Roommate (룸메이트)

'Roommate's' first Christmas party with the special guests they invited over.

Park Jin Young. Joon Hyung's friend of 17 years and whom Jackson loves very much.

And Gook Ju's guest, Baek Ji Young, the ballad queen.

Se Ho, Dong Wook, and Young Ji's family have also come.

Ryohei's friend from Taiwan has been invited.

A day filled with special people.

A Christmas miracle will start now.

A Christmas Miracle.

- Nana, let's get the food. - Okay.

- Mother, let's go. - Okay.

An evening that's full of excitement and joy.

Today's party menu is steamed kimchi and pork ribs and a lunchbox.

The feast they prepared all day will be shared with their guests tonight.

Honey, are we supposed to go to Se Ho's room then?

Hello!

Hello! Se Ho's room is the last one down the hall.

- It's at the very end. - Okay.

- Ji Young, enjoy your meal. - Thanks, Se Ho!

Your room is pretty!

- I'm glad we're eating in our son's room. - Isn't it cold, though?

Let me take care of something. Hold on.

I guess the room is warm enough for you to sleep in here.

- Let's just remove one mattress. - Sure.

- Just move one mattress. - Just stack it on one of the other ones.

[Combining their strength with Dong Wook's brother-in-law.]

- Please enjoy your meal. - Thank you so much!

You can use the bed however you want. Please be comfortable.

Wow.

[Young Ji's mother seems to be getting emotional.]

[My sweet daughter... you're doing well, right?]

Your parent's are here and Dong Wook's sister and husband are here.

Cheers!

- I made all of this. - Thank you.

- Then cheers to Dong Wook! - Cheers!

One more time, Dong Wook. My father like to say 'Cheers.'

Cheers!

- Nana, do you have kimchi? - Kimchi?

- Do you have it? - I think so.

[Ji Young is comparing her lunchbox to Gook Ju's lunch box.]

[She's switching her lunch box with Gook Ju's, because it seems fuller.]

[Taking pictures after the successful switch.]

[The rest of the members and guests have gathered at the dining table.]

So, it's going to be longer?

It ends... it'll be done by the end of April.

[Ryohei and his best friend Yuki are speaking in Japanese!]

So, he signed with you? Really?

Then is Ryohei's friend filming a drama in Taiwan?

Yes, I'm filming a drama.

Yuki has been an active model in Korea.

Currently, he is acting and modeling in Taiwan.

Do you have to speak Taiwanese when you're there?

- You have to. Yes. - Really?

Then how many languages can you speak?

Japanese, Korean...

- I can't speak Korean very well. - It seems like you're better than me.

Even though you're Japanese...

you kind of look like you're Korean and Taiwanese, too.

I don't think he looks Korean, though.

- I thought he was Korean at first. - Me too.

If anything, we're the ones who don't look Korean at all.

That's so true!

The conversation is flowing and never-ending at the sharehouse.

[Who is the person you want to see the most for Christmas?]

[First impression between Jong Ok and Young Ji's family?]

- Here's your corn silk tea. - Thank you.

- When did you prepare this? - It was already prepared.

- Thank you. - Even though we made it, it's really good.

- All of this is homemade. - We made all of this on our own.

- Try the ribs. - Okay.

I'm sure my dad is really sad right now.

Right, Mom?

- My dad... yes. - Is your dad a fan of mine?

My dad wanted to come really bad.

On top of that, if he finds out that were all eating together like this...

Did Young Ji always love to dance and sing when she was little?

She was just a ray of sunshine.

She would just sing and dance if we laid out a mat for her.

- Both of your daughters? - Yes.

For me... if anything...

I loved it when people told me to dance or sing.

Jong Ok's daughter and I are the same age.

- I hear she's studying overseas. - She's a senior in college.

- She left at seven years old? - Yes.

- I see. Is she studying in America? - Yes, she's studying in America.

- You must miss her very much. - My daughter?

Well, she comes to see me whenever there's a break.

[She says they see each other often, but she misses her very much.]

Then she has to do everything on her own.

Yes, she has to since I have no idea.

Even if it's domestic, this generation is so different from ours.

There really isn't anything that we can do for them.

- You're right. - All we can do is hope for the best.

All we can do is watch over them and offer words of encouragement.

Still, living on her own in a different country is pretty impressive.

She's been on her own since seventh grade.

