- No, I can do it.

不～我做得到的

I promise I can do it.

我跟你保證，我一定可以的

Play it again.

音樂再來

(hip hop music)

（嘻哈音樂）

- Steven is trying to become a Kpop star.

Steven想成為韓星

(laughing) Hilarious.

笑死寶寶了

- I really wanna be a Kpop star.

我真的超想成為韓星的

- Okay, cool.

好喔

- [Steven] This is my life long dream.

這是我一直以來的夢想

- To be a Kpop star, you have to have a certain

要當韓星

swag about you,

你必須要有些...特質

and Steven has, just, not that.

我們家Steven...沒有呀

- Oh, Steven, what have you gotten yourself in to? (laughs)

喔，Steven 你又幫自己找了什麼麻煩呀(笑)

I'm just kidding, or am I?

開玩笑的啦～是嗎？！

- You have to know how to dance.

你必須要懂舞

I feel like he can't just pick that up,

我覺得...他就是學不會呀

let alone sing,

更何況，還要會唱歌

and become super stylish.

還要超有品味

Like, come on, man.

拜託好嗎

Steven's a great guy, but no, it's impossible.

Steven是個好人，但是，這真的是不可能的任務

- If he can pull off something,

如果他能在這次的計畫內

even like an iota of what it is to Kpop star

學會一些韓星的東西

with this project,

哪怕只有一點點

then I commend him,

我都會稱讚他的

because it's difficult.

這超難的好嗎

It is a hard life.

人生苦苦呀

- My name is Amber.

我是Amber

I'm in a group called f(x).

韓國團體f(x)的團員

I recently just released two songs.

我最近剛發行兩首新歌

One is called "Need to Feel Needed,"

一首叫 Need to Feel Needed

and the second one is called, "On My Own."

另一首叫 On My Own

Kpop is, I guess,

Kpop 我認為

definitely more than just a genre of music.

不只是一種音樂種類

It's fashion.

它是一種時尚

There's shows, performance aspects.

有表演等各種內容

It's this whole experience that, I think,

我認為它是一種被受人們喜愛的經驗的融合

a lot of people have come to love and appreciate.

我認為它是一種被受人們喜愛的經驗的融合

Steven, I have no idea what you got yourself into,

Steve 我不知道你又幫自己找了什麼麻煩啦

but, you know, never give up.

但是...別放棄

Shake your little butt,

用盡全力

and do something crazy (laughs).

做些瘋狂的事吧！(笑)

Good luck, Steven.

祝你好運啦～

- [Steven] With Amber cheering me on,

有了Amber的鼓勵

I was ready to begin my quest,

我已經準備好要迎接

training like a Kpop star for one week.

ㄧ個禮拜內成為韓星的艱困挑戰

So I called up a former Kpop trainee

所以，我請了一位前Kpop訓練員

to help me get started.

幫助我開始學習

- I'm Ed.

我是Ed

I used to be a trainee in a Korean entertainment agency

之前是韓國經紀公司的訓練員

a few years back.

之前是韓國經紀公司的訓練員

Kpop trainee life is very difficult,

練習生的日子是很難熬的

and it's really intense.

訓練很密集

So an average day for a Kpop trainee,

一個韓國的練習生正常來說一天

all these things are really clearly regimented.

都被排了滿滿的事情

If you have work,

如果你有工作

you go to work, and then after work,

你可能得先完成，之後

you'll probably have to do language class,

還要上語言課程

'cause it's Kpop, so you need to know

因為是Kpop，你得懂

how to speak Korean.

怎麼說韓文

- Yes, in Korean, is--

Yes韓文說

(speaking in a foreign language)

（韓文）

- You probably go to vocal class,

你可能要上聲帶訓練課

'cause you need to be in your best condition

因為，你必須讓自己的聲帶

for your vocals, right?

保持在最佳狀態，對吧？

(humming)

（哼）

And then once that's over,

一旦結束後

you go to dance class.

