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Choikang Changmin, who has matured well with a soft smile on his face, has become an actor who conveys his emotions to the camera with an intense gaze. Five designers, who expect great things to come from him in the future, presented him with their signature looks.
This is what defines a twenty-three year old guy. Being irresponsible as if there is no tomorrow, in deep self-conceit as if the world exists for him so that when you see him, you feel he is pathetic yet his immaturity feels like proof that he is very much alive. At least, that's what the majority of guys in their early twenties that I've seen are like. But Choikang Changmin, the man who stepped into the studio on a hot Sunday morning, was different from the other twenty-three year old guys I'd seen. Even though the photoshoot began early in the morning during a weekend, his expression was bright. Though he didn't say much, he would occasionally joke with a sly face, and though he'd run away when given a compliment, he would look the photographer straight in the eye when spoken to. This youth, whose every move was calm, felt more like a boy who had matured earlier than his peers than a regular twenty-three year old. But the muscles that could be seen through his gray shirt were obviously not those of a boy. He said that he recently began boxing. According to his manager, who started with him but had now given up, boxing is a sport that is so tiring that you'll be drenched in sweat by the end. As boxing only tones the shape of the muscles, Choikang Changmin also does weight training at a health club. When I told him that he was living too strenuously when he's supposed to be taking a break, he said to me, "I'm the kind of person who torments himself. I always desire success, and push myself to think of ways to become better. I can't be easy on myself." I could feel a sort of manliness from the firm tone of his voice more than from his muscles.
Recently, a change has come about Choikang Changmin, a change as big as that of his exterior. He was able to try acting for the first time through the drama named {paradise}. When asked if there was a special moment that convinced him to appear in the drama, he explained that, "I read the synopsis and felt it to be comfortable and fun. The role I play is a guy who, on the outside, looks like he lacks in nothing. He's handsome and has a pretty good background but is in fact a guy who acts frivolously and is too honest about his emotions so he could seem like he's 'missing a couple of tools in the shed' at first. I felt a sort of connection with him." It felt too much of a simple reason for a decision to appear in a drama for the first time since his debut. One would think he would be a bit haughty because he had gotten the lead role in his debut drama, but he felt pressured and nervous because it would be the viewers, not his fans, who would be watching. He confessed that he worried a lot that he might become a burden to the staff and other actors. He repeated one thought over and over again, as if it had crossed his mind constantly as he faced the wind and rain of Jeju island for many months. "For the past seven years as a member of a group, I thought that being considerate of others was the most important thing. I would lower myself to make others stand out. I'm not saying that I regret it though. But as I had to act and express every emotion from the smallest to the most dramatic ones in the drama, I realized just how clumsy I was at expressing myself. When I was working with the staff and my fellow actors, I had to become the main character in each situation. I worried a lot.
He's been a singer for seven years now. Those seven years were seven years spent as the best, with all that time passed on stage and in the rehearsal rooms. When I said that it must have been very hard to debut at such a young age, he added that, "Because I started working so young, my knees ache when it rains. Before, I used to have an indecisive personality and because of it, I couldn't answer when asked what I wanted to eat and would follow others even if they were going to eat something that I didn't like. But this kind of job makes you think about yourself more than any other kid your age." It seems as though working in society from such a young age had a positive effect on him. He wore a total of five outfits for the photoshoot. They were suits of various impressions that mirrored his current status as a boy maturing into a man, who is neither boy nor man but is also both at the same time. When asked which outfit was his favorite, he picked the suit that was most formal and least flashy. "I was walking down the street once when I saw a man with a long beard that covered his face and he looked good. But it wasn't that I wanted to do the same thing. I think I still feel the need to look more mature than the other guys my age because I started working so early on. I'm not saying that I want to look like that guy right now. I want to slowly change into it."
