Shadowing Practice: ROSÉ Reminisces on Her BLACKPINK Audition, Shows Jimmy How to Play the APT. Drinking Game (Extended) - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Welcome back.
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Thanks for being a guest on the show and talking to me at this time.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Thank you for having me.
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Like, I feel like I'm dreaming right now.
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No, my God.
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What are you talking about?
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Well, I mean, your album's out.
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Are you excited about this?
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I'm super excited.
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It's finally out.
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Yeah.
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Do I call you Rosé or do I call you Rosie?
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Whatever is comfortable.
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My friends and family call me Rosie.
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And I've made this rule where if you know,
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like, 80% of the lyrics on my album,
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then you can call me Rosie.
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All right, perfect.
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I'll call you Rosie.
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Yeah, I'll call you.
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Yeah, of course.
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Yeah.
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When you were a kid,
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did you ever dream that you'd be this big of a star?
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I mean, you're big.
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You're big.
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I mean, I'll go into the numbers.
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But, yeah, I mean, you're going out there just dreaming.
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Did you realize it could be...
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You're international.
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Yeah.
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Well, no. I mean, I don't even know what to say.
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Yeah, well, I actually grew up in Australia,
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and so it always felt like it wasn't really much of a possibility for me to,
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like, be a singer so I never really dreamed of it.
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But I do remember, like,
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singing till, like, midnight every day.
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And my dad eventually just kind of,
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like, sent me to an audition because he kind of,
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I think, wanted to kick me out.
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He could hear you in your bedroom just singing?
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No, just, like, in the living room with the piano.
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I just, like, sing till,
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like, midnight and, like, fall asleep, like, on the piano.
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No way.
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So you had it in you.
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I just, like, it was form of entertainment because it was really boring.
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Australia is really quiet.
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Oh, my God.
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No. But then when did you learn guitar?
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Around the same time.
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You did?
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Yeah, YouTube was kind of,
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like, hitting off back then.
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And, like, all these YouTubers,
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like, online, they looked really cool.
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And so I was like,
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I want to be like them.
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And just, like, picked it up.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Do you remember your first guitar?
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Yes, I do.
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It was blue.
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It was $70.
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My dad bought it for me.
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Yeah.
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I remember it was like...
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It was a cheap one.
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So, like, my fingers hurt so much.
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That's how you learn.
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That's how you learn.
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Yeah, but I was, like,
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crying because it was, like, really cheap.
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And, like, my fingers were really hurting.
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And so, like, I remember I got together all of my pocket money that I had saved up my whole life.
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I was probably, like, 14 by then.
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And I got, like...
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I still have it.
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It's, like, still my favorite guitar a Taylor GS Mini.
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And so, yeah.
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And so you take that guitar,
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and that's how you audition for Blackpink?
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Yes.
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That was the guitar.
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Do you remember the song you played?
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Yes, I do.
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It was around the time Jason Mraz had released a song called I Won't Give Up.
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And I just learned it.
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So I was like, I did it.
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Did you realize right there after the audition,
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you go, I got this?
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Not at all.
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Not at all.
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I walked in, like, I thought it was a joke.
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I was like, this is funny.
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I'm not gonna get it at all." And so,
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like, my dad and I had flown all the way from Melbourne to Sydney for the audition.
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So I was like, might as well make some good memories.
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And so I kind of went, hi.
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And just...
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I did it, and I was like, bye.
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Yeah, and then cut to...
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They called me, and I'm like, what's happening?
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You're gonna be in one of the biggest groups ever.
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And now here you are with your first full-length solo album.
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Congratulations.
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Thank you.
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Did you always know that you wanted to call her Rosie?
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No, actually.
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There was, like, a big debate.
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I have a song called Number One Girl,
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so that was initially, like, the rough idea.
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Like, maybe we'll call it Number One Girl.
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But then, um...
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Yeah, so, like, Bruno actually tried really hard to convince me.
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He was like...
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Because Rosie was one of the options.
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And he's like, it has to be Rosie,
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because your friends and family call you Rosie.
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He's brilliant.
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Bruno Mars.
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He's been a great mentor and friend.
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Yeah, we love him.
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You also produced this, but also wrote every song on this.
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How do you land on a lyric or a song title?
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Does one lyric come to you first or the title come first?
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I think, like, stories come first.
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Just like, we would just chit-chat and, like...
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Do you write them down or record them on your phone or something?
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I will, like, I jot down,
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like, a bunch of ideas,
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and sometimes I, like, text my, like, songwriter friends.
