Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

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-Hi!
-This is the main area.
-My God!
-You guys are so pretty!
-You're so gorgeous!
-Nice to meet you.
-Brooklyn.
-Brooklyn.
-Yes.
-Celeste.
-Celeste.
-You are so cool.
Thank you.
- How are you feeling?
- I'm like I'm nervous.
- It's a good nervous.
- Yes.
Good nerves.
Hi, I'm Lara. Nice to meet you guys!
You guys are so pretty!
- Moon Boots!
- Oh my God.
Stop. I'm so excited to start.
- Yeah.
- I'll be here tomorrow.
So I'll see you then.
- Bye!
- See ya!
When I first met Lara,
I was scared of her.
She was intimidating.
She had the Moon Boots, the fur skirt,
and I was like, "Oh, she means business."
Okay, it is one in the morning
on a school night,
but let's keep working on this house beat.
Lara has a confidence about her
that could be really off-putting.
- But it wasn't for us.
- It was needed.
I remember the first time
I ever heard Lara sing.
What now ♪
And I was like,
"You're amazing competition."
I'm one of the newest members
in the program,
and they have had this, like, full year
of training under these amazing teachers.
But I feel like I thrive
in a competitive environment,
and I think I can do it.
Lara didn't need us to confirm
that she has the potential
to be a global superstar,
but we are training them
to be a group, not solo artists.
And that That's complicated.
T&D changed once Lara came.
La, la-la, la ♪
Love me once
It's time to roll the dice ♪
I didn't get that. Can I try it again?
Thank you.
- How is that down there?
- Fine. Good.
- I'm fine.
- You ever seen Drumline?
"One band, one sound"?
That's some real shit.
You are now outsinging one another.
Don't do that. Sing with each other.
You sing as a group,
it's different than when you sing
your individual end of the month.
Because it's just you.
But now you have to sing
with other people in mind,
and it takes time to be a group.
Everybody's gotta do the weight.
All right, cool.
In this month's end-of-month eval,
they'll do a group performance
for the first time.
One, two, three, four, uh!
I don't wanna hear you lie tonight ♪
Now that I've become who I really am ♪
It's gotta sound like one person
walking down the stairs.
It cannot sound like a group of people
falling down the stairs.
That sounded like a group of people
- Falling.
- falling.
That's drunk girls' night out
at a karaoke bar.
That is not us.
Just because they're great as a soloist,
doesn't mean they play well with others.
One, two, three, and sing.
On the highway to hell ♪
You are singing like a solo artist.
Gotta knock that shit off.
I sang I'm so sorry.
Vocal shit like this
is just like choreography class.
Like, it deadass is.
Our attack, our release, and our resolve
has to be in sync with each other.
I wanna apply
the professionalism of Megan.
I've asked her to sing
three different parts
that I didn't have planned for her.
Not one time, any shit whatsoever.
That is a producer's dream, all right?
Right there inside.
-Hi Missy!
-Hi!
-Hi.
-Nice to see you in person.
Now that Bang
wants us to debut sooner,
that means the next stage
is to prepare the girls to go public.
Starting August, for 12 weeks,
you will get a chance to showcase
your talents for the world to see.
In November,
the final members will be selected
in a live finale show here in LA.
We have about a month
before our first piece.
It's gonna be filmed and put out
to a public audience.
Terrifying, yeah.
Once again,
you're at another starting point.
I look forward to seeing you grow
in this next chapter of your journey.
I feel like there's a fire
lit inside of me, and, like, I'm ready.
I'm a little scared.
-I was like, "Whoa."
-It is scary.
But, like, I'm excited too.
Now it's gonna get intense.
We're gonna be public.
Now it's serious.
The trainees
are anticipating going public,
but they don't know, we know,
that it's through a survival show.
No, I Like, is it just an evaluation?
Does it, like
Is it, like, start of the month, that's
We don't feel that we have
all the contestants that we need yet.
So we are still searching
for a couple more people
to go into the survival show.
We did auditions
all over Japan, all over Korea,
all over Australia,
and did a stop in London.
We ended up bringing
the last six trainees into the program.
A lot of the great vocalists
came the second half of the casting.
You say it tastes like candy ♪
So, what you doing tonight ♪
Samara's definitely a contestant
that the girls want to watch for.
