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When were all six of you moved the most during the concert?
The Budokan has lights on the ceiling that come on during the encore performance, and it has a special meaning. The lights are called ‘cool rays’, and they’re only turned on when all of the seats are filled. We were touched when we saw the lights come on during our encore performance.
What did Park Jin Young say about the concerts?
Taecyeon: [Park] Jin Young hyung is busy promoting You’re the One. He’s also busy with our company’s rookies JJ Project. He hasn’t seen the Budokan performances yet, but when we hold a concert in Korea I think he’ll scold us a lot. (Laugh)
All K-Pop singers in Japan have their own meaningful record. What do you think 2PM’s meaningful record could be?
Wooyoung: I don’t think we can say we’ve set a record in any standard because there are so many K-Pop singers that are more brilliant than we are. We believe that our performing in the Budokan for six days is a great memory and a record in itself.
We hope we can perform on bigger stages in the future such as that in the Tokyo Dome. We’ll take it step by step without any rush.
SHINee will be performing in Yoyogi today, while Shinhwa will be performing in Yokohama. It’s rare for Korean singers to perform so close in Tokyo at the same time; how do you think 2PM is different?
Wooyoung: I think it’s important that we revealed our new album Beautiful. It’s an honor to be performing at the Budokan itself, but I think we’re taking on new challenges by showing how we’re using stage effects and the like for our new album. I hope many people start to notice the small details.
We’re all friendly rivals; we’ll be performing with such great seniors on the same day, and it’s a great chance to have more people know about Korea. We plan to stand onstage with Korean pride and try to have our songs be known to more people.
How do you think 2PM is doing?
Taecyeon: We always work hard for our dreams. When we made our debut, we wanted to be acknowledged for having a specific 2PM brand of music among everyone watching us. The same goes for now. We feel we’re maturing little by little, but there are still so many great people, and we keep thinking we’ll have to work harder to become great singers since Jin Young hyung is right above us.