Name: Lim Youngmin

English: Lim Youngmin

Chinese: 林煐岷

Birthday: 1995.12.25

Height/Weight: 181/67

Hobbies: Swimming, basketball

Specialties: Switching the light bulb, changing the clock battery, fixing the computer

Motto: Enjoy 2018 as much as possible

Educational Background

Time of being enrolled: 1 year and 4 months

The name of your school and your major: BrandNew Music

Promotion Background

Time span: 6 months // Area of promotion: Produce 101

Time span: 4 months // Area of promotion: MXM

Self-Introduction

I am MXM’s OOO. ㅡ I am MXM’s hyung, Lim Youngmin What I like/what I dislike ㅡ I like furniture or interior What I believe is my 입덕 point (T/N: what fans become fans for) ㅡ My opposite charms? My looks or personality or physique…? 10 years later, I ㅡ Even after 10 years, I will be working hard on music. A song you want to sing for fans ㅡ The full version of ‘Where Do I Place My Heart’ (T/N: by SJ’s Kyuhyun) 1 thing you’re curious about fans ㅡ Is there a moment where you think I’m the coolest…?

Name: Kim Donghyun

English: KIM DONGHYUN

Chinese: 金東賢

Birthday: 980917

Height/Weight: 180~81cm/63kg

Hobbies: Watching movies, exercising, going to the Han River

Specialties: Looking for similar-looking people!!!

Motto: Let’s not regret it without even trying it!!

Educational Background

Time of being enrolled: 1 year and 8~9 months

The name of your school and your major: BrandNew Music

Promotion Background

Time span: 2017.9.06~ing // Area of promotion: MXM

Self-Introduction

I am MXM’s OOO. ㅡ I am MXM’s boyfriend for your eardrums. What I like/what I dislike ㅡ Movies, games, food / Cockroaches… What I believe is my 입덕 point (T/N: what fans become fans for) ㅡ The contrast in my facial expressions…? 10 years later, I ㅡ A singer-songwriter who is top-level in Korea A song you want to sing for fans ㅡ Ku One Chan senior’s Sweether

6. 1 thing you’re curious about fans ㅡ Do you know of a delicious ramen place in Seoul??

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YOUNGMIN’S INTERVIEW

Q. Please talk about your thoughts on coming back with ‘Diamond Girl’

Youngmin: We were able to come back and greet everyone with a new album not long after our ‘UNMIX’ album, but I think we were able to come back quickly with a new album because of the love we were given during our last album. We put in our feelings of giving back to all of our fans in this album, so please look forward to it.

Q. MXM, who likes communicating with fans while looking them in the eyes. It seems like you guys are really happy about meeting fans at fansignings.

Youngmin: Although we feel a lot of happiness on stage too, we’re able to hear when fans personally say at fansignings. That really gives a lot of help. Fans give a lot of advice like ‘I think it would be good if you do this’, ‘Please hold back on doing this’. I’m always learning a lot. I think I wasn’t able to communicate well during our first fansigning because I was so tense and nervous, but after doing it a couple of times, it’s really fun to talk with our fans.

Q. Is there a fan you happen to remember from there?

Youngmin: There was someone who wore the exact same outfit and hairstyle as I did on a broadcast. She wore a wig, and I don’t know how they found it, but they wore the exact outfit as well. It was really fascinating and I was really surprised at the effort they put in preparing that.

Q. Your last promotions marked you becoming ‘real’ idols from being trainees. Is there a part you feel regrettable about?

Youngmin: Something I feel regrettable about was since it was our first time, we weren’t used to it and were very lacking and inexperienced. During the first rehearsal of a music broadcast, we didn’t know when do our greetings, so we just came down while stuttering, but (Jeong) Sewoon, who was promoting then, asked ‘Why did you guys come down without greeting?’. I thought my world was crashing down at that moment. Afterwards, I pulled it together and worked hard in my greetings and got used to it, but after 2 weeks, we weren’t able to go on music broadcasts, so it was regrettable.

