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Hello.
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Hello.
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How are you?
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We're doing great.
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How are you?
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I am doing pretty good despite the heat.
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I'm happy to see you today, to see you in France.
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Before we start and I present you our food, I would like you to introduce the member next to you.
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Next to me?
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Yes. So you can start.
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Okay, so this guy is called Sunghyun.
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He is one of the youngest in our team.
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He's cool, yeah.
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That's a good introduction.
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This guy is...
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- Calling hello.
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and is Same age for the youngest and good member.
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Good member member.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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So This is Ju Hoon.
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Kim Juhoon Joo Hoon Kim, 18 years old and he's great.
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He's nice, he's kind, he's sweet.
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Thank you.
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Sweet.
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It's good to know that you guys appreciate each other.
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So that's reassuring.
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So we are doing today a French apéro.
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Aperos.
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Aperos.
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Aperos.
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Snacks?
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What does that mean?
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Aperos is a name specifically made by the French to describe the time at the end of the day
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when you are having food and drinking with your friends.
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You are taking an apéro.
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Aperos.
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Yeah.
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And it's very, yeah, it's a very sacralized moment in France.
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We love that because we love chilling and it's a chilling time.
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I love chilling.
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I can see that.
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How do you like to chill?
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We're a big, huge fan of watching movies movies, so we go to movie theater or something, or you know just, just Go for a walk.
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We got a river called Han River.
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It's like similar to Seine River.
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Have you been to the Seine yet?
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Yeah, yes.
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We hopped on a cruise.
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It was nice.
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Sweet.
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Is there something you admire French people for?
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Yesterday we were on a cruise and we were just like doing.
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Ah yes, and everyone responded.
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And everyone responded.
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Yeah, it came back.
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It was so sweet.
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It was so fun.
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I love that.
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And your tagline is "Color outside the lines".
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What's the most outside the lines thing you've ever done?
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Wow.
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We've ever done.
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I mean, definitely.
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put in Yorahe in the song?
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In the song?
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No, yeah, playing the Yodel song in one of our lyrics.
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That's - There's a song called Young Creator Crew.
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Yeah.
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In our second album.
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And um.. just...
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In the hook part, we've been like, Yodelaehee.
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Yeah, it was just like...
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It was so hard to say.
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That was crazy.
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Whose ID was it?
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Yodelaehee was...
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idea from Mart here.
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We were just freestyling in front of the mic.
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He just spit that out.
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That must be so hard though, freestyling.
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Do you manage to do that still?
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You know, even though now you you have a certain level and you know there are expectations.
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Do you manage to kind of forget about that and just sing for the pleasure of it.
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I mean, you know, I think definitely like to happiness of making music,
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like enjoying making music is Like...
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the base of when we make music.
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I think we just try to have some fun while making the songs.
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We don't really overthink while making music.
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Just being free.
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I feel like when you think too much,
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like the conclusion might not be so great sometimes so we just lose our mind kind of
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but that's so good that you managed to nurture and to cultivate that because it's not always easy,
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especially in an era of social media, comparison.
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must be hard to keep your own free spirits.
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I realized I didn't mention this is for you.
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If you want to eat, mashike tuseo.
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I can smell it.
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French sausage, it's called saucisson.
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Sous -sisson.
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Yeah, I tried to find the English translation, but it's sous -sisson.
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Sous -sisson.
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It's the same.
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You have cheese, of course.
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You have pâté en croûte.
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Pâté en croûte?
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Né.
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Basically, that's meat with bread around.
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And then you have some bread with cheese.
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And some pretzels that are from the east of France.
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And tapenades, which are.. which is kind of a cream of olives.
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Olive cream.
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This looks very French.
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It is!
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I've never done this before.
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So if you want to try something, I mean, Sosissong is really good and pretty easy to eat.
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Okay.
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I'm just saying.
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Should I just grade it?
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Yeah, you go ahead.
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so you can give your notes afterwards.
