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I am MC Yoo Hee-yeol.
I am MC Haha.
I am Kim Jong-min, the winner of 2016 Entertainment Grand Award.
He looks different now.
- I'm starting to feel awkward around him. - He has swag.
I am Sol-bi, an all-around artist.
- She's funny. - Isn't she a first after Hong Seo-beom?
I am Song So-hee. A child prodigy of Korean traditional music...
is not actually who I am.
I'm a college student.
- Really? - She's already in college!
- She's so pretty. - I should've sang my song, too.
Out, out, out
The courageous have come out to talk.
- On Wednesday night, - Busking with words,
- this is As I Say! - this is As I Say!
(As I Say)
- Today is a celebrity special. - I see.
It really is today.
Jong-min, congratulations once again.
- Thank you. - Congratulations.
This is something to be proud of.
He's the 1st out of those our age, born in 1979.
- Really? - Yes. He's the first to receive a solo award.
Also, he's the first of the Avengers of Fools to get a grand award.
He's the first. I'm so proud of him.
- He's a hope for us. - Of course.
- He's our representative of hope. - How did I get it?
- We can do it! - We can do it!
Usually when we perform, we must have a theme. It's decided now.
- How about Era of Innocence? - That's great.
- I like it. - It's great.
Greet each other. We're one team from now on.
- We're a team, not competitors. - Nice to meet you.
- I've seen her since she was young though. - Exactly.
- In the program "Star King", I also... - Right.
saw her when she was really young.
Now, beauty is just...
- pouring out of her. - It really is.
Do you remember him and her?
(Sighing)
I don't remember things well.
- You really don't remember? - We saw you when you were 17 years old.
This isn't a hearing.
You really don't remember us?
- I saw you when you were 17. - She also...
- should be with us. - I'm sorry but would you like to join our club?
She's our kind.
- I think she could be our ace. - I sense it too.
I very quickly forget bad memories...
and also very quickly forget good memories.
- I'm oblivious. - That's exactly what we are.
(That's exactly what we are.)
We really are.
- I love how it is today. - We're having a huge assembly today.
He's the hottest star nowadays. The best variety show entertainer,
shining as the KBS's Grand Award recipient for 2016,
here's Kim Jong-min.
Really, congratulations!
I still can't believe it even when I hear someone say that.
- Things don't settle in. - He deserves it.
- Every single person had congratulated him. - Right.
In terms of brand reputation as a television personality,
- There are things like that? - in January 2017, he ranked 2nd.
- Yu Jae-seok ranked 1st. - You were right after Yu Jae-seok.
I ranked 10th.
- You looked it up? - Yes.
Are there things you're careful about as a hot variety show star?
- He must. - I've been contemplating a lot about my conduct nowadays.
I'm also careful about what I say.
So do you just not talk nowadays?
- Yes, I haven't been talking nowadays. - You don't?
- You don't think that you should do well? - You just don't think that?
- It's a new approach. - I don't talk.
But our show is As I Say.
- That's what worries me. - It's a talk show.
They have to edit me very well.
But they can't if you don't talk. Why did you decide to come?
Because I received that award,
I suddenly found something I wanted to say.
Then will today's busking be about how to win the Grand Award?
No.
"I lived in such and such ways and then got it."
- You mean, "I can do it too. You can do it too." - Right.
There's a report from the staff.
"I'm the one who taught Yoo Hee-yeol everything about variety shows."
You taught me?
- Really? - What did teach me?
You know, you came on "2 Days & 1 Night" before.
- You mean the "Island Village Concert Special". - Right.
At that time, I taught you...
- about reactions. - You were there?
Wow, Hee-yeol!
- Weren't you in the military then? - What are you talking about?
- You taught me how to react? - Of course.
You showed terrible reactions when you saw a great scenery.
I remember!
- Right, you did teach me something. - Yes.
I taught you about reactions.
Let's learn from him. It's like remembering lines.
It was a great scenery and everyone only said, "It's great."
- Variety show entertainers know... - Yes.
- to exaggerate their reactions. - Right.
- You have to heighten the sound. - Right.
(Squealing)
Right!
- You remember it, right? - I remember.
- I remember. - You're so good.
You're really good.
- You have to make that dolphin sound. - Yes, you must.
But this suddenly crossed my mind. When I was a rookie, I also...
got taught by Jong-min a lot when I was on variety shows.
- He did back then. - No need to mention it.
What I recognized...
was that if I taught her 1 thing, she could do 10.
You immediately recognized that she'd be a big star?
I knew it at once.
You can tell once you just talk to her.
- You knew from just a glance? - Yes.
So I diligently did as he told me, and one day became "female version of Kim Jong-min".
- I'm sorry about that. - Thank you so much for that.
- I'm really thankful for that. - I'm sorry.
Now, Jong-min has received a Grand Award...
and is loved by many people.
- But I heard you once had a really deep slump? - Right.
- It was after I military service. - As you came out, they immediately...
kidnapped you and brought you back into the show.
(During the press conference after his military service)
(Kidnapped alive)
(Dragged along)
I'll make you laugh and move you hearts.
I came back,
and I fell lower than anything imaginable.
I heard you also had a crisis to overcome in the middle of it.
Right. As the second season got canceled, I was notified that I'd been kicked out.
- You mean from the staff? - Yes, I received that.
- Right. - But then Cha Tae-hyun﻿...
said, "But Jong-min is an original member. Shouldn't he stay?"
So I got asked to stay in the show.
Actually, when Jong-min was receiving the Grand Award,
he was so grateful toward Tae-hyun.
- There was this reason, I see. - Yes.
Why didn't you leave? Why stay when it must've hurt your feelings a lot?
Human beings have self-pride, right?
Such things can become a scar because of that.
But then I realized self-pride is just a standard I set up.
They asked me to leave because I didn't do well. If I just let down my pride,
it's another opportunity.
