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S.H.E Work Summary: A Role in Jay Chou Movie after Being Deejays Not Bad Idea
[2008.11.20]


[Comedies are not bad, but that is only how we would imagine it to be, since we have never tried it. Now it is just us thinking out of the blue. It seems that comedies would be fun. Not only that could bring happiness to everyone, we would also be very happy doing it.]
[Komedi tdk buruk, tapi itu cuma bayangan kami aja, krn kami blm pernah mencoba. Sprtina komedi bakal menarik. Tidak hanya bisa membawa kebahagiaan buat smua org, kami juga bakal senang pas mengerjakannya.]

[I was thinking, some people go and learn something new for a particular movie role, such as riding or ballet dancing. Today, if I go and learn a new thing for a movie role, I would feel a sense of accomplishment.]
[Aku berpikir, bbrp org belajar sesuatu yg baru untuk karakter trtentu dlm film, spt menunggang kuda atau tari ballet. Skrg, kalo aku jg bljr sesuatu yg baru untuk peran di film, aku akan merasa tlh mndapat kepuasan tersendiri.]

[I won’t set any restrictions like a love story or a drama. Of course, comedies are the most relaxing and fun.]
[Aku ga membatasi diriku pada film romance atau drama. Tentu saja, komedi adalah yg paling menyenangkan n relax.]

DJ S.H.E had arrived! Last Sunday, S.H.E came to Guangzhou to promote their new album {My Station FM S.H.E}. The theme of being DJs was not only in the album, earlier they even took a turn as DJs by launching a month-long S.H.E online radio station in which they chatted about gossips, life and love with the audience. This reporter conducted an interview with these three adorable yet nonsensical young women and asked them to critique the various guests that went on their online station. At the same time, they were also ask to reveal a little about any other great plans that they might have now that they had a turn being deejays.
DJ S.H.E tlh tiba! Hari minggu kemarin, S.H.E dtg ke Guangzhou untuk mempromosikan album baru mrk [Wo De Dian Tai FM S.H.E]. Tema ttg mjd DJ trnyata bkn cuma untuk di dlm album, mrk bahkan jg berperan sbg DJ dgn meluncurkan radio online slm sebulan, dimana mrk berbicara ttg gosip, kehidupan, dan cinta dgn pendengar. Wartawan ini meng-interview ke3 gadis muda yg menarik ini dan bertanya ttg pendapat mrk ttg para tamu di radio mereka. Pada saat yg bersamaan, mrk juga ditanya ttg rencana mrk di masa dpn stlh mrk mencoba jadi DJ.

Was it fun as Deejays?
It Was Not Bad, Pretty Enjoyable!

In the business for eight years, this year, S.H.E released their 11th album titled {My Station FM S.H.E}. To coordinate with the promotion of the album, the trio even took an enjoyable turn as online deejays. Not only they were accompanied by their fans, they even invited Ah Mei, Chiling Lin, Cai Kang Yong and Jay Chou to be their interviewed guests. This time, even usually talkative S.H.E went “dry” for once! However, they still felt that it was not too bad! Quite enjoyable!
Stlh 8 tahun di dunia entertainment, tahun ini S.H.E merilis album ke 11 mrk yg berjudul [Wo De Dian Tai FM S.H.E]. Untuk menyesuaikan dgn promosi album mereka, ketiga gadis ini bahkan mengambil peran sbg DJ online. Tidak hanya mrk ditemani oleh para fans, mrk bahkan mengundang Amei, Lin Zhi Ling, Cai Kang Yong, n Jay Chou sbg guest mrk. Kali ini, bahkan S.H.E yg biasanya bawel jg menjadi kehabisan bhn pembicaraan untuk pertama kalinya! Tapi, mrk masih merasa itu tdk trlalu buruk dan menikmatinya.

"When we go on regular programs, we can banter back and forth to an expert level. Because each day, the content of the programs was different and was something we really liked, the audience was also our fans, so each time when we record, it would be as if we are chatting among ourselves. Yet, when we had to face guests, we don’t have that much experience so the conversation would run a bit dry. We leaned more towards being more self-centric and self-manifesting. To put the focus and keep posing questions to someone else, that’s a little more difficult. We are not very good at that."
"Ketika kami membawakan acara2 yg biasa, kami bisa berbicara dan berdebat sampe spt profesional. Krn stiap hari, isi dr acara2 itu berbeda dan kadang2 topiknya adalah topik yg sgt kami suka, para pendengar jg adlh fans kami, jd stiap kali kami rekaman, rasanya spt kami sdg berbicara diantara kami sndiri. Tetapi, begitu kami harus mewawancara guest, kami ga punya cukup pengalaman shingga kadang kehabisan bahan pembicaraan. Kami terlalu berfokus pada group kami sndiri. Jadi ktika harus befokus pada org lain, itu mjd lbh susah. Kami tdk terlalu bagus di hal itu."

