In order to keep global peace and sustain a safe world,
many heads of state would gather at the UN for summit meetings.
On the other hand, there are those who were never officially sent,
but claim they represent their own countries.
These "Gs" hold meetings for the peace of youths in the world.
(Episode 170)
We hereby open up the floor.
I'm chairman Jeon Hyun-moo of Non-Summit.
- I'm secretary general Yoo Se-yoon. - I'm chairman Sung Si-kyung.
We're Jeon-Yoo-Sung!
(Welcome Representatives of Non-Summit!)
The weather is chilly now. Summer is gone, and fall has completely taken over.
Many people are preparing to go see the fall foliage.
That's why we prepared an outing to see fall foliage in different countries.
- Fall foliage trips aren't only in Korea. - Of course not.
I thought they were only in Korea.
(No way.)
Oh, you thought it was our inherent culture.
Se-yoon, don't you see this?
(I'm a citizen of the maple leaf country.)
Should we start with Guillaume?
I think I should go last because...
- You're the best one? - No one can outdo me. Go ahead first.
Okay. Okay.
(Which country's fall foliage will be able to dishearten (?) Canada?)
- Swiss has fall foliage, right? - Yes.
- Japan, too. - Yes.
German...
German has many forests and mountains, too.
One hot spot is Kromlauer Park.
When it's fall, the leaves beautifully change color, and many tourists come to see it.
The most popular place there is called Devil's Bridge.
They say people sold their souls to the devil to create a beautiful bridge there.
The red leaves and the bridge's reflection in the water is very beautiful.
- It's a postcard. - It's a perfect place to take a photo.
If you don't have much time in Europe, you
- don't have to visit Germany or Swiss. - Why not?
I think it'd be better if you visit France.
If you go anywhere in France, the scene is diverse and beautiful.
Same for us!
(Comparing apples and oranges?)
- When I think of France, I don't think of fall foliage. - You don't?
If you go to the Alps, there are mountains that are like the ones in Swiss,
and in Alsace, there are forests like the ones in Germany as well.
- It's really diverse. - Where do you recommend?
When people go to France, they usually go to
Paris, so I want to recommend the suburbs there.
There's the forest of Fontainebleau there.
It's really beautiful.
It was created 500 years ago, and Napoleonâs house is there.
The forest is really pretty.
During the fall, you can hear the
unique sounds of red deer.
- We can see such things, too. - That's true. I have to admit that.
(We all have that.)
To be honest, Europe is the same, but the best thing to do
after you see the fall foliage is eat something delicious.
In that aspect, Italy is the best. We have the Alps, too.
There's a place called Trentino Alto Adiae, and it's filled with apple trees.
When it's fall, the leaves change colors, and it's really amazing.
We have many lakes there.
There's a lake I go to often called Lago Di Tovel.
The colors of the leaves are reflected in the water,
and it's a beautiful place to take pictures at.
I think that's the best picture so far.
(Hmmm...pretty good./It's really awesome.)
You know Tuscany? It's filled with vineyards.
We don't have to go to France.
Didn't you catch it? I said we don't have to go to
Germany and Swiss. I never said anything about Italy.
- So you only looked down on Germany. - Swiss, too.
In my hometown Ticino, there's a forest called Bosco Bello,
and it's a place where many Swiss people don't know either.
This is just...
Is that Yangpyeong?
- "Go! Just go!" Isn't that where it was filmed?
It looks like Jung Woo-sung's move was filmed there.
Aurelien was right.
To be honest, it's really difficult to predict the weather
in the mountain range of the Alps, especially in the fall.
There are many times when the weather is bad.
Rather than going up the mountain, it's better to stay on the ground.
So it's better to go to Lake Thun.
When you go there, you can enjoy the fall foliage and get a glance
of the mountain tips turning white. It's really incredible.
- I'll brag about our mountains, too. - Sure.
Beijing's Hyangsan is famous for its fall foliage.
In 2009, it was chosen as one of the top 24 in the World Famous Mountain Association.
There are about 100,000 tourists to go there each day.
Well, there are always that many people in China...
Then I don't want to go. I want to go somewhere quiet.
(Bustling with people)
There's also the biggest Red Ocean next to my hometown Dalian.
What's that?
Because of my hometown's natural state, the leaves
turn red in the fall, so it looks like an ocean.
- It looks like a Chinese movie. - The movie "Red Sorghum."
- Right. - Directed by Zhang Yimou.
- What color is it in the summer? - The summer?
In the summer, they're normal colors.
- So just in the fall? - Only in the fall, it turns red like this. Go there.
My hometown is the New England area.
The fall foliage is really popular and so pretty.
- What's that? - There are even purple leaves.
That's why New England residents have a lot of pride about fall foliage.
I thought it was fungus.
- Was that photoshopped? - Not at all.
Isn't it like the "Nightmare Before Christmas?"
It's fascinating.
Anyways, the residents of New England have a lot
of pride and even compete against each other.
- Things like "Connecticut is better" or "Vermont is prettier." - It's beautiful.
New England residents are such manias of fall foliage
that there's a report for that, like the weather.
It's called fall foliage report, and it's reported every week.
It tells you where the hottest spots are and
- where you can enjoy them. - There are colors, too.
Yes, it does.
Where's the scene from "New York's Fall?"
- Probably New York. - Oh, New York...
Japan has such a report, too.
You can see fall foliage from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
The place I want to recommend though is Kyoto. It's overwhelmingly pretty.
There's a temple called Kiyomizu-dera, and it's located on a high place.
If you look down, you can see the fall foliage
and the Kyoto city, so it's really beautiful.
What do you call it? A sea of fire?
"Sea of fire?"
- It's like fire... - A fire show? Isn't there a word to describe it?
Like a firework festival?
More than that, it's like you're standing on fire.
- It does look like that. - It's a positive sea of fire.
There's no such thing as a positive sea of fire!
Not the one North Korea refers to. I mean it in a positive way.
