Our Experience at the FORECAST Predebut Cover Performance (170325)
March 26th 2017
Hello all FORECAST fans! I'm so glad the meet up at Seoul Park's fountain stage for the group was a success and we were able to ask a few questions before the performance. For those of you that were unable to attend, a few fun things about the member's personalities were revealed that the news journalists may not have known about. I enjoyed talking to them and they were extremely kind to the fans that had arrived early. The following are my reactions and feelings towards each of the members, I hope they may help you understand the group before their debut!
Kaito (Hisakawa Kaito): Kaito is a super cheerful and open person, which is evident in the past V LIVE streams and his presence online. He was open and ready to answer questions, but his interaction with his members reveals his playful and somewhat-fearless personality. Although he was to leave and get ready backstage, his members (excluding Chen) were sitting in front of the stage. As they answered their opinions on who would do the best during the performance, Hyunwoo commented similarly to what Kaito had said during Chen's birthday V LIVE, asking the audience if they believed R41N (Alex) was hot. Although Kaito was supposed to have been gone, he rejoined the conversation, agreeing and prompting a response from the crowd. The somewhat intimidating threat of R41N's anger and Kaito's cheeky reactions are a sparkling factor of the second oldest of the group.
- Fun fact! 5UN (oldest) and Kaito are friends and Kaito does not use honorifics when talking about 5UN. (They are about four months apart.)
Hyunwoo (Park Hyunwoo): I'd definitely label Hyunwoo as the "cute one" (though they're all extremely cute!), and he's becoming known due to his cute pout, glorious smile, and puppy-like personality. At yesterday's cover concert Hyunwoo was quite open with his answers and interaction with the fans, though it obvious that he was often looking towards the others for approval of his words. Importantly - this boy's voice is gold! He is obviously a very music person and is very serious about his performance quality. While others sing, however, Hyunwoo shows more of his smiley and Personally I'd say the element of snow (and especially "snowflake") is a great way to describe this boy's fluffy personality.
- Fun Fact! Hyunwoo has been training at C.S. Entertainment since he was 14.
5UN (Im Taeyang): Of course, I'm still not used to calling him "5UN" just yet since I've followed his songwriting for a while now, but Im Taeyang is probably one of the best pre-debut leaders I've seen of a group. He's got a leader-personality and keeps everything in order, while still attending to the audience. 5UN has "that way" to keep everyone under control and still give others the freedom to say what they want. He is also super open to interaction and is appreciative of other's efforts, thanking the fans for arriving early in support of their pre-debut performance. Most importantly, 5UN doesn't leave people - members or fans alike - behind or uninformed.
- Fun Fact! Im Taeyang has written/co-written songs for 14 different singers.
R41N (Alex Lee): R41N, the well known American member of the group, could be classified as "the hothead" or the member who is irritable, yet it has been said that his relationship with the members is in fact good. Kaito and Hyunwoo are the two members that are known to aggravate R41N the most, at least in the public eye, and he tends to respond in a physically threatening manner. Obviously the physical threat is not sincere, as both continue to tease R41N especially mentioning that either him or his voice is hot. (You can't disagree though.) He doesn't hide the fact he wears glasses and wears them nearly any other time other than when he is performing.
- Fun Fact! It has been revealed that R41N wrote poetry and rap songs for himself in English before moving to Korea at age 18.
Chen (Zhu Chen Bao): Zhu Chen Bao, now known as simply "Chen", is the youngest of Forecast and the only Chinese member of the group. He is very reserved and does not speak much in the public setting, though some blame this on his lack of Korean language skills. Upon hearing him sing in yesterday's cover performance, his pronunciation is almost perfect and there were no mistakes. I personally believe his lack of speaking is simply at fault of his personality, as he said himself during the trainee fair on 2/26. He received the middle/front spot during the dance cover of SHINee's "View".
- Fun Fact! Chen has only been a trainee for one year and has only studied Korean for about a year and a half.