The “Driest” Interview in History

Earlier in Taiwan, S.H.E had self-evaluated the interview with their first guest as the “driest interview in history”. Selina who had more experience hosting programs made this special clarification: "The first interview was with Ah Mei. At the time, we were incredibly nervous. It was like “Oh my god, we can interview guests”. That caused all three of us to be really nervous. As a result, the whole interview was wrecked." (The other two protested: "It wasn’t wrecked! It was OK!") Selina continued to explain: "In comparison to the other programs, we felt that this one was a bit wrecked. Because we kept …praising her non-stop and that led to her not really knowing how to respond. There was even one point where she helped us looking through the list of questions set for the program. Oh, such unprofessional program hosts! It was quite funny!"
Sebelumnya, mrk sdh menyebut interview mrk dengan guest pertama sbg [Interview plg "kering" sepanjang sejarah]. Selina yg punya lbh byk pengalaman krn sering membawakan acara2 variety show mengklarifikasi," Interview pertama adlh dgn Amei. Waktu itu, kami sgt gugup. Hasilnya, kami mengacaukan acaranya." (Kedua temannya langsung memprotes," Ga kacau kok! Masih ok lah!")
Selina melanjutkan,"Kalo dibandingkan dgn acara2 yg lain, kami merasa yg satu itu sdikit kacau. Karena kami terus menerus memuji2 Amei nonstop dan itu membuat dia ga tau gimana hrs merespon. Bahkan ada suatu saat dimana dia harus membantu kami melihat daftar prtanyaan. Ya ampun, kami ini sungguh ga profesional! Tapi waktu itu lucu juga!"


Mesmerized by Her!

Speaking of Chiling Lin, all three praised together: "I feel that she is a woman of both inner and outer beauty." "She is a very positive person. She is someone that radiates positive energy. That is very similar to the message of this album and the feeling we normally wanted to convey to everyone."
Berbicara ttg Lin Zhi Ling, ketiganya serempak memuji,"aku merasa dia adlh wanita yg cantik luar dalam."
"Dia org yg sangat positive. Dia adlah org yg memancarkan energi positive. Hal itu mirip dgn pesan di album ini dan perasaan yg kadang ingin kami sampaikan kpd org2."

Here to Steal Their Jobs

"Kang Yong turned the table on us and became him interviewing us. We also unconsciously fell into the routine of being interviewed." Hebe started off complaining, however Ella immediately added: "But I like the episode with Kang Yong better." Her comments received agreement from the other two. Because everyone was able to “chat about everything under the sun”, it was a very happy experience.
"Kang Yong memutarbalikkan keadaan dan membuat kami yg di interview olehnya. Kami juga secara tidak sadar malah menjadi guest spt biasanya." Hebe mulai complain, tp Ella langsung menambahkan,"tp aku lebih suka pas episode sama Kang Yong." Komentarnya mendapat persetujuan dr ke2 temannya. Karena smua orang bisa berbicara ttg sgala hal, interview itu menjadi pengalaman yg menyenangkan.

Jay Chou who continuously showed off his magic tricks was their last and also most familiar guest, "He was very skillful in doing the magic tricks but he kept doing it and that seemed hilarious to us. It was like a little child who learned something new today and wanting to show off non-stop. You get the feeling that he is very much like a little boy."
Jay Chou yg terus2an pamer trik2 sulapnya aslh guest trakhir mrk, sekaligus guest yg plg familiar. "Dia sgt ahli dlm sulap, tp dia terus2an melakukannya, dan itu sgt menyenangkan kami. Dia spt seorang anak kecil yg baru saja mempelajari hal baru dan mau pamer nonstop. Kamu akan merasa kalo dia bener2 spt anak laki2 kecil."

What next, what else is there to play?
Movies….

