KIDS: Kids react to...
pop stars!
This episode...
K-pop!
[Girls' Generation, "Gee"]
What the?
This looks so weird.
Are they like the Wonder Girls?
[sings] Asian Rebecca Black.
[song repeats] Gee, gee, gee, gee. Baby, baby, baby.
I like the dancing.
I don't understand this at all.
[song] No, no, no, no, no.
Oh, jo-heun hyang-gi. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
I am very confused.
[Super Junior, "Bonamana"] ddan-da-ran-ddan, ddan-da-ran-ddan...
Boys.
Ah, the same thing with guys.
[song] ...mi-chyeot-da-go mal-hae-do
[sniggers]
[laughs]
What is he saying?
[song] Bounce to you, bounce to you, nae ga-seum-eun neol.
This is more Bollywood music than anything.
Where do you guys find this?
[song] oeb-da, oeb-da, oeb-da, oeb-da.
[2NE1, "I am the Best"]
[song repeats] Bam Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta (Beat!)
Ahh!
This is the Asian Lady Gaga.
They're copying Lady Gaga, it's official.
[laughs] That's so weird!
WHAT IS THAT?!
[song] ...ta-ieo-cheo-reom bo-gi joh-keh cha-yeo
nu ga neh-ga na-bo-da deo jal...
Whoa! The music video detail is really good.
Who is willing to watch this?
Bam Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ta-ta-ta-taa. Oh, my God.
Uh...I c-can't find the right words.
KIDS: Question time!
MAN: What did you just watch?
Three music videos.
One was girls, one was boys, and one was girls.
Doing this weird dance.
Woo-ooh...
I could not understand any words they were saying besides "baby."
MAN: Do you know what country these are all from?
Japan?
Japan!
Japan.
Japan, China!
Vietnam!
Korea. [ding!]
MAN: All of these groups are part of a genre called K-pop.
What?
MAN: For Korean pop music.
Oh.
MAN: What do you think of that name: K-pop?
MAN: How would you describe the way all these groups look?
Kind of freaky.
They're like "future."
They have, like, that swag. [laughs]
They all look the same.
MAN: Do any American singers or pop stars remind you of these groups?
Glee, sort of.
Spice Girls!
The Pussycat Dolls.
Tokio Hotel.
Big Time Rush.
Big Time Rush, that Disney thing.
Lady Gaga. The last one, completely!
MAN: So, did you like the music?
Yeah, the music was good.
If I listened to it too much, it would probably just give me a headache.
The presentation's definitely awesome.
Like, I wish some people in America would do that.
I wanna listen to my music, that I can understand the whole time.
MAN: Sometimes they also make English versions of these songs.
Would you listen to that?
Maaaybe.
I'm going to show you pictures of the groups you just watched,
and we're going to talk about them, one by one.
So, first you saw Girls' Generation.
Alright.
I feel like that's the name for a cheerleading team.
They strike me as, like, demure.
They look kinda good. [laughs]
MAN: And there is Super Junior.
God, they're ugly--what?
Their dances were really cool.
Who comes up with these names?
They look sort of, like, emo.
They seem to be wanting to look like
every other...boy pop band that's in America.
MAN: The last group spells their name "2-N-E-1"
pronounced "twenty-one," or "to anyone."
Okay, that's pretty cool.
It looks like they're still in their PJs.
They're, like, 70s, sorta.
Are they trying to go for 80s?
I love it!
MAN: So, of the 3 groups, who's your favorite?
Super Junior.
Girls' Generation.
Super Junior.
Girls' Generation.
2NE1.
Girls' Generation.
Super Junior.
2NE1.
Girls' Generation.
Boys:
The other girls:
MAN: How do you think they find each other and decide to start a band?
They were probably, like, friends in kindergarten.
Music...academy.
They go on the streets and they're like, "Hey, do you sing?"
"Yeah."
"Well, let's make a band!"
"Let's be Super Junior!"
MAN: They're actually put together by big companies
who train the groups for years before they even put out a song
to hopefully make them the next big pop stars.
What do you think about that?
That's horrible.
Whoa, that's kinda cool. Maybe I should do that.
If I even liked one of them, I would pretty much be liking the person that trained them.
They have the advantage of having somebody...
giving them propaganda and saying, "Hey, these guys are AWESOME, look at THEM!"
I guess you have to give up your life just trying to become icons,
like, becoming perfect.
[evil voice] "Ve vill make ze perfect pop star."
Wait, so they basically make them to be their puppets?
Well, I hope they get paid well.
MAN: Do you still like the music even though it was essentially created by a company and not the artist?
Yeah. Good music is good music.
It doesn't, like, sound like it comes from a good place.
It just sounds like it comes from...money.
If you're gonna be a musician, or a pop star, or a rap artist,
I feel like you have to think of it yourself.
MAN: Would you want to become a famous pop star if that's what you had to do to get there?
Maybe...
Yeah! That'd be fun.
Nope...whatsoever...no!
I'd rather be a hobo on the street.
I like being a kid and having a life.
MAN: Why do you think some of these groups have so many people in them?
Probably cause they wanted 10 people,
because they just wanted 10 people.
If you have 10 people in a group, someone's gonna like at least one of them.
I don't like Selena Gomez, but if Selena Gomez was in a band with...
Hilary Duff and Demi Lovato and...Miley Cyrus
I guess there'd be other people to like.
MAN: K-pop's become popular all around the world, even here in the U.S.
UGH, I hate my generation so much!
Why can't I be born in the 1980s?
MAN: Why do you think it can get so popular
even though it's not in their language?
I have no idea.
They like the catchy music videos, they like the tune.
You know, there's a lot of weird people in this world, so...
I'm not saying you're weird if you like it,
but lots of weird people probably DO like it.
I cannot express my rage!
This is like Rebecca Black times ten!
MAN: How do you think people find out about these groups that are in other countries?
Maybe they did a worldwide tour.
Probably on the internet.
YouTube, DUH!
YouTube! It's a magical place.
MAN: Are you gonna start listening to more K-pop now?
Yeah.
Yes.
Yeah.
More of this! Hoo-yah!
No!
Noooo!
No, for the love of God! No!
That is the WORST piece of abomination I've ever heard!
That is going to kill society! What is wrong with our generation?!
I am serious! What makes this good?!
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