But we ain't seen a thing tonight ♪
I won't let you go ♪
My baby ♪
Can't forget the ♪
In Korea,
I was on various TV shows,
including a survival competition show.
Bringing in new people,
it definitely doesn't hurt to motivate
the people that are already here.
Some of them
are getting a little comfortable.
-Hi, Yoonchae!
-Hi!
I know physical touch
You don't like physical touch.
-Oh, yeah!
-That's okay.
- How are you?
- I'm good.
-You're so pretty.
-I was gonna say she's so pretty!
And tall.
- Oh, yeah.
- Like me.
- Does she have a level test?
- Right now, she has it.
-You're gonna kill it.
-You're great.
You're Yoonchae. You're YC.
-You're YC.
-Okay!
That's so funny that we just decided
YC was her nickname.
Do you like YC?
-It's easier.
-What, like, name do you like the best?
- Yoonchae.
- Yoonchae?
-We'll call you Yoonchae.
-Yoonchae.
- Maybe not
- Maybe Yoonchae.
Before I joined this company,
I was a K-pop trainee for two years.
Through that experience, I've acquired
plenty of skills and talents.
I think I have a lot to show
in that regard.
Let's go! Finish it!
Yes!
Good job. Catch your breath.
Go get some water.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
Okay, breathe. Put your heart
above your che Above your knees.
Put your hands here.
Catch your breath.
You're alive. You made it.
Oh-oh. Keep your heart
above your knees so you don't
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
Did she just fly in today?
No, yesterday.
Okay.
If we're gonna get ready to go public,
we need to quickly prepare
the new trainees
to be at the level
that all the other trainees are.
I see the reason why you're here.
You have so much star quality.
Thank you very much.
Wow, I'm so impressed.
I cannot wait to teach you.
Yes, please.
"Yes, please."
It's obvious that you have skill,
but I feel like you can do better.
Tell me you wanna be in the group.
You want it, right?
Yeah.
Okay, show me. Let's go. Again.
So far,
because you haven't been here,
you only push yourself
to a limit you know.
But I'm here to push you so much further.
We make a new limit every day.
You're coming in style.
You should put lights on those wheels.
Look at you in your little hot rod.
Yeah.
Come here.
Oh my God!
I love this for you!
Honestly, I feel like
I could walk already.
-This is really cool.
-Only two days.
- Okay, I have to go.
- Yeah.
How was surgery?
Like, how was the experience?
I was, like, down for, like, six hours.
I was, like, high when I woke up.
It was so bad.
- Oh my God!
- But the surgery, it went really well.
And even my surgeon afterwards,
she was like,
"Everything went so well.
Like, it's all good."
I'm proud of you. You look great.
- You look stunning.
- Thank you.
No matter who you are,
it's hard being out for this long.
I feel like I definitely hit
some major downs.
I just felt so defeated.
I felt like I lost Lexie.
Now that I've gotten back here,
my main thing is just that
I just wanna get back to dancing.
I'm just worried that, like, okay,
I go through all of this,
like, the surgery, the recovery,
and what if it doesn't help?
What if I'm one of those people
that it doesn't really work that well for?
'Cause I can't resist it no more ♪
This is the part ♪
The trainees are learning
a group number, "Break Free."
This is the first time
they are learning choreography
that would incorporate this many people.
Oh, shit.
"Break Free" is the ultimate
mixed-level situation.
Group two, fall out, same thing.
It's cool for them
to, like, learn from each other.
Um, now, in a dance sense, it's
I can't. It's so much.
Like, I really cannot with some of them.
Here we go. One. One, two, three, four.
Boom, ha, shoom, ta, ta.
Okay, whoa, we need help.
Boom, sha, woom, ya, ga, ga.
Use your arms. Wa, aha, aha.
This arm, this right arm, let it come to
Uh-huh. Ready?
One, two, three, four.
Hit it, hit it, hit it. Ya, ga, ga.
Keep practicing.
Keep practicing on your own.
Also, these shoes might be too slippery.
Okay, here we go.
This is the part when I say
I don't want ya ♪
I'm stronger than I've been before ♪
All right, stop. Are you okay?
This is the part when I break free ♪
Are you okay?
'Cause I can't resist it no more ♪
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
Oh my God.
