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The Royal Ballet.
They did something very sacrilegious.
And of course,
the first confirmed musician case for the coronavirus...
...is a VIOLIST!!
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More on that later.
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So,
The Royal Ballet has this tweet.
The tweet says this:
For those of you that aren't aware,
the reason the #BlackSwan is trending
is because BTS, their new single Black Swan,
and everyone is raving about it.
And so here comes Royal Ballet
trying to get on to this hype of Black Swan, being like...
"Oh, but it has nothing to do"
"with our wonderful production."
What's the fuss?
Well, it turned out...
this wasn't the original tweet.
And it goes something a bit more like this...
Oh... They...
Oh, no, no, no, no!
They just did a big-
Uh-oh.
- Well, that was a- - Who wrote that?
- Who is on their social media team? - I think-
The Royal Ballet is a big... big thing.
Swan Lake is a big deal.
But we're in 2020.
BTS...
is...
- THE DEAL! - BIG DEAL!
THE DEAL!
How...
I get it. It might be a certain sense of humour
- they're trying to go for. - Yeah.
I'm being nice, like...
Because in reality,
that tweet just comes across as very ignorant
of where the world is today...
Yeah.
...and very classical elitist, like...
"Ugh, forget about BTS."
"Do Tchaikovsky Swan Lake."
And understandably...
Dude, however many million-
hundreds of millions of BTS armies around the world...
- are pissed! - And they used the hashtag on this tweet.
- They're literally calling for trouble. - Oh, BTS...
If there's anything we learnt every...
- everyone's word, just don't mess with K-POP fans. - Yeah.
- Dude, Ling Ling Insurance, man. - Yeah.
- Like, you don't mess up with K-POP fans. - Did you see our... Henry Lau video?
We made it very clear it was nothing about him,
and even that, we still got a lot of...
I... I guess you can say hate- People trying to um...
- Yes. - ...do stuff.
Which is fine. We understand.
But this is...
Just don't! Ling Ling Insurance!
Let's read some of the comments.
Oh, I haven't seen this.
True.
3,200 likes.
OHH...!!
- Dude, they're getting roasted! - That backla-
Oh, dude...
- Unrelated, but Jimin is so good at dancing. - Yeah.
*kiss* And so is j-hope-
And so is everyone in that team, but I just...
Anyway, I mean-
This is Two News.
No personal opinions.
Yes, just reading the comments.
Reading the comments.
Because BTS took inspiration from this, right?
- Well, it's inspired by the ballet, Black Swan. - Yeah.
- So they should be like "Actually, hey..." - So...
"This is the ballet that inspired this."
"come and stream the OG that inspired this new form."
Dude... Bex.
- Someone hire right n- - Oh my god!
Actually, Bex, come work for us!
- Hey, Bex! Hit us up. Yeah. - TwoSet needs it!
This is...
I'm starting to feel bad for them
- 'cause they're getting really roasted. - Because...
- to be fair, - It's not...
all the dancers that work so hard in The Royal Ballet,
the musicians,
they actually have nothing to do with this.
- They have nothing to do with this. - That's ONE person.
...that ruined it for artists that work really hard.
- Yeah, for all we know, - 'Cause like-
the ballet people might be massive BTS stans as well.
You know what's funny?
It's launched on April 1st.
April Fools'.
- They fooled themselves earlier. Ohh... - Oh... Yeah... Ooh...
Dude...
You know where BTS got their inspiration from?
From my Tchaikovsky drop.
Just kidding!
Ha ha ha... Just kidding.
- We're gonna get cancelled! - Just kidding.
I think it's just an example of
the classical world being disconnected with the internet,
the current reality of what's relevant today.
It's not people don't like it- classical music.
If you watched our stuff for the last few years,
- there's an audience here that actually... - Yeah.
not just musicians, that actually appreciates
- and loves the idea of learning about classical music. - Yeah.
So much of the current establishment of classical music world
is just so out of touch with what people actually do
and how they interact,
- and consume what they like. - Mhm.
I mean, that's so much of what we love doing TwoSet
and about the community is...
What they said with BTS blurring the lines between...
- mainstream culture and art. - ...and art.
We're making it so that art doesn't have to be this thing
that's in its own little bubble.
And for the elitists.
We're making it more relevant for everyone.
- Yeah. - The next generation.
- So that everyone can enjoy classical music. - Yeah.
Like, what is the point of this tweet?
There's no point.
So...
Should've just not even talked about BTS.
Anyone that's ever tried to diss BTS...
That Australian.
- Yeah, I know... - There's some Australian comedy here-
But my point is, anyone that's ever tried to diss BTS
is not here anymore.