Same for Young Ji.

Jong Ok is thinking about her daughter in America.

- What's her major? - Her major is business.

Wow.

It's completely different from acting, isn't it?

People ask her why she doesn't want to be an actor.

- I bet she's really pretty. - She's not.

She's more attractive than pretty.

But she doesn't want to be an actress

because of all the struggles I had to overcome.

That's true.

I'm so excited for the show! It's going to be awesome.

The three of us are so funny. First we're like this...

[They were totally engrossed with Jong Ok's stories.]

There's not a lot of people that's in Young Ji's position.

She's really lucky.

This came out really well. It's delicious.

Jin Young, this your favorite thing to eat. Dried laver.

Rice cakes and dried laver.

After they debuted, I went to visit them

and it broke my heart when I saw their place.

So I said, 'Hey, let's go eat some meat. I got paid, so let's go.'

Seriously... I've never seen a human being eat that much in my life.

- Each person ate about three servings. - What?

- Each person. - Three servings my butt.

You guys ate over 20 servings of meat.

- There was five of you. - Ah, you're right.

I really ate a lot.

And then I went and threw it all up in the bathroom and ate again.

Because I wanted to eat it so bad

and I didn't know if a chance like that would come again.

- It was that bad? - Yeah.

He wanted to eat more so he would go to the bathroom and throw up.

So, the five of them ate over 20 servings of meat.

Man, it really broke my heart.

- Seriously.. - I was getting choked up watching them eat.

Afterward, I took them to the grocery store and I told them to buy whatever they wanted.

They couldn't at first. So, I was like 'Hey, buy whatever you want.'

At first, they were just getting one or two things and then it just started piling up.

Yeah and we would get snacks instead of real food.

Yeah, things like snacks and crackers. 'Hey, buy everything!'

That was our first meeting and they were just starving.

And at that time, my dream was to go to America

and work with the best in the music industry.

I didn't care if I got paid less for my songs.

So, I said goodbye and went to America.

I came back... and we all listened to the song together.

We just jumped up and down, screamed, and danced all over the place.

Nowadays you can just send the file by email

but back then you had to fly over

and directly place the actual tape in their hands.

- It's true! - Now, it's just by email.

- We had to bring it. - That's so much work.

The lights would be turned off

and we would all listen to the final product together.

The lights are turned off, we turn on the music

and all of us are just sitting there.

As soon as the song comes on, all six of us are like, 'Wow.'

That's how we worked on the album.

Since we worked so hard on the album, we would send one tape to Korea by mail.

I would give my American friend an extra copy for safe keeping.

I would take one for myself to take to Korea

because I'm afraid I might die on the plane.

This album had to be released even if I died so I sent one by mail.

Another one with an American friend. To make sure it made it to Korea.

I've thought of every possible thing that could've happened.

Seriously, we made music with such hope and longing in our hearts back then.

It's different now. It's completely different these days.

Whether I wrote a song or a line... they had to be successful no matter what.

It's not them, that's just me.

These guys also felt like I was a part of g.o.d.

So, you know how your group is named GOT7, right?

It was originally GOT6.

All six of us thought of each other as one group.

That's where the name GOT7 was derived from.

That's why your group is named GOT7. We used to be GOT6.

And we started to get successful suddenly for all our hard work.

Those were happy times. I was really happy.

Basically, we're telling you to have fun and enjoy yourselves.

- You really have to cherish these moments. - That's right.

Also... it may be difficult now, but if you look back...

- You were really happy. - Before you become successful...

You realize how precious those difficult moments were

and how fun it was back then.

But, you don't know that when you're suffering.

It was really difficult at that time.

I hope you guys will be able cherish those difficult moments if they come your way.

Seriously.

[Christmas is more joyful because of longtime friends.]

I saw you do a photo shoot.

- I got a lot of criticism for it. - Why?

It was too racy.

- I think you look beautiful. - People were saying that it was too much.

Forget them! You decide whether it's too much or not.

It's not for them to decide that. You do whatever you want.

I don't know why they only took a picture of my leg

but they thought it was a work of art.

- It's a bit... it is racy. - It is racy.

I think it's fine. You look great.

Not a lot of comedians get to experience something like this.

That's why I had so much fun.

I mean it's important to heed other people's advice

but I just had too much fun to care.

This was taken not too long ago.

You look so pretty!