Megan, I literally said you have to stop
doing that to the new girls.
You have to stop
I'm so sorry.
Let's go to
those same lines we were in.
That way we can run the whole thing.
So, like, same spots
Everything is still on
I didn't unpack yet.
And then when I get home, I'm so tired,
and then I look at it, like,
"I'm gonna do it now."
But the next day comes and the next one,
and it's just still here.
Today's the day, so I'm gonna do it.
I was actually started already.
Some girls have been here
for, like, a year,
so I was a little bit
concerned about that,
that I didn't have, like,
the same time as them.
But now I'm here,
and I'm just, like,
putting every effort that I can,
and I'm proud of myself, so
I mean, when you have a dream
and it's just for you, it's something.
But when you've got, like, someone else
to pursue this for, it's bigger,
I think, in my opinion, so
Who's the person it's bigger for?
I mean my family.
I'm a Black girl from a poor family, and
I'm not saying that I'm doing this
just for them, but they're part of it.
These are my books,
my beautiful bookshelf,
and these are, like, the love of my life.
And I hope one day I can have, like Belle,
a library from Beauty and the Beast.
Like, this is my dream library.
You ♪
We found Samara
on social media,
and I'm really excited for her
to join the program
because she has
really, really good vocals.
Do one more.
I'm passing on the gift
that God has given me, that I've studied,
so they can have a taste
of the gift God has given them,
which is singing.
Now if only I could help
with the dance part.
Dancing is something new to me.
I started dancing three years ago,
so it's not a long time.
And I know that there are girls
that dance since they were a child.
Sometimes, you don't have
the resources to do things,
and you have to do with what you have.
So about dancing, I'm, like, on my own.
For free, I go to YouTube
and try to learn, like, steps
and different styles of dance.
Are you bringing this?
Of course!
Respect my orca.
Six, seven,
and eight. One Actually
Okay, let's spread out.
Let's clean this little
ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba moment.
Two, three, four, five,
six, seven. Sha, ka, ka.
We're not moving on until
every single one of you gets this step.
Here we go. Two, three,
four, five, six, seven. Sha, ka, ka.
Dani, before you start, you're like this.
Like, where are you?
Three, four, five,
six, seven. Sha, ka, ka.
Good, but you're not hitting it.
Daniela seems to be lacking something.
And personally,
I don't see signs of growth,
despite our constant feedback.
Yeah,
and her performance is not there.
Her facial expression
is a serious problem.
Daniela needs to overcome this,
no matter what.
We could,
dig in and, like, help her,
but also that's her job,
to get out of it as well.
It feels light.
Like, it should feel like,
woo, ha, shoo, tat, tat, tat.
Almost.
Son said that he really didn't think
that Daniela could fix her expressions,
to the point that
maybe she can't be a K-pop idol,
maybe she can't be in the group.
Dani,
you're not trying hard enough.
You're already good. Congratulations.
I don't care. I need you to be better.
I did let her know
at the top of the month,
"If you cannot get this fixed,
you're gonna have to go home."
You and I feel
our muscles working,
but that doesn't mean that
it's giving what they want.
You practice the dance so much,
but the dance is fine.
Right, I feel like
I'm overthinking and overdoing the dance.
-You need to practice the face.
-Yeah.
How do I be myself,
but then, I guess, not be myself? Like
No, exactly. Me too.
And especially for my facials,
like, in ballroom dancing,
like, a lot of the facials
are with the open mouth thing.
Yes! The Literally. And so they're like,
- "That looks like you're mouth breathing."
- Yeah.
It's such a habit, though.
I've been doing that literally
since I was frickin' six years old.
It's habitual, so that's why
you have to put in the practice
for those kinds of things, not the dance.
Yeah.
Once we go public, there will be
a lot of attention on you guys,
so we need to educate you guys
on the right on-camera etiquette.
Develop your on-camera
personalities, right?
Our target demo is going to be young,
and we are idols, right?
"One always has the responsibility
to be mindful of setting good examples,
being ethical,
and showcasing positive attitude."
The audience will always judge
by what they see in that brief moment.
A mistake on camera could ruin everything
that you did work for
for a very long time, right?
So I'm gonna do a couple pictures first,
just for, like, angle purposes.
