A.N.JELL Hwang Tae-kyung is 7 at heart

A look into Jang Keun-suk's character from TV series "Minamishineyo"

Leader and vocalist of Korea's most popular group A.N.JELL. A natural-born idol with good looks, fancy showmanship and genius songwriting skills. He's a narcissist and perfectionist but often ruins his glamorous image with his innate cleanliness, nyctalopia, compulsion, lack of direction, and crustacean allergies. Growing up, he was unable to call his famous singer mother "Mother" and complains, "Don't act like you know me. When I was young, I couldn't act like I knew you because you were famous. Now I'm pretty famous so this is a problem." But, at heart, he is a seven-year-old boy who longs for his mother's attention and affection.

In one of the episodes, a completely dishevelled Hwang suspiciously asks resident troublemaker Go Mi-nam, "Is this 'Hidden Camera'?" (Korean version of Ashton Kutcher's Punk'd) after having chased her to save her from getting stuck on top of a truck on the move. And with his mouth covered he starts timidly mumbling, "Lee Kyung.. Mr. Lee Kyung-kyu, Mr. Lee Kyung-kyu.. " hoping the host will appear. When he does not, he then goes through a mental breakdown, pointing to his own glamorous advertisement on a billboard on the street and shouts out "I... I! That's right, that's who I am!". His mental breakdown reaches its climax when Go asks him to create an autograph for her. After he belts out to her, "Why should I?" he then makes one and leaves it in her room. Then he says to himself, "Go Mi-nam is dull that she might not find it. And even if she does, she'll think it's one of her own." And then he gets anxious the next second saying, "No, it's too fantastic! She'll notice it!"

Therefore, Hwang's comments should be interpreted as follows: "Whatever, I don't care about your taste" actually means "Your taste is my taste"; "I didn't change it because of you. It's a new concept for the album" means "This is all because of you, you, you"; and "It's better that you take advantage of the situation and smile than to cling on and cry" means "Little ladies looks prettier when smiling."

Reporter : Choi Ji-Eun five@10asia.co.kr
Editor : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr, Jang Kyung-Jin three@10asia.co.kr