1 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: Let's make. 2 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of The 3 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: K Factor. Everything k Pop with your host Bomhan, your 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: best source for the latest K pop news, updates and 5 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 2: general Asian entertainment. 6 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 3: This is our first episode back for the new year 7 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 3: twenty twenty six. 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: And this year we're expanding our horizons from not just 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: K pop news, but also anything. 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 3: Entertainment in the scope of Asia. 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 2: Before we chat a bit, I'm gonna bring you, guys 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: k pop updates as we are normally used to. 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 3: In the realm of K pop. We have Stray Kids 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 3: and their concert film Stray Kids the Dominate Experience, kind 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 3: of bouncing off of their Dominate tour and it's hitting 16 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 3: theaters really soon, literally like in like three weeks, as 17 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 3: soon as February sixth, inviting used to join them on 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 3: their sold out stadium tours. These films are always super inspiring. 19 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: Literally, when I was like eight years old, that was 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 2: the first time I watched one of these like kind 21 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 2: of concert tour like documentaries, and it sparked such like 22 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: emotion in me that I went home that night and 23 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: had a dream about me performing in front of like 24 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 2: forty thousand people. 25 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 3: And that's what literally changed my life. 26 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 2: So I had that dream and I was like, you 27 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 2: know what, that's what I'm gonna do with my life 28 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: and I'm gonna pursue it until I die. And that 29 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 2: was coming from one of these concert film experiences. 30 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 3: So if Straight Kids. 31 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: Is someone that you guys hold dear and like you 32 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 2: guys would like to kind of like be inspired and 33 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: join them along on that tour, please It's hitting the 34 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: theaters as soon as February sixth. So Strake Kids, if 35 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 2: you guys love Strait Kids, that's something for you guys 36 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: to do. 37 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 3: XO. 38 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: Another group is also coming back. Their new album Reverse 39 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 2: is set for release on January nineteenth, twenty twenty six, 40 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: and they haven't made a comeback since twenty twenty three. 41 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 2: This is the Unction, I'm not. I shure have a 42 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 2: lot to say that Exo is coming back. They haven't 43 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: made music in a while, and I'm very very excited. 44 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: I don't think I can call them the Junction, but 45 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 2: definitely they are a little bit older now, they're still 46 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: beautifully just as talented, and I see them promoting on 47 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: all these other podcasts and they're looking just as amazing 48 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: as they always used to. And yeah, speaking of people 49 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: coming back who haven't been back in a while, BTS 50 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: is also back. 51 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 3: BTS is coming back March twentieth. March twentieth, everybody remember 52 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 3: March twentieth. 53 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: They're coming back with a new album and a new 54 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: World's tour, announcing seventy nine shows across thirty four cities. 55 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: Tickets pre sales start January twenty second to twenty third, 56 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: with general sales starting January twenty fourth. 57 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 3: Once again, they're coming back March twentieth. 58 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: Their tickets pre sales start January twenty second to twenty third, 59 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 2: and the general sales start January twenty fourth. I wouldn't 60 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 2: wait for the general sales because I am going to 61 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 2: buy them all. 62 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 3: You are competing against me. 63 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: If you're refreshing that page, just know that I am 64 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: refreshing the page with you, and I am snagging your tickets. 65 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 3: So Betest is back. 66 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: We've been talking about BTS kind of like hopefully coming 67 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: back for the entirety of this podcast existing, and now 68 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 2: it has finally arrived, and yeah, speak things being back, 69 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: We're also back. iHeartRadio and all these things is beautiful. 70 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: And with this new year, we're gonna touch on a 71 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: little bit of entertainment happening in other parts of Asia, 72 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: and for example Japan. Japanese city pop is making a 73 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 2: huge resurgence across the entire world, trending literally globally, and 74 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: one of my favorite songs happens to be a city 75 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: pop song, and I'm like, wait, it's trending again. 76 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: So it's pretty interesting. 