- What, what is that song even about, is it just like?
- That song's about, you know, you know.
- What most pop songs are about?
- Love yourself. - Poppy stuff.
- Yeah, poppy stuff. - Relationships.
- Hello. - Hi, I'm Niki.
- And I'm not looking forward to this.
- I have the power.
- It's Wednesday and we thought
we would ask people here about BTS.
- Cool.
- Have you ever heard of K-pop?
- No.
- Does K-pop mean anything to you?
- K-pop? - Yeah.
- No.
- Okay, it's music from South Korea.
- Right. - Specifically pop music.
- Basically a lot of Koreans that get trained
to perform in these groups.
- You're the most knowledgeable person we've had so far.
Boo-Boo, do you like K-pop?
- [Woman] What do you think Boo-Boo?
- I was into K-pop, a little bit.
- Really?
- But not that much.
- Who did you listen to?
- I think they were called BTS.
- No!
- I think it's something Chinese or Japanese.
- Korean. - Korean.
- Korean, there you go, K-pop
and they wear really funky outfits
and the girls wear little foo-foo dresses.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Context, they just, they were just played on Radio 1.
- Yeah.
- And they beat Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber
to a Billboard Music Award.
- Because they got more votes. - By like double the votes.
- Okay, that's quite a shock. - Yeah.
- They're called BTS.
- You heard of them before? - Maybe.
- I'm gonna show you a picture of them
and you just give me an instant reaction,
like what you're thinking, okay?
- Oh, they're not even Korean, are they?
- No, they are. - Yeah, they are.
(laughs)
You were onto something.
- Beautiful, plastic Barbie doll men.
- I'll take it. - I love it.
- Do you have one that you're drawn to?
- Who's your favourite?
- Anyone that you think's--
- I'd say the guy in the red jacket.
- This is, yeah, his name's Suga, he's a rapper.
- Right, okay. (laughs)
- He also goes my the name of Yoon-gi.
- Okay.
- So Suga is what I call your bias.
- Is there enough of them?
- Seven. - How many?
- Do you have a favourite?
- They're so androgynous, I love that.
- A favourite member?
- Jin? - Jin.
- Jin, yeah.
- He looks like Leonardo DiCaprio but with brown hair.
- And I like the blond one.
- I call that the guy in the creepy visor in the front.
- Okay. - Okay.
So you like J-Hope, that's his name.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - And you like Jimin.
- Jimin. - Jimin.
- Yeah, that's Rap Mon. - This guy here, on the left.
- He's a rapper as well. - Right, okay.
- I'm sensing a theme here, Paul.
You are drawn towards rappers.
- Yes, I like rappers ironically.
- They're all sort of like between 20 and 25.
- Okay.
- Do they look younger than that?
- Yeah, they look about 12. - They do, yeah.
- Instant favourite?
Because I totally didn't have the first time I saw them.
- This is called DNA and it was released like
a week ago and it's got 79 million plays.
- Wow. - Oh dear.
- Yeah, I have seen this guy. - Really?
- I have seen it, yeah, yeah, yeah.
(k-pop rap music)
- That's your boy, Suga. - This is your boy Suga.
- Except his hair's blue now.
- That's your boy Jimin, there.
- Ma boy.
- I'd listen to that. - You would?
- I could listen to it.
- You could? - You think?
- Yeah.
I like the artwork, I mean.
- Yeah, I thought you would appreciate that.
- The artwork's incredible.
- It's a bit Justin Bieber. - Yeah.
- And I like that ladidas, but not Adidas outfit.
- It's kinda like, it gets ahold of you,
you just have to continue watching.
- This is your other guy, this is your side ho, Rap Mon.
- It definitely is cool, very different to this part.
That like, it's nice not knowing what they're saying
but like you still like it, you know what I mean?
- Can't really understand anything.
- Yeah, you think?
- That's true. - A little bit.
I like music with some substance to it.
- Did you listen to Despacito? (laughs)
- One to 10, give me a rating.
Whatever it is, just let me know.
- Four. - Five.
- Okay. - Wow.
- So you were more into it? - Yeah.
- Not that I don't, I think it's good
but I'm not really a K-pop or pop person.
I wouldn't listen to Selena Gomez either, so.
- Okay, cool.
- Thanks Paul, out of 10, what would you give them?
- Based on their energy-- - Yeah?
- Eight. - Okay, nice.
- Eight, nine, based on energy.
- I've never high-fived a policeman.
- Okay, I say like a three.
- That's quite severe, that's a three.
- That's quite harsh, I mean I'll get over it.
- I'd give it an 8.5. - Nice.
- What would make it a 10?
- Less blue hair, probably.
- Well, it's definitely interesting.
It keeps you like focused and grabs your attention.
- Yeah, they're very bright, looks like K-pop.
That's what I would imagine K-pop to be.
- Can you see yourselves listening to this at any point?
- No. (laughs)
- Fun and bright in a very sad world, like Las Vegas.
You need all that, don't you?
And it's not harming anybody, let's all just go and dance.
- I like the visuals.
We're media students so we film and I think--
- It's creative and it's art more than--
- More than the music.
- I know a lot of people, sort of they go
after it and they're like oh, k-pop,
like they're kind of quite negative about it.
I've never really looked into it before
but I didn't see anything on there
that was particularly egregious.
- Boo-Boo, what'd you think? - Boo-Boo.
- He loves you. - I love you so much.
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