To the right, and then up.
Yeah, exactly.
And then angle up just a little bit.
The girls have to feel confident
and comfortable
in front of audience members,
whether that's in person or online.
Once we've introduced
the trainees to the public,
it's more about star quality
and who's connecting with the audience.
Manon.
- Hi.
- Hi.
You ready?
Too many times, too many times ♪
My love, he makes me feel
Like nobody else, nobody else ♪
I actually think Manon
has a lot of natural ability,
just her expressions and how
she's connecting with audience members.
When you watch her,
you can't look away from her.
One, don't pick up the phone ♪
You know he's only calling
'Cause he's drunk and alone ♪
See how breathy that is?
Like, it's gorgeous.
Like, that needs to be the energy
that you give more.
I've always been the one
To say the first goodbye ♪
Had to love and lose
A hundred million times ♪
Had to get it wrong
To know just what I like ♪
We'll just do
the last "say hello,"
like, looking dead at the camera.
And I want the eyebrow
with the looking off to the side.
'Cause I was doin' better alone ♪
But when you said, "Hello" ♪
I know that was the end of it all ♪
Can you do it?
Just "I know it was the end of it all."
On?
"Know."
On "know"?
On "know it was the end of it all."
-Oh. "I know it was?"
-Yep.
No, keep it there.
Wait,
I struggle with the eyebrow.
I know it was the end of it all.
- Yes.
- Okay.
I should've stayed at home
'Cause I was doin' better alone ♪
Even that.
But when you said, "Hello"
I know that was the end of it all ♪
This is what needs to happen.
I know you'll practice it
and it'll be good.
But that was so much better.
And press.
- Is that okay?
- Yeah.
I just get so tired,
'cause it's been so, like, tense,
both mentally and physically.
- Sure.
- So now I'm like
Your body's using a lot of energy to heal.
That's true.
Lexie, obviously,
is the biggest injury right now.
I know she's having a lot of anxieties,
but I told her, "Focus on vocal,
focus on your performance,
focus on your mental health,"
and that is her higher priority
for right now.
Even though I'm not dancing yet,
and, like, obviously, I have a bunch
of recovery time ahead of me still,
I still wanted
to mentally stay in the game.
Just keep breathing ♪
I'm really putting all of my energy
into the vocals and visual performance.
In case you forgot, I'm like a lion
My eyes are shining with desire ♪
Na-na-na-ay ♪
Pour some more gasoline on fire
You know from the ashes I'll be rising ♪
Na-na-na-ay ♪
Get 'em, get 'em, get 'em ♪
Straight to ya dome like ah-ah-ah ♪
Black paint and ammo
Got bodies like Rambo ♪
Rest in peace
Please light up a candle ♪
This da life of a vandal, masked up
And I'm still in CELINE ♪
Designer crimes or it wouldn't be me ♪
Stop, drop ♪
I bring the pain like ♪
Tra-ta-ta-ta, tra-ta-ta-ta ♪
Tra-ta-ta-ta, tra-ta-ta-ta ♪
Tra-ta-ta-ta, tra-ta-ta-ta ♪
Tra-ta-ta-ta, tra-ta-ta-ta ♪
Tra-ta-ta-ta, tra-ta-ta-ta ♪
I bring the pain like ♪
Ah, Daniela
First off,
your facial expressions
have gotten so much better.
Thank God.
Huh?
- She said, "Thank God!"
- Yeah, really.
From the very first moment I saw you,
I couldn't take my eyes away.
I was pleasantly surprised,
and I am very thankful for that.
Some of the moves could be improved,
but now that your facial expressions
are so much better,
your choreography looks great.
So just keep up the good work.
As part of this month's evaluation,
the girls will perform a group number
in addition to performing
their individual pieces.
Um, okay. The "Break Free,"
we're gonna actually do it tomorrow.
I'll follow up
about a new order for tomorrow.
So you can be done for today, okay?
How come we cut that short today?
- Son asked for it.
- Oh.
I want to talk
to the trainees. Can everyone sit here?
You guys
wanna take a seat?
What I've noticed
in this month's evaluation
is that we have a serious problem.
It's important to understand the lyrics,
to study why an artist
does something on stage,
and to think about their motives.
You can't merely be copying what you see.
