K-Pop Idols (2024) s01e06 Episode Script

1
We love Stray Kids!
You have to sacrifice friends, family,
and it doesn't guarantee you
that you'll ever make it.
Because they're given the title of idol,
they're supposed to be
not seen as real people.
To be an idol, I think,
you have to give away, like,
- all of yourself, honestly.
- Yeah.
It would be nice to see them be able to
- be idols and just be themselves. Yeah.
- And be actual people.
- Miss Gabi, hairstylist.
- Yes.
Just for now.
We're a little bit worried but we are
really excited for the concerts today.
Yeah, because something bad could happen.
It's our first performance
as BLACKSWAN and
- Yes.
- we need to show our best.
Best.
Finger crossed.
- It looks beautiful.
- Yeah.
Sriya, Gabi.
Do you want?
- Gonna do now? I wanna do this.
- Okay.
Typically before we have, like,
a performance,
we go to our beauty salon.
But in Belgium, because we're so far, we
have to do our hair and makeup ourselves.
SRIYA: It's hurting you?
Yeah, it's kinda.
LEIA: But it's fine because pretty hurts,
you know what I'm saying?
Together. Outfits.
For our outfits for the Belgian concert,
our stylist, Dohui siljangnim,
made our outfits.
She wanted to go
for a more fresh type of style
and I think she did that really good
because I really like these outfits.
They're looking good.
I'm ready with my bling-blings. Okay, bye.
I'm quite nervous too, to be honest,
because a new lineup.
This has to be the best stage
we've done till now, in my opinion,
to really convince people
that it's gonna work.
My in-ear don't It's not going.
I'm a different type of beast
I'm a different type of beast
Beast, beast
I'm a different type of beast
But it's okay
Good to be alive
I'm a mother effin' rock star
Rock star
Rock, rock, rock with me
Feel, feel, feel
Feel so good to be alive
Feel so good
I'm the baddest B alive
I'm the baddest of the baddest
Bring it back
I'm a mother effin' rock star
Practice a lot?
- Everybody practice a lot?
- Yes.
- Feeling all right?
- Yes.
- You remember everything?
- Yes.
Let's say, "Fighting." One, two, three.
BLACKSWAN fighting!
VENUE STAFF:
BLACKSWAN, please come up to the stage.
Start "Tonight".
I gotta go bad
Tonight like a babe
Hey, boy
Hey, boy
Babe
Take me away
Tic-toc tic-toc, jeez
Oh, my heart
Over and over
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh
Going hard
In the fast lane
Top down, hands up
Making it rain
You know I know
Love is insane
But I can't stop falling
Can't hit the brakes
Over and over
Okay, cool.
I can hear him now.
- I can hear now.
- Wha
Yes, but I can't hear you.
My voice?
MANAGER: You can't hear anything?
You can't hear anything?
Just the last part.
- MANAGER: How about you?
- FATOU: I hear it.
LEIA: I hear it.
MANAGER: I think it's just these two
that it's not working for.
- STAFF: Whose in-ear isn't working?
- MANAGER: Gabi and Sriya's.
Our sound check is going bad.
The in-ears are not working well.
In-ears are really important.
Why? Because we have to be able to hear
the music and all on the same rhythm.
We have to hear our voices
so we sound good live.
The whole routine of the show.
Like, it's just a mess.
Let's try
a little bit music, not too loud.
Just to see if you receive it
and if it doesn't cut anymore.
- Okay?
- Yes? Yes.
Over and over
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh
Over and over
Okay.
SRIYA: All I could hear
at the end was a beeping sound.
MANAGER: What the heck
is the cause of this problem?
Just a
We're gonna check one of member in-ear.
Till the end of the rehearsal,
everything was going wrong.
MANAGER: Gabi and Sriya's issues are bad.
Gabi and Sriya.
Sometimes my song will stop,
and sometimes it got really loud.
So I cannot hear hear the song properly.
So I was really confused.
Like, what is going on? Like,
if I am matching with the group or not.
It keeps working and then
not working. It goes back and forth.
- Yeah.
- I can't hear anything.
- You can't hear anything?
- LEIA: I can hear your voice.
Just your voice.
If these in-ears don't work,
we're basically screwed.
I feel more pressured
and more, like, worried
because we had the technical difficulties.
So, we just
we have to calm down a little bit.
I had to calm down a little bit, you know?
I hope that our performance goes smoothly.
I hope just everyone
in that room enjoys it.
- STAFF: Finished.
- ALLEN: Thank you.
Today's the day
for me to realize my longtime dream
of performing on the KCON LA stage.
MINHEE: Hello.
