B.A.P Interview for K BOOM Magazine



B.A.P carried out their comeback. Although it was a blank period as short as approximately 2 months, strangely enough, it felt that their seats are very large. Maybe because of that, their comeback this time gathered greater attention than before. Along with B.A.P, there are many comebacks of star groups but because of their debut achievements, they were particularly shining among those star groups. They are not just shining from the surface/appearance, it’s because they shine from the inside. 


The priority role given now is to work well rather than loveThe image of B.A.P for the fans is very strong/powerful. We would surely lose if we fight with them, that is what they imagine it would be like. We can feel the strength and charisma from the oldests in the group, Bang Yongguk and Himchan, and also the youngest, 15-year-old Zelo as a rapper standing on stage, giving an impression of a strong aura which does not meet his age. However, their appearance when they got off stage were very cute and they’re boys with nice smiles.

—— Although the blank period was about 2 months, it feels like a long time, how have you been?
Yongguk: Yes! We were fine! We wanted to show our appearance to our fans quickly so we have been preparing with our utmost effort.

—— The music video is really cool! If there is any episode during the shooting please tell us about it. Although I think that there were a lot of hardships/ troubles filming that… 
Zelo: Please do not pursue too much. Because it was really hard… During shooting, the green paint was painted on our body and after that our skin tone became a lot worse… The shooting was done until midnight and we continued wearing the wet shoes… There were bruises to the extent.
Himchan: Because my order of shooting was the latest, I did not have much trouble… (laughs).

—— The music video’s scale was really large. I think it took a lot of production costs too…
Yongguk: That’s right. The size of the spaceship with its weight of 700kg and height of 18m is very overwhelming. It took approximately 3 months for the staff to complete the spaceship. Everyone who looks at us can call us “spinal cord breaker (?)”. Eat up the spinal cord (?) of the society… (laughs). Although it’s a joke, it seems like spreading what we saw in a block buster Hollywood movie, I’m very happy.

—— Was there any injury? The performance was also intense, I thought there would be many accidents…
Yongguk: Of course there was! Perhaps because of the thick makeup our faces were swollen here and there… In addition, there was an accident during the scene of kicking choreography. I have been kicked in the face by Zelo. The problem is, the blood came out from my face…
Zelo: I’m really sorry. But that wasn’t on purpose.
Yongguk: I know this (laughs). Besides that, our whole body was painted and even now it has not disappear… Also I could not find the way (to make it disappear)… Also for the part in the performance where we open our leg, perhaps because we did not stretch enough, when we get up after shooting, everyone cried in pain (laughs).

—— There is a lot of painful episodes… Is there any interesting/funny episode (laughs)?
Daehyun: The music video filming location was at the coastline in Incheon and I was really troubled because there was no toilet. I wanted to use the bottom of the huge bridge as a toilet but somehow I did not go. I endured for a long time, in the end when I rushed to that toilet to get it done, I saw the lights of a car from a distance. The soldiers who were riding in the car, they saluted/greeted me when they saw me. They did not look at it in much detail… (laughs).

—— Because of the busy schedule, I thought that you all will not be able to meet your family often too…
Jongup: Yes… During this time, I suddenly had times, I secretly went home without telling my parents, everyone was really surprised. Especially my brother who thought that there was a thief that had entered our house (laugh). I hid secretly and made everyone surprised (laugh).
Himchan: Same goes to me. My mother was surprised and let out a huge voice “Kya!”, I think that my father was surprised that he almost fell down, I almost got scolded (laughs).

—— If this album is successful, you all will also show great gratitude towards your family.
Youngjae: Yes. Because of that we practice hard every day. To be honest, in the beginning, I was concerned whether I would be able to achieve it, but I have noticed that if you try hard there is nothing that cannot be done. Love? I am not really interested in that now. We do your best with the role given to us and we do your best not to disappoint our fans, that’s our top objective. Please look forward to our activities this time. 

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