These days, Choikang Changmin is busy rehearsing for the SMTOWN Live performance. Even on the day of the photoshoot, he had a choreography rehearsal 'with an unknown end' scheduled. He couldn't hide his anticipation as he said that he didn't yet feel nervous though he said he would on the day of the concert where he would stand on a domestic stage for the first time in two years. Has he changed much since his first experience on stage seven years ago? "At first, the best I could do was to show what I had prepared without making a mistake. I had no room in my mind to think of anything else. I would monitor our performance and see the audience's response only after I stepped off the stage. But now, I've slowly but surely found a way to perform at my own pace. Should I say that I now have complete control? Now, I can see myself, the audience's reaction and what's happening around me on stage. It may be that I've found my composure." This composure that opened his eyes up to the audience when he stood on stage also showed through when he talked about girls and dating. When asked "Do looks count 97% when you look at a girl?" he replied 99.9% "It would be a lie to say that looks don't matter or that all she needs to be is nice. I know that looks aren't everything but one can still hope. I like a person who has an innocent and intellectual charm and can understand my job." I thought he was finished but he said, "If I were to add an option," and kept going. He said that he would prefer that she be an active person because he likes sports. He expressed that he wanted to be able to have a glass of beer with his girlfriend as they watched a match at a baseball stadium. This slowly transitioned into talk about his love life. He truthfully replied that he actively approached and held onto his first love, but that people sometimes call him a bad guy these days as he has become quite sly though he tries to be considerate to others. Those around him tensed up as questions about girls and his love life came up. But he himself had the relazed expression that only a singer with seven years of experience under his belt can possess. This was the moment he truly looked like any other twenty-three year old other than when he said that he would be in a bad mood till midnight on days when his favoirte baseball team lost.
At the beginning, I asked him what he was up to these days. He began by saying, "This is going to be an obvious answer," and said that he was into band music and had recently begun to teach himself how to play the guitar, something he had always wanted to do but had been pushing back. But what I was curious about was something else. So I asked him again near the end of the photoshoot. How he's been faring. What meaning this moment has for him. "For the past six-seven years, there has never been a time when I had this few official activities. I needed time to adjust because my life patterns had changed. But I like things the way they are right now. Because I'm learning and enjoying the things I never had the time to do before. Before, I wasn't able to express myself well, but now, I want to be able to express myself, not only through song and dance, but also through my words and expressions. I believe that these times will be essential for that. I believe that all the things I'm doing right now will affect me positively in the future." His answer was one I had expected. Usually, I would have pushed him to tell me something fun instead of such a boring answer. But I didn't do that this time. Because of his firmer than muscles tone, that showed he was a man, not a boy.
Editor Kim Seul gi
Source: [W Korea magazine]
Translation credits: jeeelim5@tohosomnia.net
Shared by: tohosomnia.net
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This is what defines a twenty-three year old guy. Being irresponsible as if there is no tomorrow, in deep self-conceit as if the world exists for him so that when you see him, you feel he is pathetic yet his immaturity feels like proof that he is very much alive. At least, that's what the majority of guys in their early twenties that I've seen are like. But Choikang Changmin, the man who stepped into the studio on a hot Sunday morning, was different from the other twenty-three year old guys I'd seen. Even though the photoshoot began early in the morning during a weekend, his expression was bright. Though he didn't say much, he would occasionally joke with a sly face, and though he'd run away when given a compliment, he would look the photographer straight in the eye when spoken to. This youth, whose every move was calm, felt more like a boy who had matured earlier than his peers than a regular twenty-three year old. But the muscles that could be seen through his gray shirt were obviously not those of a boy. He said that he recently began boxing. According to his manager, who started with him but had now given up, boxing is a sport that is so tiring that you'll be drenched in sweat by the end. As boxing only tones the shape of the muscles, Choikang Changmin also does weight training at a health club. When I told him that he was living too strenuously when he's supposed to be taking a break, he said to me, "I'm the kind of person who torments himself. I always desire success, and push myself to think of ways to become better. I can't be easy on myself." I could feel a sort of manliness from the firm tone of his voice more than from his muscles.
Recently, a change has come about Choikang Changmin, a change as big as that of his exterior. He was able to try acting for the first time through the drama named {paradise}. When asked if there was a special moment that convinced him to appear in the drama, he explained that, "I read the synopsis and felt it to be comfortable and fun. The role I play is a guy who, on the outside, looks like he lacks in nothing. He's handsome and has a pretty good background but is in fact a guy who acts frivolously and is too honest about his emotions so he could seem like he's 'missing a couple of tools in the shed' at first. I felt a sort of connection with him." It felt too much of a simple reason for a decision to appear in a drama for the first time since his debut. One would think he would be a bit haughty because he had gotten the lead role in his debut drama, but he felt pressured and nervous because it would be the viewers, not his fans, who would be watching. He confessed that he worried a lot that he might become a burden to the staff and other actors. He repeated one thought over and over again, as if it had crossed his mind constantly as he faced the wind and rain of Jeju island for many months. "For the past seven years as a member of a group, I thought that being considerate of others was the most important thing. I would lower myself to make others stand out. I'm not saying that I regret it though. But as I had to act and express every emotion from the smallest to the most dramatic ones in the drama, I realized just how clumsy I was at expressing myself. When I was working with the staff and my fellow actors, I had to become the main character in each situation. I worried a lot.
