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Chocolat reveals that they trained for 12 hours a day for two years

Posted by VITALSIGN42 pts Thursday, August 11, 2011

The ladies of bi-racial girl group Chocolat recently sat down for a new interview with Star News to give some insight on their personalities and future goals. Check it out below! -- [caption id="attachment_330902" align="alignnone" width="276" caption="Melanie"][/caption] ? (Melanie): "Hello! I'm Chocolat's 15 year old maknae, Melanie. My specialties are singing and cheerleading. You'll be able to see my cheerleading skills soon. I was born in Korea and moved to Hawaii when I was eight. I lived there for about a year and a half before I moved back to Korea. My father was a soldier in the U.S. Armed Forces in Korea, but he's retired now. My mother has known Tia's mother for 30 years so it was through Tia that I found out about the audition and joined. I've trained for about two years. Please give a lot of love to our Tia." -- [caption id="attachment_330778" align="alignnone" width="304" caption="Tia"][/caption] ? (Tia): "I'm Chocolat's cutie dancer, Tia. I was born in California and moved to Japan six months after I was born (that's what my parents told me). My father was a soldier in the U.S. Armed Forces in Korea and met my mother and fell in love. When I was six, my parents moved back to Korea. Since then, I've worked in a lot of children's TV programs teaching English. We moved back to Japan three years later but I wasn't able to learn a lot of Japanese because we stayed in the units. Two years later, when I was 12, I began dreaming of becoming a singer. I practiced dancing a lot at home and later met my agency CEO, which is how I joined Chocolat. I was also a model in Japan (laughter)." -- [caption id="attachment_330898" align="alignnone" width="287" caption="Juliane"][/caption] ? (Juliane) "I was born in Korea and moved to Texas when I was six. We lived there for five years before coming back to Korea. My father was also a soldier in the U.S. Armed Forces in Korea. My mother is friends with Melanie's mother, and it was through Melanie that I auditioned and joined the team. I'm the vocalist of Chocolat. I've always been consoled by music ever since I was little, so I dreamt of singing for others who are going through hard times." -- [caption id="attachment_330776" align="alignnone" width="281" caption="Min Soa"][/caption] ? (Min Soa) "I'm Chocolat's leader, Soa. My parents are both Korean and I was born and raised in Korea until high school. When I turned 17, I went to study abroad in Brisbane, Australia until I turned 22. I majored in art in college but still had a dream of becoming a singer. Through the introduction of another person, I sent a demo recording to our current CEO. He liked my voice and invited me to join the group because he felt that Chocolat needed an unni. A year ago, I came to Korea and formed a team with Tia and Melanie." -- [caption id="attachment_330770" align="alignnone" width="331" caption="Jae-Yoon"][/caption] ? (Jae-Yoon) "While in college, I found out about Chocolat through an audition. I auditioned and joined the team. I'm currently the team's main vocalist and I hope to become to work hard with our dongsengs and unnis to make Chocolat a girl group that's loved all around the world." ------ Q. "Even before you've made your debut, you're already earning headlines for being a bi-racial girl group." Tia: "Our friends saw the articles that went out and supported us a lot. We don't, however, want to earn attention for being a bi-racial girl group. For the past two years, we've trained over 12 hours a day to perfect our vocals, rap, and dance skills. After our debut track, "Syndrome", gets released on August 17th, we're sure that everyone will be able to see our talents then.  I'm repeating myself, but I really want our group to be recognized for our talents, not for being bi-racial." - Q. "There's a lot of girl group competition out there. What do you think the distinguishing factor for Chocolat is?" Min Soa: "Each of our members have something unique about them. Girls of such different charms have come together in one group to show a new color." - Q. "Could you introduce your debut track, 'Syndrome'?" Jae-Yoon: "'Syndrome' is a powerful song that combines both dancing and singing. It's highly addictive, but has lovely lyrics. We're sure you'll fall in love with it when you listen." - Q. "Do you have a girl group role model?" Chocolat: "2NE1 seniors and f(x) seniors. They're unique and have such great talent, we hope to learn a lot from them. Of course, we will be protecting our own unique color." - Q. "Goals for the year?" Chocolat: "Getting our name known is our biggest year. We also want to take home a rookie award, so we're going to work our absolute hardest." - Q. "What are your determinations for the future?" Chocolat: "Amidst such strong girl group competition, we hope to create a 'Chocolat syndrome'. In the future, when people mention 'talented girl groups', we hope that our name Chocolat is thought of first." ==== Source + Photos: Star News via Nate, X Sports News

  1. CHOCOLAT
  2. MIN SOA
  3. JAE-YOON
  4. JULIANE
  5. TIA
  6. MELANIE
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