- I am a K-pop stan.
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- When did everyone get into K-pop?
And who's your ult groups?
- Late 2020. Stray Kids is my ult.
- Okay. - [David] Okay.
I got into it like around 2018
and my ult group at the moment is TWICE.
- [Faith] Okay.
- But I started off with BLACKPINK.
- I started around 2020
and I would say exactly the same, mine was BLACKPINK.
My friends started getting me into it.
- I started liking K-pop in 2015.
Currently my ult group is NCT.
Love them. - [Pablo] Nice.
I think for me it was 2012.
- Oh, wow.
- It was BIGBANG and now it's TWICE like David said.
- What about you Sarah?
- Technically 2021.
My ult groups are NCT and SEVENTEEN
but I got into GOT7 in 2016.
- Slay, me too. I saw them in 2016.
- Okay. And then for me, I got in the same time as you
like 2015, 2016.
And my ult groups right now are MONSTA X and Red Velvet.
- [Everyone] Ooh. - Monstaaa.
- [Hawa & Evie] Yeah!
- My baby! - Did you see them?
- Whoo! (fast-paced electronic music)
- Did you see them in concert?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, have you guys been to any concerts?
- It was the day of my graduation.
I had college graduation
and then right like an hour later I had the concert.
- That's the best, dude.
- I saw TWICE three times in one year.
I saw them at the Forum
and then I saw them twice for their encore.
- Who's your bias?
- Mina's my bias.
- [Faith] Hell yeah. (laughs)
- Like, when she was throwing that around.
- I saw Stray Kids eight times within a year.
- Eight times?
- Just eight times?
I'm just kidding.
- (laughs)
Don't tell me that because I wish I would go more.
- I didn't see them any times.
I did see SEVENTEEN in KCON 2018.
- [Everyone] Oh.
- I just went to their tour.
- What's everyone's ultimate bias?
Does everyone have an ultimate bias?
- Yes. - Me would be Mina.
Like just like David.
- Mina as well. Yeah.
- My ultimate bias is Ming Yu from SEVENTEEN.
- Ooh. - [Faith] Okay, period.
- Shownu, MONSTA X.
- Okay. - Yeah.
- Oh my god. Wait, didn't he just come back
from the military?
- Yes.
- Mines just straight up Stray Kids.
My old coworker tried to like get me to pick one
- You have to.
- And I started like eyes watering. I was like, "no!"
- Oh, you have to pick one.
- If I had to, then I would switch it up
and be like I can't choose between them and say
like Seok Matthew from "Boy's Planet."
- No, okay, pick one. You have to.
- I'm a bit suspicious of Faith because seems
like she's trying to get the attention
off of her and just like keeps switching it.
- Mine are Mark, Haechan, Jaehyun.
And then Wan-woo, Hoshi from SEVENTEEN.
- See, she has more.
- I have 5.
I can't, I can't.
I just have so much love to give.
- True, but, like, there's always that one member
that, like, attracts you.
- Yeah.
- Like I never met someone that like never had a bias.
- Wait, Pablo, are you into any like newer groups?
- Not really.
I think I just BIGBANG like old stuff like H.O.T.
- [Faith] Oh, I know.
- Wonder Girls, Girls' Generations.
- [Evie] Girl's Gen.
- I am pretty suspicious of Pablo.
- Pablo.
- He liked the older type type of K-pop
and wasn't really talking about any new K-pop stuff.
And I feel like if you're a K-Pop fan you're kind of going
with the times even though you do like the older stuff.
- Do you listen to anything current?
- Kind of, just that "Cupid" song,
but I'm pretty grandpa in the K-pop.
- (laughs)
- No!
- I have a question.
Do you guys have, like, what are terms do you feel
like only, like, K-pop stans know?
- Ooh, okay.
- "Sasaeng." Yeah.
- Okay. I don't know,
I just know the acronym "I-J-B-O-L."
- "I just burst out laughing."
- Yes, yes! You know it.
- Dude, I thought it was Korean on my timeline.
I was like why are people speaking
in like tongues or something.