Coming out of the pandemic era,
it truly feels like
we're making our debut right now.
I think I'm trying to calm myself
and trying not to psych myself out
too much.
EVENT STAFF: Hello.
ALLEN: Hello, nice to meet you.
We're CRAVITY.
It kind of feels surreal
thinking that we barely had our first ever
face-to-face performance
in front of our fans.
Hopefully, I would be able
to do well today.
Big day. Long schedule ahead of us.
Let's just hope everything goes smoothly.
No mistakes, no accidents.
That's all I'm asking for.
Who do you wanna see
come out first on the red carpet?
CRAVITY!
You wanna see CRAVITY come out?
- FAN: Allen, I love you!
- Love you too.
The worst thing that can possibly happen
would be some sort of, like, mistake.
Whether that be, you know,
forgetting the routine
which could hurt our reputation.
I think that would be a nightmare.
Are you guys ready
to watch CRAVITY on stage tonight?
Two, three. Get closer! Thank you!
STAFF: Guys, we have to hurry up.
JUNGMO: I always have worries
because even though we are working hard,
there's always a chance
the results won't turn out well.
SEONGMIN: Wow, that's a lot of people.
That looks amazing.
I'd say CRAVITY definitely
isn't as popular as BTS or BLACKPINK.
I mean, I wouldn't say they'd be the next
MONSTA X. They're their own thing.
Exactly.
They're gonna be
the next CRAVITY, I guess.
Stop thinking too much!
STAFF: What's your guys' plan for today?
TAEYOUNG: We have to show up today!
Like we've said, this is our dream stage,
so let's show them everything we've got.
Okay.
So that we don't regret
calling this our dream.
We are here in Allen's hometown!
Let's do it! One, two, three, fighting!
Let's go, CRAVITY!
Let's go, let's go!
- AGNES: Oh, shit. Look at that.
- What?
They are all standing in the rain
waiting for you.
This is a mess.
I never want my fans
to ever come to my show
and feel like it was just a show.
I want them to get a taste of Jess.
But it's raining and now I'm just
kind of worried of my fans 'cause
the vibe changes when it rains.
There's nothing we can do about it.
- Jessi, Jessi, Jessi!
- Okay.
Cambodia, what's good?
You guys ready?
All right, let's go.
What!
Lights, camera, action
I see you lookin' at my P-I-C, I know
You can stretch it
Stretch it, stretch it out
I know you like what you see, ayy
Zoom in, zoom out, okay
Zoom in, zoom out, okay
Baby, shocked starin'
Like a hawk gawkin' at me, ow
I'm feelin' like a million bucks, yeah
Must be that million bucks, yeah
Ooh, we love and live for attention
That's no question
I know you feel me, world
Aight
Lights camera action, baby
I see you lookin' at my P-I-C, I know
Baby, shocked starin'
Like a hawk gawkin' at me, ow
Wait, oh, my God
I'm such a catfish
Hi, guys. My name is Jessi.
Thank you guys so much.
You guys, I've noticed, Cambodia
Y'all are naughty.
You like the rain on me, huh?
You like that, huh?
You know, in Korea when it rains,
everybody wears like
the plastic thing over.
You guys are gangsta.
Y'all don't give a f.
Sorry. Don't curse? All right. Sorry.
All right. Guys, the next song
is actually called "Cold Blooded."
Listen, I just wanna get this
out there, I'm not cold-blooded.
You know that, right?
It's a figure of speech.
Like, I'm cold when I'm cold
because people say that as a woman,
I'm too outspoken
and they're scared of women speaking.
Why am I talking to a man? Look.
People are scared
of women speaking up, okay?
Do not be afraid
to tell your opinions, okay?
Because sometimes you have to be a bitch.
And do what you wanna do, okay?
Live the way you wanna live.
All right, all right. I'm so sorry.
I love you all!
Thank y'all, Cambodia! I love you!
Your in-ears are all ready, right?
Yes.
- It's open, right?
- Yep. Yes.
I'm still worried
because we were having some tech problem.
With the ear.
Even we already adjust, like,
maybe someone just touch it,
like, with a mistake,
and it will not work again.
This is the most important
for me, this night.
BLACKSWAN! BLACKSWAN! BLACKSWAN!
STAFF: We're going up on stage now.
Yes.
Oh, my God!
I'm freaking out.
Because the members don't get reprimanded
by the CEO if they do something wrong.
I am the one that gets reprimanded,
because I am the leader.
I'm the one who's supposed
to get them ready.
I'm the one that's supposed to take
care of everything within the group.
- BLACKSWAN girls!
- One.
Fighting!
