WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.182 --> 00:00:01.994 - [Voiceover] What's up KCon? 00:00:01.994 --> 00:00:04.148 (crowd cheering) 00:00:04.148 --> 00:00:08.073 - Hello Los Angeles! 00:00:08.073 --> 00:00:10.638 - [Voiceover] These are the Try Guys from Buzzfeed. 00:00:10.638 --> 00:00:13.864 - We're a KPop band, we can do this. 00:00:17.778 --> 00:00:19.101 - My name is Aimee, and I'm a professional 00:00:19.101 --> 00:00:20.581 dancer, and I work with a lot of K-Pop artists. 00:00:20.621 --> 00:00:23.014 - How do we dance like K Pop stars? 00:00:23.014 --> 00:00:25.802 - To me it seems like 25% purposeful walking 00:00:25.802 --> 00:00:28.303 and 75% things I will never be able to do. 00:00:28.303 --> 00:00:31.806 - K Pop artists really have to focus on entire 00:00:31.806 --> 00:00:34.136 bodily performance, and in unison. 00:00:34.136 --> 00:00:35.540 It makes a spectacular show 00:00:35.540 --> 00:00:36.451 for the camera. 00:00:36.451 --> 00:00:37.519 - What kind of dancing background 00:00:37.519 --> 00:00:38.266 do you guys have? 00:00:38.266 --> 00:00:40.527 - Well, we just learned Irish step dancing. 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:43.069 (frustrated yelling) 00:00:43.527 --> 00:00:45.060 - [Voiceover] Do you expect me to dance in these? 00:00:45.060 --> 00:00:46.166 - [Voiceover] Yes I do. - [Voiceover] What? 00:00:46.166 --> 00:00:49.657 - I don't know what to do with my hands. 00:00:49.657 --> 00:00:51.956 - I'm neither Korean nor a dancer. 00:00:51.956 --> 00:00:53.117 - Yeah, yeah, Eugene's screwed. 00:00:53.117 --> 00:00:55.474 - [Eugene] I lap danced the shit out of Ned's wife. 00:00:55.474 --> 00:00:57.184 - Eugene's lying. 00:00:57.184 --> 00:00:58.009 - [Aimee] You guys are going to be 00:00:58.009 --> 00:01:00.536 performing on the main floor of 00:01:00.536 --> 00:01:01.313 the convention stage. 00:01:01.313 --> 00:01:03.415 - No, there's going to be like, 00:01:03.415 --> 00:01:04.552 thousands of people there. 00:01:04.552 --> 00:01:06.329 - You guys will all be dancers and 00:01:06.329 --> 00:01:07.815 K-Pop artists by the end of today. 00:01:07.815 --> 00:01:08.952 - [Eugene] We have two hours to prepare. 00:01:08.952 --> 00:01:10.972 - And we're using half of that for this interview. 00:01:10.972 --> 00:01:11.808 - Then why are we talking? 00:01:11.808 --> 00:01:12.911 We've got to get to dancing. 00:01:12.911 --> 00:01:15.152 - They train so long and hard and 00:01:15.152 --> 00:01:17.873 incorporating singing, dancing, 00:01:17.873 --> 00:01:20.295 acting, and those skills 00:01:20.295 --> 00:01:21.955 are required of K-Pop stars. 00:01:21.955 --> 00:01:23.894 - This mainly hits a lot of different 00:01:23.894 --> 00:01:25.415 variations that K-Pop really covers. 00:01:25.415 --> 00:01:26.970 We'll start with the boy band, EXO. 00:01:26.970 --> 00:01:28.329 - Extra hugs and kisses. 00:01:28.329 --> 00:01:29.042 - Step back. 00:01:29.042 --> 00:01:30.500 - Oh no, it's already hard. 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:31.590 - Arms are going to be forward. 00:01:31.590 --> 00:01:32.647 - Like I'm hugging Keith. 00:01:32.647 --> 00:01:33.994 - And you're going to body roll. 00:01:33.994 --> 00:01:35.795 - Oh my favorite part. - Oh, so sexy. 00:01:35.795 --> 00:01:37.080 - [Zach] We need a name for our K Pop band. 00:01:37.080 --> 00:01:37.859 TG. 00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:38.443 - [Keith] TGIF. 00:01:38.443 --> 00:01:40.283 - [Eugene] Try Guys Is Fun! 00:01:40.283 --> 00:01:42.010 - Grammatically, whatever. 00:01:42.010 --> 00:01:44.767 - You right leg is going to come out, close. 00:01:44.767 --> 00:01:46.172 - Oh, like a horse. 00:01:46.172 --> 00:01:47.728 - What happens next? 00:01:47.728 --> 00:01:49.194 - New part, each person plays a different 00:01:49.194 --> 00:01:50.468 role or position. 00:01:50.468 --> 00:01:52.952 Eugene, you'r TGIF's leader. 