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I hope you will like it.
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And if any other member wants to try something.
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- I'll try.
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- Mmm.
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- Thank you.
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Oh.
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You can share.
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I'll get it.
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It's very similar to...
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Beef jerky, I guess.
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Yes, yes.
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A bit more greasy.
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I would say, yeah, it's a bit more greasy and grease is always good.
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So, but yeah, at least now you would have tried a specific French We've tried the escargot.
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Ah, the snail.
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How is it?
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- Okay.
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I like the sauce.
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I like the sauce.
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Me too.
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Yeah, the butter was nice.
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The bassoon.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I think it's made Thanks to the sauce.
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Really good.
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But then the snail itself, it's a bit...
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I mean the texture is a bit weird.
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I get it.
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But you know it's not something we eat that much.
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I think it's just it's French.
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So it's not...
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Yeah we are famous for that but we do not We eat way more saucisson than we eat snails.
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It was very new though.
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Yeah, it's always good to try something new.
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You're right.
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So we were talking about how you managed to keep your free spirits.
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How did you manage to gain Confidence.
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Confidence?
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Yes.
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How do you still manage to nurture your confidence because There are so many things that You know,
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whether it's the critics, the hate, the doubts.
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How do you manage to...
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keep being more and more confident.
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Mmm, that's a good question.
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I think...
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When you listen to life.
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Like other people saying too much you know, you are kind of getting affected in a bad way.
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So I think I'm just trying to, you know, focus on myself, like all the people are saying like, this and there.
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So I'm trying to, you know, Stay focused.
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Stay focused, yeah.
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How are you different?
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from like say two or three years ago.
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How do you think your character has changed?
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Mmm, I can't even imagine.
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Two or three years ago.
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It definitely changed a lot.
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Yeah, yes.
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First we grew up a lot.
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Yeah, we were like changing like Just every time.
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Even like now.
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I remember teenagers so...
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So the difference is big.
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It's so big.
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And you have different people around you.
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Yes.
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And different mentors maybe.
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So yeah, that's...
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I think he...
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a different time.
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Is there something you are personally working on.
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Like, are you intentionally saying to yourself, "Oh, I would like to work, on that side.
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I would like to work on that part of me, or that part of my character.
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Dressed up.
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So well Oh, the fashion.
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Yeah, fashion.
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So I'm trying to like buy some new things.
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Experiment.
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Yeah.
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Try to put on and like trying to find my style.
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Yeah.
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Personally, I'm writing a diary these days.
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Oh yeah, you're writing a diary.
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I don't write like too deep thing.
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Sometimes I do, but I'm not trying to go too deep.
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But you know, just
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like looking back the day you had and just you know I think it's a good thing to Write something.
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You know, like not watching phone too much.
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Just writing a diary and reading a book.
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I think it's a very good thing.
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So now we're gonna play a little game.
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I'm gonna ask you questions and you have to answer as fast as possible.
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Okay, so whoever wants to start and then the other can say their responses favorite meal Korean barbecue Yeah,
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do you know some music?
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Is that our all -time all -time favorite?
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Yeah, I Favorite song?
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That's a hard question.
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Thank you.
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- Mmm.
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- You know.
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- I think now I'm in Paris. So...
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Claire de Lune.
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Clave de Bossy.
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I think that's gonna be my favorite song now.
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- "Coming From Here".
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For me, I've been listening to 'Edith Piaf' Edith Piaf?
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Really?
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La Vienne Rose.
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Right before coming to Paris, I had to kind of prepare, so I watched a movie of Edith Piaf.
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La Vienne Rose.
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La Vienne Rose.
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It was on Netflix.
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She had such a voice.
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She had an incredibly good voice. So...
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I'm very so...
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yeah, I can feel that.
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What is the favorite lyric You have written.
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Oh.
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- Good question.
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- Favorite lyric.
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- I'm gonna make it easier.
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Favorite lyric from either you or a different artist.