- It's like fireworks. - Right. You can experience something really mysterious.
In northern Pakistan, there are eucalyptus trees
that you don't usually see in other countries.
- It's beautiful! - Is this a painting?
Yes, the trees are tall and long, so when the leaves fall, they look like butterflies.
It looks beautiful then.
There's a scene like this in "Autumn In My Heart."
Korea has many beautiful places, too, like Nami Island.
There are mountains behind that, and they're not
white now, but soon, they'll be covered in snow.
While the fall foliage is there, the snowy mountain is in the background.
There's also the Shangrila Lake.
This is my hometown. There are eucalyptus trees and apricot trees.
It's really pretty.
Isn't Mexico all about nature?
I don't think Mexico and fall foliage match each other. I think of cacti.
That may be true, but we really do have fall foliage.
Compared to other countries, Mexico is a lot warmer, so our fall foliage lasts longer.
Fall foliage starts in October and ends in February.
So most people go see the fall foliage in January or February.
There are two places I'd like to recommend. First is
Bosque de Maple.
It's been around for 10,000 years.
- 10,000 years. - Right.
(Is Guillaume of maple leaf country nervous?)
They call it a forest of fall foliage. It's one spot.
Second place is called Lagunas de Montebello.
It's in Southern Mexico around my mother's hometown Chiapas.
It looks like fairies will pop out, so many people go there.
Many people go there because there's a pond,
so you can ride a boat or kayak or even hike.
- It's the first time we've seen that side of Mexico, right? - Yes.
- Finally, it's Guillaume's turn. - We'll look forward to it.
There's a place called Laurentia. It's called a
red district because it's completely red there.
You can see the photo. Is it this one?
(Very simple)
It's the poorest one we've seen so far. The poorest one.
We had big expectations for it.
(Mexico is prettier~)
- There's another area. - We'll anticipate.
There's Maple Road that goes from Niagara Falls to Quebec that is 800 kilometers long.
- It's 800 kilometers? - Yes, it is.
- It's like going to Busan. - There are maple trees straight on.
You can take a car, ferry, or train.
If you walk, it will take two months.
Mid-October is when the prime time of fall foliage occurs.
Are there famous places of fall foliage in Korea you guys have been to?
- I want to recommend on. - Where?
A place where you can eat for three dollars and see the fall foliage at the same time.
- Three dollars? - Yes.
- Where? - Seoul University's Nongsaengdae's Cafeteria.
Because the windows are all made out of glass, you
can see the fall foliage of Gwanaksan Mountain.
Can you go there even if you're not a student?
Yes, but you don't have the discount, so you have to pay four dollars.
- Students are three dollars. - If you studied hard, you could've paid a dollar less.
- Really? - You studied less, so you pay a dollar more.
It's school food, so it's really cheap and good. It's really pretty, too.
- Korea's university campuses are pretty. - Right. For me, it's Kyunghee University.
- Oh, right. - Yes, Kyunghee University's lake fall foliage by the lake is beautiful.
I think it's a hidden hot spot in Seoul.
- It's beautiful. It's close to Korea University. - Right.
So when foreigners like someone, they would walk here at night.
So we called Love Walk.
- Love Walk. - Love Walk.
(I want to walk on the Love Walk...)
- Did you walk a lot there? - A bit...
In the photo, it looks prettier than Canada.
Just in the photo.
I want to recommend a course that lasts four days and three nights.
Two years ago, I went with Guillaume.
It starts at Jiri Mountain and goes to Seomjin River.
- Just you two? - Yes.
- An Italian man and Canadian man? - Yes.
Love Walk?
I was actually worried going with him at first, but it was really beautiful there.
We went from Hadong Country to Sansooyoo Village.
It's really beautiful. The village itself is pretty, and
there's also the Hwaeomsa Temple. That's pretty, too.
We slept at Naganeupseong and went to Suncheon Bay.
The leaves at Suncheon Bay turn yellow in the fall.
When the sun sets, it's pretty. I love it.
(A trip where you can fall for Korea's fall)
Last but not least, we went to the southern sea, went up Boliam,
watched the sun set, and vowed we should build houses and live here.
- With our family. - By that time, don't you guys fall in love?
No matter how much you don't get along, at those
times, you feel like you need to back hug them.
(The two men's unforgettable fall trip)
I have a similar course, too. When I first came, I
took a Jeolla Province tour to see fall foliage.
Just like Alberto, I started at Jiri Mountain and ended up at Naejang Mountain.
Jiri Mountain was beautiful as well, but Naejang Mountain was the best.
So I want to recommend it. Naejang Mountain
has more various colors than Jiri Mountain.
It's very wonderful.
As for me, I recommend Daegu's Palgong Mountain's fall foliage festival.
It's really pretty.
From the entrance all the way to the top, there are various fall foliage colors.
When you go to the top, there's the Gatbawi Rock, a stone statue of Buddha.
You can make up to three wishes up there.
One of those three wishes will definitely come true.
- Did you make wishes? - I did.
- What are they? - One, to succeed in life. Two, to get a car.
Three, to get a Korean citizenship.
- A citizenship? - Yes.
- Did he grant any of them? - Nope.
Is it because you made those wishes in Spanish?
Buddha is like, "Someone translate for me!"
"What is he saying?"
Korea calls fall the season of "high sky and plump horses."
Are there expressions to describe fall in your countries?
Italy is similar to Korea. What do they call fall?
We describe it as "a season of perfume" or "a season of sadness."
It's a season when you feel solitude. You become kind of sad.
It gets chilly, so you can feel solitude easily.
I think that's a universal emotion. You become lonely.
Korea's expression that you get sentimental in the fall really touched my heart.
- Do other countries express it that way? - We do.
"Sang" means sad and "chu" means fall.
Is there something like "high sky and plump horses" in China?
We don't have a word like that.
- Really? - What do you call it then?
We call it "fall old tiger."
Because in fall, nights are cold and days are hot.
