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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and welcome back to The K Factor Everything

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Speaker 1: Kpop hosted by Bomhan, and today we have a very

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Speaker 1: very special guest. His name is Kevin Wu. For kapop fans,

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Speaker 1: this guy needs no introduction. However, for you guys radio listeners,

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Speaker 1: here's a little blurb that we wrote for him just

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Speaker 1: in case.

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Speaker 2: Thanks.

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Speaker 1: Today's guest is truly a global star. He made his

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Speaker 1: debut in in the K pop scene at just fifteen

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Speaker 1: years old. From being part of the beloved group You

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Speaker 1: Kiss to becoming successful solo artists, actor and Broadway performer,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Wu is a force who's bridged cultures through music,

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Speaker 1: fashion and film. Born and raised in California, Kevin helped

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Speaker 1: pave the way for future international K pop idols. Now

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Speaker 1: he's starring in Netflix K Pop Demon Hunters and many

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Speaker 1: many other shows. Please welcome the ever Carve Charas, Matt

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Speaker 1: ever charming Kevin WHOA.

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Speaker 2: I feel very honest, that's a great like little intro.

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Speaker 1: And I feel as though it's not even enough to

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Speaker 1: capture the talent and the personality that you want. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for coming here and being a part

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Speaker 1: of this show today.

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Speaker 2: Pleasure to meet you. Finally, And you know.

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Speaker 3: For K Factor history, you are our biggest guest yet. What.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure you had big guests too, And we were.

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Speaker 1: Talking about this a little bit before the show started,

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Speaker 1: but it was really a long time coming, Like you

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Speaker 1: had so many mutual friends and like the projects that

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Speaker 1: you've been a part of, and like, for example, like

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Speaker 1: James James co James.

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Speaker 2: If you're watching What's.

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Speaker 3: Up, shout out to James.

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Speaker 1: A lot of my fans know, and like, James actually

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Speaker 1: danced in my first music video ever in Korea.

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Speaker 2: Awesome. He's a really, really talented dancer, probably one of

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Speaker 2: the best in the bids I think. And I had

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Speaker 2: a pleasure of working with James on the Cape show

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Speaker 2: I was in. And yeah, I see him all the

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Speaker 2: time on social media. He like dances for so many

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Speaker 2: capop acts when they come over bb BB Street Kids,

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Speaker 2: VMA crazy.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, you met him in New York, New York

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Speaker 1: when you were doing the k Pop Broadway show.

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Speaker 3: How is that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I love New York. I'm glad I

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Speaker 2: just had an experience to like get to live there.

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Speaker 2: I'm originally from the Bay Area in California, so being

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Speaker 2: in the East Coast was definitely like a big switch

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Speaker 2: up for me in terms of energy and vibes.

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Speaker 1: Okay, but you're from New York, right, I'm from New

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Speaker 1: York and actually right now I'm in your home California,

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Speaker 1: and everyone, like I noticed, is like everyone smiles around here.

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Speaker 2: Hey, there's nothing to complain around here. If you've got

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Speaker 2: the sun, there's no I mean, traffic is kind of bad,

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Speaker 2: but you know, you're not bumping into people constantly on

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Speaker 2: the streets. We're never really walking on the streets.

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Speaker 3: Food is good to food is good.

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Speaker 2: Korean food hands down. I had to say, it's better

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Speaker 2: than New York.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 1: I've been looking for good Korean food, Okay. And the

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Speaker 1: best place, like specially you have like a reference. The

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Speaker 1: best place I've been to in La so far was

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Speaker 1: this place called pong.

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Speaker 2: Oh beg jump oh yeah, my friend, really amazing. Again,

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Speaker 2: they are like one of the OG's and they just

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Speaker 2: good if you like ning neon, cuddle ingon, sorry, it's

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Speaker 2: called you Okay, it's like one of the best staple okay. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: And then of course bc D BCD. Is that a

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Speaker 3: California thing?

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Speaker 2: I mean it originated I think in katon Lay. I

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Speaker 2: think I don't know cret me from Ronk, but there

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Speaker 3: Yes, but I do you.

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Speaker 2: Have to say there's a little I mean it's good,

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Speaker 2: it's good, but I feel like the taste is a

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Speaker 3: Okay, okay, cool.

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Speaker 2: I don't want to bash on, dude, but it's a

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Speaker 2: pleasure to meet you because we were just talking about

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Alexa, Alexa, Oh my gosh, talk about this.

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Speaker 3: Shout out Alexa. I love Alexa so much, doesn't And

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Speaker 3: I call Alexa mom because she's so much.

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Speaker 2: Baby. And for you, I've seen the Demon Hunters when

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Speaker 2: they do that. We're about to reenact that thing.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Hunters, my favorite movie ever, me.

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Speaker 2: Too, and I'm the whole world feels the same way too.

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Speaker 3: And you were one of the Saja boys.

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Speaker 2: I was. I was a vocalist for Mysteries Haja wow.

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Speaker 3: Yeah wow. How is that whole process?

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Speaker 2: I mean I'm still processing it, you know. Day by day.

