Yesterday, on June 30, I managed to interview with Allysse. Since she’s from Antioch, we met at Concord. The interview was actually wonderful. She turned out to be a very open-minded person, who’s very understanding of different cultures. She’s been a fan of K-pop since 2006. However, it was in 2012 when K-pop became a bigger part of her life. She competed at a Korean Festival for K-pop covers and she won best vocal. She was offered a trip to Korea and stayed in Gangnam for a while. She will actually participate in the preliminary competition of K-Pop World Festival 2015. It will take place at Music Concourse in the Golden Gate Park of San Francisco on July 11th. If she wins, she can go perform in Korea, being one of the twelve teams that do perform. On top of that, the winner will win a round-trip to Korea. The winner could also meet K-pop stars in person! That’s exciting, isn’t it?
Now, she has signed with afreecatv, a broadcast station in Korea, to work on online streaming. She even has a YouTube channel where she covers different aspects of Korean culture: the music, the fashion, and the language.
Here’s a short 5 minute excerpt from the interview:
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