So it means, because of the big temperature difference, people
get stressed and nervous, so they turn into tigers.
We have something called this:
What it means is that people are like mosquitoes when fall is over.
Because when fall is over, mosquitoes drop dead.
So it means that people who get in the way don't live a long life.
"You'll become a mosquito when fall is over."
These days, mosquitoes survive through fall.
In America, we call it "back to school season" because we start school in the fall.
- So when fall came, I would get new school supplies. - Right!
We get back to school clothes.
We also think of a famous poem from a British poet named John Donne.
In English, it reads, "No spring nor summer beauty
hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."
It means that autumn has the most grace than the
beauty of other seasons he has seen before.
(Sounds great.)
Other countries have many meaningful expressions.
We simply call it a season when summer time ends.
(Summer time?)
It's summer time. We call it that in Mexico.
Summer time ends in October, so we call it a season when summer ends.
We're with everyone who is just as diverse as fall foliage...
I wrote a poem like John Donne.
- So our non-summit meeting... - Will officially begin its discussion.
Before we meet our guest, we'll introduce our one-day representatives.
- The one who is representing U.S instead of Mark. - Joel from U.S.
Hey, everyone. My name is Joel. I'm from Washington D.C.
I've been living in Korea for about five years now.
I am a professional ping pong player.
So I first came to Korea for a tournament, and I guess I've been here ever since.
Hello. I'm Joel from Washington D.C, America.
I've been a ping pong player ever since I was seven years old.
I came to Korea because I'm close to Yoo Seung-min, a member of the national team.
- Oh, my. - So you came and never returned home?
I came to Korea for a competition and returned to America.
Seung-min told me to come to his wedding, so I came back to Korea.
I like it here. It's comfortable.
Have you ever competed against Seung-min in the Olympics?
We only play for dinner bets.
(The class of playing for a dinner bet with a member of the national team)
(One-day representative with a unique background)
I heard your family is unique, too. Your mom is from Jamaica.
Yes, my mother is from Jamaica and my father is from the United Kingdom.
So when I was little, I heard a lot of reggae and rock music at home.
I have rock spirit as well.
- Do you have a twin brother? - Yes, he looks like me.
My father has a twin as well.
- Your father? - Yes.
They look exactly alike.
- Who are you? - It's not time to introduce yourself yet.
Who is he?
All right. That was Joel. Now we have Nuria from Portugal. Please introduce yourself.
Hello. My name is Nuria. I'm from Lisbon.
I've been studying in Korea's Catholic University for three years now.
Nobody understood that, right?
Welcome!
Hello.
I'm Nuria from Portugal's capital Lisbon, and I'm twenty-three years old.
In middle school, I heard the K-pop group SHINee
and I thought the Korean language was fun,
so I watched dramas and self-studied before coming to Korea.
Please brag about the capital Lisbon.
Sure. Lisbon was recently chosen as one of the top five places to live in.
- It was? - You can think of it as a very affectionate country.
- Okay. - We're affiliated with the Mediterranean culture,
so we have many delicious, healthy foods.
There are at least 1,000 ways to cook cod there.
- At least 1,000? - Yes.
On top of that, we're also famous for desserts,
such as wine, sponge cake, and egg tart.
They were made in our country first.
- I heard egg tart is a traditional food. - It is?
- Yes, it is. - Nice.
Okay, and finally, it's the turn of the man whose father is a twin.
Iran's representative Aiden, please introduce yourself.
Hello. My name is Aiden, and I'm from Iran. I'm 25 years old.
It's been about 9 years since I've been living in Korea.
I would like to tell you about my country today.
Hello. I'm Aiden from Bandar-e Anzali, Iran, and I'm 25 years old.
It's been about 9 years since I've been living in Korea.
While running a restaurant with my family in Korea, I compose songs and DJ as hobbies.
How is Iran nowadays? The articles we see about it are a bit worrisome.
Yes, well, there are many countries that are in war or have problems around Iran.
So people assume Iran is in the same situation, too,
or that people in Iran are very unhappy or depressed.
- However, that's not the case. - It's not.
Yes. Iran has a long music history ever since the Persian empire days.
Even now, Iran people have a lot of excitement.
What will we talk about with our Iran, Portugal, and American representatives?
Our guest today has a lot to do with this topic.
If there is ballad singer Sung at Non-Summit Meeting,
he is ballad singer K.
- He's someone who tops the charts of fall songs. - Who?
- Singer K.Will! - K. Will!
(Episode 170's Korean representative singer K.Will)
(K.Will (singer)/Country: South Korea/Job: Singer)
- Hello. - Hello.
(Honey voice we trust and listen without hesitance)
(Official emotional vocal of the world of singers: K.Will)
Please introduce yourself.
Hello, I'm K.Will, a singer in Korea for ten years now. It's nice to meet you.
(It's nice to meet you!)
- Nuria, do you know K.Will? - Of course I do.
When I was in middle and high school, I used to film reaction videos with my friends.
There are many videos like that. Those reaction videos help spread K-pop around.
I filmed a reaction video of his music video "Please Don't."
She knows "Please Don't."
There are many reaction videos of UV's "Itaewon Freedom" as well.
Usually, when they watch music videos, they go, "Wow." But with mine, they go...
- The foreigners do that? - Yes.
If you look in the music video, I come out there
- for about 0.2 seconds. - For 0.2 seconds?
- Oh, in the street? - There was someone doing this. I had short hair back then.
(It passes by quickly, so watch carefully~)
I went to hang out in Itaewon, but there were so many people there.
(Did you find him? We'll rewind.)
(He's right here.)
(Aiden made a sudden appearance in the music video.)
- It's been two and a half years since you've come back with a full album. - Right.
Regardless of that, you've been really busy.
Last year, I was in the musical "Notre-Dame de Paris."
I think I did that for a year.
I was really busy, but since I'm not on screen,
- people thought I wasn't doing anything. - Right.
