130518 Vogue Girl June Issue - BEHIND CUT

BEHIND CUT
The out-of-stage story of charisma filled BEAST. What we observed through the lenses from a step back. The brutally honest and unbelievably refreshing comments of the day.


AM 9:00 Sungjudong storage space. The photo shoot started in the morning. At the scene, there were about 30 staff members waiting. The concept of the filming was the alleyway of Brooklyn, New York with the sun shining down. Sadly, the weather was darker and colder than imagined. In the midst of all these, the members started to arrive one by one. Full of tiredness in their eyes they all packed into the makeup room and came out one by one. Yang Yoseob, who had finished his makeup first carefully walked towards us. "The food here, can I eat it?" Yoseob filled his plate with assorted fried foods. "This shrimp is really good." Yang Yoseob with obviously packed plate with fried shrimp said, "But do you know this? The shrimp is related to the cockroach. If I think about things like that I really can't eat it."

AM 10:00 "Yoseobie is the boxer these days, but I am always the soccer player. Even though I quit sports during my second year of high school, I still loved soccer back then. Soccer is like the thumbnail of life. There is so much feelings associated with it. It is the best thing in the world. Really." Yoon Doojoon, who might have not showed up because of his drama filming looked tired, but as soon as he started talking about soccer, he found his life again. "I really want to go back to my high school days. Back then, everything was fun and I was the most healthy. I found that I wanted to be a singer and everything was stable. It's not too bad right now though. For me, the "present" is the time of most value. I am living with the idea that I won't regret anything if I look back years from now. Oh Dongwoon is coming over here. I am always thankful for the youngest Dongwoon. We are all friend statuses (talk informally) except for him. I respect him for enduring though it without complaints."

AM 10:20 "What did you talk about with hyung? Anyways, it's really cold today. I think it's still winter." Son Dongwoon wearing shorts showing off his bare legs walked in. "I am obsessed with watching musicals these days. A few days ago I watched <Catch Me If You Can> and it was so good that I watched it more times. I am the optimistic type so I try to live a fun life, but music makes me go back and forth. It's the thing that makes me go from hell to heaven and back and forth. These days I think what kind of existence music is for me." Yong Junhyung who had finished filming for his cuts came in quietly and sat down next to Dongwoon. He quietly ate the food on his plate as we listened to his story.

AM 10:40 "I receive a lot of stress these days. We are still not done working with the songs for our next album. I am living in the creator's pains right now. There is a recording studio that I use with a friend of mine and I'm always lingering in there. I sit down, lay down, watch TV, and sigh. I started making music during the first year of high school, but I think that I did a good job choosing this field. Besides the stress, I realize that I really love doing what I do. The feeling I get when I finish a song! That is the best feeling." Yong Junhyung left to change his clothes and Lee Kikwang sat in his spot.

AM 11:00 Lee Kikwang continued where Yong Junhyung left off. From all the members at the scene, Lee Kikwang, who looked as if he was on his best condition, knew exactly how to relieve his own stress. "I am a really active person. I either go to workout or listen to music. I don't get stressed easily, but I do get lonely a lot. I feel it the most right before I go to sleep and after I wake up. At those times you are really alone. That is why I sleep quick or move around as soon as I wake up. Maybe it's because I try really hard to not be lonely because I don't really find myself as a lonely person." In that point of view, Jang Hyunseung was the opposite of Lee Kikwang. There were many times when he was listening to music alone or looking outside the window. Whenever he got the chance, he was immersed in his own alone time.

AM 12:00 "I don't think about anything. I just like spending time like this. I like it the most when I practice. Because all I have to do is practice without any thoughts. Even during the school days, I was the student that went from school to home and back to school. Nothing changed even now. I don't really have a complaint for that life. I think others might find it boring though. Some people say that I look like I have a lot of thoughts in mind, but that's not true. I only think about one thing these days. To dream one big dream and live towards that or live normally towards an ordinary happiness."

When we weren't talking with BEAST, the members looked just like kids. They laughed, talked, ate and ate, and shared information about the webtoons they were reading. Even though the weather was still cloudy, the rain we feared for didn't fall and the sun didn't show up. But because of their existence, everything at that time and place glowed.

Jang Hyunseung: Four things I want in my life for sure. Money. Love. Family. Happiness.
Yong Junhyung: I have the most thoughts from 12AM to 2AM. I think of all kinds of things.
Lee Kikwang: If I had a time machine, I would go back to the trainee days and see how much I can endure. How different would I have been?
Yoon Doojoon: I'm the type to always choose the safe route. I have no regrets about the decisions I made.
Son Dongwoon: I am thankful of being born. I wish that won't change when I am in my 40s.
Yang Yoseob: I share a lot of conversations with my family. They are people who give me the most fair advices and warnings.

CREDITS: @ys_mya on Twitter (SOURCE), YONGISM @ B2STRISING (TRANS)