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230906 JUN 会火 Huihuo Interview [ENG]
Sep. 8th, 2023 09:46 pmThe full translation of Jun’s interview with 会火 Huihuo is under the cut, I’ve divided it up in the first, second, and third part, which are all linked here! The thread will no longer be updated, and this post will be updated accordingly if any other inaccuracies are found. Should you spot any, please let me know on Twitter, CuriousCat, or in the comments! Do not repost, and please take out with full credit.
🔗 Part 1 (上)
🔗 Part 2 (中)
🔗 Part 3 (下)
Part 1 (上)
(Before the start)
🐱: This place really makes it look like a fan call hahaha
👩🦰: Right?
🐱: Because our fan calls are also taken in this room
(Small talk begins)
👩🦰: Have you eaten yet?
🐱: Ah, me? I ate a little bit
👩🦰: Your fans were all telling me to tell you to eat some more
🐱: Ah? I feel like I’ve been eating quite a lot lately, haha
👩🦰: Really?
🐱: Um… I don’t know what the exact standards are for “eating a lot” or “eating a little”, but I feel like I’ve been eating quite a lot (Question is answered)
(Mini fan call has ended, for more content please watch the Easter eggs)
👩🦰: Before we start (the interview), can you play a warming-up game with me? A brain teaser game (T/N: literally translated to “rapid brain twister games”)
🐱: Ah, I have a hole in my mind, bring it on
👩🦰: Ah? (Is affected by his cuteness)
🐱: I’m scatterbrained
👩🦰: First question, do you know what your nose is?
🐱: A slide
🐱(The crown of his head is facing the camera)
🐱: (The cat is shy) No, but, during our fan calls, fans would also joke with me like this
👩🦰: Do you have any other ideas?
🐱: My nose is… My nose is just my nose, haha, what else could it be?
👩🦰: Your nose… Is my baby (She finds it awkward herself too)
🐱 (I need to get out of here)
🐱: Ah, so when you say this phrase, you also have to [hand gesture] your nose is my baby?
👩🦰: Yeah
👩🦰: Did I make you cringe too much?
🐱: Um… Uh… Not really, it’s okay, it’s okay
👩🦰 (Too embarrassed to face anyone)
👩🦰: Now, let’s try a serious one
🐱: Are you sure it’s a serious one? (Doubtful)
👩🦰: It should be a serious one
👩🦰: When I went out today, I received a letter. Guess what kind of letter it is
🐱: There must be something to this
🐱: Received a letter…
🐱: Is the letter… I believe you? (T/N: “letter” and “believe” use the same character) 🎶I believe🎶 (Broadcasting the crown of his head) (It sounds so nice)
👩🦰: I received a letter, interviewing you is my honor (T/N: the last character of “honor” almost rhymes with the character used for “letter”)
🐱 (I can’t manage to escape)
🐱 (The cat is speechless)
👩🦰: He has gone silent
🐱: Interviewing you is my honor, ok ok
👩🦰: So yesterday, I read a book, and my eyes got completely swollen from reading
🐱: Wait, are you talking about something that actually happened, or? (Doubtful again)
🐱: Ah, still the brain teasers, right? Ok, ok
👩🦰: Guess what kind of book I was reading
👩🦰: This one is kind of interesting
🐱: Eyes were swollen (Frowning heavily)
👩🦰: Ah, really, I’m going to cry myself to death. He’s really thinking about it so seriously
👩🦰: That book is called “(if it’s for) meeting you, I’m ready to take a chance”
(Background audio: Please save me, please save me)
🐱: My head hurts a little bit
The screenshot:
A fan in the comment asked Huihuo channel to
1 Make Jun do a set of three cute poses
2 Make him shy
3 Tell him to eat more
4 Ask him if he can be our proxy seller(?)
The caption says: Uncle (Huihuo) is spoiling you all
(Interview starts)
🐱: Go on Huihuo, and you’ll be famous. Hello friends of Huihuo, I am Wen Junhui
🐱 (Korean boy group SEVENTEEN’s member, singer, actor)
👩🦰: Wah, I got the opportunity to interview Jun
🐱: Jie (T/N: Chinese equivalent for “noona”) when you clapped just now, did the audio automatically turn off, or did the audio disappear because it was too loud?