77 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: I wanted to share my favorite songs and hopefully we 78 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: get more opportunities to kind of talk more about the 79 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 2: entertainment happening in these areas of the world. 80 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: But just a little soft touch. 81 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: Today, I want to give my favorite city pop recommendations 82 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: for you guys to kind of explore the genre, a 83 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: genre from the nineteen seventies. Yeah, so one of my 84 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: favorite songs is fly by Day by Toshiki Kato Matsu 85 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 2: and it's a beautiful song. I literally listened to it 86 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: with my dad at one point. And another song is 87 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: Plastic Love by Maria Takiyuchi. So these are my two 88 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 2: favorite songs from this genre, and it's kind of researching again, 89 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: so I kind of want to see where this goes, 90 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: and if you guys want to kind of like listen 91 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 2: to these songs and get the vibe. I recommend these 92 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 2: two songs to start, and I do you know, my 93 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 2: favorite songs. And that's just kind of like a soft 94 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 2: touch of like this new segment that we're trying to explore, 95 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: you know, but that's enough of like cape on news, 96 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 2: capop updates and like all these things, these big major 97 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: things that aren't kind of like the day to day 98 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 2: stuff like we've had like UK pop idols, kind of 99 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 2: like sitting artist sections being tired. 100 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 3: We've had. 101 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: We have news with like new genes, Danielle leaving and 102 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: creating her own personal Instagram account. But we'll kind of 103 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: leave these to like the next episodes, you know, kind 104 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: of like good day by day stuff as we start 105 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 2: doing this podcast more regularly. Today I kind of just 106 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 2: want to like talk to you guys, kind of update 107 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: you guys on like what's been going on and like 108 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 2: the realm of me Bomhan the host, you know, and 109 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: like where this podcast has been and where this podcast. 110 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 3: Is going to move. It was good, it's going to 111 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 3: go moving forward. 112 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean the podcast took a break, my 113 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 2: page took a break. 114 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 3: Everything just took like a little bit of a break. 115 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: And in that time, me personally I have joined a 116 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: new group called Project Capture, and Project Capture is if 117 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: I if you guys can spare me a little bit 118 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 2: of time to like talk about my own little personal 119 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: project right now. 120 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 3: It's called k Capture. 121 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 2: It's capture with a K, and it's about me and 122 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 2: a bunch of my friends who all used to be 123 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 2: K pop trainees coming together sharing this dream of like 124 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 2: performing together when we were kids and then ending up 125 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 2: in like separate companies and like separate places in life, 126 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 2: and then now we kind of come back and we 127 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 2: want to like do one last hurrah of like doing 128 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: like a tour together or like performing together and all 129 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 2: these things. And this entire project was my idea and 130 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 2: it's all independent. It's coming out of my own podeck kit, 131 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 2: and it's about us. It's about our stories, about our 132 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: story as friends, and also about the fans and making 133 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 2: memories and like how can the fans memories be a 134 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 2: part of our memories and like kind of how can 135 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 2: fans be a part of this last hurrah that we're 136 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 2: doing to kind of like push this push this thing 137 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 2: all the way to the end of the tourm you know, 138 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 2: and like you know, it's like it's like everything I've 139 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 2: learned over the years and like kind of like putting 140 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 2: it together. 141 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 3: Like I'm having a lot of fun, and it's been 142 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 3: very busy, Like I've had my friend. Oh, one of 143 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,239 Speaker 3: the friends is. 144 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 2: Anthony or some of you guys know him as June, 145 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 2: and he was on the podcast literally earlier last year 146 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 2: talking about his experiences being in CJ Entertainment and Cube 147 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: and kind of leaving that company and then joining like 148 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 2: a company in Atlanta, being taken advantage of like stuck 149 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: in a contract for like five years, not being able 150 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 2: to get out coming out of that contract, and like 151 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 2: being like five years behind in school. He was like 152 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 2: a super senior, Like he was like literally going to 153 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: