We Will Channel You! (I'll Win You Over With My Channel / 가로채널)

I'm here at SM Headquarters...

to meet today's contender...

who I will face for Kang Ho Dong's Negligible Battle.

EXO.

Our passion master who I recently schooled.

(At this place where A-list singers, hosts and actors call home...)

(today's contender is waiting for Ho Dong.)

Facing today's contender is a challenge for me because...

there hasn't been any data released about the contender's prior battles.

Regardless, the studio has said that this unpredictable contender...

has already made me suffer a crushing defeat.

I can do it.

(Will the beauty be up for Kang Ho Dong's Negligible Battle...)

(risking herself to receive the "Face Thud?")

(Two months ago, this encounter seemed almost necessary.)

Irene is extremely competitive.

She doesn't like losing.

Rock, paper, scissors.

When you played with Chu Seong Hoon I saw you play scissors...

so that's why I played rock.

She doesn't like losing.

- When you do lose... - I get angry.

She is competitive!

Great!

(In a competition, she can allow herself to become ugly!)

Okay!

What about if Irene competes in Negligible Battle?"

- Yes. - I'm up for it.

I'm up for it.

(Ho Dong and Irene's Negligible Battle is set in stone!)

(Two months later, the day has come.)

(She fears the possibility of a "Face Thud.")

Today's contender is...

(The contender makes her move! Cover and concealment)

Do you know the program "We Will Channel You?"

(Ho Dong gets scared after seeing Irene.)

I was going to meet you on the first floor but you came down too early.

- Really? - Yes.

It's Irene from up close.

It's Irene from a far.

It's Irene from above.

Today's contender is Red Velvet's leader, Irene!

We were doing rock, paper, scissors...

spontaneously in the studio when...

Rock, paper, scissors!

I expected this scenario!

To all the viewers out there...

I normally never say "100 percent" before a match.

I promise you that it's my win 100 percent after a draw.

100 percent swag. Victory swag.

Just you watch. Here we go.

Rock, paper, scissors.

It's because I have no data of this contender.

My efforts just aren't working against her.

- This the official practice studio? - Yes, it is.

This is great.

Doesn't it look like we're here for a jeans commercial?

It's like Beauty and the Beast.

How should I pose?

Just stay natural.

(She is a piece of art just by being herself.)

(A brand new commercial! Is this a cover shoot or a skit?)

(like Jung Woo Sung from back then...)

(Garochae Jean PSA against school violence)

(It's your friends' jeans, Garochae Jean)

(Ho Dong would have been summoned if it weren't for those jeans.)

I'm going to ask you some questions.

This is what I'd like to know.

Well, I felt really good.

- About what? - Well, I found out that...

out of Shin Dong Yeob, Yu Jae Seok and Kang Ho Dong...

out of Shin Dong Yup, Yoo Jae Suk and Kang Ho Dong...

well I'm not competing against them.

You said in an interview that out of the three of us...

you said Kang Ho Dong is the most comfortable to work with.

I heard you were a "Kang Lover."

I've known you for a long time...

and we've met many times...

so that was what I meant about you being the most comfortable.

That's why you're the most comfortable to be with.

It's just that?

There's nothing more?

That story got misrepresented and I heard that you like me the most.

- I guess it was wrong. - Yes.

I heard a false story.

Let's pass on that.

This is a sharp question.

Well...

this is a little political.

We researched in detail beforehand.

There was a big event last year.

It was the visit to Pyeongyang.

The North welcomed our nation's artistic envoy...

including Cho Yong Pil and Red Velvet.

Red Velvet sang and performed "Red Flavor."

They expressed how the audience reacted...

more positively than expected.

The audience responded very well. They applauded very well as well.

There are a lot of stories pertaining to this event.

We have to uncover all the behind stories.

Yes.

- Did you visit North Korea? - Yes.

- You took a photo. - Yes, I did.

- You were in the group photo. - Yes, I was.

It wasn't just you.

- Were you in the group photo? - I was.

There's much speculation about the arrangement in the photo.

Irene was standing next to Kim Jong Un.

People are wondering what that means.

(Irene standing next to Kim Jong Un... what does it mean?)

There are a lot of material covering various speculations.

There's a speculation that it's because he's a fan of yours.

Another speculation is by a North Korean defector...

who is also a piano professor at SNUE...

and he says that Kim Jong Un is very aware of South Korean media.

Since Irene is so popular in the South...

Kim Jong Un stood next to you on purpose to demonstrate this fact...

according to this professor.

What is it?

Answer.

Well...

that's not true.

that's not true.

- You never took the photo? - I'm referring to the speculation.

Did you take a photo next to Kim Jong Un?

I did.

What was the previous event?

- I did a performance. - Okay, after the performance...

So after the performance...

- he asked us to gather around. - After the performance.

So I went...

and he was there.

So we all took a photo.

But it was all of a sudden...

so we just quickly stood in a random position.

We stood...

and we took the photo and I found out later.

("Irene next to Kim Jong Un was 100 percent on purpose!")

I only found out later that I was standing next to him.

When you're in a group and taking a photo...

you don't know where you are in the group.

You only realize later that you were standing there.

So basically you just happened to be there during the moment?

Yes, we just stood...

and only after taking the photo I realized I was standing there.

I don't know why I was there.

Did someone push you there?

- Anything could have happened. - No.

Who pushed you?

Even after taking the photo we can't see it...

because there is no internet there.

- You mean right there? - I found out after coming to Seoul.

- Who was standing next to you. - Yes.

Don't you normally just look around you?

The fact that you didn't know who was there, is so like you.

(This is a normal episode for Irene.)

Normally you tend to just look around to see who's by.

Everything was so hectic then.

The photo wasn't even planned.

This story is new. The photo wasn't planned beforehand?

It was by chance?

They told the artists to gather around.

And you didn't know why?

We were there and he just happened to come.

- But you shook hands with him! - Yes, after shaking his hand...

"Our Leader greeted the artists welcomingly..."

Red Velvet shakes hands with the North's leader Kim Jong Un.

What did you say when you shook hands?

I only shook hands.

You didn't say anything?

You didn't say anything?

I only shook hands.

(Irene was at the center of attention.)

There's a commercial that only the prettiest girls shoot.

It's the soju commercial.

Soju is the definition of cleanliness.