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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, Welcome back to The K Factor Everything k

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Speaker 1: Pop with your host Bomhan.

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Speaker 2: I am your host, Bomhan.

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Speaker 1: And I realized, if you guys are kind of listening

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Speaker 1: to this on the radio or the iHeartRadio app, you

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Speaker 1: guys don't really know what this whole system is. So

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Speaker 1: once again, I'm gonna introduce myself. My name is Bomhan.

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Speaker 1: I was a former K pop trainee. I trained in

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Speaker 1: Korea for about six years and I kind of now

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Speaker 1: am doing a solo career here in America and this

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Speaker 1: is my podcast. I get to talk everything K pop,

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Speaker 1: everything that I experienced and discovered over like the past

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Speaker 1: six years, and I get to kind of like share

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Speaker 1: with you guys.

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Speaker 2: So to me, it's super fun.

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Speaker 1: I get to kind of talk about everything and not

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Speaker 1: a lot of people kind of get the opportunity to,

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Speaker 1: so for me as a blessing and I'm so happy

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Speaker 1: to kind of share the K pop experience with the world.

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Speaker 1: So thank you for listening, and let's let's get into it.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's talk K pop, all right. So I have

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Speaker 1: the top five K pop songs that are trending right now.

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Speaker 2: Number one is Stunner by ten.

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Speaker 1: Number two is I Do Me by Kiki, Number three

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Speaker 1: Too Bad featuring Anderson Pac with g Dragon Hot with

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Speaker 1: Laserafin Know About Me by n Mix And that's.

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Speaker 2: The top five songs. And sometimes it's just that simple. Okay.

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Speaker 1: We give you the latest news. We give you the

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Speaker 1: latest kind of trending songs. You know we have TXT.

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Speaker 1: TXT is doing a world tour promise starting on May third,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. We have eighties who just announce a

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Speaker 1: new world tour. So'll make sure you guys get your

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Speaker 1: tickets and enjoy that. Okay, have fun because it's been

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Speaker 1: a crazy month in K pop. We kind of talked

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Speaker 1: like controversies and like kind of gossip last time, and

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Speaker 1: not a lot of new things have been happening since then,

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Speaker 1: so we're just gonna get into it.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 1: Today we're talking about dance. This episode is about my

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Speaker 1: love from my passion dance and what brought me to

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Speaker 1: K pop, and we're gonna talk three different sides of

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Speaker 1: dance in K pop. We're gonna talk kind of my

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Speaker 1: experience as a trainee and kind of going through the

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Speaker 1: system auditioning, what led me to dance and kind of

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Speaker 1: how that shaped my career. And then we're gonna bring

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Speaker 1: in a student from one of these dance teams who

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Speaker 1: kind of do these covers, they do these videos and

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Speaker 1: all these things, and we're gonna talk about their love

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Speaker 1: for kpop and what is like to be on the

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Speaker 1: other side, the receiving side, and we're gonna have a

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Speaker 1: one on one conversation between me and them and kind

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Speaker 1: of be like, oh, like, it's just seeing how my product.

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Speaker 2: Affects a consumer, you know. For me, that's amazing.

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Speaker 1: And then third, super special on the K Factor, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have one of my very close choreographer friends who

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Speaker 1: has just recently got off in kikayo stage, has gone

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Speaker 1: off all these like background like she's she's in there,

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Speaker 1: she lives the industry, so we're gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: talk to her as well. And yeah, this is kind

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Speaker 1: of a special episode about my love dance. So let's

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Speaker 1: let's get into it. Okay, dance. What is dance in

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Speaker 1: K pop? I think I think visually K pop is

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Speaker 1: all about just kind of keeping people engaged, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I think dance plays such a huge part in it,

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Speaker 1: and it's kind of like a new thing. I don't

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Speaker 1: like you know, like BTS, until Black Pink Twice. For

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Speaker 1: so much to say about it. But let me talk

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Speaker 1: about my personal experience with Yes. Okay, when I was

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Speaker 1: seven years old. I grew up in the city of

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Speaker 1: And I would walk towards these little pockets and I'll

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Speaker 1: And I would go home and play Lege of Legends

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Speaker 1: and then I saw BTS. I think the first video

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Speaker 2: I was like, Yo, let's let's cover this, let's cover thists.

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Speaker 2: Whatever they're doing, let's do it, you know.

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Speaker 1: And then we got We had a group, we made

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Speaker 1: and we got last place in the Talent show. But

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Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, I found like this

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Speaker 2: And I was like, oh, I'm gonna go try this.

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Speaker 2: I want to go try this, and I started.

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Speaker 1: I left the K Pop Dance Team and I started

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Speaker 1: But it all like sparked from that one moment of

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Speaker 1: And I feel like that's the beautiful thing about K pop.

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Speaker 1: Like my six year old nephew can never sit down

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Speaker 1: I don't think this would be possible. So I think

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Speaker 2: What was it? Like?

