POP EXPRESS

Song: Sometimes I run. Sometimes I hide. Sometimes I'm scared of you. But all I really want is to hold you tight.

Britney Spears: I was born 17 years ago in Kentwood, Louisiana.

Song: Treat you right. Baby all I need is time.

Britney: Before I was talking, I was singing.

Song: ...be so shy. Every time that I'm alone I wonder why.

Interviewer: You've had some success.

Britiney: Big 1)splurge was my car.

Interviewer: Tell me about your car.

Britney: I just got a Mercedes SL500. And it's so beautiful. It's white; it's a 2)convertible and the stereo 1 system is 3)awesome 2. So, I love my car.

Interviewer: Do you get to drive it much?

Britney: Not really, but when I go home it's wonderful 'cause I can escape the world and drive.

Interviewer: What do your friends think of all this?

Britney: They think it's so cool. They're so happy for me.

Interviewer: That's great.

Britney: Yeah.

Interviewer: So, about this video, this was your idea?

Britney: Yes, it was my idea.

Interviewer: Come to the beach?

Britney: Come to the beach, I mean how awesome is this! Beautiful!

Interviewer: Kind of a little mini vacation for you?

Britney: My first big break was the Mickey Mouse club. It was so much fun and I got to work with Keri Russell. She's on Felicity now.  She's like so beautiful and so sweet. And Justin and JC and they're in N' SYNC right now, and who else... Ryan Gosling, he's doing the new series called the Hercules. 

Interviewer: Hercules.

Britney: I was on Star Search one night when I was like nine years old. It was, I was so nervous. I was so nervous and I won one and I lost one. And I was so sad when I lost. I was a total 4)goof.

Interviewer: Well, what did you do when you won?

Britney: I was just like, I called everybody. I called all my friends. I was just like “Guess what?” So there's a lot of dancing, and you know, it's taking place on the beach. And we're dancing out on the 5)pier and I have all my dancers with me. And there's not really in depth story line, but there's, you know, a love interest in it. And he's really, really cute, my sexy man. And it has just been fun so far. I hope it turns out well.

Britney: Just you know to be positive to wards 3 life and just be confident with yourself and go for what you believe in, totally.

Interviewer: Peace all.

Britney: Peace all man.

Interviewer: Perfect.

Song: Sometimes I run. Sometimes I hide. Sometimes I'm scared of you. But all I really want is to hold you tight. Treat you right. Be with you day and night. Baby all I need is time.

Britney: I want to say hello to all of you out there right now watching “Ask Britney”. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful questions. I wish I had a lot more time to answer a lot more, but I don't because I'm on tour right now. But I hope you love my album and I hope to see you soon.

     Singer Michael Jackson has announced that he will be releasing 4 his new album in March of next year. Along with his new album, he also told the press that he plans to release 5 a new - Oh, what's this? - Jackson Five Album. This long awaited 6 album will be produced by Jackson himself, along with Teddy Riley, R.Kelly, and Rodney Jerkins.

　 The popular group WESTLIFE recently visited their fans right here in Korea, and POPS & SOUL is sad to say that group member Nicky was out sick. Unfortunately he didn't make it to the interview.  But he's in Korea and we hear he's going to be just fine. Why don't we go meet them right now?

     “Hi, we're WESTLIFE. I'm Kian, I'm Mark, I'm Bryan, and I'm Shane!”

     WESTLIFE's 6)debut 7 album set a new record last year, producing 5 number 1 hits in a row. We wanted to know what their purpose was for coming to Korea. Let's see what they had to say.

    “Basically 8 the main reason why we came to Korea this time was to promote our new album, which is called “Coast to Coast”. Another reason would be sort of to thank the fans for supporting us on our last album, to give them some performances and interviews to watch. But mainly to promote the new album “Coast to Coast” and being in Korea is absolutely amazing. They're giving us such a great welcome just basically very, very nice people and we feel very comfortable here.”

      They tell us that they were a bit apprehensive 9 about their new album because their debut album was such a huge success. They mentioned that they worked extrahard on this album. Let's find out the details from them.

    “OK, the second album compared to the first one, I think, we're matured with this album. I think the songs in general are generally better songs. You know, vocally 10 wise, I think, you know, we've performed a lot better on this album. Production wise, I feel that the production is a lot better on this album. Plus we've brought in some more mid 11 tempo 12 and up tempo songs for this album.”

     WESTLIFE sends their congratulations to President Kim Daejung on winning the Nobel Peace prize. WESTLIFE will be performing their new song at the awards ceremony. So all of you WESTLIFE fans, be sure to watch it. Let's wish WESTLIFE good luck over the future.

Speaking of WESTLIFE, the next world pop video I'm about to show you guys is the newest video from their latest album “Coast to Coast”.  It's titled “My Love” and was actually the number one hit single on the UK chart last month. WESTLIFE has produced five number one singles on their debut album, and was noticed for being managed by former BOYZONE member Ronan Keating. Are you guys ready? Here's WESTLIFE with “My Love”.