One reporter asked me, "Aren't you being in musicals for
too long? When are you coming back to the music industry?"
So I told him, "I never left..."
It made me realize I should release an album, so I prepared one.
Did you get the Rookie of the Year award for musicals?
I got it after ten years of debuting.
- That means he did very well. - Right.
I got the Rookie of the Year award after ten
years of debuting, and I got it with Yangpa.
She got the Rookie of the Year award again after 20 years of debuting.
Let's hear what K.Will's agenda is.
Sung Si-kyung is probably the same way, but I've sang at many weddings before.
After singing at about 700 weddings, it made
me have this thought, so I brought it to debate.
Am I abnormal for thinking that nuptial songs are the highlight of weddings?
Aren't the bride and groom the highlight of weddings? But you say nuptial songs are?
- Isn't it the march? - Isn't it the wedding vows?
There can be more than one highlights.
Flowers are blooming fully.
If you sang about 700 songs, it means you sang at a wedding every day for two years.
I started to sing at weddings before my debut at the age of 20.
But when spring comes, no lie, I get a call every single day.
- Why do you think many people call you? - Perhaps because of my comfortable image.
- I've sang for a few of the staff members here as well. - Who?
- You're very popular. - There are cases like this.
This isn't just an event, but it's an important one where two people
promise their future together, so I'm sure it's a bit burdensome.
- Of course. You can't be careless. - It's difficult.
Many of my songs require me to sing passionately, so
when I'm not in a good condition, I have to decline.
And there are many cases when the venue isn't apt for singing.
For example, I got an urgent request and went to a Catholic church.
The microphone was attached to the podium.
- Oh, this? - So you had to sing like this?
Yes, that happened. I had no choice but to sing, you know.
- Have you sang twice in one day? - I've sang four times in one day.
For instance, there was one day when I would be singing at two weddings.
It was somewhere in Gangnam.
So I went there, and the helpers and presider of the wedding were happy to see me.
I sang happily and then went to eat lunch.
I told my manager, "Let's go to the next wedding."
- "Where is it?" - "There."
It was the same place I went to before!
It was the exact hall, and the helpers were like, "What the heck?"
I wanted to explain to them. "No, it's not like that."
- Your repertoire was caught. - The comments are all the same.
"I guess he's not busy at all."
I ripped my hair at home and vowed never to sing at another wedding again.
I once released a wedding song called "Marry Man."
(UV and Shin-dong's revolutionary nuptial song)
It wasn't used a lot.
- Did you really make "Marry Man" as a nuptial song? - Yes, that's right.
- Really? - The elders seemed really uncomfortable though because I entered like that.
Fathers-in-law would be like...
They were very uncomfortable.
(I like it though...)
- Well, just like Sung Si-kyung's "Two People" and UV's "Marry Man..." - Come on!
What nuptial songs are popular do your countries have?
In 2005, Chinese actor Jackie Chan filmed a movie
called "The Myth" with Korean actress Kim Hee-sun.
There's a soundtrack called "Endless Love."
It was extremely popular, so it's still widely used as a nuptial song today.
- Even today? - Yes.
I'll introduce the lyrics to you.
It means no matter what hardships come their way,
they'll hold each other's hands and never let go.
- The lyrics are perfect. - Yes, and the lyrics are very poetic.
The number one nuptial song in America is Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud."
It wasn't the title track of his album X that
came out in 2014, but it received a lot of love.
It's popular in Korea as well.
But if you look at the top 100 songs, Bruno Mars' songs are on there the most.
In Canada, there's no culture of singing when
you're little, so most people can't sing very well.
So the bride and groom don't sing at their wedding.
If their friends can sing well, they will sing. If not, they'll hire a band.
So the most popular nuptial song is Bryan Adams's "Everything I Do."
It's number one in the United Kingdom. Of course, it's popular elsewhere, too.
Our weddings are very long. Nobody goes home.
The after-party stars, and usually, they sing Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
- "Billie Jean?" - You actually shouldn't sing that at weddings...
(You'll get in big trouble...)
It'd be hilarious if a woman suddenly appeared at the party with a baby.
I think it's for the mood because the song goes...
That's why people go crazy over it.
- Then do people do the moon walk? - Some people do.
I wish Korea had a party culture, too.
In Portugal, the wedding party lasts a long time, too.
It goes on for the whole day, so diverse music
plays according to what's hot on the chart.
These days, there's the popular song "Despacito." Do you guys know it?
- "Despacito." - "Despacito."
"Despacito."
- You guys don't know it? - I know "Desperado."
- It was number on the Billboard charts for the longest time. - Really?
It almost broke a record.
- It's a Latino song. - Right.
(It's a Latin pop released by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi
in January 2017 surpassing 4 million views on YouTube.)
- What song is this? - It's not popular in Korea?
- It's my first time hearing it. - Really? It's very popular.
It's super popular!
It's my first time seeing something like this since Ricky Martin.
I heard he's getting married soon.
You guys are old...
Maybe it's because of the Latin culture, but we dance a lot at weddings.
The lyrics are actually racy.
In the Latin culture and Portugal, there are
many lyrics with hidden racy meanings in them.
People don't see them as strange, but they like the songs because of the rhythm.
Can you explain why they're racy? Because we don't know. What do they mean?
I'll just tell you this. "Despacito" means slowly.
We understand completely. You can stop.
I'll stop here. It's enough, isn't it?
(So dance slowly?)
That's right.
On the other hand, what about Germany?
If you get married at a church, classical music plays. There are two popular ones.
One is Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" that plays when the bride comes in.
- We know that song, too. - That one was made by Wagner.
("Bridal Chorus" is popular in Korea as a song for the entering of the bride, too.)
Then when the bride and groom exit the venue, Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" plays.
(It is a song used for the exiting of the newlyweds.)
(A song that lets people know they're starting
as a married couple with everyone's blessings.)
That song became popular in Germany in 1958
because it played at an aristocrat's wedding.
In Italy, people usually get married a lot in the Catholic church.
