♪ (rock intro) ♪
- Today, we have brought everyone together
for a round table episode to discuss K-pop.
- Yes! - K-pop!
- Yes! - How ironic. I'm wearing
my BTS tour shirt. - Ah, perfect.
Me and Rebecca are ready to go. - I actually grew up
listening Korean music. I have a bookshelf
of my beautiful boys. (popping)
- YES! - Oh, okay.
Oh, it's their new song. - The production! The production!
- BLACKPINK. Yeah, okay. Yeah, okay. - Yeah.
- ♪ (singing in Korean) ♪ - Ah.
- I love the scenery. - I have goosebumps!
- Ah! I love her so much. Rose, my queen.
- ♪ Ha, how you like that? ♪ ♪ You gon' like that,
da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, ♪
- ♪ How you like that? ♪ - Get it!
- Period! - Boom. Lisa,
get it, my queen. - Yeah, I love the choreography
for this.
- Ay! Let's go.
- Ay, we got a rapper. - Yup.
- Period! - Finally, giving Lisa lines.
YG, doing your job. - Giving me Aladdin vibes.
- ♪ Then tell me how you like that ♪ ♪ Like that ♪
♪ Ha, how you like that? ♪ - Ooh!
- Yes, Rose! My queen! Get it. - The Chanel!
- I just wanna know how much money they put into wardrobe.
- Oh. You don't wanna know. (laughs) - (laughs) Yeah, you don't wanna know.
- Period. - This wardrobe is insane.
- Ah! - BLACKPINK!
- BLACKPINK! - The usual. We love.
- We have a lot more to show you guys,
but this is the latest song from the group BLACKPINK.
This music video broke all kinds of records,
including the most viewed YouTube Premiere of all time,
the most views in 24 hours with over 86 million views
in that time span, and the fastest music video
to hit 100 million views on the platform, doing so
in about 32 hours. - Period.
- Oh my gosh. - They beat BTS's record
for "On," and then people were flippin' out.
records are meant to be broken people, you know?
It's gonna happen. - What do you think it is
about this group or this video that's led it to be
such a record-breaking video? - Blinks have been waiting forever.
- Ever. - Like, forever.
Blinks actually bought a truck to drive around YG in Korea
to say, "Where's our comeback?" It's a bop. So, it's like,
one, they've been waiting. It's a bop. What more do you need?
- ♪ I know I want it ♪ - YES!
This one is so good! Yeah! - I've never seen this before.
- Ooh. I actually really like this song.
- This Coachella moment - I love how it's so
visually pleasing. The choreography and everything
is perfect. - Mm-hmm.
- Yeah. - Ah! So good. Yes.
- ♪ You are gonna be mine again ♪ - Yes.
- They look so good! - ♪ I wanna have more, more... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ More, more, more ♪ ♪ More, more, and more ♪
- Dahyun! Ah, my queen! I love her.
- Okay, now a breakdown. - It's like Adam and Eve, right?
- Yeah. - Oh, okay. Ay!
I like the beat, though. - Ah, get that center, my queen!
- (snaps) Period. Ah! (ding)
- ♪ More and more ♪ - I can definitely
rock this out at the park.
- Whoa. - ♪ More and more ♪
- Looks like they're at Coachella. - Yeah.
- Ah! This is so good! They're on a lake!
They're on a lake! - I will say the outfits
aren't crazier than the other ones--
Oh, never mind. I take it back. - Dang!
Get it! - Outfits are on point again.
- This is such not a typical Twice song. I love it!
- I can't handle how good it is! - Momo. Main dancer shining through.
- (sighs happily) - Get it, my queen! Rap it! Ah!
- Go off. Wow, boss. - I love how there's always
that one rapper in the group. I love it.
- My mind is blown right now. This is literally like
a movie production. As I'm watching this,
I'm just thinking, "How long did it take them
to make this and how are they all so talented?"
- Ay! - Get it.
- Ah!
- The album was so pretty. - I'm gonna have
all these songs stuck in my head. - ♪ More and more ♪
♪ (sings in Korean) ♪ - (warped) ♪ More ♪
- Ah! - (in deep voice) More.
- I just had a full chorus K-pop meal, and I want more.
(ding) - This was the music video
for the song "More and More" by the group Twice,
which after its release was the number one trending video
on YouTube and as of filming this episode,
has nearly 50 million views. They are the best-selling
girl group of all time in Korea,
and they were formed in 2015... - I knew it.
- ...on a reality show. - They went through a survival show
before they became Twice. And so, they really had
to fight to make it into this group.
- I feel like bands that are put together
on shows like that, their fan base is almost
so much stronger, because fans could see them come together
from the beginning. And then, they feel like
they were a part of the start of it, and they feel like they know them
and what they've been through to get there.
- ♪ I'm so bad ♪ - (laughs) "So What"! Ah!
LOONA! - I haven't seen this.
- You're about to. Ah! - ♪ Blah, blah, blah ♪
- Ooh. - Oh, my queen.
)ding) - ♪ Come and get it, ha-ha! ♪
- I like the street sound. - (squeals)
- ♪ (singing in Korean) ♪
- Oh, that was a cool transition. Okay, editor.
- Are you ready for the drop? Ready?
- ♪ So what? ♪ - So what!
- ♪ So what? ♪ - So what?
- Yeah. - ♪ I'm so bad ♪
- (sings along) ♪ I'm so bad ♪ - ♪ I'm so bad ♪
♪ I'm so bad ♪ - ♪ (rapping in Korean) ♪
- Period. - Get it.
- ♪ I'm so bad ♪ - ♪ (sings in Korean) ♪
- Ah, I mean, I don't know if I like this song.