👩🦰: Oh, so to you, I just [clapping without any audio] looked like this?
(Everyone, don’t worry about Jun’s ears/hearing)
👩🦰: We warmly welcome Jun to be our guest on Huihuo. Actually, before (this interview) we’ve met once, do you remember?
🐱: Oh, I remember, your hair color is quite conspicuous haha (Macau TMEA fancam)
👩🦰: Really? If you say that, I’ll want to dye my hair this color for the next ten years
🐱 (Got scared)
🐱: [stuttering] Ten years would do too much damage to your scalp
(MBTI S-type energy off the charts)
👩🦰: Back then, when we did a group interview, you seemed very shy. Why were you so shy at that time?
🐱: Because… I won an award, so I have to be a bit humble. It’s not shyness in particular, it’s more like the happiness you feel when you’re being praised
👩🦰: Alright, now we’re starting the real interview part
🐱: (Finally starting) Ah, so (just now was) a warming-up session of ten minutes, right?
👩🦰: Correct, that’s the way we do it at Huihuo
🐱: Ok, ok, ok (Getting used to it…)
👩🦰: You held concerts not long ago, right?
🐱: Yes
👩🦰: Do you know what your fans mean by “withdrawal symptoms”? (T/N: a phenomenon akin to what is referred to in English as “post-concert depression”)
🐱: Like, for example, when you finish reading a novel and you’re left with lingering emotions/afterthoughts (T/N: literally translates to “aftertaste”), maybe a feeling akin to that
👩🦰: Yes, indeed, like the kind of emptiness they feel when they return home after attending a grandiose concert with an audience of tens of thousands of people. Do you also experience such withdrawal symptoms? When you return to your hotel (after your concert) and you’re alone, do you feel deeply disheartened?
🐱: I wouldn’t call it “deeply disheartened” but I do feel unfulfilled, and feel some small/slight disappointments. I would think about opportunities in the future to showcase even more different styles of performances
👩🦰: What do you like to do to relax after a concert?
🐱: Take a bath, haha. I also quite like to listen to live (music) by other singers, and eat delicious food
(Burst into laughter)
👩🦰: Do you usually consume a lot of short-form content?
🐱: Not really
👩🦰: But when you do, what kind of short-form content do you like?
🐱: For example, summary videos of movies and TV shows. I’m the type of person who likes to watch all the spoilers first, and if I find those interesting, I’ll go and watch the full thing (Finding my kind (of people))
👩🦰: Have you seen those movie commentary videos recently? Where they use Kuaiban during the commentary (T/N: Kuaiban is a style of Chinese traditional storytelling, where they combine spoken word with rhythmic patterns. I didn’t pick this up at first, credits to svtranslation on Twitter for this!)
🐱: (I don’t get it, but I respect it) Once upon a time, there was a boy who… (T/N: he is doing Kuaiban that the interviewer was talking about)
👩🦰: Ah, he’s self-taught
Part 2 (中)
👩🦰: This time (through Exclusive Fairytale), you have also shown a new identity to the audience. Do you have any further developments in mind for your acting career?
🐱: Actually, I hope to be able to star in more special roles in the future. For example, something that is quite similar to my actual personality, like a role with a supervillain vibe. I feel like those types of roles would be very interesting. One with a mischievous/quirky vibe
👩🦰: Are there any other types of roles you would like to try out?
🐱: I would like to try out a historical drama role. Actually, when I was learning wushu when I was younger, I was also hoping to use those skills towards acting in martial arts dramas later. It’s sort of like I’ve been paving a path for myself/my future from a young age? Yeah, haha
👩🦰: The process of preparing for your life path started at a young age (T/N: literally translates to “the gears of your fate have been turning since a young age”)
👩🦰: A while ago, we recorded a reaction video (to EFT) with the Performance Team. Have you gotten any other reactions (to EFT, from members) after that too?