You really need to dive deeper.
But I couldn't feel any of the effort,
and I was really angry.
Anyhow, as you prepare
this cover performance,
I hope you can reflect
on your mindset and attitude,
and really think about
what I'm telling you in rehearsals.
Son was really upset
because he felt like
they were more focused
on being cutesy or charm
versus the technique
and execution of our K-pop covers.
I felt like he even
was reading it as disrespect,
you know, to his craft and to something
that he's highly invested in,
which is K-pop.
They need this level
of feedback and honesty
because everyone sitting there
is just trying to make them
the best of the best.
I don't think Daniela would have been
as amazing as Daniela was today
if she didn't get that feedback
two evals in a row.
This month
we had so many different choreographies,
different songs.
It was my first time
doing group dances and
Just time moves so quickly nowadays.
And, yeah, I've been stressed.
Seven new people?
Yeah.
But they can't end up
with so many people,
so, what are they gonna do?
I feel like people
are gonna start getting eliminated.
Dun-dun.
-You know?
-"You have been voted off the island."
No, I think
it's gonna start happening.
There's been, like,
a drastic change, and, like
Even with the vibe with the girls.
Like, everyone's more nervous
and more, like
I don't know what the word is
Are you guys, like, twisting
each other's ankles in your sleep?
No.
No, it's just getting
so much more serious,
and I feel like overall,
you can definitely feel the pressure.
Yeah.
I think they want us to, you know,
be ready as soon as possible.
I just personally need that time.
Yeah.
Oh my God!
We have so much jewelry.
Indian families.
I just came back from rehearsal,
but now I'm getting ready for prom.
Too much for prom?
Girl
-It's beautiful, but it's a lot.
-Okay.
I'll find you a smaller one.
You should want a lehnga for prom
My parents have always been
very unapologetic about our culture,
where we're from, and, like, embracing it.
My mom is a dance teacher,
and so me and my sister grew up
doing Bollywood dance.
And it's all about, like,
the grandeur of it, you know?
It's, like, so big.
I think that's what
I love so much about K-pop,
just how everything's very grand.
Oh, here!
Ooh, this is beautiful!
- Okay, there we go.
- Yeah.
This is gorgeous.
Lara
Oh, she was born feisty
Born a performer.
I could not have
more supportive parents.
The only thing they have been strict on
is if we have a career
that, like, we wanna pursue,
we just have to,
like, go at it full force.
That's the only thing
that they constantly tell us,
is, like, never
Sorry to curse,
but never half-ass anything.
Going to prom feels nice
because it feels like I have
a little taste of, like, my normal life
and, like, seeing my friends
and, like, it'll be nice.
-I see you're doing the beat-down.
-You know.
But we're not gonna go
as, like, crazy as usual.
-I think it's gonna be
-Like a natural moment.
- Maybe. Yeah.
- Okay.
Like a natural,
but, like, full face of makeup.
Makeup is not something that I'm like,
oh, like, I'm insecure,
like, I need to wear it.
It's just something I enjoy.
I like the way that I've, like,
put my look together.
But we're about to have makeovers,
um, and I don't know
what they're gonna do.
They were saying
that I'm just a little too, like, sexy
or provocative, like, for the project.
I've said to her,
"Lara, I need you to pull it back."
And her pullback is like somebody's,
like, five steps forward.
- Oh, wow!
- Oh my gosh, Lara!
I love it. I think it's so pretty.
Oh my God, the dress!
- Okay.
- Love it!
I think it's hard to navigate sometimes,
like, how much they want me
to tone it down
and, like, not letting my ego
get in the way.
You look insane.
-So do you.
-Thank you.
-Besties.
-Can I get some photos?
-Interesting. Okay.
-Nice photos.
I know, I feel very free on stage.
- I get to be extra.
- Gorgeous and handsome.
It's like really where I can be
my truest self.
- Hi.
- Hello. How are you?
-Good. How are you?
-Good?
-Wait, your hair's curlier than normal.
-Yeah, I braided it.
-Oh, that's why.
-Yeah.
So I wanna see photos
of, um, your 13 to 15 era.
But it's about showing who you are.
Being themselves is the biggest unlock.
A lot of them don't even realize that.
-Are you embarrassed?
-A little.