I think just the way they keep going and singing
"I"m so bad," and it's getting higher and higher pitch,
it's more of an "ehh" to me. Don't hate me everybody
in the comments, please! - That was the music video
for "So What?" by the 12-person group LOONA.
And the group debuted in a very interesting way,
where they revealed each member one at a time while they released
a single album performed with the other revealed members.
- Wow, that's so cool. - That's pretty cool.
- It was so frustrating, though, as a fan, 'cause you wanna see
other members, but they're just doing it one by one.
But it was also really cool, 'cause each member
had their own mini album. So, it's like, if you really
are a fan of just one member, which is... (displeased sounds)
but you know, you had their own album
with their faces on all the things.
So, it was like... (squeals) - Wow.
- The whole process took place over the course of several months
with one being revealed essentially every month,
which is why their Korean name translated to "girl of the month."
- Being able to have each person have their own album
and all that and really invest in the people that you love
and also for the band members' perspective,
for them to be able to be a part of a big group,
'cause it might kind of feel like, "Oh, I'm always in the back"
or "I never get the lead role" or whatever, but then they can
still have their own music, and they can still put
their own twist on it and have their own fans,
I think it's really, really cool.
(heels clicking loudly)
- That was an entrance. - Whoa.
- (woman) Everglow. - Everglow. (giggles)
- ♪ (hums along) ♪
- [inaudible]
- ♪ You're so done, dun, da-dun, dun, dun,
da-dun, dun, dun, da-da-da-da ♪
- I love the sway. That's dope.
- (sings along) ♪ Now you're done ♪
- I think this is my favorite song.
- ♪ (singing in Korean) - I figured you guys
would like this one.
And of course, she gets a solo. - Now that's a cool theme!
- Let's go. - You never see that
with the bars and everything. That's fire.
- Mm-hmm.
- (inhales sharply) Ooft. I'm frozen.
- I feel like I didn't get enough taste.
I didn't get enough justice from them.
I got a little teaser. What's this song called?
- "Dun Dun" by Everglow. - Okay. I'm just downloading music
this entire time. - So, that was the song "Dun Dun"
by Everglow, and they're one of the newest superstar groups,
being just a little over a year old
and having put out their first EP only back in February.
To date, they have released three singles and music videos,
which have a total of 300 million views altogether.
- Whoa! - Every time I hear stats
about K-pop, I'm shocked, but then I'm like,
"Why am I shocked?" I feel like that's
the stat every time. - The sound is very what's in
right now in music. That's why it made sense
that it got big not only in Korea, but just all around the world.
Ba-dum, ta! - She knew it from the first drop,
the first beat. - I love--
- I'm so happy this is not a challenge where it's like who can guess
the song first. - (laughs)
- Wow, we would lose! - Let's go.
Shoulders ready? Ready. Ah, ah, ah! Geh!
- Ay! - ♪ (singing in Korean) ♪
- Okay. - Dude, those shoulders
giving me life! Ah! - (laughs)
- I love her. She's my...
(emotional) my queen. (ding)
- ♪ (singing in Korean) ♪
- Dang. This... The scenery looks insane.
- ♪ I wanna be, I wanna be,
I wanna be me ♪ - ♪ I wanna mess with somebody ♪
Yes! - ♪ I wanna be me, be me ♪
♪ I wanna be me, me, me ♪
♪ I don't wanna be somebody ♪ ♪ Just wanna be me, be me ♪
- Yes. Ooh. Cut that hair, girl.
Cut that hair. Yes! - Oh, she cut it!
- ♪ I wanna be me, me, me ♪ - Snip, snip.
- Ay. - Oh!
- And then, no change. Ready? Ah! Ooh!
- Okay. - I love their voice in this.
It's very catchy. I like this.
- She's so cute. (chuckles) I love her.
- ♪ I don't be somebody ♪ ♪ Just wanna be me, be me ♪
♪ I wanna be me, me, me ♪ - (squeals) Ah!
- ♪ I just wanna be me, be me ♪ ♪ I wanna be me, me, me ♪
- Ooh. - (snapping) Ah.
- Okay, I change my mind. That's my favorite song. (chuckles)
- Ooh, let's get it, Will! (snapping)
Ah!
I can't do it. I know, I can't--
it was big all over Twitter, and people were trying
to figure out how to do it, but it's so hard,
'cause they move-- (frustrated noises)
- Itzy is one of the most popular female K-pop groups of all time.
They won their first Korean music show
only eight days after debuting, making them the fastest girl group
to ever win a music show competition. And their debut single, "Dalla Dalla,"
still holds the record for the fastest K-pop debut music video
to 100 million views. - It's crazy, 'cause this comeback,
everyone knew it was gonna be good,
but when they won their first-- the music show win,
everyone was like, "That's crazy." - What?
- That's how you know they're really-- they set the bar, dude.
It's like, "Get on their level" kind of thing.
- Finally, we've been covering K-pop for years on this show,
and it seems like every time we make a new episode,
K-pop has gotten even bigger and has even more fans than ever.
So, what do you guys think is the future of K-pop?
Can it get any bigger than it already has?
- I could see world tours. Imagine if they did a world tour
of the top three biggest K-pop groups. - Will, don't put that
into the air, okay? I'm already spending enough money
as is, okay? - Gonna put it all out there.
- No! Take 'em back. Take it! Stop. No!
- Thanks for watching this episode of React.
- If you enjoyed this episode, go and drop us a like.
- If you wanna see more K-pop episodes,
you have plenty. They're in the description.
- Bye, guys. Thanks for watching. - Hey, everybody.
Lauren, producer here at FBE. Thank you guys so much
for watching this episode. What K-pop groups do you want us
to cover next? Let us know down in the comments,
and maybe it'll happen. Bye, everyone!