🐱: Please let there be no more reactions
🐱: Don’t react to it in my presence, yeah, I still feel a bit embarrassed, you know? It’s like a college dorm, even in a space with four people there is already a lot of chatter (T/N: 叽里呱啦 is onomatopoeia for chatter), and we have more than ten people.
🐱: Usually, at times like those, I’ll quietly tell our manager I’m excusing myself to the bathroom (Disappearing on the spot)
👩🦰: If you had the opportunity to act in a movie or TV production with the Seventeen members, who would you like to co-star with?
🐱: I feel like all of our members would do well. Even just from watching Going Seventeen, you can tell that everyone has the desire to act.
(Team of professional lawyers, but Xu Minghao does not say a word)
🐱: When we were still trainees, we went to Super Junior sunbaenim’s concert. We watched their VCR, which had a comedy film vibe, and I was completely stunned. Woah (There’s something about it), after watching it I was thinking to myself quietly that I hope that our own VCR will also show some improvement hahaha
👩🦰: Raise it to your company
👩🦰: So if SJ’s theme is humor, what would your (Seventeen’s) theme be?
🐱: Maybe a comedic horror film vibe?
👩🦰: Comedic horror film?
🐱: Like getting possessed by a ghost
👩🦰: There are a lot of people who joined your fandom through EFT, and they don’t understand idol culture at all. Many of them are asking you why you need to post the same dance 16 times in a row? How would you respond to that?
Screenshot:
Ge (T/N: hyung) I’m begging you to upload some other Douyins! Your actor fans are going to think all you know how to do is dance to Psycho! Ahhhhh
> @ Jun Please show our new fan babies something nice
> Hahaha, I just saw an actor fan who was confused as to why he keeps dancing to Psycho, and even has to dance to it 16 times. I don’t think they understand what a challenge is.
🐱: (Let me explain it) Our way of promoting is through the help of (recording the challenge with) various friends in the entertainment industry
🐱: Can I ask a follow-up question? Could you teach me some promotion methods used in China? Hahaha
👩🦰: Promotion methods in China? Go on Huihuo
(🐱: Go on Huihuo and you’ll be famous)
🐱: But will they find it weird if I upload it (the consecutive challenge videos) like that?
👩🦰: If there are people who truly don’t understand (the concept of challenges), then they will actually find it really weird, because this one thing is repeated 16 times. But, as a fan, they will be happy
👩🦰: 16 times, 36 times, 56 times, 66 times, are all ok, even 72 times is ok
🐱: Ah, 72 times, then I’ll have to ask Sun Wukong (T/N: Super’s 손오공) himself to come film it with me, hahaha
(PSYCHO Sun Wukong version)
🐱: Just kidding, just kidding
👩🦰: For EFT, it was your first time working with Zhang Miaoyi, how did it feel?
🐱: Actually, I felt very relaxed/comfortable. I felt thankful to her, because from the first meeting, she gave off a very relaxed vibe. (Interacting with her) naturally came to feel like interacting with an old friend
👩🦰: Do you know that your fans call you a Guangdong spicy person? (T/N: it’s stereotypically uncommon to eat a lot of spicy food in Guangdong province)
🐱: Huh? Actually, for me it’s because of my environment, I think. Because I grew up with my grandmother and mother, who are both from Chongqing (T/N: a city known for spicy food and dubbed as China’s hotpot city).
🐱: For example, when I went to school, I might eat Guangdong food in the morning. But when I return home to eat lunch, I will probably eat Sichuan food. I also really like adding spice/making things extra spicy
👩🦰: Since your fans know you like spicy food, do they ever recommend you mala (T/N: numbing spice flavored) snacks?
