The beauty of it is it looks so normal.
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It looks so plain. The power that it
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Hey, what's going on everybody for First
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We Feast. I'm Sean Evans and you're
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watching Hot Ones. It's the show with
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hot questions and even hotter wings. And
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today we're joined by Jenny. She's a
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chart topping record-breaking global pop
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star who just released her debut studio
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album. It's called Ruby and Includes the
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breakout hits Like Jenny and Mantra. But
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how do pretty girls handle spicy wings?
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I guess only time will tell. Jenny,
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welcome to the show. Thank you for
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having me, Sean. I am very happy and
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excited and scared to be here.
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How are you around spicy food? Before we
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get started, are you someone who enjoys
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little heat? In my daily life, I have no
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nothing no spice in my life. I don't I
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don't like spicy food or anything to do
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with spice. If anything, I like things
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plain. But here I am, and there's no
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fear. No turning back. That's exactly
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right. Are you ready to get started? I
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Oh, we're going right in.
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So, I understand that your album Ruby is
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inspired in part by the 16th century
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William Shakespeare play, As You Like
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It. I'm curious, what kind of connection
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did you make between your own journey
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and Shakespeare's exploration of the
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When I first read the play and saw how
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they broke down into seven different
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what I was coming from was also the
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seven years of being in a group of
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Blackpink and um how every little event
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has changed me over time. I've had my
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ups and downs. I've had my roller
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coaster emotions of when I loved music,
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when I hated music and and every moments
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in between was was the important things
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that got me here. So, I started just
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breaking myself down and I guess it just
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inspired me to look at myself in a
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different way and and really dive into
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what got me here and who I am. If that
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makes sense. I am following you all the
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And you'll take me on a journey. I'll
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take you on a journey. If you're ready
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to move on here to wing number two. Oh
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yes. I'm ready. I'm actually excited for
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Just winging it. Okay. You know what
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though? I'm going to try my best and
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keep my calm. I'm not going to overreact
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over spice, you know. I like I like that
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you're making this claim on wing two.
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We'll see how it goes. Okay. All right.
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It's it's it's now here. I feel like I
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met Hot Ones now. Yep. Mhm. The party
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started. Mhm. It has started. Okay. It's
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good though. So, I think it's really
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interesting and honest when you talk
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about making this record, you make it
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very clear that it was not at all an
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easy process. When you think about the
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creative decisions that went into
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putting together this album, is there
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something that you're particularly proud
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to have fought for on the album's
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behalf? Um, yes, so many things.
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So, I had to fight for a few of the
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songs and honestly the whole core
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message to begin with, we didn't have to
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forcefully make the music easy for
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people to like this album. let me try
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and do what I like and what I convince
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myself to do to to get to people. And a
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lot of the songs on this album, I really
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had to fight for it.
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Especially a song like Zen, a song like
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which I understand that it might not be
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the first thing that could pop up in
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people's mind, but I knew that it would
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touch the people that I want to touch.
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I saw a few episodes where people start
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getting from the third wing.
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It gets you kind of in the back. But I
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can survive. I see it. You know what?
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I'm so proud of myself right now. I'm so
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proud. Thank you. I got I'm here in the
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third wing and I'm surviving. Having the
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best more than surviving. Mhm.
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Can you describe something that you've
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learned from a vocal coach that you
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think has really helped you as a singer?
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Like whether it's something physical
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like jaw position or something
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psychological like a mental hurdle you
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had to overcome. Like is there a lesson
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that you hold close? I remember
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this was in LA with my vocal coach and
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on our very first day on our very first
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session, he had me just stood there and
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look out the window and just scream as
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loud as I can. It wasn't to scream in
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the most beautiful voice or to be the
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loudest. It was to get to that state of
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releasing everything that's kind of
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holding you up. I don't know if this
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could help anyone, but it did for me.
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So, there's so many tricks and, you
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know, things that you could do to prep
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your vocals and and to get you to the
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next level, but this could be your very
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first one of your first steps is to you
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need to be able to just let go. Just pop
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open that window. Yeah. And no fear.
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Like, look at me now. I I see that.
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Come on. This one doesn't even look
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spicy. I'm disappointed.
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I see. Mhm. It's not the color that
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matters. Looks can be deceiving. You
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it does have another level to it. It's
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kicking. Yeah, I know. It's kicking me
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on my tongue. Oh my god.
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Not disappointed, right? Uhuh. That's
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right. Oh, what's happening?
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It's just, you know, when you were like,
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I I'm at Hot Ones. You know, this is the
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party. Unfortunately, the party just
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gets it gets louder. It gets more
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intense. Oh my god. People come in.