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Speaker 2: There's like a new record, new milestone that this film

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Speaker 3: That you're a part of.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's a huge honor and I'm grateful for

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Speaker 2: the opportunity to participate in such a groundbreaking film. It's

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Speaker 2: major studio like Sony Animations. It's it's epic with.

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Speaker 3: All these pieces. Did you ever see k pop Demon

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Speaker 3: Hunters being as big as it was when you're working

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Speaker 2: I don't think anyone ever expected this to go as

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Speaker 2: viral as it's going. I mean, like the ultimate goal.

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Speaker 2: But I mean, I don't think anyone knows or is

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Speaker 2: get go the songs were bangers. I actually didn't hear

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Speaker 2: the Hunters songs because I only did the Soja Boy song.

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Speaker 2: So last year we actually recorded this in New York.

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Speaker 2: I recorded sort of Popping Your Idol last year and

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Speaker 2: they're very like confidential with like you know, music and everything,

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Speaker 2: and I was like, I'm very curious about the Hunterrick songs,

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Speaker 1: What was the process of like recording the soundtracks for

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Speaker 1: like a group that like isn't real, you know, like

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Speaker 2: Mean, you know, being part of a boy band myself

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Speaker 2: and it's nothing different. You know, I'm recording a pop

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Speaker 2: for me, it was mystery s haja. And the most

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Speaker 2: process of the making of an animation film and it's

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Speaker 2: super cool because like it's like sketches of like you know,

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Speaker 2: it's not completely like done yet, so for me to

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Speaker 2: like literally mystery. So you know, getting the vocal directing

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Speaker 2: of Roomy incredible talent, just like insanely talented, and Ian

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Speaker 2: Eisendrath who is the music producer as well. Yeah, we

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Speaker 2: we were like all having fun, you know, playing around

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was gonna ask like when you were in

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Speaker 1: the studio, they just go like, yo, Kevin Woo, just

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Speaker 2: So you know, like before I flew to New York

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Speaker 2: to record this, they actually wanted to hear, like test

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Speaker 3: And they're still testing you man, that's crazy.

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Speaker 2: But I mean they already I heard my boys, you know,

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Speaker 2: with my Yukus tracks and my solo songs on Spotify

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Speaker 2: I feel like like something that I don't normally do

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Speaker 2: that was really fun to test different tones.

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Speaker 1: Wow wow, and it's your first time doing like an

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it feels like I won the jackpot, honestly,

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Speaker 2: Like you know, it's just for me. It's an honor

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Speaker 2: I'm like, still, I have to pitch myself every day

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Speaker 2: because when I see my Spotify monthly listeners, before Capo

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Speaker 2: Demon Hunter's there was like, you know, anywhere from ten

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Speaker 2: like in my hiatus era. So I was like, okay,

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Speaker 2: I'm just like still working on my music and everything.

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Speaker 2: But after the music, the movie and the soundtrack released,

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Speaker 2: the next day was like one million.

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Speaker 3: Wow, because your your profiles attached.

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Speaker 2: It up exactly pop in your idol rises together. And

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Speaker 2: then right now it's been like two and a half weeks,

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Speaker 2: seven million, and it continues to rise every day.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 2: So every day is just like another milestone after another milestone.

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Speaker 1: So for Kevin Wu fans, does this inspire you or

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Speaker 1: like light a spark for you to like do more music?

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Speaker 2: I mean, so I've been working on music, you know.

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Speaker 2: I just released a single called Deja Vu and Phoenix

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Speaker 2: in April like two months ago, three months ago, and

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Speaker 2: I'm glad I did because there's something for fans or

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Speaker 2: like newer audiences to you know, look up when they

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Speaker 2: see Kevin Wu. But definitely. I mean I already had

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Speaker 2: it just inspired me to make more music.

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Speaker 3: But what is this what is this new single that

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Speaker 2: Yees, So I'm releasing it soon later this summer, and

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Speaker 2: it's like more of like this summer.

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Speaker 3: Bob summer bop, you know vibe.

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Speaker 2: Okay, But yeah, I mean I don't think Demon Hunters

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Speaker 2: I've already been doing. But now with this like new audience,

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Speaker 2: I do feel a bit more motivated. Yeah, sure, more

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Speaker 2: and and it has opened more doors because now producers

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Speaker 1: Literally the part in Soda Pop, Like I didn't know

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Speaker 3: I was like, this is the best in your hand.

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Speaker 3: I'm not even because you're.

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Speaker 2: Like literally that means a lot.

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Speaker 3: I'm so geeked out that you're doing this podcast.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: We have to do the Soda Pop challenge.

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Speaker 2: We have to after this interview. We got to do

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Speaker 3: Your I that's a little hard.

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Speaker 2: A little hard, but you could do it. Okay, you're

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Speaker 2: you're idol trained artists. I'm there, No, But what was

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Speaker 1: Yo?

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Speaker 3: Okay, soda pop was like was and you don't have.

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Speaker 2: To you don't have to like sugarcart it because I'm here.

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Speaker 2: Like for me, my number one is still like Golden, Golden.

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Speaker 2: I have to start with golden, Golden to start my day.

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Speaker 3: The equipment is going to start floating that.

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Speaker 2: Song like it takes me somewhere else. I feel like elevated.

