Under the tone of  joke, this episode seems to us be one of the least light despite appearances.

We finally have a Q&A episode, and even though Kim Hyun Joong does not seem very comfortable when it comes to publicly showing his heart and feelings, he is obviously learning how to do it.

With the help of a “state-of-the-art” plastic lie detector, we discover with this episode more things than in ten cooking episodes, and that’s what interests us.

Between the lines, we have a few more clues of what we think is the real Hyun Joong,

Here he gives us permission to know him a little more, even if in the middle of all this there is a bit of “cinema”, before the answers begin to slide down the dangerous slope of too personal or intimate confidence, and the request to “cut” arrives immediately.

Q: Friendship or Love what do you prefer?

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Answer a little disillusioned, but unfortunately realistic:
“Often friendship does not exist without material support. I am not a saint. Do I prefer love than a pool full of friends? Even those who tried to rip me off?”

 

Kim Hyun Joong still chose Friendship. This proves that despite everything, he is not alone and embittered and that he can count on faithful friends.

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Q: Do you prefer music with band/group or music with dance?

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Answer without hesitation: “I prefer music with the band. It’s much better. Really. From the beginning it’s what I like to do”.

 

We have confirmation in passing, that physically he can no longer hold “dancing” shows like he used to, even if that’s not what his fans ask him to do, and that he doesn’t see himself getting older and continuing to dance on stage.
Which we also understand. An aging artist who doesn’t know how to question himself and who still wants to be what he used to be is ridiculous to see.
He wants something else, after years of having been forced to train relentlessly always in search of perfectionism to be at the top and ensure an image.

No need to ask ourselves, if we want to choose between “dancing with  Playback sung” or “real singing without dancing”, but a very small choreography with background dancers on next tour would be very nice to see.
But for that he first have to heal, his herniated disc, and that we also learned between two small light remarks.

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Q: Have you ever cried when you come home to your empty apartment?
(very clever Mr. Seo… too bad, maybe we’ll have the right answer another time…)

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Answer: “Really yes” and he yells at the machine that tells him he is lying.
“I came home early one morning and Matic was looking at me blankly, staring at me and I cry when I realized that he was getting old”.

 

Mr. Hyun Joong, wouldn’t be there a mixture of  guilty feelings that day for having left your “child” alone?
by the way, where were you hanging out  until the morning?

Q: Love or Friendship, which is a priority?

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Answer without hesitation: “Love of course. It will always be love for me.
Do you know why love is so strong? Enormous? And that’s just my personal opinion.
You can’t separate “legally” when it comes to Friendship, but you can end Love “legally”.
So, it’s an intense feeling”

 

We are not too sure about the reliability of the editing and subtitling, but this answer only reflects the state of someone who has spent the last six years facing legal proceedings.

An ironic answer that may once again seem offhand, which is surely the fruit of his in-depth and not necessarily successful reflection on Love; and maybe the only one he was able to obtain.

Whether you ask Kim Hyun Joong about Love or Friendship relationships, he immediately speaks to you about their END as if it was a fatality.

Even if we don’t believe in fairy tales (we leave the beautiful scenarios of Love to the Dramas writers), knowing that his version of Love comes down to a kind of legal agreement that can be terminated in return for a consideration, makes us a little sad for him.

After all, maybe this state of mind is also what allows him to write us his most beautiful songs of … Break-up.

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