He's been a singer for seven years now. Those seven years were seven years spent as the best, with all that time passed on stage and in the rehearsal rooms. When I said that it must have been very hard to debut at such a young age, he added that, "Because I started working so young, my knees ache when it rains. Before, I used to have an indecisive personality and because of it, I couldn't answer when asked what I wanted to eat and would follow others even if they were going to eat something that I didn't like. But this kind of job makes you think about yourself more than any other kid your age." It seems as though working in society from such a young age had a positive effect on him. He wore a total of five outfits for the photoshoot. They were suits of various impressions that mirrored his current status as a boy maturing into a man, who is neither boy nor man but is also both at the same time. When asked which outfit was his favorite, he picked the suit that was most formal and least flashy. "I was walking down the street once when I saw a man with a long beard that covered his face and he looked good. But it wasn't that I wanted to do the same thing. I think I still feel the need to look more mature than the other guys my age because I started working so early on. I'm not saying that I want to look like that guy right now. I want to slowly change into it."
These days, Choikang Changmin is busy rehearsing for the SMTOWN Live performance. Even on the day of the photoshoot, he had a choreography rehearsal 'with an unknown end' scheduled. He couldn't hide his anticipation as he said that he didn't yet feel nervous though he said he would on the day of the concert where he would stand on a domestic stage for the first time in two years. Has he changed much since his first experience on stage seven years ago? "At first, the best I could do was to show what I had prepared without making a mistake. I had no room in my mind to think of anything else. I would monitor our performance and see the audience's response only after I stepped off the stage. But now, I've slowly but surely found a way to perform at my own pace. Should I say that I now have complete control? Now, I can see myself, the audience's reaction and what's happening around me on stage. It may be that I've found my composure." This composure that opened his eyes up to the audience when he stood on stage also showed through when he talked about girls and dating. When asked "Do looks count 97% when you look at a girl?" he replied 99.9% "It would be a lie to say that looks don't matter or that all she needs to be is nice. I know that looks aren't everything but one can still hope. I like a person who has an innocent and intellectual charm and can understand my job." I thought he was finished but he said, "If I were to add an option," and kept going. He said that he would prefer that she be an active person because he likes sports. He expressed that he wanted to be able to have a glass of beer with his girlfriend as they watched a match at a baseball stadium. This slowly transitioned into talk about his love life. He truthfully replied that he actively approached and held onto his first love, but that people sometimes call him a bad guy these days as he has become quite sly though he tries to be considerate to others. Those around him tensed up as questions about girls and his love life came up. But he himself had the relazed expression that only a singer with seven years of experience under his belt can possess. This was the moment he truly looked like any other twenty-three year old other than when he said that he would be in a bad mood till midnight on days when his favoirte baseball team lost.
At the beginning, I asked him what he was up to these days. He began by saying, "This is going to be an obvious answer," and said that he was into band music and had recently begun to teach himself how to play the guitar, something he had always wanted to do but had been pushing back. But what I was curious about was something else. So I asked him again near the end of the photoshoot. How he's been faring. What meaning this moment has for him. "For the past six-seven years, there has never been a time when I had this few official activities. I needed time to adjust because my life patterns had changed. But I like things the way they are right now. Because I'm learning and enjoying the things I never had the time to do before. Before, I wasn't able to express myself well, but now, I want to be able to express myself, not only through song and dance, but also through my words and expressions. I believe that these times will be essential for that. I believe that all the things I'm doing right now will affect me positively in the future." His answer was one I had expected. Usually, I would have pushed him to tell me something fun instead of such a boring answer. But I didn't do that this time. Because of his firmer than muscles tone, that showed he was a man, not a boy.
Editor Kim Seul gi
Source: [W Korea magazine]
Translation credits: jeeelim5@tohosomnia.net
Shared by: tohosomnia.net
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Spanish Translation / Traducción al Español
Choikang Changmin, quien ha maduro con una suave sonrisa en su rostro, se ha vuelto en un actor que transmite sus emociones a la cámara con una intenza mirada. cinco diseñadores quienes que grandiosas cosas vengan de él en el futuro, le presentaron sus estilos representativos.
