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I’m a K-pop fan. What I’m wearing today is inspired by BTS’ Dynamite.
I haven’t seen the video I promise. But I saw pictures online. 2NE1’s my favorite group.
My name is Louie and I’m not a K-pop fan.
Hi I’m Pat, Hi I’m Gelo. Both non-Kpop fans.
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Hi, my name is Kyle Ediza, I’ve been a K-pop fan since 2013. My favorite groups are Exo, Winner, Seventeen.
I’m Ava. I used to be a non-Kpop fan, what made me convert is Seventeen.
It’s like religion. She’s now baptized.
I’m Jubi. Not super duper fan but I know K-pop.
My name is Clara, I am a K-pop fan. I got into K-pop 2019 ‘cause of my ultimate group right now BTS.
I’m Blanche and I am a non-Kpop fan.
Hi my name is Sam, K-pop fan I've been a K-pop fan for 4 years and the first group I ever stanned is BTS.
Is he in a stadium or something?
The set’s beautiful!
I like the vibe.
Cute!
He’s handsome.
Oh damn!
Do you know this group?
Yeah!
They’re so pretty! What the heck? Wait I needed a moment.
How many are they?
They’re so many!
Wait how many are they in the group?
I don’t know who they are.
Yeah, they’re new!
They look so young!
All of their hair...
Goals.
Their hair is so beautiful.
I like the color of his hair!
This guy though!!!
Oh my God, his deep voice.
What’s his name?
Haruto.
Haruto~
How old are they? Am I gonna catch a case?
But they’re all so young.
The MV has VFX too! Oh my God!
They’re reached/achieved so much already in life.
The only place I’ve reached is Canva.
They filmed this during the pandemic?
I think so? I mean, Korea wasn’t hit that hard.
Are they new?
They're new. Yeah, they just debuted!
They’re YG’s new group right?
This is their debut song.
Aw, cute!
They don’t seem like rookies.
The aesthetics of the MV is actually pretty good.
As usual.
The visuals in this one!
“Open up your heart?”
Ey!
That part was cool.
The choreography’s beautiful!
Is that a dance break? Is this what you call a dance break?
It's the chorus.
It feels like EDM is coming back.
Yeah.
They even have guns~
Oh that was cool!
I would be your girl if I knew how old you were. Y'all look so young!
That guy looks really cool. The one with black hair.
It’s like they’re all so young.
Yeah. I feel so old at this point.
But I like the concept of how they embraced their youth.
I don't know, It seems like they’re E-boys and Softboys at the same time. Does that make sense?
Ah this is the dance break! Please tell me this is the dance break!
Amazing!
Oh wow, I love this beat drop.
Their dance moves are really cool!
Actually, they don’t seem to be like a YG group.
They don’t sound like anyone in their company so far.
I like how they all have different concepts.
I feel like it’s time for me to get to know them all.
Let’s put all the concepts in one group.
Woah!
Ooh! That’s dope!
- Ohhh! The fireworks!
- Eyyyy!
Oh that feels larger than life.
The production for this looks expensive.
Their dance is so intricate too.
If I were to dance and sing like that, I wouldn't be able to do it.
Oh really?
My God!
The visuals are so good.
Maybe if I was a girl, I would like that guy who looks like Sasuke.
Who’s that?
Haruto, the Japanese boy.
Oh!
- Yeah, the one you asked from me.
- Why do I keep asking?
That guy in the swimming pool! I can’t… Okay.
Good job, Treasure!
"My exploding heartbeat Set a fire"
The lyrics are very intense. No wonder the dance was very intense too.
Wow?!
So this is a song about a boy, crushing on a girl?
Yeah.
I remember that there was time that Pat was into me like this.
*Gagging*
You wouldn’t expect through the beat and dance that the lyrics would be very sweet.
It’s a cool song actually. I guess it’s a typical love song mixed with EDM.
We could guess that maybe it means something that they’re telling to their fans.
