CLAY: Catherine, Catherine!
What is it that you wanted to tell the people of the world?
CATHERINE: I need a man!
[laughing]
I'm very single.
We're talking about-
an Asian Bachelorette..
JESSIE: What's up everybody! Welcome back to STEEZY's YouTube channel,
it's your girl Jessie!
CLAY: And your boy Clay!
JESSIE: In this series, we invite YouTubers and influencers
to learn a dance routine WITH us on STEEZY Studio!
CLAY: And make sure you go to the description link down below
so that YOU can download the STEEZY Studio app
and have access to over 900 dance classes
from the world's best instructors!
JESSIE: If you follow us on social media, which, you should-
you've seen us post about the #merrymixchallenge,
which is STEEZY's custom, holiday-themed dance challenge!
There are actually three different levels to this challenge,
and ALL the classes are available FOR FREE,
so ANYBODY can participate in the #merrymixchallenge!
CLAY: And that's exactly what our guests for this episode are gonna be dancing to!
Are guests for this episode are models,
Catherine Lynn,
Sangyay Chen,
and Emkay Vee!
CLAY: Why are YOU posing Jessie?
JESSIE: No, I wasn–!
[laughing] JESSIE: I'm PRESENTING, okay??
CATHERINE: Hi, I'm Catherine, I'm a model
and I do social media marketing
and I won the very first Miss Asian Las Vegas pageant,
so I DID a little bit of dancing there,
but that's about it..
SANGYAY: Hi, my name is Sangyay.
I am originally from New York,
I'm a content creator,
and, I- watch TikTok videos, but I do not dance at all.
EMKAY: Hi, I'm Emkay Vee.
I'm originally from Philadelphia,
I'm also a model,
but I'm taking a little bit of a break to be a full-time mom,
uh- and as far as dancing experience,
I USED to go-go dance back in my hometown,
but as far as choreo,
I've never done it before!
JESSIE: Alright ladies, we're gonna have a lot of fun today,
get in the holiday spirit,
get some moves in- you ready?
EMKAY: Yaaay! CATHERINE: Yeahhh!!
JESSIE: Let's get into it!
CLAY: Yaaaay!
JESSIE: So as we mentioned, there are three different levels to this challenge.
We're gonna let YOU guys choose.
CATHERINE: Oh my God- I'm scared.
[laughing] I can't do that..
CATHERINE: Oh...
SANGYAY: Ahh those TikTok moves! CATHERINE: Cute!
SANGYAY: I may need a month..
JESSIE: Okay..! CATHERINE: Yeah.
I WANT to dance like that..
CLAY: Okay..
JESSIE: And you WILL...
CLAY: You WILL!
[infomercial voice] ..with STEEZY Studio!
The BEST place to learn dance onli–
Sounds good!
Alright- so then let's get started with the beginner version then!
EMKAY: Okay. CLAY: LES GET ITTT!
Jessie's picking up her dog, Miso, at the daycare right now..
so..
look forward to a dog.
[SHEELA: "–and Ellen, and welcome to STEEZY's Merry Mix Challenge!"]
["Eight– Rudolph,"]
["the red- down on NOSE."]
["hit 'reindeer,' and get into a little reindeer position, okay?"]
[SHEELA: "Pop! Pop!"] CATHERINE: Oh..
SANGYAY: Wait, am I popping in or out?
[laughs] CATHERINE: Out!
[laughs]
CLAY: -boom! And that creates..
I-I- hopefully I look like I'm doing it but..
CATHERINE: Oh my God- you're so good!! [Sangyay squeals]
CLAY: -and I can go- press this looping button..
CATHERINE: ..and it'll keep going? CLAY: ..go to sections- yeah!
And I'll just go..
CATHERINE: That's so cool! CLAY: Practice with music..
Press play! SANGYAY: Ooh..
CATHERINE: Wow, I need that in life!
CLAY: Ohh, okay!
You're very fluid..
movement..
SANGYAY: Oh...
CLAY: and..
that means that-
that's one of the things that, like it-
it can- it can feel really good in a lot of dances,
so what YOU need to focus on is
stopping and hitting a PICTURE.
You hit THIS,
make that a period statement from the start. SANGYAY: Okay!
That's really good advice actually.
CLAY: I should do this for a living, huh!
[laughing]
EMKAY: Am I even..? [SHEELA: "Right, step-"]
["left, step, right-"] CATHERINE: I'm not good at–
SANGYAY: Am I doing the wrong side??
Oh, they're going fast-!
CATHERINE: I.. am having–
[chaos ensues]
SANGYAY: That's a–!
CLAY: We can actually flip it to the back view if it's confusing,
so you can use that.
SANGYAY: You can do that?? EMKAY: Ohhh!
CATHERINE: Hey we need that! CLAY: Yeah!
EMKAY: Yeahh!
SANGYAY: Wait whayu–
CLAY: Jessie's back!
[gasp & aw's]
[laughing]
[cuteness overload]
SANGYAY: Doggy break!
CATHERINE: We need this emotional support! JESSIE: Mhm,
he's here!
[more cuteness overload] SANGYAY: Emotional support animal..
CLAY: Your arm's gonna prep for that pull-
[demonstrates with gasp] SANGYAY: Ohh!
