18. 크리스토퍼와 콜라보까지 한 청하의 영어 실력은?

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[Intro]

- I’m Chungha, and this is South by Southwest.

- I was into music my whole life when I was young. All my life, I wanted to dance. I wanted to sing.

 

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[Part 1]

Chungha:

The first time I heard that I was invited from(by) SWSX, I actually screamed through my heart. Since I grew up in Texas, and then it’s been 10 years since I’ve been here, I came back here as a singer to sing in front of hundreds of people, through SXSW. That’s a very big deal for me. I’m very grateful, and thank you for inviting me.

 

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[Part 2]

Interviewer:

You’re really unique for a Korean musician, because you also used to live in Dallas, Texas.

 

Chungha:

Right. I’m actually at my hometown right now. I had my childhood here.

 

Interviewer:

In Austin?

 

Chungha:

Yeah, No, no.. in Dallas. It’s my second time in Austin, but.. Yeah, I’m still excited.

 

Interviewer:

Tell me about that. Why were you traveling between Texas and South Korea?

 

Chungha:

Oh my family actually lives here, still lives here. So I got to meet my family last night and.. And actually, I was born in Korea. So that’s why, how I started my life in Dallas and went back and forth. And yeah. It reminds me of a lot of stuff here.

 

Interviewer:

You are probably the only K-pop star who is a Korean and also Texan.

 

Chungha:

No! That sounds good. Wish I was the only one.

 

Interviewer:

Do you think that your time in Texas has influenced your art?

 

Chungha:

Right. A lot. Especially.. a lot of stuff. Listening to just pop music starting when I was young, or learning a lot of English. Speaking to you, this is possible because I lived in Texas when I was young. And all that languages, all of that vibe that comes from America or like, this society actually influenced a lot in my music.

 

Interviewer:

The Texas Swagger. Your English maybe is an advantage for you as a Korean musician. Because you can, you do use a little bit of English in some of your songs.

 

Chungha:

I do. Like, teeny bits.

 

Interviewer:

Yeah, what’s that part again?

 

Chungha:

You like the way. Yeah, that’s why I just told you that it influenced me a lot in music. Like pronunciation. You know, if I didn’t speak English like just a little, I would have a hard time figuring that out. Yeah, I would love to make music without any Korean, just full in English one day. One day that’s one of my wishlists. And make my international fans listen to more confident lyrics I guess.

 

Interviewer:

That’s a really cool thing to aspire to. I have to ask, I don’t know what you’re gonna say. But why do we love K-pop so much?

 

Chungha:

Why do you? Why do you? That’s my question.

 

Interviewer:

Now you put it back on me.. because I can’t understand the lyrics. Obviously most Americans cannot but yet, we will just repeat the song over and over again. I don’t know. Is it the fashion? Is it the dancing? Is it the stories you tell in the music videos? I don’t know.

 

Chungha:

Maybe.. like.. I don’t know. Because I also love music in different languages too. And a lot of Korean people might not understand English as well as you don’t understand a lot of (lyrics) in Korean. But we still listen to pop music. I think it’s pretty (much) the same. You know, music is one.

 

Interviewer:

Good music transcends.

 

Chungha:

Yeah, it makes all into one. I think that’s just you know.. everything equals out.

 

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