About them entering this ”new world” as Treasure... they’ll take you on a journey with them through this whole ride of their career.
I remember before listening to iKON saying “this is something that Big Bang might’ve sung.
Or listening to Blackpink and saying “Oh this is something 2NE1 might’ve sung.
I was a big YG fan back in 2011-2015. It’s very interesting knowing how their sound is very unique.
"...open up your heart I just wanna be your boy”
Girl!
I still wanna be your girl, I just need to know your age!
These kind of lyrics will definitely make a girl's heart flutter! Especially with those faces.
It's so aggressive for a baby group.
Like y'all just came new into the scene and y'all are ready to ride or die for me.
I-
Don't mind though.
Basically he has a super huge crush on this girl
I’ll be your boy. Just let me be your boy.
It's more on the physical 'cause he kept mentioning about her looks and stuff.
They’re saying what they feel so that the girl will go out with them.
*Screaming*
Okay~
O.A. (Over reActing)
Really haven’t seen this.
When this came out I wanted to watch it already. But EL told me [not to since] I’ll be reacting.
Please don’t bash/hate me. I haven’t seen this MV. It isn’t my fault since I have schoolworks.
It opens with pastel outfits for the “Boys That Sing (BTS)”
What’s his name?
Ah that's Jungkook.
Jungkook! Yeah!
Is his name tAi-Yo0ng? (She means Taehyung)
Jungkook!
Ah Jungkook!
[Who's] Tai-yoong?!
*laughs in ARMY*
Everything’s English.
Yeah! Actually it is English!
- Ah he’s speaking English!
- English!
Isn't Jungkook’s accent really good?
Bro, Jungkook’s pronunciation -I swear- it's so good!
It’s has the same vibes from those Indie movies.
Oh it is!
Oh David Bowie’s in the background, The Beatles too!
If those are their favorites, we can be friends.
*laughs but keeps dreaming*
Very aesthetic.
Very funky music!
The looks on them... this is a serve. This is such a serve.
When they wear a plain t-shirt like that they look so good.
When I wear it, I look like a CAT officer (national service program for students)
Oh he’s so cute! Doughnut? Now I want a doughnut!
Wow, Jungkook’s vocals are so good here!
Dude It’s such a bop, bro.
That's like Dua Lipa’s Break My Heart MV. That exact shot.!
Every time I see them, they get prettier and prettier all the time.
It’s a cute feel good song! That’s what I can say~
It’s fun. You don’t have to be serious or anything. As opposed to their other MVs.
It seems like there’s not much of a story [in the MV], now it’s just very aesthetic.
Hey, that guy’s handsome! I think that’s the guy I like…
I mean I like his style.
I don't "like" him.
Oh my God!
TaE-yOng!
Taehyung, but yeah, yeah, yeah!
V is my favorite. He’s really looking good here.
It’s like every person in the MV has a concept.
My God. He’s like an angel. Who is this?
Yes Jimin!
Jimin.
So that’s the guy with a high voice!
The thing about this video is that it's so random but at the same time they stuck to a theme, and it’s very BTS.
Oh that’s so dope! Is that real?
Funky like 70s! It reminds me of the song *Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees!*
*Singing Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees!*
It sounds like Christmas! You know when it’s Christmas and you hear these types of songs?
I love the colors! It's like, it’s bringing...
It's giving me life!
Just relaxed, laid back. Makes you wanna dance.
Their dance steps are so good too. Very retro!
I might as well be a K-pop fan now.
During pandemic again.
Yeah right? During pandemic.
Damn!
Damn, that's my boy right there!
Okay, of course...
Of course.
I don't know anymore*, V. I can't understand you.
I know the song by heart.
*Clears throat*
Do I sing this, or do I just speak it?
Kidding~  Yeah I'm just moving on.
I didn't really check into this if they wrote as well.
‘Cause BTS are very hands-on with their music -I'm sure- especially RM and Yoongi.
