will be over by the time this magazine is published. You ended the show with a bang, didn't you?

. But it seems like you calculate every single action and behavior throughout the show?

Initially, we only got 3 questions translated, but this is the full interview. She talks about her accident, how she prepares for her performances, how she writes her lyrics, and her future plans. Good interview!Yes, totally! When I go out, I can do nothing because a lot of people recognize me. Still, I do what I have to do.My schedule is so full that I can’t have a day off. It’s physically hard, but it’s something that I had always hoped to do, so I’m fine with it. Ah, being filmed without knowing it is burdensome. Since I’m willing to take pictures, I wish people wouldn’t take pictures of me or film me without me knowing it and put them online.It was just a warm-up. Everything really starts now. If you want to use a TV comparison, it was just the trailer!It was my nickname. The CEO of my previous agency called me this way to tease me. After being on “Unpretty Rapstar”, one fan asked me one day if Cheetah (치타) was the abbreviation for “fatal blow” [t/n: chi (치) + ta (타)= fatal blow (치명적인 타격)]. I also think it’s a fitting image. If I go slow now, animal pictures will come back for this keyword. I must go hard.It’s because I like it, but it’s also an extension of my preparation before I go on stage. I’m the one who knows best the lyrics I wrote. It’s not that I’m trying to make myself look pretty and cool, I want to convey properly what I have to say and it can make the audience goes “wow!”. That’s why I do everything by myself. I come up with my own concepts and I rehearse the right expressions and the right gaze.Rappers tell their own stories in their lyrics. I start with a straightforward line that goes “my ideal type is a bastard with more sex appeal than me”. This is exactly my type.This represents about three years and time can’t be ignored. Overall, I developed my style as I went through different experiences. I tried to write more meaningful lyrics. I practiced my rapping flow, but writing lyrics is something I practiced even more. I wrote a lot, so I could only improve. If I don’t improve, I shouldn’t do it at all.I go to exhibitions, I watch movies, I read a lot. I often go to the bookstore, so I can tell if a book hits it big just by reading the title. Kim Hoon’s “Song of The Sword” is a book that I really love. I don’t know how many times I’ve read it. His writing style is strong. The adjectives he uses are strong but even. And I find it so cool. Sometimes, it’s also sharp.When I did “Jungle Bush” for “Unpretty Rapstar”, San E-oppa said “there was a drawing in my head”. I was overwhelmed with happiness because it wasn’t just about the lyrics, I was able to convey the right feeling too.It’s from the lyrics of my song called “100km”. The song says “I refused to become a flower in a jungle. I became a beast.” The jungle is a place where you eat and you get eaten. It means you must take care of yourself if you want to survive instead of stepping on others to rise. I’m talking about playing fair. You can do pretty, but I won’t. My intention was to say I don’t have others to protect me, I will use my own strength to chew you and eat you. This is the hidden message and I’m happy whenever someone notices it.I wrote these lyrics for the last track. It goes “music is my top priority, my haven and my home, guards up, bounce, put my soul into it”. This is my mindset right now. It’s the best sentence that can express how I feel about music.To be honest, I started out with dancing and singing first. As soon as I started high school, I moved from Busan to Ilsan. I practiced as I joined a training camp with people who did music. My parents really believed in me. That’s why I couldn’t do bad things.I went to school up to the first semester, but I was very passionate about music. I didn’t see where to use what they taught me at school and I wanted to use this time for my music. I called my mom and I told her “mom, should I just quit school?” and she said “hm… you must have thought about it a lot… Are you sure? I understand. I’ll go up there” and I stopped right away.It was January 2007. I had just turned 18. I only remember standing at a crosswalk. Then it’s the ICU because I had recovered consciousness.They were against every surgery. Right before the surgeon pierced a hole in my throat. If I were to go under a second operation, there would be little chance for me to survive. There’s no chance for you not to be disabled if you go under this surgery. In the end, they chose the artifical brain death. Except for the heart, the whole body is anesthetized and they wait until the blood is taken out. Odds that I’d die were high and the possibility of living without a