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But a line, that you particularly like.
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You made it harder.
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Welcome.
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I say...
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Go.
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Go from go.
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Go from go?
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Yeah, go from go.
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You gotta go.
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Always, you gotta go.
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Yeah.
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A short word but very efficient.
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Powerful, yeah.
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I think it would be...
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Palanggi palanggi That's red, red.
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So there's a Korean word,
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"Palangui" and it just, it means like someone who easily swayed, easily influenced.
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So like in our song, "Red, Red" The color red means like what we get away from,
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what we don't like to do.
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So, Pallangui is like easily swayed.
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It's red.
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It's pretty powerful.
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Yeah.
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Having your own opinion.
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Yeah, right, right.
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Yes and sticking with it.
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Favorite thing about Cortis that we don't know yet.
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I actually love this French.
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- Ah!
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- Yeah.
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- French people are gonna love that.
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- I think one thing is...
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We're not that short.
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Standing next to Martin.
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Yeah, he makes us look very short.
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Yeah, I But we actually aren't that short, you know?
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So I think many people might misunderstand about this.
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So it's a good thing that you say it publicly?
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Yeah.
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We're not that short.
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Officially, yeah.
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Lastly, what's the favorite thing?
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Compliments.
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You look cool.
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Yeah, just basic.
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Yeah, most so basic but is It feels good every time.
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Yeah, every time you hear it.
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That's the one.
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I love your outfit.
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We're a big fan of fashion.
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Fashion compliments.
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Genius.
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Genius.
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Okay, that's a nice one.
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That's a nice one.
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You're a genius.
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Okay.
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Do you hear that a lot?
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I don't know.
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Maybe not.
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I don't know about that.
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I've never heard that before, but I don't know.
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I've heard some.
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You did?
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Yeah.
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Okay, good for you.
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You just have to read the right comments.
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It's all about choosing which comments you read.
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And how do you go beyond the moments of doubts you might face? or, you know, just the difficult moments. For me?
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I go to bed.
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There is a saying in French: "La nuit porte conseil." So it means the night is a great advisor.
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- Oh, yeah.
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There is this mantra.
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- Same.
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You have it too.
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- Oh, yeah.
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I mean, when you just sleep, Everything disappears.
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Yeah, me too.
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I take a nap a lot.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah So the name title I found for the game is "Tedap Hagona Mogona." Oh, "Tedap Hagona Mogona." So you either answer or you eat,
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but you don't know what you're going to eat.
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It's the dessert.
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Oh, it's not this.
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It's not this.
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So you can either answer, I have a question for each of you.
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Or you can say, I want to eat...
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And you can do both.
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All right.
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What is your choice to be afraid of? For me?
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water.
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I'm scared of...
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I can't swim.
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You can still dance on "Swim" by BTS.
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You can dance at least. And for you?
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- Thank you.
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Heights?
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Heights?
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Yeah.
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Heights.
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Yeah, Heights.
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So you're afraid of Martin?
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Yeah.
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Oh.
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Just kidding.
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And, uh, like, Goseogon Fulton.
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Yeah, actually, yeah.
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Goseogon Fulton.
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I don't know how to say it.
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I had English, but-- Yeah, the vertigo.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, the vertigo.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Have you done the Eiffel Tower?
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No, not yet.
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Not yet.
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Not yet.
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Oh, okay, because that's gonna be...
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...a little bit.
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When did you get to the last one?
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Oh.
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The last one is the last one I think when I have...
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He's laughing.
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I think he knows.
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I think he knows.
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I know.
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When we won the first place on Korean music show, yeah.
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I cried, you know.
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Yeah.
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We worked so hard for it.
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So when we kind of finally accomplished it.
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Yeah, we won.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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My tears came out.
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Thank you.
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Merci.
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Merci.
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I said "I love you" Actually I Okay.
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I said, "Ju Tam." yesterday on a cruise there was a people that like on the riverside and they danced Red Red.
