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It's always better when we're together, Happy Together!
- Hello, it's good to see you. - It's nice to meet you.
What do you know about "one plus one"?
- You two. - Oh, me and Myung Soo?
- Yes. - We're always together.
You don't have to explain that.
(It probably means the number one and another one.)
He should always be grateful.
- One plus one has another meaning. - Yes.
- It means a bonus. - That's right.
- It's like a free carton of milk. - Buy one, get one free.
- Exactly. "One Plus One Special". - Right.
Let's see who are the main guests and who are the plus ones.
- They're here. - They're here.
- They're here already. - I can't wait to meet them.
- You do that, too. - Hello.
- It makes me want to copy you.
- Hello, Seol Hyun and Chan Mi. - Hello.
- Hi, Seol Hyun. - Hello. Welcome.
- It's nice to meet you. - It's Seol Hyun.
Lee Mal Nyeon and Park Tae Jun are here!
Hello. Welcome!
- Hello! - He's your plus one.
- Hello, Nam Chang Hee. - He's Sae Ho's plus one.
Mal Nyeon, I'm happy to see you finally.
- I love your webtoon. - Hello, Tae Jun.
I feel like I'm a criminal because our hands are tied.
Please have a seat.
Their hands are tied together.
My goodness.
Seol Hyun, Chan Mi, Lee Mal Nyeon and Park Tae Jun are here in pairs.
Also, Nam Chang Hee is here as Sae Ho's partner.
- That's right. - It's been a long time.
We haven't appeared on a show as a team for a while.
It's "One Plus One Special". Who is the plus one?
Their positions could change while recording the show.
- That's right. - Don't you think so?
You can be the main guest if you act like one.
Depending on you, you can be either the main guest...
- or the plus one. - Why are you looking at me?
- Are you saying that to me? - She's good.
She's good.
- I didn't refer to her. - Chan Mi is upset.
- Chan Mi, you're so weird. - Don't get him wrong.
- Please don't be upset. - Okay.
When they walk with light steps in short skirts,
they make everyone's heart flutter.
Please welcome Seol Hyun and Chan Mi of AOA who are back with a new song!
The two extremely different webtoon artists are here.
Please welcome Lee Mal Nyeon and Park Tae Jun!
(Lee Mal Nyeon and Park Tae Jun)
Now that the icon of absence Cho Sae Ho has become popular,
- it's his turn to become popular. - Please welcome Nam Chang Hee!
- Nam Chang Hee! - Welcome!
He needs to become popular.
- I hope he will. - It's about time.
Today's theme is "One Plus One Special".
- Yes. - Who is the main guest?
Which one of you is the plus one?
We are... We are here as one.
Thank you.
- She said, "Thank you." - Why?
Why did you say, "Thank you"?
- I felt grateful. - What are you grateful for?
- I feel so grateful. - Act like a main guest.
Seol Hyun could be your plus one depending on what we talk about.
- I know. I was just grateful. - Okay.
- You said it unconsciously? - Chan Mi, introduce yourself.
Okay. Hello, I am Chan Mi of AOA. I'm in charge of choreography.
I'm the youngest member. I'm happy to be here today.
Oh, she's the youngest member.
Could you show us the dance for your new songs?
- Please show us just a bit. - Sure. Okay.
- We'll show you our dance. - Okay.
That's great. Please show us your new choreography.
(This is AOA's new song, "Good Luck".)
- Wow. - Amazing.
(Seol Hyun and Chan Mi show their new choreography.)
Look at the dance moves.
They're amazing.
- Oh, my. - Wow.
(The atmosphere is heated up already!)
They're heating up the mood already.
We just began the show.
As they're dancing while facing towards us,
we are all surprised.
- Chan Mi. - That's a great wave dance.
- Indeed. - They're great.
That would be enough. Thank you.
- Please sit down. - I was so surprised.
That was amazing.
We are very lucky.
- Exactly. - We're lucky, indeed.
They mesmerised us as soon as the show began.
- I am so impressed. - You looked so sexy.
- It was awesome. - I was surprised.
- It feels like a dream. - It does.
- It was amazing. - What do you think, Mal Nyeon?
They looked like inchworms.
- What do you mean? - He called them inchworms.
- I mean, they looked elegant. - Oh, I see.
The next pair is two webtoon artists, Lee Mal Nyeon...
- and Park Tae Jun. - Hello.
- It seems like...
he is the main guest.
- Me? - Yes.
Well, that's probably because Mal Nyeon appeared on many TV shows.
He appeared on many TV shows.
To be honest, when I got a call from the staff of...
- Happy Together, I was surprised. - Yes?
I appeared on a few TV shows on cable channels.
I haven't been on a major TV show.
He called this a major TV show.
I like that expression.
I was so happy that I was invited on Happy Together because...
they told me that Seol Hyun would be on the show as well.
You must have been excited.
I thought, "I didn't know I am this popular."
- I realised I had become so famous. - Excuse me.
- Please go on. - Who are you?
(Excuse me. Who are you?)
- Who is he? - Not many people know him.
- He's Park Tae Jun. - I draw cartoons.
- I'm a webtoon artist. - He's a popular webtoon artist.
- He's the most popular these days. - He's so handsome.
- His webtoon is ranked the top. - He used to be a model.
- He became famous for his face. - That's right.
He has a distinguished career as the owner of an online clothing store.
He earns 30 million dollars a year.
(He earns 30 million dollars.)
- Wow. - He's studying real estate, too.
He studies real estate?
He's handsome, too.
He's very smart when it comes to moneymaking. He even makes money...
with the preview of his webtoon. He rakes in the cash.
- Is that true? - Yes.
- He earns so much money. - They asked about me.
Then, he started talking about my property.
- I mean, you are great. - In fact...
Mal Nyeon is very good at talking on a talk show.
- We're here as a pair today. - Yes.
In fact, we are not very close.
We only met three times.
How successful are you?
You sound much politer than before.
- Look how politely he's sitting. - Myung Soo.
Earlier, you asked, "Who is he?"
You changed your attitude after you heard how rich he is.
- So when you were invited on... - Oh, right. Yes.
- Happy Together, you were excited. - I was a bit pressured, though.
Since Seol Hyun would be on the show, as well,
I felt really pressured to do well...
representing all the webtoon artists.
- Please go on. - As Mal Nyeon is here with me,
I feel less pressured...
but I also feel less proud.
So he makes you feel less pressured and less proud at the same time.
He means that my webtoon is not popular enough.
- Pardon? - My webtoon isn't popular enough.
Mal Nyeon's webtoons are popular including "Journey to the West".
I bought all of Mal Nyeon's books.
- I read all of his webtoons. - Is that so?
I was surprised when he said that to me in the waiting room.
Mal Nyeon, which one of you do you think is the plus one?
- I am here as his plus one. - No way.
Is he the main guest?
His webtoon gets more views.
- His webtoon is popular lately. - He's more popular than me.
His webtoon is ranked at the top.
He holds the top place in the entire website.
- It's a very hard thing to achieve. - That's amazing.
- I'm sorry for asking this, but... - Please go ahead.
may I ask how much profit do you make?
- You invest in real estate, too. - He must be unbelievably rich.
- You must earn a lot. - How much do you earn?
You don't have to tell us the exact amount.
- To be honest, - Okay.
- I am here today... - Yes.
because I want to become more popular.
Also, I would like people to recognise my face.
- He's very honest. - You started asking me...
about how much money I earn from the start.
I don't know how to improve my image.
He would have just said if he was penniless.
- Rich people don't tell others. - That's true.
They tend to avoid that kind of questions.
- You have a point. - That's right.
- It means that he's very rich. - It's true that we asked...
- too many questions about it. - Mal Nyeon is so funny.
He must be very rich, but we won't ask him anymore.
- Mal Nyeon, as you said earlier, - Yes.
- your webtoon appears serially. - Yes.
- Please tell us about your webtoon. - What is your ranking?
I'm not sure, but I'm ranked much lower than him.
He's ranked the 1st while I'm ranked below the 10th...
even in the weekly rankings.
Aren't you angry because he's ranked higher than you?
- Wouldn't he have given up? - Aren't you?
You know when you're ranked the 40th in your class,
you don't feel jealous of the student who's ranked the top.
- He's already given up. - That's right.
- Mal Nyeon is very honest. - Indeed.
- "What can I do?" - This is what makes him look cool.
- I'm ranked much lower than him. - I see.
- He's like an ancestor of webtoon. - Exactly.
- You have a lot of experience. - That's right.
- I hear Chan Mi likes webtoons. - Yes, I do.
- I think you like his webtoons. - That's right.
- She likes his webtoon "Lookism". - Hold on a second.
You really like "Lookism", don't you?
Yes, I wait for a new chapter every week.
I subscribed to it, and I log in before his webtoon is uploaded.
- Really? - You're talking about my webtoon?
- Yes. - Oh, I see.
