[INTERVIEW] Ryan Jhun's interview about Produce 101 Season 2 & Wanna One

(t/n: I only translated the necessary parts about 101)

"It took 12 hours to record 89 trainees for Produce 101 Season 2's theme song 'Me, It's Me'. If there is a Produce 101 Season 3, I will volunteer to give another one of my songs."

In a 4 minute 7 second song, there are 89 trainees who participated. Excluding the F Rank trainees and the ones that left the show before it aired, all trainees participated in singing the song. 'Me, It's Me' is Produce 101 Season 2's theme song and the trainees' first 'mission' song. All trainees performed this on M! Countdown, and this song was used as the BGM when the trainees' ranks were revealed at the end of the song. "I listened to all 89 trainees' voices individually and divided the parts, it wore me out."

- How did you compose 'Me, It's Me?'

"I made this song 10 years ago. The original title was 'Moonlight' and the lyrics were something like 'I walk the moonlight with you' instead of 'The time I spend with you'. My producer team changed the lyrics to match PD101S2's image, and Ahn Junyoung PD participated in writing lyrics himself."

- Wasn't it hard to have all of the trainees' songs in one song? How did you record it?

"Excluding the F Rank trainees, I listened to all 89 trainees' voices and narrowed it down to 19 members to revolve this song around. Instead of looking at only talent, I looked for trainees who fit this song and can express their vocals well while singing this song. I made the 19 trainees the main of this song and had the rest of them be the background. It took 12 hours to record this song, but none of them showed that they were tired which made me realize how desperate they were to debut."

- After the final 11 members were chosen, they re-recorded the song.

"The 12 hour recording narrowed down to 3~4 hours. I asked, 'Why are you so good?' and the kids said 'We sang this song so much to the point we would throw up.' This song was glued in their mind so they could sing it at any moment. While we were recording the new version, I noticed that some of the 19 trainees who recorded the song in the beginning with me were here. Ong Seongwoo, Lee Daehwi, Hwang Minhyun, and Ha Sungwoon."

- How did you work with the final song 'Super Hot'?

"I wanted to present a song to the trainees. A party-like song that anybody can hum along to. We started and finished this song within 2~3 weeks.  We had to record, edit, mix, and master this song within 2 weeks so it was a really important time, but the trainees were really good so we finished with no trouble."

- How have the trainees changed from the beginning and end of the show?

"Of course their skills improved. Maybe because it was right before announcing the last 11 members, but they were really nervous. I tried to relieve their stress for trainees who couldn't show their full potential because of the nervousness."

- The difference between Season 1 & 2?

"These trainees have to face the worst of situations and have to win and survive through all of this. I noticed that in season 2, the trainees supported each other and worked with each other rather than thinking of this as a competition. They showed great teamwork despite the competition, and it was nice to see them rely on each other."

- If the unreleased footage of the trainees were released, the public's view of idol singers might change.

"There are lots of things that weren't broadcasted. It's unfortunate that the public still doesn't accept idol singers. These trainees are trying to fulfill their dreams in a short time, but the time and effort they put into being a singer is beyond your imagination. The kids who aren't as talented work multiple times harder than those who are talented, but it's unfair that they can't improve and prove that they've been working hard. You could think of the trainees who lack a lot as untalented, but please don't ignore their passion and love for music and their hard work."

- Do you have anything to tell the Wanna One members?

"I already saw them recently. I told them 'since you've been chosen, do it properly. Don't bask in your popularity, act as if it's a matter of life or death.' Honestly, even if I don't say this I know they'll do well. Because this is a project group, and they were the final survivors, I think their desperation will last long."

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[OFFICIAL] Regarding Sasaengs and Fanletters Hello, this is YMC Entertainment.

We are posting because there have been an alarming amount of fans that are trying to enter YMC Entertainment, to the point it is very dangerous for the neighborhood.

First off, during Wanna One’s schedules, despite the fact that staff have told fans multiple times, people go overboard and make inappropriate physical contact, try to make conversations, or take pictures at unofficial schedules which is dangerous.

The 1st floor cafe is not related to YMCE. But fans are not only causing disruptance at the 1st floor cafe and around the company, which puts us in a difficult position.

YMC prioritizes Wanna One and fans' safety first. Please do not visit the members' dorms, practice rooms, unofficial schedules, etc. Please do not condone this behavior. Please contact us at wanna_one@daum.net regarding any questions or comments you have about this.

For fanletters and personal gifts to the members (besides food) please send it to the following address. We will post about the process of support projects later.