你就要去上舞蹈課

- Open, hop, open,

開、跳、開

tap, knee, push, drop.

拍、膝、推、點

- The most difficult thing about it is

最困難的點是

you don't really have a personal life

除了訓練之外

beyond the training thing.

你沒有任何個人生活

So, like, you'll be doing hours of training

在各方面做了好幾個小時的訓練

in all aspects,

在各方面做了好幾個小時的訓練

especially if you aren't familiar with it.

特別是，那些對那個領域並不熟的人

I think the people that make it to the end

我覺得能夠堅持到最後的人

are the people that put in the most effort.

都是使勁了洪荒之力了

- Okay, I wanna put my heart into this.

好滴，我會盡心盡力的

- Welcome to Korean 101.

歡迎參加韓文初級課程

Do you know any Korean words?

你有知道哪些韓文嗎？

- Uh.

額

My friend would use to say this a lot.

我朋友們經常說一句

(speaking in a foreign language)

(韓文)

- Oh my god, what is that?

天呀，你在說什麼呀？

- Wait, what does that mean?

等等，那句是什麼意思呀？

- Pull your pants down.

把你褲子脫下來！

- Wait. (laughs)

等等......

- Yeah, take your pants off.

是的，就是把你的褲子脫下來

Why would he say that? (laughs)

他為什麼要說那個？

- Hi, my name's Erin.

嗨，我是Erin

- Steven.

Steven

- I'm an acoustic Seoul Hip Hop musician.

我是韓國嘻哈樂的聲樂家

I will be your vocal coach.

我會當你的教練

How you doing today?

今天還好嗎？

- I'm okay.

還不錯啦

I don't sing.

但我不會唱歌

- At the end of the day, confidence.

最重要的是：要有信心！

First thing is there is a warm up

首先，有一個非常有用的

that is very, very good,

暖身活動

for pronunciation and the structure of your mouth.

可以幫助你鍛練發音、訓練嘴巴構造

♫ Gug, gug, gug, gug, gug ♫

♫ Gug, gug, gug, gug, gug ♫

Can you try that?

試試唄

♫ Gug, gug, gug, gug, gug ♫

♫ Gug, gug, gug, gug, gug ♫

- Come on, man.

哥，你認真

♫ Gug, gug, gug, gug, gug ♫

♫ Gug, gug, gug, gug, gug ♫

- There it is.

好一些啦

I hear some tones.

至少有聽到一些音調了

Kpop, it's literally building a singing,

Kpop就是要打造能歌能舞的超能機器好嗎？哥

dancing machine, bro.

Kpop就是要打造能歌能舞的超能機器好嗎？哥

- I'm Michael.

我是Michael

- I'm Danielle.

我是Danielle

- This is Danielle.

這是Danielle

- We are Kpop choreographers.

我們是韓國流行樂的編舞者

What we wanna do is kind of see

我們現在想做的是看看

where we're at.

你現在的水準

- Cool.

好喔

- So can you bust out with a few moves right now for us?

所以，你可以為我們示範幾個舞步嗎？

- Oh, right now?

喔，現在嗎？

- Yeah, right now.

是滴，就是現在

- Yes, right now.

是滴，就是現在

- Here's my go to move.

好啦，哥來試試啦

- Yeah, I'm feeling it.

恩，有點感覺囉

- (yelling)

(喔~)

- You got this.

有點像

You got this, you got this.

有點像啦！

- Now, I'm gonna teach you how to introduce yourself.

現在，我要教你怎麼自我介紹

(speaking in a foreign language)

(韓文)

- Huh?

蛤

- How about--

試試看

♫ Kah ♫

♫ Kah ♫

♫ Kah ♫

♫ Kah ♫

- Hey, it could be a little bit better

你可以做得更好的

if you pushed it out a little bit more.

如果你更用力唱出來

- Like a baby.

像小寶寶那樣

- Do it.

做吧！

- A little bit of some simple groove,

來一些簡單的groove舞步

like a lean back.