- Young people love his webtoon. - Then,
- have you read Mal Nyeon's webtoon? - Pardon?
People like us love his webtoons.
- People like us love his webtoons. - They can relate to my stories.
I enjoyed all of his webtoons so much.
- I read his webtoon occasionally. - "Lookism" has detailed drawings.
- Mal Nyeon's drawings are simple. - That's right.
I love it.
Park Tae Jun and Lee Mal Nyeon are here with us.
Chang Hee is here as Sae Ho's plus one.
- Sae Ho is very popular these days. - Aren't you jealous?
How do you feel?
- I already had an appendectomy. - Yes.
But my stomach still hurts because I'm jealous.
- Really? - Yes.
It still hurts so much.
As you could guess, when I eat...
it's hard to swallow food. I envy him very much.
- I see. - As his friend,
- isn't his success good for you? - I wish we both failed.
- You do? - Yes.
- He really means it. - I don't think I'll be successful.
- So I hope we both fail. - I understand.
It's hard to become popular together.
- That's right. - To be honest, lately I feel...
- a bit distant from him. - He's funny.
- That sounds funny. - As his friend, I'm stressed.
People always tell me that I'm busy while Chang Hee isn't.
I say that I hope he'll appear on the show with me. Then...
he says, "Don't talk about me on a TV show. Why would you do that?"
"It gives me a lot of stress." He goes in his room.
- They look like a father and a son. - We're more like a married couple.
- They fight like a married couple. - A married couple says the same.
"Honey, please don't tell others about me."
It feels like this. Do you see what I mean?
We have three pairs today.
Chang Hee and Sae Ho's relationship seems different from the others'.
We'll talk more about it later.
- This is a good start. - Right.
As I said, today's theme is "One Plus One Special".
Let's talk about their stories in depth.
Seol Hyun, does each member of AOA has an angel name as a nickname?
When we made our debut,
we named our group AOA and it means angels from above.
It stands for Ace of Angels, right?
Yes.
It means we're the best angels among all the angels.
I'm sorry, but don't you feel embarrassed to say that?
- Chan Mi looks embarrassed. - You were very young...
- when you debuted. - She's even covering her face.
- What is she doing? - I am so embarrassed.
It stands for Ace of Angels.
It's a bit embarrassing, but I told people this many times.
- Are you used to it now? - I feel like I'm a real angel.
- Are you serious? - No, I'm joking.
Does each of you have an angel name?
- Yes. - What is it?
In the hope that I will be loved by everyone in the world,
- I named myself Seol Hyun Ari. - Seol Hyun Ari?
- Seol Hyun Ari. - What about Chan Mi?
The director of our agency strongly recommended this name.
It's Chan Mi TT.
- Chan Mi TT? - Like the crying text emoticon?
- It sounds like an angel's name. - Could you show us...
how you used to say hello when you just debuted.
- Count to 3. - Okay. Let's go in, 2, 3.
- Hello, we are ace of angels, AOA. - Hello, we are ace of angels, AOA.
She's not embarrassed.
(Why are they forming a dove with their hands?)
What is this?
Making this hand gesture is very important.
It's a wing.
Each idol group has a unique way...
- of introducing themselves. - That's right.
We needed a way to stand out without greetings.
Thus, we thought hard about how to introduce ourselves.
This hand gesture was... What's the word?
- It was perfect. - It was perfect.
- That's how we came up with it. - Please show us one more time.
Are we saying our greetings too? Please count to three.
- In 2, 3. Hello, - In 2, 3. Hello,
- we are Ace of Angels, AOA! - we are Ace of Angels, AOA!
I am Seol Hyun Ari.
Hello, I am the girl who loves to dance,
Chan Mi TT.
- Chan Mi TT. - That's so embarrassing.
This is embarrassing to watch.
I am feeling so embarrassed.
Didn't Sae Ho and Chang Hee also have a special greeting...
- when they were a team? - Yes, we did.
- How does it go? - Shall we show them? In 1, 2, 3.
- Hello, we are Leo. - Hello, we are Leo.
That was how we introduced ourselves.
- The group was called Leo. - Chang Hee and I...
discussed a lot to come up with the name.
There is a very nice meaning behind Leo.
- I guess no one wants to know. - Let's skip it.
There is a fun story behind it.
- The viewers won't care. - They won't?
- Chang Hee is a smart man. - He is.
Mal Nyeon, what is your real name?
- My real name is Lee Byung Gun. - Byung Gun.
- Lee Byung Gun. - What does your name mean?
"Byung" means an act of grabbing and "Gun" means a key.
- Grabbing a key. - Grabbing a key.
Then "Gun" doesn't mean a weapon.
(Gun?)
- It means a key. - How did you come up Mal Nyeon?
- They are Chinese characters. - "Gun" doesn't mean a weapon.
- Who thought of your pen name? - I did.
These jokes stay with you.
"Gun" as in a weapon?
After the shoot, you will think, "A weapon?"
("Gun" as in a weapon?)
Seol Hyun loves these kinds of jokes.
- A weapon. - It's a Chinese character.
"Gun" as in a weapon. For goodness' sake.
It makes sense.
"Byung" means an act of grabbing and "Gun" means a gun.
(She can't stop laughing.)
It's time to grab a gun!
All right.
- You thought of your pen name. - Yes, I did.
What does it mean?
The last phase of my military service was blissful.
Since I wanted the last phase of my life to be blissful as well.
- That's a good motto. - My pen name means "last phase".
When I first heard your name on TV, I wondered what you do for a living.
I thought he was an aerobics instructor.
- I pictured a middle-aged woman. - Ms Lee Mal Nyeon.
It could be a woman's name.
Tae Jun, do you use a pen name?
Well...
I don't understand why people use pen names.
I want people to know me for my webtoon.
If I use a pen name, they wouldn't come to know me.
That's why I use my real name.
I want to become famous.
He has a clear goal today. He wants to be famous.
You are already successful. Why do you want to be famous?
Your webtoon is quite popular.
There's a word that fits me very well.
- What is it? - An attention-seeker.
- It makes me happy...
when people react to something I have done.
It's not the act of creating webtoons that gives me joy.
When I create webtoons, people enjoy it and talk about it.
I get overjoyed when people recognise me as a creator.
I guess I am a bit weird.
- Success comes from ambition. - Did you want to be a celebrity?
No, it has always been my dream to remain an attention-seeker.
It's not exactly a job.
New jobs get created.
My former job was ulzzang.
That's right. He used to make a living as an ulzzang.
If you asked online, "What does Park Tae Jun do for living?"
People would have answered, "He is an ulzzang."
I was an ulzzang for many years.
How would you define an attention-seeker as a job title?
Someone who continuously creates what garners him attention.
That's how you define it.
I don't know if it would be rude to ask you this question.
You had plastic surgery, right?
About plastic surgery...
- I guess you got some work done. - I got a lot of work done.
(He is a unique guest.)
Since I'm close friend with him, I know that...
- he's very honest. - I see.
You had three surgeries on your eyes, right?
- No, on my nose. - It was your nose.
I have talked about this in different channel.
I regretted it when I read articles written about me.
Because I admitted that I had a lot of plastic surgery,
people think I had my entire body done.
- I only had two parts done. - Which parts?
Eyes and nose. I had a nose job four times.
I had a nose job four times.
(Wow)
Did you have a lower nose bridge?
- No, not really. - Look at Seol Hyun.
Is this your first time seeing someone like me?
This is my first time seeing someone as pretty as you.
You have mostly appeared on cable TV programmes, right?
That's right.
That's how I ended up getting four nose jobs.
Clinics usually offer free plastic surgeries to ulzzangs.
I got a nose job because it was free,
- but it didn't go well. - My goodness.
However, the surgeon was a bit of an artist.
He was more interested in making people beautiful...
- than making a lot of money. - He was creating works of art.
He kept calling me.
He said, "Tae Jun, I will redo your nose for free."
When I returned the fourth time,
- he was shocked. - Why?
"Tae Jun, I have something to say."
"What is it?"
"There is no cartilage left in your ears."
My goodness.
Surgeons use cartilage in your ears...
- for plastic surgeries. - My goodness.
I thought this was a funny story, but everyone is gasping.
Well...
- We can't laugh... - Excuse me.
when you don't have cartilage.
How are we supposed to laugh?
- "He is missing a cartilage!" - That would be absurd.
Everyone laughed so much on a cable TV programme last time.
KBS programmes are different.
How are we supposed to laugh about your cartilage?
I was excited to tell this story on TV.
- It wasn't bad. - He is similar to Kwang Hee.
What about your eyes?
I got double eyelid surgery.
When it came unfinished, they used the suture technique.
- You got your teeth straightened. - That's right.
I got a lot of work done.
- Who is that? - Everyone.
- My goodness. - Who is that?
- It's Mal Nyeon, right?
- No, it's not me. - My goodness.
- Who is that? - I have no idea.
