1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to The K Factor, Everything k 2 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: Pop hosted by Bomhan, and I'm so happy to bring 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: you another episode mostly featuring K pop news for you 4 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: guys this week. There's a lot of things that I 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: am personally excited to talk to you guys about, but 6 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: most importantly. 7 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: Happy Pride Month. 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: This is a special time of the year and I 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: hope that we can celebrate and love our fellow neighbors 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: and remember the things that makes us different also brings 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: us together. I love you all, and K Factor stands 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: with the LGBTQ plus community. We love you guys, and 13 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: I personally dream to build a platform that can uplift 14 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: artists and people from all backgrounds, no matter what you 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 1: come from, what you like, what you enjoy, and who 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: you are and finding the intersections of K pop and 17 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: all aspects of the world, which is what makes K 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: pop beautiful in my opinion. Here's a reminder before we 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: start that you can listen to The K Factor on 20 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or on any audio platform that 21 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: you regularly use. Let's get right into it, okay. On 22 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: the first major front of K pop News on the 23 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: theme of Pride Month, Katsi Megan comes out as bisexual 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: and this is a big deal. I'm sure as a 25 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: lot of people know there's a lot of idols who 26 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: are OLGBTQ plus, but not a lot of people just 27 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: come out and say it. And she came out in 28 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: a hilarious way. She was like, we love bisexuals and 29 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: while mat it, let me also raise awareness about soriasis. 30 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: Thank you, Megan. I'm gonna be honest. I told my 31 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: producer this and he was like, what is soriasis? So 32 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: now another person is informed about soriasis and bisexuals. So 33 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: so thank thank you to the bisexuals, and. 34 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: Thank you to Catsie Meghan. 35 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: This news was so huge that it also became a 36 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: headline in Korea, an airy place that was considered more 37 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: kind of conservative about these things, but have openly embraced 38 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: it more recently. And it shows because this news was plastered. 39 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: All over the trains and all over everywhere in Korea, 40 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: and it's really making a splash. 41 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: I think, so thank you Katti Meghan for your inclusivity 42 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: and your openness about your sexuality and making millions and 43 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: millions of young people more confident in themselves. And I 44 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: think that's the beauty of K pop, and thank you 45 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: for using your voice to share something so wonderful. And 46 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 1: also also speaking of Pride Month, Poys Planet Too. 47 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: It's here. Boys Planet Too is premiering. 48 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,839 Speaker 1: July seventeenth, with the Global Signal song as you guys 49 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: seen last season releasing soon at June twelfth. Right now 50 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: and at the time that we are recording this, it 51 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: is the beginning of June, so it's very very soon. 52 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: So if you're listening to this episode, you can probably 53 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: go check it out. I'll check out the premiere and 54 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: the trailer and all the stuff. There were rumors that 55 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: I was joining Boy's Planet Too, Girl, I'm not. I'm 56 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: in New York, I'm not in Boys Planet. I'm in 57 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: New York City. Voice Planet is pretty far. Some of 58 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: my dear friends are on it, however, So if you're 59 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: a fan of the show, if you're a fan of 60 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: my platform, please go and watch. I'm not going to 61 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: tell you who it is. Just enjoy the show and 62 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: vote for who you think is the best, because that's 63 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: probably gonna be him. And I love my friends. I 64 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: love Boy's Planet and Happy Pride both. Okay, moving on 65 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: from that, we have more news, BTS, ORM and V 66 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: is officially released from the military, and of course RM 67 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: has that goddamn saxophone that he's always carrying it around 68 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: playing it for his members, and now he's playing it 69 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: for himself. And what this feels like to me is 70 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: that we are almost we are almost done collecting the 71 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: Infinity Stones of K pop that we can fit into 72 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: the Infinity Gauntlet and we can save the world once 73 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: and for all or destroy it. Because wherever BTS is 74 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: doing the first tour, oh my gosh, shut that city down, 75 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: because I'm gonna be there too. Okay me, I'm gonna 76 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: be there, My mom's gonna be there, my dad's gonna 77 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: be there, my nephew is gonna be there. I'm bringing 78 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: the whole family out. Okay, shut that city down. I 79 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: love BTS and they are almost almost done. That only 80 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: leaves Jim and Junk and Shuga left in the military. 