- You know what, I didn't know what that was until just now.
- [Faith] There you go.
- I thought it was Korean too.
- I didn't know what "nugu" was until like a year into it
'cause I started working at a K-pop store,
and then one of my coworkers was like
"Oh, like, what about the nugu groups?"
I was like, "The who-gu groups?"
I was like, "is that a group?"
- Is that a band?
- I love them.
- Mine was the dungeon.
Dungeon slash basement.
and I was like what does that even mean?
- I was like, oh.
- The way we all reacted the same.
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- Maybe he was someone
that like got into them a long time ago
and then he fell off and now he just, like, hates K-pop.
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- Bye.
- I think I come off as quiet.
I think it's pretty much that,
and then especially Hawa's question.
- Are you into any like newer groups?
- Like a real pivot point to disqualify me.
- Okay. What's everyone's favorite comeback
that has come out this year?
- &Team comeback I think is great.
- Wait, they're not K-pop.
- They're J-pop technically.
- [Everyone] Oh.
- Like their sub-unit? Is it a sub-unit?
- No. So they're Enhypen's brother group.
- Oh, okay.
- We were talking about &Team and he was like,
"Oh is that a subunit of Enhyphen?"
And I was like, I feel like everyone knows Enhyphen.
So I thought that was a weird thing to say.
- But that's my favorite comeback so.
- [Faith] Okay, okay.
- I'll say (G)I-dle.
- Okay, "Queen Card." "Queen Card!"
- Could not stop dancing to it. (laughs)
- I was not into (G)I-dle
until "Queen Card" came out,
and then I was like, let me dive into their music.
And I was like, okay wait.
- Then the dance.
- Once I learned the "Queen Card,"
I was like, imma get into this now.
- [Faith] Yes!
- So the thing is about K-pop stans,
they get lost in conversation a lot,
especially about, like, K-pop groups.
So I was like, okay, let's reel it back in.
Come on, let's talk about (laughs) what we're here for.
Are you guys all big on merch?
'Cause I'm a college student,
I'm going into my Master's,
I don't got money like that.
- I don't have money. I'm a broke college student.
- It's called no self control.
- No, literally.
- No self control.
- I will say I do spend my money on concerts
even though they are more expensive.
- When you get there though,
- Yeah.
- you look at the merch. - Gotta get that shirt
Gotta get the light stick.
- Gotta get the glow stick.
- The lights stick, yeah.
Do you guys have light sticks?
- [Everyone] Yes.
- I can't not go to a concert with a light stick,
'cause I feel like with just a phone I'm like
what is my other hand doing? Like.
- You have to have your favorite though.
'Cause they all have like such unique things.
Like my favorite one is a radish, like MAMAMOO.
- Oh, MAMAMOO!
- Yeah. Oh my god.
- Do you guys each have like a stan account on Twitter?
- Of course, yeah.
- Unfortunately.
- I don't even have a Twitter account.
- Oh, you don't?
- [Skylar] I don't, no.
- What do you use?
How do you, do you go on TikTok?
- No, it's TikTok and then this website.
- What website?
- K-pop Drama.
- It's literally--
- (gasps) Oh, K-Drama?
- Yes. Yeah, it's like with the pink logo.
It's every five minutes,
they're updating something about someone.
- Oh, Koreaboo?
- Yes!
- Yeah.
- Definitely suspicious of Skylar.
She didn't have Twitter,
which is like a really big thing in the K-pop community.
And then she didn't know the name
of the, like, the app that she did have.
- I even have Facebook.
I'm like an old woman.
- No!
- Facebook, but not Twitter.
Twitter gets so crazy like.
- No, yeah.
- I don't really see anything bad
about K-Pop fans on any other social media platform,
except Twitter.
- Honestly like TikTok too.
The comments.
- Yeah.
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- David, just because he kind of sat back this round.
He wasn't really talking much
and I feel like he was just talking about TWICE a lot.
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- She wasn't on Twitter and she only used Koreaboo.
No one really uses that.
(buzzer sounds)
- Bye.
