Thread by @Daffodil0624

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Q: How do you find a balance between expressing your opinion as 2PM's Nichkhun and just a boy named Nichkhun?
Khun: First of all, I try not to use social media. I try to use it as little as I can.
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#Nichkhun: Before I post any photos, I will carefully check them to make sure I don't accidentally post photos of other people in the background. I will check if there are bad things or things that should be published yet in the photos.
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#Nichkhun: I will check everything. Sometimes, I will send them to the company so they can help me check too. I try not to use social media because people can interpret what I say in 100 or 1000 ways.
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#Nichkhun: What I say may affect other people or some people may take it too seriously. They can also interpret it in a way I didn't intend to say at all. So nowadays, I try to spend less time on social media.
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#Nichkhun: I will post something for my works, like promoting this film or promoting my songs. Sometimes, I will post some random things if I feel like it.
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#Nichkhun: My true fans understand me and what I post, whether it's something fun or serious. People who are not my fans may not understand the meaning of what I post. So I stay away from social media.
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#Nichkhun: The second thing I do, whenever I have some thoughts, is asking myself, "Can I say it?" That's what I always think of. This is my career. I am not trying to be a star but being a star is my career.
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#Nichkhun: Just like our conversation today, what I said has been passed through a filter in my mind. I can say these things. For something that may be too sensitive, I will choose not to say it.
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#Nichkhun: Like I said once in an interview, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all." Keep it to yourself.
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#Nichkhun: I don't think it's only relevant to stars. Actions and words of every human being are like throwing a rock into the water. It creates an expanding circle of ripples.
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#Nichkhun: It doesn't matter if the rock you throw is light or heavy. It will affect other people's lives, in positive or negative ways, every single time.
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#Nichkhun: Our actions and words have an impact on others' lives whether we realize it or not, and whether we intend it or not.
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#Nichkhun: And when we are a star, our words are 100 times louder than others. So we have to be extremely careful.
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Pa' Ted: So you try to pass through positive thoughts and keep negative ones to yourself.
#Nichkhun: Exactly. And I try not to lie to myself. And I will not lie to the public. I will say it only as much as I can.
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#Nichkhun: If I say something, I have to say it truthfully. I tend to say things honestly and frankly. And I try to make what I say have the least negative impact on others. I always consider what I can say and cannot say.
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Pa' Ted: You said in an interview that "We can be mentally ill if we think we have to be a star at every single moment."
#Nichkhun: That's right. Being a star means the general public love you or pay attention to you.
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#Nichkhun: If we have to be a star 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, it's stressful. If one day our popularity drops, how are we going to live if we think we have to be a star at all times?
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#Nichkhun: So I simply think being an artist is my career. Being famous is my career. When I finish working and go home, I am simply Nichkhun. I am just a human being. I play video games all day if I feel like it. That's me being myself.
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#Nichkhun: It's true that I have to be careful about my actions and words at all times. But being a star's just a career. I don't think people have to respect me or treat me like I am a star or like I am famous.
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#Nichkhun: I behave like normal people. I eat noodles at the noodle shop near my house too. I am just a normal guy. Being a star just happens to be my career.
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#Nichkhun: So if I think I always have to be a star, I will definitely be mentally ill or depressed. It is impossible to always be popular or as popular as we have been in the past.
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Pa' Ted: I like it when you said it's just a career.
#Nichkhun: I do things myself. My manager doesn't have to take me anywhere during the breaks. If I want to go somewhere, I will drive there myself.
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#Nichkhun: If I have to fill out an official form or when I have to do things I can't do myself, then I will ask my manager for help. On my rest days, my manager does his own work and I live my normal life.
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Pa' Ted: Is it easy for popular stars in Korea to have a private life, travel, or go to coffee shops?
#Nichkhun: It depends on their ways of thinking. If we think we can't go since we are a star, then we can't go.
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#Nichkhun: At the beginning, that was what I thought. If people saw me and wanted to take my photos, and if I didn't want to be photographed, how would I refuse their request? Would they feel upset? With all these thoughts, I didn't go out.
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#Nichkhun: But later on, I've realized that I have to live my life. Being a star is my career. When I have free time, if I want to go somewhere, I'll go. I dress any way I like. We don't have to worry so much about what other people think about us.
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#Nichkhun: I really like this quote. You are not the main character in other people's life stories. People may not be interested in us as we think. We are just a side character.
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#Nichkhun: If I go out dressing like this, what will people think? People may not care about me at all. They may say, "Oh. That's Nichkhun." and keep on doing their things since they are the main characters in their life stories.
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#Nichkhun: Whatever we worry about, 80% is in our mind. We should do things that make us comfortable if those things don't hurt other people.
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#Nichkhun: No need to worry about what will people think.
Pa' Ted: And when you go out, there's no problem like you worried.
Khun: No. Sometimes people remember me at restaurants and give me a free dish or drink. Oh. Thank you.😆
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#Nichkhun: Only 20% of people I met would ask for my signature or my photos. 80% of what I worried about is in my head. After I understand that being a star is a career, my life is much easier.
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#Nichkhun: No matter how my popularity drops, it's ok. I understand. It's just a cycle of life. What goes up must come down. And I keep trying. My popularity may increase again. But it's something I can't control. I will do my work the best I can.
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Pa’ Ted: Several Thai kids, like Bambam and Lisa, have become successful idols in Korea. As a trailblazer for many Thai kids into the K-Pop industry, how do you feel?
#Nichkhun: Back then, I didn’t intend to be a trailblazer for anyone.
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#Nichkhun: I am Thai and I have to build a great reputation for my country. Back in those days, some people asked me if I rode an elephant to school. I want people to know that Thailand is a beautiful country and has so much more than people realized.
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#Nichkhun: I would work as hard as I could and I would build a positive reputation for my country. That was my goal. Then Korean companies saw the Thai market’s potential and chose Thai kids to become trainees. It has become a new possibility for K-Pop.
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#Nichkhun: Looking for foreign trainees to enter the global market is very smart marketing. TWICE has 3 Japanese members so they have been well-prepared to enter the Japanese market.
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#Nichkhun: I never thought I had to pave the way for anyone. I am happy when I see successful Thai idols but I don’t think it’s all because of me. I don’t think I am a part of their success. I came to Korea to do my job, for me and for Thailand.
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#Nichkhun: I didn’t purposedly come to do it for other Thai kids. So they don’t owe me anything. That’s their life. They have worked hard and built their own career.

