B.A.P in Sept. Issue of Epop magazine

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Warrior B.A.P “Continue to concur the Earth!”

HimChan ZELO talks in sleep!

YongGuk is fit to star in “A Real Man”?!

From this May, B.A.P held performances as they sprang around to many parts of the world, gaining more popularity even overseas! B.A.P who were releasing new songs every 3 to 4 months last year, because of the world tour, after releasing “One Shot” in February this year, left for a period of 6 months, then finally came back with “BADMAN” for all the anticipating fans. Quickly come and see what the 6 big boys have to say~

YongJae 1994/1/24

Epop: YongGuk, in all the songs, from “Warrior” , till “BADMAN”, always included lyrics that relates to society and the world, why did you think of this when writing the new song?

YongGuk: Since I saw recent international news, many shocking crimes are happening around the world, and these saddening and horrific society problems should not be forgotten, thus through songs, I wanted to express my heart to those who are depressed and angry, those who were involved in such incidents.

Epop: “Hurricane” and “Coffee Shop” which were released early had both MVs shot in the United States, and the single “BADMAN” was even shot at the venue where the movie, “Transformers”, and even needed more than 100 people to shoot the music video, it was such a big scale! How did you feel about filming a MV in the United States?

DaeHyun: Having to film all of them in a week at different parts of the States was very tiring, but New York, San Fransisco, and Las Vegas were so pretty, and we were very glad that even though the filming period was short, we were able to learn many things.

Epop: Members had started dorm life 2 years before debut. Each room had 3 bunk beds, you must know each other’s sleeping style so well~ We heard that HimChan and Zelo are very close in their talks in their dreams, is this true?

YongGuk: Yes! The first time I went into the room to sleep, I realized that both of them were talking in their sleep, furthermore they were talking for so long, and it was just astonishing. (laughs)

Epop: In free times, do you watch anything together?

YoungJae: We do~ We recently like to watch “The Real Man”. (epop: Why do you like this program?) Because we all are easily shy, so when we go on reality shows we don’t know how to react, thus we thought if we appeared on “The Real Man”, we could do well. Everyone saw our performances so they should know; the members’ bodies are all good.

JongUp 1995/2/6

Epop: Who do you think is fit to star in “The Real Man”?

B.A.P: YongGuk! (epop: Wow! In union!)

HimChan: Haha, in a glance you could see who is fit for the army body-wise.

Epop: The performance this February at Korea, YongGuk revealed his body; do you all have any preparations considering revealing of body?

YongGuk: Since we always have training, we don’t need extra special preparations for that. (epop: Are you sure?) (laughs) Last time I had promised my fans that if we receive a Rookie Award, then I’d present my abs in a performance, so I just kept my promise~

Epop: Since your debut, you have performed in many different places, however we see little of B.A.P appearing in variety shows, why is that?

HimChan: This… Since we believe going on performance and music shows rather than variety shows allows B.A.P to show their personality, and so we hope that through performance on stage, we could improve ourselves.

Epop: After debut, you all released many new songs nonstop, all the time you all seemed to be full of schedule, don’t you feel tired?

YongGuk: Standing on stage for us is something interesting, which is one reason why we chose the road of music. Actually we’re not that fit on variety shows, but we still find it interesting. We never felt that standing on stage is something tiring.

DaeHyun 1993/6/28

YongGuk 1990/3/31

What kind of women do you prefer?

YoungJae: I think people with pretty eyes are very beautiful, recently I watched movie “IN TIME” with my members, and seeing the actress, Amanda Seyfried’s eyes, I felt like I was being pulled into the television, thus I really like women with eyes that are charming and could pull people in.

DaeHyun: Whenever, of course women who can cook well are good, no? I really like to eat, but my mother is not really a fantastic cook, so my family begs her not to cook herself, but to buy it from elsewhere, haha.

Zelo: I also really like women with pretty eyes and women who can cook. Luckily my mom is a person from the Jeolla Mokpo province, so her food is really good.

JongUp: Although I don’t have a fixed ideal type, I still like girls who can be together with me 24 hours, but won’t be annoying. Oh, also, also, she has to be a girl with interesting character, and a pretty one~ (epop: You’re demanding so much~)

HimChan: A charming women. When I was little, I always liked women who look pretty, but now I like women who I can connect with yet charming.

YongGuk: Someone who has civic virtue, one that can follow the basic rules of ladies and as people, someone who shows good character. (epop: Wow! So YongGuk likes real ladies~)

Epop: When you guys were in New York, did Time Square accept your performance?

B.A.P: Yes. When we were at one of the buildings in Time Square, performing, many local came to see us, of course there were Koreans too, so it made us feel full of pride.

Epop: In lives in America, they gathered many fans that support you all from many parts of Europe, what reason allowed B.A.P to have so many fans even in Europe?

JongUp: It could be for the strong performances and style of music, together with a something that differentiates us from other K-POP groups.

Epop: EXO who debuted around the same time as you all, already has “Wolf” and “Growl”, 2 hot songs, in just 2 years; do you feel EXO is your rival?

DaeHyun&HimChan: Although we both debuted in the same year, however rather than saying them as rivals, we say they’re our fellow companions. When we see them do well, we really feel happy and congratulate them. If we put them as rivals, we could see them as a good group to compete with, and through competing, we both could improve. Many groups have debuted after EXO’s debut, and we also learn different things from other groups, and we feel like we always do well like they do.

Epop: B.A.P would officially be debuting in Japan soon, next year you are planning of having performances at more countries, is topping charts in international music charts your dreams?

DaeHyun: When we debuted, we usually had the phrase ‘conquer the Earth’ on the tip of our mouths, but we always felt that this was a dream that was near impossible, however now we feel that there is a chance. We hope through “BADMAN”, B.A.P was able to be better at another step.

Zelo 1996/10/15

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