- If it's not Mal Nyeon, who is it? - I swear it's not me.
He looks like a Japanese football player.
- Is that Nakamura? - Nakamura.
I looked like that back in high school.
- I thought you were an ulzzang. - I don't think...
- he looked ugly. - He looks all right.
It's not bad.
- I was handsome when I dressed up. - I see.
You get a lot of comments for each episode of "Lookism".
- Yes. - You don't read them all, do you?
I try to read them all since I love the attention.
However, many comments get added as I read them.
How impressive!
When I read the first page and click on the second page,
I get the same page again.
- You can't read them all in a day. - That's very impressive.
- How many comments do you get? - About 30 to 40 thousand.
- 30 to 40 thousand? - That's a lot of comments.
Are they reviews from the readers?
- Yes, they are. - My goodness.
I love it.
Where else would I get...
30 thousand comments for the work I've done?
I love those comments. I try to read them all,
but it's hard to do it in a day.
Every character is handsome in your webtoon, "Lookism".
- They all look cool. - Do you have the know-how...
for drawing handsome men?
Hyeon Gyeong is giving him a look...
she hasn't shown other guests. You know how she likes handsome men.
He is not my type.
She is blunt.
- How scary! - I am not interested either.
It's a good thing.
- They can focus on the talk. - This is nice.
They can talk and say goodbye.
- It will be strictly business. - It will be strictly business.
They can meet when they appear in the same show.
It would be uncomfortable if they have feelings for each other.
How do you draw handsome characters?
I had an experience with editing my selfies...
to make my eyes bigger and my jaw line sharper for fun.
I applied the same techniques to my drawings.
- I draw first and edit later. - I see.
I alter my drawing...
until I get a handsome face.
When I make the eyes bigger and the jaw line sharper,
the readers find the character handsome.
(That's how he makes a handsome character.)
Chan Mi, what do you think of his work?
You said that you are a fan of "Lookism".
- Are the characters handsome? - They are very handsome.
The main characters...
as well as the background characters are handsome.
- Really? - They are all tall, too.
- Which character is your favourite? - Jae Yeol.
- Jae Yeol.
- He comes from a rich family. - That's not why I like him!
- He drinks wine like this.
All right. That's her ideal type.
He doesn't say a word.
- He looks cute. - You like rich men who stay quiet.
- He looks after his friends. - That's right.
I personally think I am a big fan and a friend of Seol Hyun.
When I search her name on the web,
the related keyword is "30 million dollars".
Did you earn 30 million dollars?
We looked into it and found...
that she has filmed 22 commercials until February of 2016.
She filmed 10 of them alone and 12 of them with AOA members.
Hye Ri filmed 28 commercials and Suzy filmed 11 commercials.
- They make the top three. - She is in second place.
Tell us what 30 million dollars is about.
I didn't earn 30 million dollars.
Experts have calculated that...
the commercials have earned 30 million dollars.
- It's an estimation. - Yes, it is.
There must be grounds for their estimation.
Let's say a commercial earned 10 cents.
How much of the money do you get to take?
Why don't you ask her what the ratio is?
You can't just ask her how much she makes.
Of course she can't answer that question.
You are a regular at nine programmes.
How much do you make in a year? There are many rumours.
What percentage of the earning do you get to keep?
You have appeared in many commercials.
Some people say that your image is the same in all of them.
The telecommunications company's commercial I was in became popular.
Many companies decided to hire me after watching that commercial.
- I see. - The proposal they showed me...
is a picture of me.
They brought my picture and said, "This is what we want."
They wanted the similar outfit, image and pose that was...
used previously in popular commercials.
Is it true that your cardboard standups keep getting stolen?
I saw them getting sold on online shops.
Really?
I heard that stores keep the cardboard standups inside.
The brands you model for keep them inside.
Have you heard of it?
Yes. I read it on the internet.
- Some people ask me for it. - They ask for a cardboard standup.
I don't have it, but they still ask me for it.
I saw one in your room.
Seol Hyun has a cardboard cutout of herself.
Do you really have one?
I gave it to my parents.
I first heard that my cardboard standups...
are getting sold online for 20 or 30 dollars.
- The cardboard standups? - Yes.
However, the price kept going up.
What was the most expensive one you've seen?
There was one getting sold for 130 dollars.
How impressive!
I heard you worry over the shots taken when you're lying down.
- What do you worry about? - What are your concerns?
I often wear tight clothes.
It's easy to keep my stomach flat when I'm standing up.
- It's easy. - Yes.
My body can't be perfect all the time,
- so I suck in my stomach. - You suck in your stomach.
- Yes, I do. - What happens when you lie down?
When I lie down, my stomach folds.
- Does it follow gravity? - Yes.
I don't believe it.
- It's natural for it to fold. - I know.
When I get those,
I go, "Flesh, it's time to assemble."
- Then it gathers together. - Then my stomach becomes taut.
- Is that possible? - You're saying that your flesh...
- becomes taut at your will? - She's like Majin Buu.
- Yes, she is. - Majin Buu.
When I'm relaxed,
my fat is everywhere.
- Before the shoot, - It's like blowing a whistle.
I assemble them to make my stomach flat.
- Really? - Yes.
After the shoot, do you say, "Disassemble"?
Even if I don't say so,
my stomach returns to its original state.
(They go back to where they belong.)
I think you have a beautiful bottom.
Do you think that's your best feature?
Or do you favour another part?
- Well... - Which feature are you proud of?
It's a bit embarrassing to say this with my own mouth.
- We can't say it for you. - We can't help you here.
We can't say it for you.
- You have to say it yourself. - It's not my body.
We can't help you here.
I think my best feature is the curve...
- from my waist down to my hips. - Your hips.
I am sure Chan Mi is happy for her fellow member's success,
but I'm wondering if she has felt envious of Seol Hyun's success.
I think it's wonderful to have a successful member in the group.
- That's right. - That's what I think.
Of course I'm envious. Everyone in the industry...
- craves for attention. - Why are you looking at me?
- You must feel the same way. - Chan Mi.
Chan Mi sees Chang Hee as someone who's in same position.
- It's not like that. - I'm comfortable around her, too.
Anyway, that's what I think.
Everyone blooms at a different time.
- You are right. - She is mature.
Chan Mi, which feature are you most proud of?
- My feet. - Your feet?
You can't see them, but they are very pretty.
- Show us. - She has great legs.
- I see. - Why don't you show us?
- My feet? - Yes.
I think they look fine.
- You must have shapely feet. - I want to check them beforehand.
- She needs privacy. - Take this moment to check them.
- Check your feet. - I'm worried.
- They are your feet. - I worked before the shoot.
- Check your feet. - I will hide them from the camera.
Show us if they are presentable.
I didn't think I would have to show them on TV.
She will become popular when she shows her feet.
Don't be absurd.
Get ready for it.
(She reveals her foot.)
I think my feet are pretty.
- I have long toes. - You do have nice feet.
She didn't get a pedicure.
Gosh, I feel hot.
I heard that...
Chan Mi is the youngest member of AOA.
Does it mean your position is threatened?
Seol Hyun...
May I put my sock back on once?
You may put it back on once.
It has to be one time.
You're not allowed to put it back on twice.
Please air something else while I put my sock on.
There is nothing to air.
There is nothing else to air.
We will have to air you wearing your sock.
It could be your special talent.
Please give me some time.
We'll let you put it back on once.
You won't have to take your socks off from now on.
Thank you.
I think Chan Mi will be popular.
Cameramen are bound to be tired,
but they keep smiling like this.
(They are happy.)
(We love Chan Mi.)
It looks like they can't contain their happiness.
They love Chan Mi.
They are smiling.
Don't steal the tape.
(Don't steal the tape.)
- We must be careful. - Keep it in a locked place.
It has been a while since we had a heartwarming shoot.
It's nice.
Let's go back to the earlier question.
Are you jealous of Seol Hyun since she is another younger member?
She was the last member I became close to.
Tell us what you think, Seol Hyun.
Many of my friends are older than me...
- and I'm the youngest child. - I see.
I don't know how to take care of someone who is younger than me.
That's why I was awkward...
- around Chan Mi. - I see.
It's understandable.
Being mature, Chan Mi often looked after me.
That's how we became close.
What is Seol Hyun like?
(What is she like?)
Seol Hyun can't stand being alone.
I see.
- She gets lonely. - Yes.
Sometimes I get so tired that I would rather sleep than eat a meal.
She would nag me for an hour just to eat jajangmyeon with her.
She doesn't like eating alone.
There must be someone by her side when she's watching TV.
- She's like that. - Does she remind you of someone?
- I love her, but... - Sae Ho...
- is exactly like that. - He is right.
Chang Hee and Chan Mi are similar just like Seol Hyun and I.
Stop squinting for similarities.
- He's ridiculous. - I saw through his trick.
(I saw through it.)
- It's a boring trick. - For goodness' sake.
Stop being ridiculous.