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Speaker 1: How did I get from weird kid growing up in

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Speaker 1: lot of you guys, you guys watch these things and

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Speaker 1: And I'm like, wait, what if I was a CA

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Speaker 1: I was like, I think I'm going to go to

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Speaker 1: Opportunities will come and I'll sign up and I'll go

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Speaker 1: And then I'm like I dance and they're like do

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Speaker 1: I have met some of my closest friends ever in

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Speaker 2: Literally, they're like a girl group all day. And I

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Speaker 1: And then I went and I auditioned, and it was

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Speaker 2: And you just move on.

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Speaker 1: I did a bunch of these auditions and then I

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Speaker 1: didn't get in, but I kept posting on social media,

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Speaker 1: of these agencies, right, and then I eventually got scouted

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Speaker 1: And I flew all the way to Canada to audition

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Speaker 1: and they gave me the name Bomhann.

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Speaker 1: Was it like to be so passionate about kpop that

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Speaker 1: All right, everybody, please welcome Maya to the show.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Hi Maya? Could you please introduce yourself to the audience. Please, Hi, everybody.

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Speaker 3: My name is Maya.

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Speaker 2: I'm a performer and I love keepop Heck yeah, how

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Speaker 3: I'm fourteen years old.

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Speaker 2: A high school k pop dance team. Is that correct?

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Speaker 4: Yes, there's a K pop group and they do little performances.

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Speaker 2: Here and there West City. And where do you live, like,

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Speaker 1: Okay, thank you for coming onto the show and today

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Speaker 1: I just kind of wanted to talk to you about dance,

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: So I started it in twenty twenty three, wow, one

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Speaker 4: And I was like, why are.

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Speaker 4: I was like, do you want me to do with

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Speaker 1: Okay, technically, you're my sun Bay because you started before me,

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Speaker 1: So I, yeah, you're you're my superior Wow, yeah, thank you.

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Speaker 2: You know. What brought what brought you to your dance team?

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Speaker 1: Is that like your song? What is like your K

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Speaker 3: Biased time?

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Speaker 4: Did A did like a song with Felix and it's

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Speaker 2: Nice? I want you to.

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Speaker 1: I want to kind of pick your brain about what

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Speaker 4: I think the most recent one was K Pop Night

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Speaker 4: into K pop that are in my class, and sometimes

442
00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,520
Speaker 4: they fall out of it, but I'm like, I love

443
00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:24,679
Speaker 4: this and this is what I want to do. So

444
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Speaker 4: if they don't want to do it, that's fine, and

445
00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,520
Speaker 4: I'll get other people and I'll just make have fun

446
00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,280
Speaker 4: with other people.

447
00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,119
Speaker 1: And would you say that's like a hard thing to do.

448
00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:32,719
Speaker 1: So I kind of just find like more and more

449
00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,879
Speaker 1: people who like enjoy the same thing. Yeah, okay, especially

450
00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,040
Speaker 1: like where you're from, right, How big do you think

451
00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,639
Speaker 1: K pop plays in your life?

452
00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,520
Speaker 2: You know, like what percentage of your life is.

453
00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,320
Speaker 4: K Like seventy five percent of my life.

454
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Speaker 1: That's a lot of that's a lot of percent, especially

455
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Speaker 1: when you're in school. That's incredible. And it's like, you know,

456
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Speaker 1: like for me when I first got into K pop,

457
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Speaker 1: it was because I kind of looked at kpop and

458
00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:03,400
Speaker 1: I was like, wait, he looked like me, and they're

459
00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,080
Speaker 1: doing all this cool stuff, Like I want to do that.

460
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Speaker 1: You know, kind of what was the thing that pulled

461
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Speaker 1: you in? Like what was the thing where you saw

462
00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,240
Speaker 1: bts and was like what is it about them that

463
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:14,480
Speaker 1: kind of was like, Oh wow, this is like the

464
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Speaker 1: coolest thing ever.

465
00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,920
Speaker 4: Just their energy in this stage, hearing and performing. It

466
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,800
Speaker 4: was really really captivating. Just being able to perform and

467
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,080
Speaker 4: have the sea of fans just like waving your light sticks.

468
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Speaker 3: It was just mesmerizing to see that.

469
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like last for me it was also

470
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,399
Speaker 1: the same thing. I was like, oh wait, they exist

471
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Speaker 1: in this moment, and all the fans who are there

472
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Speaker 1: watching also exist in that moment, and then they get

473
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Speaker 1: to celebrate together.

474
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Speaker 2: I have a question.

475
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Speaker 1: If you never discovered K pop, if you never saw

476
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Speaker 1: that video on YouTube, if you never saw the K

477
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,399
Speaker 1: pop dancing thing on tour on your school tour, do

478
00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:55,840
Speaker 1: you think your life would be different?

479
00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:56,520
Speaker 5: Yes?

480
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Speaker 2: How so? Well?

481
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Speaker 4: I feel like I wouldn't be so so energetic as

482
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,880
Speaker 4: I am music because when I was in fifth grade,

483
00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,320
Speaker 4: my obsessions were Hamilton okayoo, and that was all I

484
00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,840
Speaker 4: listened to. Okay, and then yes, and I was like

485
00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,480
Speaker 4: this is really really cool okay, and.

