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A day may come when we lose, but that is not today.
Today we fight...
- Hello, I'm Niki.
- And we're in London.
It's happening...
- Guess who's back...
Back again.
(tribal music)
- Oh, we're back on the streets of London today
and we are going to ask some more unsuspecting victims...
People.
- Stop saying victims.
- People.
- We're asking about K-Pop again.
- Yeah.
Have you ever listened to K-Pop before?
- No, I know of it.
- No, Sorry.
- It's pop music from South Korea.
- Okay.
Sounds good.
- Oh no, am I getting filmed?
I haven't even done my eyebrows.
- [Niki] Do you want to be in a video?
- I haven't done my eyebrows.
- Neither have I.
- They look on point, though.
- No they don't.
- Yes they do.
- Look how bushy they are.
- If I said the phrase to you, "K-Pop,"
have you heard of that?
- Yeah. It's Korean, right?
- There's no wrong answer.
I'm just asking it.
- Sounds like a Scandinavian pop band.
- Do you know anything about BTS?
- Yeah, I know a bit because my friend knows some...
Knows them.
But, I don't know anything.
- Korean pop culture or something like that?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You might have heard of BTS?
- No.
- I'll give you some context.
Do you think you would ever listen to K-Pop?
- Probably.
- They're called BTS.
- Right.
- Have you heard of them?
- No, I don't think so.
- That's totally fine.
Has she like shown you them and stuff?
- On her Snapchat, yeah.
She's like done a lot of video...
Like taking videos of their videos and basically
shown me, but I don't get it.
- They beat Selena Gomez and Justin Beiber...
- Oh, wow.
- By double the votes.
- Oh, okay.
- So, they've got quite a big audience going on there.
- Have you ever heard of a band called, BTS?
- Yep.
- You have?
- Yep.
- What do you know of them?
- Nothing. I've just heard people talk about them.
- I think of weird Korean game shows.
- Okay.
- Right.
- What's you're impressions?
- They're all a bit funky, aren't they?
- Yeah, they all look pretty good looking.
- Colourful.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- Doesn't everyone have a favourite Spice Girl?
- They're very pretty, aren't they?
- Yes.
Their girlfriends are going to be very challenged,
aren't they?
- Who is everyone's bias?
Let's go down the line.
- Rap Monster.
- V.
- Where's the Suga love?
- Where's Suga?
Where's Jin?
- I think they're very pretty looking.
- Yeah.
- They wear a lot of makeup.
- Okay.
- But, that's good.
Its good to wear makeup...
You don't want to generalise things.
- Breaking gender boundaries and things?
- Yeah.
- I don't know which ones...
Are females and which ones are the males.
- They're all guys.
- I hope that's not offensive.
- No, They're all guys.
- They're all guys?
- So, he's what I call your bias.
- Yeah.
- So, you're biassed towards J-Hope?
Would you agree?
- I don't know?
I don't know him.
- I'm loving the hair colours.
Gotta say.
- Are they boys or girls because you can't really tell?
- They're very androgynous, aren't they?
- What does androgynous mean?
- So, that's Jin.
He's also know as Mister Worldwide Handsome.
- Oh, cool.
- Who's your bias?
He's also know as Mister Worldwide Handsome.
- Mister Worldwide Handsome?
Excellent.
- A title I like to go by as well sometimes.
- I can understand why.
- Probably that one.
- Okay.
- That's Rap Mon.
He's the leader of the group.
- Oh, really?
- Strong choice.
- Oh, I did not know that.
Usually I don't pick the leaders.
- I don't know?
He's pretty cool.
He's a bit of a sly dog on the left.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- So, he's called Rap Mon.
- Who?
- His name is Rap Mon.
- Rap Mon?
- He's actually Nam-joon, but he's know as Rap Mon.
Rap Monster.
- Oh, Okay.
- Are you A.R.M.Y.?
- So, this video is called, "Not Today."
- Does it sound like The Stereophonics?
- No.
- Is there much point use showing you
the DNA video?
