GQ Where did you travel after filming your new drama <Friendly Rivalry>?
HR I went to the Philippines with the <Friendly Rivalry> staffs. We all worked hard after the drama ended, so I thought it would be nice to take a break together, so we went together, and then I went to Chiang Mai. My mom said she wanted to go on a trip with me soon, so we went.
GQ I said I wanted to find balance at the beginning of the new year, and I wanted to spend time with my mom, who was upset that I was busy, and I did.
HR That's right. But it wasn't that long ago. I went on a trip with my mom around March of last year. I was in Bangkok filming a movie (<Night Fever>) and I had a long break, so I asked, "Mom, do you want to come?" and we traveled together for two weeks. Before that, I went to the US in July! But I didn't go home much. <Victory> was also released, so I was busy, so I wondered if I was too indifferent or too negligent, but when I thought about it, it wasn't that bad. (Laughs) But the trip to Chiang Mai with my mom was really great. It's been a really long time since I've been to Chiang Mai. It's been about 10 years since I went there with Girl's Day, but the weather was really nice. Although we mostly stayed at hotels. My mom and I have similar travel styles.
GQ What's your style?
HR I'm the type to just lie down. So I go for a walk, lie down, wash up, eat, and chat at a cafe for a long time. "I heard there are elephants nearby, do you want to go see them?" We went to see the elephants. We could also see tigers, so we went to see them. It was a very healing trip.
GQ When did you start this habit? I heard that you rest for 2-3 weeks after finishing a project.
HR Habit? Habit...
GQ Isn't it a habit?
HR No, now that I think about it, I think I've always done that. So it wasn't something I did on purpose, but it just happened naturally.
GQ I wondered if there was a reason for that.
HR There was a reason. There was a set that I had a really hard time on, and there are many different types of hardship. It could be because I couldn't sleep, it could be because of acting difficulties, and there could be other difficulties, but at the time, I felt like I wanted to get rid of it quickly because I was having a hard time with other things, with my relationships. So I went on a trip on purpose and said, "Let's go!", but I really forgot everything. I came back from that set and thought, "I had a really hard time filming a month ago, but now I can't even remember? I thought that this might be something I really needed to do."
GQ Were your relationships hard?
HR Yes. But I was young at the time, and I..., ha, that's kind of the problem. It also takes adjustments, but I think I'm a bit more...
GQ Do you have a big personality?
HR Yes. I have a tendency to not do anything in those situations. That's why we clashed a bit. People I know who knew my state of mind at the time were worried, so they asked, "Are you doing well? Are you okay?" But I forgot all about it and said I was doing really well. Hahaha.
GQ You have good resilience.
HR Yes. You have good resilience. You forget things easily. I think that's a big thing. Forgetting things easily.
HR A friendly rivalry! Um... I don't really like competition in the first place. I don't really like competition. So I try to compromise and be peaceful.
GQ What if there's a situation where I have to compete?
HR (eyes widening) Is there such a situation?
GQ Is it too microscopic? Isn't it a series of invisible competitions even for actors? This script might not come to me.
HR I didn't really know that. I think competition is like winning or losing. You pass or don't pass something. But I think that my work depends on how much I do and who knows how much I do. If I do well, they like it, and if I don't, they don't like it, so it's up to me. The reason this script didn't come to me is because I didn't do enough.
GQ It's not that someone stole what was mine.
HR Yes, yes, yes, yes.
GQ It's not a competition to begin with, but an achievement, for Hyeri.
HR That's right. It's not a competition. Of course, if you take music programs as an example, there are rankings and award ceremonies, but rather than feeling like I beat someone to win first place, it's more like, "Wow, people like it, I released this song, I did this work, and people like it this much?" I don't know how to explain it.
GQ It's conveyed well.
HR I think running is a competition. When we actually gather everyone together during a sports festival and say, "Gold, silver, bronze medals in order of arrival," it's a competition.
GQ In that case, Hyeri doesn't lose, right?
