Shadowing Practice: Cortis on why they don't sing about girls - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Can we talk about the subjects of your lyrics?
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You guys do not sing about love.
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Yeah.
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And or at least you haven't and you haven't really written any songs about like girls or not.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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well we were trainees and um
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we live together and we work 24 /7 together so we don't really have much to talk about girls actually.
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Sad right?
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It's kinda sad but like...
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It's true.
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Your family and music.
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And your fans.
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And each other.
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And the crew.
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And like our daily lives
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and yeah I think like at the time we were in the studio like 24 /7 and also what comes in.
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the most honest and actually like through the 300 songs that we made there are tons of songs that sound super cool.
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Yes.
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But it's like Maybe we're not cool enough or like maybe just archive it and like for later for later,
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but yeah when we become cool.
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I think
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Yeah, I think we wanted to make the album sound
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um you know maybe a bit nerdy And at the same time like a little Like...
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Weirdos.
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Weird, yeah, because, like, we're...
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We're not like are...
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We're not dark or like, you know, we had like a couple tracks that sounded like really cool.
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Like, okay.
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Like if we play this in a...
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festival, on a festival or like
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Any kind of set the crowd will like open up a marsh pit like this sounds crazy.
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Yeah, but We didn't put it in the album because it didn't sound like us.
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It's not authentic enough.
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So yeah, I think we really didn't want to fake it.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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That's the main thing.
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We had to real.
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let go of some stuff.
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Yeah.
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To sound like right now.
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Like the album.
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Yeah.
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That is out. But yeah.
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But there's so many stuff.
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So many cool stuff to come.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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You guys are incredible.
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Thank you.
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And the honesty.
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That you live in these songs and the authenticity and the realness and the rawness.
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It just is...
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It's really refreshing.
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Yeah, thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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You gotta listen to Cordis all their music is waiting for you on Amazon Music K -pop now
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Playlist it exists on Amazon Music.
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It's a community you want to be a part of a bunch of fans there, so Go and talk to him.
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Link below.
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Final thoughts?
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They gotta go.
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How crazy is your life right now?
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Unbelievable.
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It's wild, right?
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Serial, man.
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We're flying over the...
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Like, man.
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Everywhere.
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All over the world.
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Are you trying to stay present, or are you really just going from like thing to thing to thing?
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Just soaking every moment in.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Trying and finding different spots to eat.
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Yeah, definitely.
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New York is our first time going to New York.
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At the end of the day, we're still teenagers.
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Yeah.
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We want to eat good food.
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We want to dress up well and you know, make good music.
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That's all that we think about all the time.
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So it's just like, yeah, we're taking recommendation.
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and somebody got very emotional looking at the - OOOOOOOH!
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But that's - I thought it was awesome.
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It's the way it should be.
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He was crying.
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It was my first time to see him cry.
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It wasn't easy to follow...
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These guys.
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Because when I joined the team, these guys were like...
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Already so good.
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And like I didn't know how to dance or sing.
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I didn't know anything.
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I just loved music and like...
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It was kind of hard time to like follow up to this guy's level and
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when I like saw the big poster on the building high building like
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like my emotions got crazy and like I didn't want to try but yeah.
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Do good Like really good Yeah Me it was like more than like, "Ah, we made it" moment, it was like, "Oh." It's burden on me.
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This is too much on me.
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Responsibility.
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Yes.
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All that's all is responsibility. So like...
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I understand that to a certain degree because it is, right?
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It is.
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Our seniors and like our senior artists, it's like...
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BTS, TXT, K -pop gods.
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They're amazing people.
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And you spent years looking up to them and watching them grow while also training to follow in those footsteps.
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i mean that's why we can't be here
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and like that's why we're able to be here to create
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our own music that's why we that's how we are in la like
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so we had to take responsibility to like you know investigate in them
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and like see how they really you know made it up there like maybe like follow the trace
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but at the same time doing our own thing and like making our own craft um keeping
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yeah they're amazing and you guys are here because you deserve to be here thank you thank you thank you
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 224 sentences and 934 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:56. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 92% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lyrics noun | /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ | The words to a song (or other vocal music). |
| investigate verb | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/ | To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. |
| craft noun | /ˈkɹæft/ | Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning… |
| ton noun | /tʌn/ | The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each. |
| burden noun | /ˈbɝdn̩/ | A heavy load. |
| serial adjective | /ˈsɪɹ.i.əl/ | Having to do with or arranged in a series. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
| poster noun | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. |
| trace noun | /tɹeɪs/ | An act of tracing. |
| recommendation noun | /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/ | An act of recommending. |
| teenager noun | /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/ | A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive). |
| unbelievable adjective | /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/ | Not to be believed. |
| authentic adjective | /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/ | Of the same origin as claimed; genuine. |
| honesty noun | /ˈɑ.nɪ.sti/ | The act, quality, or condition of being honest. |
| archive noun | /ˈɑɹˌkaɪv/ | A repository or other place for storing material (such as documents and records) no longer in current use, and usually having historical value. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dress up verb | To put on special or fancy clothes. |
| look up to verb | To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model. |
| open up verb | To open. |
| work together verb | To be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is waiting · We're flying · Are you trying |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | had to real · had to take |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, didn't, gotta. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, authenticity /ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, marsh /mɑɹʃ/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, authenticity /ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like lyrics, investigate, craft.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.