I feel like we could all fan-girl over it together.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Dancey, electronic and it's cooler than Psy.
- Okay. It's cooler then Psy?
- Hard to be, right?
- It was cool, yeah.
- It reminds me of Naruto.
You know, when they're all running at the start.
Yeah.
- Well, it's all very...
It's just dancey pop, isn't it?
- Yeah.
- You know, that's all it is.
Sort of thing you learn at school.
- It reminds me of like...
Like back in the day NSYNC. So...
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, the heavy dancing?
- Yeah.
- That's great.
- Yeah.
- Visually that's very powerful.
(shrieking)
- His hair is everything.
- It's like the subtle tones?
What? What?
- Pretty ordinary, isn't it?
- Yeah.
- A bit cheesy.
- My first thought is that it reminded me of the band...
The three guys who do that, "My Ya Hi, My Ya Hu?"
("Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone)
- Oh, wait. Hold up.
- I love the video...
The background...
It's a great sunset.
- I don't know it. I'm just like...
- Yeah, definite NSYNC vibes.
- Yeah.
- I'm not sure it would be my thing, but
Rap Mon's pretty cool.
- He's your lad?
- It's right, it's my boy.
Yeah, he's my boy.
You're my boy, blue.
Yeah, he's good.
- Oh!
- Would you listen to this?
- No.
- You wouldn't?
Why not?
- It's just not my thing.
- It's not your thing?
Do you think you could...
- I don't usually like...
I never thought I would like K-Pop,
but it's not bad.
It's not bad.
- After trying something new?
- Yeah.
- What is your taste in music?
- Rap.
- Oh, you like rap?
- They've got three rappers in the group.
Does that change your mind?
- Probably not.
- Okay, so...
- That's a bit more interesting now, actually.
- Oh, do you want to keep going?
- It's got a little bit better now.
- They've got different vocals going on.
You go back to the 60's...
The Beatles...
They had different lead singers.
- Yeah.
Good point.
- Yeah, I don't think I'll be buying any of
their records, I'm afraid.
- Yeah?
- See, if you're not looking at it,
it sounds like a normal pop band, I think.
- It's a good music video, but it's not my style of music.
- I vote you're a secret fan, personally.
- Yeah, I'd give the video about a nine
for the shots and stuff.
- Oh, nice.
- I really liked it.
Yeah.
At the start, I'll give it a one.
- Okay.
- But, as the song got in...
I'd give it a seven.
- Okay, cool.
- Can we say safely you're a Rap Mon fan, now?
- I'm a Rap Mon fan, yeah.
- The video is quite cool, so that's why
I give it above average.
- You're going to keep an eye out for Jin in the future?
- We are A.R.M.Y.
- A.R.M.Y. for life.
- A.R.M.Y. forever.
- Wow, cringing.
- Weird.
- Can you say to the camera,
"I've just joined the BTS A.R.M.Y.?"
- But, there was nothing to object to there.
- Okay, nice.
- So, I give it a seven.
- So, seven out of 10.
- Seven and a half, maybe.
- I have just joined the BTS A.R.M.Y.
- Yes.
- We didn't pay her to say that.
- Converted.
- We've set you down the path of
maybe liking K-Pop in the near future?
- Well, I'd certainly look it up and have another listen.
So, yeah.
- Oh, brilliant.
- Three.
- And why would you give it a three?
Because it's not real music, is it?
They're just prancing around and there's
some beating in the background.
Fair enough?
- Very fair opinion.
("The Sounds of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel)
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if not bad things won't happen.
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- Comment below your favourite BTS song.
- Bye.
Did you have a good time, Doug?
- It's been the best.
Not.
- I don't think they can hear you.
- It's really cold.
- Do you like BTS, Doug?
- Uh, I'm not part of this video.
- Are you A.R.M.Y. or not?
- Yes.
All about the A.R.M.Y.
- [Niki] Stand BTS?
- I stand Rap Mon...
- [Niki] Rap Mon.
- Rap Mon.
Yeah, Jimin; the other one.