- I didn't mean anything by it. - Don't be like that.
Don't be like that.
- I feel dizzy from laughing. - Are you a second child?
- Yes, I am. - Me, too.
(It's meant to be.)
I'm serious.
A lot of people were born second.
There are lots of second born children.
I'm a second child, too.
- Chan Mi as well. - I'm also a second child.
See?
We have a lot of similarities.
- For goodness' sake. - I'm sorry, Cao Lu.
(He puts an end to his fictional marriage.)
Does Seol Hyun have a flaw that only you know of?
Seol Hyun's flaw?
- You should reveal everything. - She is...
a bit...
Her room is messy.
She was the youngest child in the family.
She is busy, too.
That's why her room is...
- a bit messy. - Seol Hyun,
don't you clean your room?
People may think that,
- but I... - She really doesn't clean her room.
It's just my way of organising the room.
(It's my way.)
You know where everything is.
Even amidst the chaos,
I know exactly where everything is.
- There is order in chaos. - That's right.
If someone cleans my room, I wouldn't know where my things are.
It's my order and my rule.
I am the same.
(We are meant to be.)
Wouldn't you agree?
I don't like it when Chang Hee cleans my room.
Because I know myself, I can find objects...
- that are deep within the mess. - That's right.
How interesting!
- Let me continue. - She is good.
- Good job.
Seol Hyun is good at acting cute.
I think it's because she grew up as the youngest child in the family.
It can get tiring...
- because I can't act cute. - I see.
I was in the sub-unit of AOA called AOA CREAM.
When I returned to the dormitory, she ran out saying,
"Someone is here!" She hadn't seen anyone all day.
- She was lonely. - Were you alone for the entire day?
- Yes. - As soon as I came back,
she ran over and hugged me.
Then she followed me around. She's like that.
Unlike me, Chan Mi is really independent.
- She enjoys being alone. - I see.
I want to stay by her side...
so that I can eat, use computer...
and watch movies with her. But she usually doesn't comply.
Chan Mi and I are very similar.
- I'm serious. - Give it a break.
I am serious. Please believe me.
Get out.
Both of you can leave the set.
Get moving.
- I can't stand you anymore. - Come on.
You keep saying the same thing. For goodness' sake.
I want to eat with him. However, when he wakes up,
- he makes fried rice for himself. - I do that, too.
He watches movies alone.
He prefers working out alone.
- Chang Hee and Chan Mi are similar. - I always kept my door locked...
because I wanted to be alone. Sae Ho bothered me much.
- He goes on trips alone. - Are you sympathising with him?
She locks her door with a padlock.
She's exactly like me!
(It's like a double date.)
- It's like a double date. - You lock the door with a padlock.
Only a thin wall divides my room...
- and the living room. - Do you not trust Seol Hyun?
It became the talk of the town...
- that I lock my door. - Hyun Moo,
it looks like a double date, right?
If this were a drama, the girls would leave after a good time.
That's what would happen in a sitcom. After the girls leave,
Sae Ho and Chang Hee would say, "They were really hot."
Then the two men would go for drinks.
That's what would happen.
Since seven members live in the dormitory,
I think it would be fun.
A new dormitory for the group was purchased,
so not all seven members live together.
Three members live at one place while four members live in another.
The three members in the first dormitory...
- live harmoniously. - They are close to each other.
However, I ended up living with the members who tend to be more private.
- You're living with four members? - Yes.
No one answers when I ask them to go out to eat.
We're busy with our own schedules.
When it's time to eat,
everyone's busy with their own schedules.
So we just eat on our own when we get hungry.
It's hard to find time to eat our meal together.
All of the members stay in their rooms.
It's hard to tell if anyone is at home.
- That's frustrating me. - I see.
I don't have many friends.
I only have the other members.
- So I want to eat with them. - I feel so bad.
I want to spend time with the other members.
I'm sad.
Since it's brought up,
let's just say you were home alone and a member came home.
How would you greet them?
Let's say Hyeon Gyeong is a member.
- I'm a new member of AOA. - First of all, I give them a hug.
Hyeon Gyeong!
(She gives her a big hug.)
This is nice.
- Why are you so late? - I'm sorry.
I missed you.
Seol Hyun,
have you met Hyeon Gyeong before?
- It's your first time? - It's my first time meeting her.
- That's quite a reaction...
even if it was just acting.
- That isn't easy to do. - I'm envious, Hyeon Gyeong.
That's not easy to do with a stranger.
How would you respond, Chan Mi?
You're home.
(You are home?)
(The reaction makes her want to leave again.)
- She wants to leave again. - Hi.
It's usually worse than this.
That's kind of discouraging.
I'm really sorry. I felt shy.
- Demonstrate what you'd do. - Show us how you really greet.
(Chan Mi is home.)
It's a person!
- Did you eat? - No.
- Let's eat. - I need to go into my room.
- Let's eat. - I'll be right back.
Then I follow her into her room.
(Seol Hyun follows Chan Mi.)
Seol Hyun, Dad's home.
I'm her dad.
Hold on, your armpits are sweating.
Your armpits are sweating right now.
Why are your armpits crying?
The water park is open.
It's like a waterfall.
Your boyfriend must love that.
A boyfriend?
- Do you have one? - I don't.
- Why did you sigh? - We have to say we don't.
They have to say they don't?
- I... - What does that mean?
- Let me explain. - What do you mean?
I tend to get asked a lot of questions since I'm the youngest.
They ask if I've ever dated anyone.
When they ask if I have a boyfriend,
- I always say the same thing. - What's that?
Since I'm in a girl group, I've never been in a relationship.
I say that I've never dated anyone before.
Is that true?
Of course.
Don't lie.
- Really? - Of course.
I've been training since I was young.
- Have you ever flirted with anyone? - Why are you winking?
Something went in my eye.
Have you ever...
flirted with a guy?
From what I heard, that tends to happen...
- on music shows in the hallway. - Of course, it happens backstage.
Just because we're on music programmes together...
doesn't mean we're friendly with other singers.
- "Hello." - Is that it?
- We say "hello". - It's just a formal greeting?
There must be guys who show interest...
- or ask for your numbers. - Exactly.
It's been a long time since we've had mobile phones.
They took our mobile phones away when we debuted.
We didn't have mobile phones from "Miniskirt" to "Like a Cat".
We were known as the girls without mobile phones.
So no one ever approached us.
They've got responses ready for any questions.
That's amazing.
- It's like they have a script. - It is.
- They have a manual. - It's a well-scripted drama.
It's a well-scripted drama.
Mal Nyeon, you're known for making people angry...
with your portrait illustrations.
Tae Jun, you cause puzzlement by drawing people...
look much better than in real life.
We asked them to draw us.
- Really? - Yes.
Shall we take a look?
What is that? Is that me?
- What is that? The right one is... - Is that supposed to be me?
Tae Jun.
- It looks similar. - I'm shocked.
The left drawing is a bit...
Actually, I tend to get a lot of pictures...
like the one on the left.
They exaggerate my mouth.
But the right one is amazing.
That's so cool.
- Women like that kind of drawings. - I love it.
Tae Jun always draws characters like that.
That looks so good.
Most people draw Jae Seok in a humorous way.
But he has a lot of attractive features.
The shape of his eyes bend downward.
It gives him a kind look.
- He smiles with his eyes. - I'm surprised.
He looks very neat, too.
I want to switch my face with that drawing.
Would you give it all up to have that face?
- Give up what? - Give up your popularity.
- Give up your social standing. - Social standing?
- Your status, honour and praise. - Give up all of it.
- Well... - Give up all of the praise.
What would you choose?
What's the point in looking like that?
What's the point?
- There's no point. - It's not like you can live off it.
It's not like I could live off my face.
It's better to work hard and live like this.
- What's the point? - Your looks would fade quickly.
Of course.
If I had that face on the right and not took care of myself for a while,
I'd become the picture on the left.
Let's move on to the next drawings.
(Who's the next model?)
(Park Myung Soo)
The left drawing looks like a barbarian.
- It's a barbarian. - The left drawing is a savage.
What is that? It's a barbarian.
(It's accurate.)
- It does look like you. - The left does look more like me.
- The right drawing is a bit... - It looks really cool.
- The right drawing is amazing. - It's like an idol singer.
Why did you draw him like that?
- Isn't it similar? - I should've been an idol singer.
As a whole, that's a bit...
(She's disgusted.)
(Jun Hyun Moo)
The right one is worse.
- What is that? - The right one is weird, too.
- Look at it. - It looks so weird.
There was a dog looking like that in my neighbourhood.
(It's the neighbourhood's stray dog.)
Besides the eyes, I admit that it looks similar.
- That's true. - Doesn't he look dumb?
He has chest hair.
There is chest hair.
Goodness.
How did he know?
(It's a very detailed drawing.)
- How did you know about that? - It's one of your characteristics.
I looked for distinctive features.