But I wonder if they wrote lyrics to this?
“Life is sweet as honey, Yeah this beat cha ching like money”
*Humming the chorus*
That’s the catchy part. It’s the chorus. It really hooks you into the song.
Okay, not gonna lie. I love BTS, but lyrics-wise I don’t think this is their best?
But the song itself is really catchy and good!
They already have a name, so they’re just enjoying it at this point.
Yeah.
“King Kong kick the drum rolling on like a rolling stone”
I didn't get that part? I have no idea what that means.
“Jump up to the top LeBron…” Oh LeBron James! I’m a Lakers fan. Okay I like this song now.
There! “I’m diamond you know I glow up.” It’s like they’re saying “I don’t chase you. You chase me.”
The lyrics I expected from Treasure’s song is what I expected from BTS. But it’s different.
Which is okay! I like it ‘cause it’s very surprising.
“So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight.”
What's with the fire (in K-pop lyrics)?
They love putting “fires” in K-pop songs.
“Cup of milk?” wouldn’t it be better...
“Cup of Henny (Hennessy) let’s rock and roll”
Like what I said earlier, this song reminds me of the 70s. You know the song that says…
“Stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive, ah, ah, ah, ah... 
...stars tonight”
It’s a fun song!
And it’s easy to remember. It’s lowkey it's stuck in my head.
It’s a very cutesy as well. Is cutesy the in-thing right now?
I like her hair!
It’s not a typical Blackpink song that’s “strong.”
Giving us...
Oh my God! Selena?!
Oh my God! Why is Selena Gomez there?
Oh my gosh yes~
F**k!
I'm sorry~
- Their faces are so beautiful.
- Lisa is so beautiful!
Ah the one with the short hair looks really good!
Oh my God! Jennie’s makeup!
You know how even if it's your first time hearing the song, it's like you'd be really drawn to the song.
Oh my gosh I like it so much! I don’t know why I like this a lot.
Shhh~ 🤫
Is this an English song as well?
Rosé looks so beautiful!
It's so pretty!
Oh, she has a nice voice!
It’s a very like light song.
Selena suits Blackpink really well.
She's really part of the song.
It’s like she’s really a part of the song. It’s not like a collaboration!
They're like a [single] group!
This is so different from their last song, right?
Yeah.
Oh Selena’s so fierce!
Selena looks so different now!
Is it very sensual?
Y'all look so good and sweet!
It’s all in English.
The music's flavor is really like an Ice Cream. You won’t get tired of it.
I wanna take off all my makeup and put on something soft.
Ooh! Rapper!
I wasn’t ready for black-haired Lisa! What the f**k?!
I mean, that’s the only Ferrari we could afford right now, you know?
- Ah there's a Korean word!
- It's Korean now!
- Is Lisa the rapper of the group?
- Oh her hair like that is cute.
Yeah! Also Jennie!
That’s how cool people are. Their cats ride cars.
That's her cat.
Why are there cats on ice cream cones? I’m confused and I love it at the same time.
I like how you noticed the cat. You know your priorities.
*vibin'*
They’re really like a group, all five of them.
Dude, Imagine how iconic it would’ve been if they were all in the same frame.
This is very bubblegum pop.
I like the rapper (Lisa) more. I think she’s my crush.
I like the rapper
But everybody is stunning.
They’re all so beautiful. It’s unfair.
Giving us ice cream, sexy realness.
Ice cream~
Alright!
You had me at Selena.
But Blackpink is our nephew’s favorite.
He keeps screaming “Blackpink in your area!” at home.
You’d think Blackpink’s in our neighborhood.
“In the jeans like Billie, You be poppin' like a wheelie”
Wow, everybody’s rhyming y'know? (BTS’ Dynamite also had rhymes)
It’s basically talking about being an ice cream.
Everybody wants a taste of you.
Correct, correct, correct!