- He did well by doing that. - I started again,
and it became a huge opportunity for me. I think that's why I got the award.
Because such history exists, Jong-min's Grand Award...
- shines even brighter, I think. - Right.
I feel like it's the first time I heard about this.
- Really? - Yes.
Have you mentioned it on other shows?
Yes, I've mentioned it a lot.
(Overflowing dignity of Grand Award winner)
It was really heart-moving.
(Touching story mentioned too often)
This is how you talk on a talk show.
- Right. - He's very popular.
From a being a woman with a brain of a kid,
she returned as a brainy woman who discusses art and life.
She's a singer, television personality, and writer, Sol-bi.
- Yes! - Hello.
(All-around artist Sol-bi)
- Hey, Sol-bi. - How was that introduction?
It was pretty good.
Sol-bi also has a blessing for awards.
Yes, I received an Excellence Award last year.
(Received Excellence Award for 2016)
But after hearing about today's guests, I heard you tried to not come.
- Why not? - That's not it.
I got the offer and I thought it'd be fine to come...
- since I received an award, too. - Right.
- Right. - Ocean Jewels of Fools have a weak spot for titles.
He or she must have a title.
- It's true. - It's just,
I had the meeting and everything. Then, I asked who'll be here.
They said Jong-min will be here.
I asked, "Shouldn't I be on the next episode after him then?"
- Why? - That’s not it.
For some reason, when I hear he'll appear,
I become very conscious of his presence.
- But I... - Wait, do you feel like you're rivals?
No. I look up to him, of course.
I'm so happy to see them sitting in the same place.
They are "female Kim Jong-min" and "male Sol-bi".
- It's a communion between heroes. - You see,
I watched AS I Say...
and observed Haha from our Avengers of Fools.
I saw he developed a kind of dignified presence...
- through being on this show. - Sol-bi, that's not it.
It's not dignity. I'm just silent because I don't know anything.
I had just been staying still.
- It was because I didn't understand. - But just by being here, you did.
- Right. - I want to become like you and be in a seat like that.
- This seat? - No, I mean...
a seat in which it's okay even if you say nothing and stay still.
But he's the MC. It's a problem if he stays still.
- You'd look good between them. - Right?
We'll think about it seriously.
But when you were in your teens and 20s, your mind felt a mess, right?
Because I had so many activities,
all I did was work. I'd have 6 events in a day.
I was truly a fool back then.
I went to the bank and thought...
they needed my certificate of authentication because I'm a public figure.
I really did. That's how bad it was.
I was clueless about how society works.
- And so, - She's cute.
the bank teller laughed so hard at me.
I asked, "I'm not the only one who gets asked for it?"
- That's how bad it was. - Yes, that's how clueless I was about society.
It was because my manager took care of everything for me.
- I was a complete fool like that. - You also had a difficult time.
When I was young,
since I was so forward on variety shows,
I sometimes said unmannerly things.
- Some said you talk in such a careless manner. - Right.
I was also caught in terrible rumors.
I even changed my face.
- Difficulties hit me all at once. - Right.
Due to that, I totally fell into a slump.
I also became mentally unwell.
I wasn't trying to survive,
but trying to live each day. I remember making that effort.
Is that why you chose art?
Yes. And so, back then,
my psychologist suggested art to me.
- You even got treated? - Those who don't know...
said she's just trying to look cool. They even said horrible insults.
- They said, "Is she trying to clean up her image?" - I heard that a lot.
My family, even my mom, said, "Why are you trying to do art all the sudden?"
"You should focus on television shows."
When people talked,
they'd comment online, "She won't go far with it anyways."
There were many talks like that. But for me at least,
I had felt pain from going through the slump.
But there isn't a place I can pull out that pain through.
But telling stories through art,
and the fact I could comfortably express the stories in my heart,
was a huge tool for me.
- She speaks so well. - Exactly.
I think she'll get a lot of awards this year, too.
- You've got a feeling about it? - I can see it.
(Proud of her)
Next,
if pop music has IU,
Korean traditional music scene has her right here.
She's been a Korean traditional music artist for 15 years. She's Song So-hee.
(Child prodigy of Korean traditional music, Song So-hee)
- This is great. - It's been 15 years.
She's the first Korean traditional musician on As I Say.
- I was surprised she didn't wear hanbok for today. - Right.
- Exactly. - We're usually used to her wearing hanbok.
You haven't quit Korean traditional music, right?
Are you preparing to become a girl group member?
- That's not it. - She's so pretty.
I just thought today will be about telling you personal things.
- Do you usually dress in bold outfits then? - How do you usually dress?
- Usually, I'd wear leather skirts and such. - Really?
- I wear leather jackets too. - Did you say "leather skirts"?
Really? No way.
You don't wear a leather skirt with a traditional bridal crown, right?
- It's 2017 now. - Right.
- You became 21 years old this year. - Yes.
- You're in college? - I'm a Korean music major in Dankook University, class of 2016.
She's class of 2016.
(Class of 2016 doesn't seem real to him.)
You're in class of 2016? I see.
That's amazing. What is Song So-hee, the college student, usually like?
I go drinking, and go to coin karaoke a lot.
- You go to coin karaoke with your friends? - Yes.
That's in arcades, right?
I was a bit sad, to be honest,
- when she said "coin karaoke". - Why?
It reflects the current age.
It's because students nowadays have no money.
They really don't have money.
This is the scene you'd see. They'd be drinking with friends,
- and say, "Let's sing just two songs." - It's true.
- It's true. - They really do that.
They really don't have money.
It's really great. It's nice to spend time there.
Hee-yeol just now...
wasn't trying to say that.
Doesn't it mean her scope of music became much wider?
I don't think that's it. This is what I think.
- When we were young, we'd be in karaoke in units of hours. - Right.
