1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,160 Speaker 1: Popularter New Year. 2 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 2: Guys, what. 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 3: Welcome to Daily Variety, your daily dose of news and 4 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 3: analysis for entertainment industry insiders. It's Thursday, February nineteenth, twenty 5 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 3: twenty six. I'm your host, Cynthia Littleton. I am co 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 3: editor in chief of Variety alongside Ramin Setuda. I'm in 7 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 3: la He's in New York, and Variety has reporters around 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 3: the world covering the business of entertainment. In today's episode, 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 3: we'll hear from Variety's Jazz tank Cake on her odyssey 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 3: with the cast and the musicians behind K Pop Demon Hunters. 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 3: That greeting you heard at the beginning was a clip 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 3: from the screening and panel that Variety hosted on February 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 3: seventeenth at the Egyptian Theater. It coincided with the publication 14 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,639 Speaker 3: of varieties special standalone K Pop Demon Hunter's issue, and 15 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 3: it coincided with the lunar New Year. We'll talk to 16 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 3: Jazz and will have highlights from her panel, which brought 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 3: together for the first time the three actors and the 18 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 3: three singers who powered Netflix's animated musical Smash. But before 19 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 3: we get to that, here are a few headlines. Just 20 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 3: in this morning that you need to know. FCC Chairman 21 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,199 Speaker 3: Brendan Carr told Fox News that the Commission has initiated 22 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 3: enforcement proceedings against ABC's Deview for violations of the equal 23 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 3: Time rule. The FCC chairman's latest crusade against long held 24 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 3: norms is to deem that late night and daytime talk 25 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 3: shows are not news and therefore need to adhere to 26 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 3: equal time rules involving political candidates. ABC News, which produces 27 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 3: the View, had no immediate comment. Sanders Stern is bringing 28 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 3: the curtain down on her forty year career as an 29 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 3: entertainment executive. Stern will step down as vice chairman of 30 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: Lionsgate TV Group in March. She helped build the TV 31 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 3: division into one of the industry's largest suppliers over her 32 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 3: twenty three years with the studio. Sixty Minutes is on 33 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 3: the move. The Manhattan office of the venerable news magazine 34 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,559 Speaker 3: will move across the street on West fifty seventh into 35 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 3: the facility that houses most of CBS News. It's only 36 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 3: across the street, but that separation that sixty Minutes traditionally 37 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 3: had of being in its own building was symbolic, and 38 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 3: so is this move. All of these stories and so 39 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 3: much more can be found on Variety dot com right now, 40 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 3: Jazz Tank, I think you are now officially a K 41 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 3: Popdemon Hunter yourself. You spearheaded this. Variety did a standalone 42 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 3: K Popdemon Hunter's Issue, the definitive story of this movie 43 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 3: and all of the artists and the pop group Hunterricks 44 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 3: that has had this hit that you cannot get out 45 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 3: of your head Golden for so long, and it culminated 46 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 3: in a special standalone issue that published on Tuesday, February seventeenth, 47 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: and that coincided with a screening and a post screening 48 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 3: Q and a You're going to hear some portions of 49 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 3: who I know, how invested, how much you love this 50 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 3: movie and the story of it. What was it like 51 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 3: for you to be at the Egyptian talking to fans 52 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,119 Speaker 3: and talking to these great artists that you have come 53 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 3: to know. 54 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 4: It was so special and magical because the issue celebrated 55 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 4: is the first time the singing and acting voices of 56 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 4: Hunters were together, so that was our exclusive. To keep 57 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 4: that a secret for like months was so hard, and 58 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 4: then to have them come together in the evening when 59 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 4: it was pouring rain and to see the Egyptian filled out, 60 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 4: It was so magical because it was also so special 61 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 4: for these women. We happened to launch your on lunar 62 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 4: a year, so to hold it up in front of 63 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 4: an audience, they were so moved and the you could 64 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: feel the love like it was back and forth. So 65 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 4: it was a very emotional evening, but yet fun because 66 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 4: you know, you can't be too serious. 