Fatou! Fatou!
If this performance goes wrong,
we're doomed.
Go. Let's go.
That's right. So, ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome BLACKSWAN!
I gotta go bad
Tonight like a babe
Away from me
Your burning eyes
What more do you want
Like it will melt me
Looking at me
Your voice becomes
Breathtakingly sweet
But not-nothing from me
You make me cry
Babe, take me away
Tic-toc tic-toc, jeez
Oh, my heart
It's closing up, babe
Hearing the fans cheer our name,
the worries I have
Everything disappears,
and I'm just like,
"Okay, it's crunch time. Let's go."
Babe
Take me away
Tic-toc tic-toc, jeez
Oh, my heart
It's closing up, babe
Worries are a waste
Tic-toc tic-toc, jeez
Wake up me, wake up me
It's not nice to keep running away
But I'm fine to keep playing this game
All right, I'll stop
Don't yell at me, yell at me
Yo, it's too much, bro
There's no time
Throw away your worries
Make it hot
Fancy, fancy, run, run
Oh, my God
Come on
Even if it's bad
I want more
And this is just
how I know I have to be on stage.
I live for the stage.
I live for the music.
Gabi and Sriya,
for the debut stage, they did good.
And the fans seemed also
really happy about it.
So I'm happy about that.
That's the most important thing.
So, with the four of us right now,
I see something.
It might turn out pretty good.
Hopeful for the future.
Bam-bang
Put your hand over me
Don't worry
Just come close to me
Come on
Close, clo-close
I-I need ya, close
Thank you. We love you.
BLACKSWAN! BLACKSWAN! BLACKSWAN!
I feel like
this is what I wanted for my life,
so it was like
I'm proving to me to myself
and to the people that doubted me
that even it's really difficult,
you can do.
- STAFF: Good job.
- BLACKSWAN: Good job.
Good job.
- FATOU: Don't cry.
- LEIA: Are you crying?
LEIA: Why?
- Don't cry!
- FATOU: Good job.
LEIA: Good job.
SRIYA: I don't want to cry.
- Yeah!
- Yes.
- LEIA: Don't cry.
- FATOU: Good job.
FATOU: You too, Gabi.
- GABI: Thank you.
- SRIYA: Thank you.
It's so special to me
it cannot be even described in words.
The hard work that I do
to become an artist I feel so grateful.
Really, really happy. Yes.
After Judy and Youngheun's departure,
fans were very unhappy
that we have no Korean members.
But Sriya and Gabi,
their performance was good enough
to satisfy those
who were negative to our band.
We have one minute. One minute!
WONJIN: I'm so nervous, nervous, nervous!
MINHEE: Let's go.
It's time to get that adrenaline going
Baby, give me one shot
Chaotic and dizzy fever
Eyes getting bigger
Breathless, dizzy, feeling high
So high, so high
Ever since I got to know you
I've been suffering from you, oh
Even if it hurts because of you
I'm ready
Get ready, get ready for ya
A little rough attitude
Bursting mood
Can you feel it?
I feel it hot
Like a big rush of adrenaline
Shot in my heart
Come on
Give me one shot, one more shot
Come on, give me one shot, shot, shot
Adrenaline, my body is shaking
I'm getting goosebumps
Give it to me
One shot of adrenaline
Adrenaline
It's a thrilling shot of adrenaline
You're telling me we have this many fans?
I don't think anything can beat the thrill
and the happiness of that moment.
Two, three. Get closer!
Today is very special for myself.
I get to perform
in my hometown of Los Angeles.
Yeah!
This is truly a full-circle moment for me.
Thank you, guys, so much
for joining me on this journey.
Thank you.
Just a few years ago, I was here
as a fan, looking up towards that stage.
And now I'm back, as an artist.
And being able to hear
the fans cheer for us
That we're giving them our energy,
and they're giving us their energy
And I feel like this is truly
a beautiful culture that we share.
It's amazing. It's crazy.
That looks really good.
Oh, yeah.
Is that a cookie?
- How is it?
- Really good.
Appreciating the food.
Yesterday was so fun.
The crowd was so crazy.
I was, like, really so happy because
they were, like, saying, "Fatou, Fatou!"
And, like, it was a really good vibe too.
Even before we go on stage.
Yes.
The energy was really good.
Belgium Belgium is always great.
I just want to know, like,
what you two thought about, like
- Your performance?
- our performance.
To be honest, I was worried at first.
The rehearsals was really
I was out of my mind.
Like, I was like, "If it goes this way
in the actual concert, we're doomed."
But yesterday, I would give us a seven.
- Yes.
- That's low.
