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Who's your favorite American celebrity crush?
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Zendaya.
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That's...
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Oh, this is Sunday!
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Girl, yeah.
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I know!
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I know, I was like...
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Where was my wedding invitation?
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Oh, yeah!
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Hey, what's up, everybody?
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This is Jillian Superstar with Complex News, and I am joined with K -pop superstar's idol...
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Hi, ladies!
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Hi!
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Thank you so much for joining me.
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I'm so happy to see you guys here.
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You look amazing.
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You do.
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You look gorgeous today.
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I love the outfits.
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Congratulations on your new song, Mono.
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That celebrates unity and love.
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And I love the lyrics.
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I think it's very progressive.
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We're not really used to hearing lyrics like that in K -pop.
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How does it feel to have lyrics that are sold bold and make such a statement in your music?
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I think the point or like the things
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that we want to tell about from this song is really straightforward like
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because I think these days a lot of songs the lyrics are
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so many you know complicated things
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but we just shut down all the filters like telling about the truth telling about the instance
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and also telling about the essence like from our heart
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so I think that's why people love the song very much so from you know after
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After seven years, we were branding ourselves as Idol, it's the first single ever released.
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So I think it's a new start because we want the audience, like our fans, know
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Idol as a new chapter.
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So yeah, I think
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Mono really did a good job for that.
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I agree.
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Congratulations on this new chapter too.
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What was the process like creating this song?
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How did you guys come together and decide that you wanted to make a song about unity?
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Ice Blue Rabbit.
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She's a producer.
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She's a producer.
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She's a producer.
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She wrote a song.
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But this song is the song that we all talk together
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and we're going to make a song about what we're talking about.
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Oh, I love that.
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That's amazing.
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And I also love Skywater's feature.
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How did that collaboration and that feature come about?
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First, we want to try something new.
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So we planned a track with future artists.
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Then I remembered Skywater.
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His vibe and his tone matched the song very well.
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So we connected Skywater.
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Skywater.
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Amazing, amazing feature.
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I mean, all of you guys' music just makes me want to dance.
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You were playing it before y 'all came in here and everybody was like, wait, I love this.
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I love this.
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Thank you.
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So when can we expect to see you back live?
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I know your fans are waiting to see you and support you.
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When can we expect, like, another live performance, another tour?
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We are preparing our new album and world tour.
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Amazing!
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Okay, exclusive, exclusive.
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That's amazing.
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I'm so excited.
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How do you guys feel like the American audience is different from the other audiences that you guys perform in front of?
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They have more energy and passion.
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Yeah, they're more passionate and more aggressive.
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Because when we perform during our US tour, I think they always dance with us.
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Some of them, they really want to get to the stage, dance with us.
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It's super cute.
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The dress code, right?
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Yeah, the dress code sometimes they dress exactly like we dress in the YouTube video.
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Like some of them, they were wearing like blue wigs, just like us in the music video, right?
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Yeah, that's super cute.
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Very lovely.
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I love it.
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And for someone who's never listened to K -pop before,
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like if someone is watching for the first time and just being introduced to you guys in America,
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what is the first idol song they should play?
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Mono?
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I think, yeah.
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Mono!
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Nice, nice.
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That's idol.
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Yeah, it's so fun for a new color.
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Yeah, not the idol.
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Yeah, not the idol anymore.
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We dropped it.
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Yeah, the new chapter.
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Yes, that period period.
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I feel that and for the American audience who might not be familiar
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What is an idol and I know it's more like an artist who sings dance and
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Connecting with the fans with like different kinds of performances.
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Oh, I see.
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Okay, and it's just war more than music we kind of like growing up with the fans together I love
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that and connect with the fans a lot
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so I guess this is what
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so they're like on the journey with you do these different mediums like not just singing not just dancing
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it's like a little bit of everything yeah I love
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that that's super cool
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and the Queen card music video pulls from different iconic movies like white chicks
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and mean girls oh yeah whose favorite movie was that like whose
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Who's the idea was that to pull from those movies?
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First of all, when I was doing a meeting in the music video, it was a bit...
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I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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I thought I wanted to bring a comedy movie in the U .S.
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And all of us really enjoy, you know, like growing up, enjoy watching those movies as well.
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What other like American movies did you guys grow up watching that you were obsessed with?
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Parents Trap.
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Yes, I love that.
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I love the like handshake they did.
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I forget what they have those.
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I practiced when I was young.
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La La Land.
