[INTERVIEW] EXO-K's CHAN YEOL, BAEKHYUN

EXO-K's CHAN YEOL [10Asia/ Lee Jin-hyuk]

My name is CHAN YEOL. My real name is Park Chan-yeol.
I was born on November 27, 1992. I have a sister who is three years older than me.
Before I made my debut, my sister would Google my name and find my pictures from the past saying, "Hey! Your old photos are everywhere! Some of them are new to me too." She doesn't say much these days but I know that she loves me very much.
I'm exactly 185 centimeters tall. I haven't been getting taller in the past two years, so I guess I stopped growing. Compared to other people, my ears stick out to the side and I have big eyes too. I have even teeth as well. A healthy one! Hahaha.
My fans nicknamed me 'Teeth Rich.' Not long ago at an autograph session, a fan brought me a doll that had an eye on a tooth. I was surprised to know that she had that much interest in me and it felt good.
My individual teaser photo was the last to be released amongst all the 12 members of EXO-K and EXO-M. Since it took a really long time for my picture to be revealed, my mom would always ask me on the phone, 'when are you going public? I'm dying to see your picture go online.' My friends asked me the same thing and I doubted if the company excluded me from the team. And to be honest... I was kind of anxious too. Haha.
I began my training at SM Entertainment in 10th grade. When kids at my school found out about it, they would stare at me in hallways and visit my classroom to see who I am. I'm an outgoing person, but I got shy and just sat still in my seat.
In junior high, my close friends and I formed a band called 'Heavy Noise." Back then, I was obsessed with Green Day, Nirvana and X-Japan. In high school, I was in a band named "Seiren" and I was really into Muse.
When practicing our moves for 'MAMA' for the first time, I thought I'll ruin everything. Hahaha. I thought that I'm going to cause so much trouble but KAI and SE HUN gave me private lessons all night long. They taught me the moves step by step and I'm glad that we did that.
My supernatural power(as a part of the group's concept) is controlling fire. Bringing Phoenix is... I can't do that here on earth. (KAI: The earth kind of kills that magical power.) Maybe I should shoot fire when performing a song from the next album.

BAEKHYUN [10Asia/ Lee Jin-hyuk]

My name is BAEKHYUN. My real name is Byun Baek-hyun.
I was born on May 6, 1992. I have a brother who is seven years older than me. We have a big age gap but it's not really difficult to hang out with him. We even went on shopping trips together while growing up.
I apply the thickest eyeliner amongst the other members in the group. Unlike the rest of the group that have sharp images, my face is round and I have small eyes. Whew.. I feel small now. Hahaha. I feel like I get more handsome after applying eyeliner. But I'm used to my eyes without any makeup.
Now, I even have a know-how for washing off my eye makeup. First you wet a tissue with eye makeup remover and gently put it over your eyes. Then you just swipe the whole thing with cotton swabs. When I was trying this out the first time, I couldn't open my eyes but now I'm like a professional. I had never imagined myself wearing makeup before, but now I understand why girls are wearing makeup all the time. Haha.
I joined the team last and got close to CHAN YEOL first. We live close by, so we always went home together on the same subway line. We had a lot of time to chat and found out later that we had a mutual friend.
I was the one who made my friends laugh when I was in high school. Most of the time, I would dance in front of them with Rain or SHINee's dance tunes. I thought I was doing it well but my friends thought I was being funny. (KAI: He showed us the same thing when we were trainees and it was amazing. He must have been popular. I wonder what you would be doing right now if you weren't an idol. / SU HO: I thought he was doing a performance art piece.)
Among our supernatural powers, I envy KAI's ability of to teleport. (KAI: I envy myself too.) If I had the power to do that, I want to sneak into a bank.
I want to try playing a sneaky character like Lee Young-jae in KBS series "Full House." I never learned how to act before so I don't know how to act yet, but whether it is a TV commercial or a TV series, I want to try it. But if I was asked to act handsome and cool in a commercial, I don't think it's going to turn out that well. It's just not who I am.
I'm practicing a lot of impersonations to show them on variety programs. I can do Ki-bong from comedy flick "Barefoot Ki-bong" and impersonate actor Oh Gwang-rok. I'm not good in impersonating other singers at my agency yet. We spend a lot of time together, so I'm afraid what they will do to me (when I try singing like them).. Haha.

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10 아시아 Reporter : Hwang Hyo-Jin seventeen@
10 아시아 Photographer : Lee Jin-hyuk eleven@
10 아시아 Editor : Jang Kyung-Jin three@
10 아시아 Editor : Monica Suk monicasuk@