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Speaker 1: It gives me rewrite the stars, yes, yeah, yes, the

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Speaker 2: It also has like those kind of like you know

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's where your part in sort of Pop

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Speaker 3: Actually you didn't do that.

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Speaker 2: I didn't one in your arms just su tied, suit tied.

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Speaker 2: Can I let go? No, No, that's nice. I'm gonna cry,

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Speaker 1: It's about time, dude, Like I I think people are

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Speaker 2: But when I heard your age before we started recording this,

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Speaker 2: I was like, damn, you could be like my, my,

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Speaker 3: Oh that's that's crazy.

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Speaker 3: I remember like we were we were.

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Speaker 1: You've been here, you've been working, like doing films, doing

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Speaker 2: The first ever k pop Broadway show. Yeah, that was

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Speaker 1: I'd say, we need you, dude, Like ever since I

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Speaker 2: I wish, I wish I grew up with someone like me.

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Speaker 2: When I was growing up, I had zero, like literally

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Speaker 2: and like that's my culture. Number one on Nothing, number one,

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Speaker 2: be on social media and not see like black ping

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Speaker 2: Like what is Jenny up to? What is Lisa to? Like?

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Speaker 2: I just went to Black Peans tour in La the

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Speaker 2: Dead Light, yeah, on Sunday and Saturday.

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Speaker 3: I went both.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, because little Flex here like Lisa's you know

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Speaker 2: I've just seen her career just like, oh wow, just

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Speaker 2: seen the whole thing and couldn't be like a prouder

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, oh my gosh, that was amazing.

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Speaker 2: So like yeah, like K pop idols here and there,

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Speaker 1: I feel like it's like such the beautiful thing about

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Speaker 2: You are also making ways too, having your own K

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Speaker 1: That it wouldn't be possible without all the work that

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Speaker 2: And oh man, but you were at the Black Pink concert.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't go schedule that day and I didn't I

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Speaker 2: I'm sure they're playing New York soon, so you you

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Speaker 2: I've been this year.

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Speaker 3: The set list is like a goad jillion songs.

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Speaker 2: No and exactly, and after each member you know, had

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Speaker 3: I don't know if it's like yeah, sorry, that's a

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Speaker 3: Do you think Apasa is bigger than Gungham Style?

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Speaker 2: I mean it's just a different era. I think it's

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Speaker 2: I think the impact it made in this generation was

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Speaker 1: Because I lived in America for a bit and like,

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Speaker 3: Ever They're like too ye too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was insane. You gotta take it out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. If they're making a New York stop and I'm there.

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Speaker 2: Me too, No me, I'm just I'll see what I

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Speaker 1: You have been part of this industry for so long,

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Speaker 1: And aspiration at this moment, Like, what is something that

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Speaker 2: Man, I feel like there's never an end to it,

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Speaker 2: you know, because there are many moments in my life

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Speaker 2: I've always wanted to be an actor. So during the pandemic,

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Speaker 2: I was doing musicals in Japan and Korea. I love theater, obviously,

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Speaker 3: So you're still in Asia during the pandemic.

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Speaker 2: I was, yeah, in twenty twenty, I was still in Korea.

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Speaker 1: You took a huge jump to lead career, like they

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Speaker 2: True, true, But for me, something was fueling and I've

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Speaker 2: always there was there were so many dreams and aspirations

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Speaker 2: But I feel like I needed to start this new chapter.

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Speaker 2: very lucky. Honestly, I don't. I just kind of still

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00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:33,760
Speaker 2: can't believe how big this is getting in in America. Congratulations, no,

442
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,520
Speaker 2: thank you, And your question, Yeah, do I want to

443
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,239
Speaker 2: do more of Hell? Yeah, I want to keep on

444
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,919
Speaker 2: doing more like films as an actor, but I also

445
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,160
Speaker 2: like have an ongoing passion for music.

446
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,480
Speaker 1: Obviously music is at my cores now.

447
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 2: So music is definitely on my list. I want to

448
00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,399
Speaker 2: do tours, hopefully more world tours as a solo war artist.

449
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 2: And I have another movie coming out in January twenty.

450
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,320
Speaker 3: Six Are you allowed to talk about?

451
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,919
Speaker 2: So this film was directed by Anderson Peck, the Grammy

452
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 2: Award winning you know, ultimate musician that like I really

453
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 2: really respect. He is someone that just really is such

454
00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,399
Speaker 2: a musical genius and he came from like he started

455
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 2: from the bottom up, Like he is so respected in

456
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:33,160
Speaker 2: our industry. And for him to like direct and star

457
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 2: in a movie about K pop because it's called K.

458
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 3: Pops Okay Okay, it's called K Pops.

459
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,880
Speaker 2: It's called K Pops Okay, and it's a feature film

460
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 2: and it also stars his real life son Soul Rashid,

461
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,920
Speaker 2: and I star alongside Anderson Pack was just crazy to say.

462
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,800
Speaker 2: It's like, wow, I can't believe it, but but yeah,

463
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,960
Speaker 2: I play like a K pop star in that film.

464
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:56,480
Speaker 3: It's accurate. It fits.

465
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you.

