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How to Dance Like a K-Pop Star

How to Dance Like a K-Pop Star

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YH hits up KCON to celebrate all things Korean, including a chat with K-Pop boy band Astro, a one-on-one dance lesson from Ellen Min with the Koreos UCLA dance cover team, and sampling some cosmetics from SEP Beauty!

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, it is Audrey getting a taste of Korean culture at KCON in Downtown LA. We're also going backstage with one of the hottest K-Pop boy bands around, Astro. This is pretty hot too. I am backstage at the Staples Center with Astro. How cool is it that K-Pop is so big outside of Korea?

Astro

Yeah. I think it's a great honor that there's a lot of fans waiting for us to perform. We had performed in KCON last year as well. So, it's really exciting to see all the fans support us.

Young Hollywood

Of all the places you get to perform in the world, what's your favorite place to perform?

Astro

Maybe LA Staples Center, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Beauty products from Korea have taken the makeup world by storm, which is why I'm with Elaine from STEP Beauty. Hi.

Elaine

Hi.

Young Hollywood

Look, this is Heaven. Lip-Liquid lipstick, lipstick Heaven. Oh my gosh. I'm so excited.

Elaine

Oh, thank you. Thank you. We have 40 different shades of lipstick coming from STEP Beauty and we also have tinted lip balms and one of them is actually edible lipstick. Do you want to eat it?

Young Hollywood

If you have ever wanted to know the choreography to your favorite K-Pop dance routines, Ellen Min is your lady. She's the founder of KOR-EO. What is KOR-EO?

Ellen Min

KOR-EO is a K-Pop dance production team based out of UCLA and it was founded in 2014. We mainly do YouTube covers and we also perform at events such as KCON and other like Korean festivals in LA.

Young Hollywood

What's it like seeing everybody here at KCON doing those moves together?

Ellen Min

It's really nice to see how so many fans like K-Pop fans are all brought together at this event and seeing how passionate everyone is about K-Pop and dance.

Young Hollywood

You're going to teach me a little bit of that routine NCT's Cherry Bomb. Not the whole thing because I don't think my, I think my brain would actually explode.

Ellen Min

Step right, left, right, left and they alternate that forever for like three whole eight counts and then they also move the shoulders. So, it goes left shoulder right, left, right.

Young Hollywood

I'm lost already. Wait, hold on. You didn't a step. You didn't a step. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Do I just stay in the middle or do I have to go?

Ellen Min

Yeah. You just stay in the middle. Yeah. And then we'll extend behind you.

Young Hollywood

Where should I be looking? Should I be looking to you guys? Like what?

Ellen Min

You can just look to the camera and then they have that like really confident face like, Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Like

Young Hollywood

So, super confident, right?

Ellen Min

Yeah. Super, super confident and you can also add like hands like.

Young Hollywood

So, I can add hands? Oh my gosh.

Ellen Min

Yeah. You can do whatever you want with the upper body and the arms.

Young Hollywood

Okay. All right. Super confident. Yep. All right. Okay. Ready? Five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Do I keep going?

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Audrey

    Host/reporter for Young Hollywood

  • Astro

    K-Pop boy band interviewed at KCON

  • Elaine

    Representative from SEP Beauty

  • Ellen Min

    Founder of Koreos UCLA

FAQ

What is KCON?+
KCON is a convention that celebrates all things Korean, including music, beauty, and culture.
What is Astro's favorite place to perform?+
Astro mentioned that the Staples Center in LA is one of their favorite places to perform.
What is SEP Beauty known for?+
SEP Beauty offers 40 different shades of lipstick, tinted lip balms, and even edible lipstick.
What is Koreos UCLA?+
Koreos UCLA is a K-Pop dance production team founded in 2014 that creates YouTube covers and performs at events like KCON.
Which K-Pop song's choreography is taught in the video?+
Ellen Min teaches a part of NCT's "Cherry Bomb" choreography.

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