- It costs about 10 dollars. - Right.
The current system is very efficient.
- No one here thinks it's sad like you. Stop it now. - But this is what I think.
You can save more money.
A moment ago, I also thought it was an efficient change.
This even convinced her.
- It's great. - Because in the past, even if we drank,
there weren't many things to do afterward except karaoke.
But nowadays, aren't there many more things you can do?
- Yes, there are. - Due to that,
very efficiently, sing a song and then go elsewhere.
I think it changed like that.
I think it is indeed like that.
Such things didn't exist in my day.
Conclusion is that coin karaoke is efficient.
Among her friends, So-hee...
is nicknamed a walking counseling office.
Is that true? Do your friends ask you for counseling?
I do counsel my friends on their issues. I like it too.
So, when they come to me, I ask.
What category is this issue?
- Category! - When I ask like that,
they first choose the category.
- Then we go into the counseling. - It's like the real thing.
If she counseled in hanbok, she's practically a flower fairy.
Right.
- Why don't we try? - Yes.
- Jong-min, is there anything you want counseling on? - Yes, do you?
Counseling, you say?
I'm way over the age for marriage.
Haha is the same age as you and in a happy marriage.
He even has kids, with a second one coming. I'm so envious.
In the past, did you know he'd turn out like this?
No, I didn't.
He tossed away his playing around and committed.
- His playing around was no joke. - I was also shocked to see Haha be like this.
I saw people can clean up that completely.
- There was no night or day for him. - Exactly.
And so?
- So, dating is very hard for me. - Try the counseling.
- What is your issue? - Ask her.
Every woman seems great.
They're all pretty and charming.
But I don't know specifically who to approach.
- It's understandable. - What aspects of them? Give us examples.
Some are kind, some are very sexy.
and some are very good at cooking.
They're good at cooking?
- You see only their good sides. - Exactly!
But I think a solution could be to look at their flaws.
Rather than seeing what merits they have,
observe who has greater flaws.
Then, date a woman who has a smaller risk.
- That's really true. - That really...
- surprised me. - They say don't marry based on her good sides.
They say marry if you can even marry her flaws.
That's why you married her, I see.
How was that? Did it help?
- It was so good. - It was perfect.
I've made effort to only look at women's good sides.
- But you must also look at the flaws now. - Right.
- How about you, Sol-bi? - Do you have a worry?
I have a similar worry as him.
- I'm also at an age when I should marry. - Right.
But marriage...
- isn't really attractive for me. - Wait. This is such a funny scene to me.
They're so serious right now.
Older man and woman are asking so desperately.
- We're asking with all sincerity. - Please continue.
But around me, everyone is...
married and even having children.
Is the road I'm walking right now...
the right path?
I always try not to fret over those things.
If you could give me some advice,
- what would it be? - Everyone is suddenly docile now.
What is the central point of her question?
- What is it? I don't know. - Oh, the point.
- I'm sorry. - I’m sorry, I didn't understand the point.
- I have a low comprehension ability. - She has to marry...
- but she... - I'll cut to the point.
Will I really be able to marry?
I'm not a fortune teller.
(I'm not a fortune teller.)
(It's a truly clear answer.)
- Are you asking her to predict it? - That was so clear.
That's it. Wow, it was clear.
Take that question to a fortune teller.
I think I had various temptations. Ultimately,
I run away from home.
The video started to spread online.
I'm really over now.
How can you live like that? Life won't be a life at all.
The reason why I'm crying...
Who cares if I'm a fool? Lowering...
your standard just a bit can make you happy.
(It begins now!)
Let us be brave now. Look back. There's the door.
We'll open that door and go to the place for busking.
Today's busking location...
is the shopping mall next to Gimpo International Airport.
First of all, there's a huge traffic of people.
We can also meet people of various generations there.
- If so, shall we leave? - Yes.
Right. As today is the innocence special,
each person will say, "Purely, brightly, and confidently".
- We're really going with that? - We'll do that.
You all memorized your lines, right?
- What do we do? - It's like this.
We'll each say "Purely, confidently, and brightly".
- No, I say, "confidently". - What do I say? Is it "purely"?
Right, it's a hard word.
"Purely",
and you say, "brightly". You'll say two syllables.
- I'll say "confidently". - Right.
Is it usually this hard for gatherings like this to start going?
It's always like this.
But once you start, we'll be together till the end.
We'll begin our journey now.
Era of Innocence,
Purely...
- Brightly... - Confidently...
Let's go!
(It's hard to get used to this different kind of innocence.)
I'm happy.
(Lightest footsteps in the world)
(Safely passed the door)
- Hello. - Hello.
We are finally at today's busking location,
the shopping mall next to Gimpo International Airport.
- There are so many more people than we expected. - Exactly.
First of all, when they see us,
- they usually greet us by this name. - But I don't know if they know.
- It's Ha Hee-yeol. - Ha Hee-yeol!
- They know. - Ha Hee-yeol!
His heart was touched just now.
Every time we do it, it moves my heart.
Congratulations. I think you have a hit show.
- Really? - I think you do.
Now that you came as a guest, imagine how even more successful it'd be.
I see. The order for today's busking...
will start with the man of Grand Award, Kim Jong-min.
(Kim Jong-min, Sol-bi, then Song So-hee)
- The first busker, Jong-min, please get ready. - Okay.
The rest of us will move to the waiting are.
- We'll see you soon. - We'll see you soon.
See you soon.
(Busking waiting area)
(Now, Jong-min is all alone.)
You waited a long time, right?
Right.
You waited a long time, right? Right.
You waited a long time, right?
(Smiling)
First, I'll introduce myself.
I received the Entertainment Grand Award of 2016.
I'm "Mr. Grand Award". It's great to see you.
(Mr. Grand Award, Kim Jong-min)
Right.
I actually got congratulated so much nowadays.