把背往後

Maybe even like licking your lips,

再加上一些舔嘴唇的動作

just for that fan service.

讓歌迷開心一下

Yeah.

就是醬

- [Danielle] (laughing)

(笑聲)

- [Michael] Not too much.

也別做太過

♫ Kah ♫

♫ Kah ♫

- Hey, the baby's out.

心中小寶寶終於跑出來了

- Oh, thank god.

終於呀

My friend Lcksmith,

我的好朋友Lcksmith

he wrote this song for me

為我寫了一首歌

to perform.

讓我表演

(speaking in a foreign language)

(韓文)

(muttering in a foreign language)

(喃喃地念著...)

(speaking in a foreign language)

(韓文)

- And pop your knee forward.

把你的膝蓋彈出來

- What is your favorite part of the song?

你最喜歡這首歌的哪裡？

- When they speak English.

他們說英文的時候......

- Let's do that.

好呀，我們就來試試

- Okay. (laughs)

好(笑)

♫ Baby ♫

♫ Baby ♫

- Uh huh.

恩恩

♫ You and me

♫ You and me

♫ You-- ♫

♫ You-- ♫

- Oh, that was a--

哇，嚇死我了

- I don't know where that came from.

我也不知道剛那怎麼來的

- Oh, that was nice.

唱的超好的

What is gonna be your Korean name?

你的韓文名字是什麼呢？

(speaking in a foreign language)

(韓文)

- It just gets right to the point. (laughs)

超適合你的呀(笑)

- So, we're actually out of time right now.

我們現在，已經沒有時間啦

- Thank goodness.

嗚嗚，是喔

- So, next session, we will be teaching

下一堂課，就會教你編的舞

you the choreography.

下一堂課，就會教你編的舞

- Thank you.

謝謝你啦

See you tomorrow.

明天見

- No problem.

好喔

- Ah, man, okay.

天呀

It's like midnight right now.

現在是大半夜

I have to study my Korean,

我要在這念韓文

practice some of my dance moves,

練習舞步

and, also, try to memorize all these lyrics.

還要記那些歌詞

I'm kind of feeling overwhelmed.

哥快瘋了

(sighs)

(呼~)

- Did you practice a lot last night?

你昨晚是否有認真練習啦？

- Yes, I practiced all night.

是呀，我整晚都在練呢

- [Michael] Nice.

好呀

- [Danielle] Perfect.

棒棒

- [Michael] Nice.

好呀

- So, I was singing in the shower this morning.

今天早上洗澡的時候在練唱

- [Erin] Perfect.

太好了

- You get that nice echo,

我找到了方法

everything sounds good.

現在，他們都聽起來超棒的

- Oh yeah.

恩恩

(speaking in a foreign language)

(韓文)

- Nope.

不是捏

- But then I recorded myself and watched that.

之後我就自己錄自己看

- Hey, uh huh.

- Hey, uh huh.

♫ Woah, baby, you and me ♫

♫ Woah, baby, you and me ♫

(singing in a foreign language)

(韓文)

- Five, six, seven, and a eight.

五，六，七，八

♫ You, you, you, you

♫ You, you, you, you

♫ You, you, you, you, you ♫

♫ You, you, you, you, you ♫

- No.

不是吧

- No.

不是吧

- I knew this would be emotionally exhausting,

我知道這會很累

but I had no idea how exhausting it would actually be.

但不知道會這~麼累

How do Kpop stars do this?

那些韓星們是怎麼做到的呀

I don't wanna do this anymore.

人家不要做了啦

- People have told me that our group f(x) is extremely,

大家都說我們 f(x)很

like, unique and, you know, different,

很...特別，跟別人不同

but our group's goal is just always just to be ourselves

但是，我們只希望能做自己

and try to try new things

不斷嘗試新的事情

and experiment with different types of performance aspects.

試著用不同的方式去詮釋表演

So we just gonna do our thing.

