[Press Conference] CNBLUE BLUE MOON World Tour In Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, 24th August 2013
– CNBLUE BLUE MOON World Tour In Malaysia press conference was held on 23rd
August 2013 at Grand Hyatt, Kuala Lumpur.
All the Malaysia media members met and greeted the popular K-pop group CNBLUE with warmth at the
ballroom.
Prior to the
conference, Vincent Chong, Head of Mobile Phone Division, Samsung Electronics
stated, ”The wave of South Korean popular music is ever-growing and this
evident with the excited fervor amoungst Malaysians for CNBLUE’s arrival in Kuala Lumpur. As the first leg of CNBLUE’s Blue
Moon World Tour, we wanted to give the fans an unforgettable CNBLUE experience
through various opportunities to win concert tickets and meet and greet passes.“
“Samsung
recognizes how passionate Malaysians can be about music and we found this to be
a great avenue to enrich their lives with a unique CNBLUE experience.” Said Chong.
Press Conference Sessions
Before the
conference began, the emcee has introduced a little about the Korean wave, Hallyu and regarding CNBLUE. The Seoul-based rock band,
consisting of Jung Yong-Hwa, Lee
Jong-hyun, Lee Jung Shin and Kang
Min-hyuk then arrived into the press room and greeted the media members
with “Apa khabar?” and “Kami ialah CNBLUE.” The members then introduced
themselves to the press members.
Quite a number of
questions were asked during the press conference. Below are some of the
questions:
Q: How do you feel about Malaysia so far?
Probably about the weather or the food?
A: The weather is just like Korea right now and we are here for our very
first concert in Malaysia. So we have so much expectation and we are so looking
forward to it.
Q: Have you tasted the food yet?
A: I would try “Satay”. Satay will be the number one thing I would like
to try.
Q: Yonghwa, you have written many tracks
for CNBLUE, so how do you get the inspirations when writing your song?
A: It’s not like I plan it, these are inspirations that just come
naturally depending on the environment around me. Sometimes I get inspiration for
the lyrics and sometimes I get inspired for the music/melody.
The Emcee then
said that hopefully his stay in Malaysia can inspire him. Yong Hwa then
spontaneously sang, “Oh Malaysia..this is my nolstalgia.”
Q: Jong-hyun, you were a judo Gold
medalist in hugh school, so can you take on a bad person when you’re in a top
situation?
A: Well, now I have a lot of security brothers around, so I don’t think
it’s necessary for me to actually take action.
Q&A by the members of the floor:
Q: Both Yonghwa and Jong-hyun are
successful singer song writers, what about the maknaes?
MH: Usually I take
notes on the lyrical idea that I get but we are still in the learning process.
Yong-Hwa is teaching us pretty much. But we usually edit songs together. So
whenever we are doing work together I get to learn more things. So by the time
when we reached their level, maybe we will have some songs written by
ourselves.
Q: What inspired the name BLUE MOON for
your tour?
A: Blue moon only
comes once in a while. Since it’s going to be our very first world tour, we
want our tour to be special. So we named it Blue Moon.
CNBLUE members were given a token of appreciation after the press conference
session.
That’s all for the
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The coverage on
CNBLUE BLUE MOON CONCERT will be up soon. So, stay tuned to our website.
By the way, thanks Samsung Malaysia Electronics for offering the fans various opportunities to get up-close and personal with their South Korean rock heroes and thanks Daol Entertainment for organizing the event.