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Yeah, our dance.
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Oh, yeah.
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So they recognized you?
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They recognized us.
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So I was like, Aw, thank you so much, Jutem!
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Oh yeah.
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It was pretty.
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It was cute.
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So you have all deserved the right to eat the desserts.
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Okay.
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Can you close your eyes while I like?
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Okay, okay.
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Let me try it.
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Okay, I've got you ready.
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Okay.
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I'm nervous.
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One, two, three!
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you - So, open my eyes.
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- Whoa!
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- That's the biggest croissant in Paris.
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- Whoa!
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Wow!
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- It's a real one.
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- Really?
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It's a real croissant?
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- It's a real good, yeah.
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- Real good croissant?
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- Yeah, you can try it.
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- Whoa!
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Wow.
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- Wow.
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- Wow.
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I don't know how to hold this one.
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Yo.
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Wow.
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- Yeah!
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It's a really good croissant by the way.
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Mmm.
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Good?
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Is it good?
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- Hmm.
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- So big.
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- You can take a piece if it's too hard to...
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- Two bites.
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But yeah, that's like my favorite viennoiserie in Paris.
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- C 'est bon.
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- C 'est bon.
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Un star.
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That was the most, you know, French thing I could bring.
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It's the Brussels.
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Yeah.
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It's a giant song.
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It does every day.
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I wish.
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I wish.
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I don't, but you know, when I meet good people, I bring my giant personal.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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We haven't been to like bakery here.
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Bakery?
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Bakery is so hard to say.
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in Korean because it's "bang jib" Bang jib, yeah.
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The "bang" is really hard.
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When I say "bang" People hear room.
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Pong.
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Pong.
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Pong.
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Ah.
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So I'm like, "No, I want bread." I don't want a room.
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Like, "pong." Bum!
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Bang bang bang bang I say with us For French.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, French is pretty good.
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Yeah.
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Every word you have said, like, "c 'est bon." I love you.
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It's good.
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It's good.
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It's good.
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It's good.
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It's good.
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It's good.
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It's good.
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It's good.
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It's good.
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That was my salmon.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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It was really cool talking with you guys.
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And I wish you all the best.
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- Thank you.
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- Thank you so much.
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- I know.
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- Thanks so much.
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will practice your English speaking skills by engaging with a lively conversation that takes place during a French apéro, or social gathering. The transcript features exchanges between team members, introducing each other and discussing their interests while enjoying snacks. You will enhance your vocabulary, understand social cues, and improve your fluency and pronunciation through shadowing techniques. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn English with YouTube, as you immerse yourself in authentic dialogue and cultural exchange.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Apéro: A French term for a casual social gathering typically involving snacks and drinks.
- Chill: To relax or hang out with friends.
- How are you?: A common greeting to inquire about someone's well-being.
- Cool: A slang term used to express approval or admiration.
- Movie theater: A venue where films are shown to the public.
- Similar: Having a likeness or resemblance to something else.
- Sweet: A term used to describe pleasing or kind behavior.
Practice Tips
To effectively practice your English speaking skills using this video, employ the shadowing technique. Begin by listening to the conversation at a natural pace. Focus on the rhythm and intonation of the speakers. After you've listened once or twice, play the video again and attempt to repeat what you hear, trying to mimic the exact pronunciation and tone. This way, you will not only learn key vocabulary but also improve your overall fluency. It’s important to give yourself time to absorb the language before attempting to speak along; therefore, don't rush. Start by shadowing phrases you're comfortable with and gradually work towards longer sentences.
Remember, it's okay to pause the video as needed. When you shadow speech, you’re training your mouth to form sounds and reinforce your understanding of sentence structure in casual conversation. This exercise also makes the learning process enjoyable and relatable, especially as you learn English with YouTube videos that reflect real-life dialogues. Happy practicing!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | Have you been · you've ever done · We've ever done |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | tapenades, which are · someone who easily |
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.