00:01:52.952 --> 00:01:55.367 (everyone groaning) 00:01:55.367 --> 00:01:57.271 - Sort of wrong but okay. 00:01:57.271 --> 00:01:58.687 - You've got to tone it down, man. 00:01:58.687 --> 00:02:00.926 - We're learning together, though, leader. 00:02:00.926 --> 00:02:01.946 - I was just trying to lead. 00:02:01.946 --> 00:02:02.832 - Leader's lead. 00:02:02.832 --> 00:02:05.241 - [Keith] No you weren't, you were showboating. 00:02:05.531 --> 00:02:06.791 - [Eugene] I don't think people realize 00:02:06.791 --> 00:02:08.840 how difficult K-Pop choreography is. 00:02:08.950 --> 00:02:10.865 Their music and dancing is so syncopated 00:02:10.865 --> 00:02:12.653 and groups like EXO, they take 00:02:12.653 --> 00:02:14.462 years of training to perfect this. 00:02:14.462 --> 00:02:16.345 (celebrating) 00:02:16.345 --> 00:02:17.912 - You guys will be learning a super 00:02:17.912 --> 00:02:18.992 girly piece. 00:02:18.992 --> 00:02:20.292 - Yes! 00:02:20.292 --> 00:02:21.070 - Sistar. 00:02:21.070 --> 00:02:22.788 Move up, move down, yes. 00:02:22.788 --> 00:02:23.984 - [Zach] Already a better dance. 00:02:23.984 --> 00:02:25.250 - I wasn't born to be a dancer but I'm 00:02:25.250 --> 00:02:25.897 trying my best. 00:02:25.897 --> 00:02:27.525 - The pretty boy of TGIF goes 00:02:27.525 --> 00:02:29.046 to, Zach. 00:02:29.046 --> 00:02:30.441 (everyone cheering) 00:02:30.441 --> 00:02:32.004 - Everyone's surprised. 00:02:32.004 --> 00:02:33.526 (laughing) 00:02:33.526 --> 00:02:34.932 - Feet are going to go out. 00:02:34.932 --> 00:02:35.732 - Yes. 00:02:35.732 --> 00:02:36.394 - Close. - Yes. 00:02:36.396 --> 00:02:37.487 - Out. - Yes. 00:02:37.487 --> 00:02:39.013 - Cool, cool. 00:02:40.043 --> 00:02:41.882 - Got to stay back bro, that's my time to shine. 00:02:41.896 --> 00:02:42.958 - Where am I supposed to be?! 00:02:42.958 --> 00:02:44.015 - Not there! 00:02:44.015 --> 00:02:45.941 - [Aimee] The diva for you guys... 00:02:45.941 --> 00:02:47.338 - I wonder who it could be. 00:02:47.338 --> 00:02:48.263 - [Aimee] Keith. 00:02:48.263 --> 00:02:49.046 (group cheering) 00:02:49.046 --> 00:02:51.065 - I get to be a pretty girl. 00:02:51.065 --> 00:02:53.399 - Shake it, shake it to Keith. 00:02:53.399 --> 00:02:55.105 - [Zach] What I noticed about Sistar and a lot 00:02:55.105 --> 00:02:56.207 of the other girl groups is that while 00:02:56.207 --> 00:02:57.323 their music and choreography is 00:02:57.323 --> 00:02:59.842 really cute, it's also really sexy. 00:02:59.842 --> 00:03:02.553 And that balance is extremely difficult to pull off. 00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:04.067 - Yes, I missed that! 00:03:05.977 --> 00:03:07.762 - Can we end the song with a collapse? 00:03:07.762 --> 00:03:09.151 - [Aimee] Big Bang. 00:03:09.511 --> 00:03:11.046 - I hate that show. - [Aimee] Super exciting. 00:03:11.929 --> 00:03:13.479 - Not the Big Bang Theory. - That show sucks. 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:14.966 - Touch Eugene's shoulders there. 00:03:14.966 --> 00:03:16.185 - Let's smell him. 00:03:17.645 --> 00:03:19.197 - Still smells good. 00:03:20.227 --> 00:03:21.623 - We're going to be sexy, 00:03:21.623 --> 00:03:22.610 we're going to be cool, 00:03:22.610 --> 00:03:23.852 we're going to have confidence, 00:03:23.852 --> 00:03:25.774 even when we're fucking up, which we will. 00:03:25.814 --> 00:03:28.148 - [Aimee] TGIF's bad boy goes to Ned. 00:03:28.148 --> 00:03:30.411 - Yeah, bro! Get some! 00:03:30.411 --> 00:03:31.487 - [Eugene] Being a K-Pop star is impossible. 00:03:31.487 --> 00:03:32.608 - I feel like it's a lot of pressure, 00:03:32.608 --> 00:03:33.704 these guys are under. 00:03:33.704 --> 00:03:34.624 - I believe in these guys. 00:03:34.624 --> 00:03:35.903 I know they can do this. 00:03:35.903 --> 00:03:36.525 - Do you think we're K Pop ready, 00:03:36.525 --> 00:03:37.549 are we ready to kill the performance? 00:03:37.549 --> 00:03:38.887 - Oh my gosh, you guys totally 00:03:38.887 --> 00:03:40.152 exceeded my expectations. 