I never even dreamt I'd get this award.
- We knew. - I'm sorry? You already knew?
That's amazing.
Jong-min looks very relaxed. Right?
I had the opportunity to be on this show As I say...
and to have a busking in front of you.
To be honest, I just found out what busking was about.
He's the only one who seems awkward with the word busking.
He's not familiar with it.
(Jong-min sounds awkward saying the word.)
Is there anything that pops into your head when you hear my name?
- "2 Days & 1 Night"! - "2 Days & 1 Night"!
"2 Days & 1 Night".
(Happy dummy)
- Happy dummy. - I feel bad, but the word dummy comes into my mind.
That's true. I am a dummy.
You think of such word when you hear my name.
One day, some people said,
"Isn't he a genius?".
So it made me think for awhile.
"What if I am a genius?".
I'm not joking. It made me think about that for awhile.
A few days ago, on "2 Days & 1 Night", we wrote the Mensa tests.
Out of all the members on the show, I was the only one...
who completed the test within the given time.
- I told you. - I knew all the answers.
It's been controversial if Jong-min is dumb or genius.
The result was that...
I have an IQ of two-digit number.
An IQ of two-digit number.
(Relieved)
So I want you to listen to my story today...
and see if I'm a dummy or a genius...
on your way home. The topic for today is...
how to deal with dummies around you.
That's an interesting topic.
It'd be perfect for people who are friends with dummies.
The philosophy of dummies is that they are slow.
I can relate to that.
In school, teachers tell students...
to do homework, right? I didn't know why we had to do it.
"Why do I have to do homework?". I got disciplined for not doing homework.
"Why am I getting disciplined?".
I had questions like that all the time.
In addition to that, on a math contest,
I got a trophy.
You can't believe it, can you?
(Shocking)
I thought I was very good at math when I was young,
but at some point, I started learning about square roots.
That's when I didn't pay attention in class and got completed lost.
The lessons were too fast for me.
Don't you agree? The lessons at school are too short and quick.
As a result, I was left confused and lost for math.
That's what I mean by slow.
There was a teacher for a Korean class.
The teacher told me that, since I didn't keep the promise of finishing the homework,
I need to get disciplined, and it was so clear...
as to why I needed to get disciplined.
(It was finally explained.)
As I was getting disciplined, I wasn't upset at all.
(I wasn't upset about getting disciplined.)
I was actually very happy...
because it was clear why I was getting disciplined.
The highest grade I got in my school years...
was the Korean class.
With explanations for actions, I was able to understand so easily.
(Dummies are able to understand even if they are slow.)
Since I wasn't the smartest kid, I had to do other things.
I wanted to try for things I liked to do,
and that's how I started my career as a dancer.
I was fortunate enough to join Koyote.
(From being an 18-year-old dancer...)
(to becoming a member of Koyote)
The president of our agency kept asking us to do extra performances.
We had to perform eight times in one day.
Now that I think about it, it was necessary for us to perform a lot to be popular,
but I didn't understand that then.
"Why do we have to perform so much?".
He also told me not to say a word on shows.
I asked why and he said that it ruins my character...
when I start talking.
I was so upset,
and I behaved in a rebellious way.
On the stage,
I'm sure you can find the video very easily, I didn't perform properly on purpose.
(He didn't perform properly on purpose.)
It was actually pretty bad.
I think of it as a part of my regretful past.
(This is the performance.)
(It was clear he didn't want to sing.)
(Even his dance moves weren't proper.)
(He also got the lyrics wrong even though he was lip-syncing.)
That how much I blamed...
our president of the agency.
One day, we founded an entertainment agency...
as a group.
I had a conflict with the other members one day.
I was doing my best,
but something wasn't right for the three of us.
That's when I was reminded of the president from the old agency.
(That's when I understood.)
You have to be in that person's shoes.
(They can relate to him as presidents of their own agencies.)
- It's hard for all of us. - Right.
I was able to understand him then.
(For the first time, he understood the president.)
As slow as I am,
I never forget things once I understand them.
Once I understand something, I try not to forget that.
Secondly, dummies are simple.
They are very simple.
After I served the alternative service for the army, I went through a slump.
All the online comments were nasty.
Can you guess how nasty they were?
There was a petition for me to drop out of "2 Nights & 1 Day".
(Petition for Kim Jong-min to drop out of "2 Days & 1 Night")
Come to think of those nasty comments, you can realize that...
only a small fraction of Korean population is leaving those malicious comments.
It was only a few hundreds or thousands when there are 50 million people in Korea.
When I go out after reading the nasty comments,
I know that there's someone who wrote such comments,
but I don't know who they are...
because there are no names. "Is it that person? Or that person?".
In the end, it feels like the whole population wrote the comments.
I can totally relate to that.
(She totally relates to Jong-min's story.)
Fortunately, I'm very simple.
I kept reading the nasty comments.
I thought I would feel better the next day.
Since I'm simple, I thought, "It'll be better tomorrow."
"It'll fade away as days pass by."
I kept reading everyday, thinking that it'll get better.
I couldn't read them sober, of course. So I read them after getting drunk.
I kept reading.
At some point,
I was able to see the feelings of the people who commented.
(There were feelings and thoughts in the comments.)
One person seemed very stressed,
and that's why he was commenting.
Another wrote a nasty comment because he wanted me...
to do better.
Another person truly hated me. That's why he left a comment.
I was able to see the waves of feelings within the comments...
and understand what they were thinking as they were writing the comments.
(He encountered the hidden emotions.)
That's when I started to feel better.
The conclusion I came to was...
that I should do my best no matter what.
I didn't have any regrets for what I do since then.
I even had a similar saying on my wall.
The motto for dummies is to do their best no matter what.
Do you know how simple dummies are?
They are so simple that...
they get caught easily.
"I shouldn't lie."