67 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 3: You've got to have a little bit of of when 68 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 3: you're talking about Yes, probably black players. It's a great 69 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 3: example of how Hollywood is escapist and can be confection 70 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 3: but underneath it all, it's a business, and it's a 71 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 3: business of human artistry. You Jazz tank A captured that 72 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 3: so well. Let me just ask you, what was the 73 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 3: question that you were dying to ask them that you 74 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 3: got in last night? 75 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, So it was so ej has been 76 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 4: very vocal about having to write Golden and how she 77 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 4: kept in the A five note. 78 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 3: It's a very high. 79 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 4: Note that we hear her sing. The question that I 80 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 4: was dying to us was actually going back to Ray, 81 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 4: who says when she was trying to audition for the movie, 82 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 4: she was like, I'm absolutely not going to sing that note. 83 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 4: Ray does not sing that note, and I was like, 84 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 4: but do you hit it and what was it like? 85 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 4: And she tell us a story so you can hit 86 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 4: listen to the sound bite. 87 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 3: All right, well, well listen for her answer. You're about 88 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 3: to get on a plane for us to go to 89 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 3: London to do some more incredible craft cover for us, 90 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 3: and we'll probably talk to you about that later when 91 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 3: you get back. And I can't wait for listeners to 92 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 3: hear the highlights from your panel with the voice actors 93 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 3: and the musical actors that so enlivened K Pop Demon 94 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 3: Hunters Safe Travels, Jazz, thank you so much, as Jazz said, 95 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: recapping the K Pop Demon Hunter's experience was so emotional 96 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 3: for the group, even though they've been riding the waves 97 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 3: since the movie premiered last June. We'll start our panel 98 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 3: highlights with Audrey Nuna talking about what the movie's success 99 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 3: and the recognition from Variety has meant to the Korean diaspora. 100 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 5: Wow, I think today, I'm thinking a lot about our Groundmas, 101 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 5: our moms, our great Groundmas and just every you know, 102 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 5: every person who has allowed for us to sit here 103 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 5: today and you know, sit on the cover of Friday magazine. Yeah, 104 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 5: I think about the sacrifices that they had to make, 105 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 5: the kind of honestly bullshit that they had to deal 106 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 5: with in order for us to kind of live these 107 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 5: lives of full expression and fully embrace all the parts 108 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 5: of ourselves, which is what this genius film is so 109 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 5: much about. So I just feel like, you know, it's 110 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 5: not just seeing a project succeed. 111 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 6: I feel like this is the story of. 112 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 5: Our lives and also just being on the end of 113 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 5: a thread of history that goes back so so, so 114 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 5: so long, and here we are in this present moment, 115 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 5: and honestly, I just feel so so grateful and proud 116 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 5: of each and every one of you guys, and also 117 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 5: just anyone that this film represents. 118 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 2: May I just feel like we have now been blessed 119 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 2: with this superpower where we just get to make people happy, 120 00:06:54,960 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: children happy. That feels like a huge superpower. It's insane. 121 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 2: I have never been more popular with children in my life. 122 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 2: I still am kind of like, pinch me about it. 123 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,239 Speaker 2: It'll probably land tomorrow, Henry. 124 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 7: It just again just reminds me that there's so much 125 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 7: to be proud about about who I am as a 126 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 7: Korean woman. Yes, I am much more than that, but 127 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 7: there's so much that goes into who I am, and 128 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 7: a lot of it is Korean. So just reminding myself, Wow, 129 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 7: you should be so proud because you're so bad ass. 130 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 7: Look at your mom, look at your aunties, at your grandma, 131 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 7: look at what they raise you to be, and look 132 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 7: at what you're doing. So, if anything, that should be 133 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 7: a reminder touturing bigger. 134 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 6: There is no ceiling. If you think there is, it's imaginary. 135 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 6: Go break it. 136 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 8: You want to come down to Giung Because when we 137 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 8: talked about it, like, you know, what did it mean 138 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 8: to get a script that really centers on Korean folklore 139 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 8: at the heart of its narrative. 