我們只想把自己做好

- I just did a 30 minute workout.

剛健身30分鐘

I'm exhausted, but I feel pretty good.

超累，但感覺還不錯

(hip hop music)

(嘻哈音樂)

(speaking in a foreign language)

(韓文)

- You got way better than last time.

你比上次進步很多耶

You say it like faster,

說得比較快

and, yeah, I can tell that you practiced a lot.

我可以看得出你有努力練習呦

♫ Baby, you and me ♫

♫ Baby, you and me ♫

(singing in a foreign language)

(韓文唱)

(hip hop music)

(嘻哈音樂)

- Oh my gosh, I just sang and danced this entire song

天呀，我剛剛竟然正確無誤地

correctly for the very first time.

唱完跳完了整首歌

It took six and a half days, but I did it.

花了我六天半的時間，但是我做到了！

- Hi, I'm Nicole, and this is Kristine.

嗨，我是 Nicole，這一位是Kristine.

Today, we're here to style Steven,

今天，我們要從頭到腳把Steven

into a Kpop star from head to toe.

打造成韓星

To describe Steven's style in one word,

用一個字形容Steven的風格

it would be very plain.

就是「平淡無奇」

- Neutral.

自然風

- Boring, grey, brown.

呆版，不是灰色就是棕色

I don't know.

我也不知道

I really think that he dresses like everybody else.

他就跟一般人穿的一樣呀

- Yeah.

對呀

- Is that mean?

這樣是不是很壞呀

- No, that's not mean.

不會啦

I think that's being honest.

我們只是老實說

I think to start Steven's transformation,

我開始想要怎麼改造Steven

something like kind of overall black and white,

想從一些像經典黑白風試試

kind of feel.

想從一些像經典黑白風試試

- Oh, okay, I don't know who this guy is.

好喔，我不認識鏡子裡的人

- Really tight skinny jeans, and some army boots.

超緊身牛仔褲配軍靴

- [Nicole] Maybe a dress shirt with a really nice jacket

也許讓禮服用襯衫配上潮外套

with a little bit of accessory, not too much.

再適量地加上一些飾品

Bleaching his hair completely gray, ashy.

把頭髮染成亮灰色

- [Kristine] Like Kpop T.O.P. style, right,

就像 Kpop T.O.P. 那種風格

with that grey hair--

那種頭髮

- [Nicole] Yeah, T.O.P. has like sexy hair.

對，就是 T.O.P. 的那種性感頭

- (laughs)

(笑)

I like it.

我喜歡

I like it a lot.

超喜歡的

Yeah.

耶

(speaking in a foreign language)

(韓文)

Thank you, thank you.

謝謝，謝謝！

- I think it is really important to keep Steven

我覺得保有Steven本來的特質，是非常重要的

as who he is,

我覺得保有Steven本來的特質，是非常重要的

so to have Steven feel really comfortable,

所以，要讓Steven覺得很舒服

and make it seem like,

讓他覺得好像：

"Oh, this is me, still me,

「恩，這還是我

"but I'm just having a new look."

只是換了個打扮而已。」

I feel like when you say Kpop,

我覺得當大家談到 Kpop

starting from makeup, a lot of Kpop artists

從妝容來說，很多 Kpop 藝人會

wear like, eyeliners, or BB cream.

畫眼線、擦BB霜

- So I think we could do some, like,

所以我們覺得可以試試一些像

contouring on Steven's face a little bit--

加強Steven的臉部輪廓

- [Nicole] Definitely.

恩恩

- [Kristine] To bring out his structures a little bit.

讓他的輪廓更明顯

- [Nicole] I want his hair up.

我希望能讓他的頭髮豎起來

- I just gotta create volume.

我幫他用髮捲

It's all about being erect.

讓他的頭髮可以站起來

- [Nicole] And styled really nicely.

看起來很棒又時髦

- I was always told that the hair is the crown

我總認為頭髮就是一個人的專屬皇冠