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[music]
Yaaay!
[cheering]
I drew this for you guys. Wooo!
Hey Simon and Martina! / Hi!
Hi! Hehehee!
We're so excited, aahh! I can't believe it.
All I know is that I love these guys. That's what I wanted to say.
Martina (M): We're very nervous.
Simon (S): Can't you tell?
M: We're about to do our Meet & Greet with some people. We're at OISE. We're at U of T. U of T represent!
We are graduates from U of T. And the Korea Club and the East Asian Studies Department, I guess.
M: Or East Asian studies / S: Or, the club, the crew, they're called the posse.
S: They've got matching tattoos. I'm rambling. / M: That's right. They organized this.
S: Sorry! / M: Anyways, we're very, very excited and we don't know what to expect.
S, M: 1, 2, 3, fighting!
Maha: Today we have with us, the beloved Canadian YouTubers and U of T alumni, Simon and Martina from Eat Your Kimchi! [screaming]
Eat Your Kimchi!
[screaming]
Martina (M): Thank you guys!
M: We basically wanted to get some questions and answer some questions from you guys, that kind of stuff.
M: Imagine if, like, Lady Gaga was like, I'm Lady Gaga, I make music, and here I am in aaallll your dramas that you're watching on TV. [laughter]
S: Aaand, I'm going to advertise tires. [laughter]
M: And here's my beer commercial too. Like, it would just never happen. It's, like, it's a different kind of scene.
S: I'm always, like, amazed that we get to do these interviews that we get. And, like, these different labels get in contact with us and speak with different artists.
I feel like they have a lot of interesting things to be able to say about the Kpop industry and about, you know, Kpop as music and ...
I'm more interested in, like, getting good information out of them rather than just, like, "Oh my God, I love you so much!" [laughter]
M: I think it's also kind of surreal because you see them on the screen.
And you see them on, like, I mean advertisements outside of our studio window all the time.
And then suddenly we're backstage and we're, like, here's our tent, and here's 4minute's tent, and here's SHINee's tent ...
You see them fixing their hair, you see them, like, adjusting their *** to get into their shirts, like, pulling up their pants, like, you see them like that,
and then when they go on camera, they're so professional, you know, they're just, like, polished.
M: People are becoming more comfortable, the younger generation is starting to accept that, like, you know what, there are people who are gay, this does exist.
Because they think that it's just amongst foreigners, and they say that Korean people aren't gay, and I'm like,
I have Korean gay friends, that are, like, very close with their, they're actually married, but they can't be married, but you know.
And so, like, it exists.
M: The reason why I wish somebody would come out is because I think it would be a really great role model for the rest of the youth, that's why.
So I think it would be like, look, I'm a Kpop star, and, like, I'm gay, who cares, and I'm really fashionable, I'm great at dancing, I'm a singer, all these fans,
and then you suddenly have other people being like, you know what, I feel, like, comfortable. So I'm hoping for the day.
S: When we post stuff online, we talk to people online, we try to answer as many comments as we can, and emails, and tweets, and facebook.
And we try to interact with people online as much as possible, but those are just, like, user names.
When we actually see people in person, this is something that we keep with us forever.
So, like, I really want to thank you for coming out today and ...
M: Seriously guys. You're real, you're really real! / S: Yes, you're real!
[cheers and applause]
M: When we go in to Japan, we've done a couple of, like, presentations to the music labels there,
umm, through YouTube and stuff, and they're really interested in having us come to Japan.
I want to start from ground up like we did in Korea, you know.
I don't want to just suddenly be, like, oh my God! Jpop music! *izz* *izz* *izz*! [laughter]
I kind of want to, you know, how do I use my Japanese rice cooker?
S: So we actually have an in with, like, one of the big labels there, so we could start doing things there and pick up fairly quickly.
We just have to find a way to do that and not abandon Eat Your Kimchi.
S: We are really looking into finding ways of setting up something offline for people as well.
M: You know, like, there might be all these things of, like, oh, expat events, or meet foreigners here, but it's actually really tough to meet people.
And all the social rules that you know in your society are totally tossed out the window.
Like, the bar scene is different. So you can't just go to a bar seat and be like, A HA HA HA HA! Hi. [laughter]
And everything is different. So, it's just, it's really, like, everything's topsy-turvy.
So we thought about making a place where other foreigners can meet each other with similar interests.
M: The biggest thing we always see happening is that people psych themselves out of making videos on YouTube.
They're like, I don't have the right equipment, I don't have the right lighting, you know what, I don't really know how to edit. Like, oh, what if I get haters.
S: That kind of stuff doesn't matter. It's just about being, like, passionate about it. Just, do it because you're interested in doing it.
M: Yeah, and I think also, like, keeping up with it.
So like, at first, you might be really passionate about it, and you're doing it all the time, and then suddenly your favourite TV show is on.
And then you're like, oh, I'll just skip it, and then you go out, and you've got exam week, and then you eventually stop doing it.
And then people are like, oh, I really like this person, but they haven't updated in so long.
And then they'll start looking for someone that's like you.
I know that because I do that with other people myself.
S: Well, how do I get into YouTube and, you know, do it professionally like you so I can, you know, like, quit my job and do this full-time and become, like, filthy freaking rich.
We just did it because we're passionate about it.
M: There was no partnership offered in Asia. So we didn't even think that it was an option.
We were just like, let's just make videos. So 2 years of just making videos and then ...
S: Because we liked doing it. And then when YouTube offered us partnership, in our first month, we made 5 bucks, we're like, oh my God! 5 bucks! [laughter]
S: Every day it's still like, uh, well, are people gonna stop watching? Like, there's no guarantee that you guys are gonna watch us forever until we're, like, 107, right?
I can't really imagine doing Kpop Music Mondays at 107. [laughter]
But it's, like, so, it's still like, we're always on edge, like, how do we keep people interested.
M: We don't want to fall into, like, you know, a cycle of, like, making things boring, like, well, everyone's gonna watch, who cares.
You always want to think, like, you know, what do people want, like, what are they thinking about, what's exciting?
So that's why we're always asking you guys, you know, voting for Music Monday, or asking about where you want us to go.
We want to kind of make it, like, an interactive thing.
Because I think about watching traditional TV, you kind of just sit down, shut up, and, like, watch the TV.
You might want the episode to go a certain way, but it's not going to, right?
But for us, we will directly make a video because somebody asked us to make it.
So I feel like it's kind of cool because we can interact with each other from different parts of the world.
So it always feels like we have to keep, you know, evolving and moving with these kinds of things.
S: Thank you everyone for listening to our stories!
[cheering and applause]
We love you!
Maha: So on behalf of the Korea Club and the East Asian Studies Students' Union at the University of Toronto,
S: Oh my gosh! You made this, this is amazing! Oh my gosh!
M: No, thank you guys for organizing this!
Maha: No problem! We had so much fun and truly you guys are an inspiration to all of us. / M: Thanks guys!
Maha: So thank you for coming out in the cold weather to meet your Toronto Nasties!
[cheering]
S: Thank you for coming! I'm so freakingly tall. Thank you for coming! Hello!
S: Oh my gosh! You made this, this is amazing! Oh my gosh!
The laptop thing ...
M: Chester the Molestor?
Yeah! Lols!
M: He told me, he said ...
Awesome!
Take it! Lols!
[cheering]
S: Thank you! Have a good night everybody! [laughter]
M: Dogs bark at him or, or sniff at him and he just completely ignores them.
All he wants to do is pee on stuff. [laughter]