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Actually, I'll admit I have not watched
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that i know i know i know jail i know i haven't seen that one
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but i'm gonna add it to my list i know
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that's a classic that's oh my god my favorite is notebook no classic yeah
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i cry oh yeah yeah every time when we watch that i'm obsessed he's just such a cutie
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see we can see exactly as a group you guys are known for heavily like writing
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and producing your own music which again is
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so rare with k -pop groups what does it mean to have
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that type of creative control over your music because we can produce
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and we can write the songs by ourselves
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we can you know tell the audience like the true things we want to tell and that sense of like you know,
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the ownership, I think really makes our music more the people, they will feel like more,
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you know, sincere and more like from deep from our heart.
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So and we don't have to, you know, matter so much things because this our music.
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Yeah, we don't have to, you know, think it's too much, too complicated.
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Just make the music and telling the truth, telling the message that we want to say
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that time right yeah you can see you
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because we produced our debut songs like from our debut
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and after seven years you can see like I don't yeah well
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we were to I don't like grows up like yeah
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I think it's a really a fantastic growth yeah I love
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that it just comes off
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so authentic yeah honest story yeah honest we had can't be honest
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when we perform we we just feel like ourselves we don't have to like pretend to yeah do it
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so really we really enjoy you know performing our music I'm very very proud of.
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I think that's why your audiences too are able to connect with you guys so deeply
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because it is authentic there's no pretending there's no like facade like it's just
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you guys yes that's beautiful each of you have your own
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projects your own solo work how do you feel like you
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show up differently for your solo work than you do for
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the group like does it help you to have a solo creative outlet
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so that you can then come back to your group
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and have like you know just give everything to you guys as a collaboration which member has their own
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color and style yes so that's why from that solo adventures from ourselves i think we can you know
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improve a lot first of all because we can bring more potential
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and more perspectives and more you know identities together and after
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that we can you know
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when we do the groove things we can improv create it like them together
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that make our music more colorful and more powerful
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so I think it's important to do your solo things well first
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then I think you can combine them together then we became idol yeah makes sense mm -hmm
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that makes sense and what do you hope
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that the young girls watching you take away from your music and what you represent
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basically we were talking a lot about loving yourself and be confident in your own skin
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so if you love yourself you can love another just like in the mono song absolutely what's one thing
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that each of you do to promote self -love
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and like help boost your confidence is it like dancing in
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the mirror is it having like a little sweet snack before
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you go to bed like what do you do to make sure you like
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when you're feeling down your confidence stays up listening to queen car yeah exactly
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because we can get a lot of energy from our own songs
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because yeah i'm a top of i'm a top super lady yeah
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we have a lot of lyrics like telling the audience like you have to be confident
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you are the queen you are the king or you are the best
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Yes, I think we can get that from the music then for me personally I just you know
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I kept telling myself I'm the best, I have to be positive, always positive, always stay, you know, to stay the right way of myself,
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I think that really helps a lot, so I hope maybe, yeah, if you're watching this, please always be proud of yourself,
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you are the best, yeah, just keep telling yourself that, yeah period
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because you know like even though we are the artists who sing those songs
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but there are some days that we also feel like down
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or like not really
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that confident we also listen to our own songs yeah to gain confidence for sure yeah
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that's super cool to have your own music be able to bring you
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that type of joy like that's amazing well you guys are in america
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so i have a coming to america segment where i'm gonna
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ask you questions about what you love about the usa okay so
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if you could collaborate with any american artist right
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now who would it be i was inspired by beyonce
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i love her yes queen bee she even has a nickname the fans call me yes ma 'am
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that is amazing thank you so you guys would all be very happy to collaborate with Beyonce I mean that's
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Queen that's yeah yeah I'd collaborate with Playboy Carti oh
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that's a very fun surprising feature that'd be dope we'll manifest that all three happen
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Lady Gaga Beyonce and Playboy Carti yeah okay what
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What American food are you the most obsessed with?
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New York steak.
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Steak, I really love it.
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She kept having steak for about like four days.
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Yes, every day.
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I love steak too.
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How do you get your steak?
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What temperature?
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Medium rare.
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Medium rare.
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Medium rare.
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Oh, that's a good one.
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How do you get it?
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I prefer well done.
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No!
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You know the flavor.
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No, just try a medium.
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Try medium well.
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Yeah, okay Just one like one step back.
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Okay, I was right.
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But you know with a little bit of like red
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Because I don't just a tiny bit.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Oh, really?