school like fourteen year old as like an eighteen year 154 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 2: old because like literally like K pop like like like 155 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 2: took his entire life and then like he couldn't go 156 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 2: back to like a normal life, you know, and like 157 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: I'm not like airing out his business like literally he 158 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 2: has come on the podcast to like say all these things, 159 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 2: but like yeah, he's like finally like kind of been 160 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 2: in a comfortable position in his life. 161 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 3: He got out of his last contract and now he's. 162 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: Kind of like floating around like being a dance teacher, 163 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 2: being all these things. And now he's a part of 164 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 2: Project Capture. Me and Anthony are performing together. Literally we 165 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 2: have this new setting and like all these things to 166 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,119 Speaker 2: like kind of like move into like his home together 167 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 2: to like prepare for these performances. He actually moved here 168 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 2: four weeks ago, and we have been pre we have 169 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: been preparing for this tour and like this kind of 170 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 2: like Capture experience for the past four weeks, rehearsing every 171 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 2: single day and like all these things, and like, yeah, 172 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 2: our first show happens to be in New York City, 173 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: Lower East Side Bowery Electric. So if you guys are 174 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 2: in New York, if you guys are in the area, 175 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: if you guys want to come and like check it out, 176 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 2: you guys can like come. 177 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 3: It's like fifteen dollars. 178 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 2: If you guys can't afford fifteen dollars, She's like message 179 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: me and like you guys are probably get in for free. 180 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 2: It's like it's literally just like about having fun and 181 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 2: like showing up and like being friends. 182 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 3: Like we're all friends when we come to these concerts. 183 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,119 Speaker 2: It's gonna be like max like one hundred people every show, 184 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: and we're all gonna interact and like all these things. 185 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 3: So yeah, it'll be fun. What was I saying? 186 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, if you cannot make it to the show, there 187 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 2: will be content posted about each one of these events 188 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: and whatever we do. 189 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 3: If you come to these events, you're gonna be on 190 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 3: our social media. 191 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: You're gonna be on these things, and you're gonna be 192 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 2: remembered as part of this journey that we're all on. 193 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 2: So yeah, I'm kind of going this long rant about 194 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 2: like this little group, this little Project Capture group, because 195 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 2: like I have been, That's where I've been for like 196 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 2: the past couple of like weeks instead of like doing 197 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 2: my other responsibilities. 198 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 3: Sorry guys, but yeah, we're. 199 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 2: Gonna bring this whole experience on tour, and like I'm 200 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 2: very excited hopefully like a lot of the K Factor 201 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 2: listeners can also kind of join us and experience this 202 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 2: kind of like K pop slash rock concert. 203 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 3: Kind of blend and have fun with us. 204 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 2: Like, for example, like a lot of the concepts that 205 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 2: we're doing that is very like fan engaging, is like 206 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 2: having like camcorders be given now for free at the door, 207 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 2: and like you walk in first fifty people, they get 208 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 2: a camcorder. They get to record themselves, they gets to 209 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: record the fans, they get to record like their experiences 210 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 2: done dancing, they get to record the concert that we're doing. 211 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 2: And then at the end of the tour, we're gonna 212 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 2: take all the SD cards and then we're gonna make 213 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: like one big music video with all. 214 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 3: You guys's footage. 215 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 2: And it's like literally like this is the celebration of 216 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: our friendship and you guys are part of it, and 217 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 2: you guys create it, so it'll be fun if you 218 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 2: guys can make it. We're gonna be going to all 219 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 2: these cities. If we come to your city, you guys 220 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 2: will hear about it because I'm gonna be gapping about 221 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 2: it NonStop because it's literally all I'm doing. And maybe 222 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 2: and then you can also like start co co hosting. 223 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 2: Like some episodes we'll kind of like figure it out. 224 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 2: But like you know, today it's about the K factor. 