                        流行乐坛

歌：有时候我跑，有时候我躲藏，有时候我害怕你。可我最最希望的还是紧紧拥抱着你。

布兰妮：17年前我生于路易斯安那州的肯特伍德。

歌：好好待你。宝贝我需要时间。

布兰妮：我是先学会唱歌，后学会说话的。

歌：……如此害羞。每当独处我细想原因。

记者：你取得了一些成功。

布兰妮：要好好夸一下我的车。

记者：跟我说说你的车吧。

布兰妮：我刚拿到一部奔驰SL500。它非常漂亮。是白色的；可随意变换，有很棒的立体声音响。所以我好喜欢我的车。

记者：你常开车吗？

布兰妮：不常，但当我开车回家时感觉棒极了，因为开车让我逃避世界。

记者：你的朋友们是怎么想的呢？

布兰妮：他们觉得好极了。他们为我感到高兴。

记者：太好了。

布兰妮：是啊。

记者：那么，这次拍音乐录像是你的主意吗？

布兰妮：是的，是我的主意。

记者：到海滩上拍？

布兰妮：到海滩上拍，我说这真好啊！美极了！

记者：对你来说算是放个小假吧？

布兰妮：我第一次放大假是在米老鼠俱乐部。玩得很高兴，我还和凯莉·罗素一起工作。现在她在幸福乐队。她甜美可人。贾斯汀和JC现在在”超级男孩”乐队，还有谁来着……莱恩·郭斯令，他正在拍摄新电视剧《大力神》。

记者：《大力神》呀。

布兰妮：九岁大的时候，一晚我上了《寻星》节目。我当时好紧张。我太紧张了，赢了一个又输掉了一个。我输的时候伤心极了。我那时好傻。

记者：哦，赢的时候你怎么做？

布兰妮：我就打电话给每个人。我给所有的朋友都打了电话。我说”猜猜看怎样？”所以舞跳了很多，你知道，在海滩上跳的。我们去到码头上跳，我所有的舞蹈人员都在。这件事里没有什么特别深刻的意义，不过是掺和有一些倾慕之情的。他是真的、真的很帅，是我的性感男士。至今都还很好，我希望能有个好结局。

布兰妮：你知道的了，人要积极面对人生，要自信，要全心全意地去追求你的信仰。

记者：祝你平安。

布兰妮：祝你平安。

记者：太好了。

歌：有时候我跑，有时候我躲藏，有时候我害怕你。可我最最希望的还是紧紧拥抱着你。好好待你。每天与你在一起。宝贝我需要时间。

布兰妮：我要向每位收看”向小甜甜提问”的人问声好。谢谢你们的好问题。我希望自己能有更多的时间来回答更多的问题，可是不行，因为我现在正在旅途之中。可我希望你们会喜欢我的唱片，也希望我们能尽早见面。

   歌手迈克尔·杰克逊宣布将在明年（2001年）3月发行唱片专辑。他还告诉记者，他计划与这张新专辑一起发行一张新的--噢，是什么来着？--《迈克尔五兄弟专辑》。这张让我们翘首以待的唱片是由杰克逊自己，还有特迪·李力、R·凯利、罗德尼·杰金斯一道制作的。

   大受欢迎的”西城男孩”乐队最近在韩国造访他们的歌迷们，《流行乐坛》很难过地告诉大家，乐队成员尼基病倒了。他不幸地未能接受采访。不过他也在韩国，我们听说他的病情将要好转。现在不如让我们去见见他们吧！

  “嗨，我们是西城男孩。我是金恩，我是马克，我是布莱恩，我是沙恩！”

　 西城男孩的第一张专辑去年突破新记录，一连创下五个排行第一。我们要了解一下他们到访韩国的目的。现在看看他们是怎么说的。

　“我们这次来韩国，基本上主要是为了宣传我们的新专辑《此岸到彼岸》。另一个原因是为了感谢歌迷们对我们上一张唱片的支持，为他们做一些表演和接受一些采访。不过主要还是宣传新专辑《此岸到彼岸》，能到韩国来实在太好了。他们非常热烈地欢迎我们，人们非常、非常友好，我们在这儿感到很自在。”

　 他们告诉我们，他们对新专辑有些不放心，因为上一个首张专辑太成功了。他们提到说，他们在这张唱片上花了格外多的工夫。我们还是多听听他们的详细情况吧。

　“好的，我认为第二张专辑同第一张相比起来，我们成熟了许多。我认为里面的歌从总体上来说要好一些。你知道，在演唱方面，我们在这张唱片里的表演更精彩了。制作方面，我觉得制作方面也好了许多。而且我们在这张专辑里放了更多的中板歌曲和快节奏歌曲。”

　 西城男孩向金大中主席恭贺他获得诺贝尔和平奖。他们将要在他的获奖庆典上表演。所以各位西城男孩的歌迷们一定要收看啊。让我们祝愿他们的明天会更好吧。

   说起了西城男孩，下面我要给大家听的就是选自他们的最新专辑《此岸到彼岸》。歌名是《我的爱》，上个月在英国单曲排行榜上确确实实名列第一。在他们的第一张唱片中，西城男孩拿到了五个单曲的排名第一，因经纪人是前”男孩地带”成员朗南·济汀而引起大家的注意。你们准备好了吗？现在请听西城男孩演唱的《我的爱》。

1) splurge  n. 卖弄，夸耀 

2) convertible  a. 可转换的 

3) awesome  a. 可怕的，敬畏的

4) goof  n. 呆瓜    

5) pier  n. 码头

6) debut  n. 初次登台