Oh my goodness. Okay.
What?
-Wait
-Sorry!
First of all,
everyone's reaction is the same.
Fifteen wasn't that long ago for me.
That's okay.
I'm not at the point where I can laugh.
I'm just cringing at myself.
I don't think anyone's
14-, 15-year-old era was, like, a slay.
Really?
-Unless yours I No.
-I bet yours is.
- Ready?
- Yes.
- This is me with my curly natural hair.
- I love that photo of you.
- Yeah.
- This is so cute.
What's your thoughts
about going back dark?
- Can you imagine it?
- My gosh.
'Cause, like, there's a lot of girls
with, like, dark curly hair.
That's why I like it blonde 'cause I feel
like this kind of makes me look different
and it kind of reminds me
of, like, Shakira, so
I looked at
young photos of Shakira.
Oh, wow.
- I think she looks so gorgeous.
- She looks so different.
I was like, "I love this for you."
She's like, "My gosh."
She's like, "My friends are,
like, don't get rid of the blonde."
I was like,
"Don't listen to your friends."
"I think we need to talk through this."
Yeah, and it makes her look
even more Hispanic.
It makes her look more like her.
- Yeah.
- In a cool way.
Most of the girls are from these
kind of multicultural backgrounds.
- You wear the bindi, and you wear a lot
- Yeah, I love the bindi.
I think the nose ring, too,
is a very traditional Indian thing.
Kalua pork, like the beach,
Hawaiian food, like luaus
-I think it's food. I think it's soups
-What's some traditional dishes?
Well, we have potatoes.
We have potatoes for everything.
I'm very associated
with, like, my Chinese side.
I have, like,
a whole traditional Chinese dress.
We're having to
imagine 20-some girls,
all from all around the world,
feeling in sync.
Uniformity while celebrating
all their individualness.
Anything we do with them,
the desire is to have them
feel like they belong in the group.
I mean, the goal for the uniform
is this idea of an academy.
Something that feels consistent?
Yeah. Our interpretation
of how the girls can first be seen
and set this tone.
My mom has been
a huge inspiration for me all my life.
This is my mom, the wonderful Wendy Leon.
Everyone knows her as "paupau,"
so people call her Paupau Wendy.
She's funny, she's super vibrant,
and she has incredible style,
and that informed me and my clothing.
I just like all the upcycled stuff,
like this, that, and this.
It feels like the girls' personality.
Uniforms are a staple in K-pop.
It creates this neutrality,
so everybody is equal,
and really what you see is their skill set
and their personality and their charm.
All right. We are good.
Moving on.
What everyone will see first,
is we'll see the press conference.
So we'll meet the girls,
They'll be in the uniforms.
And I think there's super fun ways
to embrace the uniforms
within the merch world.
We're doing patches and things,
which could be easy.
But, like, everything
that the girls will be wearing
will be possible ways
of buying into the girl group.
We talked about the brand deals
and all those pieces
that we'll be able to make something
the girls wear that we'd wanna sell.
It is interesting to see
how many brands are coming to the table
when a group hasn't even been formed yet.
The last thing
we're gonna present
is basically
the introductory video to the girls.
It's a fictional narrative
that is based on the girls.
So it's the first piece of information
that the world will see.
I mean,
this should be a marketer's dream.
There's already this runway.
If we can't break this artist,
and also at the talent level
and what we're putting into it,
we should all get different jobs.
- How you guys doing?
- Good!
Good. You guys have worked so hard
and sacrificed so much
to get to this point,
and now we're kind of getting to go time.
A year ago, we would have not thought
we would be this close.
- Really?
- Yeah.
How we know each other.
It feels like a family now.
Like, we see each other's sides
and each other's changes
and each other's struggles and happiness.
Like, we've been through so much,
and I feel like that's
what brings us, like, all together,
apart from having the same dream.
You all are awesome as individuals,
and I'm super excited about how this
is coming together as a group too.
Now we get to the fun part.
So I really wanted to put together
a dream team for you.
They flew in from New York
to work with you all.
Everyone's been looking forward
to the makeovers for, like, months.
I know I'm gonna be
the only one with short hair.
I hope they give me actual extensions.
The clip-ins are hurting!
I'm so excited.
- I'm scared.
- Don't be nervous.
