B1A4 CNU Opens Up About His Father Who Had a Drinking Problem After hiding it behind a smile, B1A4 CNU opened up about his troubled relationship with his alcoholic father. On March 26, CNU appeared as one of the panelists for KBS’ new pilot show Million Seller, where they visited a woman who had a story to tell. She talked about growing up in a hard environment in which she lived fearing her alcoholic father. But although she did all she could to run away from him, the woman cried thinking about her now passed father. “I wanted to hear my father apologize to me once, but I also think I made my father live a lonely life. Perhaps I should be the one begging for forgiveness.” Hearing the woman’s hardship, CNU shared his own experiences with his father, who also had a drinking problem. “When I was young, my sister and I had a hard time because my father drank a lot. To be honest, it’s still hard for me to forgive him,” said CNU. ”But as I see my father getting smaller (older) - I feel bad saying this, I pity him, and I think I’m starting to understand him a bit.” Million Seller is about a group of singers and songwriters who create songs with the stories they hear from citizens. (source: mwave) (video)
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CNU Q. CNU is always gentle, and always looks over the younger members. Even maknae Gongchan is now 20 years old, will you still continue to do so? CNU: Of course. I’m not the only one having a difficult time, and the members are also shouldering the things that I’m lacking. It’s not a burden at all. Q. What kind of person do you want to be? CNU: In Hanja, CNU can also be expressed as 信友 [T/N: A trustable friend.] so I want to be worthy of this name. I am happy when my friends, the people around me and the fans think that I’m trustable. Q. What caused your interest in music? CNU: Singer Wheesung. When I was scouted at a music festival, I had performed Wheesung’s song. When I met him, he wrote the lyrics for a song on our first mini-album so I was really touched. And when Sandeul beat Wheesung on Immortal Song, I beat him up (laugh). Q. What is a princess to CNU? CNU: A person whom I like so much I want to protect. The girl I liked in my third year of middle school was the personification of a princess. She was cute, and good at her studies. We went our separate ways because we went to different high schools, but the faded memories and experience from then helped me with writing lyrics. Q. You look very quiet, but you turn sexy on stage. Is it something natural? CNU: The stage is where the side of me that is usually suppressed comes out, it is 100% natural. There is no intention to look sexy on stage, but I am liberated (on stage) naturally (laugh). Q. So you’re going on the sexy route from now on? CNU: No. It’s not that I didn’t go that way on purpose, but I just wanted to show everyone a different dance performance, a new side to myself. Q. What are your plans for the shoulders you’ve received much love for? CNU: I will definitely maintain them well. And go to the gym often. Q. Who is your hero? CNU: There was a famous uncle in my town that sold fruits while pulling the pushcart around. We fooled around last time by imitating the unique sound, but I was really surprised to find out that he donated all the money he made. A hidden hero. When I found out about it, the thought of wanting to become like him came to mind. Q. A children’s tale that you liked? CNU: It’s not a children’s tale but fiction… I really liked Japan’s heros ‘Choushinsei Flashman’. Especially Red who had a stick that looked like a sword and could spit out fire. I also learnt the values of righteousness and that one should protect their loved ones. Q. Something you did without fail? CNU: My father said that I should write a diary, so I did so up until my middle school days. I have tens of them at home, but I don’t know if it was beause I really disliked writing them because my handwriting was horrible (laugh). But it was nice to conitnue writing them, and I will make my son write them in future too. Q. You have an elder sister you followed around? CNU: My elder sister of 5 years. Both my parents worked so my elder sister looked after me often. She was really strict and demanded absolute obedience (laugh). She influenced me greatly, and I really respect her. Source: skipfire.tistory.com / Translation Credits: skipfire.tistory.com Please remove all translations with full credits to source and translator. Q. What do you think is the reason only both of you are doing the shoot today? Jinyoung: I think it's because both of us are the hyungs in B1A4. CNU: I think so too. They probably came up with this combination of the eldest hyungs... Q. How was it? CNU: I think it's nice. The fans like the combination of the two of us. It's the first time we're shooting alone so it's interesting and a different