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Usually thought of them as quiet, they explode with charisma on stage. Four men with hidden talents waiting to erupt.
Whether it's singing, paying instruments, composing music, acting or variety, they do everything well. CNBLUE is here.
Hello, we are CNBLUE. Nice to see everyone.
CNBLUE is finally here. It's been a long time.
Why did it take you so long?
We wanted to come too. But the timing just didn't work out.
Sunbae-nim was interviewed for our Comeback Show.
We wanted to come here for our first radio show
Use American accent, radio
Our first radio show, but we couldn't. Sorry.
I really like your music.
It's not an easy task to have members responsible for the composing and writing of the music. I was very moved and gave a lot of praise.
You saw the interview? I genuinely liked it.
We really liked the substance of the interview.
You were happy with it?
Yes. Yes.
Can't Stop is a song that no other group can sing. It's a song that only CNBLUE can sing.
For Cold Love, it might be nice too if female singers like 2NE1 sang it.
It doesn't necessarily have to be a CNBLUE song. It can be given to other people.
But Can't Stop is a song that in Korea, only CNBLUE can pull off.
I'm really moved that Yonghwa composed such a song.
I also really like Sleepless Night.
To use it to confess your feelings on White Day.
It feels very different from Can't Stop. A girl will be touched by it.
People will probably use it to confess their feelings on White Day.
The lyrics are really sweet.
Very sweet. Even though it is very different from the title track, it's a song well suited for confessing feelings.
This is also visual radio. Please introduce yourselves on camera.
Everyone looks cute. Let's start with the most handsome member.
Hello, everybody.
I'm vocalist and CNBLUE's leader Jung Yonghwa.
Someone who usually sits back and slow to talk. You timed it well this time. You were so fast.
Jungshin looked like he was prepared to go first.
No, I was just preparing my introduction.
Jungshin, then please introduce yourself.
I'm bassist Lee Jungshin.
The purple sweater shows off your skin tone. Your actual skin tone is dark, but on camera it looks very white.
I try.
Very white. Looks good. Totally handsome.
Really looks good on camera.
In person Jonghyun is actually much whiter. Much whiter.
Maybe it's the lighting, today on camera Jungshin looks really handsome.
I'm guitarist Lee Jonghyun. Nice to see everyone.
How come you left out vocalist today?
Guitarist and also sings.
Hello, I'm drummer Kang Minhyuk.
You finished your concert in Japan. I hear you came back directly from the concert for this radio show.
It's true.
Flew back last night.
Came back early so we can mentally prepare, for Love Game.
Really? Mental preparation? What kind of preparation?
Had to pick several hats.
For outward appearance.
Think about the brand.
Looks good. It's a well known brand.
A well-known brand.
The t-shirt also
You really like this brand. It suits you.
Because it's all self-compositions, I want to talk more about music today.
Which song was written first? Was the title track the first one?
Cold Love was the first composition.
Cold Love is really good.
After I heard it, I said, 'Hyung, there's the title track.'
I really thought so. It's very good. It should be the title track.
You were satisfied with it right away.
I actually had goose bumps.
How about the others? Minhyuk?
Before Can't Stop, when Yonghwa played the song for me, I felt it matched our style. It's good song. It would be nice as the title track.
But Yonghwa was not completely happy with it. So he started to write again.
You weren't fully satisfied with it. We are playing Cold Love.
Cold Love is a song I really like. But it doesn't have that big of a change. It's not too different from our basic style.
Thought hard about making a change. So I wrote new music.
You wanted something different. And you succeeded.
If Cold Love was used as the title track, it would be well received by everyone.
But if you wanted a song that has a big change, then it's Can't Stop.
I thought it was really nice the first time I heard it. Especially on a rainy day like today.
It's the best to listen to it in this kind of weather.
When did you compose this song? In the early hours of morning?
This song was written pretty fast. (JH: A year ago)
A year ago. I just wrote. It became more intense as I was writing it.
To sing the whole song, it is very exhausting.
Now I have to be precious with it, for concerts. We will be having concerts soon.
April 19th and 20th in Seoul.
Also April 26th in Busan.
Will definitely sing it then.
Actually if this song was the title track, it might be too tiring.
To sing it in the morning.