Hyun Moo doesn't have a youthful vibe.
(Cheesy)
All of Tae Jun's drawings...
- are really good. - He's a good artist.
I want to take my picture home.
I want to get his autograph on it.
- Can we get an autograph? - It'd be an honour.
- That's right. - I'll hang it on my wall.
- Do you want mine, too? - Yes, of course.
Of course we do.
You two have very different styles.
Mal Nyeon, you're known as a handsome webtoon artist.
Yes, he is.
- He's handsome. - Yes, he is.
- He's quite handsome. - He's good-looking.
I first met my wife when...
she came to interview me.
She took a photo of me during the interview.
It was heavily edited.
She published the edited photo and it spread out.
- It's way better than real life. - That's a good photo.
- You look young. - You look very young.
You look really handsome.
- You're very good-looking. - Yes.
People said that I was handsome but...
I didn't know there would be an ulzzang webtoon artist.
- You were defeated immediately. - He shouldn't have been an artist.
I didn't know an ulzzang would appear in the webtoon industry.
- In that industry... - He's really good-looking.
He's like a bass fish.
He's a different species.
He's a foreign species.
He doesn't belong.
Were you in the top four ulzzangs?
He was?
- It's not like that. - He's in the top four.
(My occupation is an ulzzang.)
That was when I was 20 years old.
Wow.
- He's handsome. - He is.
- He looks like a Japanese. - He's handsome.
- That's a good picture. - He does look like a Japanese.
Pouting the lips like that...
- It's called duck face. - Yes.
(It's the duck face.)
(The original duck face)
What? I can still do it.
- I can see it. - That's the duck face.
You try it, Hyun Moo.
(A chubby duck face)
Back then,
I edited my photo and posted it online.
I just posted it for fun.
I was shocked one day.
Normally, my page had around...
5 to 20 visitors a day.
One day, there were 70,000 visitors a day.
- In a day? - Yes.
There are a lot of different photo-sharing sites these days.
But there was only one site 10 years ago.
Someone posted my photo on that site,
- and it went viral. - I see.
Even if I were crazy, I wouldn't have been happy about that.
- I was scared. - Of course.
I had so many friend requests.
Someone sent me a message...
letting me know about the photo-sharing site.
There were a lot of people like me on that site.
That's how you became an attention-seeker?
Yes.
Honestly,
I thought I was Won Bin at the time.
- Because of your popularity? - Well...
You started think that way without realising.
Celebrities get addicted to fame, right?
I wasn't a celebrity but I got addicted to fame.
What are the symptoms?
At least, celebrities make money.
I was really struggling financially.
When I went to the convenience store to buy shampoo,
I thought people would recognise me.
I straightened out my sideburns with a hair straightener.
I wore BB cream to the supermarket.
I wanted to look perfect. I considered wearing slippers,
but I thought people might say I was short.
I wore heel lifts to the supermarket.
I think I had an affliction back then.
An affliction?
I should have been realistic,
but I believed my photograph was really me.
I thought I was really handsome...
even though I'd taken hundreds of shots and edited them.
I was living in a fantasy world.
- I snapped out of it one day. - When was that?
I got a phone call to appear...
on a cable TV programme.
It was a show about people like me.
Was it an "Ulzzang Generation"?
Since I was Won Bin, I thought that...
- my time to shine had finally come. - He thought he was Won Bin.
I was looking forward to it.
I thought I'd be treated like royalty.
That's what I expected.
Before I went, I didn't know I was lost in a fantasy world,
but there were so many people like me.
- You couldn't stand it. - Everyone there...
thought they were Won Bin.
I realised I'd been living a fantasy.
I didn't want to live like that any more.
I realised it then.
Is there a trick to...
- taking good pictures? - Is there a technique?
Can we become ulzzangs?
There's a simple tip I can teach you.
Everyone thinks about their profile when taking pictures.
The nose is important but so is the jawline.
You need to go on a diet to show your jawline.
You need to have a well-defined jawline.
Take a good look at my jawline.
It's sagging right now.
(He pulls it in.)
- What happened? - How did he do that?
- He pulled it in. - It's pulled in.
(Before and after)
He looks handsome.
His chin...
I can't do it.
- He can't. - It just sags more.
You can't be overweight.
(He's devastated.)
You need to roll your tongue.
You need to pull in your tongue. Yes!
(Who are you?)
(His jawline is sharp and his face looks smaller.)
That's incredible.
His chin...
(His jawline is defined.)
- I've never seen that before. - It's amazing.
It's true.
(He pants.)
Do it again.
- How do you do it? - Goodness.
Seriously...
(Before and after)
- You look different. - You try, Mal Nyeon.
I can't.
Try it.
(His eyes roll up instead of his chin.)
- Why are you rolling your eyes? - I was concentrating.
When I was working as an ulzzang,
- that was one of my techniques. - My goodness.
He's a professional ulzzang.
A professional?
(Sae Ho understands Tae Jun.)
Now, it's finally time to turn to Sae Ho and Chang Hee.
- Congratulations. - Please give them a big hand.
- It's time. - Let's make it short.
- Here we go. - Are we starting?
- Here we go. - He came prepared.
(Did Chang Hee come prepared?)
- He's determined to be different. - I think it's...
time for Chang Hee to become famous,
but he doesn't want that.
- Is that true? - Yes.
I don't like feeling uncomfortable.
- What do you mean? - I like to walk around freely.
Don't be a celebrity, then.
(He's a celebrity who wants freedom.)
How can a celebrity say that?
- I just want to be somewhat famous. - You don't want too much fame?
- No. - People like Tae Jun...
really want to appear on the programme.
Chang Hee told me that he was living happily...
without appearing on Happy Together.
He complained he had to think of things to talk about.
Don't you want to become popular?
- Not really. - Chang Hee's dream is...
He did theatre during his high school years.
He dreamed of...
living as a struggling theatre actor.
My dream was to be a starving theatre actor.
I wanted to wear a field jacket, carry a duffel bag...
and grow beard while doing theatre.
We heard Sae Ho wishes you would stop saying...
- certain things about him. - I have a lot to say about this.
Sae Ho has athlete's foot on his right foot.
He also tends to obsess about women.
That was a long time ago, though.
We never tell each other when we have...
a girlfriend or are interested in someone.
- Chang Hee has betrayed me before. - How?
There was a woman I was interested in.
I wanted to introduce her to my best friend.
So around four of my friends were gathered.
I brought the woman I was seeing to meet them.
As soon as we arrived, he asked how my athlete's foot was.
- There are always guys like that. - She asked,
"Who has athlete's foot?" Chang Hee tried to cover it up...
by saying it was atopy.
(Is he trying to make up for it?)
I just laughed it off.
Chang Hee told her what a good person I was.
He told her I was really good...
at obsessing over women.
She left saying she had something to do the next day.
- She just left. - Did she leave?
Chang Hee was drunk.
He started laughing like this.
When I asked him how he could say that,
he said, "She's not your woman if she can't understand that!"
(She can't even understand that?)
- He yelled at me. - I see.
- That's the worst. - "How can she not understand that?"
"I'm leaving. You pay the bill."
You should've paid the bill.
- I thought... - Does he obsess over women?
That was a long time ago.
When we were close,
Sae Ho didn't have a car and I did.
Sae Ho had a girlfriend who was causing him a lot of grief.
She wouldn't answer his phone calls.
He wanted to stake-out her house.
We took my car...
and camped out in front of her house for around three days.
It was like a police stake-out.
That's so obsessive.
We sat in the car and ate rice balls with our socks off.
We waited until she came home.
- Didn't she answer his calls? - No, she didn't.
When she did, all he could hear was her laughing with another man.
As her boyfriend, he was furious.
That's serious.
I told him it'd be better...
- if they just broke up. - Right.
What's the point of camping out?
He insisted on talking to her face-to-face.
- They should've just broken up. - Right.
Anyway, we were waiting. His girlfriend had a car.
She came home and saw him.
I'm not kidding.
She backed away like a car racer.
She drove away as fast as she could.
I was so shocked.
- Did you catch her? - No, we didn't.
- Why not? - The engine wasn't turned on.
She had just gotten her licence.
Despite that,
she reversed so quickly.
(She reversed and disappeared.)
- That's incredible. - Were you really dating?
- Yes, we were. - I'm not sure about that.
There are rumours that you said...
Sae Ho might have never been in a relationship.
- Me? - Sae Ho...
You said he never had a girlfriend.
Even though he told me he has a girlfriend,
I've never met any of them.
- Ever since I knew him... - He's been close to some of them.
Besides that woman who reversed...
(He's only seen the woman who reversed.)
Was he dating her?
Well... I'm not really sure.
She wasn't answering his calls when I saw her.
I think he was interested in her, but they weren't dating.
- There's more to this. - I got chills when I heard this.
- What is it? - Sae Ho...
imagines what it's like to date the women he works with.
- What does that mean? - What's with that?
What is that?