It's really crazy for me to think that,
like, maybe one and a half year ago
I was a BLACKSWAN fan.
Now I'm
I'm here, like It's so crazy.
I don't know, like
It was so good, like, there was a feeling,
like, "Oh, my God. Yes."
Since now you guys know the feeling,
just keep thinking about it.
And practice.
So we'll be better.
To be honest, our concert was
really, really, really good.
Made me forgot all the bad things
for a moment.
Yeah.
But the problems I have with the company
and my mental health is still really bad.
Wow, I can't wait for the comeback.
Unni, when do you thinks it will be?
- The comeback?
- Yes.
I'm thinking November or December.
- SRIYA: It's a good time.
- GABI: It's a good time.
November, December.
And the song is, like, perfect
for, like, those two months.
- Yes.
- Even more darker, powerful song.
- Yes.
- So, yeah.
I was feeling really bad because
they was talking about the comeback.
And it's something I don't wanna do.
I'm trying my best.
But I just don't wanna sacrifice
my mental health to do K-Pop.
I really want to, like, go out
from the company.
But I don't know if they gonna let me go.
But I know I have to go another way.
But at the same time,
it's really, really sad because
it's like saying goodbye
to my teenager times.
It's saying goodbye to
everything I knew until now.
I enjoyed everything.
Really, it was really Really good.
Really.
We love you, BLACKSWAN!
I never had a normal work.
I never had a, like, "normal life."
But I'm I'm ready for that.
I cannot be a teenager forever.
So
It's really sad for me.
I want to say bye, you know, like
But I cannot.
MINHEE: It smells good!
Cheese fries.
What is this?
And animal style.
Animal style?
Ever since our debut,
we were all exhausted.
Our passion seemed to be slowly dying,
and so, finally having free time
and a day off is really nice.
This is really good!
ALLEN: You like it?
It's really good!
SERIM: I think I ate the wrapping paper.
WOOBIN: You can eat this kind of paper.
SERIM: Really?
SERIM: It tastes like normal paper though.
The bus is here.
Damn, it's like a party bus!
It's big like me.
What?
If you use this parking lot
early in the morning,
- it's called the "early bird special"?
- Yeah, right.
MINHEE:
People might think it's a chicken dish.
SEONGMIN:
It's just how I imagined it! It's so nice.
Wow, it's prettier than Tongyeong.
TAEYOUNG: Is that an amusement park?
HYEONGJUN: I'm wide awake now.
It's a swing!
There's a gym too!
- Let's ride the swing!
- Get ready to break your back!
Look at that. That, that, that, that!
Who can jump the farthest?
MINHEE: Be careful.
TAEYOUNG: This is so pretty.
TAEYOUNG: This is the LA I imagined.
There goes Hyeongjun.
You're going to lose your shoes!
It's refreshing!
KCON, I'll say,
was the best moment of my whole life.
Words cannot express how happy I was.
Even now.
Taeyoung always gives his best
and always stays positive.
Honestly, those were qualities I wasn't
able to teach him when he was younger
because I am quite a pessimist.
And so I'm so grateful
and proud of the way he turned out.
I feel like I've become a fan
cheering him on.
The last few years, that was really hard.
There were times
when I really wanted to give up.
But all the sacrifice, all the hard work,
it all feels worth it.
I have my members.
They're the closest people
I have in my life.
My eight brothers, my ride or die.
I love them.
How would you describe
what their career has been
from when they first debuted to now?
I think it's still steadily going up.
It's not a steep rising line,
but it's slow and steady.
But I do think it's starting
to shoot up more quickly now.
They work so hard,
and they have so much more to show.
I hope CRAVITY becomes world famous.
I'm sure they will.
The higher-ups from the company came
and watched our performance,
and said, "Great job. Let's celebrate
with a meal together in Korea."
They usually never give us compliments,
you know,
because they think that if they tell us,
"Good job," we'll start slacking off,
so they rarely give us compliments.
But the company told us, "Good job."
So now I'm motivated to work harder
and I hope we make it to the top one day.
Wow, that's amazing.
You should lean over
and make it look cool.
Mom!
She said I should stick my butt out more
while I sit.
- Jay, this is my mom.
- It's so nice to meet you.
- You have everything you need?
- Yes, it's all very nice.
- You look very handsome.
- Thank you for your kind words.
- I told you not to say that!
- But he's so handsome.
So, we are here
today at the set of Jessi's photo shoot
because she is joining More Vision
and we're going to be working together.
So I'm here to take pictures with her
so that when we announce it,
people have that official
More Vision Jay Park-Jessi photo together.