466
00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,560
Speaker 3: I heard nothing but good good things about this guy.

467
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 2: By the way, he is hilarious. He's super talented. I've

468
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,880
Speaker 2: been seeing multiple shows of his one of his concerts

469
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 2: on tour. And also he does a lot of DJ

470
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,879
Speaker 2: sets as d J pee Wee. He does like Coachella,

471
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 2: he does like so many cool parties here in LA

472
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 2: and all around the road, like Vegas too. But every

473
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 2: time I'm with him, it's just he's the life of

474
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 2: the party. Such a such a down to earth, humble

475
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 2: guy too.

476
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's why hear I'm like, I'm like acting like

477
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 3: surprise right now.

478
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 1: I actually had a friend who was working on the

479
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 1: movie alongside Oh.

480
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Speaker 3: Yeah, shout out Emmy, Emmy.

481
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,400
Speaker 2: Oh my god, my little my little tonge saying shout

482
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 2: out to Emmy if you're watching.

483
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 1: The two people that she talked about the most while

484
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 1: she was in production for this movie was Anderson Anderson

485
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,280
Speaker 1: Park and you and me.

486
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:50,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we work together every day nursing and shooting.

487
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 2: Like this whole process was so interesting because it felt

488
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:58,560
Speaker 2: like I returned into, like back in my idol form,

489
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 2: because the training for this movie was just as like

490
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 2: rigorous as an idol training. Because this movie is based

491
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,679
Speaker 2: off like this K pop competition show in this fictional movie,

492
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,639
Speaker 2: and I'm like one of the contestants, and so is

493
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 2: Emmy and and like that's how like this like in

494
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 2: this movie, we that's how we interact. But I can't

495
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 2: spoil too much, but there's a lot of dance obviously.

496
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,119
Speaker 1: Yes, I saw the huge numbers being yeah, choreographed by

497
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: a huge amazing people.

498
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 2: Like Jung look and yes, incredible, incredible, And so every

499
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,919
Speaker 2: day for like I would say, almost a month, we

500
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 2: practiced like the big number and we each had like

501
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,639
Speaker 2: our own moments too, but like we were in the

502
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 2: studio from like ten am to like five pm. You

503
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,720
Speaker 2: know how that feels like right, and you're like, wow,

504
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,439
Speaker 2: I don't I didn't know its signing up to be

505
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,400
Speaker 2: like the debut as an.

506
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 3: Idol, like you're back like ten years later exactly.

507
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,679
Speaker 2: But I had a lot of fun with it, and

508
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 2: just working with such big names in the industry.

509
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: You kind of catch like a little like runners high.

510
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,199
Speaker 1: When you're in the studio for that long, it's just

511
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 1: like okay, we're here.

512
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 2: Yeah. And what really lit a fire up our butts too,

513
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,640
Speaker 2: is that Anderson would come in the studio and check

514
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 2: up on us, and when he's in the back of

515
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,119
Speaker 2: the studio, we would like go from one hundred to

516
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: like one hundred and fifty, like two hundred because if

517
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 2: we want to like please them, like this is his movie,

518
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 2: his baby, and you don't want to like, you know,

519
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 2: you checking a lot he did.

520
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:32,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, that makes it hard.

521
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, so there was no slacking for sure, right yeah, right, Okay,

522
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 2: So you've heard the music for K Pumps and you've

523
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,640
Speaker 2: heard the music for Demon Hunters.

524
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 3: Would you say they're like on the same level.

525
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 2: Man, it's so good.

526
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 3: It's good.

527
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,679
Speaker 2: It's so good. I think it's there's another wave of

528
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 2: a track like aiming for number one spot like on

529
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 2: Billboard Anderson Anderson, Yeah, that number one. And also the

530
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,159
Speaker 2: music's for itself because like the music has just so

531
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 2: much heart in it, and I think what like it's

532
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 2: so charming and so like moving with soundtrack albums is

533
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 2: because you are invested in this story. You're in this

534
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 2: like like ride in this movie, and you feel very

535
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 2: connected with the characters and like the arc of the film.

536
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 2: And so when you hear the music being a part

537
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 2: of that, when you listen to the soundtrack, like you

538
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 2: you relive those moments. Yeah, which was which is what's

539
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:30,879
Speaker 2: happening with Demon Hunters?

540
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, That's why I love Free so much.

541
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 2: I know when when they wore fly, they like hold

542
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:36,120
Speaker 2: hands off.

543
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: There's this trend of like not really a trend, but

544
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: like of albums having these like long extended music videos

545
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 1: where like like a whole album comes together to be

546
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:48,679
Speaker 1: like a movie.

547
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 3: That's like what K pop Demon Hunters, and like these

548
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 3: movies are.

549
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 2: Exactly and I feel like K Pops. I mean again,

550
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,959
Speaker 2: I can't spoil it too much, but that's I think

551
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 2: what is it's gonna be. I have a good feeling

552
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 2: about it. And also the cameos, Okay, I mean, so

553
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 2: this film already premiered at big like film festivals like

554
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,199
Speaker 2: TIFFs around the International Film Festival and also Tribeca like

555
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 2: a few months ago, and so like the secrets already out,

556
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 2: like who's in it? So we have cameos from seventeen

557
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 2: So Vernon is also a cameo in this film. J

558
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 2: Park Wow, Jesse Wow. And like on the you know

559
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 2: Western artist side, we've got like Dip Blow, earth Wind

560
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 2: and Fire up.