00:03:40.152 --> 00:03:42.353 - One, two, three, exceeded expectations! 00:03:44.110 --> 00:03:45.492 - Well these next group of guys, they all 00:03:45.492 --> 00:03:48.342 seriously do not need an introduction, correct? 00:03:48.708 --> 00:03:49.773 - We're all wearing Eugene's clothes, 00:03:49.773 --> 00:03:51.610 because they said dress like K-Pop artists 00:03:51.610 --> 00:03:52.910 so we asked Eugene to give us 00:03:52.910 --> 00:03:53.579 his wardrobe. 00:03:53.579 --> 00:03:55.151 - There was like a brief window of 00:03:55.151 --> 00:03:55.892 two seconds where everyone 00:03:55.892 --> 00:03:56.696 caught a glimpse of us and they 00:03:56.696 --> 00:03:57.651 were like (screams). 00:03:57.651 --> 00:04:00.109 And then my stomach started going nuts. 00:04:00.109 --> 00:04:01.350 I really have to poop. 00:04:01.350 --> 00:04:03.847 - We literally put this together in one hour. 00:04:03.847 --> 00:04:05.008 - [Keith] We waited so much I started 00:04:05.008 --> 00:04:05.786 forgetting it. 00:04:05.786 --> 00:04:07.562 - [Zach] But once you got into the dance, 00:04:07.562 --> 00:04:08.957 I had so much adrenaline. 00:04:08.957 --> 00:04:10.209 - [Aimee] Give it up for the new K-Pop 00:04:10.209 --> 00:04:12.560 group, TGIF. 00:04:12.809 --> 00:04:15.636 (upbeat K Pop music) 00:04:17.260 --> 00:04:18.363 - Here's a fun surprise, we were 00:04:18.363 --> 00:04:19.478 the closing performance for the 00:04:19.478 --> 00:04:21.068 convention center at K Con. 00:04:21.068 --> 00:04:22.763 No one told us that until we walked on stage. 00:04:22.763 --> 00:04:24.006 We messed a little bit up, but people 00:04:24.006 --> 00:04:25.393 had fun with us. 00:04:26.502 --> 00:04:27.456 - Just by walking out there, 00:04:27.456 --> 00:04:29.508 the crowd just screamed bloody murder. 00:04:29.508 --> 00:04:31.307 Just by being beautiful Keith and the rest. 00:04:35.377 --> 00:04:37.284 I think it's beautiful Keith and the rest. 00:04:39.154 --> 00:04:40.332 - [Ned] I didn't know there was such a big 00:04:40.332 --> 00:04:42.624 hip hop influence in groups like Big Bang. 00:04:42.624 --> 00:04:46.496 This music is turnt and the dancing is fire. 00:04:46.496 --> 00:04:47.943 (crowd cheering) 00:04:47.943 --> 00:04:49.094 - This experience has been really special 00:04:49.094 --> 00:04:50.324 for me because when I was growing up, 00:04:50.324 --> 00:04:52.444 Koreans and Asians were not popular. 00:04:52.444 --> 00:04:54.399 I just want to thank all the K-Pop fans out there. 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:56.814 You're doing so much for advancing what 00:04:56.814 --> 00:04:58.919 people think about Asians in media. 00:04:58.919 --> 00:05:00.965 This has been really touching. 00:05:01.908 --> 00:05:04.267 (crowd cheers) 00:05:04.267 --> 00:05:08.025 - Oh my god, K-Pop, ya'll! 00:05:08.025 --> 00:05:09.433 That was incredible. 00:05:09.433 --> 00:05:11.941 - International K-Pop fans have 00:05:11.941 --> 00:05:14.344 this shared notion of kinship. 00:05:14.344 --> 00:05:16.434 - What up KCon, we are the Try Guys! 00:05:17.124 --> 00:05:18.798 - [Suk-Young] The excitement that people can 00:05:18.798 --> 00:05:20.740 feel when they are exposed to Korean 00:05:20.740 --> 00:05:22.744 culture is unique. 00:05:22.760 --> 00:05:24.003 - I went from not knowing anything about 00:05:24.003 --> 00:05:25.176 Korean culture to feeling like I've 00:05:25.176 --> 00:05:26.499 totally been immersed in it. 00:05:26.499 --> 00:05:28.089 Everybody's having such a good time. 00:05:28.089 --> 00:05:29.089 This is a blast. 00:05:29.089 --> 00:05:32.339 - So I think K Pop is here to stay for a long time. 00:05:32.339 --> 00:05:35.575 - Thank you all the fans, and find us on the net. 00:05:35.575 --> 00:05:36.633 (crowd cheers) 00:05:36.633 --> 00:05:39.955 (upbeat K Pop music) 00:05:46.059 --> 00:05:47.104 - Let's smell him again. 00:05:47.104 --> 00:05:49.014 - No, no, no, don't smell me!