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Berry Good’s Taeha discusses passion for sports, childhood and goals with BNT International

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[What If 2] Berry Good’s Taeha, a girl dreaming of the thrill of the circuit

 

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[continues from part 1 – same introduction]
 
For ‘What If’, you chose “car racer†as the other road you wanted to walk on.
The first reason is, I don't have a license. I really wanted to obtain a license; however, I just didn't have the time... Everyone says it's an excuse, but I did not have time to do anything. Now I go to work at 11:00 am and leave at 10:00 pm. In the past, when I went to work at 9:00 am, I used to work till 2:00 am. The second reason is that of my uncles. My uncles were in the sports industry so I often found myself surrounded by rowdy cars, motorcycles, hang gliders, paragliders, jet skis, and so forth from a young age. I would go for a ride with them in their sports car from time to time and I couldn't help but fall in love and feel the excitement and the thrills. [partial credits to Allkpop]
When I went to Jeju and got on the cart, I finished first place every time. Cornering, drifting. There was no fear. I like thrills and speed. So I thought it was simple and I wanted to be a car racer. I grew up watching cars since I was a kid, and I got interested in them. Actually, I could have told you something I couldn’t do, but I asked for it because I wanted to do it.
 
You have no license, but you place first. Do you usually exercise?
Yes. I am still going to the fitness club, but my body has had good muscles since childhood. When you look at it, it looks dry. There aren’t many muscles, but it’s a healthy body. I used to go mountain climbing with my father. I used to go to the top of the mountain with my grandmother from kindergarten. I also like skiing. I learned to swim when I was six or seven as well. I’ve never done anything for a long time, but I experienced a variety of exercises. I like hitting [boxing?] more than everything else. But honestly, there is a stereotype that an idol should not be panting, and should be pretty. Fans as well like thin figures. So there is stress. I also thought that I didn’t want to exercise anymore.
 
You also seem to like martial arts.
I like them. I would like to go to "Angels Fighting 04" on July 24, but I don’t know if I will be sent from the company. (laughs) UFC [ultimate Fighting Championship] also looks good. I also like Conor McGregor. I watch women games, and almost all men games. I can’t join these competitions because I have a job where your face mustn’t get hurt. But I really like watching the games. By character, I can’t sit still. I like to keep on doing something because I am very active.
 
MBC’s Idol Star Athletics Championships come to my mind.
Yes. [but] I hate the combination of exercise and work. (laughs) I want to go out, but I also want to do it alone. Isn’t it work? Rather than that, when I am exhausted and I want to find a cure, I like doing it sincerely.
 
I had been told that you were still working on the drone pilot training at the pre-meeting, but now you are the owner of the first drone pilot license. Do you admire the sky?
My oldest uncle manages drones as a business in Yeongam. Actually, drones can fly without certification. No-fly zones don’t matter, but if you want to use them for business, you have to get a certificate. There are many things to study and memorize. If you have a license, you can fly the drones even at festivals, but if you are a celebrity, I thought it could become a big issue. You can also use pesticides. And volunteer activities as well. Now I’m aiming to become a drone trainer. And I am going to get the light aircraft pilot certificate sometime.
 
Light aircraft?
When I go to Yeongam, there is a light aircraft in the warehouse. Many of them. The drone stick control is the same as the light plane control. They are expensive, about 100 million won. Earning a lot of money in old age and buy a light plane is a dream of mine. I want to ride around on it. I want to make people travel.
 