140 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 9: I think there's so much any avenues of storytelling we 141 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 9: have yet to explore, and this is just the beginning 142 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 9: of it. And it's been such a pleasure to see 143 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 9: all the animators and Maggie and Chris and the screenwriters 144 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 9: and everyone else who's behind the camera talk about developing 145 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 9: the story and the details that went into it. All 146 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 9: of the attention to detail feeds into this larger thing 147 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 9: of historical importance. And like the spiritual connectedness I feel 148 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 9: with this movie and Sinners, the power of music reaching 149 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 9: through time and space, and like the power of your 150 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 9: ancestors to fight mythological creatures. I think is incredible and 151 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 9: moving and striking when you watch it on screen, it's 152 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 9: so cinematic. 153 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 4: Ray, I've got to ask you writing Golden, what was 154 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 4: it like singing or should say, you know, wrapping. 155 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 6: The the was like? 156 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 8: Talk about your thoughts when you first heard and saw 157 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 8: those lyrics for Golden specifically Okay, well. 158 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 7: Initially that high note, the A five that you hear 159 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 7: EJ hit. I was supposed to sing that for the 160 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 7: audition material, but I was just like. 161 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 6: No, sorry, out to my arrange. 162 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 7: Can't do it, and if I try, it's probably gonna 163 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 7: hurt my chances of getting this rule. So I just said, sorry, 164 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 7: can't do it, but here's. 165 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 6: Everything else, and so got the role. Yay. Now I 166 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 6: had to actually sing it, so it's like, what in 167 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 6: the world. 168 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 7: So actually, first day of recording and I walked in 169 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 7: and EJ was hitting that A five in the studio 170 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 7: and that's how we met her. And no raw live vocals. 171 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 7: I thought it was they were tuning and they were 172 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 7: fixing it. Nope, that was just her live. I was 173 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 7: so shocked. I was extremely intimidated because I like saw 174 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 7: it in like the flesh of how it's supposed to sound, 175 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 7: So it was like, Okay, no pressure, Uh, this one 176 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 7: line I have to sing. It requires me to be 177 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 7: like vulnerable kind of ish and so then you know. 178 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 6: Ian Eisendrath, our music executive music producer. 179 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 7: He was phenomenal working with him back for really channeling 180 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 7: the emotion and with voice, singing, acting. I like often 181 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 7: found myself crying in and out, like during my breaks, 182 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 7: just because it pushed me a lot and also forced 183 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 7: me to reflect internally about. 184 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,319 Speaker 6: Like Jilda Drama, Oldrey, what about You? 185 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 5: And I was so humbled by this project in so 186 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 5: many ways because I learned so much. I kind of 187 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 5: thought like, I'm gonna step in and do this thing 188 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 5: I've never done before, and then I'm gonna walk away, 189 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 5: you know. But this song really changed my perspective on 190 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 5: a lot of things. But even from a music standpoint, 191 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 5: I think that at the time, especially when I recorded 192 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 5: a lot of the music that I was listening to 193 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 5: just coming out all the time, I felt very disconnected 194 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 5: to it and I didn't really understand why. I think 195 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,479 Speaker 5: looking back, I'm like, I think there is such a 196 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 5: glorification of nonchalance sometimes, especially in the era that we're 197 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 5: in right now, or we're all cool. Everything's cool, everything's aesthetic, 198 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 5: you know, whatever that means to each person. And I 199 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,479 Speaker 5: think Golden is a song that you are putting yourself 200 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 5: out there. If you're singing that song, if you are 201 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 5: jamming to that song, if you love that song, you're 202 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 5: connecting to a part of yourself that is so in 203 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 5: a way vulnerable and in a way so pure. And 204 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 5: I think it really just brought back this like naivete 205 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 5: that sometimes being in the music industry for a long 206 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 5: time takes away from you, which is like, wow, we 207 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 5: can actually really yearn for something, hope for something, really 208 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 5: actually you know, bust ass trying to get the note 209 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 5: right and do the take seventy times if you need 210 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 5: to do it, because maybe you're just not good enough 211 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 5: yet to do it, but you should keep trying. I 212 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 5: think that that energy really mobilized my life in ways 213 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 5: that I only unders stand now and just completely change 214 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 5: my perspective on the point of music, honestly, and the 215 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 5: point of making things that connects with people in a 216 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 5: way that's not too cool to you know, to really connect. 