486
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Speaker 3: Then now it's all I listened to.

487
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Speaker 4: So honestly, I don't really know what I would look

488
00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:20,880
Speaker 4: like right now if it wasn't for kate pop.

489
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Speaker 1: That's beautiful, okay. So, so how long do you think

490
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Speaker 1: you've been you've been in this space? How long do

491
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Speaker 1: you think you've been a K pop fan?

492
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:29,120
Speaker 3: Four years?

493
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:30,360
Speaker 2: Four years? Okay?

494
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Speaker 1: So in these four years, is there one dance practice video?

495
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Speaker 1: Is there one choreography on one piece of is it

496
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Speaker 1: one project that you feel the most connected to.

497
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Speaker 4: Well, some people don't consider this k pop.

498
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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm gonna says, Okay, if.

499
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Speaker 4: You know, if you know Katsai, Yeah, I watched a

500
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,399
Speaker 4: Dream Academy all the way through and then I just

501
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,639
Speaker 4: watched through and now Katsai and I have their albums

502
00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,359
Speaker 4: and it's just so cool seeing the diversity in this group, Okay,

503
00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:04,360
Speaker 4: and how much work.

504
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:04,879
Speaker 3: They put into it.

505
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,920
Speaker 4: Okay, probably Catsize the biggest group that's had the most

506
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Speaker 4: impact on me personally.

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Speaker 2: What makes you love a dance?

508
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Speaker 1: I mean like you're watching all these videos and you're like, Okay,

509
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,439
Speaker 1: this one's all right, this one's good. Oh we're going

510
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,520
Speaker 1: to cover this one. What kind of gives you that feeling?

511
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Speaker 4: I feel like it has to be the energy that

512
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Speaker 4: the person doing the dance has to give.

513
00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,720
Speaker 2: Okay just puts.

514
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Speaker 4: Everything into their dance practices. Along with straight kids, they

515
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,280
Speaker 4: will go all out, and just to see them with

516
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,400
Speaker 4: all the energy that they put into the dance makes

517
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Speaker 4: me want to replicate that dance as well. And then

518
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,600
Speaker 4: seeing other creators replicating the dance, and then me wanting

519
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Speaker 4: to know the dance so I can replicate it as well.

520
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Speaker 2: Okay, really what motivates me? Do you have a favorite

521
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 2: K pop dancer?

522
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:51,600
Speaker 3: Leno from Straight Kids?

523
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Speaker 1: Oh, Leno from Straight Kids. I see and understand your

524
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Speaker 1: love of K pop. Thank you for spending your time

525
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Speaker 1: here today, and I really appreciate everything that you have shared,

526
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 1: and thank you for being yourself and kind of embracing

527
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Speaker 1: the moment and being one of our first guests.

528
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Speaker 3: And I'm so glad I got this opportunity. Thank you

529
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Speaker 3: so much.

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Speaker 2: Thank you as well, and welcome Amber, Hi, Hi, nice

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Speaker 2: to meet you.

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Speaker 5: Nice, just meet you too.

533
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Speaker 2: Where are you from.

534
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Speaker 5: I'm from Austin, Texas.

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Speaker 1: Austin, Texas. Okay, I think we have talked to a

536
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:28,679
Speaker 1: couple of people from Austin.

537
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Speaker 2: How is it? It's nice here, It's nice.

538
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I was there recently, which is where I

539
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Speaker 1: think I saw you in the audience.

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Speaker 2: Hello, Amber, Hi, K Pop Night.

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Speaker 1: I did a little performance in Austin, and and now

542
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Speaker 1: she's here.

543
00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:44,680
Speaker 2: Now she's here.

544
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Speaker 1: That's what happens if you becomes a Yeah, we're going

545
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 1: to kidnap you and we're going to put you on

546
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Speaker 1: the podcast.

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Speaker 5: Perfect.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, Well, welcome. I want to ask you some

549
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 2: questions is that okay?

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00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:55,880
Speaker 5: Yes, that is okay?

551
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Speaker 2: All right. When when did you first discover K pop? Amber?

552
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 5: It was actually on June tenth, twenty twenty two, I

553
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:04,439
Speaker 5: remember the exact date.

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00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 2: WHOA Okay.

555
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 5: I was on the phone with my friend and I

556
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,359
Speaker 5: asked her if I should play any music and she said,

557
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 5: you should play pop by Neon. I asked her if

558
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 5: that was K pop and she was like yes, and

559
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,800
Speaker 5: I was like, I don't like K pop. I don't

560
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 5: want to play it. She was like just okay, and

561
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,880
Speaker 5: so I played it and I liked it, and then

562
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,159
Speaker 5: she started introducing me into more groups like it's see twice,

563
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Speaker 5: straight kids.

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Speaker 1: Yet, Wow, that's incredible. So you were in the car

565
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Speaker 1: soone and she was like, put this song on and

566
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Speaker 1: you're like.

