K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE talks about their first English EP 'Heat,' their fan's reaction to "Queencard,' their experience, and what they've learned from touring in the U.S., writing their own music, and more!
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00:00 This year we had our solo stages.
00:03 What is it like when somebody else is doing their solo stage?
00:05 Are you like backstage drinking water, relaxing, you take a break?
00:09 Basically we had like quick changes.
00:10 We have to change our outfit and then maybe take some like selfies.
00:15 Yeah!
00:16 Hi, we are G-IDLE!
00:18 And you're watching Billboard News.
00:29 Hey, it's Tetris with Billboard News and it's not every day you get to hang out with G-IDLE.
00:34 Hi ladies!
00:35 Let's talk about your new music.
00:50 "Heat" is out.
00:51 It's your first full English language album.
00:53 So why now?
00:54 Why did you decide to do it?
00:55 It's our debut EP in the US, so we are super excited about this.
01:00 And we just wrapped up our US tour and you know our fans have been so supportive.
01:05 We think that it's about time to you know give them back and be more connected to them.
01:10 So we came up with this album "Heat".
01:12 So yeah, we hope they can like it.
01:15 Oh, they're gonna love it.
01:16 And you gotta help kind of describe the album to me.
01:19 So tell me if you could pick three emojis to describe "Heat", what are they gonna be?
01:23 Fire emoji?
01:24 Fire?
01:25 Oh, fire.
01:26 That's a good one.
01:27 Yes.
01:28 Smiley face with sunglasses.
01:32 Oh, yes.
01:33 Cool.
01:34 Cool, cool.
01:35 Thumbs up.
01:36 Thumbs up.
01:37 It's gonna be great.
01:38 Good emojis.
01:39 D-wordies all around.
01:40 It's a good album.
01:41 And what else can you tell us about the project?
01:43 Yeah, we really had so much fun working on it.
01:45 We're quite nervous because it's our first you know English and we all recorded fully in English.
01:51 Yes.
01:52 So it's quite challenging.
01:53 All the songs, you guys can have my word, it's really totally different styles that we never have been tried.
01:59 So I think it's gonna be cool.
02:01 I hope our fans can love it.
02:02 Very new and fresh.
02:03 You will love it too, I'm sure.
02:04 I can't wait.
02:05 Do you guys have a favorite track yet?
02:07 My favorite song is "Torture".
02:10 "Torture".
02:11 "Torture".
02:12 Because it's soâŠ
02:15 Cheerful.
02:16 Cheerful.
02:17 Cheerful and calming.
02:19 For me, of course, I want that.
02:21 I want that.
02:22 This song is gonna, you know, just gonna kill.
02:27 Oh, she did this right away.
02:28 That's some choreography.
02:29 Yes, kind of, yeah.
02:31 Kind of choreography.
02:32 And what about "I Do"?
02:33 Yeah, "I Do" is our first debut single in the US.
02:44 The fans, like, they've been waiting for this so, so long.
02:48 And their reactions was like crazy.
02:52 But they're so supportive of you guys.
02:53 I mean, even when you think about "Queen Card".
02:55 200 million views.
03:00 I mean, and all the TikToks that everybody was doing.
03:03 So how did it feel to see your fans give you so much support for "Queen Card"?
03:07 I didn't expect it at all.
03:10 Thank you for giving us so much love.
03:13 I have to say, I love the "White Chicks" reference.
03:15 Because that movie is so cool.
03:17 Oh, thank you.
03:18 So what made you guys think to do that?
03:20 Did you guys love that movie too?
03:21 When we were making the music video,
03:26 we talked to the director about how we wanted to make it like a comedy movie.
03:32 And he said that we should use the movie "White Chicks" as a reference.
03:42 And there's a scene from the movie.
03:45 I was inspired by the scene from "White Chicks".
03:51 That was a great idea. I'm glad you guys did it.
03:54 So you guys toured the US again.
03:56 How was it this time?
03:57 What makes touring the US different than when you're in other countries?
04:00 I'm so happy that more Netherlands came to our concert than last year.
04:04 Yeah, we performed in like two times bigger venue.
04:08 Yeah.
04:09 Like comparing to last year.
04:10 It's crazy how we grew up so much in a year.
04:15 And we really appreciate their love and support.
04:18 But if we mention that one thing didn't change,
04:22 that would be, I think, US fans' energy.
04:25 Because they're still shouting out for us.
04:28 They're screaming. It's just crazy.
04:30 I love so much.
04:31 I like that you write and produce a lot of your own music, which is really cool.
04:35 So how do you feel that's different than if other people were writing your songs?
04:38 And how is it to be involved in production?
04:40 I think it's that.
04:41 I can tell a story of 24 and 25 years old.
04:47 I think it's a big advantage that I can record us.
04:51 That's so cute. It's like a diary.
04:53 Your music themes are also very mature.
04:56 You guys are so sexy and cool.
05:06 What do you think makes you guys different than other K-pop groups?
05:09 Or why do you think it's harder for a lot of K-pop groups to be as empowering as you guys?
05:13 Well, since I think we keep making our own music,
05:17 and we just express ourselves at the moment.
05:22 And now we're not teenagers anymore.
05:24 We're like 20s.
05:25 So I think that's kind of different.
05:27 Because we're so straightforward to the music, to be honest.
05:33 Yeah, we can't be confident about that.
05:35 I think in K-pop, there are hardly any female songwriters who can write their songs by themselves.
05:43 And we have three of us.
05:45 We can write songs by ourselves.
05:47 We can express what we want to say.
05:49 We want the message that we really want to deliver to the audience.
05:52 I think it's a really good point.
05:54 Maybe in the future, they're going to become more good songs.
05:57 We're still hard-working.
05:59 Well, I can't tell you how much fun I had hanging out with you guys today.
06:01 So thanks for coming.
06:02 Thank you!
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