217 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 3: So thank you EJ. 218 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 10: For that I would have dreamed of a movie like 219 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 10: this when I was a kid, but then to see 220 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 10: where we've come, I mean, this is very meta, and 221 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 10: I feel like this movie is so beyond all of us, 222 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 10: and it's like just to be able to be a 223 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 10: part of it. I feel like I've sort of kind 224 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 10: of gotten this like research of energy and hope, and 225 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 10: I'm like a dreamer now, and I. 226 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 6: Also feel like I'm like fifteen years younger. 227 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 10: I'm like, I feel like this movie has made me 228 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 10: have hope in this business again and reminded me why 229 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 10: I love movies and how this all makes me feel. 230 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 10: And again, I love that our movie makes people feel good. 231 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 3: Go ahead, EJ. 232 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: It's really weird because this film, not only just watching it, 233 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: but in the creation of it, was a very very 234 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: healing journey for me. You know, I was dropped as 235 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: a K pop training as a kid, and you know, 236 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: heard a lot of things about my singing voice, you know, 237 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: to be honest, saying that it was a too low 238 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: or kind of ugly. So while writing the songs, you know, 239 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: I was very ashamed of me being dropped as a 240 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: K pop training and this movie kind of allowed me 241 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: to embrace that side. Actually, it was actually a superpower. 242 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 1: That hurt that I had and the pain that I 243 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: went through kind of helped me write the songs. You know, 244 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: my experiences in k pop training training helped in writing 245 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: some of the concept of songs like your Idol or 246 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: even with Golden like when we wrote it, like it 247 00:13:54,640 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: really helped me accept my voice and challenged me to 248 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: sing and to be confident in to be able to 249 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: sing those high notes. So, you know, I just think 250 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: this movie saved me, to be honest. 251 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 3: As we close out today's episode, here's a few things 252 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 3: we're watching for. Don't miss the CNN Variety town Hall 253 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 3: with Timothy Chalomage and Matthew McConaughey, airing Saturday, February twenty 254 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 3: first on CNN at seven pm Eastern. The two actors 255 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 3: sat down in Austin to talk about a whole lot 256 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 3: of things in front of an audience of students from 257 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 3: the University of Texas. Don't miss it. Monday marks the 258 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 3: deadline for Warner Brothers Discoveries, seven days of negotiations with 259 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 3: paramounts guidance. Who knows what will transpire over the weekend 260 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 3: After that, Netflix gets four days to match any new 261 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 3: offer from Paramount's guidance, We'll be all over it. Keep 262 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 3: watch on Variety dot com and Wednesday, February twenty fifth 263 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 3: will bring Paramounts Guide Dances fourth quarter earnings report. This 264 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 3: Monday also marks the dawn of a new Dick Wolf 265 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 3: franchise on CBS CIA revolves around a secretive and roguish 266 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 3: CIA agent played by Tom Ellis and a Buy the 267 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 3: Book FBI agent played by Nick Gelphus. David Hudgens is 268 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 3: the showrunner and speaking of things that are golden in 269 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 3: difficult times, it's always good to know where you can 270 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 3: find a TV friend. The Golden Girls is joining the 271 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 3: lineup of me TV starting March sixteenth. We love to 272 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 3: hear from our listeners, so please send thoughts, scripes, and 273 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 3: other feedback about Daily Variety to podcasts at Variety dot 274 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 3: com before we go. Congrats to Patrick Harris. He's been 275 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 3: named Senior VP of Global Media Revenue for Roku. Harris 276 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 3: comes to the streaming and channels platform after working in 277 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 3: ad sales and partnerships for Snap and for Meta. Thanks 278 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 3: for listening. This episode was written and reported by me 279 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 3: Cynthia Littleton with contributions from jazz Tonkey, stick snicks hick picks. 280 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 3: Please leave us a review at the podcast platform of 281 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 3: your choice, and please tune in Monday for another episode 282 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 3: of Daily Variety.