"Everyone would know." That's why I'm afraid when I exaggerate my actions on shows.
The viewers might know that I'm exaggerating.
I can't lie and deceive because it's so obvious.
(I can't be untruthful.)
Is there anyone...
who heard something like, "You remind me of Kim Jong-min."?
Or there are people who remind you of me.
There are some who are slow.
Even if they don't understand right away,
if you wait for them to understand it, they'll be encouraged.
Please encourage the dummies around you. Thank you.
(Dummies who will make a better world)
Jong-min is amazing...
because he had the dummy character from the very beginning,
and he could've gone with a different character...
if he didn't like being a dummy. Of course, he wouldn't have gotten the award then.
That's right.
- Consistency is the key. - Right.
- While filming "2 Nights & 1 Day" for 9 years, - Yes.
you've had only one character, the dummy character.
He's talking about what we just mentioned.
- If you were to give a change in your character, what would it be? - See?
- How did you know? - I'm good.
I was actually curious about it, too.
That's a very good question.
I'm serious.
I've been thinking about that for awhile.
What kind of dummy should I be?
In 2017, I want to become a singing dummy.
I'm a singer, as you already know. Right?
I want to show that I sing as well,
and I've been practicing, too.
When some people are called dummy,
they sometimes timidly think, "Am I really dumb?",
and that they are not capable of anything.
- Right. - On the other hand, you've overcome...
- even your slump with optimism. - Right.
I want to know how you've become so optimistic.
I really want to share this thought with you.
If you change the way you think even a little bit,
it can result it a huge change.
If you lower your expectations slightly, you can be happy.
You can start to smile that way.
"We don't laugh because we are happy,"
"we're happy because we laugh." That's my motto.
I hope all the best for you for 2017.
Thank you.
("We don't laugh because we are happy,")
("we're happy because we laugh.")
(by Smiling Dummy Kim Jong-min)
(That was great, Jong-min.)
Congratulations, Jong-min!
- We wish the best for you. - Yes.
I'm suddenly so nervous.
(Jong-min returns to the waiting area.)
- Jong-min! - Ambassador Kim!
- It was amazing. - You were amazing.
- Really? - Yes.
- You did a very good job. - It was good.
- Good job. - After watching Jong-min's busking,
do you know the movie called "Forrest Gump"?
The one with a dummy?
Jokes aside, through this busking,
we were able to find a new definition of dummy.
- It was so good. - It was.
Our first busker was Kim Jong-min.
- Congratulate on your award. - Congratulations.
Because the location for our busking is a mall,
- more people are gathering around as time passes. - Yes.
- There'll be more since it's after work. - Right.
My heart's beating so fast.
What are you still doing here, Kwon Ji-an?
- Get our there! - Me? Already?
- Go, Sol-bi! - Go, Sol-bi!
Wish me luck.
- You'll be fine. - Just talk about yourself.
- Right. - You just need to talk about yourself.
- I curious about both Sol-bi and Ji-an. - Look at him giving advises.
- Look at his face. - I forgot this.
- Just talk about yourself. - Okay.
You've given me the courage I need.
(Sol-bi is now in the busking zone.)
Hello, I'm Sol-bi. Nice to meet you.
Right.
How do I look in person?
- You're so pretty. - You're so pretty.
- I'm prettier in person, right? - Yes.
The topic for my busking today is...
about something we are familiar with,
the social network system.
(What are we going to do with social networking services?)
(Awkward)
You guys have something in common.
- You both sound very awkward saying the word. - It was my first time saying it.
(They sounded so awkward saying the word.)
I've always had a dream of becoming a star since I was young.
I always thought when I become a celebrity,
I wanted to be someone who can give happiness and comfort to others.
That's been my dream.
Thankfully,
I was able to achieve my dream.
I was given many opportunities to appear on shows...
where I could make people laugh.
It was very busy though.
I was scheduled with 6 to 7 events a day.
After working through such a busy schedule,
I had started to have some health problems.
(Health problems arose.)
That's when I realized that...
there was a gap between my life and my dream.
With health problems, when I was on the shows,
I seemed very annoyed and I would make rude comments, too.
I would even show my raw emotions on the shows.
I was like a sports car with no brakes,
and that car was...
out of my control.
Sol-bi's behavior was an issue once...
- because of rude comments, - That's true.
- and she was considered as a female version of Km Gu-Ra. - Right.
- She made many harsh comments. - Right.
On the Internet,
there were nasty comments against me.
I was of course hurt by the comments.
When someone is hurt, he or she needs to get healed.
I thought if I become pretty...
I could become strong.
To become pretty, without consulting with my agency,
I decided to have a plastic surgery...
when I had to film for a show a week later.
(She decided to get plastic surgery.)
Unlike what I expected,
many people felt awkward with my new look,
and I became even more unlikeable from that.
What came after becoming unlikeable was...
the spread of a scandalous video of someone...
who looked like me via social networking service.
I was...
When I think back, I think I was in a tremendous shock.
I got a call from my manager all of a sudden,
and he asked to check this video and see if it was me or not.
Even though I knew it wasn't me,
it made me so nervous. I was trembling...
as I opened up my email to check the video.
Of course it wasn't me, and I thought that I didn't have to do anything.
However, that was when the video became viral...
through the social networking network.
The problem was that her name was mentioned in the title...
even though it wasn't her.
- Right. - It was the title.
Because of that, my mom got so shocked...
that she was admitted to the hospital.
These days,
through social networking services, our personal information is easily violated...
and many other things happen online.
There are victims...
but no perpetrators.
Out of anxiety,
I asked the president of the social networking service myself,
"What's the solution for this controversy?",
and the reply was,
"There's nothing we can do."
That's the reality we are living in.
(The reality of social networking service)
My heart is still racing when I think about what happened to me,
but I'm not the only victims. You can also become a victim.
