TWICE FACTS AND UPDATE

TWICE interview on GQ Korea-Sana

Q: What were you thinking while you were looking into the mirror before the shooting?

A: I was thinking about what I should do because arriving at the studio, I saw it would be a natural but slightly chic one. A forced expression won’t do, and neither will a tense mouth.

Q: Was that all? You really were looking for quite a while.

A: Ah, honestly in the mirror I saw my face was bloated and wondered if it would go down - I was thinking something like that. Also I had a massage (laughs).

Q: Haha. You were street-casted in Osaka? But you speak Korean very well.

A: I was out to buy a birthday present for a friend. I went to a place I usually never went to, and got casted by chance. Including my time as a trainee, I’ve been in Korea for about four years now. When I watch variety and there’s a word I don’t know, I check it, and I study whenever there’s time.

Q: Is there any slightly difficult word you learned recently?

A: It’s not a hard word, but Chineu-nim [t/n: slang combining chicken and god]!

Q: Do you like chicken?

A: Yes. Please like it. Ah, [I mean] I like it. I love Chineu-nim. To be honest, I think I spoke Korean better before “Sixteen.” Lately my tongue has been tangling up and I can’t pronounce well. It does something like, it goes back. I don’t know what my tongue is doing.

Q: In your four years living in Korea, what else has changed?

A: I used to not like rich food, but I began to like things like cream. And gaining weight. I think I gained some because I lived away from my parents and because I was stressed. If I compare before and after there was even a difference of ten kilos, but it’s not as much right now.

Q: Do you like doing animal imitations? Are there any new ones you developed recently?

A: I tried imitating a bird not so long ago. There are times when, while you’re sitting still and breathing, a ‘hwee’ sound just comes out. That’s like a bird. I think I have something like that. I become closer to animals when I gain weight and closer to humans when I lose it.

Q: Haha.

A: I didn’t have many chances to look in a mirror as a trainee, because all I did was practice. Now I spend a lot of time in front of one just getting my hair and makeup done. And taking pictures and monitoring them in real-time, some days I’m like a human and some I’m like an animal.

Q: What part of your face do you like the most in a mirror?

A: I naturally bloat easily. Even my nose gets bloated. What part never bloats and always stays the same? Ah, my pupils.

Q: What do you like the most lately?
A: I like the clothes, and the makeup, and the photoshoots, and the stages, but lately I think I’m drawn by dancing the most. Usually I only follow the choreography, but I want to just dance. Watching other dancers makes me go, ah, I want to dance too….

Q: What area in Korea do you like the most?

A: Anywhere with a pretty night view. I like the stars.

Q: You will have to wait a while to see the stars. What will you be doing while the other members are shooting their pictures?

A: I plan on wearing my comfy socks. My bloating goes down when I wear warm socks (laughs).