Your image on camera won't be great because it's so difficult to sing.
A band has to take these things into consideration when deciding on a title track.
You have to consider your voice.
So this song is the title track.
Which song came out first: Can't Stop or Sleepless Nights?
All the songs got written in between. Cold Love was written very early.
After that, Jonghyun wrote Sleepless Nights. All the songs came out in that period.
When did you compose Sleepless Nights? What were you doing? Was it really when you couldn't fall asleep?
The melody compared to the lyrics...
The opposite, in the morning.
Luckily, wrote it in the early hours of morning.
How early? 6AM?
About 2AM.
2AM, then why did Yonghwa say morning?
The opposite.
It feels like it's a song written at 2AM. Why suddenly?
Compared to the lyrics, the melody just came out while playing the guitar. This song was the second one written.
Yonghwa wrote Cold Love first. This song was after that.
If you wrote the melody at 2AM, when did you write the lyrics?
In the morning.
The lyrics, around 4 o'clock. (4AM?)
No, in the afternoon.
4 o'clock in the afternoon.
It wasn't written in one setting. I wrote for about a week. The ideas came out bit by bit. Kept changing it.
So it took a while.
What were the younger members' reactions to it? The title is a little...
When I heard this song. Hyung had started to not sleep well.
I thought that was the reason he wrote those lyrics. Some kind of insomnia.
You thought that was the reason he wrote those lyrics?
A little worried about his health.
After you heard the song.
It's a very unique reaction. After listening to the lyrics of Sleepless night, he thinks that Jonghyun has insomnia.
Very different way of thinking. Jungshin really does live in his own mental world.
The lyrics are about not falling sleep because your heart is fluttering. Why would you think that?
Before the concept of the album was finalized, our songs were already being written.
The music was totally different.
It was very much the overseas, Brit Pop style.
But from a Korean perspective
I went a little too far. All of sudden, it's like where is this? So I needed to come back.
Which member said you should come back?
I adjusted.
Both of us went a little too far. Hyung went back first. I was all alone. So I followed.
We really went too far, had to come back.
Truth be told, the current version is really good. When I first heard it, it was really (out there?)
But listening to it after it was recorded, it's good... Isn't the end the most important?
The end result is the most important.
After the melody and lyrics got re-arranged, it was really good.
Jonghyun's facial expression.
I'm hurt.
It was only in the beginning.
But there were a lot of people who said that version was good.
So then, that version can be performed in concerts. We want to know how far you went.
It's okay to hear it now because we've already heard this version.
Maybe if we heard the other version first, we might be alarmed.
You have to perform it at your concerts.
Your 1st place promise is to sing the satoori version of Can't Stop. Whose idea was it?
I did it as a joke, when I was writing the lyrics for this song.
This promise is not very endearing.
There isn't much we can do for the 1st place promise. We are a band, so we can't do a silly dance.
Why not just sing the satoori version of Can't Stop.
Can you sing a bit for us? How does it sound in Satoori? Let us hear it.
The part 'What am I suppose to do' should be sung like this.
Very good. Very good.
It feels a little like trot. Yonghwa ever think of making trot style music?
Trot is probably do-able.
Just change the singing style, definitely do-able.
JS: A vocal machine. YH: Yes, a vocal machine.
Is there trot music you like? Sing a bit.
Minhyuk can do it. Sing a bit then.
First time hearing Minhyuk sing.
Want to be a singer now?
Minhyuk is the best. I usually see him acting.
Best at acting.
Minhyuk is the best.
For me, it's really refreshing to see Yonghwa on piano and Minhyuk on drums.
But why are you always in the back?
It's for the members. If the drums are in the front, the sound won't be good.
Because of the sound.
And during concerts, there are monitors. The sound won't be good if the drums are in the front.
The fans want to see more of Minhyuk's face.
For bands, the drums are usually in the back. The guitar/bass are in the front.
It's been that way for 50 years. There must be a reason. Sorry, I'm embarrassed.
Let's listen to CNBLUE's Can't Stop.
Instruction for sending in messages.
Song Can't Stop until 16:54
Can't Stop CNBLUE. This is visual radio broadcast so you can see the four of them in studio.