81 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: We're almost done, guys, stay strong, Army stays strong. We're 82 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: almost there. However, moving on from the past, we have 83 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: the future. There is a group that was recently announced 84 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: called the All Day Project. The All Day Project is 85 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: a group that I'm so personally excited for featuring some 86 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: trainees that were super successful and decorated in their own 87 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,799 Speaker 1: personal field that they represent. They're making their debut June 88 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: twenty third. These trainees include and I will list and 89 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: describe each and every single one of them. One Bailey Sock, 90 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: a professional dancer. I think this name will bring something 91 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: in your head. You're like, wait, I've heard of this, 92 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: Why was she doing in K pop? Okay, Bailey Sock 93 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: is my personal favorite. She's the only one I've introduced 94 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: so far, so I think you guys already know. She 95 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: has choreographed and danced for kpop groups such as Shiny seventeen, 96 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: Idol formerly known as Gidle TXT now Timin, Kai Teyang, Lisa, Rose, 97 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: Jenny and Kai all from the age of fifteen. 98 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 2: I have been watching her videos since I was a. 99 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: Kid, watching her and be like, Wow, I wish I 100 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: could dance like that, And now she's in a K 101 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: pop group. More on that later. I'm going to introduce 102 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: the other members. Okay, Wow, that was a whole big 103 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: brand about my favorite member already and I haven't even. 104 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:15,679 Speaker 2: Introduced anyone else. 105 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: But it's okay because all the other members we have 106 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: any Moon who is incredibly talented and the granddaughter of 107 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: one of the biggest South Korean conglomerates. 108 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 2: Shouldn't say gay. 109 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: They have department stores malls all over South Korea and 110 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: personally some that I've visited, okay, and I've shopped at 111 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: shoudn't say gay. 112 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 2: Okay. 113 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: That means that I have spent at least three hundred beans, 114 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: three hundred of my personal dollars funding All Day project. 115 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 2: You're welcome everybody. 116 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: If you guys enjoy their debut on June twenty third, 117 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: just know that my money is in this, so you're welcome. Next, 118 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 1: we have Buchan, who was a contestant on Show Me 119 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: the Money, a famous famous rap show, and was a 120 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: hip training So if I'm not sure if we could 121 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: play it because it's it's a it's a national broadcast, 122 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: but look him up. 123 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 2: He is incredible. 124 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: Young Soul who was part of Illitt's final debut lineup 125 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: but left before it was made official, so she's already 126 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,119 Speaker 1: earned her badges, she's already done everything that it takes, 127 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: and she's just kind of relocated her talents. And finally, 128 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: we have Tarzan, who's a dude, which makes this a 129 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: co ed group. 130 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 2: In K pop? What the what is going on here? 131 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 2: He is a model and an actor who is featured 132 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 2: in the music video of New Genes Supernatural. 133 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: There's already controversy kind of because of Tarzan because in 134 00:07:54,040 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: the in the announcement teaser footage, I mean the announcement 135 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: teaser photo, he was wearing braids, and a lot of 136 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: people are upset about it, and they're having issues with 137 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: his casual use of black culture and hairstyles and and 138 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: and yeah, I think he's justified. But this whole group, 139 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: I'm very, very interested to see how this debut goes. 140 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: I'm interested to see what kind of promotions they're gonna do. 141 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: And it seems like a powerhouse, just an absolute powerhouse, 142 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: is flying in from the sky. 143 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 2: And I'm so I'm. 144 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: So so thurn happy watching watching Bailey suck from when 145 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: I was like dung and watching her enter the industry. 146 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: A lot of people were even saying that, like, like 147 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: it's a waste of her talent. But in this context, 148 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: in this concept, it's where they're the most decorated in 149 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: their field. Thank you, thank you for doing my girl, 150 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: Bailey talk justice. Just That's all I have to say 151 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: about all day. 152 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 2: Project. I could talk about all day, project all freaking day. 153 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 2: But yeah, and now. 154 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: For today's episode, I wanted to kind of slow down 155 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: and talk about myself a little bit. 156 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 2: It's just me today. 157 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: There's no guests, there's no there's no there's no special occasion. 158 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: I just want to say thank you guys for supporting 159 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: me through my journey and all this a couple. 160 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 2: I think the week before. 161 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: This last episode, we had a mental health episode where 162 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: I sat down and talked with therapists and opened up 163 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: a lot. And I just want to say that we 164 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: received a lot of love and support from that episode. 165 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: And ever since recording that episode, yo, I've been like 166 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: low key locked in like getting these things off my chest. 