Car racer, pilot, drones. The word “active†comes to my mind. In addition, on MBC Everyone’s “Video Starâ€, you said you’re uncomfortable with the concept of a girl group, that you have been hating pink or skirts from the past. What do you think about the fusion between Yoo Joo and Taeha?
I’m Berry Good’s Taeha, but I was born Yoo Joo. Of course, I could have worked under my real name. At that time, there was senior singer JOO and it could have been confusing, but nonetheless I wanted to use my real name. I wanted to remember well that my family, my close friends, and I were very happy. There were many difficulties, many hardships. But now this disjunction can be seen as more interesting and I think it might be better to accentuate it. The merging of the two could be fun for me. Actually, it’s a difficult question to answer. It is hard to explain. (laughs)
 
To understand the present, we must look back to the past. Car racers, pilots, drones, ungirly emotions. What kind of child Taeha was?
When I was child Yoo Joo, there was no one who knew me. I was really good at greeting. For example, if I was in the same apartment with someone else, I greeted everyone well and was praised by people for being polite. Even though I was in elementary school, I got on the bus for free, because I was affable to the drivers. One day I bought candies and gave them to the driver. He said ‘Just get in. Yoo Joo, get in’. There was a mart in front of the bus stop at elementary school. It was called ‘Promotion Mart’ (laughs). The mart lady just gave me something to eat.
 
Car racer and pilot are your alternative jobs to Berry Good’s Taeha, but you also chose a dream based on singing and dancing: being a musical actress.
I learned musicals in elementary school. There were after-school activities and I did musicals. When I look back at it and think about it, to record a song from 3 to 4 minutes long, it takes a long time for an idol. One month, two months, ten months, or one year. But actually, when you get on stage, 3 minutes is a really fast and short time. Of course, if you are a top singer, the feeling of joy may be even greater. But I feel a sense of nausea. ‘I worked on the stage hard. It’s really fun’ are thoughts that coexist with that feeling.
I watched a lot of musicals because of the former chief. I also watched videos. What I felt while doing so was ‘I like songs, I like acting, I also like dancing. Musical is a genre that can show all of this at once.’ I liked the part that I could show for two or three hours on stage how much I prepared. I wanted to try musicals because it is a job where all the things I want to try are gathered together.
 
What are your favourite musical works or actors?
I think of representative senior singers Ivy, Ok Ju-hyeon, Kim Jun-su, etc. They are where they are thanks to their skills. In a certain way, I have nothing now. So I want to learn professionally once. I have not gone to college yet. Intentionally. Of course, I could have gone, but I had a sense of responsibility. If I went to university in the middle of [idol’s] activity, I thought I wouldn’t be able to put all my efforts in studying and that would have been negative. Later, when my career is better adjusted and I have a chance, I would like to experience it and work hard. I want to learn more professionally, take exams, and go to school.
 
In TVN’s “Circle: Two Worldsâ€, you landed the role of Su-bin, the former girlfriend of Lee Ho-soo (Lee Gi-kwang). It was short but impressive, but it was also your first acting challenge.
I wasn’t expecting it. “Circleâ€â€™s Min Jin-gi PD was the one who originally directed “SNL Koreaâ€. One day I had a meeting at CJ E & M Center. Min Jin-gi PD was there, and there were the six of us Berry Good. Despite being the first meeting, he suddenly gave me the chance to act. Long ago there was a movie called “A Familyâ€, starring senior Soo Ae. I tried to remember it but I struggled, however the PD was fortunately happy [with the result]. While filming, he praised me a lot.
 
Your on-screen partner Lee Gi-kwang is also a singer and an actor.
I really wanted to talk to him, because in the past I was a fan of Beast’s Lee Gi-kwang and Yoon Doo-joon seniors. I was extremely glad we could shoot together. But I could not say a word to him. The schedule was so busy. Min Jin-gi PD told me to come to the wrap up party, but I could not attend because of other things. It was too bad. If I get a chance later, I want to do it again.
 
Does your goal of an ‘all-round entertainer’ include singer and actor?
In conclusion, that's right. But everywhere I go I always say this: ‘Once I have a job, my main job is to be a singer, so I want to challenge singing, but if I get a chance later, I want to challenge acting.’ In some ways, singing is acting, and acting is singing as well. If any genre comes to me without distinction, I want to catch it now. Anything.
 