disability was very small.More than relying on expectations, I’d say my parents know I’m pretty much like them. They knew their daughter had a precise dream, that their child sings and needed her throat. They knew that if I woke up and realized I could do nothing with my voice, death would just be better. This is what they thought.I completely agree.I had a respirator in my throat for so long that I wasn’t able to speak at first. My head hurt so much when I tried to reach high notes. I had dropped out of school, there was nothing else for me to do… Of course, I was alive and I was thankful. Miraculously, I had no disability, but I couldn’t sing anymore.I didn’t think about it at first, but I kept being stuck no matter how hard I tried singing. The CEO of my previous agency said I had a nice tone and I had potential, so he suggested that I tried rapping. I started rapping without knowing much about it.It was truly a skill of God. (laugh)I think I’d still be working in this field. Something about beauty or fashion. You probably don’t know, right? I could have been an actress too. I took classes and it was fun. I’m also good at acting.It’s nice to be recognized in the right way now. I’m being recognized for my rap. People also show interest in my make-up and my fashion style. There’s no one who really tells me off for my personality or my character. People will only see a part of all the images that I have, but I’m satisfied. Because this is also a part of who I am. I must be more careful and it’s going to be more pressure, but I’m very happy. I’m thankful.I still don’t know yet, but I hope my character will be unrivaled. Like a landmark. I want to hear “hey, this is Cheetah, this is Cheetah’s voice”.I think the Super Bowl is the coolest stage, but I want to go on an international talk show like Oprah Winfrey’s or Ellen’s shows. You talk and then you have a live performance with a band. Ah, just thinking about it makes me feel good.I think it might be released around May. We’re thinking about a release date to match my birthday.If you’re determined about something you want, I hope you won’t be afraid to try and go for it. Don’t care too much about what you lose because you need to lose something in order to gain something else.NaeilshotTranslation: @onesunnylady – thesunnytown.wordpress.comShe talks about her experience on Unpretty Rapstar, her lyrics, mean comments, her views on diss battles, and her feelings. This is also a good interview (and I wish her photoshoot had been better lol).Which of the following applies to Tymee?Enjoys diss battlesArrogantDislikes animalsThe correct answer is "none of the above." Dissing your stereotypes, I write this interview.I felt so refreshed when it the last stage finally came to an end. It made me feel that I finally showed them the best of me. It was like I had something weighing heavily down on me, but then it all broke down to pieces? I tried hard to impress the audiences with what I couldn't show duringShow Me The Money. I'm guessing others noticed it, too. Everybody said it was a good choice for me to participate in the show. I heard that there's even people who went out of their way out to listen to my previous songs.Jessi was the most influential. She's a friend whom I can feel energy from. To be honest, I had a rough time before the show started. I was lacking passion and attitude when I first became a part of the show, but I did regain quite a lot of it right now.No, I'm not too good at that. (laugh) My style is to say whatever comes into my mind. That's pretty much why I stir up controversies and unnecessary issues.Normally when you're due for a battle, you're supposed to write lyrics specific to the opponent, but I was too pressed for time to complete the task. I usually write lyrics about things that my mind collects on a daily basis. Some people have the tendency to think the lyrics were directed to Jolly V, but it was actually a combination of people who had been getting on my nerves throughout the show.The song is literally given on the date when we have to film. Except for those who are more of the freestyle type, it's extremely tough to do that. Also, I'm the type who needs a lot of practice. After the lyrics are completed, I have to spend 3-4 hours each day for 2 weeks in order to own the performance. I have to write the lyrics after a long period of contemplation and absorb it completely into my mouth in order to perform perfectly on stage, so I wasn't pleased most of the time.I tried to show what I always do. When your true self is accepted, that's when you're actually accepted. I don't think receiving good results from something you made just to please others is a good thing. The same applies to when you're producing songs. Your music is bound to change if it's only based on what the