(He's taken aback.)
He imagines dating them?
I'm going to retire from today.
Do I imagine dating my colleagues? I've never done that.
You've worked with Nana, Na Young and Cao Lu.
- There's Hyeon Gyeong, too. - Actually,
- Me? - when we filmed...
"Come to Play" with Na Young,
she jokingly asked...
- if you liked her a few times. - She said it here.
She said it before.
You had a crush on me, right?
Be honest.
Is that true?
- Oh, my. - It's best to be honest.
Be honest.
Honestly, she plays with people's feelings.
You got played?
- You imagine dating them? - It's not that.
I couldn't focus on the show at that time.
I couldn't really participate in the programme.
Na Young would...
look at me and whisper,
"It's okay." She encouraged me.
On the way home,
I ended up thinking about her.
- I wondered why she was so nice. - That's understandable.
When she would...
joke around with me,
I wondered...
how she felt about me.
- What about Nana? - Nana from "Roommate"?
Nana?
My father said...
he'd like it if his daughter-in-law was like you.
(Daughter-in-law?)
Sae Ho became a method actor.
A method actor?
- He told me... - Method acting on a variety show?
he and Nana would act like they liked each other.
I figured that it was just acting,
but he said he wouldn't date anyone.
He said it was because he had to maintain his relationship with Nana.
He kept trying to see her.
- That's how it seemed. - My goodness.
Nana will be shocked when she sees this.
(What is this?)
Nana will say, "Me?"
- "Me?" - "Me?"
- People think I like Nana. - Yes. That's right.
If I flirt with other girls when I said I like Nana,
I'll feel I'm breaking a promise I made with the public.
- The public doesn't care at all. - The public...
- is not interested. - No one is interested.
- There's a pattern. - Didn't you also like Na Rae?
- Na Rae? - No, she liked him.
- Let me explain. - That's not really true.
Well, it's true that I thought about Na Young...
that way, and I also had feelings for Nana.
- What about Do Yeon? - I did think about dating her.
It's because...
Does Sae Ho ever talk about Hyeon Gyeong?
Frankly speaking, he has talked about her.
Stop talking nonsense. What did I say?
You said she's pretty.
(Hyeon Gyeong is pretty.)
That doesn't mean I like her.
I think that's what it means in your case.
- You're always... - They're like kids.
Wait. How can that mean I like her?
Does that mean you dislike her?
- You don't dislike her, do you? - Whenever he saw Suzy on TV,
he went on about how he can imagine himself dating her...
Come on, guys. You're both in your mid-30s.
If he thinks someone is pretty, it means he likes her.
Because he has such a big mouth,
I don't tell him anything when I'm seeing someone.
- I never tell him anything. - Me?
- When did I say anything? - Well... All the time.
I never... What are you talking about?
- I don't even have anyone to tell. - You're so full of it.
I always tell you to keep it to yourself,
- but you tell everyone. - That's not true.
So nothing happened between you and Na Rae.
As you all know, Na Rae talked about it on this show.
She asked me out.
- I asked him out. - What did you say?
Well, I was direct about it.
- "Hey, let's date." - Oh, really?
- You were straightforward. - He's falling off his chair.
We locked eyes, and I could tell we were on the same page,
but when people showed up, he completely changed.
- He told me not to be like that. - So he changed.
We held hands when we were alone.
That means a lot, right?
She said that she and Se Chan really had feelings for each other.
That's what she said.
With me, it was just a joke. She did it for fun.
He made a mistake. All he had to do was to say no to Na Rae.
When she was being flirty, he didn't have to go along with it.
Instead, he was totally flirting with her.
Of course, she'd get the wrong idea.
She was dancing like this. Of course, I had to dance with her.
- And... - As a comedian, I had to.
When she grabbed his tie, he should've told her to let it go.
- He followed her like this. - Of course! I'm a comedian.
I can't say, "Let go of this!"
- It wasn't even for a TV show. - Aren't I right?
- I was also drunk, so... - All right, guys.
He must have been somewhat interested in her.
What was Sae Ho doing while you were dancing?
He was busy hitting on Do Yeon.
That's not true. We were brainstorming...
- for a segment. - Who brainstorms at a karaoke?
- They brainstormed at a karaoke! - You're backed into a corner now.
- We were just brainstorming. - To come up with ideas?
As a senior comedian, I wanted to be a good mentor.
- Chang Hee. - She's been doing it for 10 years.
I'm sorry, but you said Na Rae danced like this.
- Which song was she dancing to? - "A Daring Woman".
As she was singing the song,
she grabbed my tie and started dancing, so I danced with her.
- I see. - Na Rae was very drunk that day.
It didn't look like she could go home by herself. We said,
- "Chang Hee, take her home." - Right.
He hit my neck like this.
"I told you not to drink too much." Then he just left.
After witnessing that, Do Yeon said, "Goodness, he's a total jerk."
"How can he just leave like that? He had fun with Na Rae..."
"without spending a penny."
"What did Na Rae do?"
"Na Rae, don't fall for him. He's a total jerk!"
"He ran away. Hey, you're a piece of trash!"
Chang Hee didn't even turn around.
(Chang Hee went straight home.)
- Enough is enough. - What are you talking about?
Know when to change. Your method hasn't worked for the last 17 years.
(There is a reason why it hasn't worked.)
- What is the reason, then? - How would I know?
How can I change, then?
- Girls create problems for boys. - That's everything we prepared.
- That was great. - We've shown you everything.
Hey, you're a good actor.
- His acting has improved. - It went according to our plan.
You two did a great job.
You should give each other a hug.
- Good job. - You did well.
- I liked how you handled that part. - Guys.
That was fun.
Members of girl groups often post screenshots of their group chats...
on their social media accounts. Does AOA do it, too?
- Yes. We have our group chat. - I see.
- Seol Hyun is the most active one. - Right.
What kind of things does she share?
She sends us funny photos. She surfs the internet a lot.
- I see. - She sends us funny things...
or the latest articles.
She takes screenshots and share them with us.
They call me, "The Queen of Web Search".
I search a lot online.
Out of 100 web searches I do,
- 90 is looking up my name. - Really?
- She looks up her name a lot. - I look up my name.
It must be fun to search her name. New articles keep getting published.
- She'll always have things to read. - Don't you look up your name?
I've done it, but I get the same articles all the time.
- It's meaningless. - It'd be no fun.
It'd be fun if there were new articles written about me.
Seol Hyun, we heard you tend to be impatient...
and make a lot of mistakes when you talk.
- I tend to talk very slowly. - Yes. You do talk slowly.
- I want to talk fast, but I can't. - It's difficult for you.
Then, the words get all jumbled up in my head.
- I see. - Right.
In that process, some words get deleted,
and she comes up with new words.
For example, "a head of lettuce" becomes "hettuce".
She comes up with random, strange words like that.
Seol Hyun, a photo of you with a two-toned face...
has spread all over the internet.
- Right, that make-up... - Do people think this is funny?
Was this photoshopped?
- The tone of this make-up... - Right.
It looks like the make-up was rushed.
Well, I don't like my dark skin tone.
I've always been very self-conscious about it,
and I tend to want to cover it up all the time.
- It's... - You got so tanned from the jungle.
Seol Hyun was so stressed about it.
I was so worried about it even before I left.
As you know, I appeared on TV with no make-up once before that.
The viewers' response to it wasn't ideal.
The bad memories about it was just starting to fade away,
so I was worried about showing my bare face again.
- I was put under huge pressure. - You looked good.
I watched "Brave Family".
I saw you skinning a chicken...
- and battling cockroaches. - That's not easy.
Wow. Shall we go over to that corner...
and slit its throat?
(Shall we slit its throat now?)
Did she really say that?
(She grabbed the chicken without a second of hesitation.)
(She volunteered to prepare the chicken for the family.)
Oh, my.
It was...
(A cockroach)
(The cockroach showed up out of nowhere.)
Ouch.
There were about 10,000 cockroaches.
- It's true. - Right?
There were seriously about 10,000 cockroaches.
There were so many of them that we couldn't even try to catch them.
- I thought my head was itchy, - They were crawling...
and I found a cockroach there.
(Cockroaches came out of her hair.)
At first, I was like, "There are cockroaches!"
They were flying everywhere and even got under my clothes.
After a little while, I became numb about them.
You're used to living in a dirty space, so it must've helped.
- It must've helped a lot. - Totally.
Chang Hee was scratching his groin area like this.
- Goodness. - I'm serious.
- That's gross. - Come on.
- I saw you doing it. - Stop trying too hard to be funny.
You really did it.
- Stop trying too hard. - Admit it.
- Did you scratch it or not? - This isn't funny at all.
- I didn't scratch both sides. - All right.
That's enough, guys.
Let's talk about Chan Mi now.
(She's the youngest member of AOA.)
Chan Mi, you were a part of AOA's sub-unit...
- called AOA CREAM. - Yes. That's right.