225 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 2: This podcast has literally been like a a how how 226 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 2: to say, It's like a like a rock that I 227 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: can lean on and be like, you know what, like 228 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 2: everything is all right. You know, we've been going through 229 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 2: like ups and downs in our life and only thing 230 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 2: that's been steady is like, you know what, we're gonna 231 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 2: do this podcast every single week. You know we're gonna 232 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: come in here, We're gonna be in front of this 233 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 2: mic and we just talk kate pop. Just just get 234 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 2: out our feelings, get out, get out our updates, and 235 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 2: get all these things. I could be like literally like yeah, 236 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 2: I'm not even tell you guys all what this all 237 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 2: this stuff that I was going through last year, but 238 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 2: whatever it is, I was still able to come here 239 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 2: and have a steady presence in front of you guys, 240 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 2: to be able to kind of like talk into like 241 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: you guys' ear while you guys are already commute to work, 242 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 2: commute to school, commute like wherever, and just like kind 243 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 2: of having me like gap in your ears is like 244 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 2: it's such an honor and such a privilege. 245 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 3: So thank you for allowing that to happen. 246 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 2: And this year we're gonna be cranking it up notch 247 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 2: instead of just K pop and like K pop guests. 248 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: We've been getting like requests for like all these people 249 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 2: to come in, but like they didn't. 250 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 3: Quite fit that that mold. 251 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 2: You know, I feel like a lot of like guests 252 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 2: that we had last year, like Moon for example, it 253 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 2: was like, it's a beautiful artist that we want a 254 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 2: platform and like has an amazing story. It's hell that 255 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 2: has these K pop elements, but at the end of 256 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 2: the day, it doesn't fit exactly. So we want to 257 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 2: kind of like break that mold a little bit of like, 258 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 2: oh hey, like guess is not K pop exactly, But 259 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 2: if you're anywhere adjacent, just come and like, you know. 260 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 3: Like we're here to have a conversation. We're here to 261 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 3: have fun, you know where I'm here. 262 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 2: To to to shoot the craps to like to be 263 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 2: able to sit here and like connect and like connect 264 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 2: and let you guys see these artists through my eyes 265 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 2: and like how I can interpret their story and their 266 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 2: emotions and like their journeys, because like I've also had 267 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 2: a crazy journey, you know, and it's like I have 268 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 2: I have a deep range, I have all these things 269 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 2: like whatever you through, yeah, I've probably been there too, 270 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 2: you know. So I hope that you guys can like 271 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 2: connect with these artists that we bring in that aren't 272 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 2: exactly K pop molded. 273 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 3: And uh yeah. 274 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 2: That's where the direction of this K Factor podcast is 275 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 2: going to go. And iHeart video is blessing us with many, 276 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 2: many great opportunities coming. 277 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 3: And I hope that we can all enjoy. 278 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 2: And watch this podcast grow, you know, and like this 279 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 2: is also me on camera for the first time. 280 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 3: I think I haven't been on. 281 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: Camera for this podcast for like a month and a half, 282 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 2: no two months when was the ampers in one podcast 283 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 2: that was like two months ago, I think, And like, 284 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 2: look like I look different, you know, the setting looks 285 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 2: a little bit different. 286 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 3: We're probably gonna be in like different studios in and out. 287 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 2: But we found our voice, we found our little pocket, 288 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 2: and we found where we are comfortable, and we found 289 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 2: where we shine. 290 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 3: So we're gonna lean into that out a little bit more. 291 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: And hopefully with this like new look, this new kind 292 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 2: of visually experience, we can just have an amazing podcast together, 293 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: amazing place to go every week to like get all 294 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: these news have some fun shoot. 