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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

hey everybody I'm Christina Lee with

sidewalks entertainment and we're here

with international pop star boa and the

music video of course that you just

watched was her debut American single

it's boa's eat you up and we're chilling

with her here today boa how's it going

hi nice to meet you nice to meet you too

what's how do you like San Francisco so

far it's great this is my first time to

visit here it looks really good I agree

it does look good sometimes it can be

shabby but today it's it's perfect for

you Bo it's all about you oh that's nice

people just finished watching that music

video of yours tell me about it what was

it like on set were you just I don't

know awesome cuz you are but yeah we

shot this music video in Korea so I was

really comfortable for this for me it

was really comfortable for me and we

built a set and it was really fun

because you know we got to break things

while we were shooting so it was really

fun and the sprinklers went off at the

end I got so wet oh my God it was really

slippery but you were slippery wet and

sexy Mad Hot cool thank you but it was

really fun it's all in style well tell

me about your choreography your backup

dancers I mean were those people that

you already work with before or uh I

worked with uh I worked with Misha

Gabriel he worked with like Justin

timble Lake amerian like that okay he's

really good dancer and

choreographer I'm sure he didn't have

much to work with you were just like

click click click I got that let me

shoot it no but in any case um what did

how was was the style of the I mean like

the CH actual choreography was that

something that was really easy for you

to learn I mean I know you're a pro and

everything but how long dides that take

for you maybe a few days it was yeah it

took like few days but it was really

cool cool because the choreography is

really new stuff I guess and it has a

lot of steps so yeah I had a lot of fun

with that for those who don't know who

you are tell us about yourself what's

your background where are you from you

know other than the obvious that she's a

huge and total pop star in Korea but

tell us how you got started uh actually

you know when I was 11 years old uh my

one of my brothers went to audition so I

went along and the producers asked me

why don't you try out so I sang and

danced the same night they called me and

offer me a contract so I debuted in

Korea when I was 13 and then the next

year I debuted in Japan and now I'm 21

and and finally in America right now you

dreamed of debuting here in the US right

and now you're here like what is that

like I like feel like I'm living my

dream because the American dream uh

American debut it it was like it has

been it always has been my dream you're

now crossing over in the US your

single's going to blow up I'm sure and

you'll be everywhere within a matter of

months if not weeks but um how's the

American life been here for you is it

everything you expected anything

different surprising I guess I'm used to

living here right now because I came to

America several times time before moving

here yeah like so yeah and then you know

in Los Angeles I'm living in Los Angeles

right now okay they have a lot of Asian

restaurants so it's really comfortable

so I can eat whatever I want that's true

and there's a lot of Korean stuff there

right AKA K toown like the second home

of Koreans in the United States of

America but what do you think it's going

to be like for you here in the US in

like I don't know the next 5 years what

what are they what are they expecting

from you I just want to share my music

with America and um you know we just I

just want to get to know them and me too

does it make sense oh of course it makes

sense boa you make complete sense to me

in any case boa thanks so much for

hanging with us you are absolutely sweet

and beautiful of course that's a total

obvious I know in any case boa thank you

so much this is Christina with sidewalks

entertainment boa is GNA hang around for

a little bit I know you guys are jealous

but it's all good maybe somay you can

get you know a close and personal like

this all right thanks guys thank you

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
international /ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl/ A2	adjective - existing, occurring, or carried on between nations
debut /ˈdeɪbjuː/ B2	noun - a person's first appearance or performance in a particular capacity or role verb - to perform in public for the first time
shabby /ˈʃæbi/ C1	adjective - in poor condition through long or hard use or lack of care
sprinkler /ˈsprɪŋklər/ B2	noun - a device for spraying water
slippery /ˈslɪpəri/ B1	adjective - difficult to hold firmly or stand on because it is smooth, wet, or slimy
choreography /ˌkɔːriˈɒɡrəfi/ C1	noun - the sequence of steps and movements in dance
audition /ɔːˈdɪʃn/ B2	noun - an interview for a role or job as a singer, actor, etc.
contract /ˈkɒntrækt/ B2	noun - a written or spoken agreement
jealous /ˈdʒeləs/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements
background /ˈbækɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - a person's education, experience, and social circumstances
pro /prəʊ/ B2	noun - a professional
comfortable /ˈkʌmftəbl/ A2	adjective - physically relaxed and free from pain
awesome /ˈɔːsəm/ A2	adjective - extremely impressive or daunting; great
shooting /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ B2	noun - the act or process of filming
pop /pɒp/ A1	noun - popular music

Key Grammar Structures

• hey everybody I'm Christina Lee with sidewalks entertainment and we're here with international pop star boa...

  ➔ Present continuous tense ('we're here')

  ➔ The present continuous is used to describe actions happening *now*. Here, it indicates they are currently with Boa. The structure is 'be + verb-ing'. The word **'we're'** is a contraction of 'we are'.

• what's how do you like San Francisco so far it looks really good

  ➔ Tag question ('it looks really good')

  ➔ A tag question is a short question added to the end of a statement. It's used to confirm information or to invite agreement. The structure is a positive statement + a negative tag (or vice versa). Here, **'it looks really good, doesn't it?'** is implied. The speaker expects agreement.

• people just finished watching that music video of yours tell me about it

  ➔ Gerund as a noun ('watching')

  ➔ The word **'watching'** functions as a noun here, the object of the verb 'finished'. This is a gerund. It's a verb acting like a noun. The phrase 'finished watching' means 'completed the act of watching'.

• it was really comfortable for me

  ➔ Use of 'for' to indicate benefit or recipient

  ➔ The preposition **'for'** indicates who or what benefits from something. Here, it shows that the comfort is *for* Boa. It's a common construction to express who experiences something.