So they sing the favorite mass of the bride and groom with the guests.
(Everyone sings together.)
After the ceremony, there's the exiting song.
Usually, the orchestra plays, and the newlyweds exit while the choir sings to it.
- The choir makes it sound very holy. - It's very touching.
Right.
Currently, we're discussing nuptial songs,
but there are countries who don't have any.
- What about Iran? - In Iran, we have a knife dance.
- Knife dance? - They have a knife dance?
Yes. A woman from the bride's side will decorate the knife prettily-
- Oh, so a pretty knife. - Yes, so the woman dances with it.
A woman from the bride's side does?
She has to give the knife to the groom in order for him to cut the cake.
- But she plays hard-to-get with it. - To the groom?
Yes, but every time she doesn't give him the knife, he has to give her cash.
- To the woman? - Yes.
(Throwing cash around)
So if you get married in Iran, you must have a lot of cash with you.
What's the meaning of the knife?
It's just used to cut the cake. You can't cut it with your hand.
- How about he cuts the cake beforehand? - He needs the knife to cut the cake.
(Iran's knife dance is like Korea's ham culture.)
I have a funny wedding episode.
I went to sing at a wedding, and the bride was a career soldier.
Her husband was lower rank than her.
- So captain and lieutenant. - Right.
The moment came when they had to read letters to each other.
The groom read the letter normally, and then it was the bride's turn.
"I remember when I first saw you."
- He was at attention. - Right! It was hilarious!
At that moment, they suddenly became soldiers.
I was like, "What's going on?"
We'll officially start our discussion about the topic of whether it's
abnormal to think of nuptial songs as the highlight of a wedding.
We'll be talking about diverse melodies.
When it's a congratulatory event, I'm pretty sure there's music, right?
Right.
- Birthday songs are rewritten at times. - That's common.
"Why were you born?"
"Why were you born? Why were you born? You're so ugly. Why were you born?"
- The lyrics are so sad. - It sounds so offensive.
You start tearing up.
You shouldn't sing such a song to someone who's really ugly.
- You should sing it to someone pretty or handsome. - Don't sing it to me.
(It's just a joke, so let's not misunderstand.)
In Italian, we have...
We just sing it like that. It's the same meaning though.
But sometimes children sing...
"Congratulations to you. The cake is for me."
(I love it!)
- It's cute. - It's for little kids.
How is the birthday song sang in your countries?
When it's your birthday, Americans sing,
"Happy birthday to you." Everyone knows that song, right?
For some time, Warner/Chappell Music had copyrights to it.
So if this song is played in movies or shows, you have to pay.
But one day, a filmmaker from United Kingdom sued them, and set the song free.
- Now people can play it wherever they want. - So there's no copyright.
So that song had a copyright.
("I didn't even know someone had exclusive rights
to it. The birthday song belongs to everyone.")
It was even in the Guinness Book of Records for being the number one song people know.
- Was it made in America? - Yes.
- It's the most popular song in the world. - I know.
Iran people love to get into the rhythm,
so the birthday song is completely different.
What's it like? Please sing it.
- It's a bit long. - That's fine.
(Starting to get into it)
(Bounce, bounce/A rhythm take makes you feel excited)
What does it mean?
It's "happy happy happy birthday.
Hurry up and blow out the candles so that you can live a long life."
- Iran doesn't have "happy birthday to you" song - No.
If someone sings this song, everyone gets up and starts to dance like earlier.
The mood changes completely.
- In Mexico, we have our own birthday song. - What is it?
It's called "Las Mananitas" that was made by a singer from way back.
It's a song that means "flowers were born on the day you were
born," so many Mexicans listen to it on their birthdays.
It takes a while.
That's too long.
But we all sing it.
I can't blow my candles yet?
The 1st verse isn't even over yet.
(The candle will melt...)
It's moving.
Finishing this song is a must
to get the cake.
You have to finish it to get a cake.
Only Mexico sings this song.
So foreigners get confused because
we sing a different song on birthdays.
It's new to them.
That was for birthdays.
Some songs are perfect
for particular seasons
like Cherry Blossom Ending
or Cool's Beach's Lady.
There are a lot.
Some people compose songs
with a particular season in mind.
I release a lot of songs in spring.
So I wanted a song that had
a spring feeling to it,
which became Love Blossom.
It did well.
But its title didn't have the word, spring.
So it didn't do as well as it could've.
But more people do listen to it
during spring.
Why not Spring Flower?
How about Cheery Blossom Start?
I'll look forward to UV's next album.
Do your countries have seasonal songs?
In my hometown, Lugano...
We have a song that the kids sing
when the spring comes.
It's called Al Canto Del Cucu.
(I know what it is.)
I think Alberto would know it too.
(Winter has left. So has April.)
(Cuckoos are singing.)
(May is here.)
Is that a rice cooker ad?
Your delicious rice is done!
Cooking is complete.
It means a cuckoo came back
which means spring has also come back.
Portugal has a summer song.
We have a lot of beaches
so we have a song for scenes
about surfing or going to the beach.
(I like summer.)
(Walking with my surfboard.)
(That's nice.)
It's because she sang after Alex.
(What's wrong with cuckoo)
There's a song called Surfin' USA.
Beach Boys were so popular back then.
It's still popular.
Every summer...
(You can hear it everywhere.)
(A song about excitement)
(in American beaches.)
(A summer song that's famous)
(in the whole world.)
Our summer songs are all about Cool.
It's summer!
Or Deux's In The Summer.
Or Pyongyang Cold Noodles.
It's mine.
(Okay...)
K-Will, do you have...
Any fall songs?
In the fall, I released...
Miss Miss and Miss.
This is my first since then.
It's called Nonfiction.
(He randomly started promoting his song.)
Is it meant to be like that slang?
Exactly, it was a wordplay.
It's real.
Songs about break ups are so sad.
A key to those songs is sad lyrics.
Do your countries have songs like that?
This song is famous in Italy right now.