(Anyone can become a victim.)
These things happen so often via social networking service that...
- we don't know how serious it is. - Right.
Try to think in her shoes.
- It'd be hard. - You can't overcome it easily.
- It'd be too hard. - Right.
I think unfortunate things happen consecutively.
Through my career,
I was financially stable, and I was able to relieve my stress through...
buying bags and other luxurious items.
I used to get comforted by...
my dress room full of items...
for getting stressed.
Adding to my stressful life, a burglar broke into my house.
(A burglar broke into her place.)
As I was pressing the password for my house,
the electronic lock wouldn't work.
I called the lock smith for help,
and when the door finally opened,
the door chain was on. Through the opened door,
the house was burglarized as if it was in a movie.
My blankets were on the floor.
- The drawers were open. - That must've been scary.
It was something...
that I thought would never happen to me.
It was so traumatizing that I would wake up in the middle of night saying,
"Where is my watch? Wait, it wasn't for me.", and I would go back to sleep.
While practicing for a musical performance, I would think, "Where are my stuff?"
"No, those things weren't for me. I have to go back to where I began."
I had the repeating thoughts of the same thing,
and one of my friends suggested that I talk to a doctor about it.
With the help of my friends, I went to see a doctor.
I was diagnosed with depression.
The doctor recommended drawing pictures as a treatment.
That's how I started to draw.
My instructor told me that drawing is not about how well you do,
it's about how well you express your honesty.
She encouraged me...
by complementing me constantly.
That is when I realized that materials...
can be stolen very easily and that...
I should fill my life with...
things that cannot be stolen.
It's unbelievable.
I started to compromise with the world.
(The beginning of compromising with the world)
I needed to see, feel, and get good things...
in order to express the good things naturally,
and I decided go on a trip.
The complements from the arts instructor...
and the change in the way Sol-bi perceived things...
helped her change her life.
I visited a conventional market in Sokcho.
I was disguised with glasses and a mask on...
just in case someone what recognize me.
As I was looking around,
I went to this store to by jeotgal,
and the lady who was selling jeotgal...
started making jokes with me.
She would ask, "Where are you from?".
I started wondering why she couldn't recognize me.
It shows what kind of an illusion I was living in.
I expected her to ask questions about the celebrity Sol-bi,
but she treated me like a normal person.
Then I became curious.
I took my mask off and asked her,
"Do you know who I am?",
and she replied,
" Of course I know. You're a pretty girl from Seoul."
When I heard that,
it felt like I took off a pair of glasses that showed the world to me.
All the nasty comments that I read online...
made me think that everyone hated me.
I realized that the Internet is not the world that I live in.
My thoughts and views were too confined...
within the world on the Internet.
I started to reconcile with the hurtful comments...
on the social networking services.
While I was touring around the country,
something caught my eye.
It was banner looking for a missing person named Song Hye-hee.
I became curious...
about the banner and the story it has behind it.
I became interested in finding missing children,
and as a result,
I got to meet the father of Song Hye-hee.
The reason why he kept looking for his missing daughter...
was just in case the daughter might see the banner...
and to show that he is still looking for her.
That's why he's been putting up the banners for years.
Through the conversation,
I realized that I wanted to show...
to the people whose families are missing...
how we can be helpful.
- She's got a warm heart. - The social networking services...
can be hurtful...
and it has given me a painful memory,
but with the function of sharing a post,
the project for finding a missing child...
can be spread to many people,
like fliers,
and it could give hopes to those who need help.
I wanted to do good deeds to...
heal the painful experience I had.
Even though it was something that gave her the biggest scar she could get,
she's using the social networking services to...
start a project for finding missing children.
It's just amazing.
There is a saying that hate is also love.
There is another saying that the hateful emotions are...
the result of not sharing a space...
in your heart.
- She's a famous saying maker. - With the help of many people,
I hope the social networking service can be used in a positively way.
(In the hope of using the social networking service with good hearts)
She's amazing.
(A story of reconciliation by Sol-bi)
I'm sure the gossip and the nasty comments...
made your life harder,
but how come you didn't explain it publicly?
I didn't give an official explanation for the video...
because it wasn't me in the video.
I didn't expect the video to become viral...
because it was so obvious that it wasn't me.
I didn't do anything about it...
until it became viral.
It was the National Police Agency...
who contacted me about the video saying,
"It's getting serious even though it's obviously not you."
A detective told me that I should sue whoever spread the video online.
If it wasn't for the detective,
I wouldn't have made...
an official explanation for the video.
I think it's easier for celebrities to explain for...
such controversial happenings because there are...
more people who are less gullible these days.
I think that's the difference.
Is there any more questions?
It's a girl. Hello.
I'm happy to get a question from a little girl.
- If you become a professional artist, - Yes.
what kind of paintings do you want to do?
What kind of paintings do you want to do?
(Wow)
That's a good question.
What's your dream?
- What do you want to become? - A celebrity.
It's not easy to... Why do you want to become a celebrity?
I've talking about how hard it is to be a celebrity until now.
- I love dancing and singing. - You love dancing and singing.
When I was young, I wanted to become a celebrity...
because I loved dancing and singing.
I now want to put the stories of my life...
in my paintings.
That's the kind of paintings I want to do.
- Hello. - Hello.
I wanted to tell you that...
even though I love the way you are now...
- and I'm much older than you, but... - Right.
I used to love they way you were then, too.
After hearing what you've gone through, I feel so bad for you.
I wanted to...
encourage you to be happy.
There are people watching you like a family, and I want you to be happy.
Thank you.
(Eleven year ago, a girl named Sol-bi,)
(full of dreams, appeared in front of people.)
(And...)
(now she's standing in front of us...)
(as a mature person named Kwon Ji-an.)
Thank you.
(A warm, comforting word from a fan)
The audience is comforting her.
- That's right. - I also wanted to tell...
