How to Become a K-pop Superstar — in 7 Minutes | Charlene Kaye | TED

Hello everyone, my name is Charlene Kaye.

I actually started my career out as a pop musician, and after 20 years of grinding in the industry, the way I know that I've finally made it is that I am now ...

a stand up comedian. (Laughter) And today, here at TED, I'd like to talk about something that I have been obsessed with for years, which is K-pop.

Do we have any K-pop fans in here? (Cheers) Oh, nice.

If not, don't worry, there's nothing wrong with being a straight dude.

(Laughter) And if you love K-pop and you're a straight dude, are you sure about that?

(Laughter) So you might think that it is extremely difficult to be a K-pop star.

You have to move to Korea, you have to do this whole training program, and I'm here to tell you today that that's not true.

It's actually really easy to be a K-pop star.

Anybody can do it. And I'm going to show every single one of you how in the next seven minutes.

Are we ready? (Cheers) Alright, great. So in K-pop, you have the girl groups and the boy groups.

You want to be in a girl group? So easy -- all you have to do is be super cute, but not too young-looking.

Really sexy, but not too slutty. Really badass, but not too masculine.

You know, all the things men have to think about.

(Laughter) So when you start the song, you're not going to sing.