567
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,120
Speaker 2: No, I was at home.

568
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Speaker 5: I was at home. I was on the phone with her.

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, and you're like, oh, ew, what's it k pop?

570
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,879
Speaker 1: And then and then you listen to it and you're like,

571
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Speaker 1: waites fire.

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Speaker 5: Yes, that's exactly what happened.

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Speaker 1: Okay. So from that moment to now, what has been

574
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Speaker 1: your who has been your favorite group?

575
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Speaker 5: Straight kids?

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Speaker 2: Straight kids?

577
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 3: Yes?

578
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:54,199
Speaker 1: Wow, I've been getting a lot of straight kid answers also, Okay,

579
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Speaker 1: what is your favorite song by Straight Kids?

580
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 5: Probably waiting for Us? Okay, so a part of their

581
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:00,560
Speaker 5: on album.

582
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Speaker 2: What what was it about that first moment? You know

583
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 2: what I mean? Like you're like, I don't I'm not

584
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 2: really convinced.

585
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 1: I don't really like K pop, but then you put

586
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Speaker 1: it on and then there was that moment where you're like, wait,

587
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,000
Speaker 1: what was that was that?

588
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:15,679
Speaker 2: What was that for you?

589
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 5: Like?

590
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 2: What was it about it?

591
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,439
Speaker 5: I was mostly used to hearing about like BTS and stuff.

592
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 5: I didn't really know a ton of other groups besides

593
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Speaker 5: BTS and Black Pink. So I was like, I've heard

594
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 5: some of their music and I don't really like it.

595
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Speaker 5: I didn't know that there was other groups basically, and

596
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,119
Speaker 5: I heard pop and I was like, whoa, this is

597
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 5: kind of like similar to the other music I listened to.

598
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,280
Speaker 5: I was like, maybe it's not that bad.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I You're right, Like there's a lot more K

600
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Speaker 1: pop groups than people realize, Like now, like at Coachella,

601
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Speaker 1: you know, and Hyphens performing like Black Pink's performing all

602
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Speaker 1: this stuff you see, like you see j Hope All

603
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Speaker 1: You're like, maybe maybe this is for me, Maybe this's

604
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,280
Speaker 1: not for me. But then you don't realize like thousands

605
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,360
Speaker 1: of groups debut a day, Like I think that's crazy. Yeah,

606
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Speaker 1: Like they they gave me a list the staff. They

607
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 1: gave me a list of recent K pop releases. I

608
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,359
Speaker 1: was like, I don't think I'm gonna read this. We

609
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: have Renco debuting with Two's Connie. We have Shin Soong,

610
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: we have Home Guns, we have lim Tehjuan, we have

611
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 1: Zero Wave. I'm like, Wow, everybody's debuting, so you know,

612
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,119
Speaker 1: like there's there's something out there for everyone. Yes, you know,

613
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: and for you it was now on pop and then

614
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Speaker 1: it led you straight into straight kids.

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Speaker 5: Yes, that's exactly what happened.

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Speaker 3: Crazy.

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Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite memory as a kapop fan,

618
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,119
Speaker 1: like going to like a fan me going to a

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Speaker 1: concert or like watching something with your friends.

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Speaker 5: I think it was when I went to an It'sy

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Speaker 5: concert for the first time for my twelfth birthday. Oh

622
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Speaker 5: my gosh, I think about that a lot.

623
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Speaker 2: Okay, what year was this?

624
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Speaker 5: This that was two thy twenty three, I believe you.

625
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Speaker 2: Oh my yes, gosh.

626
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Speaker 1: I feel like like like that that general ration of

627
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: girl groups, like they they brought dance. You know, that's

628
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 1: exactly what no one was serving like they were serving

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Speaker 1: and then yeah, like I feel like you watch that,

630
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 1: you're like, oh wow, this is possible.

631
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,640
Speaker 5: And then yeah, it was like I think I think

632
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,919
Speaker 5: specifically that concert was well like led me into learning

633
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,159
Speaker 5: more K pop dances.

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00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 2: Okay, you do learn K pop dances? Oh yes, I know,

635
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Speaker 2: like eight Okay.

636
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: Okay, you're like the champion of like the random k

637
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,360
Speaker 1: plans of the random play dance.

638
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:37,640
Speaker 2: Okay.

639
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're like, wow, she has been doing straight cardio

640
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:46,879
Speaker 1: for the past forty five minutes. That's your Okay, awesome, cool, Okay.

641
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 2: Out of all of these dances, what is what is

642
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 2: your favorite?

643
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 3: Oh?

644
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 5: Walking on Water by Stray Kids.

645
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,360
Speaker 2: Wow. Wow. So do you like boy group dances more

646
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 2: or like girl group dances?

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00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 5: I like group dances more because they challenge me a

648
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 5: lot more, and girl group dances do. But I know

649
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 5: my fair share of both.

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00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like, what do you what do you

651
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: think is the biggest difference between the two?