Dude, look at this meme.
Ohohohohh...
I have to say, I don't wanna start drama.
- And again, Two News, no personal opinions. - Yeah.
But while most musicians that we've worked with
are very supportive of
- making classical music relevant, relatable. - Yeah.
- There's always those few people in the industry... - Yup.
- that push that kinda arrogant agenda, and- - Yeah.
I'm sure you guys watching know them,
but they're always there.
- But you can't help it. - Yeah.
Alright!
Now, next!
First confirmed musician coronavirus is...
a VIOLIST...!!
Actually, to be fair,
we don't know if they're actually the first confirmed musician.
But!
The first one that's been getting media attention.
This violist is an Australian violist.
His name is Brett Dean.
We've actually seen him perform.
- We've worked with him, or you've worked with him. - Yeah.
He flew from London to Taiwan for a concert.
Apparently- I couldn't find this.
I tried to fact check this, but apparently,
He ticked that he was coughing,
but they were like
"Uh, it's probably okay. It's probably not corona."
So he went in to Taiwan,
and performed with the NSO,
National Symphonic Orchestra in Taiwan,
with two concerts.
One on Friday night, 28th of February,
and one on March 1st, Sunday afternoon.
He was later confirmed when he landed in Adelaide
to have coronavirus.
The most famous, 國家音樂廳 (National Concert Hall)
Yeah, we were there last year...
- Yeah. - about one year ago, doing a concert there.
It's a really epic concert hall.
- That had to be closed down, - ...shut down.
shut down to be completely disinfected.
The orchestra had to stop
and cancel all the performances...
of which 21 orchestra members,
10 journalist reporters, 13 flight attendants
- are all quarantined. - Yup.
I think in the current circumstance,
all we can say is if you are feeling sick,
don't go to orchestra rehearsal.
- Yeah. - There's a hundred musicians there.
Potentially up to 2, 3 thousand people in the audience.
Yeah, I think it's a global social responsibility.
And nothing against Brett Dean, like...
- He just made a misjudgement. - It's a misjudgement, and...
- Probably didn't think it would be anything because - Yeah.
I also understand that
- you don't want to think you have the virus. - Yes.
It doesn't help.
At the same time,
people in Taiwan are not happy about it.
It says here
"He performed in the first half on stage,"
'"but in the second half,"
"he went and sat in the audience."
- Oh man... - Someone's like "Dude..."
That's... that's it.
"One member in the orchestra privately expressed that"
"during rehearsal, Brett Dean was coughing."
"Many orchestral members expressed that
"they wished that he wore a mask."
"But out of respect for..."
"western culture because..."
"western culture is not really a thing,"
- "and so they didn't want to ask him to wear the mask." - Yeah.
- So- - I mean, for example, we were recently in Singapore,
and everyone was wearing a mask.
- Yes. - But right now we're in Australia, and-
...and no one's wearing a mask!
It's already here!
It's already here, and no one's wearing a mask!
And that blew my mind!
If you're sick, wear a mask.
- Yeah. - But no one's wearing a mask.
But funnily enough, all toilet paper has been sold out.
- Yeah, guys. Please at least use a toilet paper, - 'Cause you really need to wipe your bum.
put it around your face, like...
Oh, the biggest question is also...
the fact that he flew from Taipei to Brisbane.
- But EVA Air is quarantining the flight attendants. - Yes.
The plane got disinfected and sent back empty.
But what's concerning to us being here in Australia is
there's no news of that flight coming into Brisbane
being quarantined.
And um...
the flight from Brisbane to Adelaide, too.
- There's no information about it. - No, no information being quarantined.
It's a perfect time for musicians to lock themselves up
- in the practice room, and just practice. - Yeah.
And actually on that point,
*sneezes*
My point is, actually, I wanted to mention this...
Our tour is currently being delayed because of this.
'Cause as you can see, these public gatherings are causing-
- A lot of... issues. - ...issues.
And we want to be very responsible.
- We want to be there. - Yeah.
But I also don't want everyone to get sick
because of our concert.
- Yes. Yeah. - We were very close to release our first set of dates.
But unfortunately, things will be delayed.
We hope you understand.
- Yes. - We do want to come see you guys.
Moral of the story:
Don't go to rehearsal if you're sick,
and remember... that of course...
the violists get the corona.
Viobola!
VIOBOLA!!
- And don't diss BTS if you're Royal Ballet. - Yes.
Also, wishing the very best for Brett Dean.
Hope you get better.
And... (if) sick, put your mask on.
Sick, don't go-
*COUGH COUGH*
Brett: Please subscribe! Like and subscribe! *COUGH COUGH*