I'm open to try anything.
I have no idea
what they'll do with my hair.
-I come out with purple hair.
-Jesus. No.
Honestly, I'm down for the ride.
Y'all do what you need to do.
Oh, make me over ♪
So cute.
- This is so cute.
- Super cute.
- So cute.
- I'm dying. I'm deceased.
In demonology ♪
Hey, so glad you could make it ♪
Oh my God.
-You look like a movie star.
-No, I don't.
-Yeah, you do.
-My voice cracked!
So glad you could make it now ♪
Evanie is a huge player
in the fashion world.
Has done Ariana's hair,
Dua Lipa's hair, Lana's hair.
Has done a lot of Bella's hair.
So pretty! I love pink.
Are you ready?
No.
Is the color going to be
like my natural color?
-I think a little deeper.
-Okay.
Guys, I'm going black.
When I wake up ♪
This is so dark.
So dark!
- What did you do?
- You don't like it?
Yes, yes! I like it!
Okay.
What you think
of the color?
I look like a baby.
I look so much younger.
It kinda hurts.
What do you think?
It feels weird
looking at myself in the mirror now.
Wow. This is like a childhood dream.
Claire Byrne
is an incredible stylist
who styles all of Heaven,
has worked with also Bella.
This is the uniforms
that I always wanted to wear at school.
There is something nice
about seeing them as this team,
but then separately
celebrating their individuality.
They kinda all have this,
like, girly tomboy vibe
that I really wanna embrace.
Would you wear this in real life?
Yes!
Good to know.
I felt like a Barbie!
You want a part of me ♪
Well, I'm not selling cheap ♪
No, I'm not selling cheap ♪
Ready? Five, six, here we go!
Yeah, like that! You did it!
She's amazing in this.
Like, she's amazing.
Like, she moves incredible.
It's just like this in your hips,
and then you're
Samara moved to Iliya's room.
Emily moved in.
So it's Adéla and Emily,
and then it's Ua and Mei,
and then Yoonchae, Nayoung, and Sophia.
And then me, Dani and Lexie and Ezrela
are still a roommate club.
It's crazy how much the house has changed.
Now that there's so many people,
there's a lot of new energy
that's downstairs.
This is oil.
All oil.
You should clean!
I live in the southern part of Nara,
which is famous for its somen noodles.
There's not much else,
but there are many deer.
- Do you wanna try?
- Yes!
Strawberry, Thai iced tea.
- What?
- Oh!
This is blueberry.
Oh, I don't like blueberry.
Okay, chocolate.
When I told an American girl
"You're so cute"
she responded with,
"Thank you!"
But in Japan, if you say,
"You're super cute,"
the response is like,
"No, not at all, not at all."
So from now on,
when someone says to me, "You're cute,"
I want to respond with, "Thank you!"
Do you know Netflix's Zombieverse?
I don't know.
What is a "Zombieverse?"
-New.
-Zombie? Zombieverse?
Yeah, Zombieverse.
I heard that it's really good.
Oh, the one that just came out?
-I wanted to watch that!
-What?
- Looks like a little cat.
- That one is very
Oh my God!
When Lexie was gone,
like, having her surgery,
it felt really, like, empty.
But for me, I know, like,
you're really best friends
when, like, you can be apart
and it doesn't affect
your friendship at all.
I really feel like Lexrela
is back on track.
-Yeah.
-Very pretty.
This is the last evaluation.
The goal is to be developed enough
to move into the survival show.
- It's about time.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
This is the final
end-of-month eval ever for us.
It's hard to say goodbye
to the training and development program.
But I'm happy for these girls
to close this chapter,
and they get to move on.
Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what ♪
Yo, I'll tell you what I want
What I really, really want ♪
So tell me what you want
What you really, really want ♪
I'll tell you what I want
What I really, really want ♪
So tell me what you want
What you really, really want ♪
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna ♪
I wanna really, really
Really wanna zigazig, ah ♪
If you wanna be my lover ♪
Ezrela, welcome to the program.
You snapped.
Ezrela, bitch. Like, you go off.
You gotta, you gotta ♪
Without anyone outshining each other,
I feel like everyone has improved so much.
I can tell you practiced a lot.