Q. Is there an idol senior that you want to befriend?

Youngmin: I want to befriend Pentagon seniors. Since I’m more on the side of not really having idol acquaintances, the only person I knew was E’Dawn hyung, but our broadcast promotion periods overlapped a lot. I was really thankful because all of the Pentagon seniors always greeted us back cheerfully and well too.

Q. How did it feel promoting together with your ‘Produce 101’ colleagues such as Samuel, Jeong Sewoon, and N.Flying?

Youngmin: I think we always used the same waiting room as Samuel. We also met N.Flying’s Hoeseung often. The feeling felt very different from how it was before. It was like meeting a hometown friend. I had that feeling of being glad to see them for no particular reason. During ‘Produce 101’, we all went through a survival with the same dream, competed, and shared strength with each other. I think having ‘Produce 101’ do well and being able to meet so quickly on music broadcasts is something to be thankful for itself. Because it seems like we’re all doing well together. For JBJ, they got 1st on charts and even rose as 1st place candidates on a music broadcast, so I felt proud and on the other hand, it stimulated me. I had a thought that we shouldn’t fall behind. I think the ‘Produce 101’ members gave each other help and strength.

Q. You promoted with Jeong Sewoon, who you mentioned during the last interview as your closest friend, but did you receive a synergy effect from each other?

Youngmin: We only received synergy from Sewoon. Sewoon gave us feedback when we performed on stage. You know how all of the singers go on stage during the music broadcast ending stage? At that time, Sewoon told us to follow him, so we followed him up and stood together near Sewoon. He led us a lot. As expected, a hometown friend is the best.

Q. Youngmin, who is famous for even giving ‘kisses’ to his mom. Have you been doing filial duties?

Youngmin: Because I can’t contact them often, I think I’m doing worse than before. She watches me on come out on broadcast a lot and likes it, but I haven’t been able to personally perform filial duties yet, so I feel sorry. But I believe that I’ve become a son that she can show off to her friends lately. Also, whenever I hang up, I always kiss and say that I love her. Because it’s something I’ve done ever since I was young, I want to continue this at least, so I try to call my mom more often.

Q. It was recently your birthday, but how did you spend it?

Youngmin: After holding a fanmeeting at Taiwan on Christmas Eve, we planned to come back to Korea on the 25th at night. Our plane from Taiwan to Korea was delayed, so we arrived at 11 PM, but I only spent around an hour of my birthday in Korea. It was a spectacular birthday where I spent it in two countries for the first time in my life.

Q. MXM is BrandNew Music’s only idol. Is there something you feel differently?

Youngmin: I think we receive Rhymer CEO’s special love. Although he treats us as artists, we feel a lot that we’re like his sons. Our CEO originally holds hyung-dongsaeng relationships with the other artists too. But it’s a slightly different concept with us. We feel often that he takes care of each and every thing like we’re his sons.

Q. Your goal for this set of promotions is?

Youngmin: If we were considered ourselves to be ‘newborns’ during our last promotion, we want to show a bit more of a professional side this time. Although we’re not professionals yet, we want to give off a feeling that we’re gradually ‘becoming like professionals’!

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DONGHYUN’S INTERVIEW

Q. Please talk about your thoughts on coming back with ‘Diamond Girl’.

Donghyun: There were things I wasn’t fully content with during promotions for our last album, but we made up for that more in this promotion. We also plan to do fuller promotions in order to meet with our fans more too.

Q. What were you not fully content with during the last promotion?

Donghyun: We only did music broadcasts for a short amount of time and I felt sad about how there was only a small amount of times to meet with fans in Korea. I hope that there can be a lot of opportunities like that created this time.

Q. MXM, who likes communicating with fans while looking them in the eyes. It seems like you guys are really happy about meeting fans at fansignings.

Donghyun: To be honest, because I was really shy the first time, all I could say was ‘Thank you’. But now there are fans who I’ve seen many times to where I can remember their faces and am able to talk a lot with them, so I’m really happy. I think fansignings are an event that makes you feel a lot of things. I’m really thankful to fans for always coming.

Q. Is there a fan you happen to remember?

Donghyun: A mother and her child came, but I remember them dancing and singing to the ‘Baby Shark’ song.