561
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 3: What is going on?

562
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,959
Speaker 2: Like earth Wind and Fire just says it all. And

563
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 2: then we have Jaden Smith. Like there's so many cool

564
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 2: cameos that you wouldn't expect in a movie K pops.

565
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a K pop movie.

566
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, and the soundtrack I could already you guys can

567
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 2: already imagine what it'll be like with all these.

568
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: Different ways the fans kind of piece that together. Yeah,

569
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: I'm so happy for you, dude, like even hearing your

570
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: story like a little bit deeper about it and like

571
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: the pandemic, like stepping away, taking a decision to step

572
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: away from K.

573
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 2: Pop, Yeah, because I was so heavily rooted into it

574
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 2: my whole life since I.

575
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 3: Was us is a huge game. Yeah, U kisses.

576
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 2: Also, yeah, we also did make our mark, But I

577
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 2: feel like I needed to remove myself because like I

578
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 2: needed to see the world from a different perspective. I

579
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 2: felt like I was a little bit trapped in a bubble,

580
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 2: you know, with what the media, fans, the label kind

581
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 2: of wanted from me as an individual and as an artist.

582
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 2: So I'm sure you could resonate with this as well

583
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 2: as someone who is from K pop, Like I just

584
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 2: needed some time to kind of like discover myself as

585
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 2: a human being first and foremost, really finding debut when

586
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 2: you were seventeen, yeah, well, actually earlier when I was

587
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 2: fifteen and another group before u Kis. Yeah, no, like

588
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 2: because I love music so much, but when I was

589
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 2: in UKIS, I didn't actually have enough like time and

590
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 2: also capacity to really find my own voice, because you know,

591
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 2: in K pop is very like heavily produced by major songwriters.

592
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 2: You're put in the room with like you know, different collaborators,

593
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,720
Speaker 2: and like, I don't know how K pop is these days.

594
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 2: I'm sure there's more say from the idols themselves, and

595
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 2: like I know bts and other artists like also contribute

596
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 2: to the songwriting. But in our days, you know, we

597
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,280
Speaker 2: didn't really have that opportunity. So I really felt like

598
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 2: this hunger to find my own voice and then to

599
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 2: kind of like reinvent and like find my own paths. Yeah,

600
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 2: it really is. I had a little bit of a

601
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 2: rebellious side to me. I was like, I'm not going

602
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 2: to follow the norm. I'm going to do my own thing.

603
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: I got in so much trouble, like being in Korea

604
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: and like being from New York, like not having that

605
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: noon Chi.

606
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 2: They knew what they were signing up for. They were

607
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 2: starting an American you know training, But no, I feel

608
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 2: like that's also our strength, you know, I'm sorry you

609
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 2: had to go through that, and you know, we all

610
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 2: have our own individual experiences in Korea. But I feel

611
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 2: the same way too as a Korean American who grew

612
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 2: up here. But also, you know, I'm used to Korean

613
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 2: culture because I grew up in a Korean household, but

614
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 2: it's my first time ever living in Korea when I

615
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 2: moved there when I was fifteen, so there were different

616
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 2: cultural nuances that I didn't pick up easily, like you know,

617
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 2: the humbei hube also like the age hierarchy where you

618
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 2: have to like you have to use a different form.

619
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 3: You would never be able to talk like this.

620
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 2: No, you'd be constantly.

621
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 3: I've been here, but for like no, I'm.

622
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 2: Not means like I'm not like a Korean like like yeah,

623
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 2: equivalent in English like.

624
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 3: Like a strict like yeah, man, I.

625
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 2: Don't even want to say it, but gangs like yeah, yeah, yeah,

626
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 2: Neil give me someone.

627
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 3: Well, I don't know, but yeah, I've had my encounters

628
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 3: me too.

629
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 2: But you know, I think you know I now.

630
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 3: Now I feeling nervous.

631
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 2: American podcast, okay, okay, in Korea, it might have been different.

632
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 2: Thank you.

633
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 3: I heart radio. No, you can't even do that.

634
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's crazy.

635
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 3: My hands would never leave my knees.

636
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 2: I hope it's different nowadays. I hope things have changed

637
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 2: after some time.

638
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 3: How was it for you when you were there.

639
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 2: So uh in in Korea? When we debuted, like at

640
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 2: music programs like Music Bang and all those music shows.

641
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 2: So we have to visit the rooms of our sombiz,

642
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 2: our elder or our groups who have debuted before us.

643
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,239
Speaker 2: That's what that's what we call samba. We have to

644
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 2: visit their rooms before the show starts, and we have

645
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 2: to sign our album with each individual name and member,

646
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,560
Speaker 2: and we have to go in and bow with like

647
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 2: you know, the ninety degree angle boo, and then we

648
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 2: had to be like you kissed me that, like it

649
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 2: was very like a military style like greeting, if you

650
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 2: know what I mean, you know, you know right yeah

651
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 2: yeah so and then also after the show, we had

652
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 2: to wait till the show ends and we have to

653
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 2: bow down to the producer of the show and show

654
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 2: our appreciation. Yeah, they're the kings who like you know,

655
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 2: like you know, shows us to be on the show

656
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 2: because it's like so many idols and it's like a

657
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 2: privilege to even be on a show like music cor

658
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 2: or like Music Bank and kind you know the girl.