🐱: (They do that) a lot! Actually, I’ve been wanting to go to its place of origin (Liuzhou) to eat luosifen there. I want to add so many bamboo shoots at once, and eat them until I feel full
👩🦰: Next time when you’re filming, we’ll send you a luosifen truck. We’ll make luosifen fresh on the spot for everyone on the crew
🐱: I’ll ask what everyone else thinks of this idea first
(🐱: My head hurts a little bit)
Part three (下)
👩🦰: Seventeen has a tradition of holding monthly meetings, right? Could you share a fun TMI about the July meeting?
🐱: A fun TMI is that a long time ago, back when we were still trainees, there was a fried chicken place we would often go to, one of those traditional style fried chicken places. After all, the time between that trainee period and now is almost 10 years. Back then, we would all save money together and buy fried chicken with it. When we went in July and I tasted that flavor, I felt nostalgic about that time
👩🦰: So, was the theme of the July monthly meeting “a journey of nostalgia” then?
🐱: Actually, we don’t necessarily get together to eat during our monthly meetings. After all, everyone’s interests and hobbies are all different. For example, if we would ask Woozi, he would probably be like “should we meet at the gym then?”
🐱: And when it comes to Wonwoo, we would be like “why don’t we rent out a PC bang so we can have our meeting while playing games” haha
🐱: If we did that, we would have to spend about one to two hours just borrowing/logging into each other’s accounts
👩🦰: Have the members invented any new games lately? Except for the new [hand gesturing] throwing darts game
🐱: For now there aren’t any yet, but our games are not very limited to rules and things like that. Really, we might even just start playing around in the middle of the street. Or there might be games that are incomprehensible to others when they watch it. Simply put, it’s actually a sort of “Going (Seventeen) illness” from filming too much variety
👩🦰: Now let’s talk about your musical works, which fans are quite curious about. Because the October comeback is so near, can you give us some spoilers as to what we can anticipate this comeback?
🐱: Actually, this comeback… Wait, let me think about what I can spoil. Because it’s still so early now, so it’s like (Scratches head)
👩🦰: Prof (T/N: said jokingly), it’s August, August is not too early, there’s only one more month left (Inquiring)
🐱: August, but then there are two more months left
👩🦰: Then can you tell us about your anticipations for this comeback? For example when it comes to rankings or album sales, et cetera?
🐱: Actually, rather than talking about those kinds of anticipations, I would like to thank our fans. We were only able to achieve such results thanks to everyone’s love and support. Secondly, I hope that everyone will like our works this time, and I hope that we can bring you Seventeen’s energy. I hope we can create an autumn that radiates energy from an autumn that is otherwise rather bleak
👩🦰: With that, our interview this time has come to an end.
🐱: We ended so suddenly, haha (Things still left unsaid)
👩🦰: Is there anything you feel regretful about then?
🐱: Anything I feel regretful about… Actually, I feel like an in-person interview would be more fun
(MBTI S-type energy off the charts)
🐱: Perhaps this time I might seem a little more audacious, because last time when it was in person I was a bit more shy than now
🐱: In the future, if I get the opportunity, I hope to attend more in-person schedules and I hope to get the opportunity to be interviewed by Huihuo in China in-person
(👩🦰 Anticipating the in-person interview)
🐱: Jie, your audio disappeared again, haha
(👩🦰 The sound of muted applause)
👩🦰: With regard to our warming-up game earlier, you lost, right?
🐱: If I lose, then…
👩🦰: There is a punishment. The punishment is that we will send you a package full of super spicy snacks
🐱: Ah, and what would be the reward if I won?
👩🦰: Ah, if you won, you would get the opportunity to promote EFT using a quatrain
🐱: But then I feel like neither winning nor losing is very interesting? Hahaha
🐱: It doesn’t really feel like a punishment, rather, it feels like a reward
👩🦰: That’s because of our bias towards you
👩🦰: Could you use a special way to conclude interviews, for example, a sequence of three cute cat poses? (T/N: the 打板 da3ban3 here refers to the clapperboard used to conclude filming)
🐱: Oh, so create a thumbnail by doing [cat pose] this?