In recent years, the career of S.H.E continued to rise, not only they had successful album sales, through their interests and abilities, the three even enjoyed tremendous fun doing various activities. Selina was an upcoming host in the hosting realm. Both Ella and Hebe made their entry as female leads into the world of TV drama. The three were having so much fun that people starting to question whether singing was becoming a side job for S.H.E. Would S.H.E forsake music? What else would S.H.E attempt?
Bbrp taon ini, karir S.H.E terus menanjak, tdak hanya penjualan album yg sukses, dgn kemampuan dan ketertarikan mereka, ketiganya tlh menikmati berbagai macam aktivitas yg menarik. Selina menjadi pembawa acara baru. Ella n Hebe memulai debut mrk sbg pemeran utama di tv drama. Ketiganya sgt senang, sampai2 org2 mulai mepertanyakan apakah menyanyi sudah menjadi pekerjaan sampingan utk S.H.E. Apakah S.H.E akan meninggalkan musik? Apalagi yg ingin S.H.E raih?

Acting, Hosting?
Those are Side Jobs

To the suspicions from the outside, S.H.E indicated firmly that music remained the focus of their career. "Our main career is still our music. Attempting anything else is our side job."
Terhadap dugaan2 dr luar, S.H.E maenanggapi bahwa musik tetap menjadi fokus karir mereka. "Kair utama kami tetap adalah musk. Hal2 yg lain adlh pekerjaan sampingan kami."

Showing their true color within three sentences, S.H.E’s habit of joking around and revealing each other’s secrets came out again, "However, all these still are things belonging to the entertainment circle. Real side jobs are like Hebe’s family who opened a restaurant. Now that is what I would call a side job!” Having her secrets revealed by the other two, Hebe shyly covered her face with a small hand-held fan while the other two laughed gleefully on the side.
Kebiasaan S.H.E yg suka bercanda dan membocorkan rahasia satu sama lain muncul lagi, "Bagaimanapun, smua tergantung pada dunia entertainment. Pekerjaan sampingan yg sesungguhnya adlh sprti restoran yg dibuka oleh keluarga Hebe. Itulah yg disebut pekerjaan sampingan!"
Karena rahasianya dibongkar oleh kedua rekannya, dengan malu2 Hebe menutupi mukanya dengan kipas, sementara 2 yg lain malah ketawa terbahak2 disampingnya.

Doing Movies?
Not Ancient Costumed Ones

From singing to hosting, television, radio station, now only thing the three had not have any contact was the big silver screen of movies. Coincidentally, whenever Jay Chou produced a movie, he liked to use his own people. His friends, make-up artist, recording engineer, etc. had all been used by him in his movies. According to sources, he had also discovered a number of talents through this method. The relationship between S.H.E and Jay Chou was quite close. Would they take part in a Jay Chou movie? To this, S.H.E said frankly: "If there is a chance. One day if he comes up with a pretty good script and wants the three of us for it, that’s not bad either."
Menyanyi, membawakan acara, main tv drama, radio, satu2nya hal yg blm dicoba S.H.E skrg adlh main film layar lebar. Secara kebetulan, saat Jay Chou membuat film, dia suka memakai org2nya sndiri. Tman2nya, penata make-up, kru2 rekaman, dll smua sudah pernah dipakai olehnya dlm film2 nya. Menurut sumber, dia juga menemukan bakat2 baru dr cara ini. Hubungan antara S.H.E dan Jay Chou cukup dekat. Apakah mrk akan ambil bagian dlm film produksi Jay Chou? Menghadapi pertanyaan ini, S.H.E brkata," Kalo ada kesempatan. Suatu hari kalo dia punya skenario yg menarik dan dia mau kami bertiga main dlm filmnya, bukan ide yg buruk."

In the new album, there was a song called {Moonlight Diary} for which the trio dressed in cheongsam for the first time to film the MV in a pre-modern setting. When asked if they would want to do an ancient costumed movie? Surprisingly, all three were of the same opinion: "That would be too hard!"
Di album baru ini, ada lagu yg berjudul [Moonlight Diary / Yue Guang Shou Zha] dimana untuk shooting MV di zaman kuno, ketiganya memakai cheongsam untuk pertama kalinya. Ketika ditanya apakah mrk mau main film yg membutuhkan pakaian zaman kuno? Dengan mengejutkan, ketiganya punya pendapat yg sama:"Itu terlalu susah!"