(Wanna One Member Name)
YMC Entertainment
36-35 C&C Building 4th Floor
Postal # 04392 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
South Korea

Once again, we will do our best to prioritize the artist's safety first, please continue to give Wanna One your love and interest. Thank you.

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[TRANS] Seonho's Letter to Nation's Producers

To. Nation's Producers

Hello. Nation's Producer! I am CUBE's little chick trainee Yoo Seonho.
First off, I would like thank all the nation's producers for supporting me so so much.
Through Produce 101, I met lots of great people, and I got to have a special experience while watching, listening, and feeling the broadcast and performances.
While recording, there was lots of hard times, but now that I think about it, this was the happiest I've ever been in my life. I never thought the little chick trainee would receive lots of interest and love, so it still feels like a dream to me.
I lacked a lot, but through the many songs Me It's Me, Sorry Sorry, Spring Day, Open Up, Super Hot, and Always, I learned a lot from practicing and preparing all these performances.
The next time I meet everybody, I will mature and grow so I will work hard and practice. (I will also be taller than 180CM. >_<)
Thanks to the nation's producers, I got a very nice, overwhelming rank of 17th place.
Thank you for giving me lots of love and affection!
I will never forget the nation's producers' love, I will always be thankful and think about everybody.
I will work hard to show a more developed side of me.
Thank you so much once again

From Yoo Seonho

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[PANN] Comment on the victim's post about getting sexually harassed

Translator note:

• Once again, your opinion is your opinion, my opinion is my opinion, OP's opinion is OP's opinion, your friend's opinion is your friend's opinion. Nobody is asking you to take sides. 
• We're all waiting on the truth from the lawsuit. This does NOT prove Dongho innocent OR guilty. 
• I'll refer to Baekho as 'Dongho' for the convenience of my translation, thank you.
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ORIGINAL PANN POST

(This is a comment on this pann post! TW: Mental illness.)

(proof that commentator is from Jeju)

[+114, -0] I'm not sure if you'll see this comment, but I don't know why people need to know the result of your one-sided love, when you were in your teens and when you're in your 20's you still didn't change.. I always thought you had this delusional victim thought since grade school days, everybody who knows you knows what I'm talking about, you would always ruin everything you couldn't get and I thought you were just immature, but I didn't think you'd create such a big issue... Sorry, I should have just told the teacher and help you get treatment for your mental illness, I'm sorry I'm too late... Because of your obsession, all your friends left you and people around you rejected you, I wish you would realize that your actions are wrong. I hope you sincerely get treated for mental illness after this is over, your heart is aching. Unnie always told you, you have to pay for the price of doing the wrong actions remember? This is a big wrongdoing, you will have to pay the price bigtime for this. While watching the drama 'Perfect Wife', I feel like Lee Eunhee (played by Cho Yeojeong) was you in your teens, I got goosebumps, ruining your friends to get what you wanted... You spread rumors about me because you hated me and I had to transfer schools, but I never asked you to apologize. I'll tell you now, the guy (Dongho) you have a one-sided love for is very dear to me, like a blood related little brother, he's only a year younger than me so we were like brother and sister but you spread rumors about us dating and made me a whore. I never dated him, I never even had a thing with him, we didn't even *see each other in that way so we are still close. I'll say only one thing, if you apologize about everything you created and bring everything back to normal, it's too late for you to change what you did to me, but apologize to Dongho and bring everything back to normal. After this is over, please get your mental illness treated. You're not in the right mind, how many people's lives do you have to ruin so you can feel satisfied? I know your name, phone number, home address so I'll be patient but if you don't bring everything back to normal within a week then I'll file a lawsuit against you for everything you did to me as well, think carefully.

[PANN] Kang Dongho bullying rumors are FALSE, receipts +more

Translator's note: Before I translate this, there a couple points you need to know:

• This post became viral (2890 upvotes, 89 downvotes) on pann.
• Why is this post being viral when this is not the issue we care about?
• The people who started the bullying rumors are the same people that are friends of victim A who claimed she was sexually harassed by Dongho. They tried to start the bullying rumor BEFORE the sexual harassment rumor went around.
• The reason I'm posting this is because this entire bullying rumor raises eyebrows about the initiative behind the 1st issue.
• Once again, your opinion is your opinion, my opinion is my opinion, OP's opinion is OP's opinion, your friend's opinion is your friend's opinion. Nobody is asking you to take sides. 
• We're all waiting on the truth from the lawsuit. This does NOT prove Dongho innocent OR guilty. 
• I'll refer to Baekho as 'Dongho' for the convenience of my translation, thank you.
• Please don't repost this on Twitter or Tumblr. Don't post screencaps of excerpts of translations. If anybody asks, LINK THE ENTIRE TRANS because screencapping only a part of the trans doesn't explain everything.
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ORIGINAL PANN POST

[PANN] Kang Dongho bullying rumors are FALSE, receipts +more

This issue is different from the sexual harassment issue, these are collections of receipts and some questionable points from the bullying rumors that were presented by the friends of the victim (will be referred to as A) of the sexual harassment issue. (will be referred to as 1st issue) * (Please try to keep comments about the sexual harassment issue on the minimum, as we should wait for the truth rather than taking sides)

+ https://www.instiz.net/name_enter/46390194 

This is the bullying rumor that A's friends (aka gamgyuls) posted. 

