:: 1 March 2013
For you and for me
Bigbang’s vocal D-LITE san will be releasing his solo debut cover album
“D’scover” on the 27th of February. It includes J-pop songs personally selected
by him. With his album, D-LITE will be crossing 2 cities and holding 4 live
concerts and the live tour has already received 44,000 ticket applications. All
tickets for his concert have actually been sold out prior to this interview.
Not losing out to the stress and anticipation brought by the surroundings, his
face that has a smile that never fades with a motto of “being strict to yourself”,
what is his strongest secret?
D-LITE san uses his strong yet warm voice and gentle smile to envelope our
hearts. For his first solo album, he has collected songs that represent his
character.
ANAN: This is an album that lets people feel warm-hearted.
D-LITE: Thank you. I sang imagining
about the warmth in a mother’s belly. One of the songs I like very much is
“Sunny Hill. To overcome the huge obstacle in front so my energy will be
unleashed, I will listen to the song every morning. The lyric “The pain now
will one day become important memories” has a common point with “Wings” lyrics
which was composed by G-dragon. When Bigbang was in difficult times, we hoped
to share the same heart with our fans and sing “The day where we laugh again
will be back one day, no problem”.
ANAN: The recording was done during the World Tour period right.
D-LITE: To be honest, it was so tough I
once thought of giving up and there was also stress. However solo is different
from Bigbang. In that song it is my entire story. I faced it seriously and
completed a piece of work that I am satisfied with. The energy spent on work is
really big.
ANAN: You’re no doubt a Korean Guy! Is it especially so for singers that tough
energy is necessary?
D-LITE: Yes. I personally think that a
singer is like an elevator that always runs up and down every day. No matter
how much I run I might only be closer to the destination by a little. Even if
the final destination is right in front of me, if I relax a little it will drop
again. That is most dangerous. So I cannot help it but to run with all my might
every second. At least I am always retaining this frame of mind.
ANAN: When did that tough energy start from?
D-LITE: Work is where everybody
cooperates right. If I fall, my staff and all members hard work will fade to
nothing, in the end it will only disappoint our fans. So, I underwent much
training to train a body that has never-ending energy. Even if my condition is
bad, I have to think “I will complete this work before falling” and continue
on. I think in this way you will become stronger naturally.
ANAN: Everything is all for others.
D-LITE: From young, my parents taught
me “If you live for others, others will also live for you”. Maybe I used this
idea as a base. Instead of focusing on the benefits in front of me, I want to
protect important people around me even more and having a smile on my face
every time, both are because of the same reason.
ANAN: Being able to perform in front of the audience is also a strong proof.
D-LITE: Actually I am the type who gets
nervous easily. Even if I did not show it out, even now, before recording a
show or going on stage, my heart will keep on pounding frantically. So I came
up with a plan for it. For example, starting from now there is a 20 minutes recording,
I will think of my laughing self after 30 minutes. Wouldn’t the heart be
relaxed like this? For live I will borrow my members energy. Before starting,
all of us will hold each other hands and shout “FIGHT” and this will dispel all
my negative nervousness and I will think “we are going up now!” The members
energy is a form of power I cannot disregard.
ANAN: When you are upset or frustrated do you use the members energy as support
as well?
D-LITE: Basically if I have problems I
will solve it by myself, but about 2 years ago, I started telling my members
about problems. In the past I will think that telling others my problems will
increase the amount of troubles the other party has, so I won’t tell it to
anybody. But humans are gentler than I thought; they will include other
people’s existence in their life. After trying to talk, the burdens in my heart
have also reduced to half.
ANAN: So, what is the sentence that is going on in your heart all the time?
D-LITE: When I was thinking hard if I
should become a singer, one of my cousins encouraged me by saying “without 1%
of dream, there will not be 100% of hard work”. That sentence pushed me to
work.
To protect the important people, I will use all my experience
ANAN: On the contrary, how will D-LITE san comfort people with their troubles?
D-LITE: I will tell them my own
experience. I think I have slightly more different experiences compared to
people with my own age. I will feel differently. There is both good and bad to
it. There are situations where I was forced to a dead end and I have also
considered seriously. However, after telling the other person my experiences
and it can help direct them to the right path, to protect them from entering
the bad route, I will give my everything.
ANAN: Please give some advice to readers of ANAN who experience lots of
troubles with work and love.
D-LITE: There are readers who are older
than me, wouldn’t it be egoistic of me to give advice? (laugh) If there are
troubles with work, before fretting, I will think if this is important to me 10
or 20 years later. If it is not, I will stop fretting. However, if it affects
the future, I will face it properly. About love, I have very little experience,
so I can only say “Please work hard”…. Please listen to “Love” that is recorded
in the album. It will encourage people to love oh.
Source: ANAN Magazine
Translated by: nakedae@SMILEHOLIC www.dsholic.com
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