👩🦰: Yes yes, just like that
👩🦰: Prof, we didn’t see it well, can you hold each pose for two seconds, is that ok?
🐱: Ok, ok, two seconds, right?
(Please prepare to take screenshots)
🔗 Part 1 (上)
🔗 Part 2 (中)
🔗 Part 3 (下)
JUN 230906 会火 Huihuo Interview [ENG]
Part 1 (上)
(Before the start)
🐱: This place really makes it look like a fan call hahaha
👩🦰: Right?
🐱: Because our fan calls are also taken in this room
(Small talk begins)
👩🦰: Have you eaten yet?
🐱: Ah, me? I ate a little bit
👩🦰: Your fans were all telling me to tell you to eat some more
🐱: Ah? I feel like I’ve been eating quite a lot lately, haha
👩🦰: Really?
🐱: Um… I don’t know what the exact standards are for “eating a lot” or “eating a little”, but I feel like I’ve been eating quite a lot (Question is answered)
(Mini fan call has ended, for more content please watch the Easter eggs)
👩🦰: Before we start (the interview), can you play a warming-up game with me? A brain teaser game (T/N: literally translated to “rapid brain twister games”)
🐱: Ah, I have a hole in my mind, bring it on
👩🦰: Ah? (Is affected by his cuteness)
🐱: I’m scatterbrained
👩🦰: First question, do you know what your nose is?
🐱: A slide
🐱(The crown of his head is facing the camera)
🐱: (The cat is shy) No, but, during our fan calls, fans would also joke with me like this
👩🦰: Do you have any other ideas?
🐱: My nose is… My nose is just my nose, haha, what else could it be?
👩🦰: Your nose… Is my baby (She finds it awkward herself too)
🐱 (I need to get out of here)
🐱: Ah, so when you say this phrase, you also have to [hand gesture] your nose is my baby?
👩🦰: Yeah
👩🦰: Did I make you cringe too much?
🐱: Um… Uh… Not really, it’s okay, it’s okay
👩🦰 (Too embarrassed to face anyone)
👩🦰: Now, let’s try a serious one
🐱: Are you sure it’s a serious one? (Doubtful)
👩🦰: It should be a serious one
👩🦰: When I went out today, I received a letter. Guess what kind of letter it is
🐱: There must be something to this
🐱: Received a letter…
🐱: Is the letter… I believe you? (T/N: “letter” and “believe” use the same character) 🎶I believe🎶 (Broadcasting the crown of his head) (It sounds so nice)
👩🦰: I received a letter, interviewing you is my honor (T/N: the last character of “honor” almost rhymes with the character used for “letter”)
🐱 (I can’t manage to escape)
🐱 (The cat is speechless)
👩🦰: He has gone silent
🐱: Interviewing you is my honor, ok ok
👩🦰: So yesterday, I read a book, and my eyes got completely swollen from reading
🐱: Wait, are you talking about something that actually happened, or? (Doubtful again)
🐱: Ah, still the brain teasers, right? Ok, ok
👩🦰: Guess what kind of book I was reading
👩🦰: This one is kind of interesting
🐱: Eyes were swollen (Frowning heavily)
👩🦰: Ah, really, I’m going to cry myself to death. He’s really thinking about it so seriously
👩🦰: That book is called “(if it’s for) meeting you, I’m ready to take a chance”
(Background audio: Please save me, please save me)
🐱: My head hurts a little bit
The screenshot:
A fan in the comment asked Huihuo channel to
1 Make Jun do a set of three cute poses
2 Make him shy
3 Tell him to eat more
4 Ask him if he can be our proxy seller(?)
The caption says: Uncle (Huihuo) is spoiling you all
(Interview starts)
🐱: Go on Huihuo, and you’ll be famous. Hello friends of Huihuo, I am Wen Junhui
🐱 (Korean boy group SEVENTEEN’s member, singer, actor)
👩🦰: Wah, I got the opportunity to interview Jun
🐱: Jie (T/N: Chinese equivalent for “noona”) when you clapped just now, did the audio automatically turn off, or did the audio disappear because it was too loud?