"Movies set in modern time are Ok. Dressed in cheongsam, although not to the point of ancient costumes, was still very uncomfortable when fully attired. However, the type like the martial arts movies would be more tiring and if doing a movie in that type of ancient setting, on location would necessarily mean going into remote mountainous areas, areas that would not have any telephone poles because you can’t have telephone poles showing in the movie. To a girl, such extreme remote areas would be more inconvenient too." Hebe listed all those concerns in one breath. Ella was in full agreement. Selina’s idea was "If the filming is all done within a studio, it wouldn’t be bad either, the type in which all the scenes are done inside a studio." - "But the stuff filmed inside a studio is less realistic…." The conversation turned into a tangled discussion at this point.
"Film2 yg mengambil setting zaman modern masih ok. Tapi kalo mesti make cheongsam, meskipun ga terlalu kuno, tetep ga nyaman. Tp, film2 dgn tema kungfu lebih melelahkan dan kalo shooting film dgn setting jaman kuno, berari harus pergi ke daerah pegunungan yg terpencil, daerah yg ga punya tiang2 telpon, krn kamu ga bisa punya tiang telpon terlihat di dlm filmnya. Untuk seorang gadis, daerah terpencil spt itu akan lebih membuat ga nyaman." Hebe menjelaskan smua kekhawatiran mereka.
Ella sangat setuju. Ide dr Selina adlh "Kalo shooting nya dilakukan dlm studio, sbnrnya ga jelek juga"
"Tapi hasilnya akan terlihat ga nyata..."
Pembicaraan terhenti di sini krn mrk tdk bisa menemukan penyelesaian.

About the New Album
More Sensible, More Practical

Looking at the MVs in this S.H.E album, regardless whether it was [Miss Universe], or [Silence] [Highway Exit by the Sea], one could see a sexier and more mature S.H.E. How would they demonstrate this feeling of maturity? "By becoming more sensible and more practical. A more practical feeling is more mature because you think about more things. In the past, the things we thought about may be more fantastical but now we want teach everyone to face life and love with a practical attitude and not to keep thinking about unrealistic things."
Melihat MV2 di album ini, seperti [Yu Zhou Xiao Jie], [An Jing Le], dan [Yan Hai Gong Lu De Chu Kou], org2 dpt melihat S.H.E yg lbh sexy dan dewasa. Bagaimana mrk bisa menampilkan kesan dewasa ini? "Dengan menjadi lebih peka. Ketika kamu berpikir tentang lebih banyak hal, kamu akan menjadi lebih dewasa. Sebelumnya, hal2 yg kami pikirkan mungkin lebih bersifat khayalan, tetapi sekarang kami ingin mengajarkan kepada smua org untuk mengahadapi hidup dan cinta dgn sikap dan pikiran yg lbh rasional, dan bukan dgn bermimpi ttg hal yg tidak mungkin."

Would maturity and sensuality represent the direction S.H E planned to take? The trio indicated that there was no such plan: "We will let nature takes its course. We are not setting any targets for going into a sexier direction or something like that for the future."
Apakah kedewasaan dan sensualitas adlh jalan yg akan ditempuh S.H.E selanjutnya? Ketiga gadis ini menanggapi bahwa tidak ada rencana spt itu. "Kami tidak berpikir untuk berubah mjd image sexy atau semacamnya untuk masa depan."

When asked if their next album would contain even more fun stuff, Ella quickly answered: "I have some ideas for it already." but then she turned around and said. "But right now, I can’t say anything. I don’t know if my ideas would be used or not. In the case that it was used, it would become trade secret so I can’t say anything." However, the fast-spoken Ella also revealed a piece of good news, "I heard that we may be doing a concert tour next year but right now, everything is still just being discussed."
Ketika ditanya apakah album berikutnya akan memuat lebih banyak hal mnarik, dgn cepat Ella menjawab," Aku sdh punya bbrp ide untuk itu, tp skrg aku ga bisa bilang apa2. Aku ga tau apakah ide2 ku akan dipakai ato ga. Kalo ide2 itu dipakain, maka ide2 itu akan menjadi rahasia, jd aku ga bisa blg apa2."
Bagaimanapun, Ella juga menyampaikan kabar baik, "Aku dengar kami mungkin akan mengadakan concert tour lagi tahun depan, tp sekarang smuanya masih dibicarakan."


translated by : wyn0602 of CEFC 
credits : CEFC and nddaily, mcleen @ AF
indonesian translation: starrynite @ S.H.E IFC