652
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 2: You know, what makes it a grow group?

653
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 5: Boy group dances they have a lot more difficult movements

654
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Speaker 5: and it's more like on a it's more on a

655
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Speaker 5: hip hop side, whereas girl groups are more pop but

656
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 5: they have like they're kind of similar, but they they're

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00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,120
Speaker 5: contrasting perfectly at the same time.

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Speaker 2: Uh huh. Yeah, that's that's a good point. That's a

659
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 2: really good point.

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Speaker 1: It's interesting that you say that because I think like

661
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: girl group dancers have harder movements. Like when I was

662
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Speaker 1: training your stuff, they're like, okay, like like some days

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Speaker 1: we have to learn girl group dances, some days you

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Speaker 1: have to learn group dances. Whenever it comes into girl

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Speaker 1: group dances, I like, I want to swallow a bullet.

666
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Speaker 1: Had Sorry if that's a little graphic, but I think

667
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: like boy group dances, they're more hip hop inspired, like

668
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 1: you said, which is really it was really insightful, And

669
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 1: gogu dances are more like in the hips, more street jazz, you.

670
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 5: Know, yes, exactly what they are.

671
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I don't have like foundations and street jazz.

672
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: You know, I got my hipstone, my hipstone.

673
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 2: I can't.

674
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: I simply can't, you know. So, I think it's interesting

675
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: that you say that, what do you dance to school?

676
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 5: Yeah, there's a dance team, Okay, please tell me more

677
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 5: about so they'll bring in girls and you can audition.

678
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 5: It's a ton of different dance genres, like contemporary jazz

679
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 5: hip hop, very very difficult stuff.

680
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 2: And what'd you audition for?

681
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 5: They gave us a tryout dance? It was I think

682
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 5: it was a jazz dance.

683
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: So you're telling me you have experience doing like like

684
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,360
Speaker 1: more like traditional like like jazz, contemporary hip hop, like

685
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,239
Speaker 1: all these things for your for your dance team, and

686
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: then you're doing these eighty K pop dance covers you do,

687
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: coming out to these kbole concors and just just just

688
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: busting it down at the Okay, cool. What what do

689
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: you think is the most different from K pop dances

690
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: when you learn it?

691
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 2: And uh, this kind of stuff you learn in school, doctor.

692
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 5: Learn in school, it doesn't really I mean, it has emotion,

693
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 5: but it feels forced, whereas K pop dances it's kind

694
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 5: of on you, like there's more improv in those. In

695
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 5: school dances, it makes you feel like everything you're following,

696
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 5: you're just following what you were taught. K pop dances

697
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 5: you have more freedom.

698
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 2: That's how I feel about kipps.

699
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: That is so crazy that you say that, because when

700
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: I'm in Korea, that's what I'm taught, So I feel

701
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah.

702
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 5: It's different because like you're trained I'm.

703
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: No, because then I also for me, it's the complete

704
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: opposite because I also take workshops. I go out, like

705
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 1: even when I'm in Korea, Like my my system was

706
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: a little bit different where I went out to the teachers,

707
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: so I would go like dance classes and like all

708
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,600
Speaker 1: this stuff, right, and what they teach me in the company,

709
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm just going through emotions, and then what

710
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: I learned outside in the academy, I'm like, this is

711
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,320
Speaker 1: where I can improv and be myself and express myself.

712
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: So it's a complete opposite.

713
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 5: Because like you're like, you're like getting trained to do

714
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 5: like these capeo dances and stuff for like fans, it's

715
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 5: more on your own time. I don't necessarily have to

716
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 5: learn them.

717
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 2: It's just sure you want that.

718
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: Sure, But what you're gonna stand still at the random

719
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: dance roulette?

720
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 2: Oh what do you? Oh my god? I never I

721
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 2: never say it properly.

722
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 5: What is it?

723
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 2: Random cape dance, random play dance?

724
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 5: Like it's just called random dance?

725
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,719
Speaker 2: I guess, okay, random dance. Okay. We have a lot

726
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 2: of listeners where new can you explain what a random

727
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 2: dance is?

728
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 5: So they usually held at like K Pop events, okay,

729
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 5: k pop based events, they'll have music videos or dance

730
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 5: practices from popular groups come on, like popular songs, and

731
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 5: they'll usually have like the mirror version, so if you

732
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 5: get mixed up, you'll be able to see it. And

733
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 5: if you know the dance, you'll like go out into

734
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 5: like this circle, or if there's a stage, you'll go

735
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 5: on to the stage and you'll do the dance. You'll

736
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 5: do as much as you know, and if you don't

737
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 5: know what you just stay on the sides and cheer

738
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 5: everyone on and it just continues until it ends.

739
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 2: Wow.

740
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 1: When I first saw this for the first time, because

741
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 1: this was like after like I already left Korea when

742
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 1: I was like seventeen, I've never seen all this stuff.