167 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: I already expected to kind of like get backlash for it, 168 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: Like why am I opening up about this on like 169 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: a platform? Why am I like doing this? Like is 170 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: it like like I don't know, like I don't want 171 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: to come off like looking for pity points or any 172 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: of these things, just like as a person that I am. 173 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: But it's like, Okay, I got it out there. The 174 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: energy is released, and it's not anything for me to 175 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 1: talk about anymore. It's time to move on and whatever 176 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 1: I'm going to do. If people understand me, they understand me. 177 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: If they don't understand me, then then then it's okay. 178 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna create my art, you know. And with 179 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: the album finishing, with the single finishing and all these things, 180 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: like it's it's such a beautiful blend of circumstances and 181 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: and I found like my spark again. 182 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 2: You know. 183 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: It's like with everything, with like the delays and like 184 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: all these like little little things that kind of irk 185 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: at my mental it's it's it's hard to enjoy what 186 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: you do. And and when I was part of my 187 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: old company, watching the people who are my age now 188 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: because now I'm twenty four, I used to just look 189 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: around and as like, oh okay, my my, my hungs 190 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: like my my. The people around me who were older, 191 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: who are also like twenty four to twenty five, they 192 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: did their tours, they released their music, they did their albums, 193 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: and like they're complete and coming from where they come from, 194 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: They're like, dude, I accomplish my dream. And when I 195 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: was younger, like eighteen years old, watching this, I was 196 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: like yo, like but you're not You're not done. 197 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 2: There was a. 198 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: Moment in like this like past like a couple of months. 199 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: I was like yo, like I felt like my youngs. 200 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: I was like, I've toured, I did all this, and 201 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: then I came back to New York. So right now 202 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: I'm in New York. And then I started dancing again 203 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: and I'm like, wow, this this is what it's a 204 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: this is what's freaking about. And then I started journaling 205 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: and I started taking notes and like going to class 206 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: every single week. If you're in New York, you could 207 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: probably find me in a class, like these are public, 208 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 1: open classes, and I hope that more people come into 209 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: these classes. So if you want to come to these 210 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 1: classes to find me, like, so be it, you'll probably 211 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: find me there. And being a part of a community 212 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: and all these things like like it's such a such 213 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: a beautiful thing, and and and never never, never believing 214 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: that you are too good to learn. 215 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 2: I think that's that's super important. And that's what I've 216 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 2: been up to. 217 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: We're while I'm taking class every single day, I'm I'm 218 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: working on singing, I'm making music, uh, doing dance, and 219 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: just working on on creating and being rather than than 220 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 1: showing and talking. 221 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 2: You know, I've done my years of talking. 222 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: I've done there's millions of views of clips where I'm like, 223 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: like like doing all this, but now I can finally 224 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: just just sit and be and then when it's time 225 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: to show, like, for example, we have this rehearsal coming 226 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: up in LA and the shooting for this music video 227 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 1: for dum and with the concepts. Is everything that I 228 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: dreamed of having this production here, having all these things aligned, 229 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: like with the stylist team, with the with the dance, 230 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: and then the director having like these meetings and like 231 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: the treatment for the music video and all these things. 232 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, wow, this is everything is finally working. And 233 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: most importantly, the song. 234 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 2: Is freaking good. Dude. 235 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: It's it's good. It is so good. And I let 236 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: me tell you about this. Let me tell you about 237 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: the song. Okay, if you have heard me myself and I, 238 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: which is my debut single, girl, I went to the studio. 239 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: I spent three hours in the studio and I hired 240 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: my vocal coach to come in and vocal produce me. 241 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: I'm doing air quotes. You can't hear me, you can't 242 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: see it because this is audio only. I hired my 243 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: vocal coach to come audio produce me, and she had 244 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: no idea what she was doing. And she also didn't 245 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: speak English, so she just sat there and then I 246 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: was screaming into the mic for three hours and then 247 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: she and I was like, so, what do you think 248 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: and she was like, I think you should like stops 249 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: training and I was like, oh, okay, how do I 250 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 1: do that? 251 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 2: And She's like. 252 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: Just stop and I'm like, hmm okay, and then I 253 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: just kept screaming, and then I basically took a dump 254 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: in there for three hours, and then I went home. 255 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: He gave me the studio Bounce and I released it. 256 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: I was like, this is great. And then I paid 257 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: dis show Kid nine dollars to mix and master my song, 258 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: Thank you dishow Cakid. 