Song Eunyi messaged and said, 'Don't always pick on Minhyuk. Please take care of him.' When was this sent?
Minhyuk doesn't talk much. Today he even sang a little. Heard all that.
Is she really listening?
I can't believe she's listening. Thank you.
She must be tired. She was at the concert right? Now she's listening to our show. Thank you.
Song Eunyi was here with Seunghyun, Two Song Place.
Song Eunyi mentioned her first love in college and current love Minhyuk.
She was asked to choose between the two. Can you guess who she picked?
She picked her first love.
You lost.
It's okay. It's okay.
She's listening.
First love should be important.
Song Eunyi's love for Minhyuk is really amazing.
Minhyuk and Song Eunyi can form a unit like Trouble Maker and perform at concerts. She doesn't have to only work with Seunghyun.
I really can't dance.
Then sing together. It's hard to sing and play drums at the same time.
In future concerts (YH: best at acting)
For concerts in the future, if we are on stage together, maybe we can do something.
He danced this time. (What dance?)
Two Song Place dance.
Then just do that together.
If there's another project like that, you can do it with her. Song Eunyi project.
I don't want to do something apart from the members.
Why is Minhyuk's face so red?
It's really red.
Because we are talking about dancing.
The hyungs are making plans for a project with Song Eunyi, but Minhyuk thinks it's too difficult. I'll wait for it.
'It would be nice to see CNBLUE in person just once. Where can I see CNBLUE?'
You can see them if you attend a concert.
We will have concerts in Seoul on April 19th and 20th.
You already said that. Don't be so obvious.
Listener, 'Did I see Jungshin oppa in the mental hospital?'
It's the truth.
Who's tormenting Jungshin this way?
4 times a week.
Who's picking on Jungshin this way?
I've heard this ever since kindergarten. Surprising to hear today.
People say that a lot, because of your name.
'I've seen CNBLUE many times at the dermatologist office. Jung Yonghwa sat on the sofa with a cup of coffee.'
That's true. I do sit on the sofa.
The dermatologist is good.
Your skins are very nice.
Listener, 'I saw Jungshin and Jonghyun at driving test center. They looked very handsome. I was amazed.'
We went to our driver's license.
The two of you together.
But Jungshin failed at the traffic light.
What happened?
I was almost finished. I sweater was gray and the seatbelts were also gray.
Of course I think I wore the seatbelt. But thought maybe I wasn't wearing it.
Hyung pointed out I wasn't wearing it.
I got really nervous and started to sweat.
At the yellow light, I was thinking should I hurry and go, and also thinking the seatbelt, so
Is that really the reason you didn't pass?
The instructor sits next to you. After the yellow light, the instructor said, 'Please get out.'
You probably panicked. Thought you were wearing your seatbelt, then got pointed out you weren't wearing it.
It was hard to tell.
If you weren't so nervous, you probably would have passed.
I saw the four of you at the food market two months ago.
Saw the four of you together in one place?
When we were filming for Running Man.
I saw Jonghyun driving in Cheongdam-*** and Jungshin was in the passenger seat.
Usually it's the girlfriend in the passenger seat. Why was it Jungshin?
I don't know why I was sitting there.
I don't know either.
The two of went to get your driver's license, but one passed and one failed.
I passed that time. Jungshin passed the second time.
"Yonghwa oppa, when you see negative comments on the internet, do you try to reply to it or do you just ignore it all?'
I definitely won't reply. Negative comments are just comments. I just let it pass.
The question was for me.
It's for me. Look. It says 'Yonghwa oppa.' Jungshin, ask Yonghwa oppa.
Sorry.
It's okay.
Listener, 'I saw Yonghwa and Jungshin jumping together.'
Why were you jumping?
Probably for a TV show. I don't really remember.
That one show.
With a lot of other celebrities.
Who's better at jumping? YH: It's me.
I'm better at jumping.
I agree it's Yonghwa.
Excuse me, who are you to give an opinion?
I also vote for Yonghwa.
Looking at your height, it shouldn't be this way.
Jumping ability is different. Yonghwa likes to play basketball.
But Jungshin is younger, even with that Yonghwa still wins?
I may not be the best jumper, but I can win over Jungshin.
I can win.
We are talking with CNBLUE.