743
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 1: Right first time I saw it, I was like, what

744
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: in the step up three is happening right now? Like

745
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,320
Speaker 1: it felt like a club where everybody was just like,

746
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: it's my turn to go, and then they're they're busting

747
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 1: it down in the dance board. It's like ten people

748
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 1: doing the same choreography. I'm like, this is the craziest

749
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: thing I've ever seen in my life. So that's random,

750
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: that's random. This Yeah, it's exactly awesome. Cool and and

751
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 1: on on the K Factor. Right now we have the champion.

752
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: Yeah number one, thank you, Thank you for your time.

753
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:54,479
Speaker 2: Amber.

754
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: Is there anything that you wanted to say to the

755
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: audience or anything that you wanted to share.

756
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 5: Just like, if if you're interested in something, keep going

757
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 5: at it. There's stuff you can do, so like, you

758
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 5: can make your own K pop dance group if that's

759
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 5: what you want. You can make your own podcast, you

760
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 5: can make your own whatever. If you have an interest

761
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 5: for something, you can stick to it because that can

762
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 5: really benefit you in the future. Thank you, thank you

763
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 5: for having me.

764
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 2: Take care, have a great day.

765
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 1: Oh bye wow, Thank you, Ember, thank you for your time.

766
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: And I think that's a beautiful point that she brought up.

767
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: And I think that is the most important part about

768
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: K pop. You know you enjoy it, there's gonna be

769
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: someone else who enjoys it. You can go and random

770
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: play together, you can you can go to these concerts together.

771
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 1: You can make all these memories and as you can

772
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,959
Speaker 1: see from the conversations that we've had, it will change

773
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: your life.

774
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 2: And now let's move on to our next guest.

775
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: Okay, everybody, please welcome Beeho's calling in today and thank

776
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 1: you for your time and your presence.

777
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 2: Could you please introduce yourself.

778
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 3: Hey, I'm Bee. I'm from San Antonio, Texas.

779
00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 5: Rep.

780
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 3: San Antonio, Texas on a dance team. Well, it's Evolve

781
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 3: under Echo Fied Company.

782
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 2: Okay, what else? What else?

783
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 3: I'm twenty three okay, what else?

784
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 2: What else?

785
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 3: I'm bright and fun.

786
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 2: Okay, what else?

787
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 3: And I have been dancing since I was a kid,

788
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 3: all right, for a long time, long time. But I've

789
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 3: competed it off and on and actually coming up soon

790
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 3: I will be competing in Houston with a different team. Yeah,

791
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,279
Speaker 3: I'm excited for that. I'm really excited for that. And

792
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 3: I've been performing K pop. I've been into K pop

793
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:34,800
Speaker 3: since twenty sixteen.

794
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 2: Wow.

795
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 3: And I've been dancing k pop like the all of

796
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,919
Speaker 3: that good stuff for about five years now.

797
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:42,479
Speaker 2: Okay.

798
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: I kind of want to like know more about this

799
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: like world of of K pop cover competition and all

800
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 1: these things.

801
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 2: Are you in like a school team or is this

802
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 2: something like outside?

803
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 3: No, this is something outside. So Echo Fi Company in

804
00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 3: general is one of the first kpop up cover groups

805
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 3: in Texas. Okay, so every every state's a little bit different.

806
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 3: In Texas, at least I can assure that competing in general,

807
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 3: I've seen I've been to a lot of competitions. I've

808
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 3: seen a lot of competitions. It's it's very competitive, very competitive,

809
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,320
Speaker 3: but there's also a lot of like camaraderie, I guess,

810
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 3: like at the end of the day, happy to be there,

811
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 3: you know what I mean.

812
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 1: So it's like you're competing against each other, but you're

813
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,840
Speaker 1: still like just one big community, you know.

814
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, like literally, like I know majority of the teams

815
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 3: in all of the big states. Oh wow, we're all

816
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,760
Speaker 3: fronts and we all get along type stuff.

817
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's like national tournaments, not like tournaments, but like competitions, right,

818
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: and I've like judged in a couple of them, but

819
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: I have like no idea what's going on.

820
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,399
Speaker 2: Like I'm like, I'll do like a I'll do like a.

821
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 1: Little performance, and then there's like, oh, there's like a

822
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: KPE pop dance contest and they're like, oh, this team

823
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 1: is from Florida, this team is from Texas, this team

824
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,359
Speaker 1: is from Like so you're doing these competitions, Okay, how

825
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: is it like usually graded?

826
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 2: Like one of the kind of things are you when

827
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 2: you practice?

828
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 3: So I've also talked to a few of my friends

829
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 3: who judge, So it's different at every competition. Some people

830
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 3: like they they they judge you based off of performance wise,

831
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 3: like are you giving facials? Are you performing to the

832
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 3: crowd the audience?

833
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 2: Technics serving entertainment?

834
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 3: Are you literally are you serving like make it or

835
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 3: break it? At that point, it's also technicality as well,

836
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 3: like they're judge technical or are you doing the because

837
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,800
Speaker 3: you know, some people will also create their own version

838
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 3: of their choreography and so of the original choreography, so

839
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 3: it's like is that good, Like did you eat on that?

