But now, wherever you go, your location spread on social media, and people show up. I guess that helps with promotion. I just stay home nowadays.  -Let’s think back to the disbandment. 

Jiwon: Even though 3.5th album and 4th album weren’t doing so bad, but I felt like from there, there was only downfall. I thought it would be right to disband while we were still popular. Of course, there were some members who disagreed. 

Jaejin: I couldn’t agreed. We disbanded without coming to an agreement (Laughs)

Jiwon: See, it’s the problem of the majority. The majority agreed, and we disbanded. 

Sunghoon: Now that I think about it, if we hadn’t disband then, we wouldn’t have this special come back right now. 

-Aren’t you sad about Jiyong’s absence? Jaeduck: He has expressed clearly that he has no thought, and I feel sorry to keep asking, you know? We sometimes get together and chat while we drink soju. Maybe there will be an opportunity for him to join if we do well from now on. Doors are always open, so he can join whenever he wants to. But as of right now, he has done his part by coming on ‘Infinite Challenge’. 

Jiwon: We have to do well. I feel sorry to keep bringing him to issue when he has left the industry. If things go wrong, there will be huge consequences. We’re especially careful because Jiyong is a head of a family now. I think he knows without us saying much. One day, when Sechskies does well, we would be able to say “Let’s do it together this time”. I would be confused too if I was Jiyong. But part of the reason why we could come back was because Jiyong let us. He gave us an opportunity by clearly stating that he is okay with us coming back as Sechskies and that he wants to see us more active. 

-Do you sometimes feel the empty spot?

Sunghoon: When I’m dancing, I sometimes feel like I’m in the wrong spot. So I check, and it’s Jiyong’s spot. But it’s okay; we barely notice even when we make mistakes now. 

-Do you have any song that you feel especially attached to?

Suwon: Right now, it’s “Three Words” of course. All the songs are precious and we have a lot of songs, but “Three Words” is what brought us together right now. 

-Any plans on being active on shows?

Jiwon: If we get a chance, I want to be on a reality show with all of us. We’re back, but there’s not really a program that we can go on altogether. I think a reality show with five of us is going to be fun. We’ve been doing V-app lives, and I’m planning to do them until the views reach 45 million. 

Jaejin: What about going on “Flaming Youth” when we become 40?

-There’s a news of S.E.S reunion. Do you have any advice?

Jiwon: Just as we followed Hyunsuk-hyung, I want to tell them to follow President Lee Soo Man. Things tend to go well when you do what they tell you to do. Of course you can be scolded some times. But when you take the risk and follow them, things go well.