Esto es lo que define a un chico de veintitrés años. Ser irresponsable como si no hubiera un mañana, en profunda vanidad como si el mundo existiera para él de modo que cuando lo ves, sientes que es patético sin embargo su inmadurez se siente como que brueba que está vivo. A menos, eso es lo que la mayoría de los chicos en sus veintes que he visto son así. Pero Choikang Changmin, el hombre quien entró a un estudio en un caluroso domingo en la mañana, era diferente de los demás chicos de veintitrés años que he visto. A pesar que la sesión comenzó temprano en la mañana durante un fin de semana, su expresión era brillante. Aunque no dijo mucho, ocasionalmente bromeaba con un rostro astuto, y aunque escapaba cuando le daban un cumplido, miraba al fotógrafo directamente a los ojos cuando hablaba. Este joven, cuyo cada movimiento era calmado, se sentía más como un chico que había madurado antes que sus compañeros que un chico normal de 23 años. Pero los músculos que podian ser vistos a través de su camiseta gris eran obviamente no los de un chico. Dijo que recientemente comenzó a boxear. De acuerdo a su manager, quien comenzó con él pero ahora tuvo que rendirse, boxear es un deporte que es muy cansado que estaras empapado de sudor al final. Como el boxeo solo tonifica la forma de los músculos, Choikang Changmin también hace pesas en el gimnasio. Cuando el dije que estaba viviendo muy enérgicamente cuando se suponía que él estaría tomando un descanso, me dijo, "Soy del tipo de persona que se atormenta a sí mismo. Siempre deseo tener éxito, y me presiono a mí mismo para pensar en las maneras de volverme mejor. No puedo ser suave conmigo mismo." Pude sentir una especie de hombría del firme tono de su voz más de sus músculos.
Recientemente, un cambio se ha producido en Choikang Changmin, una cambio tan grande como el de su exterior. Fue capaz de intentar actuar por primera vez en el drama llamado 'Paradise'. Cuando se le preguntó si hubo un momento especial que lo convencio para aparecer en el drama, él explicó que, "Leí la sinopsis y sentí que era cómoda y divertida. El papel que interpreté era un joven que, por fuera, parece que no le falta nada. Es guapo y tiene un atmósfera muy buena pero de hecho es un chico que actua frívolamente y muy honesto sobre de sus emociones así que pareciera que le 'falta algunos tornillos en la cabeza' al principio. Sentí una especie de conexión con él." Se sientió demasiado una simple razón para una descision de aparecer en un drama por primera vez desde el debut. Uno pensaría que él fue un poco arrogante por que habia conseguido el papel principal en su drama debut, pero sintió presión y nervios por que serian los televidente, no sus fans, quienes estarian viendo. Él confesó que lo preocupaba mucho que podría volverse en una carga para el staff y los demás actores. Repitió un pensamiento una y otra vez, como si hubiera cruzado por su mente constantemente mientras que entrentaba al viento y la lluvia de la isla Jeju por muchos meses. "Durante los últimos siete años como un miembro de un grupo, pensé que ser considerado con los demás era lo más importante. Me reducía a mí mismo para hacer que los demás destaquen. No estoy diciendo que me arrepiento. Pero como tenía que actuar y expresar cada emoción desde la más pequeña hasta la más dramática en el drama, me dí cuenta de lo torpe que era al expresarme. Cuando estaba trabajando con el staff y mis compañeros, tuve que convertirme en el personaje principal en cada situación. Me preocupaba muhco.
Ha sido un cantante por siete años. Esos siete años fuern siete años que pasó como el mejor, con todo este tiempo pasado sobre el escenario y en salones de ensayo. Cuando dije que debió haber sido muy duro debutar a esa edad, tan joven, él añadió que, "Debido a que comencé a trabajar tan joven, mis rodillas me duelen cuando llueve. Antes, solía tener uan personalidad indecisa y por ello, no podía responder cuando preguntaban que quería comer y seguía a los demas incluso si ellos iban a comer algo que no me gustaba. Pero este tipo de trabajo te hace pensar acerca de tí mismo más que cualquier otro chico que tu edad." Parece como si de trabajar en sociedad desde tan joven tuvo un efecto positivo en él. Él usó un total de cinco trajes para la sesión. Eran trajes de diversas impresiones que reflejaba su estado actual como un niño convirtiendose en un hombre, quien no es ni un niño ni un hombre, sino son mabos al mismo tiempo. Cuando se le preguntó que traje fue su favorito, escogió el traje que era más formar y menos llamativo. "Estaba caminando por la calle una vez cuando ví a un hombre con una larga barba que cubría su rostro y se le veía bien. Pero no era que yo quería hacer lo mismo. Pienso que aún siento la necesidad de verme más maduro que otros chicos de mi edad por que comencé a trabajar muy joven. No estoy diciendo que quiero lucir como ese hombre ahora mismo. Quiero cambiar lentamente en ello."