840
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 3: Or like it just depends. It really depends on the

841
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 3: judge and on the competition in general, but those are

842
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 3: the main Also, are you like keeping up you are?

843
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 3: Are you getting tired halfway through? It's obvious we know,

844
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 3: well want to serve?

845
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you for insight. That's pretty cool. I did

846
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: not know that does how it works? I apparently have

847
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: been judging wrong. Yeah, well just a little bit, okay,

848
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: we won't tell. I think the most important thing to me,

849
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: maybe it's the audience is do you have fun doing this?

850
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:18,879
Speaker 3: Absolutely? I didnot one. I love dancing, so K pop

851
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 3: dance in general is like you're you're getting the best

852
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,720
Speaker 3: of both worlds. You're being able to support the group

853
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 3: or the artists that you're covering while also dancing and

854
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 3: having fun. And especially with my team Evolve, we really

855
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,439
Speaker 3: it's very family oriented, Like we are very family, we're

856
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 3: not friends, and they just make it so much more

857
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 3: fun dancing with your friends, dancing with people that you

858
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 3: actually care about. It's something that it's like, I don't.

859
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 2: Know, dude, It's like it's a community.

860
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 3: It is fun.

861
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, how has your life changed since like joining one

862
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: of these teams, Like, do you think you'd be the

863
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 1: same person?

864
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 2: No, okay, absolutely not.

865
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 3: Like I'm originally from I'm not from Like I wasn't

866
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 3: born here in San Antonio, and so moving to San

867
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 3: Antonio and being on the team and moving here as

868
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 3: an adult, not being able to make friends with school

869
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 3: and stuff like that, like having that kind of community

870
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 3: be there for me when I needed them the most,

871
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 3: and like helping me create friends and bonds and stuff

872
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 3: like that with people Like it's I don't know, without

873
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 3: my team, I don't know where i'd be, especially like

874
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 3: I'd probably very alone if I was by myself, if

875
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 3: I didn't go to that audition, if I did not

876
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 3: go to that audition, but it's very much changed my

877
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 3: life After high school. I wanted to quit dancing as well,

878
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 3: because I'm like, this isn't I want to be an actress,

879
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 3: this isn't.

880
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:49,839
Speaker 2: What I want to do.

881
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 3: So but it brought me back into dance and so

882
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 3: I appreciate it and it's made me love it a

883
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 3: lot more.

884
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 1: Okay, did you what was your previous dance experience. Were

885
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 1: you like part of like a school program?

886
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,399
Speaker 2: Where were you catch I did?

887
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Speaker 3: I took class classes. I took classes.

888
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 2: Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.

889
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 3: I took classes here and there. I would take my

890
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,919
Speaker 3: mom may or my grandma would put me into them

891
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 3: here and there. And then in high school especially, I

892
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 3: did what's called show choir, okay, and I don't know

893
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 3: what young guys know about show choir, but that's singing

894
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 3: and dancing and it's kind of like right right, and

895
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,280
Speaker 3: that really and then I did like dance teams and

896
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 3: I had to self teach myself well sometimes too, when

897
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 3: he's when he's tight and.

898
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 2: This girl dancing is expensive.

899
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: I feel like that, yeah, no, no, I feel that,

900
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: Like I feel like one of the cool things about

901
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 1: K pop two is like you just watch videos and

902
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: you learn, but but then, like like twenty years ago,

903
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: you're like, I want my kids to dance, and it's like, okay,

904
00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: give me a billion dollars dollars and then your kid

905
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: get like bullied and like ballet Academy and like all

906
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,480
Speaker 1: these things. You know, but then it's like it's like

907
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: like what you're experiencing cures, Like it's like, oh, I

908
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 1: couldn't make friends like here here here, But then I'm

909
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: really passionate about this. I just learned this on YouTube,

910
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:13,719
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you look around there's like

911
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 1: twenty other people who just enjoy it, and you just

912
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 1: enjoy it together. You know, you just enjoyed together exactly,

913
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: and your parents didn't have to pay a good jillion dollars.

914
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 3: I guess what, it's free ninety nine.

915
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, dude, finally discounts actually have the dollar tree.

916
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 3: Exactly in my bestroom.

917
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 2: Like these concerts, these concerts are not free ninety nine.

918
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 2: And that's for sure. You've been ye you started, you've

919
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,240
Speaker 2: been to a concert recently. No, but I'm going to

920
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 2: two okay, which ones?

921
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 3: I'm going to straight kids and I'm going to.

922
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:50,919
Speaker 2: Eighties, eighties, eighties and sh Straight is on tour. Yeah,

923
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 2: bro talking about this on the podcast. We're not even

924
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:54,760
Speaker 2: talking about this on the podcast. Thank You You want.

925
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 1: A going Okay, Yeah, he has experienced before and then

926
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: kind of like transitioning into K pop. What is the

927
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: difference that you see the most, Like being in both communities.