From what I heard,
you used to feel very shy about doing cute gestures...
while performing.
- Yes. I'm bad at doing cute acts. - I see.
Even when I'm given a free dance time,
I rarely make cute gestures.
For members of girl groups, it's important to amuse...
- the fans during that time. - Yes. We have to own it.
Other members have their own ways of utilising that time.
- It could be winking at the camera. - That's common.
I must say some members...
- wink 7 times during a short part. - 7 times?
Yes. They keep winking like this.
- Do they have magnesium deficiency? - Possibly.
- They should keep one eye closed. - They do it because...
they don't know when the camera will be zoomed in.
That's why they wink repeatedly.
At least one wink will be caught on the camera.
While working on AOA CREAM's album,
I got this urge to look cute because our song was girly and cute.
There's a part that goes like this. Wait, wait for me, boy
(Cute)
We'd love to see it.
- I'm blushing. - Show us, please.
I was so happy about not having to perform as AOA CREAM anymore.
- This will be the last time. - Yes.
- The song is a bit... - Wait, wait for me, boy
(She's so cute.)
(She's totally flaunting her cuteness.)
That was so cute.
(She collapses.)
(Cuteness isn't my strong suit.)
I've never seen an idol singer...
- having such a hard time with it. - Exactly.
She looked totally fine though.
When you watch our performance, you'll only see her cute face,
but this is what we see. Wait, wait for me, boy
(Her face changes.)
- Her face totally changes. - Right.
I don't love doing those cute gestures.
I want to be able to show my dancing skills.
Your powerful dance. You're the dancer of the team.
I want to look cool. I want to relieve that urge.
- Our dance isn't powerful at all. - Right.
It's girly like this.
Then, show us your powerful dance. You can do it, right?
- Yes. - Great.
- She's putting on different shoes. - I need to wear these shoes.
- She'll properly show us her dance. - She's the dancer of the group.
(I've been waiting for this moment.)
(Sharp movement)
Her moves look so disciplined.
(She is powerful.)
- Look at her. - It's on a different level.
- Wow. - She's amazing.
She's so good.
(That was Chan Mi's powerful dance.)
- Wow. - You should dance like this.
Chan Mi, that was impressive.
- I'm in love with your dance. - Thank you.
I'm actually the opposite. I really like...
- AOA CREAM's style of dance. - Is that right?
- The sub-unit of the group? - I love those cute dance moves.
Seol Hyun, then you should show us the cute dance.
Be cute and sexy as you want.
- Show us the cute version. - Sure.
(Seol Hyun shows off her cute charms.)
(Adorable)
- Yes, that's... - This is AOA's choreography.
- It's a typical girl group dance. - It's cute.
All girl groups dance like that.
(Cute and sexy)
- She's really good. - She is. It's totally...
how most girl groups dance.
- It emphasises her figure. - Yes.
You're right. It accentuates the figure.
- She's so cute. - Right, those moves.
- It's so cute. - I'm loving this dance.
- All guys here are... - My goodness.
(A heart attack)
Gosh, she's a great dancer.
(She ends her dance...)
(with a sexy move.)
She's really a good dancer.
- I can do a variation of the dance. - Really?
A variation of that dance?
She'll combine it with different steps.
- She starts with a cute move. - So far, so good.
She looks like Seol Hyun.
She came up with a few different moves.
- I notice the moves... - Oh, my!
- The tadpole dance! - She's doing the tadpole dance.
The tadpole dance...
This is how Chan Mi dances.
(Chan Mi plus Hyeon Gyeong)
- Is it aerobics exercise? - Do I dance like that?
(Let me show you.)
(That's more like samulnori.)
I'm impressed.
- She's good. - She's a good dancer.
You've become such a great dancer.
- My dancing skills improved. - You're good.
- You've improved a lot. - I know, right?
- The head-banging was awesome. - That was really great.
By the way, I have something to tell Mal Nyeon.
The production team told me your face shows everything.
(Engrossed)
I was just so impressed.
- Me, too. - They were dancing like this.
- I'm so jealous. - Did you get eyelid surgery?
I didn't, but I was told I need to since my skin is saggy.
- Really? - Right.
I look like this when I relax my eyes.
(This is what his eyes looked like when he watched the dance.)
(Watching a girl dance gives him double eyelids.)
Tae Jun, I heard "Lookism" is an autobiographical story.
Oh, yes. The overall storyline goes like this.
The main character lives a depressing life. From his looks...
to his social status, he has nothing to be proud of.
One day, he wakes up and finds another version of him.
(I saw myself deeply asleep.)
- His body keeps changing. - I see.
Everyone compliments his look and his social status improves, too.
He can live as two different people who are both good-looking.
That's what the story is about.
When I was young, my family was very poor.
It was a very difficult time for my family.
My self-esteem was very low and I had no confidence in anything.
I never imagined I'd appear on a TV show...
and talk to Jae Seok and Myung Soo like this.
I was such a timid boy who had no confidence.
When I entered senior year in high school,
I started taking care of my looks and gained a bit of confidence.
One day, I had a revelation.
I met the same person,
but he treated me differently.
I realised it wasn't the person who changed.
He treated me differently because I changed.
I wanted to talk about that experience through my webtoon.
His storyline fascinates teenagers.
People in their 20s love my webtoons, too.
He targets teens or people in their 20s.
- He added people in their 20s. - He made that correction quickly.
One of the storylines include...
a teenager who's trying to sell his secondhand goods on a website.
Many people buy or sell used goods on websites these days.
The webtoon portrays all the details about that experience.
- He must experience it first. - Right. People totally empathise.
It's about getting scammed on those sites.
He comes up with these episodes.
He connects them with teenagers' lives.
How do you come up with these ideas?
I call people up and meet them.
I call them and introduce myself. "I'm a webtoon artist."
"I'd love to make a webtoon about you."
"Could we meet in person?"
As you know, Mal Nyeon has an online show.
One of my webtoons is about those shows.
- Yes, that's right. - To work on that webtoon,
I've interviewed popular hosts in that industry.
You met them in person and interviewed them.
- Yes. - You put a lot of effort into it.
I took them out for drinks, too.
- The process is fun. - This is why he's popular.
Webtoons are essentially cartoons.
Cartoons are supposed to be unrealistic.
However, those interviews taught me one thing.
Unrealistic things can mostly happen in our real lives.
Please give us an example.
Let's say I'm this man. I want to...
get this girl's money.
There are few methods those guys use.
Let's say Myung Soo is giving me this as a gift.
We'll say this is a golf club.
- This is a gift for you. - Thanks.
Then I'd say this to the girl.
I'd show her a photo and say, "Hey, I really want this golf club."
"I want this so much. Can you buy it for me as a gift?"
Most women find gifts under 500 dollars...
- are doable. Some will buy it. - Right.
Then the girl would send him 500 dollars for it.
Then, he'll send a photo of the golf club he got from Myung Soo,
saying, "I bought this with the money you sent me."
He'll thank her and send the same photo to 10 different women.
I heard 5 out of 10 women usually give him money.
It's an example of creative economy.
- Pardon me? - You think so?
- What are you talking about? - That's what I think.
- I'll give you another example. - Gosh, that's crazy.
"Hey, I want to buy a motorcycle."
"It's about 5,000 dollars."
"I've saved up 3,000 dollars, but I still lack 2,000 dollars."
"Hey, can you help me out and put in 2,000 dollars for it?"
"We can buy it together and take short trips every week."
"We can go somewhere nice together."
She'd think about it and eventually send him money.
He'd do the same thing to four women.
- He'd buy a motorcycle with it. - That's 8,000 dollars.
He didn't even have 3,000 dollars to begin with.
- He makes money through women. - This guy made 8,000 dollars.
He bought a motorcycle with it and took trips with those women.
All those women had a share with that motorcycle.
- Goodness. - You interviewed those people?
- Yes. - Wow.
Ladies, many men are out to rip you off like this,
- so please be careful. - They should be careful.
Most people didn't know these methods but they're widely spread.
- I had no idea. - Seol Hyun, I think you'd do it.
- If I like him, I'd send him money. - What?
What are you talking about?
- You shouldn't send him anything. - Stop talking nonsense.
- You mustn't send money. - Okay, I won't send anything.
Are you in the same agency as Kim Woo Bin?
- Oh, yes. - Wow.
How did that happen?
Because my webtoons have been very popular,
many people have placed offers to purchase the publication rights.
One day, I went to meet the agency's CEO.
Something bad happened to me the day before,
so I drank a lot and was completely...
- You were wasted. - I was totally wasted...
and ended up being an hour late for the meeting.
- The CEO was waiting for me. - Oh, no.
I said, "I apologise. I was late because I drank too much yesterday."
That totally amused him. He thought, "Who is this guy?"
- Really? - In the middle of our meeting,
he suggested that we should work together.
He proposed the idea. I met him to sell the publication rights,
but I ended up selling myself instead.