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And so, like, it's just,
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like, phrases and words that kind of pop up and just anything you want to write about and,
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like, kind of get off your chest.
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I think that's how I usually do it.
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Does it ever get confusing if you're just sending someone just a title,
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like, why don't you love me anymore?
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No, yeah, yeah, I've done that before.
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No, I've done that before.
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I texted Michael Pollack.
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He wrote a few songs on my album,
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and I'd be like, For example,
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I'd be like, how dare you?
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And he'd be like, excuse me?
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And I'd be like, oh.
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-"How dare you?" -"We have to write this next week." -"We have to." Let's talk about APT.
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Congratulations on this song.
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It's giant.
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The music video has...
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Half a billion.
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Half of a billion views.
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It's the number-one song on the Billboard Global 200 for seven weeks now.
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It is a massive, massive hit.
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Can you explain where the idea came from for APT?
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Yeah.
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APT is a Korean drinking game that I, like, I kind of...
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Like, I remember when I turned 20,
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my Blackpink, the girls in my group,
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they got, like, all the alcohol we could get.
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We're like, we're gonna drink tonight.
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It was the day I turned 20,
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legal age in Korea to drink.
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And, yeah, like, that kind of started.
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And we, like, played drinking games,
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and APT was one of them.
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So, APT is a drinking game.
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It's a drinking game.
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Now, can you...
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I have a shot of something.
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What is that?
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This is soju.
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Soju.
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This is soju, yeah.
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Can you teach me the...
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Yeah, sure.
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Soju is...
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Apathe?
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Apathe means apartment.
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So you're basically stacking floors of the apartment.
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Okay.
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And if it's your favorite game,
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then you will call out the number.
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And we'll stack, like, after the chant, we stack it.
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And then whoever lands on that floor takes the shot.
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It's very simple.
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I have to say that it's my favorite game first?
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Yeah, we'll sing it.
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It goes, Jimmy's favorite game.
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Game start.
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And then it goes, And then you do this.
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Does everyone want to join in the...
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Yeah, yeah, we can do this.
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Everyone, you want to yell that part?
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Do you think I have to repeat it?
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Alright, yes.
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Yeah, let's sing it with us.
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Ready?
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Jimmy's favorite game, Game Star.
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Appetit, appetit, appetit, appetit, appetit, appetit.
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Three.
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One.
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Two.
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That's you.
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Three.
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All right, here we go.
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Cheers to your new album, Rosie!
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Smooth!
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Rosé, everybody!
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Her new album, Rosie, is out now.
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Rosé performs when we come back.
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Stick around, everybody!
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Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
This engaging conversation with Rosé provides an excellent context for english speaking practice. As she shares personal anecdotes about her journey in music, learners can enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills. The casual nature of the dialogue makes it relatable, enabling you to pick up natural expressions and intonation that you might hear in everyday conversations. Practicing with this video also allows you to immerse yourself in authentic scenarios, making the content more memorable and applicable in real life.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
Throughout the dialogue, several key structures and expressions are employed that are beneficial for learners:
- “I feel like I’m dreaming right now” - This expression conveys strong emotion and can be a great way to express excitement or disbelief in English.
- “Whatever is comfortable” - A flexible expression allowing for adaptation, great for learners to use when discussing preferences.
- “I do remember, like, singing till midnight” - The use of “like” reflects casual speech patterns. It’s essential to practice such structures to sound more natural.
- “Did you ever dream that you'd be this big of a star?” - The use of conditional questions helps learners understand hypothetical situations, a valuable grammatical structure.
- “It always felt like it wasn't really much of a possibility” - This phrase illustrates the use of past perfect, enriching your grammatical repertoire when discussing past experiences.
Common Pronunciation Traps
While listening to Rosé, pay attention to certain pronunciation elements that can be tricky for learners:
- “Australia” - The pronunciation can differ based on accents; ensure you practice saying it in various ways to refine your skills.
- “Really” - Often pronounced quickly in casual conversation, which can lead to misunderstandings. Shadowing the speaker's pronunciation can help clarify this.
- “Midnight” - The linking of sounds in this word can be challenging. Practice enunciating it clearly to improve your overall fluency.
- “Singing” and “piano” - These words exemplify vowel sounds that might differ depending on your native language. Pay attention to how Rosé pronounces them to adjust your articulation.
By incorporating shadow speech techniques while practicing with this video, you can effectively improve your pronunciation and fluency. Utilize this shadowing site to further enhance your skills, allowing you to learn English with YouTube in an enjoyable and effective way.
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.
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