(echoing footsteps)

- Whoa, ooh, the aesthetics are so nice.

Oh, what is-- oh, are these K-pop people?

Oh, it's K-pop, huh?

♪ (singing in Korean) ♪

- I love K-pop.

- This is K-pop.

Yeah, I have no idea who the hell this is.

- Before I was on the show, I was requesting BTS

to be on Teens React.

- Ooh.

♪ (electronic dance music) ♪

- It's pretty artistic.

- 'Ey!

- I like the tune.

- Oh snap, some sick moves.

♪ (rapping in Korean) ♪

- Catchy.

- The song's got a really good flow.

- They're so pretty.

- They look so good! It's so good.

♪ (singing in Korean) ♪

- Where's the volume button at? Bump this. (laughing)

- "Kill me gently." (laughing)

Same. (laughing)

- That's so cool.

- Ooh, gosh!

- It's super aesthetically pleasing. (laughing)

- Dude, I love watching K-pop music videos

because they go so ham with them.

- Damn.

- Whoa. Whoa.

- Is it like an Angel of Death thing?

- Is he kissing the statue? Oh, okay.

- Okay, you did that.

- You gotta detach yourself from the fact

that he's kissing a statue, and just appreciate how hot he looks.

♪ (singing in Korean) ♪

- I don't know. I just appreciate this so much.

The choreography is so good.

♪ (song concludes) ♪

- (gasping) Oh, he's cracking.

Oh my god-- the symbolism in that though.

- I enjoyed it.

It's not really my cup of tea, but I still enjoyed it.

- I liked this video compared to the other ones I've seen,

but, as a whole, I don't like it.

- All of their videos always impress me.

Their dance moves are always on point,

like, the whole aesthetics is always on point,

and they just always look so good.

- ♪ (keyboard playing) ♪

- It's BLACKPINK, okay.

♪ (upbeat synthpop) ♪

- I'm not trying to be biased here,

but I think I like this a little bit more now.

♪ (singing in Korean) ♪

- Same, be careful around men. (laughing)

- Yes, men are the worst.

They're awful.

- I don't think I like this as much as I liked their other ones.

- I'm loving the camera angles though.

They did a really good job on this.

- It's so colorful.

I notice this about a lot of Korean music videos.

I love the color and, like, all the visuals that it gives you.

- ♪ Look at me, look at me now ♪

- I-- I never understood the inclusion of the English language in these songs.

♪ (singing in Korean) ♪

♪ Oh uh uh oh ♪

♪ My love is on fire ♪

- Oh, I'm thoroughly enjoying this one more.

- ♪ Now burn, baby, burn ♪

♪ (singing in Korean) ♪

- Just look at the aesthetic!

It's just so-- they're literally singing in a burning building.

Like, that's so cool. That's so cool.

- Really uplifting music.

- Oh, she looks sad now, but I thoroughly enjoyed that.

- I can definitely see them being one of the more popular girl bands.

♪ (electric guitar riff) ♪

- This is EXO.

♪ (singing in Korean) ♪

- Oh, this is a really cool set.

That's so cool.

- ♪ What you think about that ♪

♪ What you think about that, that ♪

- Singing in English or, like, maybe even in another language

is really popular because you don't really see that that much

in America.

- ♪ Hey mama ♪

- There's so many of them.

Oh my gosh, who do I focus on?

- ♪ Just you and I ♪

♪ (singing in Korean) ♪

- You always have to admire the dancing in these videos.

It's very good.

- The dancing is phenomenal.

♪ (rapping in Korean) ♪

- It's pretty sweet.

- The music definitely sounds different.

- ♪ Now 1, 2, 3 ♪

♪ (rapping in Korean) ♪

- 'Ey! That's funky.

- ♪ Every day is a party day ♪

♪ It's a party day, it's a party day ♪

- Pretty catchy. I like it.

♪ (electric guitar riff) ♪

- Oh, dang, EXO, oh!

I hear people talking about this all the time.

- That group was probably the best

out of the ones I've seen, like, ever.

- I've never really taken the time to listen to any of this,

but I've liked them all so far.

- I actually would probably look into it now.

Before, I really had no interest in it.

♪ (punk rock music) ♪

- (FBE) Okay, so, before we start talking about these artists,

the K-pop fandom seems to be very split

about K-pop react videos, even though FBE has been making them

for almost five years.

Many think YouTubers only do it for views,

and that non-fans watching just say uninformed things,

and when big channels cover K-pop, it brings K-pop too into the mainstream.

So, what do you think about that criticism?

- Like I said in the last K-pop video,

their fanbase is really, really intense.

- From a fan perspective, maybe you don't want them

to be all just-- everyone knows about them

and you're not the only one that knows about them.

- People who do react videos to things, the reason isn't necessarily

to be mainstream and jump on the bandwagon.

It's to shows people's reaction to things,

if they may not even know these bands.

- People are gonna say uninformed things on everything,

and you've just kind of got to live with it,

and just, you know, let the press happen

because the more attention you get, the better it's gonna go.

- (FBE) On the flip side, others have said they became

big K-pop fans because of our shows or other channels' videos,

and say it helps make these bands more popular,

to get global audiences.

What do you think, hearing that?

- I think that's really good because some people,

they don't really know that much about Korean music artists.

- I just like being able to learn more about different cultures,

so I see this as a very positive thing.

- People who click on this video are gonna go watch that video

if they like it, or if they laugh, or are interested.

- Just because, you know, people become exposed to it

through this, or something like that,

that doesn't make them any less of a fan.

You've got to be exposed to it somewhere, at some point.

- YouTubers, um, making videos about K-pop

really helps more people get into the fandom,

and then later, they'll go deeper in,

but it just helps them as an introduction.

That was me.

I think I saw Big Bang on the first YouTubers React.

- (FBE) Okay, so let's talk about the bands.

The first video we showed you was for the song

"Blood, Sweat, and Tears," by the group BTS.

- Okay, I figured the title had something to do

with blood, sweat, and tears.

- (FBE) Their fans really have been requesting for us

to show you this, as the video broke records

for the most views in 24 hours by a K-pop group,

and most sales in a week for a K-pop album,

and the highest ranking album on the Billboard Top 200.

- Holy crap!

That's really impressive.

That just kind of blows everything out of the water.

- They have so many views right now. I'm so proud of them!

- (FBE) The band also wrote and co-produced their latest album,

as well as dove into many social issues.