659
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 2: So I don't know. I haven't performed on a music

660
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 2: show in Korea and years, so I don't know if

661
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 2: that's still the case.

662
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 3: Is still the case.

663
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: And when I was going in and we were preparing

664
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: to do all these like promotions and stuff, like I

665
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 1: had like specific classes, like because they knew that I

666
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 1: was American coming in, so like you got like training,

667
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: like manner training literally.

668
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 3: And like I had to.

669
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: Like learn like wish side to put the spoon when

670
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 1: we're eating and if we're like like ahishy, like we

671
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:29,919
Speaker 1: have to eat at the pace of the eldest two

672
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: hands while the drinks for.

673
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 3: The drinks and like look away.

674
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 2: You can never look at them.

675
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: The youngest you have to flip the meat and cut

676
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 1: the everything.

677
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,320
Speaker 2: Everything Now that you think about is that's crazy.

678
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,320
Speaker 3: Because and like I still made so many mistakes.

679
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 1: But my company they were super lenient with me because

680
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: they knew I was like from.

681
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,439
Speaker 2: New York especially, But you had a little easier because

682
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 2: you have more western features.

683
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,399
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, you look, you know you have Korean. I'm

684
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 1: actually full Chinese.

685
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 2: You're full Chinese. Okay, Okay, wow, yeah, you could pass

686
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 2: have Korean too, but.

687
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,839
Speaker 3: Like they expect a foreigner when they.

688
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 2: Look at Yeah, so they kind of like consider that cute,

689
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 2: like it could slide by, whereas like I look completely Korean,

690
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 2: like I am full Korean. So before I like right now,

691
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,720
Speaker 2: like when I see Korean, like I could speak so fluently,

692
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 2: they won't even recognize my like if I'm American or

693
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 2: a couple like okay, Korean American or not. But like

694
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:30,280
Speaker 2: before I like would speak, they thought I was just Korean.

695
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 2: So if I missed more strict yeah, if I missed

696
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 2: any of those cultural like mannerisms, they would think I

697
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 2: was so like they say, like it's not a job song,

698
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 2: Like who do you say that in English?

699
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: Like like like there's no respect yeah yeah, so so

700
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: disrespectful yeah yeah.

701
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 2: And I was like, oh, I'm just sorry, and.

702
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 3: It's terrible because you're such a nice guy, I know, and.

703
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: It's just like these little things like you didn't it

704
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: was eighty nine degrees instead of ninety degrees.

705
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, then I but heart Yeah.

706
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 3: Yo, that's crazy, that's crazy.

707
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,799
Speaker 2: Yeah. But no, I feel like I fully embraced who

708
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 2: I am at the core, and now I don't have

709
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 2: to like ponder on like which one I am I am?

710
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 2: Like in my Korean I'm Crean American, right, you know,

711
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 2: I could you know, flip, you know, I could wear

712
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 2: both hats wherever I am in, like which environment I'm in.

713
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 2: But you know, I really just embraced me being fully

714
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,760
Speaker 2: Korean American and now I don't have any like insecurities

715
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,879
Speaker 2: about my like my and I.

716
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 3: Feel like a lot of people battle with that.

717
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: A lot of people do and and and that's why

718
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: I'm saying, like you're helping so many people doing what

719
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 1: you're doing, being in front of this huge screen, like

720
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,720
Speaker 1: it's so much deeper than you can realize in that moment.

721
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 1: And then, like I was thinking about your story, like

722
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,400
Speaker 1: I was saying before, like you you left during COVID

723
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,760
Speaker 1: and then you started pursuing Hollywood and this huge project

724
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: cave Off Demon Hunters, being a part of the Saja Voice,

725
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: Like how does that feel being like, Oh, my biggest

726
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,399
Speaker 1: project now is going back to K pop?

727
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 2: Yeah?

728
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:08,720
Speaker 3: I mean I've.

729
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,600
Speaker 2: Never really left k pop. Yeah, So I never felt

730
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 2: like I needed to leave it either. I was always

731
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 2: proud of my roots and like everywhere I went, I

732
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 2: still had that ca pop title to me. Everywhere I go,

733
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 2: even in a room where there were no K pop fans,

734
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 2: I would introduce myself as a K pop artist. I

735
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,959
Speaker 2: was very proud, you know, so like, you know, it's

736
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 2: just also very fortunate to have a film that is

737
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 2: around K pop and that's just like an icing on

738
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 2: the cake. But yeah, I mean, I don't know when

739
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 2: when I first auditioned for this, I never felt like,

740
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 2: you know, this is gonna be my breakthrough moment. This

741
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 2: is just another project that I felt very passionate.

742
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,720
Speaker 3: Boy on a Tuesday. That's crazy.

