Q: Favorite color?
- DY: (Purple) & blue.
- JH: Monotone.
Q: Favorite season?
- DY: Early autumn, when it's not too cold and not too hot.
- JH: I was born in winter, so winter. I like the atmosphere when it's snowing and also during Christmas.
Q: Favorite food?
- DY: Sushi and innards/intestines. I really like grilled innards/intestines!
- JH: Meat. Previously when we came to Japan, we ate wagyu beef and it was super delicious!
Q: Food you dislike?
- DY: Cucumber
- JH: Nothing in particular!
Q: Favorite snack?
- DY: HAITAI homerun ball puffs with chocolate filling...it's something like the chocolate-filling puff snacks in Japan right!
- JH: Should I say potato chips...I like all of them regardless of flavor.
Q: Favorite sport?
- DY: Swimming? Even though I've never learned how to swim...but I don't like sweating and it feels like I won't sweat in the water hahaha.
- JH: Basketball, which I've played since young! When I was in school, I was on the basketball team, and I Was in a club team and because of that participated in a competition before!
Q: Favorite number?
- DY: 1. Because it's 'number one.'
- JH: 7, because lucky 7.
Q: Favorite scent?
- JH: I like scented candles, these days I'm into scents that smell like I'm in a forest.
Q: Favorite fashion style?
- DY: I like simple/minimalist styles! When I'm matching my clothes, I often pick out blouses with stripes unconsciously.
- JH: I like simple, monotone colors, but using accessories like a belt or hat, shoes, etc. to give the outfit an accent point. And the bracelet I'm wearing today is a must-wear item!
Q: Use a sentence to describe your own personality.
- DY: Hmmm...I don't really know too. This is so difficult hahaha. But the people around me always say that I'm very considerate [...] and that I have never made a huge mistake. Even though you can say it like that, I don't think it's something that's particularly exciting. I just always complete the tasks or do the things that others ask me to do well.
- JH: Um...how should I say it's a personality that gets more charming the more you know me? Hahaha.
Q: "I won't lose out to anyone on this!"- What's something you can brag about?
- JH: My complexion! It's important to cleanse well.
Q: What's your charming point?
- JH: Eyebrows and dimples.
Q: Let us know your weakness!
- DY: There are so many cute dongsaengs around me, so I always give in to all of their requests hahaha.
- JH: I've got a lot of hair and it's really straight, so it's hard to style. Often after my hair is done and set, it'll just go back to the original state...that is my weakness hahaha.
Q: Your hobbies?
- DY: Lying down and sleeping hahaha. And also watching dramas. There's a Korean drama called 'Stranger' [...]
- JH: Listening to music, or watching movies. I'm not picky when it comes to music genres, but these days I listen to a lot of jazz and (western) pop. If my favorite artists release an album, I'll definitely get it, and if I find an artist I'm interested in, I'll look for their album(s) and listen to it. For movies, I recently watched 'The Notebook'. The scene where the protagonists were on a boat was really memorable!
Q: Day-to-day, what do you do that makes you the happiest?
- DY: When I'm singing in front of many people!
- JH: Things like my hobbies, I'm happy when I'm listening to music I like. Up until recently, I listen to Frank Ocean a lot.
Q: Where's a place where you're able to rest most comfortably?
- DY: Like now, a place overlooking the sea...a long-awaited [...]
- JH: Nature and beautiful places. The sea/beach, island, or the mountains!
Q: What must you do before you sleep?
- DY: Setting my alarm. And I don't want to wake up with just one alarm so I'll set an earlier alarm too. When I wake up at the first alarm, I will set another alarm for five minutes later and go back to sleep. Then I'll wake up again and set another alarm for three minutes later...in conclusion, that's just how it is hahaha.
- JH: I blow out the scented candles and set my alarm. As for candles, I use one scent for about a week or so and depending on my mood, I will change it to a different scent.
Q: What must you do when you wake up in the morning?
- DY: I must definitely drink water. Because when I was young, my mother always asked me to do so, and so it turned into a habit that I have even now.
JH: I brush my teeth before I eat. I like fruits so I try to eat fruits in the morning.
Q: What's the most surprising thing when you come to Japan?
- DY: The food is all so delicious! Especially the motsunabe~ (intestine/innards hot pot!) The soup base in Korea is very spicy and totally different from Japan's. They don't use miso soup and soy sauce like in Japan. Japan's motsunabe is really delicious!
- JH: I'm very thankful for the fans' gaze when they see us on stage, and looking at them support us...and I'm also surprised!
Q: Japanese word you learned most recently?
- 'DY: Kiiteitadaite ("listen"- formal; used when you're expressing gratitude towards another person for listening to you.) In order to mc in Japanse, I've been learning the language, but free talk is still very difficult to me, so if I have something that I want to say, I will have to memorize it before going on stage.
- JH: Let's have a blast!'
Q: Do you resemble your dad more, or your mom?
- DY: My mother.
- JH: I think it's exactly half-half. The people who know my dad well, say I look like my dad, and those who know my mom well, say I look like my mom. Both looks-wise and personality-wise, I think I am a little similar to both of them.
Q: What words make you happy when you hear it from the opposite sex?
- DY: Emmm...what should I say? Maybe when the person says "you're charming"!
- JH: (You're) cool <3
Q: What food/dish would you like the opposite sex to make for you?
- DY: Innards/intestine hotpot. I really, really love it hahaha.
- JH: Whichever dish the person cooks the best. I like whatever they can make well without being too burdened. Actually, I like cooking too! If I look at the recipe, I can follow it and prepare it quite well! I'm good at making dishes like stir-fried pork or ddeokgalbi.
Q: What kind of actions (from the opposite sex) is heart-fluttering for you?
- DY: When one respects superiors and elders.
Q: When your mood becomes down, how do you overcome it?
- DY: Sleep [...]
- JH: First, I try to do something else. I go running, workout, and I believe my mood gets better that way.
Q: Recommend a song to someone who has never listened to NCT 127 before.
- DY: 'Limitless.' Because I feel that this song encapsulates NCT 127's world view and concept really well.
- JH: Our Japanese debut song, 'Chain.' It's a song that we too like a lot/are attached to. I hope you'll listen to it.
translation by @nctdaoying, @svnthsns