It's called Buona Sfortuna.
It means I wish you bad luck.
I wish you bad luck?
Its lyrics is so funny.
It's funny and witty.
That's why it's so popular.
For example,
I hope you get a paper cut
when you sign for a new house.
That's so petty!
I hope your new boyfriend confuses
your birthday and his mom's.
(When you sign for a new house)
(I hope you get a paper cut)
(break your pen)
(and mess up your clothes.)
(I hope your new boyfriend)
(confuses your birthday and his mom's.)
Isn't that like UV's style?
It's funny and cute.
My favorite UV's lyrics was...
I pray every night for you
to break up with him.
But you wouldn't know how I feel.
Because you're a Buddhist.
Since we're so passionate,
we have a lot of break up songs.
But only one comes to my mind right now.
(By Pesado.)
It means, I hope you die.
(Scary.)
Its lyrics says things like
I hope your entire world gets destroyed.
But when foreigners listen to it...
It'll seem exciting.
(I hope you die.)
(I hope you fall into a ditch)
(and no one notices you.)
(A break up song with exciting melody...)
Every Break You Take by The Police
was written by Sting after his divorce.
(So?)
It sounds like a love song
so many people used it for their weddings.
But it sounds like a stalker.
Really?
He says, I'll be watching
every breath you take
and every move you make.
Is it really like that?
Every love song can be seen like that
if you take a radical interpretation.
Do you have a song like that?
There's a song called Pond of Tears.
It's about a person who stopped
eating after a break up.
When I closed my eyes
after lying down,
my tears...
Started to fall.
When my tears reached my earlobes...
That's so pathetic.
That's too much, even for me.
Earlobes were too much.
What's wrong with earlobes?
Past my cochlea...
(Tears will pass every organ in a body...)
That'll be a long song.
If you listen to it, you'll feel...
Why did you do that for?
Some famous songs have different
original artists.
Let's talk about them.
I didn't know it was your song.
Frank Sinatra's My Way is a French song.
Really?
It's by Claude Francois.
Paul Anka came across that song in France
in 1968, when he was traveling in France.
Then he wrote new lyrics in English
and gave it to Frank Sinatra.
Do they have similar meanings?
No, their lyrics are different.
(You'll take your clothes)
(like a habit.)
(You'll fall asleep like a habit.)
(We'll kiss, like a habit.)
The most famous song when I was young
was called...
But I found out that...
The original song was Change
by Lee Jung-hyun.
Chinese did a lot of adaptations
to Korean songs.
And you guys probably all know about
I'm Still Loving You.
But when Teresa Tang was in Indonesia,
she came across a folk song there.
Then she wrote lyrics in Chinese
and released it in Chinese.
It was released in Korean too.
(It was popular throughout Asia.)
It was adapted in Korean too.
You know that song...
The original is Volevo un gatto Nero
released in 1968.
It was released in children's fair.
It's a children's song?
It's about a kid who wanted a black cat.
But that kid was disappointed
because the kid got a white cat.
I wanted a black cat.
A black cat, a black cat.
But you gave me a white cat.
I can't stand this.
I wanted a black cat.
A black cat, a black cat.
You're a liar.
I'm never playing with you again.
What's funny is that...
In Italian, Nero means black.
So when the Korean version says
the black cat, Nero,
we think the black cat, Black.
It's emphasized.
And you know that song...
Everyone thinks it's French.
(It's not?)
It's by the best Italian female singer.
It means words in Italian.
Parole is Italian.
It means the same thing in French.
As it is in Portuguese as well.
The Italian version is much better.
(Is that so?)
Mexico's Luis Miguel is known
as the king of love songs.
In 1982,
he made a song called Directo Al corazon.
When I came to Korea,
a man sang a song called Ice Cream Love
on TV.
Lim Byung-soo!
Yes.
(An adaptation of a Mexican song.)
Please give me ice cream.
I want two.
Please give me ice cream.
Why is he so obsessed with ice cream?
That was when ice creams were rare.
The original song is about
how he wants to tell a girl
how much he loves her
while having ice cream.
But this guy kept asking for ice cream.
He wanted two!
It's called Ice Cream Love.
(Same song, different plots.)
My song is a complete opposite.
There's a Portuguese fado singer, Bevinda.
What's fado?
Fado?
It's a genre.
(A genre of Portugal with a long history.)
(It's mostly about sad emotions)
(or heart breaking love story.)
One of her songs is called Ja Esta.
It means, that's enough.
I thought it was another Portuguese fado.
But I found out
that the original was
Love, About That Sadness
by Yang Hee-eun.
(Love, About That Sadness)
(by Yang Hee-eun.)
(Different but similar songs.)
An actor Jo Seung-woo's father,
Jo Kyung-soo sang a song called
Genghis Khan.
(Genghis Khan by Jo Kyung-soo.)
That song's original...
Is Dschinghis Khan
by a German band, Dschinghis Khan.
I heard that song was banned.
because of history with Mongolia.
(Banned due to differences in)
(ideology and history.)
Really?
A lot of songs were banned back then.
Do you know songs that were
actually songs from another countries?
Weren't there a lot a long time ago?
Adaptations used to be popular.
Just like how C'est Si bon used to.
In the 90s...
A lot of J-POP songs were imported.
Like songs by Position.
Or MC the Max.
Wheesung's Insomnia too.
What do you think about his song?
The song was good.
That was straightforward.
They're good friends.
Due to many reasons, there are songs
that you can't listen to in some countries.
Let's talk about banned songs.
We had a lot.
Lady Gaga's songs...
Were banned in China for 3 yeas.
Why?
It was we thought her songs
were a bad influence.
But in 2014, her new album, ARTPOP
was able to be sold
and her previous songs
were allowed to be released as well.
But the album cover is a bit different.
It was edited.
Because she was just holding a ball
without wearing pants.
But in the Chinese version,
she's wearing pantyhose
and the ball got bigger to cover
her breasts.