- Did you sign a contract? - Yes.
- So you belong to an agency now. - That's right.
That made you a professional attention-seeker.
Yes, that's right. You're right.
You were an amateur before that.
- To me... - You were a wanderer before.
- You're a celebrity now. - Well, as I'm...
listening to the conversation, I'm realising Mal Nyeon...
- is good at annoying people. - He is.
- Doesn't he do it subtly? - He's so good at it.
- I'm impressed. - He seeks attention for a living.
I'm good at annoying people, too and he's very skilled at it.
- He's on level 7. - He's between level 7 and 8.
I visited the agency a few times after that.
One day, I spotted a guy who was seriously glowing.
It was Kim Woo Bin.
As you know, we belong to the same agency.
I almost felt like he was my family.
I saw him walking by, so I said, "Hello."
He initially got flustered then said, "Yes, hello."
I was so happy.
Kim Woo Bin said hi to me. I was seriously thrilled.
You all know Kim Hyun Chul, right?
- The musician, Kim Hyun Chul. - Yes.
- "Fall of the Moon"? - Yes, that's his song.
I once peed next to him.
(I once peed next to him.)
Congratulations.
This is a public network. Please use appropriate language.
- Please watch your language. - When that was happening,
- did you try talking to him at all? - I couldn't talk to him.
That'd be rude. I couldn't interrupt him.
- Because he was relieving himself. - That's right.
- I couldn't be rude. - It would've been a mistake.
(You already made a big mistake.)
Tae Jun, your online clothing store is doing well, too.
Jung Joon Young used to model for your website, right?
- That's right. - I needed a tall guy.
He had nothing to do back then and he also had no money.
- Is that right? - Actually, Joon Young...
isn't from a poor family. His family is well-off,
but his family doesn't care about him.
He lived abroad for many years.
He has been independent ever since he was young,
so he has struggled financially.
- I lived with him for a while. - Seriously?
By the way, Joon Young's very hairy.
- Is that right? - I'm not sure if I can say this.
We used to burn his hair with a lighter to fool around.
- You were both young. - Yes, guys...
- do those things. - They were immature.
- They were immature back then. - Yes.
Hyun Moo, have you tried it?
If you burn my body hair, I'll die.
(Don't even think about it.)
- I'm serious. - He has more hair than you.
- Seriously? - Really?
- It'll look like fireworks. - Stop it now.
Joon Young doesn't look like he'd be hairy.
He was really penniless back then.
He's doing well now, of course. He had to go to a birthday party.
He had to buy a gift but he had no money.
Back then, I had several bottles of vodka at home.
I wasn't home that day so he took three bottles.
He took them to the party,
but I'm actually very thrifty.
People usually throw out empty vodka bottles, right?
I didn't want to throw them out so I filled them up with water.
I see.
He took the ones filled with tap water and drank them with friends.
His friends told him, "Good liquors don't get you drunk."
(Bringing these was a wise decision.)
They probably said, "It goes down smoothly, too."
- That's hilarious. - The smell of vodka...
remains in empty bottles.
- Right, you can still smell it. - That's right.
Did your family have financial problems?
I heard your mother went through a lot.
I'm sure it's same for many people. You know the typical story.
My family was well-off when I was young,
but it did not last forever.
I originally wanted to be a cartoonist.
I even went to art school.
I majored in cartooning.
My mother...
She sent me to college with what she earned from selling fish cakes.
- I lived in Dongdaemun. - Right.
I lived in a rough neighbourhood.
I lived in a wholesale market area and wanted to earn some money.
So I started selling clothes for a year,
and people liked what I was selling.
I thought, "I'll be a cartoonist after earning some money."
"Maybe later in my 40s or 50s."
But I still had some time while running my online clothing store.
I thought, "I've always wanted to be a cartoonist. I should try now."
- Luckily, people liked it a lot. - Right.
So basically, you were bored and made it to the top.
How does that make me look?
I work really hard on it.
I put in a lot of effort but I've also been lucky.
Chan Mi, you once ran away while you were...
promoting your album.
- My goodness. - Really?
I ran away. I was really young and immature.
It was after winning first place for "Short Hair" and "Miniskirt".
Weren't you in the prime of your career?
I ran away the day before we had a programme shooting.
Since we won first place, my dream should've come true.
But I felt really empty and I even doubted if this is for me.
But you worked hard for it all this time. Why did you suddenly leave?
- It felt like there's nothing left. - Right.
I thought I'd be fulfilled if we win...
but that wasn't the case.
I was immature and thought, "This isn't for me."
I ran away without saying anything the day before the shoot.
I thought, "I need to go home." So I went to Seoul Station.
I told the members, "I'm going back to Gumi."
- "I don't think this is for me." - Wow.
But the leader, Ji Min, came to look for me...
and of course, she came with our manager.
- I got surprised and ran away. - You ran again?
You ran away after seeing Ji Min?
- Yes, I ran from Seoul Station... - You're fast.
- and took a taxi to Gwanghwamun. - Right.
I went there but the outside world seemed scary.
"The outside world"?
Where did you live all this time?
She came from the countryside.
- I came to Seoul when I was 15. - You came at a young age.
I don't know anything about Seoul.
I didn't know where to go so I went to the sauna and slept there.
I went to Han River and cried.
I was thinking, "Is this for me?"
You went to places that are easy for people to find you.
People can find you on all famous spots.
I did that for a few days so I ran out of money.
I went back willingly since we needed to settle it anyway.
- After how many days? - After a week?
That's quite a long time.
I was so worried about the other members,
- so I watched the show. - Right.
- At the sauna? - Right.
Their faces looked swollen because they cried a lot.
- So I decided to go back. - You felt sorry after seeing that.
I heard you were worried that AOA doesn't need you.
- What? - You thought about that?
Yes. It was when AOA was promoting "Miniskirt".
I injured my knees so I couldn't participate.
- That's when we began doing well. - "Miniskirt" became a hit.
That's when we topped the charts...
and the members became well-known during that period.
Since I wasn't on stage performing,
people thought AOA had only six members.
- They did well without you. - I really wanted to join them.
But after looking how well they're doing without me,
I thought, "Is it good for them if I'm not there?"
That's what I thought.
I really had a hard time.
I have to say we felt her empty spot.
It needs to be seven people to complete the arrangement...
but since there were only six of us, we felt incomplete.
We really felt incomplete without her.
I guess that's what she thought when she was alone.
I heard people saw you eating at Bucheon.
- Can you explain? - My house is in Bucheon.
I went out to eat with my parents...
and a few people saw it.
They posted on social media websites saying they all saw me.
People began to say, "She's hurt but goes to famous restaurants."
- Did people say that? - They said I was out and about.
That's what I heard and I got upset.
The truth is, I only went to one place but many people saw me.
It was a famous restaurant, right?
It wasn't famous. I just went to eat jokbal.
She went to eat jokbal after hurting her legs.
That's the story.
- You got better after eating it. - Yes, that's right.
- I heard you're not very outgoing. - I thought you were outgoing.
I think nobody here knows about it...
but we came out with, "Elvis", "Get Out", "MOYA" and "Confused".
- We actually had four albums. - Right.
It didn't do well. We thought, "What's our problem?"
We were all thinking what our problems were.
I think Seol Hyun was worried about it, too.
She didn't really joke around.
She didn't really smile.
Just then,
she had to play a vibrant character.
Looking at it I thought, "That must be tiring. She's amazing."
Do you want to eat with me?
("Seo Young, My Daughter", 2012)
Do you want to have coffee with me?
- That's not it. - You want to ask me out?
People would think it's just bad luck.
I don't really have an outgoing personality...
but I needed to play a vibrant character.
I'm usually timid and don't really speak up...
but it was fun to play a vibrant character.
Did you change after the drama?
- I think I'm changing. - Is that so?
I'm still a bit timid but...
- I'm learning to get used to it. - Right.
(She's the centre of the group.)
Wow. It's not dried.
- I should've postponed this. - Why?
(She can also play a serious character.)
We're about to lose our house.
(She's still learning and trying hard.)
Today's the fourth time you met, right?
- They already became best friends. - Don't you have anything to say?
I think there'll be more opportunities if we get closer.
Perhaps, we could team up.
- I'm being honest. - It's just business.
I don't think it'll be bad for us to do things together.
I hope to meet him in private...
and drop the formality.
Let's drop the formality.
- I really like his work. - Right.
You two should say something.
I'm really thankful that you look up to me.
I'm cringing.
- Chan Mi. - Say something.
I'll eat with you more often from now on.
That's right.
- Please eat with her. - I'll hang out with you more.
(Furtively expressing her love)
- That's right. - She's a little shy.
Today, I wish that all of you...
maintain your friendship.
(We wish everyone here good luck.)
We'd like to thank everyone who came today.
We hope to see you next week! Thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
(See you next week!)
("Swagger Time" by MAP6)
(Happy Together)