En estos días. Choikang Changmin está ocupado ensayando para la presentación en SMTOWN Live. Incluso en el día de la sesión fotográfica, tenía un ensayo de una coreografía 'con un fin desconocido' programada. No podía esconder su anticipación mientra dijo que aún no sentía nervios, dijo que en el día del concierto donde él estaría de pie sobre un escenario nacional por primera vez en dos años. ¿Ha cambiado mucho desde su primera experiencia sobre el escenario hace siete años? "Al principio lo mejor que pude hacer fue mostrar lo que había preparado sin cometer un error. No tuve espacio en mi mente para pensar en algo más. Monitorié nuestra presentación y ví la respuesta de la audiencia justo despues de salí del escenario. Pero ahora, poco a poco pero seguro he encontrado una manera de performar a mi propio ritmo. Debería que ahora tengo un control completo? Ahora, puedo ver por mí mismo, la respuesta de la audiencia y lo que está pasando alrededor mio en el escenario. Puede que sea que he encontrado mi calma." Esta calma qie abrió los ojos a la audiencia cuando se paró sobre un escenario también mostró a través cuando hablaba sobre chicas t citas. Cuando se le pregunto "La apariencia cuenta un 97% cuando vez a un chica?" él respondió 99.9% "Sería una mentira si dijera que el aspecto no importa o que todo lo que necesita es ser agradable. Se que el aspecto no es todo pero uno aún tiene la esperanza. Me gusta una persona que tenga un encanto inocente e intelectual y pueda entender mi trabajo." Pensé que habia terminado pero dijo, "Si tuviera que agregar una opción", y continuó. Dijo que preferiría que ella sea una persona activa por que a él le gusta el deporte. Expresó que quería ser capaz de beber un vaso de cerveza con su enamorada mientras ven un partido en un estadio de béisbol. Esto transició lentamente en una plática acerca de su vida amorosa. Respondió con sinceridad que él activamente se acercó y mantuvo a su primer amor, pero esa persona a veces lo llamaba chico malo estos días, mientras que él se ha vuelto bastante muy astuto aunque intenta ser considerado hacia los demás. Aquellos que estan a su alrededor se tensan cuando le preguntan acerca de chicas y su vida amorosa sale. Pero él mimso tuvo que relajar la expresión que solo un cantante con siete años de experiencia bajo su cinturon puede poseer. Este fue el momento en que lucía como cualquier otro chico de veintitrés años cuando dijo que estara de mal humor hasta la media noche los días en que su equipo de béisbol favorito pierde.
Al principio, le pregunté lo que hacía esto días. Comenzó diciendo, "Esta va ser una respuesta obvia." y dijo que estaba en música d ebanda y recientemente ha comenzado ha enseñarse a sí mismo a como tocar la guitarra, alfo que siempre había querido hacer pero había sido dejado para despues. Pero de lo que estaba curioso era de algo más. Así que le pregunté de nuevo cerca del final de la sesión. Como le ha estado yendo. Que significado tiene este momento para él. "Durante los últimos seis años, nunca hubo un momento en que tuve estas pocas actividades oficiales. Necesité tiempo para ajustarme por que mi patrón de vida había cambiado. Pero me gusta las cosas en la manera que estan ahora mismo. Pro que estoy aprendiendo y disfrutando las cosas que nunca tuve el tiempo de hacerlas antes. Anteriormente, no era capaz de expresarme a mí mismo bien, pero ahora, quiero ser capaz de expresarme a mí mimso, no solo a través de canciones y bailes, si no también a través de mis palabras y expresiones. Creo que estos tiempo seran esenciales para ello. Creo que todas las cosas que estoy haciendo ahora mismo me afectaran positivamente en el futuro." Su respuesta fue lo que había esperado. Usualmente, lo hubiera obligado para que me diga algo divertido en vez de un respuesta aburrida. Pero no hice eso esta vez. Por que su tono de voz más firme que sus músculos, me mostraron que él era un hombre, no un niño.
Editor Kim Seul gi
Fuente: [W Korea magazine]
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