“Look so good, yeah, look so sweet Looking good enough to eat”
“Mona Lisa kinda Lisa Needs an ice cream man that treats her”
Ey!
Mmm~
The song is about being an ice cream that everybody wants to have a taste because...
...it’s summer?
Hot and summer everybody!
“Come a little closer 'cause you looking thirsty”
Dude...
This is about sex.
“Get it free like Willy In the jeans like Billie”
Lyrics-wise, 'cause these are two Korean English songs right?
Seems like they love rhyming [lyrics] a lot.
I’m not hating on it! I mean it’s their thing. If they wanna do it, okay!
“Look so good, yeah, look so sweet Looking good enough to eat”
Wow. This is the most mature one.
"If you want it I just get it"
That’s like Ariana Grande!
Oh my gosh!
She actually co-wrote this song from what I know!
It's so cutesy, it's like it caters for...
- Children.
- I don't wanna say...
Yeah I don't wanna say kids but...
Actually that’s the part that I find a bit uncomfortable with.
Like I know that Blackpink has a lot of young listeners. (In the Philippines, many young kids listen to Blackpink)
Let’s just hope that there weren’t any bad intentions.
I’m gonna give the benefit of the doubt, maybe it's just ice cream that they're talking about.
“Come a little closer 'cause you looking thirsty” Damn!
Thirsty?
“I'ma make it better, sip it like a Slurpee”
Oh, I see what you did there!
“You could take a lick, but it's too cold to bite me”
- OH!!!
- DAMN!!!
- So far I’m loving the lyrics.
- What?
“You could double dip 'cause I know you like me.”
I thought this song was supposed to be cute?!
But it’s a bit mature.
"Mature."
I agree.
The lyrics are a bit mature.
But it didn’t sound like it. I like the contradiction.
Women taking the strength to tell what they want in life.
They want the cream,
they want the cherry.
They are the cherry.
All of the things they mentioned there.
I like the female empowerment.
Female empowerment! ✊🏽
This song is not for kids.
Selena Gomez is featuring but it feels like they’re one cohesive group! Definitely meshed with the girls altogether.
“Get the bag with the cream, If you know what I mean”
I do not know what you mean, unless it is about…
Ice cream though!
The song was such a bop, when you're listening to it, it's like "Yas, yas, yas! I love it all!"
But then looking at the lyrics now it's like... Oh my God!
This song is very sexual in manner, not gonna lie.
Not like [Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's] WAP obviously, but it’s getting there.
The MV I could go for
The BTS Dynamite. That video, it's so good.
They referenced a lot of pop culture and something like that. That I liked.
I don’t know if you know Wes Anderson’s movies.
Yes!
Wes Anderson is like the Picasso of moving pictures, and they’re bringing it to us right now.
But the music itself,
I’m gonna say the Blackpink. Like my bias Selena Gomez is there.
I feel like at this point they changed it (their concept.)
For me, Treasure, it’s my first time seeing this young and fresh type of vibe from YG.
All the boygroup’s I’ve seen from YG are usually on a more mature concept.
I mean like the title, it really shows a “Boyish” image
Favorite MV I would choose
BTS. There’s just something about it that’s really pleasing to look at.
Doesn’t have as much subliminal messages, or maybe not even at all unlike the ones that they did before.
Sometimes it’s fun to just watch an MV for what it is.
I was with BTS since debut. I was a huge fan back then, and I just stuck on until the Wings era.
Nowadays, they make great music. I love their music, but not as much as I loved their previous songs.
As a person who fell in love with BTS due to The Most Beautiful Moment In Life (1 & 2), Young Forever, and Wings.
-My most favorite BTS eras up to this day because they really spoke a lot to me-
Lyrics-wise I don’t think this is my favorite of theirs, but that’s just for me.
Favorite song…
Feel like you’ll go for Blackpink.
Yeah. Exactly. I'm going for Blackpink.
It's interesting seeing them do this type of song.