743
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 2: But hey, funny story though, and I haven't shared this

744
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 2: anywhere else. iHeartRadio Exclusive. But I actually auditioned for the

745
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:04,359
Speaker 2: voice of gu Yeah, so even before Ian the music

746
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 2: producer reached out to me to you know, record as

747
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 2: a vocalist for such Boys, I this was like, I

748
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,399
Speaker 2: don't even know how long ago, this is like three

749
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 2: four years ago. This is when I first moved to

750
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 2: LA In like twenty two. I had an audition opportunity

751
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 2: for Cabo Demon Hunters, but as a voiceover. So this

752
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 2: before like they were recording the soundtrack. Wow, So I

753
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 2: was like, and I remember auditioning for Genu. The scene

754
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,759
Speaker 2: that I auditioned for was when Roomy and Genu are

755
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 2: on top of the hun you know, and then they

756
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,720
Speaker 2: were like when you before free, So their first encounter,

757
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 2: she was like why are you here? Yeah, and like yeah,

758
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 2: he chops his she chops his head off, the first

759
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 2: encounter the pants, the pants. Yeah, that whole scene. I

760
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 2: like remember that whole scene like line by line because

761
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 2: I like memorized it and I had to like do

762
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:59,240
Speaker 2: my audition. But yeah, I feel like that was another

763
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 2: like first step into this because maybe that led to

764
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 2: another opportunity because maybe that audition they remember my name

765
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 2: and maybe they came back to me with another opportunity.

766
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:11,879
Speaker 2: So you just never know.

767
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: I heard the voice overs were like different from the

768
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:16,320
Speaker 1: singing voices.

769
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, so there was the voice over for the for

770
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 2: the acting, and then there were the vocalists for the

771
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 2: singing voices. But you know, regardless of which, you know,

772
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 2: opportunity was. I'm glad I was a part of it.

773
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, the internet would have went crazy if you were Genia.

774
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 1: Have you seen like the trends where they're trying to

775
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 1: like find the characters in real life and they're like, oh,

776
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 1: like oh, like Roomy looks like Jenny, like like oh like.

777
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 2: Genos like chaww.

778
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah you could, you could, you could you could

779
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: pass as Geno.

780
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 2: I think I had the same hair. I think I

781
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 2: kind of like that was going to be. Well, we

782
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:59,280
Speaker 2: both I am not. We have made lead energy.

783
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, thank you, thank you for that.

784
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:08,879
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, I'm just so incredibly like happy about

785
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 2: this film reaching newer audiences because this Capo Demon Hunters

786
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:19,760
Speaker 2: is now like the craze amongst kids, like children anywhere

787
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,279
Speaker 2: from like three to like ten, Like these kids are

788
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 2: the ones who are like watching it ten twenty times

789
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 2: a day, And I have friends who are parents of

790
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 2: those kids. Like you don't know, you watch the six

791
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 2: times six times? I watched it five, Oh, I watch

792
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:39,839
Speaker 2: the six two six six is the charm. But it's

793
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 2: just so fascinating because kids who don't know anything about

794
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 2: K pop or like K pop groups are discovering K

795
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 2: pop and other groups like Huntricks and so Boys in

796
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 2: the real life through this movie.

797
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 1: And Korean culture and clothing the stuff with the cat yeah,

798
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,959
Speaker 1: and like just so many, so many like symbolism that's

799
00:40:59,000 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: just deeply Korean.

800
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,799
Speaker 2: Man, imagine if we had this in our days, and

801
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 2: I don't know you were born in a different generation.

802
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 2: So for me even even less so, like I always

803
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 2: had to hide like the smell of my kimchi pokma

804
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 2: kimchi fried rice, like like bento box in my in

805
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 2: my backpack because like I was so scared people would

806
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,359
Speaker 2: like make fun of me, and like I would never

807
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 2: wear like I don't know anything traditionally Korean, even like

808
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 2: those days were like where your heritage, like your your

809
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 2: cultural traditional where I would never think I'm stupid?

810
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 3: Do you think I'm gonna permit myself a target?

811
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 2: But now after this film, it would be like the

812
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 2: coolest thing. Imagine like Halloween, everyone's gonna be like us boys.

813
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 3: Well I even think about that.

814
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 2: I feel like the the your idle wear, I feel

815
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 2: like that would be a popular.

816
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: Do you think that's like that's like culture Like, No,

817
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: I don't think you think that's culturally insensitive? And no

818
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: started wearing like gods and stuff, I don't think so

819
00:41:59,160 --> 00:41:59,880
Speaker 1: okay cool.

820
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 2: I don't see any reason why I would be.

821
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 3: Okay, you've heard it here first.

822
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 2: No, like this is a part of the film, it

823
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 2: could also be a part of costplay, right, but also

824
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 2: any anyone who is in Korea could also wear this traditional.

825
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 3: Wear and with like the markings and stuff.

826
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,399
Speaker 2: So cool. I mean people wear humbooks all the time

827
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 2: when they come to Korea in front of kale. That's

828
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,359
Speaker 2: not cultural appropriation.

829
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:24,959
Speaker 3: Okay, Okay.