In the past, in one of Berry Good’s interviews, member Taeha was introduced as ‘a person who cares much for others’. How other people read us is the most accurate method. What do you think about it?
Since I was a child, I took care of others a lot. When I was in school, a friend was bullied. It was really significant. That friend was hurt, but nobody was kind to her [she doesn’t tell if that person was a girl or a boy, but I’m assuming it’s a girl]. So I helped a lot, and some bad friends were envious and jealous. If someone else is in trouble, I can’t judge the situation well. I need to help. Actually, they say you have to be smart about certain things/situations [and take advantage], but I have nothing like that. That you should act like a fox, but it’s not right. We should consider others. But it was not just a good thing. I felt greater. I wanted to enjoy it together, but I was also used by others. It is like a side effect that comes from loving people. Affection is weak.
 
What is the current worry of a 4-year-old girl group leader Taeha?
Berry Good is a good team. It consists of good members. But I am sorry that we can not show all of our talents. The most disappointing thing is the lack of opportunities. Although the songs are all good, they are not known much. In fact, this time our CEO is preparing a regular album with the resolution of ‘Let’s stop if it does not work’. If Berry Good take more chances and the members passionately do their best, I am confident that the right day will come. If you are worried, this is troublesome.
 
Please say something to ‘What If’ readers.
This is the first time I've ever had a [solo] interview. I had been choking for a long time, and this was the moment to be honest with something. Actually interviews are usually formal, and the gap between the words I should not say and the words I should say is big. However, it was a good interview because I could introduce you to Yoo Joo, not to my team identity. It was also a good time for me. I feel like I have found what I want to do with this interview. I feel like I should try more. Of course I will keep this job, but I’ve thought I want to learn other things. It was a place to present me and Berry Good as a representative of Berry Good. I was worried thinking ‘What can I do to help?’, but it was rather [this interview] that helped me. It was comfortable.
 
Leader Taeha introduced the values and troubles of Berry Good. Then the reporter asked the following question: “I’m curious about the worries of human Yoo Joo as wellâ€. In the middle of the interview, Taeha said she wanted to be called Yoo Joo. The distinction between entertainers’ anxieties and personal troubles is a so-called ‘regular question’ that is often used in any interview, but it is a ‘necessary question’ because they have both a life as singers and as individuals.
“There are many things I want to do as Yoo Joo. There are many things I want to learn, many things I want to experience, and I have not seen many people because I have been in the entertainment industry for too long. I want to see people around me, but sometimes I get tired because of what I do. I hope that there will be occasions and opportunities to be able to show Berry Good while doing what I like. For example, I like sports, so what if Berry Good does sport broadcasting? I can study and show my various charms in diverse fields. I wish I had a lot of opportunities like that.â€
 
The conclusion of Yoo Joo and Taeha was that there are many things she wants to do for Berry Good. Suddenly, KBS2’s “Fight My Wayâ€, which is just finished, came to mind. In the drama, Baek Seol-hee sees her boyfriend Kim Joo-man as her whole world. I wonder if, for Taeha, Berry Good is another world that looks to reality. Whopping 6 years [of training]. Plus 3 years of [idol] activities. She is tired, but Taeha is working on the world she has formed and is unaware of the idea of giving up.
 
‘Blah blah, stop talking and just wait / I’ll fly dazzlingly / Bibbidi bobbidi boo / I can do it / Because I believe in myself’ (Berry Good’s ‘Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo’). It’s not clear if the next regular album will be an emergency for Berry Good. But it’ll go well. Taeha believes in Berry Good.

 

 
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Translation: Google + Naver translators, with general fixes by me. I'm pretty sure there are mistakes here and there.

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There are just too many words you can use to describe Taeha.  

 

Insightful, wise, funny, humble, kind, caring, sweet,  passionate, hard working,

 

smart, beautiful, sexy and talented are just some that have been used.

 

She is definitely one of the Best leaders out there right now!

 

Thanks Chiyako for translating once again! Your hard work is truly appreciated by all the Very Berries!  smile.png

 

BERRY GOOD FIGHTING!  

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