295 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 3: The crabs, you know what I mean? 296 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 2: And you know what, We're back from commercial break now, 297 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 2: and I actually I was gonna wait. 298 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 3: I was gonna wait until next week. 299 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie to talk about this whole new 300 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,079 Speaker 2: Jeans Danielle situation. I kind of quietly grazed and like 301 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 2: kind of touched on it throughout the episode, kind of 302 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 2: being like, oh, like, I'll talk about it later. I'll 303 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 2: talk about it later, but this has been eating me 304 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 2: up inside and I can't kind of like wait to 305 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 2: like share this story with you guys. And also I 306 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 2: kind of like what I think if it even matters, 307 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 2: and objectively, I'm gonna kind of like catch everybody up 308 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 2: on the teat like who is Nugen's, who's Danielle, who 309 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 2: is all these who's all these people? So so to 310 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 2: catch everybody up from the very frigging beginning. Eugens is 311 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 2: arguably one of the biggest girl groups in South Korea 312 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 2: at the time of their debut when they debuted it 313 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 2: under A Door, a sub label of Hi BTS's company. 314 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 2: The CEO of A Door at the time of their 315 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 2: debut was a woman named Minhi Gin. 316 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,079 Speaker 3: She was doing pretty well and then one day she. 317 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 2: Was audited because Hibe caught win that she was trying 318 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 2: to break off of the company and become independent with 319 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 2: New Genes. And once this news broke out and she 320 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 2: was audited, she was forced to quit. In August of 321 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, and New Genes sided with Minhi Gin. 322 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 2: They didn't like it, and they protested Hibe on a 323 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 2: YouTube live stream stating that they are terminating their contracts 324 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 2: with a door if you guys don't bring back my 325 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 2: boss Minhi Gin. And then hib was like, hey man, 326 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: you can't do that. And then they sue New Genes 327 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 2: and they're like, yo, you can't just break your contract 328 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: because it's not how it works, and you guys can't 329 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 2: really perform activities until this thing is settled, and you 330 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 2: guys cannot do anything outside of your contract. 331 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 3: And as this lawsuit is going on, Eugen's goes, you 332 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 3: know what, freak the rules. 333 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 2: And then they go and they rebrand as NJZ and 334 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 2: then they start scheduling events and concerts and like charity 335 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 2: events and all these things. So the court eventually go like, 336 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 2: hey man, you can't do that again. And the court 337 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: comes to this conclusion and side completely with a door 338 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 2: and rules that each member needs to pay one billion 339 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 2: Koreean wand or in USD is about seven hundred thousand 340 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 2: dollars for every instance that they violated their contract, which 341 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 2: is a lot of times up until this point. 342 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 3: And now each member. 343 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 2: Is now in debt for all these activities and the 344 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 2: troubles that they have caused signing with Minhi Jin. 345 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 3: On top of all these things. 346 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 2: After this ruling has happened, Danielle, one of the members 347 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 2: of New Genes, which is kind of like the kind 348 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 2: of star of all this controversy, has been kicked out 349 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 2: and blamed for a lot of things, and it's rumored 350 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 2: that Danielle's family has been sued for up to one 351 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 2: hundred and eight billion, one or eighty million US dollars 352 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 2: for the troubles that they cause. There's all these different 353 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: numbers floating around of like eighty million dollars or like 354 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 2: thirty million dollars. Either way, thirty million dollars or eighty 355 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 2: million dollars, that's a lot of money. If I was 356 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 2: sued for two million dollars, I'd be in generational debt. 357 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 2: But I don't think it really matters what the exact 358 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 2: number is. She sued for a lot of money, and 359 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 2: it's very unfortunate. There's two different sides of this, because 360 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 2: this controversy has been going on for I think about 361 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 2: like two years now now that it's twenty twenty six, 362 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 2: and there's a lot of publication on the news painting 363 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 2: the girls in a certain way, and there's a lot 364 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 2: of fans who have been following them because they were 365 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 2: one of the biggest groups of all time, who are 366 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 2: attesting to their character and how they're just sweet, Like 367 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 2: they're just sweet little girls, like chasing their dreams, like 368 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 2: like pursuing this k pop stage and all these things, 369 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 2: and now all of a sudden they're stuck with literally 370 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 2: generational debt because they didn't understand the rules. And there's 371 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 2: like different sides to this where if you guys just 372 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: follow the news and like what the television programs and 373 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 2: like what the hard facts say is that at the 374 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 2: end of the day, these these people, these these members 375 