Sol-bi the same comforting words.
I'm not confident when I'm talking...
because I feel bad for myself...
and because I have to mention the painful memories.
I'm very thankful for having...
an audience who I can share my stories,
and I'm also thankful for...
the opportunity of being courageous today.
I had such a great time. Thank you.
She was good.
- It was so moving. - She worried for nothing.
- Sol-bi. - What happened?
- I'm so embarrassed. - You did so well.
It was as if you get private lessons for making famous sayings.
- How do you know all the famous sayings? - Really?
Jong-min and Sol-bi share something...
in their busking.
You both overcame the painful memories...
and are giving happiness...
to other people.
It was really moving.
We now have one busker left.
When you were asked to do a busking today,
- you probably were told who else will be busking. - Right.
Did you think that...
your busking would be better than the other two?
I did and I still do.
- Of course. - She's very confident.
She's got a good confidence.
- She's very confident. - It's going to be interesting.
What are you still doing here, So-hee?
Get out there.
(It's So-hee's turn.)
That was good.
(Gimpo International Airport is now thick with dusk.)
(So-hee enters the busking zone.)
(It's the girl famous for traditional music.)
So-hee is now on the busking stage.
(So-hee is on the busking stage.)
Hello. I've turned 21 this year,
and my name is Song So-hee.
(Calm introduction)
It's a first for me to be on a stage for talking.
I'm very nervous, but I'll do my best to enjoy the moment.
So-hee's busking feels like...
a presentation for a project.
If I were 21 years old, I would've been so nervous.
I know, right?
(That's what I'm saying.)
The characteristics that people think for me are...
that I'm calm, nice, and graceful.
- She is graceful. - That's what I've been hearing.
(That's true.)
I was asked this question once,
"Do you have a boyfriend, So-hee?".
Actually, I do have an experience of relationship.
(She's so honest.)
I didn't have a boyfriend at that time,
so I answered, "I don't have a boyfriend currently.",
and an article with a title of "So-hee, Single Since Birth"...
was published the next day.
Another time,
I was asked, "What's your favorite food?",
and I said, "I enjoy Korean dishes.".
There was another article that said,
"So-hee Hates Western Cuisine".
That's how the article was titled.
(The articles were dramatized according to the characteristics of hers.)
Even we think in the similar way.
- She seems very calm and graceful, - Right.
- but she has said that she knows how to enjoy things. - Yes.
At some point, such characteristics I was given with...
became a mold for me.
For a long time, I stayed within that mold.
(She was confined in the mold for some time.)
The topic of my busking is...
the word, a mold.
I'm going to talk about...
the positive things that I learned...
from being confined in the mold.
I asked my self, "Where did this mold come from for me?".
I started Korean traditional music when I was five years old.
But there are a lot of people that are still misinformed.
(What?)
A five year old girl was walking through the street,
and she happened to hear the sound of Korean traditional music.
She realized that it was her destiny,
so she told her mom that she wanted to do that.
She begged and convinced her mom to let her begin learning the music.
As if I started it out of my own will.
That's how the story's been made up.
Since then, I grew up as if...
I was the main character of that story.
(Since then, I grew up as if I was the main character of that story.)
But I didn't start doing it out of my own will at all.
I started doing it because of my parents.
Oh, really?
(Surprised)
The Korean traditional music that I started singing because of my parents...
began to get lots of attention.
My dream was decided for me.
All of a sudden I had this image of being a genius Korean music girl...
with this natural talent for that area.
(Solidified genius girl image)
Like this, I continued to unhappily walk this path...
of being this obedient girl to her parents.
("I" didn't exist in the genius girl’s life.)
If that's the case, I began to think about why...
I never spoke to anyone...
about these issues for the last 15, 16 years.
When I was little, I didn't belong to an agency.
From A to Z, from 1 to 100,
everything was done by my parents.
Everything from scheduling, casting,
managing, driving, work on the scene,
to being the bad person sometimes in order to raise me properly.
They cut countless branches out of my life.
They were so afraid of harm coming to me,
they cut off all of my personal relationships as well.
Having seen those kinds of things, of course...
I never questioned whether my assigned dream of Korean traditional music...
is giving me joy,
or if it's even right for me.
Since I was little, I thought that...
my destiny was just to walk the path...
that my parents made and to be an obedient, good girl.
- She witnessed all the sacrifices that her parents made. - Right.
My mom also always told me that.
Because of you...
I have to live with your dad.
When I was little, I would say, "No one's forcing you to do anything!"
- Just as an example. - Same here.
- I guess everyone's like that. - We're all similar.
- It's because of you. - The pressures are the same.
I think she's very mature.
She matured quickly.
Having been trapped in that mold,
my personality began to change.
I was never a really outgoing person,
but I started becoming pathologically timid.
(I started becoming pathologically timid.)
Even until this day, I write in my diary everyday.
But I only have my diaries from two years ago.
That's because it's the only thing that contains my sincere thoughts.
I was so afraid that someone would even see that, not only did I toss it out,
I ripped it up, put it in a black bag, and burned it.
(She ripped it up, put it in a black bag, and burned it.)
That's how trapped I felt in that mold.
I felt like I was living an exhausting and unhappy life.
(Her burden was unknown to us.)
Everybody has a point when they end up exploding.
For me, it was...
when I was about 17 or 18. It hasn't been long.
(This was So-hee's critical point.)
So-hee, this obedient and timid girl,
left her house.
(She ran away?)
This is the part that I hope the reporters...
will get right.
Rather than running away, it was more of a break from home.
I wrote down an approximate plan and route on paper...
to reassure my parents as much as possible before I left.
Because the reports will definitely come out like,
"Song So-hee is a run-away delinquent." It could come out like that.
It's really amazing that she already knows about all that.
I saw a really beautiful train track in Gunsan on social media.