- I don't use Twitter to keep up with K-Pop,
but I feel like that doesn't make you a fan
if you have an account or not.
- [Host] If you want to keep playing
because you think the mole is still in the box,
raise your hand on three.
One, two, three.
That is majority.
So the new rule is every wrong person
that gets voted out starting now will deduct
from the shared cash prize, okay?
- Okay.
- You guys ready?
- Yes.
- Okay. I have a question.
- Yeah.
- Did you say you collect photo cards?
- I do.
- Okay. Do you know what messes up a photo card?
- PVC.
- Okay, okay cool.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- Okay. Sorry, but I'm like a little sus of you
because like you've only talked about TWICE.
Like do you have any other like groups that you stan?
- Oh yeah, like (G)I-dle, Dreamcatcher, MAMAMOO.
I like iKON's music.
- What's your favorite MAMAMOO B-side?
- B-side. I don't know if it's, well,
'cause like I listen to them
but I don't, like, I don't know,
like, I just added, like, a bunch
of K-pop songs to my playlist.
- Are you only into, like, title tracks?
- For the most part, yeah.
Like for other groups,
I mean, I've listened to the B-sides,
but I don't know, like, the name.
Oh, you know which one?
I think it's called, oh my gosh.
It's like where they're calling her, like, short
or something?
- Yeah. "8 Centimeters"?
- Yeah, that one. Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah.
- That's the one.
- What are things you guys don't like about K-pop?
I can go first.
- Okay.
- The only thing I don't like about K-pop is
what people think of you if you like K-pop.
- Yes.
- 'Cause that's like my only issue.
'Cause all of a sudden it's like, oh, Koreaboo dadada,
I'm like.
- Exactly.
- I hate it.
It's like people that listen to, like, Bad Bunny
or, like, music in other languages,
like, they don't get shit on.
But I feel like it's like kind of, like,
people being xenophobic.
- The thing that I get told the most is like, "oh
how can you like music that you don't
understand?"
- Read the lyrics.
Read the lyrics.
- Like, music isn't just its lyrics.
Like, if you're gonna diminish it down to that,
then, like, what?
Like, there's so much more than that.
- Okay, you're gonna get this,
but unit wars are the worst.
- Holy shit!
- I just don't like how they put down the rest of the group
to, like, raise their fave I feel like.
- Yeah. Fan wars in general are just dumb.
- [Faith] It's horrible. No, for real.
- Like literally atiny versus stay.
It's like the groups are best friends.
- Right?
- Okay, can we do like a quick dance?
Like every, like whoever.
- I cannot dance.
- She's the dancer.
- I got it. So, "Rollercoaster."
I just taught it to my youth class.
- Okay.
- ♪ Shooting star, a rollercoaster ♪
- Okay, okay, okay!
- ♪ Doo doo doo doo ♪
♪ So incredible ♪
- Yeah, you got it. Okay.
- Okay, that's it. (laughs)
- Okay, so in TWICE "Talk That Talk",
but like the dance break part.
So, it's like,
♪ Tell me what you want ♪
♪ Tell me what what you need ♪
- Okay!
- ♪ Doo doodoodoo doo doo duh ♪
♪ Talk that talk ♪
♪ Doo doo doo doo talk that talk ♪
- (laughs)
- [Evie] Okay. Anybody else, anybody else?
- I know, like, "Perfume" by DoJaeJung.
Just like ♪ ah ah ah ♪
- Did you see them?
- They're in San Diego right now.
- Oh yeah, you dance. Go.
I don't really know any dances.
- ♪ Bad boy ♪
- Ooh!
Let's go. Let's go.
- ♪ Dadada da, dadada da da da ♪
♪ Got me like ooh ooh ♪
- (laughs)
I forgot. We switched it up, we switched it up.
- Oh my gosh, no you don't wanna go?
- I don't wanna get eliminated, but I literally can't dance.
- So I'm a little bit suspicious of Sarah right now
because she didn't want to dance.
Not all K-pop fans know the dances and stuff,
but you know a thing or two,
even if it's like a hand movement.
