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- K-Pop is Korean pop music.

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Some people would say,
it's just pop music,

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but it's something
different to it.

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There's something unique.

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- People say to me, how do you
understand what they're saying

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when you don't speak Korean?

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You just like them for their
looks and their dances.

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- When I became a fan, I
was going through a lot

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of personal things.

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Their lyrics, their
music uplifted me.

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I have so much to
look forward to now.

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- I feel like people really rely
on these K-Pop idols to connect

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when they wouldn't
otherwise connect

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in a way with other people.

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- I think, at the
end of the day,

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K-Pop is just another
genre of music,

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as well as a culture
phenomenon, and it's being

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internationalized here.

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But at the end of
the day, no one

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should really be
teased or targeted

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for liking something
that's supposed to be

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an international language.

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