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I'm not tired of the red
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Yeah, I used to be that way.
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So I understand.
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Are you really?
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Oh, I used to always get well done
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Okay, I will try my best to try the well -tempered
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Oh, no, medium well.
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See she's already going back.
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Yeah Can't go wrong.
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You're in the perfect place too.
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New York has the best pizza.
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Actually, every time when I come to New York, I always have the acai bol.
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That's a good one.
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Yeah, I think they do that really in a fresh way.
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So I really enjoy the taste like when they mix together yes, the flash food fruits and the fresh like acai
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As I work yeah, I love that.
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It's like a smoothie.
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Yeah, it's like a smoothie.
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It's really tasty.
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You like acai bowls, too
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Yeah I love you
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What do you want to do?
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Bread Oh, bread
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Wait, what type of bread?
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What kind of bread?
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Bread?
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Um, chocolate?
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Chocolate?
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Chocolate bread?
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Chocolate bread?
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No. Bread?
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Croissant.
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Ah, croissant.
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Okay.
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Fine.
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I love some carbs, so I'm right with you on that.
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Okay, what about favorite American rapper?
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I know Playboy Carti?
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Yeah, Carti and Travska.
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Oh, nice.
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We love Travis.
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Doja Cat, maybe?
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Yes.
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Oh, really?
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Yes.
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That's a good one.
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I went to, I went to her concert.
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This year?
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Yeah, this year.
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How was she as a performer?
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I hear that she's amazing, live.
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Really amazing. So good.
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She's like, thumbs up.
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Yeah, thumbs up.
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No, Doja Cat inspired.
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That was a good one.
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I really love it.
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Cardi?
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Yes, me.
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Cardi?
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Yes.
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Playboy Cardi or Cardi B?
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Cardi B.
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Cardi B.
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Cardi B.
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Nice, nice, nice.
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Nikki Mina?
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Nice!
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Okay, okay okay amazing
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and now this one i'm curious what you guys are going to say i know we talked about the notebook
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and ryan gosling being a cutie who's your favorite american celebrity crush
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oh celebrity crush tom cruise wow i love watching tom cruise movies so much
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and my favorite is top yes yes yeah
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I know fair yeah he's like the best uh action actor
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in history probably like he's one of the best yeah like the legend yes he's a legend for sure and also
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Sen Daya That's sister.
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Girl yeah.
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I know.
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I was like, where was my wedding invitation?
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You guys forgot that in the mail.
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I should have done it in live streaming, you know?
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Something.
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Hopefully we get some pictures or something.
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I want to see.
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Hopefully.
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I was really obsessed with one character that was from the drama, like the vampire diaries.
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Wait, wait. that was yes
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that was my favorite you know he's fine oh my god we can't find another one you know
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that you know
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that hey sister team damon team damon i'm not stefan you you too right no i love i love damon
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and i love klaus klaus yes from originals yeah i love her with caroline yes you
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You know, I'm not coming!
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So, we're here, we're here, we're here, we're here, we're here, we're here, we'll calm down, we'll calm down, but yeah, Team Damon, Team Damon.
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Um, sorry, I almost lost it there.
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American, like, Simpsons?
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Simpsons!
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Simpsons!
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Simpsons!
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Simpsons!
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The cartoon?
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The cartoon!
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What?
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Celebrating.
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She really loves cartoon, yeah, and she loves anime, she's, um...
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Okay, Homer Simpson, or just The Simpsons?
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Ah, Simpsons Family.
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Oh, cute!
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Nice, nice.
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That was a very cute answer.
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I love that.
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Amazing.
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Thank you.
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Beyoncé?
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Beyoncé is really crushed.
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Two for two, yes.
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Beyoncé again.
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Good answer.
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Ariana.
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Ariana Grande.
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Love the ponytail.
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Yeah.
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Well, she doesn't really do a ponytail anymore. But, wicked.
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Yes.
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Love Ariana Grande.
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Okay.
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Now, that is the end of the America segment.
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We are on to the friendship quiz.
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Oh, okay okay okay
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so first question who is the most strict in rehearsals three two one
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i think it's me what oh
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it's me rehearsal oh about what oh yeah oh yeah she's like oh what yeah i was thinking
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because she is glitter are you i think
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you you are straight like in another way i guess she's she really point out those details like
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so okay that's a very much attention yeah the routines like the gesture
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and the the timing yeah oh yeah oh good job good
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job good yeah sharp sharp sharp sharp sharp who is secretly the funniest person what what what yeah Yeah.