So I went there and there was really no one there.
I walked that train track alone for about 30, 40 minutes.
As I was walking,
I saw a grandpa...
sitting in a gazebo on the side.
He asked me, "Are you here on vacation alone?"
"You look like you're having a hard time," he said.
So I kind of answered, "I suppose."
This is what he said to me.
(A few words from a grandpa for So-hee)
"Don't try to break away from the situation."
"It may be really hard, but accept it," he said.
"Ride the current as it flows."
("Ride the current as it flows.")
Honestly, this kind of statement...
is all over social media.
But when I'm struggling, rather than people in my life,
I'm the type to get encouragement from a stranger with kind words.z
- Is anyone here like that too? - Yes!
Thank you for answering.
Anyway, I think I felt it then.
Let's not oppose this mold. It's not something that can be opposed anyway.
I began to think that I should find realistic ways...
that I can expand this mold and live life.
The first thing I did when I returned home was leaving...
the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts.
Especially in Korean traditional music,
teachers have a certain style of their own.
You have to do it exactly their way...
in order to get a good evaluation.
But I wanted to use my own voice as a strength to express Korean music...
and carry on the tradition in my own unique method.
That's the path that I have chosen.
(That's the path she chose.)
That's why I left the institute and...
began to study western music.
I studied piano, guitar, composing,
and I still even do MIDI.
- I go to hip-hop concerts too. - That's cool.
- I go to other kinds of singers' concerts too. - That's really new.
Before, when I thought about me going to a hip-hop concert,
saying "swag",
saying "turn-up",
would be laughed at by people. I thought like that.
It seemed like it was not the right behavior for my image.
I was over-thinking it by myself.
So the thing that really changed was...
the way I looked at Korean traditional music within music.
I began to see our traditional music in so many new ways.
So I began to sincerely love Korean traditional music.
I realized how cool the music I do is.
I grew a lot in self-esteem.
- That's cool. - See?
Wow, she's so young too.
Exactly.
My relationships with people as well...
became more amicable.
Before, I was really timid and made those around me very uncomfortable.
They felt like they couldn't approach me first.
I had a very cold image.
Now I walk around school smiling all day.
My friends say that I kind of look like a dummy.
They say Song So-hee is a dummy,
so they call me Song Dummy. That's my nickname.
I think I like that nickname too.
She's become free.
Honestly, I think my life's graph...
isn't much different compared to yours.
The reason why I am out here today...
is because everyone seems to have their own mold.
So instead of trying to escape that mold,
if we accept it and slowly grow that mold,
I know first hand...
that the quality of life improves noticeably.
I hope you will feel it too.
That's why I'm here today. Thank you.
(Twenty-one year old So-hee has expanded the mold that once confined her life.)
(Admirable)
- That was an awesome speech. I should've done that. - Me too.
Instead of getting absorbed...
while watching someone else's busking,
everybody regrets the way they did theirs.
The two of you feel that, right?
When we hear wise sayings or something,
rather than understand, we just memorize it.
We can only use it in certain situations.
- That's right. - We just memorize it like crazy first.
- Memorize it all. - Oh my.
Sometimes they get mixed up too.
It's innocence.
- You're now in your twenties, right? - Yes.
You started your career early...
compared to your friends and other average people.
I'm curious how you dealt with...
the difficulties of getting into it.
I really struggled with the way that adults think.
The adult world was much more complicated than I thought.
Within that...
I struggled the most with...
hurting those around me.
As I went through that, I began to kind of understand...
how the world is.
I think that's why I learned how to accept things...
a bit earlier than my peers.
She said she struggled the most with how adults think.
I've never thought that in my entire life.
(Tell me about it.)
I came out here as an icon of Korean traditional music.
So I should sing you one Korean traditional song before I leave.
(Total anticipation)
- Oh. - I really like So-hee's songs.
I love her tone.
(This is the first Korean music busking.)
(Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo)
(Her enchanting voice rings out.)
How can a 21 year-old...
have that kind of voice?
When I see her later...
I think I should bow 90 degrees.
- Give a deep bow. - Right.
(It's a force that makes you bow your head.)
(Korean traditional music was her destiny and her fetter.)
(She accepted her mold as a Korean music prodigy,)
(and dreams of a special kind of Korean traditional music within a larger mold.)
Thank you.
(Song So-hee's Korean music busking is finished.)
We were listening from upstairs.
- We have to bow at 90 degrees. - Do it.
Wow, seriously.
(Respect)
She's a teacher. Wow.
We have successfully concluded As I Say's busking for today.
We have just finished our 17th speech performance.
How much was collected in today's collective busking?
Let's find out.
The first busker!
How much did Kim Jong-min's busking collect?
(Drum-roll)
You're good at that.
- Will it be the grand prize? - Why?
("Grand prize" collection?)
It's 31 dollars!
- Oh, thank you. - That's really good.
From 31 people? Wow.
That's good. That's really good.
- Really? - Yes.
All right. How much was collected including Sol-bi's?
- Wow. - Wow.
(Jong-min plus Sol-bi equals...)
It's 69 dollars!
- Wow. - That's really incredible.
- It's really good. - That's a really high amount.
With the final busker Song So-hee's addition,
how much is the total collection amount?
With the final busker Song So-hee's addition...
We will announce it on the subtitle shortly.
(Today's total amount is 111 dollars.)
If one day you run into me or any of us...
on the street,
please greet us. How will you greet us?
- Ha Hee-yeol! - Ha Hee-yeol!
Everything is coming together.
- It's so moving. - You did it.
All right, viewers. Next week,
we will do our best.
(Embarrassing)
Next week too,
- As I Say! - As I Say!
- Thank you! - Thank you!
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(The best-looking member of 2NE1!)
(The face of the group)
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(The publishing world's cat woman)
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(As I Say, Wednesday nights at 9:30)
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