It did get bigger!
You can't see anything!
It's a lot bigger.
I bought an Eminem album from China
10 years ago.
But I can't listen to it.
Why not?
Every profanity...
Is beeped out?
Not even.
It's silenced.
It's like listening every other word.
(Impossible to listen to...)
That's like watching a movie on TV.
Serae Gainsbourg
is a really famous French
singer and a songwriter.
He worked a lot with actresses.
One of his songs,
Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus...
Do you know it?
How does it go?
(I can't...)
Short.
It's too explicit.
Even the Pope said we shouldn't
listen to it.
That means he listened to it!
How would he know?
Isn't this inappropriate?
This is a bit...
It was banned in the 60s.
That's right.
In 1966...
C'era un ragazzo Che come me amava
i Beatles e i Rolling Stones.
Which means,
a man loved Beatles and Rolling Stones
as much as I did.
The lyrics says,
they told me to go to Vietnam.
They told me to kill Vietnamese.
It was criticizing the Vietnam War.
But because Italy and United States
were allies,
the song was banned.
So the word Vietnam was changed
to ta ta ta.
Without Vietnam, the song became
so awkward.
Italy used to have very strict censorship.
Because of John Lennon's Imagine
was opposing war and religion,
it was banned.
It says, imagine there's no countries
imagine the world without religions.
The government thought it'll discourage
the efforts to unify the country
when we were at war against Vietnam.
Portugal was under a dictatorship
buy a guy named Salazar since
the 1930s.
Under his rule, singing and talking
in the streets were very difficult.
Before any songs were released,
a censorate named Blue Pen
checked if these songs had any
messages of anti-government.
That's scary.
But there was an important song.
Grandola, Vila morena.
(When a banned song played on the radio,)
(soldiers revolted)
(and citizens used carnations)
(to show their support.)
(We call it, The Carnation Revolution.)
(It was a victory of democracy in Lisbon.)
Iran...
Is still very conservative.
Because of our religion,
any songs that are explicit,
have profanities, mention alcohol
or criticize our government
cannot be released.
We can't even sing it.
How about Lim Chang-jeong's
A Shot of Soju?
Never.
And one more...
Women can't be on TV
even with a man.
There's no duet then?
Our government thinks hearing women's voice
will cause men to think
inappropriate thoughts.
If women want to be on TV,
they can until they're 9 years old.
But not after that.
Do Iran listen to other countries' music?
Of course.
K-POP is huge in Iran.
But K-POP...
Have a lot of women artists.
Oh, here's the thing.
Women in K-POP or Korean dramas
can show their heads.
The rules only apply to Iranian.
In Germany, songs that could have
bad influences on minors
or songs that are racist are all banned.
Once a song is banned,
it can't be on any TVs or radios.
Because Neo Nazis can't get any air time,
they try to spread their message
by using music.
Our government can ban those songs,
but it can't ban concerts.
So even if they're not on TVs or radios,
those songs can still spread.
A lot of people are angry about that.
There's a genre called Narco Corrido.
Narco means drug dealers.
Corrido means a story.
They're songs about drug dealers' stories.
Our government doesn't like it.
It doesn't like it because
sometimes those songs,
criticize our government.
But it's not said explicitly.
For example, if there was
a bald president before,
the song will say,
being friends with a bald man.
Because our government doesn't like it,
all concerts or shows with Narco Corrido
are banned.
(Chapo bribed people with his strength.)
(That's why Chapo wasn't found)
(anywhere in the world.)
We had a lot of songs banned.
Do you remember any of them?
Did you have any songs banned?
I had a song that featured Outsider.
A phrase, silent mute, was in its lyrics.
That was deemed inappropriate.
So it was banned.
Which song nets you the most income?
Just by sales...
I did some calculations...
Love Blossom was the best.
It must be a seasonal thing.
I think so too.
People listen to it when spring comes by.
I was surprised too.
There are songs that gave me trophies,
there are songs that are sad or exciting.
But Love Blossom stands out.
People must love it a lot.
Justin Bieber is famous for his income.
He's a billionaire.
According to Billboard,
he was 7th highest grossing artist in 2016.
20 years ago, Celine Dion,
released My Heart Will Go On.
It's been 20 years already?
She's still earning money from it.
(#37 on highest grossing song of all time)
(with her OST for Titanic.)
Paul McCartney told Michael Jackson
that he could earn a lot of money
with copyrights.
As a joke, Michael told Paul
that he'll own every songs by Paul.
Michael ended up owning about
200 songs by Beatles.
He owns the copyrights?
That created a rift between them.
After he died, the songs went
to a company called ATV.
And Paul McCartney sued them to get
his songs back.
It's still ongoing?
Yes.
The first copyrights institution
was created in France in 1850s.
It was made because
of an interesting reason.
Some artists were having a drink
at a cafe
but they tried to leave without paying.
So the owner stopped them.
The owner asked, why aren't you guys
paying
They said, your cafe played our music
but you didn't pay us any.
That's why we're not paying for our drinks.
(Costs of drinks = copyrights.)
That cafe played those artists' songs.
They got into a fight.
The artists won the law suit.
That's how a copyrights institute was made.
When I searched my name
in a music website,
I had about 70 songs.
Wow.
Marry Man.
Pyongyang Cold Noodles.
(Itaewon Freedom.)
You worked with Kim Jo-Han too.
I Lost, I Lost...
That's part of my lyrics.
I worked with Lee Jung on that song.
I lost, I lost repeats itself like a hook.
How did it do?
I lost.
Some say singers follow the song's title.
Did you ever experience this?
Or did you ever change your song's title
to avoid that?
I've never changed the title.
But for this album...
Although it wasn't included at the end,
I had a song called...
Impossible Love.
That doesn't bode well.
I hate the phrase,
what's possible is possible.
What's impossible is impossible.
When I saw the title,
I knew it wouldn't do well.
It bothered me.
Why don't you change it to Winner's Love?
Or Impossible to Fail.