Q. Are there seniors you befriended with while doing music broadcast promotions?

Donghyun: Rather than say I befriended them, there was a senior who I originally knew. And that’s VIXX’s Hyuk senior. Even though it wasn’t his promotion period, he came on-scene and encouraged me to do well. I was really touched and thankful. Our mothers are friends and we have the same vocal teacher and because we’re from Daejeon, our houses were close too, so we were close friends.

Q. Donghyun, who seems to have somewhat of a chic side to his family, have you done filial duties since promoting?

Donghyun: I haven’t done any filial duties personally yet. Since I’m unable to go home often, I didn’t really have an opportunity to do it. However, what I feel that I’ve done slightly as a filial duty is this. When I was practicing and preparing for my entrance exams, I didn’t really have anything certainly set yet, so I gave them a lot of worry, but I think I lessened some of those worries now. My mother expresses her love a lot, but I’m a bit inexpressive, so I feel quite sorry.

Q. It was recently Youngmin’s birthday. What did you gift him?

Donghyun: Isn’t my presence itself a gift? Hahaha

Youngmin: I guess… so.

Q. You should have given him a kiss like Youngmin did to his mother (refer to P101 clip).

Donghyun: Hyung would probably really dislike that.

Youngmin: I only receive kisses from my mom. I never did it to my older brother and besides when my younger brother was younger, I never kissed him before. If Donghyun were to kiss me, stories about a discord among us could arise. (Laughter) To be honest, besides my mom, I don’t even like my body touching with other people.

Donghyun: This is how it’s like. I believe that I’ve given him a birthday present by always staying next to him.

Youngmin: That’s the best present.

Q. You participated with a self-composed song during your last album, but why didn’t you participate this time?

Donghyun: I really wanted to, but since we were working on our next album while doing ‘UNMIX’ promotions, I didn’t have enough time to work on it. I hope to place it in next time and have our fans hear it.

Q. How does it feel promoting as BrandNew Music’s idols?

Donghyun: Our CEO gives us a lot of interest, but I think since we’re the youngest, our company staff also dotes on us a bit more, so I’m really thankful. We will work hard to improve in order to become an MXM who can receive acknowledgement.

Q. Your goal for this set of promotions is?

Donghyun: I want to be acknowledged a bit more in a musical sense. And my goal is to show everything to fans that we’ve prepared. I will show a stage that’s done with more ease and can be enjoyed more than before.

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GROUP INTERVIEW

Q. Please introduce your new song, ‘Diamond Girl’.

Youngmin: It’s a retro-funk genre, but there’s a retro feeling mixed in it. There was a time where retro was popular, but they said it was difficult to find these days, so in a way, it’s like we’ve taken up a challenge. Since it’s just the two of us, the dance formation can’t help but decrease a bit. We made up for those things a lot this time and put in a lot of effects in the performance. We have a key focus choreography called ‘Ring Dance’, but it’s a dance for fans. We portrayed the image of a diamond ring, but our cheering stick is in the shape of a diamond. I hope they could enjoy it.

Q. The congratulatory song you sang at ‘Rabeoji’ Rhymer’s marriage ceremony with Wanna One’s Woojin and Daehwi became a hot topic.

Youngmin: We’re keeping in touch with Woojin and Daehwi these days, but at that time, we weren’t able to. They were busy promoting and we had just debuted. After not being able to keep in contact then, I think it was our first time meeting after ‘Produce 101’. Because there are other seniors in BrandNew Music, we didn’t know that we would be singing the congratulatory song.

Donghyun: The four of us had to quickly practice and sing ‘나야 나 (Pick Me)’, but Woojin & Daehwi had a schedule afterwards, so they went right away after coming for a bit. Since we were all busy, we only saw each other for a bit, but it was still so nice to see them

Youngmin: The four of us have dreamed together about debuting, so it felt very melancholic to see Woojin & Daehwi receive a lot of love and us getting busier as well. The situation itself felt like a dream too. Seeing how trainees, who have dreamed together at the training studio about debuting, became busy, a lot of overwhelming emotions formed.

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