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Yeah. It's coming at me.
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So recently you ran through almost the
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entirety of Ruby during your performance
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at Coachella. What do you learn about
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your own music by performing it live?
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Like do fans react to certain songs or
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lyrics in ways that surprise you? I've
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never released an album with with 15
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and it's still kicking my tongue. I
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know. And you know what? I'm not going
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to lie to you, Jenny. That is just where
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we're at. All right. That's just the
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show. All right. Got it. But but my
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favorite part is when they when they
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just start screaming the lyrics of the
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songs that never made it as a single and
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you call that a B bside track, right?
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It's a whole different term in Korean, a
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bside track. And they're just screaming
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it in lyrics from the top to the end.
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And that's that's when you really feel
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like, oh, they really do listen to your
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album. They really do listen to your
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music. It's shooting at me. No, from all
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sides. The walls are closing in. Oh,
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yeah. Thankfully, you have the tea. Does
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tea help? I guess I see people drinking
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milk. Should I be drinking milk? Maybe
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milk is the move in times like these.
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Oh, mustard. Mustard is friendly.
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So, I asked Lisa this question. I'm
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curious if maybe you have any advice. Is
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there a Korean beauty tip that I should
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incorporate into my skincare routine? I
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think it's all about the consistenc
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consist consistency.
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Um, it's the dedication that they put. I
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don't think it has anything to do with
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anything. There's no secret magic. I
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don't believe it's the fact that they
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care so much and they they are dedicated
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to keep their skin healthy is the key
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for me. And if I I say this to all my
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friends and everyone, but drink lots of
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water. Drink lots of water. And then I
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got to wear that mask every day. Yeah.
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Okay. This one is yellow.
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I'm just so good. Oh my god. I don't
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know what I was afraid of. You had this
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dog inside you the whole time. I'm so
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I have been talking about coming on this
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show for the past two weeks. Like
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nervous about it. I I was telling all my
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friends, I'm going all out once and I
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don't like spicy food. I don't know what
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But all you had to do is face it.
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Exactly. You know, you psych yourself
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up. You know, we build these walls
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ourselves. We do. But you just had to
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come into the studio, throw down on some
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wings. I am. Face it. I'm honest kind of
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disappointed, Sean. Ooh,
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I had high hopes. Well, let's see. I'm
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wearing waterproof mascara.
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Um, so this one is called appraat.
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Okay. I don't love the name. Emphasis on
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the hot. I can see it right there on the
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We get a good bite.
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There is definitely some spice in my
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mouth, but I can deal with it.
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So, yeah. Can you give me two things you
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love and one thing you don't about being
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a hamster mom? Two things I love and one
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First of all, they are adorable and so
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funny to look at and fluffy is number
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one. Second part is you get to feed them
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which is also really fun
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and cute. And one thing I don't like
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about it is they are constantly
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constantly running on that wheel and
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does not stop. Even if you want some
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peace of mind, they're like, "No, I'm
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going to do my cardio of the day." Oh,
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this is Oh, we here at the the bomb
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Take a photo of me in case this might be
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the last last little beef that I take.
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It's the bottom. Okay, this one looks
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scary, too. I know.
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Oh, no. This is no joke.
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You're scrambling trying to find
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something, anything over there. That's
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smart. Got a new napkin.
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This is I know. Go ahead. Get up, take a
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lap, do whatever you have to do.
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Walk it out. Just open that window and
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scream. You know, in times like these.
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So, I'm a big fan of the uh cooking
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tutorials that you do.
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What's the key to folding a perfect
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one second, please. Yeah, take your
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time. Take your time.
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I'm in pain. Yeah, it's all right. Let
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it out. Let it out. It's that moment,
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you know. Is this the spiciest thing
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you've ever eaten in your life?
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Guys, yeah, I know. I can't hear
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God, help. Help me. There's no help.
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There's no help. You're just stuck on
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this YouTube show. For better or worse,
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at times like these, definitely worse.
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But you've made it so far.
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But you've made it this far. I would
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never eaten anything like that. Never.
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Yeah. And probably never again. I would
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I would never Oh my god, guys. Guys,
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Mandu. Yeah, I think the key is to just
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like squeeze it really well. I'm so
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sorry. I can't even speak. I knew this
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would happen. This is why I warned you
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I am now unable to. Here you go. Here's
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This is kind of nice in times like
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And then just be careful around the
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eyes. Just be careful around the eyes.
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Don't touch the eyes.