👩🦰: Oh, so to you, I just [clapping without any audio] looked like this?
(Everyone, don’t worry about Jun’s ears/hearing)
👩🦰: We warmly welcome Jun to be our guest on Huihuo. Actually, before (this interview) we’ve met once, do you remember?
🐱: Oh, I remember, your hair color is quite conspicuous haha (Macau TMEA fancam)
👩🦰: Really? If you say that, I’ll want to dye my hair this color for the next ten years
🐱 (Got scared)
🐱: [stuttering] Ten years would do too much damage to your scalp
(MBTI S-type energy off the charts)
👩🦰: Back then, when we did a group interview, you seemed very shy. Why were you so shy at that time?
🐱: Because… I won an award, so I have to be a bit humble. It’s not shyness in particular, it’s more like the happiness you feel when you’re being praised
👩🦰: Alright, now we’re starting the real interview part
🐱: (Finally starting) Ah, so (just now was) a warming-up session of ten minutes, right?
👩🦰: Correct, that’s the way we do it at Huihuo
🐱: Ok, ok, ok (Getting used to it…)
👩🦰: You held concerts not long ago, right?
🐱: Yes
👩🦰: Do you know what your fans mean by “withdrawal symptoms”? (T/N: a phenomenon akin to what is referred to in English as “post-concert depression”)
🐱: Like, for example, when you finish reading a novel and you’re left with lingering emotions/afterthoughts (T/N: literally translates to “aftertaste”), maybe a feeling akin to that
👩🦰: Yes, indeed, like the kind of emptiness they feel when they return home after attending a grandiose concert with an audience of tens of thousands of people. Do you also experience such withdrawal symptoms? When you return to your hotel (after your concert) and you’re alone, do you feel deeply disheartened?
🐱: I wouldn’t call it “deeply disheartened” but I do feel unfulfilled, and feel some small/slight disappointments. I would think about opportunities in the future to showcase even more different styles of performances
👩🦰: What do you like to do to relax after a concert?
🐱: Take a bath, haha. I also quite like to listen to live (music) by other singers, and eat delicious food
(Burst into laughter)
👩🦰: Do you usually consume a lot of short-form content?
🐱: Not really
👩🦰: But when you do, what kind of short-form content do you like?
🐱: For example, summary videos of movies and TV shows. I’m the type of person who likes to watch all the spoilers first, and if I find those interesting, I’ll go and watch the full thing (Finding my kind (of people))
👩🦰: Have you seen those movie commentary videos recently? Where they use Kuaiban during the commentary (T/N: Kuaiban is a style of Chinese traditional storytelling, where they combine spoken word with rhythmic patterns. I didn’t pick this up at first, credits to svtranslation on Twitter for this!)
🐱: (I don’t get it, but I respect it) Once upon a time, there was a boy who… (T/N: he is doing Kuaiban that the interviewer was talking about)
👩🦰: Ah, he’s self-taught
Part 2 (中)
👩🦰: This time (through Exclusive Fairytale), you have also shown a new identity to the audience. Do you have any further developments in mind for your acting career?
🐱: Actually, I hope to be able to star in more special roles in the future. For example, something that is quite similar to my actual personality, like a role with a supervillain vibe. I feel like those types of roles would be very interesting. One with a mischievous/quirky vibe
👩🦰: Are there any other types of roles you would like to try out?
🐱: I would like to try out a historical drama role. Actually, when I was learning wushu when I was younger, I was also hoping to use those skills towards acting in martial arts dramas later. It’s sort of like I’ve been paving a path for myself/my future from a young age? Yeah, haha
👩🦰: The process of preparing for your life path started at a young age (T/N: literally translates to “the gears of your fate have been turning since a young age”)
👩🦰: A while ago, we recorded a reaction video (to EFT) with the Performance Team. Have you gotten any other reactions (to EFT, from members) after that too?
