Jessica and Krystal, who
sang and danced to music with different rhythms, focused on one rhythm.
With just their eyes, the two of them would read each other and drew
one another in. Complete as one like that, they seemed relentless and
fearless, and were distinctly beautiful.
Jessica: The two of us haven’t done a rugged image photoshoot together before. My younger sister and I like this type of feeling (image),
but Girls’ Generation has a pretty image, and because my sister is too
young to take on this appearance, we couldn't do it. Also, even though I
appear edgy and sharp, please make sure to let people know that I’m not
like that in real life. My fans probably know already, but I’m a
‘heodang’. Heodang. (*heodang basically just means like someone who is kind of odd in their own way?)
I wondered if I should believe these
words as is. This is because I couldn’t find a gap in Jessica,
skillfully leading the photoshoot. Having debuted 7 years ago, like on
stage, she overwhelmed the attention on set with her professional
appearance.
Jessica: I was afraid of
photoshoots at first. Because I’m shy and not a model, poses were
difficult. Now, the attention of the camera feels comfortable. I’ve
learned what appearances look pretty and which don’t. I didn’t have many
talents and had a bashful personality, but I tried to become more
enthusiastic through this work. Doing that, the way I treat people
changed, and I’ve gained the ability, that’s not much of an ability, to
talk to people I meet for the first time like this. (laughs)
Krystal, who called the
completed photoshoot partnered with her sister ‘Jung sisters’
deviation’, worried about their mother’s response. Honestly, looking at
her excited facial expression, it looked like she was kind of looking
forward to it, more than worrying.
Krystal: I think my mom will say, ‘Isn’t that a bit strong, do a gentler [photoshoot]
next time’. While she does like a cool appearance on stage or screen,
she likes seeing my sister or I eating something tastily, or playing
without worrying about work more. My mom also occasionally says that she
didn’t think that we would become singers and act.
As the years went by, the sisters who shyly danced to SES songs in front of a home
video camera when they were younger have become singers, and have also
gone through initiations for acting. Now, various modifiers support
their existence. Early this year, Jessica ended the musical, ‘Legally
Blonde’, and Krystal is filming the drama ‘Heirs’, which is about the love and friendships of upperclass, high school students.
Krystal: Through this
drama, I don’t think I’ll be showing a new me or a big transformation.
My character is an unruly girl, like average high schoolers, is really
warm-hearted, and gets jealous. But that doesn’t mean I’m disappointed.
Because I’m 20, I think that I have a lot of opportunities to do new things, even if they don’t happen now.
The entertainment industry is
currently overflowing with versatile idol singers. Of them, Jessica and
Krystal are like special beings. Though the two, who have showed their
skills of being able to melt into any stage, haven’t promoted together,
the combination sufficiently makes you anticipate it. You can tell by
just looking at today’s photoshoot. The synergy effect the two create
with their harmonies is quite something, as they can also draw out
delight from the public on their own. During the shoot, while sitting
with her back leaning against her, Krystal looked blankly at her older
sister, Jessica. There won’t be a reliable wall, or a large door that guides her in the world like her older sister.
Krystal: When I’m with my
sister, there’s nothing in the world that I’m afraid of. When I was a
trainee, or when I attended school, I really felt reassured because my
sister was there. I didn’t know my sister would have this much aegyo
(cuteness). I knew it for the first time when I saw her active in Girls’
Generation. (laughs)
Jessica doesn’t want to become a
wall that traps her sister, who is 5 years younger than her, but rather
a tree that she can lean on.
Jessica: I always just thought she was a young child,
but she has a really nice body and a tough charm. I never even imagined
that she would have that side to her. Even so, I always worry. Like if
she would make it out well in this line of work. At shoots like today,
Girls’ Generation members may do things well on their own, but I tend to
show concern for my younger sister. While working, there can’t always
only be good things, so there are times when I get upset. I want to
interfere and clarify things myself. Because we’re in the same line of
work, there are some things that I lean on my sister for, so I’m
thankful. I can share things that I can’t tell just anyone, and I think
she’s my best friend right now.
Krystal, who debuted when she
was 16 years old, has turned 20 this year. While she has become the age
to help her older sister with her troubles, rather than being happy
about becoming an adult, she sighs.
Krystal: Ah, I’m already
20. I don’t like how time is going by so fast either. If you look at it
one way, it seems like I spent my years before turning 20 specially, but
when I think about it, that’s not necessarily the case. If I wasn’t
doing what I do now, I might have wanted to hurry and become an adult,
but right now, it feels like I’ve learned too many things.
Though Krystal is a 20 year old
girl who wouldn’t be awkward whining, but she’s also an idol who debuted
4 years ago. She spent almost half of her teen years as a f(x) member,
and, regardless of age amidst that, she dreamed and gained a resolute
attitude and confidence as to what she wants to do.
Krystal: While the road I
have to go along from now on is long, and I lack in areas, but I do
have some greed in wanting f(x) to be acknowledged for our musical
color. Our music has a lot of aficionados, but I want to let people, who
don’t listen [to our music] because it’s convoluted, know that there
are various music in the world.
Thanks to her personality of not
changing herself or preferences greatly, Krystal didn’t get swayed to
the fast changes and flow of the entertainment industry. Trying to find
her own rhythm, take a step away from the center of the entertainment
and find composure, Jessica has been retaining an inherent color of
receiving love from anyone, while seeming similar to someone, yet
different. If their names are called together, rather than individually,
that good energy will increase and draw in a greater joy. Before
leaving the studio, Krystal added one more thing.
Krystal: People say my
sister and I are really different, but there probably is a similarity as
we are sisters. Looking alike yet different, but being similar is a
charm as well.
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