audience wants. I believe that the correct thing to do is to master what I want to do, say what I want to say, and show the type of style I want to show to others while continuously making improvements from there.This is a bit embarrassing because it's actually nothing to brag about. Back when I was struggling with company issues, I went for a walk on the backside mountain and encountered a cat that I later started feeding. I think 3 years has already passed? Because I'm so fond of animals, I managed to study a little about them. What kind of food is good for them, how much is enough.My friends were sort of upset. They said, "It's sad because you're so much more of a good person than what's revealed in TV. Show more of yourself". In the beginning, my image was all about bluff, showing off, yet having nothing to flaunt. I think I started enthusiastically concentrating on my rap since then.Whenever I read criticisms and harsh comments, I tend to become mentally more stronger. Though there are reckless comments that didn't have any purpose, many of them were actually good lessons to fix certain behaviors. There's a fine line between knowing how people view me and pretending that I didn't read them even though I already know. Only paying attention to the aspects of what you like about yourself makes you arrogant, so I try to read everything thoroughly.Just because I'm a rapper, it doesn't mean I can't feel sadness. Rappers have their moments when things get overwhelming for us, too. I tend to cry when someone else cries. I also cry while watching dramas. In my opinion, I think this why I'm able to write good lyrics. Because I can relate to people's emotions and I let it all melt into my lyrics. There aren't many rappers who are emotional yet aggressive at the same time.The most recent one is "Good Start". There's a part that goes like this in the ending, "Love is luxury, but separation makes us homeless". That line is quite nice.I listen to all music regardless of genre. I release the inspirations I gained from those musics into my songs. Also, sometimes I reinterpret the lyrics of what I've listened and felt from the songs. Lately, I've been addicted to this song called "Yang Hwa Dae Gyu" from Zion T. The lyrics are so neat. I, too, have to try something like that one day.There were lyrics I wrote for fun when I came across the dissing culture. But once I actually tried it for myself, it wasn't as easy as I imagined. It's bad words you say to someone that will forever left in history. Whether we apologize to each other and manage to get along later on, the fight's history can not be undone. Someone might hear the bad things I've said even after I'm dead. After my point of view has changed in this way, I became more determined [to be more thoughtful] while dissing someone. More careful, more weighted.I don't think fighting is necessary, but fighting becomes inevitable. Everybody thinks they're better than one another. Don't we all happen to fight when you think you're the boss of this area, but someone tries to disagree with you? My fist is quite strong, too! But because there's people who find this amusing and approaches us for it, the hip-hop market also expanded remarkably. This is neither good or bad, so I just think this is our destiny.You can't just suck it up if someone comes to attack you. You unintentionally become a fighter. However, I do think we should avoid putting the focus only into dissing each other. Hip-hop is not only about unreasonable fighting.Sometimes it's like a self-hypnosis to encourage myself, sometimes I actually do think that way. Half joking, half serious. Although it's a joke, it's hard to say that if you don't mean it at all. You say, "I'll probably win this" when you actually feel that way. You can't say such confident things if you think you'll lose. 100% exaggeration is hard.I wonder... (laughs). It's hard to put it all in an explanation, but I feel as if this is is something I must do by all means. It might sound narcissistic, but I feel like it's my sense of duty. Even after I retire, I want to make satisfying achievements and make a path for for my juniors to walk up to. I've still got a long way to go. That's why I'm trying my best!I'm assuming I'll release a mini-album by the end of the year. I'm still in the progress of working on it, but I'm afraid it's taking a little longer than expected because I'm trying to put together the things I felt during the shows I've participated for. I'm working on it with great attention, there are many people out there who's looking up to me, and I have to show what I've got.Translated by jessicacho629Sources: The Sunny Town naeilshot1 (Cheetah) and reddit naeilshot2 (Tymee).I hope everything is ok. The summaries and the OP notes in the interview are mine. Pls accept my post.