259 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 2: I was like, this was a great deal. I was like, 260 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 2: why would anyone not take this? 261 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: I oploamed my song to Spotify and You're like, yo, 262 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: do you want me to like mix this for nine dollars. 263 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 2: I'm like, yeah, that's that sounds beautiful. And now now seeing. 264 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: All that process that I went through, I still dropped 265 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: like twenty bands on that project, by the way, stupid. 266 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: And now I have a team, a well constructed, decorated 267 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: team that knows what they're doing. Who believes in me 268 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: through all this, like through all this, still stuck by 269 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: my side. 270 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 2: When I give up on myself. 271 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: They they came to me I need back up, Like no, 272 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: I believe in you and kept me going and believed 273 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: in me and really constructed this beautiful thing that we 274 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: have now and we get to show this first punch, 275 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: this first punch of it with d U. I'm dancing 276 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: until moonlight and and that's coming up in like like 277 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: by like next week. And I've just been at rehearsals 278 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: at practice every single day and even at practice, like 279 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: bringing bringing stuff that I learned from class into practice, 280 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: you know, and getting my body right. I'm in the 281 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: best shape of my life. I'm in the best mental 282 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: of my life, all the stuff, and I just I 283 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: just hope that this energy can translate through. So if 284 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: you guys are worried about me, if you guys are 285 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: are are concerned or like like hoping that I'm doing 286 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: well after these the moments that I'm opening up in 287 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: the podcast, the episodes earlier, I just know that there's 288 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: beautiful things coming and I don't want this to be 289 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: like a ten minute. 290 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 2: Add for it. It's just it's just it's just where 291 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 2: I am, you know, It's just where I am. It 292 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 2: is where my headspace is. 293 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: So thank you for supporting the show, thank you for 294 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: making all this possible, and thinking for staying by my side. 295 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 2: And yeah, that's that's what's been going on. 296 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: I had I had a Japan trip that was lined 297 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: up within like I think I planned like a year ago, 298 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: bought the plane tickets, bought the plane tickets for my mom, 299 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: my dad, my my nephew, my sister, and myself. And 300 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: with all this schedule, I unfortunately can't go to Japan 301 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: my and I'm like, oh, those kind of stinks. Everyone's 302 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: going to Japan, And this was gonna be one of 303 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: my parents' last trips because they're sixty five, pretty old, 304 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: not gonna lie Dale Dale, Yeah, pretty old. So there's 305 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: gonna be one of the last trips. And I am 306 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: not gonna be able to go because of the filming. 307 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 2: But I'm so. 308 00:16:55,320 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: Excited, so clear, she's gonna free send me every day 309 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: day I'm gonna and we're gonna be blocked in and 310 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: just just just doing this thing. So please enjoy this 311 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: music video, enjoy this project, Enjoy everything that we have 312 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: coming up, and there's gonna be a release date of Teazer. 313 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 1: All this stuff coming out on my social media at 314 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: boohunt Official and uh yeah. 315 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 2: Thank you. That's it. That's this week we have. We 316 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 2: had k pop news updates, things that I'm excited about. 317 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: And if you're if you were a little bit worried 318 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: about me from the past couple of weeks, and I've 319 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: been a little bit bit quiet just because of the 320 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: rehearsals and all these things and just trying to get 321 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: get class into my daily schedule and just be just 322 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: be excited for the things that are coming. And I 323 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 1: love you guys. Happy Pride Month, and yeah that's the key. 324 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: Pop News for this episode is a bit of a 325 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: short episode. It's audio exclusive. But thank you guys for 326 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: tuning in. Thank you for worrying about me. If you 327 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: guys are worried at all for like the past couple 328 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: of weeks because of the previous mental health episodes, don't 329 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: be I'm thriving. I'm doing well, waking up six thirty 330 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: every single day, going to the gym. I'm not even 331 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: making this up on some Ashton halls. Okay, So yeah, 332 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: thank you guys for tuning in. To the K Factor, 333 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: Everything k Pop hosted by Bomhan this week, and I'll 334 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: see you guys next week. 335 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 2: That's it, Bye guys.