experience. Jinyoung: The concept in itself is interesting. Q. After 'sprout-dol' and 'countryside-dol', they are now calling you 'trend-dol' and 'boyfriend-dol'. Jinyoung: I feel like all of these changes with time. In the beginning we had a fresh green image hence the nickname 'sprout-dol'. I like that as time passed, people felt us to be like 'boyfriend-dol'. CNU: But of course, it does become a burden. The word 'trend' has huge meaning to it. To be honest there is the sense of responsibility and burden to have to live up to that name. CNU: We have heard the nickname 'trend-dol', but I don't think of it often. It may turn into narcissism so I try not to think of it on purpose. Jinyoung: Instead of calling us the trend for real, I think people just look at us cutely (laugh). Q. The new album in general does not have an idol-like feeling. CNU: It is a pity that from some point in time there is a prejudice towards idols. We debuted with the title of a singer, and in our own ways we are promoting with the mindset of musicians. But then there is the viewpoint by which we are evaluated with the standards of idols. It's a pity but at the same time a stance that we have to take in stride. I think it's a problem for us to solve in time to come. We will show everyone the artiste side to us. Q. Are songs such as the title song Lonely, Baby or Pretty made from your own love stories? Jinyoung: Haha (laugh). It is made up with our own experiences and the stories that we hear. There are also many love stories that I indirectly experience by watching movies. The lyrics of Baby Goodnight is a good example. It is the story of a guy who greets his girlfriend good night on the phone and heads out to the club after. That is not my own experience. Because there are things that I hear and see around me (laugh). It is a very possible thing. CNU: I think I get a lot of inspiration from the things I have experienced personally. Honestly it's not like I have experienced a lot and it's also been some time since they happened, but I tend to recall them for when I write songs and compose lyrics. The song Seoul this time is also a song filled with my emotions. It's a story about the fans. Q. There are many self-composed songs in this album too. Jinyoung: They are not my solo songs so I accept the opinions of the other members too. We tend to have a meeting together to decide on the direction of a song, or the concept of the album. It may not turn out well if there is too much of only my thoughts. I am very cautious about that. To be honest there have been occasions where I push ahead with my own thoughts. Of course there are pros when I do so, but there are definitely also cons. CNU: That's right. No matter what, it is necessary to get the opinions of the members from the start so as to have it in the proper direction. Q. Is there a possibility that both of you will promote as a duet unit group? CNU: Oh~ That'll be nice. It'll be interesting. Eldest hyung-line? The genre of music that we like is quite similar. Both of us like R&B hiphop. I think we will be able to show everyone a different side to us if we promoted as a unit by combining the genres that we like. Jinyoung: It's not an entirely impossible thing. CNU: I have ever mentioned on a Japanese program that it will be interesting to come up with an album as a duet. There are several possible combinations in our group. It's possible that the both of us do it, or I do it with someone else. I think it'll be interesting for us to come up with a collaboration album by forming different combinations amongst the members. Q. How is communication with your entertainment agency? Jinyoung: They take into consideration a lot of our opinions, because we tend to give a lot of them... I think we communicate well with each other. Q. What's the possibility of being an 'acting-dol'? Jinyoung: Possible. I see all five of us as having the ability to act. We all have very different charms so I look forward to see which field of acting will we go in. Q. 'Suspicious Granny' has surpassed the 5 million mark. Did you expect it to do this well? CNU: I knew it would do well. I knew after hearing who was cast, and I knew after hearing a little of the content from Jinyoung. It was refreshing and interesting. The director is also an amazing person. Jinyoung: (in a tiny voice) I knew it would do well too (laugh). Q. What genre or role would you like to try next? Jinyoung: Romance! I want to try expressing a proper and strong love story. CNU: I have ever said this before... The role of a father. Q. This early? CNU: I don't know. We had an indirect experience of raising a kid through our reality program 'Hello Baby' two years back. Doing that program made me think a lot about the existence of a father. Q. Are you 'lonely' recently? Jinyoung, CNU: Lonely... (laugh). CNU: It's lonely. Q. You're 24 years old, you