- [in English] Six and… - Six and…
- …seven. - …seven.
- Eight. - Eight.
- In slow motion. - Slow.
Slow.
You look tired today.
[newscaster] BTS has taken over Billboard.
[newscaster 2] …that they'll focus on solo projects.
[newscasters continue in background]
[j-hope] Hope on the Street.
[R&B music playing]
[music ends]
Lock, unlock.
[in Korean] How can we create content about this genre called locking
in a colorful way?
I think I added my life to that a bit.
"When are the times I have to lock myself up
and let myself go in my life?"
My life is similar to the locking dance.
Your knees should come up to your shoulder. [laughs]
- Really? - Yes.
Is that even possible for a human being?
- Yes, like this. - I guess it is.
Go like that and duck.
That's good.
Just don't go like this.
- It doesn't look very good. - [laughs]
It looks like chicken feet.
- Chicken feet. [laughs] - Just don't do this.
Isn't that weird?
[Boogaloo Kin vocalizes, speaks English] Hey! Lock!
That's it.
[in Korean] Why am I crying?
I'm really crying. Seriously.
Don't cry, you fool.
Seriously, how hard is this for me?
- [Boogaloo Kin] You must work really hard. - Yes.
- Try it. - Okay. Got it.
[j-hope] I was really nervous.
When it comes to locking, I'm lacking in many ways.
As someone leading a documentary about dance,
I felt a lot of pressure,
thinking I can't afford to be bad at it.
I tried really hard to do well.
- [Boogaloo Kin] Mister. - [j-hope, in English] What's up, bro?
- [in Korean] We filmed together in Osaka. - Right.
And we were goofing around.
- After having fun filming with you… - [j-hope] Yes?
- …I came back to Korea. - Yes.
Then, I watched your performance for the MAMA Awards on TV.
- It felt weird. I'm not lying. - [laughing]
- It felt so weird. - [laughing]
"Gosh, what's with him?"
I kept thinking, "Who is that?
He's not the guy I just met up with."
[both laugh]
Seeing you do street dance
- is like seeing you when you were younger. - [j-hope] Right.
Seeing you as a professional on stage and pulling off a perfect performance,
it makes me think, "Wow, that's j-hope of BTS."
I really love and enjoy both aspects
- of my life at this point. - [Boogaloo Kin] Ah.
[j-hope] It's so much fun.
[hip-hop music playing]
THE UNSTOPPING STILL-LIFE
STILL, IT'S LIFE
IT'S STILL LIFE
BLOOMING ONCE AGAIN MY FLOWER
THE UNSTOPPING STILL-LIFE
[music ends]
How long have you and Woong known each other?
We've been dancing together for about 20 years.
Wow, it's not easy to stay close for so long.
[Boogaloo Kin] He's practically my brother.
[in English] Brother from another mother.
[in Korean] Woong is cool.
In a way, I followed him around.
[upbeat music playing]
[music ends]
[j-hope, in English] Damn, bro.
[in Korean] Wow. This is insane.
[Boogaloo Kin] Let's go in.
[gasps] I'm finally visiting Brown.
- [j-hope] Wow! - [Boogaloo Kin] Oh!
This is insane.
- [j-hope] What's up? - [Boogaloo Kin] Wow.
- [j-hope] Yeah! - [Woong] Wow.
- Hey. - [j-hope] Hi.
This is crazy.
- Wow. - We always dance here.
- Isn't this a place with history? - [Boogaloo Kin] Of course.
[Woong] Have you checked the routine?
- What? - Have you practiced?
The routine?
- Did you practice in the shower? - I did.
[j-hope, Boogaloo Kin laugh]
The naked vibe is
- the best vibe. - [Woong] That's right.
Woong, for the music, let's play something chill and warm up.
[disco music playing]
[laughs]
[j-hope laughing]
Where are we going?
[panting]
Did we break out into dance as soon as we arrived?
As we were saying, "How have you been?"
- "How have you been? Okay, now dance." - [laughing]
If we see him dance, we can tell how he's been doing.
- "You must've been busy." - [all laughing]
[music ends]
- That's right. - We danced here for ten years.
- [j-hope gasps] - Half of my dance career took place here.
- [j-hope] Seriously? - [Woong laughs]
I've been dancing for about 23, 24 years.
And for ten of those years, I danced here a lot.
- [j-hope] Mmm. - Pretty much.
- I was always here. - It's like holy ground.
[Boogaloo Kin] Of course, it is.
For dancers, this place is sacred.
[j-hope] Wow.
Were the graffiti added naturally, or were they drawn intentionally?
- [Woong] It was naturally done by people. - [j-hope] Really?
[Woong] Yeah, people put stickers and started tagging the place.
[laughs] In a way, this is…
It's like one of my roots.
So I wanted to give it another try
and go back to the old me.
The way you were back then.
- You used to do this. - [laughs]
- Did he do that back then too? - Yes, and this.
- Are you a surgeon or what? - [laughing]
- Scalpel. Scalpel. [laughs] - Are you going into surgery?
I'll have to tie my fingers up when we do this dance.
Habits are hard to fix.
