161028 Jinyoung Love in the moonlight Interviews (Part 8)
Producer Jinyoung? My responsibility is greater now.
My weight of responsibility got so much greater now. There are people who like what I have been doing as a producer. As I write songs for girls group, there are a lot of guys who came to know about my lyrics. I feel that if I do not put more concern into the song, things might happen. I feel that whatever I do I need to prepare properly. I think the weight of the responsibility increased.
Jinyoung revealed to us how he overcomes his slump. "There are times like this. I work hard to write songs, there are times the songs turn out nice but there are also times when the song doesn't. When such a thing happen, I stop. I do it a few days later. Since the song isn't going to come out, I won't continue doing it. I think resting would be better. There are times where I rest for 1 or 2 days too. And then the song will come out again. There this thing about composing, it doesn't come because you want to do it, there are times you have to wait till you have the feel. When writing a song, the emotion is important. It is not hard. For myself, I think I do not have a slump. I don't think of myself as having a slump. Even when I am going to a difficult time, I tell myself "It is not that I cannot do it", "Everything will be fine after resting for a while." Fans also call me Jung-positive. I think that thinking positively is very important. In the past I don't really think so much but as I come out early to the society and experience lots of work, I feel that having a positive mindset is the best. Even though it is important to do your work well, I feel that having positive thinking as a basic is the best. That way, things will work out better."
"I still have no idea what I dislike. I like to challenge things. Even if it is something hard, I will try it once. Even if I fail, I still think trying at least once is better. I feel like I will try on things which I don't know now and comes my way. After that if I can't do it, I will think "Ah, so I can't do this.". I feel that it is not right to think "I don't think I can do this so I am not trying." even if you have not even tried it once."
Jinyoung told us that he is currently working hard in writing songs so that B1A4 can come back in within this year. From Baro, Sandeul to Jinyoung, their individual activities has gained attention and good results, spending the best year yet. Therefore, the image of the team is even better, and this is the reason that B1A4's full comeback would be even more anticipated.
"That is why I don't wish to miss it. I was to properly show our album this time round. As I talk about it, I can feel that there is more enthusiasm (for the album). That is why we ourselves are more excited.
"Even though my character is a little greedy and wants to try everything, I tend to give up very easily too. I have not gave up on things that I have not tried before. Firstly, I will try and if I think it is not it, I will turn back."
"Even though I am those who will give unconditionally when in love, but not to the extend of giving away my life. Even Kim Yoonseong end at just protecting the one he love, if it were me, I would express my feelings positively. I don't need to force the person to like me back but we should try and gain the love isn't it?"
On praises of Jinyoung, he said "Music and acting, I still have a long way to go for both. For music, even though I made some success on one area of music, but this is not the same for other areas. Even though it is fun singing on the stage, producing song, acting is also fun. Not just those, I also want to try MC-ing, radio DJ. Of course, I might be not able to do it. There might be a time when I am too greedy. Then at that point of time, I would give up very easily."
To him, giving up is like "rap". Along the way as he challenges, there are times when you rap and forget the lyrics. "No matter how one see, there is no need to put a 'useless' to it, a character that will let it go cleanly if he doesn't see a possibility (of doing well)". He also said "Isn't gaining from failures a kind of assets too?"
While there are praises, there are also criticisms. After collecting all the good opinions and bad opinions, you will come to realise that it is okay. Jinyoung told us "In mass music and mass media, rather than being tied down but a particular opinion, it is important to grasp your center right and listen and filter the opinions well."
"You have to be strict with yourself but sometimes you got to be generous too. It would be ridiculous if I do not love myself and yet still ask the fans to love me. If I don't like, then I will only see the bad things. There are also times where you need to look and like yourself. It is a little hard to gather both half of each negative and positive stuffs."