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