Ha! ♪
It's time for me to take it ♪
I'm the boss right now ♪
Not gonna fake it ♪
Not when you go down ♪
Emily worked hard on her ear.
She is unrecognizable
to the person that came in.
We got her voice to come out.
What's wrong with being ♪
What's wrong with being confident ♪
No ♪
What's wrong with being
What's wrong ♪
Lara, just watch.
When, like, Dani's singing lead,
make sure you think about that
and, like, hold back
so that lead is still out front.
And be the background singer.
Yeah! ♪
What's wrong with being
What's wrong with being ♪
What's wrong with being confident ♪
I was very introverted
when I first got here.
I've been here for over a year,
and I definitely think I've matured.
I'm very proud of myself
from how far I came just in a year.
I just never performed.
I used to get that critique all the time.
Like, Nikky literally
called me boring one time.
And I feel like ever since then,
something switched,
and now I literally perform
for my life each time I dance.
my buttons, babe
But you keep ♪
With Megan
in the past, I've been like,
"Oh, you know, she's a follower."
Like, "She'll need an Adéla or a Sophia
or somebody to look up to,"
but after this month, I'm like,
"Oh, maybe she doesn't."
Like, "Maybe she is the leader
that we needed."
Typical ain't hardly
The type I fall for ♪
Adéla, I just wanna say that,
mmm,
I just think that you've grown a lot
as a woman,
and I'm so lucky
to have experienced that with you.
things that I told ya
Told ya, told ya, told ya ♪
Loosen up my buttons, babe ♪
But you keep fronting ♪
Sayin' what you gon' do to me ♪
But I ain't seen nothing ♪
Can I have
all of you guys come out?
I have seen a lot of growth,
but from what we've seen today,
it's not there yet.
So we just have
so, so, so much work to do.
We have no time before we go public.
The schedule is quite literally insane.
But I do think you guys
should be celebrating today,
because you're the first ever, like, class
of HYBE America
Training and Development ever,
and no matter
if you're eliminated next week or not,
no one could ever take away
what happened here.
Your hard work,
how much you've grown as singers
and dancers and artists and women.
So you should be proud of yourselves.
And I'm just so grateful for you guys.
I hope you all are grateful to Missy.
Mmm.
She loves you
more than you could ever imagine.
Thank you.
Thank you.
T&D! T&D! T&D! T&D!
-Missy!
-Missy!
I am excited.
Like, I'm excited that finally
the girls are gonna get to be public,
this project gets to be public,
but I'm worried to be honest.
This is a huge project.
There's a lot of eyes on it.
It's so much pressure for the girls
to result in the next global sensation.
Success is having
a number one album,
selling out arenas,
going into stadiums, merch.
House doors are opening.
House doors are opening.
It's very important
that we see success with this project.
While we do want K-pop fans to love this group,
but the ultimate goal is to succeed
in the US as global stars.
They can't change
their nationalities, or ethnicities,
or the color of their skin,
or anything like that.
And if people are judging them
because of that,
that scares me.
Well, we're gonna have some, like, hate,
but I think we'll be fine.
The world is now looking at them.
When my folks tell you to go, you go.
Positions.
Oh, make me over ♪
I'm all I wanna be ♪
A walking study ♪
In demonology ♪
Hey, so glad you could make it ♪
Yeah, now you've really made it ♪
Hey, so glad you could make it now ♪
Oh, look at my face ♪
My name is "Might-Have-Been" ♪
My name is "Never Was" ♪
My name's forgotten ♪
Hey, so glad you could make it ♪
Yeah, now you've really made it ♪
Hey, there's only us left now ♪
You better watch out ♪
Oh, what you wish for ♪
It better be worth it ♪
So much to die for ♪
Hey, so glad you could make it ♪
Yeah, now you've really made it ♪
Hey, there's only us left now ♪
When I wake up in my makeup ♪
Have you ever felt so used up as this? ♪
It's all so sugarless
Hooker, waitress ♪
Model, actress, oh, just go nameless ♪
Honeysuckle, she's full of poison ♪
She obliterated everything she kissed ♪
Now she's fading
Somewhere in Hollywood ♪
I'm glad I came here
With your pound of flesh ♪
You want a part of me? ♪
Well, I'm not selling cheap ♪
No, I'm not selling cheap ♪