[Gamgyuls don't have any relation to Dongho other than the fact that they're friends with A. This was merely a prequel of what A wanted to share her story, but all of the bullying rumors are false.]

(image1) (image2)

Basically saying that the gamgyuls lied about the ENTIRE bullying rumor. If you have been following up with the entire 1st issue, A has been adding and changing her original post. She stated at one point "My friends who saw this got mad and posted about Dongho being a bully. She had no evidence, but she was angry so she let her actions cloud her thoughts. I apologize."

(image 3)

I saw this post and leave a comment. I went to a middle school near Aewol (Dongho's old middle school in Jeju) so I was curious about everything that happened and went to ask people who went to Aewol about this but they don't know about the 1st issue, but bullying is definitely false. 

(image 4)

I see a bullying rumor is also going around.... When Dongho debuted with NU'EST and came out on Produce 101, everybody who went to Okjeong Middle School (Dongho's middle school he graduated from in Seoul) said that oppa was really nice, and everybody kept complimenting him, there was no room for negativity the bullying rumor is too much.

(image 5)

I live in Aewol and Dongho lived in Bongsung, it's 5 minutes by car. Dongho's parents come to our restaurant often so we are friends. I can literally go ask the neighborhood kids where A or gamgyuls are and I'll know but I feel like I'll get into trouble so I won't

Heres a picture of my son's preschool graduation...

(lots of questions were asked but the commentator only answered a few) 

Q: How were A/Dongho's image like in the neighborhood?
Commentator: I can't say much because my identity might be exposed, but A was never viewed positively in the neighborhood

(most translations of these next few caps can be found here)

[COMMENTS]

[+879, -16] The reason why Dongho being a bully or not is important to issue 1 is because A posted about Dongho being a bully before she posted about being sexually harassed.

[+723, -15] I was doing a good job being neutral but wow, I got goosebumps

[+707, -9] Posts like this should be noticed

[+278, -1] People are really insane, they have no interest in receipts like this but they always complain that there are no receipts when somebody tries to go against them

[+241, -1] A posted on Pann to make this an issue, there's no reason to NOT post receipts

[+235,-0] (image) (t/n: see image 4 up there ^)

[+193,-2] Just because they're a celebrity, just because they're a public figure, you shouldn't post hate comments for fun, and you shouldn't post rumors like they're the truth for fun I hope we all learn this. (image)

[+191, -1] It's hard being neutral... (image) My close law school senior told me that he pities Dongho a lot, if it's a rumor, then it's untrue right? If he's guilty, then he would have filed a lawsuit for defamation, he just ruined his image with this

Translator's note: Before I translate this, there a couple points you need to know:

• This post became viral (2890 upvotes, 89 downvotes) on pann.
• Why is this post being viral when this is not the issue we care about?
• The people who started the bullying rumors are the same people that are friends of victim A who claimed she was sexually harassed by Dongho. They tried to start the bullying rumor BEFORE the sexual harassment rumor went around.
• The reason I'm posting this is because this entire bullying rumor raises eyebrows about the initiative behind the 1st issue.
• Once again, your opinion is your opinion, my opinion is my opinion, OP's opinion is OP's opinion, your friend's opinion is your opinion. Nobody is asking you to take sides. 
• We're all waiting on the truth from the lawsuit. This does NOT prove Dongho innocent OR guilty. 
• I'll refer to Baekho as 'Dongho' for the convenience of my translation, thank you.
• Please don't repost this on Twitter or Tumblr. Don't post screencaps of excerpts of translations. If anybody asks, LINK THE ENTIRE TRANS because screencapping only a part of the trans doesn't explain everything.
• You have permission to retranslate this post, but before you do please DM me. 
• The word selection is VERY important when retranslating. Please try to do it as similar as possible, as any word that is misinterpreted can ruin the entire translation.
• You have permission to repost this on Reddit, any forums, etc. but please DM me before.
• If you have any questions, please try to ask me on CC (@nudong) or twitter (@nudongs) not via DM just in case other might ask too. Thank you!