CLAY: HEE! SANGYAY: You're already curved..
CLAY: KA!
..Did you say I'm really curved?
[nervous laugh] CLAY: Thank you if you did.
SANGYAY: Noo the arm's already curved when you go up!
CLAY: Aw man..
Pull taffy- YEAHH!
That's the one- that's texture right there.
So you went from doing THIS,
to doing- [SNAP]
JESSIE: OOH! EMKAY: OOO!
[everyone freaks out]
CLAY: But that was YOU!
[laughing]
[SHEELA: "Baby... BOOM-"]
["she goes 'slip a sable'"]
[SHEELA: "Boom, KA, boom, KA, HIT, HIT, CHEST, CHEST, hop-"]
[laughing] EMKAY: Oh my goodness!
[SHEELA: "GOOD, GIRL.."]
["GOOD, GIRL–"]
SANGYAY: How do you DO that??
[laughs]
CLAY: I want you guys to try this though!
Um..
we're gonna do..
CATHERINE: Oh yeah!
I like this! [giggles]
[frustrated sigh]
SANGYAY: Oh f***..
CATHERINE: Are you okay?
Wait guys, we need a band-aid!
We have an injury..
SANGYAY: Uhh, so I actually scraped myself with my nails when I was dancing..
I always do things like this..
It just- I don't know how that happened..!
CLAY: So, we finished the last section, how are you feeling?
[nervous laughs]
CATHERINE: Uhhhh.. SANGYAY: Awesome..
CLAY: "Uhhhh?" CATHERINE: Better~?
I'm not really good at coordination..
so, I'm working on that..
EMKAY: Yeah definitely trying to get- the timing to the lyrics correct,
and nailing the moves..
SANGYAY: I got myself really into it.. EMKAY: I knoooow!
SANGYAY: Battle scars.. CLAY: Miso's gonna heal it, watch this.
EVERYONE: Awwww!
[laughing]
CATHERINE: The loops help though! CLAY: Mm!
SANGYAY: Yeah.. CATHERINE: And like the slow motion..
it helps so much.
SANGYAY: Um I really liked how you had a back shot,
so you copy it from the back as well
because I personally learn better-
looking from that direction, so I like how you have options.
EMKAY: Yeah that was very helpful. SANGYAY: Very, very helpful.
CLAY: Nice.. CATHERINE: Yeah.
CLAY: What do you think- is..
the thing you wanna focus on most-
aside from just getting the choreo?
CATHERINE: Swag.. CLAY: Ooh!
CATHERINE: I have NO swag. CLAY: No swag!
SANGYAY: Booty-popping for me
cause I canNOT-
twerk or booty-pop..
CLAY: Glad that STEEZY can be of service here. SANGYAY: Baby pops..
CLAY & SANGYAY: Baby pops!
SANGYAY: I just wanna dance like Jessie honestly..
CLAY: Comment down below if you wanna dance like Jessie!
If you see the other person doing something a little different,
don't worry too much about it, like-
you are the best dancer version of YOU.
Fully step into it,
embrace the movement, embrace the weight-change, it-
it looks-
so much better than you think it does.
CATHERINE: He's like our really- our dance dad.
[laughing]
CATHERINE: That's a dance dad!
JESSIE: Because the music has a lot of other noises on top of like the actual tempo,
it makes it sound busier.
But KNOW that you are already going at the right time,
without all of that.
Like trust that you have it,
[muffled] and then throw in some spice-
[Catherine giggling]
JESSIE: Put some spice into it. CATHERINE: So cute.
JESSIE: So if we're hitting lyrics, just pay attention to the lyrics.
If we're hitting the bass-
"BASS, BASS–"
just pay attention to the-
"bass," right?
Okay!
CLAY: We're gonna move on to actually TRYING it with music altogether,
you ready for this??
[nervous laughs] CATHERINE: AHH!
No...
CLAY: Let's get it... CATHERINE: Yes..
JESSIE: WOO!
JESSIE & CLAY: CONGRATULATIONS!
JESSIE: You guys did it! CATHERINE: Thank youuu-
JESSIE: So, what was it like doing the Merry Mix Challenge?
CATHERINE: It was hard, but fun.
If I'm at home, and I can keep doing it every single day, I think I can actually nail it-
which I didn't think was possible before! EMKAY: Yeah, right??
[laughing]
SANGYAY: I feel pretty accomplished!
You know, I thought it would take me DAYS to learn it..
I think it was really easy to learn~
and, I thought that- the whole-
format and everything was very helpful,
so, I really enjoyed it.
CLAY: Thank you so much for joining us and dancing with us today-
where can we find you on your social media channels?
CATHERINE: Right- SANGYAY: Right here..
JESSIE: And if YOU wanna do this dance too,
all three levels of the #merrymixchallenge classes are available FOR FREE!
Just hit the link below, and start dancing!
And make sure you subscribe to STEEZY-
HIT that notification bell so you can see more awesome dance videos in the future.
See you in the next one~!
Byeeee~!
EMKAY: Were you only supposed to say that?
Or are we all supposed to say– CLAY: No you can say whatever you want!
What do you wanna say right now? Say it!
Say it!
EMKAY & CATHERINE: See you in the next one!! CLAY: Niiiiiicee!
[laughing]