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 2: in this group violated a contract and now they're suffering 376 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: the constant questions of violating this contract. On another side, 377 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 2: there's nuances of them like not knowing what they're doing 378 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 2: and just kind of like starting off this whole fiasco 379 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,959 Speaker 2: wanting to like sing and dance and like chase their 380 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 2: dreams and moving to Korea and then seeing like their 381 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 2: their cherished boss kind of like. 382 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 3: Go through things and they're like, you know what, we're 383 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 3: gonna stand up for. We're gonna stand up for our boss. 384 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 2: And now all of a sudden boom generational debt, and 385 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 2: it's like they don't they don't deserve it because on 386 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 2: one side, you're trying to do the right thing, you're 387 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 2: trying to follow your heart, you're trying to do what 388 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 2: you believe in. 389 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 3: On the other side, this is the law, and you 390 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 3: have to do the right thing in the frame of 391 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 3: the law. 392 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 2: And then they did do things like rebranding when they 393 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 2: weren't supposed to, mus when they weren't supposed to do 394 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 2: all these things when they weren't supposed to, and now 395 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 2: they're suffering very, very real consequences from that. And now 396 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 2: people are also making them an example of like, hey, 397 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 2: this is what happens when you violate a contract. 398 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 3: This is what happens when all these things. 399 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 2: It's like a contract is a contract for a reason, 400 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 2: Like you can't just you can't just whatever. But it's 401 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 2: like there's also the nuance of like the people who've 402 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 2: been following these girls for a long time, and for example, 403 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 2: Danielle has been very outspoken, and the reason why she 404 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 2: was kicked out was because she was kind of like 405 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 2: the front runner and like the face of like like 406 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 2: being outspoken about mistreatment and k pop companies, and and 407 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 2: and their parents and like their their family being very 408 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 2: outspoken in that way, and like Danielle being like supposedly 409 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 2: the closest to menhigen And and Danielle has like, for example, 410 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 2: gone live talking about all these things that like that 411 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 2: like she would go through. Like for example, like she's 412 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: talked about having to leave a message to like a 413 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 2: group chat before like before using the bathroom to like 414 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 2: ask for permission. She's like, that didn't make no sense, 415 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 2: and it boomed eighty million dollars in debt, and like 416 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 2: she was like, oh, man, like I feel like it 417 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 2: didn't really make sense that I had to like take 418 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 2: pictures of my food and ask for permission if I 419 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 2: could eat this or or or I didn't. 420 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 3: I didn't really like that boom eighty million dollars. 421 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 2: And it's like at the end of the day, we 422 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 2: know about her character and we know about these things 423 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 2: because we followed these people ever since they debuted, like 424 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 2: they were in such mass attention, and like, for example, 425 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 2: Danielle was recently credited for having donated to the YANA organization. 426 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 2: YANA stands for You Are Not Alone. It is a 427 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 2: child welfare organization and they shouted her out recently for 428 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: having donated about three hundred and two million dollars I 429 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 2: mean three hundred and two million one, which in dollars 430 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 2: is about two hundred thousand dollars. And she was doing 431 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 2: this quietly throughout her promotions and never like having. 432 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 3: Like a being credited for He shouted out for it. 433 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 2: And it was on Yana's four year anniversary that they 434 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 2: were like, hey, oh, by the way, Danielle has been 435 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: doing this, and everyone's like whoa, Like why is this 436 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 2: kid with such a good heart standing up for their boss, 437 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: standing up for the things that they believe and only 438 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 2: just have like a dream to like chase all these 439 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 2: things suddenly dealing with a lifetime like probably thirty lifetimes 440 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 2: of consequences over what, you know, just kind of like 441 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 2: following their heart. And it's kind of like, you know what, 442 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 2: at the end of the day, you do have to 443 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: respect these rules, you do have to do these things 444 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 2: otherwise this, you know. So there's all these nuanced and 445 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 2: like all these people like sticking up for like you 446 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 2: know what, you got to follow the rules and like well, 447 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 2: like but she's like such like a but she's such 448 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 2: like a good person and she does a good person, 449 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 2: you know, like to like some like depends on your perspective. 