🐱: Please let there be no more reactions
🐱: Don’t react to it in my presence, yeah, I still feel a bit embarrassed, you know? It’s like a college dorm, even in a space with four people there is already a lot of chatter (T/N: 叽里呱啦 is onomatopoeia for chatter), and we have more than ten people.
🐱: Usually, at times like those, I’ll quietly tell our manager I’m excusing myself to the bathroom (Disappearing on the spot)
👩🦰: If you had the opportunity to act in a movie or TV production with the Seventeen members, who would you like to co-star with?
🐱: I feel like all of our members would do well. Even just from watching Going Seventeen, you can tell that everyone has the desire to act.
(Team of professional lawyers, but Xu Minghao does not say a word)
🐱: When we were still trainees, we went to Super Junior sunbaenim’s concert. We watched their VCR, which had a comedy film vibe, and I was completely stunned. Woah (There’s something about it), after watching it I was thinking to myself quietly that I hope that our own VCR will also show some improvement hahaha
👩🦰: Raise it to your company
👩🦰: So if SJ’s theme is humor, what would your (Seventeen’s) theme be?
🐱: Maybe a comedic horror film vibe?
👩🦰: Comedic horror film?
🐱: Like getting possessed by a ghost
👩🦰: There are a lot of people who joined your fandom through EFT, and they don’t understand idol culture at all. Many of them are asking you why you need to post the same dance 16 times in a row? How would you respond to that?
Screenshot:
Ge (T/N: hyung) I’m begging you to upload some other Douyins! Your actor fans are going to think all you know how to do is dance to Psycho! Ahhhhh
> @ Jun Please show our new fan babies something nice
> Hahaha, I just saw an actor fan who was confused as to why he keeps dancing to Psycho, and even has to dance to it 16 times. I don’t think they understand what a challenge is.
🐱: (Let me explain it) Our way of promoting is through the help of (recording the challenge with) various friends in the entertainment industry
🐱: Can I ask a follow-up question? Could you teach me some promotion methods used in China? Hahaha
👩🦰: Promotion methods in China? Go on Huihuo
(🐱: Go on Huihuo and you’ll be famous)
🐱: But will they find it weird if I upload it (the consecutive challenge videos) like that?
👩🦰: If there are people who truly don’t understand (the concept of challenges), then they will actually find it really weird, because this one thing is repeated 16 times. But, as a fan, they will be happy
👩🦰: 16 times, 36 times, 56 times, 66 times, are all ok, even 72 times is ok
🐱: Ah, 72 times, then I’ll have to ask Sun Wukong (T/N: Super’s 손오공) himself to come film it with me, hahaha
(PSYCHO Sun Wukong version)
🐱: Just kidding, just kidding
👩🦰: For EFT, it was your first time working with Zhang Miaoyi, how did it feel?
🐱: Actually, I felt very relaxed/comfortable. I felt thankful to her, because from the first meeting, she gave off a very relaxed vibe. (Interacting with her) naturally came to feel like interacting with an old friend
👩🦰: Do you know that your fans call you a Guangdong spicy person? (T/N: it’s stereotypically uncommon to eat a lot of spicy food in Guangdong province)
🐱: Huh? Actually, for me it’s because of my environment, I think. Because I grew up with my grandmother and mother, who are both from Chongqing (T/N: a city known for spicy food and dubbed as China’s hotpot city).
🐱: For example, when I went to school, I might eat Guangdong food in the morning. But when I return home to eat lunch, I will probably eat Sichuan food. I also really like adding spice/making things extra spicy
👩🦰: Since your fans know you like spicy food, do they ever recommend you mala (T/N: numbing spice flavored) snacks?
🐱: (They do that) a lot! Actually, I’ve been wanting to go to its place of origin (Liuzhou) to eat luosifen there. I want to add so many bamboo shoots at once, and eat them until I feel full
👩🦰: Next time when you’re filming, we’ll send you a luosifen truck. We’ll make luosifen fresh on the spot for everyone on the crew
🐱: I’ll ask what everyone else thinks of this idea first
(🐱: My head hurts a little bit)
Part three (下)
👩🦰: Seventeen has a tradition of holding monthly meetings, right? Could you share a fun TMI about the July meeting?