should be dating. CNU: Dating? I'm not in a relationship right now. I have no choice. I'm not dating anyone now so I have to say I'm not. Q. What kind of person do you want to date? Jinyoung: I have a very detailed ideal type. In the past I was going up the stairs at the subway, and I saw a lady help a grandmother carry her bags. At that time I thought that that was something everyone should be going. But right now it looks very charming. That lady had short hair. Ever since then I have liked girls with short hair. My ideal type is an elegant lady with short hair. CNU: This kind of question is really tough. Even though I have always answered this question with "a lady like my mother"... Q. That's very abstract, I'm not seeing your point. CNU: I like a girl who is strong like my mother. But she cannot have a wild personality. She cannot swing me around violently just because she's strong - she has to embrace me warmly. On the other hand, I like a tenderhearted girl who makes me want to hug her. A lady who is strong but soft instead, so that I can lean on her and hug her as well. Q. You're having concerts in March and April right? CNU: We have spent time since last year thinking that spring means concerts. Next week is the Seoul show, March Busan and April Japan. I really like concerts. A concert in itself is very meaningful, but the more I do them the more interesting it gets. That entire space only has us and our fans. They are people who come because they like us. So I just really like it and I am so happy. Since it's the first concert we're holding after releasing our second full length album, it will be done mainly around the new songs. You will be curious as to how we will perform the new songs live since we have never performed them on stage apart from the title song. It'll be good if you looked forward to our first live performance. We also tend to add musical elements in the middle, and this time we are doing so with a live band. It'll be good to anticipate it. Q. I heard you only slept a couple of hours today, trying to prepare for the concert? Jinyoung: Yes. When we get less busy, I want to go to the movie theatres and watch 3 movies in a day. Not only do I like watching movies, I only like to eat popcorn. CNU: What shall I do... A thoughtless drive? Q. While sharing coffee with someone next to you? Jinyoung: That is a leading question (laugh). CNU: It'll only be alright if there's someone next to me right? I'll probably get a girlfriend in future. Q. I heard there's some things that you haven't gotten to say to each other? CNU: There's a lot... Jinyoung: I have always thought that I should carry the burdens because I am the leader. But because CNU has helped me so much that I have come this far comfortably. Recently I think we have not been able to talk to each other frankly, so we have decided to have a serious talk together. (While looking at CNU) Let's open the package of talks soon (laugh). Both of us tend to talk about the past, because we have a similar bond of sympathy. CNU: Me too. We've spent a lot of time together... I think it's been about 5 years that we spent together. It's long, but it is also short. Jinyoung: That's right. That's like a quarter of my life? A fifth? CNU: Even though we think that we know a lot about each other... If you think about it there are many things that we might not know. As he said, we have to talk more so as to get to know each other better. Even if we have a lot of honest conversations with each other now. There is so much to talk about everyday. There are many things we want to tell each other while promoting too. And Jinyoung is really busy as the album producer. He was busy with having to produce the album and film for the movie at the same time. It is really cool to see how he splits his busy time as so to work hard and not lose both acting and music. I just wanted to say you've worked really hard. ♥ Source: shindongwoo.com / Translation Credits: skipfire.tistory.com / Please remove all translations with full credits to source and translator. 신보라 (SHIN BORA) - 꽁꽁 (Frozen) // (ft. B1A4’s CNU & APink’s Hayoung) Shin Bora ‘꽁꽁’ Teaser (ft Shin Dongwoo 'B1A4' and Oh Ha-Young 'APink') Well since it is already JUNE 16 in Korea that means that today is SHIN DONG WOO 23th Birthday. I can't believe time passes so fast. What can be said about him? He is the most caring and humble person ever. Our lovely Eomma Gom loyal to the end. Protective of his family and Bana. Best wishes to this amazing young man. We hope that you never forget BANA loves you and that we support you no matter what. Thanks for everything that you have done for us and fore B1A4 since day one we are forever grateful. Take care and keep flying up in the sky reaching your dreams. Love you forever. B1A4 <3 BANA Be the one, All for one. Fighting!
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