450 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 2: But then like there are like these credits to like 451 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,679 Speaker 2: her character that people are kind of like fighting and 452 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 2: standing for, and like she still has massive star power. 453 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 2: She created like this new instagram, like her personal instagram, 454 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 2: and pr managers from Selene and Omega they're following her 455 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,479 Speaker 2: personal instagram sparking conversations about like the brand's loyalty and 456 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 2: like proving like proving all these things about how dnyak 457 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 2: is still like even actually promote maybe you'll help alleviate 458 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 2: some things. But at the end of the day, she's 459 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 2: in a pretty big hole. Hopefully this whole situation finds 460 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 2: its fri us All finds it finds like a light 461 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 2: at the end of the hunnel. And me personally hearing 462 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 2: these things, it hurts me a lot. And I don't 463 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 2: know how qualified I am so like be able to 464 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: speak fully on like the pain that she endured, because 465 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 2: I haven't reached those those high stoo like being the 466 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 2: greatest like whatever. But I know what it's like to 467 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 2: be a kid and to move away from home to 468 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 2: like audition for all these things and be like you 469 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 2: know what, Like with my life, I just want to 470 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 2: sing and dance and eventually get there and be like, well, 471 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 2: you know what, if you just do these things, you 472 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 2: can sing and dance for the rest of your life 473 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 2: and eventually, like feelings get involved and you're a human 474 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 2: and it's like, hey, there's people that I care about, 475 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 2: Like I want to stand up for my bandmates, I 476 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: want to stand up for my boss, I want to 477 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 2: stand up for my manager, and like what like I 478 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 2: just want I. 479 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 3: Came here to sing and dance, Like why am I 480 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 3: taking pictures of my food? 481 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 2: Like even something that like like. 482 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 3: Like something I had to do. 483 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 2: It's something super silly, but like like something like something 484 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 2: something that I was like, hey man, this doesn't really 485 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 2: make sense. Was like being evaluated I was getting. I 486 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 2: used to get like appurance evaluations where they would I 487 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 2: would just stand there and I would get grilled, and 488 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 2: that was the entire schedule. I would just stand there 489 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 2: and You'll be like, boo behind you have small shoulders, 490 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 2: boo behind you have a big head. 491 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 3: Bo behind your nose looks stupid, and I'm. 492 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 4: Just like okay, and then I and then like like 493 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 4: they could have just like wrote it down and like 494 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 4: made a plan to like fix like some things, and 495 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 4: like before I'm like ready to go on camera or something, but. 496 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 3: They were just like, hey man, your nose is dumb. 497 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 2: And I was like all right, And then I would 498 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 2: go back in my room and just like feel kind 499 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 2: of bad about myself and it's like maybe like there's 500 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 2: a purpose to it, you know. But then it's like 501 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 2: like there's like all these things like I would love 502 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 2: to like speak out on, and but like you know, 503 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 2: it's like it's like that could have been anywhere. 504 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 3: That could have been anywhere. 505 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 2: But like it's like you go into like these settings 506 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 2: and and you expect one thing and it turns out 507 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 2: to be something else. And no matter how much of 508 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 2: a good hearted kid you are, no matter how whatever 509 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 2: like you're gonna want like you're gonna be a little 510 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 2: bit disappointed. And people handle that differently, and new genes 511 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 2: decide to speak up and take a stance, and their 512 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 2: good heart and their good will led them to doing 513 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 2: something against the rules, and maybe their guidance around them, 514 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 2: like adults around them like didn't emphasize how important these 515 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 2: rules were that you had to follow, and it's like 516 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 2: it's not a problem with the kids. It's a problem 517 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 2: with the adults around them not educating them properly or 518 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 2: like being stern enough, or maybe they were just like 519 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,479 Speaker 2: kids and wanted to rebel. Who knows, but like, this 520 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 2: is what happened with the situation. There's people, there's people 521 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 2: supporting Danielle. There's people kind of going against like this 522 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 2: whole like, oh, like, we don't care if your kids 523 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 2: look at this, if you break the rules. 