🐱: A fun TMI is that a long time ago, back when we were still trainees, there was a fried chicken place we would often go to, one of those traditional style fried chicken places. After all, the time between that trainee period and now is almost 10 years. Back then, we would all save money together and buy fried chicken with it. When we went in July and I tasted that flavor, I felt nostalgic about that time
👩🦰: So, was the theme of the July monthly meeting “a journey of nostalgia” then?
🐱: Actually, we don’t necessarily get together to eat during our monthly meetings. After all, everyone’s interests and hobbies are all different. For example, if we would ask Woozi, he would probably be like “should we meet at the gym then?”
🐱: And when it comes to Wonwoo, we would be like “why don’t we rent out a PC bang so we can have our meeting while playing games” haha
🐱: If we did that, we would have to spend about one to two hours just borrowing/logging into each other’s accounts
👩🦰: Have the members invented any new games lately? Except for the new [hand gesturing] throwing darts game
🐱: For now there aren’t any yet, but our games are not very limited to rules and things like that. Really, we might even just start playing around in the middle of the street. Or there might be games that are incomprehensible to others when they watch it. Simply put, it’s actually a sort of “Going (Seventeen) illness” from filming too much variety
👩🦰: Now let’s talk about your musical works, which fans are quite curious about. Because the October comeback is so near, can you give us some spoilers as to what we can anticipate this comeback?
🐱: Actually, this comeback… Wait, let me think about what I can spoil. Because it’s still so early now, so it’s like (Scratches head)
👩🦰: Prof (T/N: said jokingly), it’s August, August is not too early, there’s only one more month left (Inquiring)
🐱: August, but then there are two more months left
👩🦰: Then can you tell us about your anticipations for this comeback? For example when it comes to rankings or album sales, et cetera?
🐱: Actually, rather than talking about those kinds of anticipations, I would like to thank our fans. We were only able to achieve such results thanks to everyone’s love and support. Secondly, I hope that everyone will like our works this time, and I hope that we can bring you Seventeen’s energy. I hope we can create an autumn that radiates energy from an autumn that is otherwise rather bleak
👩🦰: With that, our interview this time has come to an end.
🐱: We ended so suddenly, haha (Things still left unsaid)
👩🦰: Is there anything you feel regretful about then?
🐱: Anything I feel regretful about… Actually, I feel like an in-person interview would be more fun
(MBTI S-type energy off the charts)
🐱: Perhaps this time I might seem a little more audacious, because last time when it was in person I was a bit more shy than now
🐱: In the future, if I get the opportunity, I hope to attend more in-person schedules and I hope to get the opportunity to be interviewed by Huihuo in China in-person
(👩🦰 Anticipating the in-person interview)
🐱: Jie, your audio disappeared again, haha
(👩🦰 The sound of muted applause)
👩🦰: With regard to our warming-up game earlier, you lost, right?
🐱: If I lose, then…
👩🦰: There is a punishment. The punishment is that we will send you a package full of super spicy snacks
🐱: Ah, and what would be the reward if I won?
👩🦰: Ah, if you won, you would get the opportunity to promote EFT using a quatrain
🐱: But then I feel like neither winning nor losing is very interesting? Hahaha
🐱: It doesn’t really feel like a punishment, rather, it feels like a reward
👩🦰: That’s because of our bias towards you
👩🦰: Could you use a special way to conclude interviews, for example, a sequence of three cute cat poses? (T/N: the 打板 da3ban3 here refers to the clapperboard used to conclude filming)
🐱: Oh, so create a thumbnail by doing [cat pose] this?
👩🦰: Yes yes, just like that
👩🦰: Prof, we didn’t see it well, can you hold each pose for two seconds, is that ok?
🐱: Ok, ok, two seconds, right?
(Please prepare to take screenshots)