928
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:10,439
Speaker 3: I feel a lot less pressure, Okay, if that makes sense,

929
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 3: Like not to say that competing or performing is not

930
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 3: like like there's still like anxiety and there's still nervousness

931
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 3: because you are performing in front of that crowd. You

932
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 3: are performing in front of those dudches, just like a

933
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 3: dance competition, an ordinary dance competition. But I just feel

934
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 3: like there's a lot less pressure. There's there's more emphasis

935
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 3: on having fun, yeah, and enjoying yourself and just embracing

936
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 3: the fact that you know you're there with your with

937
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 3: your team, and you're representing your team, your city, your

938
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 3: state or whatever, and you're just having fun doing it

939
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 3: because you've listened to the songs a million times, you've

940
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 3: been practicing, you're good, Like there's nothing for you to

941
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 3: worry about. Like there's just a lot less anxiety about it,

942
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 3: at least for me personally.

943
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,800
Speaker 1: There's someone out there who who was in that position,

944
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: you know, went through ballet academy or whatever. It's like, God,

945
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 1: this is like toxic. I don't really want to do

946
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 1: this anymore, you know. And they're like, Okay, I want

947
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: to try, Like I want to try joining a capeop

948
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: dance team.

949
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 2: What would you say to that person, if it's a.

950
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 3: Dance team in Texas, I would say, choose wisely.

951
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: Oh, okay, OKAYI wow.

952
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 3: Don't allow if you are seriously wanting to join a team,

953
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 3: join it. Don't allow outside perspective to dictate what team

954
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 3: you join. Okay, try it for yourself. If you like it,

955
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 3: stay on the team. If not, there are a million

956
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 3: other teams in Texas that you can easily join and

957
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:51,280
Speaker 3: also pick a good audition song. Pick a good audition song. Okay,

958
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,399
Speaker 3: that's really performative. Wow, because a lot of teams like that.

959
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 3: A lot of teams like even if you mess up,

960
00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 3: keep going, Okay, you mess up because that makes people mad.

961
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 4: Wow.

962
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 1: I didn't think about that. Choose wisely because it's kind

963
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: of like you're choosing your friend group for like the

964
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 1: next couple of months. Yeah, it's like if you're not

965
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 1: fib and you're not getting along. Okay, I didn't even

966
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:18,280
Speaker 1: think about that. That's cool, Okay. So audition well, audition

967
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 1: with what you're confident in, and choose your friends wisely

968
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 1: because these are the people you're gonna be hanging out with.

969
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, let's with these guys for years.

970
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 2: Three years. Wow, that's incredible. Two years okay, okay, almost three?

971
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 3: Actually almost three.

972
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 2: Would you say this is something that you would recommend

973
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 2: to people?

974
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's a great I think it's a

975
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 3: great experience. Like honestly, it's so it's definitely got Like

976
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 3: I said, it's definitely gotten me back into dance and

977
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 3: so and it's also a fun way. Like even my

978
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 3: younger sisters like because we come from a town where

979
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 3: kypop are the closest thing to K pop is Barnes

980
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 3: and Nobles. So it's like like we don't we don't

981
00:43:56,160 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 3: got anything out there, and so like there's no teams,

982
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 3: there's no events, there's no stores, there's no nothing. We

983
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 3: got Target and Barnes and Noble.

984
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,319
Speaker 2: That's it, okay, okay.

985
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,959
Speaker 3: And so they're always talking about how jealous they are

986
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,320
Speaker 3: that there are opportunities like this in states, So especially

987
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 3: if you're in a state that has these, take advantage

988
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 3: of it. My gosh, please, there's people who wish they

989
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 3: were you, just know that.

990
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:23,879
Speaker 5: They were you.

991
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 1: That's crazy. I grew up in New York, so that's

992
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: that kind of thing. Was always around me. Super accessible.

993
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 2: Thank you.

994
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:33,759
Speaker 1: Is there anything else you want to say to the

995
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 1: audience today? Stan Eate's stan AT's period. And if you

996
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 1: go to this concert, you'll probably see you there.

997
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 3: If you're going to a Google wife in Dallas, I'll

998
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:43,919
Speaker 3: be there.

999
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, Bee, take care. Yeah, great day.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for coming on. Okay, that was Bee. Thank

1001
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,359
Speaker 1: you for coming on to the show. Thank you for

1002
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 1: being a part of this moment. And I hope that

1003
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,040
Speaker 1: as the show goes on you can also participate and

1004
00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 1: also have one of these conversations.

1005
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 2: And remember that is not the end.

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Speaker 6: Make sure to tune in next week for the second

1007
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 6: part of the Dance Behind the.

1008
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 2: Music, where you will hear more from exciting guests.

1009
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 6: Also, if you want to be part of the show,

1010
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 6: remember to download the iHeartRadio app and press the red

1011
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 6: microphone on the bright corner of the screen to leave

1012
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Speaker 6: me a message. We might even play on a show

1013
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Speaker 6: or bring you on live.

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Speaker 1: Thanks again for tuning into the K factor.