That urban myth did end up bothering me.
I broke up with my girlfriend...
On 4pm once.
It was by Lake Seokchon.
We were by its trail.
What surprised me was...
Over the PA system...
Park Jin-young's Afternoon Breakup played.
Just like old music videos...
We were living the song.
She said should we give ourselves
another chance,
right when the song said that too.
(We just talked about)
(whether we should give ourselves)
(another chance.)
The song says, the sun was too bright.
It dried my tears out.
It did!
I got goosebumps.
(My tears dried up)
(faster than I thought it would.)
(Just like the song's lyrics.)
I cried so much.
(Just like a scene from its music video.)
That song made me cry even more.
Not only for music, but for
other creative works,
plagiarism is a big problem.
Let's find out what kind of issues
with plagiarisms your countries had.
There's a singer named Lucero in Mexico.
She...
Said she wrote a new song.
But...
It was identical to the music video...
Of 2NE1's Fire.
She plagiarized the music video.
That's identical!
They're the same!
Is that a parody?
No, it wasn't.
It wasn't SNL?
Was it a homage?
(Copy and paste.)
That was when K-POP
wasn't widely known in Mexico.
So she copied it before it got famous!
She thought people wouldn't know.
But some people recognized it right away.
It was so blatant.
We don't make music videos like that!
The biggest issue ever with plagiarism
was from America.
Robin Thicke released Blurred Lines
in 2013.
It was 1st on Billboard for 12 weeks
in a row.
But as soon as it was released,
he was sued by Marvin Gaye's family.
But they lost.
Who lost?
Robin Thicke and Pharrel Williams
his co-composer.
They have to pay $8 million.
8 million?
Let's listen to them first.
The music video was very cool.
This is Robin Thicke.
Aren't they similar?
This is a different song?
This is Marvin Gaye.
They sound like one song.
(Identical...)
It sounds natural even when
they're edited together.
The base line is identical.
BPM is slightly different.
It was the biggest lawsuit for plagiarism
in history.
The British national anthem...
Is God Save The Queen.
It's a famous melody.
(A lot of people can recognize the melody.)
It used to sound just like
the Swiss national anthem.
(When my country calls,)
(I'll offer my hands and my heart.)
(For my country.)
They were identical.
British people complained about it
for a long time.
So Switzerland decided to change
our anthem in 1981.
But most of us don't like our new anthem.
It's too slow and boring.
So we want to change it again
buy having a vote and a contest.
(An audition for the national anthem.)
National Anthem K.
Why don't you guys try it?
Please make our national anthem for us.
I'll think about it.
Be careful with the lyrics.
Chocolates, chocolates.
You're getting inspirations already?
Yodels.
Mountains, mountains.
That's a national anthem?
We can't ignore music's influence on us.
Music is an effective way
to spread a message.
Do you guys have songs
with unique stories?
There's a British musician named,
David Bowie.
He saw a couple hugging
on the Berlin Wall.
He was so touched,
he wrote a song called, Heroes.
during his concert...
(Had a concert to wish for)
(German unification in 1987.)
Even the East Germans
climbed the wall to listen to him.
After that, East and West Germany
started having a better relationship.
When the wall came down a year later,
people said David Bowie's song
played a huge role.
There's a famous band called Deep Purple
in America.
Their signature song is Smoke On The Water.
Good.
(Proud.)
The thing is...
There's a Swiss story to that song.
Deep Purple came to Montreux
to record their song.
But a fire broke out
and it looked like the lake was on fire.
They wrote this song the next day.
Hence the title, Smoke On The Water.
In Italy, this song was banned
from musical instruments store.
Why?
When people were trying to buy guitars,
everyone went...
It ended up being banned.
It'll mess up the strings.
Only in the stores.
My story is very moving.
It's called...
Which means, the sun has come up.
It's by a singer named Han Hong.
It's about a cable car accident
in Guizhou in 2009.
When the cable cars were falling,
a young couple raised their kid up high
when they fell.
Thankfully, the kid survived.
But the kid's parents died.
When Han Hong heard this story,
he wrote this song
and adopted this kid.
Wow.
(I can never see my father again)
(after that day in the fall.)
(He held me up with his shoulders)
(so I can live my life.)
(In the darkness,)
(his eyes were full of tears.)
(He said stay close to me)
(and don't get hurt...)
In 2010,
it won a music award in China.
Non Summit Meeting, episode 170.
K-Will's agenda was I think
songs are the most important part
in a wedding, am I abnormal?
What did you think about today?
This is my second time here.
There are a few that who I met
for the first time today.
It was nice meeting you guys.
I had a great time.
I always learn a lot from this show.
My new song in 2 and a half years,
is called Nonfiction.
I hope it can become an OST
for your lives.
Well said!
Well said.
Just for today...
Just for today, we'll listen to
K-Will's Nonfiction
and bid you farewell.
(K-Will's ending song!)
There were 480,000 misdemeanors
in the last 5 years.
Let's talk about misdemeanors today.
She was in a bikini in an airplane.
You couldn't wear pants.
Climbing mountains naked was outlawed.
Not allowed unless you're married.
So no one abides by it?
Exactly.
(Everything about misdemeanors!)
Public display of affection
could be punishable by law.
Then everyone in Mexico
has to go to prison.
When you kiss...
(A heated debate.)
Then don't look!
No one's getting hurt.
But for singles...
It could be emotionally damaging.
(The debate has heated up.)
Do you know why you live your life?
I finally know what death is...
Life and death is a profound topic.
These 2 were hard to see in variety shows.
They're known as the scene stealer.
Sung Ji-Ru and Jeon Mi-seon.
I think how I die is more important
than how I live.
Am I abnormal?
Could I die for my son?
(How each countries deal with death.)
If this problem isn't solved...
You can die.
I...
Don't want to die.
(Honest.)
(What we overlooked in life and death.)
It was a miracle for me.
(What miracle?)
(A miracle between life and death.)