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#Nichkhun: When they came to Korea, they had to work hard and encounter their own obstacles. They have their own life stories. I am glad for everyone who entered the Korean entertainment industry and has been loved by Koreans and people all over the world.

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Pa’ Ted: I think you are just being humble. Whether it’s your goal or not, you have partly contributed to their success.
#Nichkhun: I am just a part of it. I will never say, “You are successful because of me.”
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#Nichkhun: I paved the way into the Thai market or for other kids into K-Pop. But it’s not because I wanted to. It’s just a process of doing business.
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#Nichkhun: I’m just the first step they took when they wanted to try entering a foreign market in Thailand. When it worked, they took other steps. These are just gradual steps of doing business. I’m just the first lab rat. 😆
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#Nichkhun: When it worked out with the first lab rat, they kept going.
Pa’ Ted: And if those kids are not truly talented, they will not be here.
#Nichkhun: Exactly. If they don’t have enough talents and dedication, they will not be here.

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#Nichkhun: When I saw Bambam dance, I thought he was such a great dancer. If I could dance like that when I made a debut, I must be more popular. Lisa is an excellent dancer. Other Thai idols are talented too.

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#Nichkhun: We should keep an open mind and be ready to learn new things as they come our way. Our life will be better.

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#Nichkhun: We don't want bad things to happen in our life but it happened. You can be sad. Give yourself time to grieve. It's a normal and natural process. Then use what happened to improve your life and make you a better person.

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#Nichkhun: My dad taught me to act like the dumbest person in the room. Nobody wants to teach someone who always acts smart and conceited. It's better to listen because you may learn new things from other people's different perspectives.

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Pa' Ted: I know you like Paulo Coelho, the best selling Brazilian author. Why do you like him so much?
#Nichkhun: He wrote about life, karma, being human. He wrote great novels which I enjoy reading.
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#Nichkhun: But most of all I like his book which is a collection of short stories and reflections. It's titled Like the Flowing River (2006). It's a compilation of tales and stories he heard or experienced.
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#Nichkhun: I am touched by the story of the pencil. A grandmother taught a boy that we are like wooden pencils. We have to sharpen the pencil with a knife or a sharpener before we use it.
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#Nichkhun: Before we can draw a beautiful line, the pencil has to suffer from these sharp things. After we use the pencil for a while, we have to use the knife to sharpen it again.
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#Nichkhun: We can rub out some parts with an eraser. But remember that whatever we write always leaves a mark. Whatever we do always have consequences.
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#Nichkhun: That's why I spend less time on social media. After I rub out what I have done, some people may still feel the mark or the consequences.
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"The story of the pencil" by Paulo Coelho
paulocoelhoblog.com/2009/12/19/the…

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"Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections" (2006) by Paulo Coelho

amazon.com/Like-Flowing-R…

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The way this episode ends is such a cliffhanger.😅

Pa' Ted: I have only 2 more questions to ask you. What are the reasons for Nichkhun to be alive today?
#Nichkhun: Reasons for me to stay alive? I think it's...

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📢Stay tuned for the next EP on March 11.