K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #1: Danny Im
California Love
LAist Studios
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
1TYM is one of the most iconic first-generation K-pop groups from the 90’s. The group is also one of Vivian’s all-time favorites.
This special bonus episode features an extended interview with Danny Im, the lead vocalist of 1TYM.
Danny talks to Vivian about meeting legendary K-pop producer YG in Koreatown for an impromptu audition, 1TYM’s rise to fame during K-pop’s infancy in the ‘90s and early 2000s, and Danny’s first impressions of Jennie and Lisa -- when the two auditioned for YG Entertainment before becoming members of BLACKPINK.
(originally published April 13, 2023)
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| 0:47.0 | and one of us says the phrase, one time, |
| 0:50.2 | we all just bust out singing this one song. |
| 0:52.5 | One time is one time for your mind, |
| 0:56.0 | want an one time to you give you get to get you. |
| 1:01.0 | The song is called One Time by the group of the same name, One Time. |
| 1:08.0 | One Time is one time for your mind, |
| 1:11.6 | want to you want to you're going to you their rap's were done in both Korean and English, and the group just had the They were part of YG Entertainment and they had this West Coast hip-hop kind of swagger. |
| 1:28.4 | Their raps were done in both Korean and English, and the group just had this cool factor |
| 1:32.4 | to them that made them stand out. |
| 1:35.0 | And One Time's legacy on K-pop today is pretty irrefutable. |
| 1:39.3 | They inspired the sound of hugely popular second-generation group Big Bang, which then went on to inspire |
| 1:45.1 | BTS. And for me, One Time lives in my personal K-pop Hall of Fame too as the first Korean |
| 1:51.8 | hip-hop group I ever loved. So when I got the chance to talk to one of the members of One |
| 1:57.6 | time, my mind was completely blown. |
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