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Really?
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Oh, wow.
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Okay.
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Why?
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Why?
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I'm funny.
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Because she always, like, you know, play on the stage.
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When she's playing on stage, she was super, like, charismatic.
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But behind the scene, she's just a little girl, you know?
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She's super cute and she always, like...
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I think so.
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Yeah.
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I love that.
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She's cute.
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I love
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that okay who takes the longest to get ready okay
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we have the answer like like like before going before before before
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i would say before going out going out okay i think
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we have one i have one ready three two one oh
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she's like yeah yeah those two oh these days these days on these days listen beauty takes time
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beauty takes time we understand that okay who would play a villain in a k -drama oh
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i think all of us can do it really you all have
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that yeah you all have that side to you yeah of course
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but like only if you have to pick one you have to pick one one two three
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oh this is also really it's all of you because everybody's pointing
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so yeah yeah hi who that's so different yeah okay
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so everybody we respect
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that what do you choose respect on me oh
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we got every everyone is different yeah why each point okay
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fair fair fair who's most likely to cry at a sad video one two three oh yeah yeah
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i cry a lot
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so hard to control yes don't control it let it out yeah
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it's healthy it's healthy it's healthy yeah it's healthy okay who's most likely to survive A Zombie Apocalypse
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Oh kind of this too
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Kind of everyone
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Oh oh You You Oh oh
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Two, two, both two
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Yeah I think
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Good survival instinct
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Yeah this too
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Yeah So you guys are leading everyone to safety
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Yeah Like we have the The fighting skills, survival skills Competitive I heard that she's like maybe a little bit yeah
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But there was a vibe to the end and I thought that me and she will die
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at the beginning as soon as the beginning yeah
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I give up just take me it's okay I'll be like all freaked out
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Okay, who spends the most money? oh what oh me no mm -hmm yeah
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I think four fingers yeah shopping shopping never quite different you know different stuff yeah wow
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but you do some time thrifting yeah vintage yeah okay vintage
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but I'll give
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when she buys you buy like yeah she splurged at once yeah
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i was i don't like the you know the between the
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price yeah more cheaper yeah yeah okay last question who do you think would thrive the most living in new york
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oh a lot of different fingers here you me i feel like the biggest shopaholics right here Me?
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Okay.
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She's a really person.
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A really person, I think.
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We have a different personality, but I'm super ultra.
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I think why they point me.
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And yeah, she's good at English.
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And she's like, maybe friends.
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You play who?
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Shua?
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Shua.
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Why?
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Shua, I love you.
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Yeah, you survive in the city.
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And there's lots of shopping yeah lots of shopping to get more cute sweaters like that one
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okay well
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that is the end of the friendship quiz you guys did amazing thank you i want to thank you guys
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so much for joining me
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you look amazing congratulations on your new single congratulations on the tour i cannot wait to keep supporting you
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and i'm sure your fans feel the same
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and that's all thank you thank you thank you for having us we had a great time.
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Appreciate that.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “I-dle on Dropping the "G," American Crushes & Creative Control”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: movie, song, amazing. This video has 441 sentences and 3470 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:14. The speaker talks at a natural 156 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| idol noun | /ˈaɪ.dl̩/ | A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power. |
| sharp adjective | /ʃɑɹp/ | Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded. |
| lyrics noun | /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ | The words to a song (or other vocal music). |
| steak noun | /steɪk/ | Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling. |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| crush verb | /kɹʌʃ/ | To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. |
| producer noun | /pɹəˈdjuːsə/ | An individual or organization that creates goods and services. |
| celebrity noun | /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/ | Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. |
| cartoon noun | /kɑɹˈtun/ | A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings. |
| collaborate verb | /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ | To work together with others to achieve a common goal. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| complicated adjective | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | Difficult or convoluted. |
| legend noun | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/ | The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend). |
| friendship noun | /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ | The condition of being friends. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| calm down verb | To become less excited, intense, or angry. | |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| come off verb | To become detached. | |
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. | |
| point out verb | To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Where was my wedding invitation?
- How do you get your steak?
- How do you get it?
- What do you want to do?
- I was like, where was my wedding invitation?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be · used to always get |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are sold · being introduced · are known |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have not watched · haven't seen |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 54 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, thrive /θɹajv/, smoothie /ˈsmuːði/, thrift /ˈθɹɪft/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sharp /ʃɑɹp/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/
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 idol, sharp, lyrics.
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.