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Twice interview in GQ Korea-JIHYO

Q: When you say “JYP girl group,” what comes to mind are monolids and fresh faces. But you are of a slightly different grain.

A: I don’t think my face is one that JYPE seeks out. I think PD Park Jinyoung felt that besides that, this kid suits JYPE.

Q: How do feel about your face being called western?

A: It’s why I did my makeup lightly in the past. I had talked with the head of makeup about making this image into a strength nowadays. To make my eyelashes long, and put in circle lens too. My eyebrows are very dark. I bleached them too.

Q: Others get tattoos because they want dark eyebrows.

A: That might be if one doesn’t have eyebrows, but [bleaching] can’t be helped if you have a lot of eyebrow.

Q: If you were tasked with showing off a sexy side, won’t your charms jump out?

A: Ah, but I would be embarrassed. I must still be a child.

Q: What kind of time were the ten years you spent as a trainee?

A: Something that was very natural to me? More than attending school. Just a time that I can’t do without.

Q: Were there were cases of trainees who had entered later debuting first?

A: There were many. I entered on the same day as Sunmi unnie. But I think there is a time that is right for me. This is how I met eight friends too.

Q: You have no plans for entering university. Where did that unusual resolution come from?

A: This thought is unchanging. My parents agreed to it too. The dream that I had dreamed for ten years had become realized now. I don’t want to lose focus because of university, though if I gain a new interest later, I would like to learn it formally. At any rate, I don’t think of university as something vital.

Q: Then what’s something you most need right now?

A: For now, since I’m the leader, my biggest dream is to raise a lot of awareness for the team.

Q: You’re the oldest in your home? And you have younger siblings with a big age gap.

A: I have the same sign as the youngest [t/n: they are twelve years apart]. I even remember the day they were born. I was the second to hold them.

Q: Are you an older sister the younger siblings are proud of?

A: The second is so chic that she doesn’t contact me once. Odd, because junior high schoolers usually like idol groups, and their friends would be curious. I talked with my mom about it a lot, and she said they are like that at home too.

Q: Were you the class president and things like that while attending school?

A: No. I didn’t have that personality back then. My friends from school might be surprised to see how I am now. I just got along with my close friends, and I didn’t approach first.

Q: You didn’t show who you were well?

A: That’s right. I was much more comfortable with trainee friends, and my personality changed too. I’m told that whenever guests came over, I really stuck to my mom’s back, or hid behind the door. At any rate, after spending time with many talented trainee friends, I became a lot more excitable.

Q: The resonance in your voice when you speak is quite good.

A: It’s very big. TWICE’s mic! Though I’m speaking very softly right now.

Q: Everyone seems to be really quiet in the studio today?

A: I think it’s because it’s a little dark.