So they could visualize it
and imagine that this is history
and it's a power move, you know?
Me and Jay Park has been friends
for a really long time.
Somethin' drippin' from your mouth
Lemme undo your blouse
Take you straight to the clouds
Everyday you be
We've done
a lot of collaborations together,
and Jay is a hustler. I've seen it.
He's also a Korean-American,
so we have a similar story in a sense.
And I think that's why
we can relate a lot.
Coming to More Vision now,
he lets me be me.
There's so much freedom here.
So it's like, now this album,
I'm starting from scratch.
I'm trying to make more R&B tracks.
Hello, my name is Jay Park.
Jessi, I and More Vision are working
together officially from here on out.
We're gonna give Jessi
a warm welcome to More Vision.
And thank you
for choosing us to represent you.
Blue check, blue check
Big stacks on me
I need a blue check, blue check
I'm just looking forward to,
you know, the next couple of years.
I just wanna make great music with him,
do, like, songs that are, like,
really raunchy.
Like, my my mom my mom wants
She loves that song.
- Oh, really?
- She loves the Mc Nasty song.
I'm a little uncomfortable now.
I've never had actually
my mom's opinion in anything in my life,
but my mom wanted me to go to you.
- Thank you for trusting me.
- But she said
But my mom said
that we could end up in an argument.
We would be arguing with each other.
Arguing with Jessi is pointless
so I'm not going to bother.
- Why is it pointless?
- We won't argue.
- You're just gonna give up?
- Yes, I'll just give up.
Jessi! Jessi! Jessi! Jessi! Jessi!
After Belgium trip, Leia's
mental health got fluctuating again.
She wasn't showing up to practice,
and she would constantly
make up lies about why.
Things that would be unthinkable
in regular K-Pop groups.
So, we decided
that we have to send Leia to Brazil.
It's like two months,
I don't talk with DR Music at all.
At all.
Since I have a contract with DR Music,
I can't do anything in entertainment
in Korea.
I think maybe I have to, like,
live quiet till 2024
when my contract finish.
Too many member changes
is not good for sure.
But Leia has been making
too many troubles inside the group,
so we're gonna prepare comeback
without Leia for now.
Are you gonna stretch?
Leia not being here is like
two sides of me are, like, fighting.
One is relieved
because there's less trouble.
And the other side is like,
but we trained together.
We went through debut together.
We did, like, everything together.
But BLACKSWAN, I just hope we stay strong.
Every single one of us.
That we do not get discouraged
because of this.
Because BLACKSWAN is a lifetime dream
for every single one of us.
Mine are small.
I couldn't go to the gym for a week.
- You couldn't go?
- For a week I couldn't go.
- You couldn't go?
- I couldn't go.
For a whole week? It's not bad.
For one week.
Recently, I made a decision
to have a new member, NVee.
I'm NVee and I'm the new main vocalist of
BLACKSWAN.
I'm from Washington, D.C., in America.
Ever since I was really, really young,
I've always wanted to be a singer.
Here I am.
Because Leia is absent from the team,
and since there was a new applicant
who came really prepared,
she will be taking Leia's place
in BLACKSWAN.
To be honest,
it was a lot of pressure at the time,
because we've been three,
and we didn't knew who can be
perfect puzzle to complete the BLACKSWAN.
So we were kinda worried.
Until the fourth member come
and then we were like,
"Let's see if she's good enough."
Do I need to go further back?
- Yeah, you need to match that one.
- That one.
- And when we get in that line
- It's not in this one.
- Okay. Never mind.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. That one.
We started practicing together.
- INSTRUCTOR: Ready?
- Yes.
The energy between
the four of us was indescribable.
I think the group now is, like,
really solid.
She is amazing.
And she picks up things so quick.
Like, you say it once and it's fixed.
So, I was like, "Okay I like this girl."
She's good. She's good.
I love her. We love her. We all love her.
I hope that my dad is proud of me.
I've been thinking really a lot
about BLACKSWAN's current status
because we lost three members so far.
Sometimes I just wanna give up.
But when I think about giving up,
some good news start coming, so
Maybe God is saying, "Don't give up."
So even it's hard, I try my best.
This ecstatic moment
Take what you want
All night long
Give your own
Poker face
You must have waited
Long enough
Brr-ta-ta-ta. Ooh-wee
That karma
I see the light, brr-ta-ta-ta
One, two, three
Come, come around
One, two, three
Come, come around
Round, round, round
Turn and turn
Spin, spin around
Unstoppable holic
Brr-ta-ta-ta
So would you say
you finally approve of Philip
as your successor?
Well, I guess I have to, don't I?