[140417 JoongAng Daily Interview] BoA makes her move into acting

BoA makes her move into acting

Apr 17,2014

	In her Hollywood debut film “Make Your Move,” BoA, 27, acts in Korean, English and Japanese. By Lim Hyun-dong

They say that the Korean Wave is sweeping across the world. For many people in Korea, the term is so overused that they rarely pay attention to it anymore. But if one stops to think about the whole phenomenon, it doesn’t take long before the 27-year-old K-pop icon BoA comes to mind.

Having debuted in August 2000 at age 13, BoA has pioneered the path of Korean pop in the overseas market over the years. In 2002 she became the first Korean singer to top the Oricon music chart of Japan - which a lot of K-pop stars now seem to take for granted.

As her Hollywood debut film “Make Your Move” comes out today in Korea and tomorrow in the United States, the JoongAng Ilbo, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Daily, sat down with BoA.



Q. What is the film about?

A. The film follows a Korean-Japanese girl named Aya who moves to New York City to achieve her dream of being a dancer. Aya then somehow picks up a hint of romance with American tap dancer Donny, played by Derek Hough. People ask me if it was difficult to learn new choreography and dance it all through the film, but for me, acting in English was way harder.

Shout It Out: promotion

promotion summary after the jump break ^^

[translation] bits and pieces from Make Your Move interview

A few days prior to Make Your Move release in Korea(and also USA), dozens of Korean news sites released BoA's in-depth interview. I translated some interesting bits and pieces here. Hope for a full translation from bilingual korean news site like Korea Herald and JoongAng Ilbo to feature her interview soon. *fingers-crossed*

[translation] 140313 SSTV Ongaku Himitsu Jouhou Kikan MI6

[MI6] BoA can switch between Korean and Japanese right from the airport. Japanese mode kicks in right after she lands at Haneda airport.

[MI6] BoA can dance so well with no mistake so it's hard for her dancers (since they can't make mistakes themselves)

[MI6] During dance practice in front of mirror, BoA noticed a dancer made a mistake and their eyes met, making the atmosphere awkward ^^;

[MI6] BoA learned dances faster when she was young. Now her head is full of past choreography. Easily confused especially for similar moves

[kanji lyrics] Shout It Out, Close to me

BoA - Shout It Out
Lyrics：Sara Sakurai
Music：Kanata Okajima・Daniel Sherman・Ricky Hanley

騒ぎ出す　Weekend
スウィング,　シャッフルでboogie
ONPARADE
この世界はDance floor
Come on DJ do it once more

Shout It Out : covers and gifts

CD+DVD (Type A: Music Video Original Version)

[translation] 140209 BoA's Shout It Out Special (NipponHousou radio)

BoA's "Shout It Out" 1-hr radio special

BoA's supposed to be the radio personality and the guy(Souguchi-san) her assistant but turned out it was more like the guy was the host interviewing guest BoA. :P

They met before during Best&USA promotion and the guy claimed he felt like he was BoA's oppa, always cheering her on from afar. (LOL)