830
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 1: I saw like people on the internet kind of being

831
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: like like like, it's just because it's such a new realm,

832
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: you know, like we've never had mainstream attention like this,

833
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:34,760
Speaker 1: so cultural.

834
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 2: If anything, it's appreciation culture, Yeah, it is appreciation.

835
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, It's just like it was interesting to see that

836
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 1: kind of discourse because like it's so fresh that we

837
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,719
Speaker 1: didn't know how to navigate it exactly, which I think

838
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 1: is a privilege.

839
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:48,799
Speaker 3: Yeah.

840
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 2: And I've just been having so much fun these days,

841
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 2: and like I've been losing sleep to this because i

842
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,839
Speaker 2: been due scrolling on TikTok and Instagram reels with all

843
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 2: the costplay and like all the dance challenges, Soda Pop,

844
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:05,879
Speaker 2: your Idol, Golden, Like, it's incredible to see how far

845
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 2: they can take like the cosplay and make up, like

846
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 2: even the costume and the patterns. And I've seen like

847
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:17,399
Speaker 2: people who do like the the like what is that

848
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,919
Speaker 2: like the glow where it glows in the dark like

849
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 2: the blue light.

850
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, the blue light with the markings, with.

851
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 2: The markings, Yeah, like so cool and and like I'm

852
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 2: just like in awe when I see those videos and

853
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 2: I can only imagine like again like Halloween or like

854
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 2: I heard an anime expo there were so many people

855
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:40,360
Speaker 2: who dressed them as roomy and hunter rigs and Haja boys.

856
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 2: Kekon is coming up, so I think there might be

857
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:47,120
Speaker 2: fans of Demon Hunters that will like dress the part you.

858
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 3: Think you'll have like a booth there hopefully.

859
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, who knows, who.

860
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: Knows anything that like you, you want people to know

861
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: more about you because there's Kevin Wu and then there's

862
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,880
Speaker 1: still it's hard to move on and graduate from an

863
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:01,399
Speaker 1: image that you already had. All these projects that you're

864
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 1: doing like nowadays was something that you wish like people

865
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: could see you as or like no, I just you.

866
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 2: Know, like I said earlier, I fully embody my K

867
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 2: pop experiences as a former idol and you kiss very

868
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 2: very proud, and I'm just going to take that on

869
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 2: to my next journey, which is you know now I'm

870
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 2: you know, doing a lot of things in the arts

871
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 2: with like singing and acting even now animated films and voiceovers.

872
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 2: So like, yeah, I feel like the journey never ends.

873
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,720
Speaker 2: And I hope that, you know, I could really bridge

874
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:40,799
Speaker 2: the two cultures, and I hope I could make an

875
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:46,720
Speaker 2: impact and inspire others who want to pursue this even further,

876
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,800
Speaker 2: and hope that they could pass on the honors.

877
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, like you, thank you, thank you. Definite, They're definitely

878
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 3: going to say we look the same.

879
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 2: Age, thank you. It's all the Korean skincare.

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00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, do you have a skin care routine?

881
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:09,360
Speaker 2: Okay, okay, Like I've always used Korean skincare even before

882
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 2: moving to Korea, I would use my mom's skincare and

883
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 2: like you know, like you know Asian moms with their

884
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 2: like ten step skincare routine. I learned from an early

885
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 2: age to like wear sunscreen and all that. So maybe yeah,

886
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:28,360
Speaker 2: things for California, thinks mom for like teaching me the

887
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 2: importance of taking care of your skin, and it's not

888
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 2: talked about enough in like like you know, masculinity and

889
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 2: like even in like in again Korea, I feel like

890
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 2: it's more normalized with skincare and even for men. But

891
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 2: I feel like in the US it's still not as normalized. Yeah,

892
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 2: like men should you know, take care of their skin

893
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:54,839
Speaker 2: and it's not like feminine or anything to you know,

894
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 2: wear makeup or uh, you know, take good care of

895
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 2: your skin. That's just like good care of your basic hygiene.

896
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 2: So uh yeah, I have some of like my favorite

897
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 2: products are like from Koreas. If you like follow me

898
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 2: on Instagram. I always do like get Ready with Me

899
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,880
Speaker 2: videos like nighttime like routine.

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00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 3: How many times a day, Like I would just.

901
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:17,359
Speaker 2: Do like my morning routine and my nighttime routine, and

902
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:21,080
Speaker 2: in the day, I would constantly reapply sunscreen. That's about it.

903
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, all right, so follow your Instagram, yes, and

904
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:27,880
Speaker 1: and you will have beautiful, amazing screen like heaven. And

905
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:29,880
Speaker 1: if you're going to work in the arts and industry

906
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 1: and you want to have a long lasting career, sunscreen, suns.

907
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 2: Wow, sunscreen and K pop And that's honestly what makes

908
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,520
Speaker 2: me so youthful because I'm such a fan of K

909
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 2: pop too. I I stand so many groups. Uh it's

910
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 2: you would be surprised, how like uh plugged, well plugged,

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00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 2: I am.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you for coming on to the podcast.

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00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 1: This was k Actor everything, k pop and I'll see

914
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 1: you guys next week.

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00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 2: Thank you.

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00:46:58,600 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 3: Okay, that's a wrap.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.