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Where am I? Who sent me home? I want to
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I'm having trouble understanding English
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right now. No, I get that. Yeah. Does it
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Has anyone felt that? I've never You
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know what though? I wouldn't be able to
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tell, Jenny. I would not be able to
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You know, I know what you're going
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through in the whole set. It's so just
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all closing in on you. It is. Right. It
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really is. And the spice, it's attacking
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your brain. It's attacking the way that
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you think. It's attacking the way that
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you talk. And then here you are on this
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show tethered to it, a hostage on how it
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works. I know. I know. You and me both
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with every wing. It's like a new thing
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is unlocked, right? But we also feel so
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alive, you know? Right. or dead.
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It's the stages of life. Exactly, Jenny.
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You know. Okay. Okay. I am okay now. And
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now here's the problem with this show
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is that there's a storm, right? And then
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the storm ends, the rain ends. Mhm. And
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the clouds break, and the sun comes
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through again. Mhm.
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But then the next wing, if you're ready
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to move on, I I I am going to be brave.
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You know, I'm here. You're making me
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brave. I'm catching a second hand from
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you. This one is called Sucker Punch.
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Oh, I have a bad feeling.
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My body is shaking.
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This might heat me back up. So, I'm so
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scared. I like that. Always looking on
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the uh bright side.
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I don't even know what I'm staring at at
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Oh, no. I know. I know.
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Not fun. It's right by any means. It's
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I get it. I know. I know.
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Has anyone died here? No. No.
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Everyone makes it through. Fainted. No,
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you'd be the first. But like, let's
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let's stay on our feet. Let's stay on
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our feet. You got this.
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Do you have a favorite Capy Barara fun
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fact? You know, I recently learned that
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they can stay underwater for 5 minutes
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and then they'll sometimes sleep with
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their noses sticking out of the surface
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like near the waters. They do that. They
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do that. Heavy is really
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I've recently had one come to me for my
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music video. They actually feel like a
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really big hedgehog, but not as spiky.
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Give me your perspective of that wig.
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Okay, here's what I think. Let's not
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dab. Sometimes we'll open up the top.
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We'll dab it. Let's chill on that. Okay,
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you've gone through enough.
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But it's like, but there's just one
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more. And like, think about it. You'll
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go home tonight, you'll think about
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like, "Oh, I just had one more. I just
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had one more." I hate that feeling.
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Right. Exactly. And we don't want that
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feeling. Okay. So, maybe we just do like
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a little bite on Wing 10, you know? What
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I'm now more surprised is when I was
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watching this show. Mhm. I love to also
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listen to the interviews that you were
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doing with your guest. I'm giving you
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nothing here. You're giving me a lot.
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I'm giving you tears and screams. Those
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are great. Are you sure? Yeah. I mean,
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we built an empire on that.
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I came to conquer, so I will.
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I did not come here to give up.
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The beauty of it is it looks so normal.
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It looks so plain. The power that it
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holds. Yeah. You know what? It's it's
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it's a metaphor even for the show. You
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know, it's just this very simple black
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curtain set. Mhm. But then the taste,
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the flavor of all. Honestly, those two
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when I had it, this room felt like
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something else. I swear to God, you
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entered a dream state. Yeah. Yeah.
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Just take like a tiny little Yeah.
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With that bite, Jenny, you have
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the Hot Ones gauntlet.
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And join Rosé and Lisa as accomplished
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Do you have a message? I think I'm
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I'm telling you, my spine is like
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Do you have a message for J Su? Oh yes.
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Like do you think you could convince her
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to come on the show? 100%. Because she
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is the one who taught me spicy and she's
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the she's the other you. Like she made
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me eat spicy food with her ever since we
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So I think Shundi should come on this
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show. You're going to love it.
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Whatever Rosie and Lisa did,
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this is the real reaction.
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They I cuz I watched your episode and
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they were so chill about it. So I was
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like, if they're doing it, maybe I could
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do it, too. But I can't. You can. I
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can't. You can. And you did. Look at
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you, Jenny, taking on the wings of
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death, living to tell the tale. And now
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there's nothing left to do but roll out
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the red carpet for you. I'm like
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shaking. This camera. This camera. This
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camera. Let the people know what you
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There. Something has opened up in my
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This is not pretty at all. But it's
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okay. You make it look good.
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Well, maybe I can help. The new album is
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called Ruby. Oh, I was I was supposed to
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Please help me out. The new album's
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called Ruby and it's out now. Make sure
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you pick it up cuz Jenny did not suffer
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I'm so happy. But I'm so sorry I was not
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able to answer most of your questions.
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But I I I'm telling
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I think from from this one
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from then on it just it's a party. It's
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It's kicking me. Oh my god.
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