HR I don't lose. Then it's a competition! That's why I really like the Olympics. I'm checking out the Harbin Winter Asian Games whenever I have time.
HR I actually don't think it's easy to beat me... It's so scary. If I were a competitor? It would be hard to beat me. But what's your field? When I first heard the question, I just thought about myself as a person. But then I thought about it again, and it could be acting, fighting, haha, sports, and there are so many topics. I'm not very confident when a topic is set. I usually lose. I'm not good at it. But when I think about myself as a person...
GQ Yes, that's it.
HR When I just think about people, I don't often take things negatively. Even if something happens, I tend to take it in a way that has a positive effect on me. As you said earlier, I have good resilience, so I'm good at making up my mind to move forward, so I think I have a good mentality. Yes, I have a good mentality. There aren't many things that hit me hard.
GQ I think that's something you can say when you're emotionally clean and upright.
HR I'm not really clean and upright. I'm not clean and innocent. Because when I hear the words clean and upright, I'm not at all! Not at all, me. Completely. It's not a word that belongs to me. I'm the type of person who thinks there could be such a person, rather. It's just that I don't get hit hard by anything. Should I say it's my nature? I think I grew up like that, and I haven't really been hit hard by anything. And I think I've personally experienced 'Everything will be okay as time goes by?' I feel like I'm a person like this through interviews.
HR Oh, it seemed like it was something big (on Hyeri's YouTube content 'Hyell's Club'), but it's really nothing. I saw it on Instagram, and I'll send it to you. It's the first time I've done it since Cyworld, but it's like 50 questions and 50 answers, 100 questions and 100 answers. Try it later. I'm thinking about doing it again at the end of this year. I've wanted to do it every year. I think it's because I like to organize my thoughts neatly.
HR Was it something that disappointed me? (Looking at the questions) Oh, this. Number 18, 'Most regrettable choice'.
GQ Did you answer it? It's okay if you can't say.
HR I can. The reason it took so long is because (tilting her head) 'A choice you regret? What is it?' I thought, but when I paid for my trip, the dollar went up too much!
GQ Hahahaha. I regret it.
HR I should have paid it earlier. I had a situation where I should have paid it before, but I postponed it. If I had done it then, how much would I have saved? I really regret it so much.
GQ What was your last question?
HR How much did I love myself this year?
HR It must be delicious.
GQ How much did Hyeri love herself in 2024, and how is she now that she's taken a bite of 2025?
HR It's too embarrassing to talk about, but I almost wrote a letter to that question. "Hyeri, I love you so much, but I don't think I've been able to express it. I'm so proud of you, and you've worked so hard...", like a mother writing to her daughter. "How could you..., you did it because you were the one! You were so busy with all these schedules. But you did so well, so healthy, without any pain. You were even so pretty." Hahaha. "I'll express it more next year," I said. I started writing a diary again this year. I've been writing for 10 years, but I stopped for about 3 years.
GQ Why didn't you write one?
HR It's so..., what should I say, obsessive? There is an obsession. As if something big would happen if I left that one space blank. In fact, nothing happens. I can write whenever I want to. But since I decided to write every day, I was stressed for 10 years because of the obsession that I couldn’t leave that one space blank, and then I thought, I’m not going to write anymore, I’m not going to buy a diary, I’m not going to write, and it was okay. It’s okay not to use it. It’s similar. So I didn’t use it for about 3 years, and when I turned 30, I thought I’d try it, so I bought a diary again. I bought it and went to Chiang Mai and wrote for the first time. With a “new mindset” and such. I wrote things like “You worked hard today.”
GQ How does Hyeri express her love to Hyeri?
HR She looks at my photos a lot, searches them a lot, and presses 'like' if she can. Hahaha. I think I took about 10,000 photos on this trip. I'm going crazy. Sometimes I get tired of thinking that I'm too lenient towards myself. (An agency official who was present said, "You have to be the most lenient towards yourself.") I thought everyone thought like me, but it turns out there are many people who whip themselves. Then I always say, "Why are you like that when you're pretty? You're so good and so pretty."
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