524 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 3: This is what happens to you. But like eighty million 525 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 3: dollars in debt, I mean, that's kind of crazy. That's 526 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 3: kind of crazy. So that's the situation with Danielle. 527 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 2: However you guys feel about it, please let us know 528 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 2: in the comments, Please please share online, go kind of 529 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 2: go crazy. 530 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 3: This is the news that I wanted to deliver. 531 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 2: And there's been recent escalations with Yelle with all these things, 532 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 2: and it's really a story that touched my heart personally 533 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 2: and maybe hopefully touched yours and wherever whatever you guys 534 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 2: decide to do with this information, whether you guys a 535 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 2: following Danielle and like supporting her or like supporting the 536 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 2: decisions of these like major corporations, kind of like setting 537 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 2: an example and like being stern on their decisions. I'm 538 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 2: not gonna lie. I've done a lot of crazy stuff. 539 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 2: I've done a lot of crazy stuff. And my contracts 540 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 2: were very lenient, very loose, and even my termination with 541 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 2: my company like like like it was also very loose. 542 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 2: And I was very grateful for that. And they let 543 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 2: me know. They're like, hey, man, this is very loose. 544 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 2: We love you. And I'm like, I love you guys too, 545 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 2: And they're like, you can keep your name. I'm like thanks, 546 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 2: They're like, you can do any promotions you want. I'm like, thanks, 547 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 2: that's really cool. And then and then like some other 548 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 2: stuff happened, you know, But then not everyone is blessed 549 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 2: with that kind of privilege, and not everyone is kind 550 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 2: of graciously let go in. There's such a such a 551 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 2: such a beautiful, like caring way, and and yeah, this 552 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 2: is an example of how of how cruel and and 553 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 2: unforgiving like life could be, like how cruel and forgiving 554 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: the industry, any industry could be. 555 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 3: And it's like, you break these rules. 556 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter who you are, how kind you are, 557 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 2: how you how how what is in your heart and 558 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 2: your spirit. The fact of the matter is we told 559 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 2: you to do one thing, you did another thing, now 560 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 2: pay And that's the situation. And people are sympathizing with Danielle. 561 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 2: And at the end of the day, this isn't a statistic. 562 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 2: This isn't just like an example. This is a real 563 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 2: person with a real heart, with a real dream and 564 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 2: is now suffering real consequences. So how you how you 565 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 2: guys want to support or or whatever size you guys 566 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: want to take. 567 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 3: That's the news. That's the update, and that's okay. Fact 568 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 3: her and I really wanted to talk about this in 569 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 3: another week, but it was burning at me. 570 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 2: I was like, oh my god, I need to take 571 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 2: a commercial break and I need to settle on whether 572 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,199 Speaker 2: or I'm gonna talk about this or not. 573 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 3: And I decided to talk about it this week. 574 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 2: But I guess I'll see you guys another week and 575 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 2: we'll have other things to talk about and other sides 576 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 2: of the of the kind of Asian entertainment. 577 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 3: But for now, this has been our first episode back 578 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 3: or the K Factor. 579 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: He's a reminder that you guys can listen to this 580 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: podcast a Apple podcast wherever podcast. 581 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 3: You got me by, Oh I'm. 582 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: Just looking for company, save yourself. You don't want to 583 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: get too wrapped up in the middle of it. I 584 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: just want to see your days. Don't think about it, 585 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 1: save myself. I don't want to get to a test 586 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: seven million, aboudy. I'm just showing a link. 587 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:54,719 Speaker 2: I'm just being honest. 588 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 3: I don't want to get caught up you. I don't 589 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 3: want to get done wrong. 590 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 2: Let's don't take this, brother. 591 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 3: I don't want to get caught up. Way too young 592 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 3: to know. 593 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: Please don't make this harder.