Just do it.
Do it with confidence.
I was the deejay at Hoseok's listening party.
I met him for the first time after he debuted and got to talk to him.
He was the same then.
I thought, "Why is he the same even though he has become a huge star?"
And based on what we've talked about, the way he thinks about dance
still feels the same too.
It has been a really long time.
How old were you then?
When I rehearsed at Level6…
I was close to the end of 12th grade.
[Woong] So about 19 or 20 years old?
[j-hope] That was when I learned from you.
[Woong] Right.
- And you learned everything then. - I did.
The first was popping.
Was the next one hip-hop?
- The first was popping. - Yes.
The first was popping. I learned that in Gwangju.
- Then, I joined Neuron… - Hip-hop.
…and learned hip-hop from DXNG WXX.
- And after you became a trainee… - After that…
- …you learned each genre at Level6. - [j-hope] Right, one by one.
- [laughs] - That's right.
How did I think to learn all the genres?
Since you learned them all, you can do well on your choreography too.
[both vocalizing]
I saw you losing your cool in Osaka.
[j-hope] Seriously.
When else would I see that?
You said it rained, right?
- Yes. But the mood was nicer. - [j-hope] A lot.
What about us? [gasps]
We'll go with the freezing winter vibe.
[upbeat music plays]
- [sighs] - [music ends]
Seriously.
Honestly, I was most worried about the Seoul and Paris episodes. [laughs]
But I think you did better than when you practiced with me.
- It was good. - Really.
And the more you dance,
- the more daring you become. - [Woong] You're right.
- That's how you should do it. - Really?
Like, "What am I even doing?
Whatever, man."
- Without thinking. - And basically, just listen to the music.
- [j-hope] Right. - I think that's why
- you're doing well. - Yes.
[sighs] My thighs are starting to shake.
- Are you okay? - I'm fine.
- Really? - I'm just out of breath.
[j-hope] Oh, really?
This is just the beginning. [laughs]
["Rapper's Delight" playing]
[music ends]
ANDONG HOUSE
Today was really cold.
It was. My feet are frozen.
Woong, your hands…
I'm tired.
[laughing]
His hands are shaking.
Nice.
- It's an honor. - Thank you.
[Boogaloo Kin sighs]
Woong, did you dance locking from the beginning?
Well, no. At first…
In the very beginning, I just…
- Back then, the genres weren't divided. - Right.
- That was... - What year was that?
I first started dancing around '95 or '96.
Wow, I was two years old.
[all laugh]
- I'd find videos and watch them. - [j-hope] Whoa.
You just learned from watching videos?
- [Boogaloo Kin] Yes. - Right, and then,
I started going to rock cafés to dance.
- He studied ballet in college. - I know.
- He studied modern dance too. - I majored in dance.
I can't even imagine that. [laughs]
When I saw my friends,
they'd get bullied so much.
The street dance scene began a little before the 2000s
- in Korea too. - Right.
- But kids were being bullied then too. - [Boogaloo Kin] Mm-hmm.
What kind of bullying?
"Hey, nice shoes." [laughs]
Wow, I'm getting chills just hearing that.
There were times like that.
That's why I didn't join the scene,
and just danced by myself or with my friends.
In the beginning of the 2000s, Korea became more progressive.
We have many more resources now.
- Yes. - From abroad.
As I met the guys from Originality…
we got to invite Greg Campbellock Jr. And were able to really learn locking.
[j-hope] Locking.
That's when I realized everything I'd learned until then wasn't the real deal.
-[j-hope] Right. - It really wasn't.
- Everything changed. - Oh.
- He cleared everything up. - Oh.
I think the locking style was just so fascinating, cool, and fun to me.
- [Boogaloo Kin] It's just so fun. - Right.
More than anything, it has a happy vibe.
- [Woong] I know. - It's fun and happy.
- And anyone who does locking is nice. - Yes.
- Really? - What's interesting is…
Locking, unlike other dance genres,
is a dance you can do as a group.
And you can emit good and cheerful energy as you dance.
I think that's why I still like locking.
How do you feel?
You used to learn locking from me a long time ago as a trainee.
- It's the best. - We danced together after a long time.
First off, it feels extremely new to me.
- [Boogaloo Kin] Mmm. - [Woong] Ah.
Honestly, after all this time…
It's been over ten years, but coming back to learn from you again…
I got to dance with you again,
- and that's meaningful enough. - Mmm.
This show, Hope on the Street, is a way to find my identity.
It's an important part of my journey to rediscover myself.
- In that sense, I can't leave Woong out. - Right.
For me, Level6 and all that
were parts of me that were in my roots.
Considering that, just dancing with you
and leaving a record of it in this cool way
is extremely meaningful to me.
[in English] Good.
[in Korean] Our Hoseok grew up well. You're the best. Do whatever you want.
- [Boogaloo Kin] Cheers. - [j-hope] Thank you.
Do everything you want, Hoseok. [laughs]
["lock / unlock" playing]
[music ends]
[j-hope, in English] Yeah.
["lock / unlock" playing]
[j-hope singing]
[music ends]
Subtitle: Youla Kim