Upon reaching Bali’s airport after midnight, he was told that waiting has to be done at the airport for almost a day and his expression immediately changed into excitement. The lethargic eyes immediately gained spirit. “What shall we do?” From the several hours after that, till the day of returning, Park Yoochun had a mandatory daily activity. And that was to swim freely like a seal in the wide swimming pool of the pool villa. Perhaps it is his own interest that he prefer the sea than the mountain, swimming than walking. “I really like the sea. Just by looking at the endless horizon, it is able to change my frame of mind. Though I do like activities eg. banana boat and wakeboarding at the river too, it’s incomparable to fishing and water sports (in the sea).” Whenever he was swimming, the speakers will be used. But most of the time he will plugged in his earphones and listened to music. This made others wonder if he is unable to stand any void spaces of no rhythm?
“It’s simply because I like music. Since young, music has a precious existence to me. It is the same till now.” In that case, what is the ‘hot track’ that has been playing on your handphone? “I’m not lying here but I have been listening to Junsu’s album everyday recently. It is really cool. It made me proud as a JYJ member that it is an album of high quality.” To the album released by a fellow group member, he supported it like a young girl. Not long ago, he was infatuated with acoustic music. During the filming of the drama, it was that genre that maintained his sensibility.
Although he owned a lot of things, that unknowingly emptiness continued throughout the man’s healing trip. Just like the theme for this pictorial, and in actuality is the same for anyone else in human interactions, his emptiness and loneliness emerged at different times from others. “Emptiness, loneliness, and thankfulness etc, all these perplexed feelings seems to be existing at the same time. Of course there would be times where I felt lonlier than others. It’s not that there’s no ways to ovecome it but it’s not a time to be alone. Because there are family or colleagues. Recently I felt that the sensibility at those times could be useful for my actor career. The sensibility moment can be good for music making too.”
Gaining experiences with ‘Sungkyunkwan Scandal’, ‘Miss Ripley’ and ‘Rooftop Prince’, Park Yoochun made people wonder if he is born with the ability to arouse topic discussions. Everytime he would be the center attraction of interesting stories. His way of treating acting with familiarity and exquisity made his name known to different generations. “I felt happy due to ‘Sungkyunkwan Scandal”s good reviews and responses but felt the burden at the same time. It was also the reason behind the burdening and troubles during the filming of ‘Miss Ripley’. For ‘Rooftop Prince’, I cleared my heart and went filming with a clear mind. Thinking, rather with a determination to surpass the previous works, why don’t I display the character naturally, ‘please accept my presentation’.” Comparing when feelings are emptied or in struggling times, experienced ones would say that extraordinary results are usually for those who acted naturally. “I think that collaborating well (in real life) with fellow actors is the same theoretically. In this drama, I am very thankful to Han Ji Min. Even it’s just a one-liner, she would listen well to her partner, me and helped me to act with my correct feelings. Overall, the ambience within the cast and crew was very good. I really became closer with Woo Shik, Suk Won hyung and Min Ho.”
Coincidentally with ELLE’s schedule, this man welcomed his ‘once in a year’ day. In this world, there are people who felt that they have to spend their birthday memorable and there are those who felt that it is okay to spend it quietly. Park Yoochun who ever said that, “Since 1999, I have never spent my birthday in Korea once.”, belonged to the latter. “Birthday is not exactly that meaningful. It’s just a day in a year.” No matter how cool that person is, on that event-less day, just a simple preparation of wine would be able to settle that depressing feel. Though he misses his mum’s cooking a lot, the crew was thankfully able to find a Korean restaurant infused with local delicacy. (At Bali, his favourite dish is a soya sauce with shredded chillies.) As long as you are with a good company, the taste of the dishes does not really matter.
Spending a total of 6 days 4 nights at Bali with him, he looks the same as the first time we have met. Though I do not have the power to test his heart’s warmth at first meeting, I would want to send him a supporting message that he used to give to himself. “You did well. Hope you will become a responsible person always.”
source: ELLE.co.kr
credit: sally_2002
trans by: rachui@sharingyoochun
I like how the article was wrote…it shown who Yuchun is as a person more so than as an idol singer/actor
¡OMG! How Chunlicious he looks in the last pic……… He looks tasty indeed…… My poor heart……..
@Shuheilove
“How Chunlicious he looks in the last pic………”
That’s my favorite in the pictorial too.
It’s kind of heartbreaking to know how lonely and isolated his great fame and wealth have made him. He still probably feels a certain the alienation from people that he must have felt growing up in America. There’s no doubt he is a far different man from who he was back then, but I feel that in one’s inner life we will always have a kind of an unconscious default back to that kind of trauma filled childhood personality.
@LILI
Dearest, you’re right. I think he remembers those moments of his life with sorrow, specially when he remembers his dad and all the happenings…. And yes, his actual wealth came along with solitude and isolation, not by his own will but due to his artistic circumstances….. How sad is to be tied up by ones compromises…. I really want him and JaeSu to be free to live as they want to live and with whom they want to live
Yoochun-ah. I’m in love.
everytime looking at his pic i’m falling in love..really hope one day can meet PARK YOOCHUN in real life..wanna to touch him for real~!^^
LOL. We have the same wish. On my birthday last June, I pray that I could meet YC in person.
LOL, I met him in person……. He’s adorable and gorgeous indeed….. My Chun………
Thank you so much for the translated . You did a great job . I’m also prefer sea than mountain . It’s really comfort our feeling .
Thank you Park Yoochun and Elle, for a facinating read and gorgeoud pics.
That last picture was so yummy! Thanks for the translation. Looks like he’s had some meloncholy feelings for a while now. Cheer up Chun! That’s pretty amazing that ELLE was able to turn over the magazine in less than a month. WOW!
Aww~ I love him so. Yoochun-ah, don’t dwell in your lonely feelings for too long. Love you lots.
Love the clothes on him. They look so expensive(2,4,6,8).
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Thanks a lot for sharing & the translations !!
Yoochun is really a sensibility person as he said he felt it’s good for his acting career & songs writing works !!
However this kind of person who will always feel “Emptiness & loneliness” , it’s their owned Characteristics and they can’t avoid these kind of emotions come out , normally they don’t know how to overcome , so they were made people felt worrying about !!
Especially for some sad things happened suddenly and they are not easy to recover and they need longer healing time than the others !!
Don’t leave him alone , talk with them more & give him a busy working schedule with team group or staffs . Give him more loves^^
Time is really can heal their heart’s sadness.
Yoochun Ah , you are very strong already ! I hope to see your happy smile & laughing face again shortly !!!!
V@_^V
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Thank you for sharing Yoochun’s thoughts. Great article!
thanks for trans. he looks so good.^^ one of my fav photoshoots.
When the pictures first came out loneliness was evident. Now we know there is emptiness. Is it really him or is it a “concept” by Elle? It’s disturbing.
@1wabaga
If it was a concept by the editors of Elle, my sense is that it was purely prompted by Yuchun’s own demeanor, things he said, how he seemed. I honestly don’t think that Yuchun’s public face is dictated by ANYBODY else these days but he himself. He was especially afflicted by the manipulations of SM “creative types” in the past. My guess is that he will never allow himself to be pigeon-holed and made to dance to anybody else’s tune like that again.
from all delicious dish in bali, your favorite is sambel kecap chunnie? here, i will make tons of sambel kecap until you had enough of it.. kekeke..
@ lilibaiyu
I hope he is shrew enough to be on top of the game. I hope it is all an act. I hope he is not as lonely and empty as the pictures are showing.