Interview with Xiah: “There is No Kim Junsu, There is Mozart”
2010.02.12 16:17:52
ⓒ 中央日報/Joins.com
After the stage, I waited for Junsu in a waiting room. I heard the story that Xiah Junsu (Kim Junsu, Age 24) always sing songs wherever he is. When I heard someone singing a song from outside of the entrance, Junsu entered the room. He is the person of the hot topic in the performance world these days.
“Mozart!” the first musical Xiah Junsu challenged to perform during a conflict with the position office, SM entertainment; showed an amazing interest by the public and the ticket selling power. The high evaluation was passed when he created the powerful stages which he did not at all appear to be a new face to the musical world.
The interview was performed in a condition to only ask questions for the musical performance, not about the current issue. This is the first domestic media’s interview after “Mirotic” in 2008. Xiah Junsu chose his words carefully, but he was bright and cheerful the whole interview time. When he repeated words, “Anyone has hard time in one’s life”, I was able to imagine his recent situation somehow.
◆ The stage he wanted to try = The musical offer came to him suddenly. He was asked to be a pinch hitter of Cho Songmo who injured his foot. When German musical author met Xiah Junsu for the first time, the author praised Junsu’s singing ability. “I had the admiration for the musical, but I did not think that would come true so soon.” “I predicted that it may be in three years later or so. But, there occurred a problem (conflict with the position office), and my earnest desire to perform at the domestic stage arose big in me, and at that same time this opportunity was offered last year.”
It was the music of “Mozart” that have moved him. “I thought that I would feel sorry if I missed such a good songs and music.” Also I was drawn into a life of such a musician who was happy because he was a genius, but he was unhappy at the same time.”
◆ Xiahzart not Mozart = Junsu decided to perform but at the very beginning everything was pitch-black. He received assessment to be the best vocal as a pop idol, but the musical world’s utterance, breathing, and a singing method were the first time for him all together. He mentioned that his husky voice was a challenging matter as well. The overseas activities continued, and he was given only 15 days to practice. Not only was that, acting in musical was his first time also. “I was not able to change the way I sing in a ballads-type utterance entirely in a briefly given time with such short time to practice, and I thought that even if I practice two or three times more than others, I would fall short.” “After having been troubled thinking it over, I made up my mind that I will do Mozart in my own style. If there were four Mozart then I will do my own style of Mozart.” It is the birth of the “Xiahzart” which was named by his fans. (His name Xiah and the name Mozart combined together.)
The results were more than expected. Seo Bomsoku, who play the role of the father in the musical commented, “He did not learn to perform musical, and he did not act out, so I felt like approaching to a real Mozart. It was way better than bringing the opposite effect with an exaggerated performance.”
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100212 Inerview with Xiah: “There is No Kim Junsu, There is Mozart”
2010.02.12 16:18:04
Central Daily News: Joins.com
◆ Kind of like a “TVXQ” style = “Musical is the genre that a performance is maximized with a song, and a song is maximized by a performance.” “Because I did not know acting in the musical field, I decided to think, ‘How about Mozart? How would he react?’”
Xiah Junsu is usually an optimist, but he experienced a feeling of strain like he was being choked at the time of his first performance. “It felt like I went back to the time of our debut.” “There is no Kim Junsu anymore, and there is only Mozart. I went on the stage thinking that music is all I have, and both the pain and the happiness of Mozart for the sake of the music resembled my own feeling.”
It was the first big single performance alone for him. Of course it was burdensome for him. He always performs as one of the five members (1/5) of TVXQ.
“Other TVXQ members cover me when I make mistake, but I thought that in a musical it would be a fight for only me alone.” “However, it turns out that when I say my lines slow, a partner copes with it quickly, and other actors take care of it if I am languid, and we all exchange our performances like that. Kind of like other musical actors are the members of TVXQ (LOL).”
◆ An idol, fan culture = There were many objections to his challenge at this time. It was anticipated by him. “I am the lead character who is from an idol group, it could be said that I am a person who is displeased by the various people that lives in a musical world all the time.” “But there is really much that I am thankful for and I think that I am very fortunate. All of them are warm and they contact with me casually. There were many bashful scenes such as a kiss scene or an intense performance, but I was able to perform it well, thanks to everyone’s grace. I am thankful.”
According to the word from Lee Songjung a musical director, “Xiah Junsu is a person who is the first one to greet and talk to his co-actors and the seniors, and he always creates interesting and fun atmosphere.” Just like the director mentioned, Xiah Junsu’s special affinity (bright and cheerful personality) had helped him. “There are many fans that have contacted with a musical for the first time, and there are considerably quite a number of persons who are drowning in to its charm.” “I am happy if I am able to contribute to enlarging the musical market.”
This performance took the evaluation to be “The performance that the fans had completed.” The intensive degree of the fans made completeness to the performance itself. The prediction that girl fans would change an atmosphere of the musical came off. “Our fans sort out and know where they are at.” “Some of them even studied the point to view the musical in rightful way by learning it at a fan page.”
In fact, he speaks that, so far there was not even a single musical work he watched properly at a theater. The reason is because he was chased around by a long trainee period and a busy schedule. However, he already carried an atmosphere that he had become “The musical missionary.” “I fall into the charm of the musical more and more while standing on the stage.” “Will not 10,000,000 spectator times come for the musical, kind of like a movie sometime in upcoming years? I want to perform the musical again someday in the future.”
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