Nowadays in western rap you see a lot of male rappers rap about literal sex.
Cardi B!
And Cardi B doing WAP!
Seems like there’s this new generation of girls who are like... “You guys do this too, so why can’t we?”
I applaud them for that.
My favorite song is the one by...
BTS. It's the type of song that would really make you want to dance.
It’s a feel-good song. It makes your mood better! I would definitely put that on repeat.
But for the MV I think I like the third one Blackpink. It was beautiful.
The dance and its vibes, I think the MV attracts the eyes of guys.
For sure Selena shot it in the US, and Blackpink shot it in Korea.
Oh really they shot it separately?
I think so since it’s a new MV.
I think it’s in the chorus where they sing together and they kept transitioning between Blackpink and Selena.
And you don’t notice that there were two different shoots right?
No, I didn't.
But I was impressed with the first MV since it was a bit heavy with VFX!
That’s why the top MV in my list for this is Treasure.
The effort they put in the song, the choreography, the MV with effects.
For a rookie, their first release is really good.
And then for song, [I choose]
Blackpink and Selena.
Compared to the other Korean groups and Western artists collaborations I heard on the radio,
theirs is the one that clicked the most for me.
It’s a good bop. Feminine goals.
That’s Lisa for me… ‘Cause she’s the only one I know.
Love treasure, they really seem like they're gonna pop off.
The song itself was really fun, the dancing looks super dope.
Favorite song,
definitely BTS’ song. I’m biased, but it’s such a good song. It’s so catchy. It’s a bop, it’s just super fun.
Favorite MV, head on between
Dynamite and Ice Cream. I really can’t pick. They’re both super cute.I love BTS’ video so much. Blackpink as well.
It didn’t feel like it was Selena Gomez, Blackpink. It felt like Selena Gomez and Blackpink.
I feel like Treasure’s was a good K-pop debut song.
A lot of boy groups usually start their debut with that type of genre.
As a non-Kpop fan, they were really good at what they were doing. Choreography was on point.
I would've never would’ve thought that this was their first song.
Favorite MV and my favorite song is
BTS Dynamite.
My favorite song and MV is probably
Dynamite.
Summer song that we deserve. Ultimate end-of-summer banger. You know what I mean?
It's like it just jumps out of nowhere.
Blackpink Ice cream, another summer song for me! Looked like they had a lot of fun making it.
Maybe Treasure’s fits this new generation of K-pop better.
It’s a new sound for me from YG.
2NE1, Blackpink, BigBang, Winner, and iKON, you’d know they’re from the same company.
Treasure’s is a new flavor.
For Dynamite, as I mentioned earlier, it sounds Christmas-y. When you listen to the song, it makes you feel alive.
Favorite (Song & MV) in this reaction video is
Blackpink Ice Cream.
Selena doesn’t seem away from them. It’s really like she belongs with the group.
It feels different. It’s a new flavor that Ice Cream brought to Blackpink.
Actually I liked
Ice Cream.
- Blackpink Ice Cream for both song and MV?
- Yeah
Both?
Yes.
It was a feel-good song. Super catchy to the point that it’s like after 1 listen you can easily remember the song.
Their outfits were on point. Everything was beautiful.
It was like…
and she was like…
And you'd never expect Blackpink and Selena Gomez to work out together.
It really works out, yeah.
So what about you?
I chose Ice Cream as well for the MV.
"Ayskrim"
The way you say it is like you're buying ice cream from the man outside.
"Kuya (Oppa/Hyung in Filipino), can I have 'ayskrim'"
I like how multi-layered Blackpink’s MV was.
I like how multi-layered Blackpink’s MV was.
My favorite song would have to be Dynamite. It’s so catchy. Such a feel-good song.
When BTS started out, they were a bit more hard-core. They were more hip-hop.
But now they’re trying to diverge a bit to become more inclusive.
It encapsulates who they are.
So thank you for that TED Talk.