Can you do like the motions at least?
- I wanna give Red Velvet some justice, dammit.
- I can sticker.
♪ Sticker sticker ♪
- Let's go.
- That's probably the scrapbook ladies.
- (laughs)
- It kinda reminds me just of the first song --
(bell rings)
- Aw.
- Don't be super shy.
Come up below if you're a K-pop stan
and don't forget to like and subscribe for more.
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- Hawa because she only knew a couple of moves.
- K-pop fans are usually, like, most times than not,
they're very hyper.
She was quiet.
- [Host] There's actually a tie.
Sarah.
And Hawa.
- Sorry.
- [Everyone] (laughs)
- [Host] Two minutes, you guys can ask them
whatever you want.
- Okay.
- You haven't talked a lot.
So, like, is there anything, like, you wanna, like, tell us,
like, specifically, you know, anything?
- I didn't wanna bring out the big guns,
but I have an NCT Dream tattoo.
- Aw.
- Oh!
- I was like how the hell am I supposed to
frickin' prove myself to a frickin' tattoo?
I couldn't say much.
I was just like, I'm into K-pop.
You can either believe me or not.
I love K-pop, man.
I love K-pop.
My friend got me into K-pop. Shout, can I shout people out?
Shout out Sil.
Hey, Sil! She got me into K-pop.
She's Korean, she's told me it's XO and everything.
- (squeals)
(bell rings)
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(buzzer sounds)
- (sighs) It's 'cause of the tattoo, huh?
- (laughs)
- Good luck.
I was offended. (laughs)
But then I can understand because, again,
a tattoo is way too strong to prove against.
- [Host] One, two, three.
So the game has ended.
You guys are confident that the mole has been voted out.
If the box turns red,
the mole is still among the four of you,
and the mole wins cash prize for themselves.
Are you four ready?
- Yes.
- Yeah.
- Three,
two,
one.
- Let's go!
- Oh my god. (laughs)
- I'm so happy.
- [Host] Alright, I'm gonna count to three
and then the mole can step forward. Okay?
Everyone ready for the reveal?
- One,
two,
three.
- I knew it!
- Yes, I am the mole.
- You know, I was just happy to make it
past the first round, to be honest
'cause I dug really deep into K-pop.
Like I even watched a documentary like I sat
through an hour and a half documentary in pain.
But that's okay.
It obviously didn't work.
- So why do you hate K-pop?
I feel like the industry's kind of toxic
and I really hate like the things they do
to like the groups and stuff
'cause there's so many things that they're banned against.
Dating, eating certain things, wearing certain things
and I feel like it's really hard on people's mental health.
Like, I know Moon Bin from ASTRO died in April
from that type of stuff.
And then just like the music isn't my type.
I really like the beats,
like, I really like BLACKPINK.
I feel like after looking at this and, like, studying,
but it's just not, like,
- Studying. (laughs)
- It's not like a genre I can really get into, I feel like.
- Okay. - That's fair.
- So yeah, that's my reasoning.
- Cool. - Yeah.
- [Host] Did you learn any dances for this?
- I did.
I sadly did.
- Did you end up performing any of those?
- Thank God, no.
- What music do you like?
- I like R&B, indie, soul.
- K-R&B is really good. You should, I mean.
- Gimme some lists, guys.
Gimme some lists.
I'll start getting into it.
But yeah.
- A K-pop stan is somebody who just has a genuine love
for the genre.
- It's definitely more than just like knowing the music
and the dances and stuff like that.
It's definitely being part of the, like, K-pop community.
- I feel like that's the fun part about K-pop.
You make friends so easily.
- [Everyone] Yay!
- Ooh.
K-Place, anyone?
- No, literally.
- K-Place, anyone?
- I'm down. (laughs)
- Hear me out. What are y'all getting?
- New photo cards, new photo cards.
- Oh, I'm saving it
because I spent 300 bucks for MISAMO.
- Oh wait, KCON! KCON's coming up.
I need my ticket.
- That's true, that's true.
- KCON, KCON, KCON. Let's go.