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♪ (punk rock music) ♪
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A Lamborghini. My type of thing.
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♪ Call me baby ♪
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- ♪ (singing in Korean) ♪ - Is this another...
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- ♪ (singing in Korean) ♪ - K-pop music video?
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You'd think I'd know this language 'cause I'm half Asian,
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but I actually don't. (laughs)
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It's a music video in a different language that I don't understand.
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♪ Hey, girl ♪
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Oh, no, it's English.
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- ♪ (singing in Korean) ♪ - Never mind.
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♪ (singing in Korean) ♪
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Whoa, that's like the Asian Bieber right there.
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It's like Michael Jackson moves.
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♪ Call me baby ♪
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♪ Call me baby ♪
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Yay! (giggles)
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I will call you.
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♪ (drum solo) ♪
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(Finebros) So now it's time for you to choose
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your favorite member of this band.
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My favorite? There are ten of them!
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This is gonna be based off their name.
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I don't like Lay already.
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I like the name Baekhyun, but I don't like what he's wearing.
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Chanyeol looks like a goth freak.
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I think Xiumin or Sehun.
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(Finebros) So why have you not really gotten into K-pop?
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I listen to Classic Rock.
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It's just not my style.
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It's just not my type of music
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and I feel like it would be better if I knew the language.
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Nobody's ever shown me K-pop.
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It's not something I really have been introduced to.
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(Finebros) Why do you think these groups
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with lots of members have not caught on here in the US?
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I don't know.
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I mean, I think it would work better
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because all the fangirls, they wouldn't have to fight
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for as many guys.
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American people are greedy and we want to be the star of the shows.
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American people are dumb, so they couldn't keep track
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of ten people, so we can only keep track of the three Jonas Brothers.
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That's too many guys! That's too much testosterone in one band.
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I don't know, it sounds like a nightmare.
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Girls are more set on one person from the band then they are
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with all of them, but I feel like it's different in other countries.
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Maybe people are like, "Oh, they're all really cute!"
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Or, "They all have great personalities" and stuff like that,
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but it's different here because Americans are just like,
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"Oh, yay, Harry Styles!"
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(Finebros) So all of this is made by record labels in Korea,
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and they build up a lot of hype.
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When there's a new K-pop band, they announce it
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- before there's ever any music. - That's cool!
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It's like Super Smash Brothers, but with people!
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A new challenger approaches.
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Just imagine seeing them on TV, like, "Oh my g-- No! No!"
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And then just, "What?!"
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The excitement you would get from it is so amazing.
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It personalizes every fan to a certain band member.
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Now it sounds like a corporate project almost, like Taylor Swift.
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She's a corporate project.
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There's nothing artistic about her.
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(Finebros) So now there's only ten because two members
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- recently left. - Why?
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(Finebros) And there's controversies and stories like that throughout K-pop
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about really intensive contracts that aren't fair,
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but these people, at the same time, become some of the biggest stars
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in the world.
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What are your thoughts about that balance?
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Well, I feel like if they knew what they were getting into,
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then it's worth it.
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If you can live with the restrictions, by all means, go ahead.
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But, I mean, it is possible that things can be too strict
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and you just can't live with it and you wanna get out of it.
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You kinda knew what you were getting into.
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You should have read the contract, to be completely honest.
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You know what you're signing up for, so you can't really complain.
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Look at what it says on the piece of paper.
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It kinda reminds me of the star system or whatever,
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like way back when in Hollywood.
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They wouldn't really treat the actors or the entertainers very well,
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but you just had to do it if you wanted to be famous
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and you wanted to be a star.
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(Finebros) Do you think it takes away from people's enjoyments
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or thoughts about the band when members quit?
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I think it would.
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We have just suffered the loss of Zayn from One Direction.
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I only cried for three hours.
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I think it can hurt them, but after a while
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they've just gotta move on. They gotta keep making music.
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When someone leaves, it's not really the same band any more,
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especially if they're your favorite, then that'd be really bad.
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And then if they're suing too, you're like, "What?"
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Your whole world's turned upside down.
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(Finebros) What aspects about this group do you think
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make them this popular?
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Probably the dance and the choreography.
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'Cause they have ten freaking people, so there's a lot of diversity.
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They can sing-- a lot of girls like that. (laughs)
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And they can dance. A lot of girls like that.
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Their vocals are on point. It's not auto-tune.
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Their dancing's really good.
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And you don't really see people that dance much in music videos any more.
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I know, from experience, [inaudible].
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The tempo, the flow of the words, it just sounds so great.
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I mean, who doesn't love when a Spanish person rolls their R's?
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(Finebros) Finally, how does it feel being part of the first generation
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to have the opportunity to actually easily be able to find
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- foreign music like this? - That's awesome!
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We can know what's going on, what's popular across the world
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without spending two minutes trying to look for it.
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I've always grown up with Internet,
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- but some people haven't. - (Finebros) Like us?
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That's weird!
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Life without the Internet... that sounds bizarre.
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