While living as 2PM for the past 1000 days, I [learnt how insufficient I was]
CeCi In the previous interview with CeCi you said you often watch your JYP audition tape. Do you still?
WY Of course! Especially when I feel worn out. I failed in an audition four times and succeeded on my fifth but I didn’t even think about signing the most basic contract that all trainees sigh. I ended up signing it because the company said I had to, but my thoughts at that time was that if only I could stay here, I can pour my everything for this. Then vanity came creeping in when I got in. Even now I ask myself ‘Jang Wooyoung, are you desperately doing as much as you used to like back in the days?’ and watch the video again to keep my passion going.
CeCi Anyways, in what ways did you think yourself was insufficient in the past 1000 days?
WY When 2PM was freshly formed, I thought I could do just as much as Jung Jihoon (Rain) whom I adored so much, if they’d just let me be on that stage. I was so confident about myself. But when I struck different situations, stages and people, that’s when my fantasy broke and thought ‘wow, I’m actually not that great’. But of course it was a time where I learnt the know-hows and perseverance.
CeCi I saw the brain map drawn by each member in a Japanese magazine. You were the only member with the word ‘love’.
WY Because it’s especially important to me. I feel thirsty of love because I have to give it up as an idol. I need romance even for my dream. Singing isn’t a mechanical thing like memorising English words, so I believe romance would help me deepen my musicality.
CeCi You’ve experienced a little bit of romance through ‘Dream High’ as Milk (Woo-U) Couple. Are your love cells still beating alive?
WY I met a friend at a dancing academy in high school. I’ve had her secretly in my heart for about a year and a half. It was quite a sincere first love and she was actually quite ugly like ‘Pilsook’. She wasn’t fat but the ugliness was quite similar so I thought of her while I was acting. It is true that after the filming, I have become more thirsty to love.
CeCi Is there anything you have learnt through ‘Dream High’?
WY I always had regrets after shooting a scene and I was so eager that I kept asking the surrounding staff if it was OK. My stylist would say ‘when will our Wooyoung’s satisfaction day come’ with much sympathy. But a very experienced camera director hinted me that it was right to be acting that way and to not forget this feeling. I promised myself. Whenever I do something I will never forget that I am always insufficient and to not be afraid of it. I have to quickly accept that and to move forward by learning to overcome it.
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While living as 2PM for the past 1000 days, I [learnt the word 'togetherness']
