My YG Entertainment Internship in Seoul, Korea
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- Hi guys!
I was an intern for YG Entertainment from August-December 2012 and since a lot of people have been curious about it on Tumblr, I thought I 'd make a video explaining :) This is info about my time as a Future Strategy Intern at YG for a semester!
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love long vid
damn i want to be an intern too
my favorite part of kpop is the marketing aspect. the detail is insane.
danielle hm c that's why I would love to work in a K-Pop agency
Are you in Korea ?
Ines in terms of marketing about a realease. I think people from North America could learn a lot. Very organised and methodic.
*"A LOT OF FREE CONCERTS"* damn girl
they hired from the positive chill vibe of the applications 😂😂 omg yg, i'm loving your hiring process
Oyy bianca! 😂😂
Kung pwede lang no? 😂
Wow, this means you were part of the team that made WINNER? Girl, thank you and I salute you 👏
N. J. she worked on the WINNER project in 2012 Winner debuted in 2014 win who's next was in 2013 so they already knew who's gonna be the next from team A and Team B all of that was a show !! correct me if I get it wrong please
WIN was basically a marketing strategy to publicize WINNER and iKON. I thought everyone knows it.
See-Ham HF it was obviously all programmed that's why they made winner look like it was their last chance and said that ikon were still young and could have other opportunities (aka mix and match) even tho the year difference between winner and iKON it's like 2 or 3 years
I'm sure the darkness thing is for picture taking. since it is so dark in that room, you wouldn't be able to take pictures unless you use flash and when you use the flash it is easy to notice and you will get kicked out
isn't this to keep the artists safe
Oh that's actually really smart, never thought of it like that
Shay yes army
Shay You do realize they have security and paparazzi aren't allowed inside right?
yeah but the people that are on the interview could be taking pictures
When I heard that YG Building was a dark place, i thought man this must be my dream company. I actually love dark places. I find comfort in the dark. Dark not meaning black out.
i can easily sleep esp during lunch hour. lol
ikr
Sameee
Wow this is very interesting, it give me more insight about how KPop industry work.
Thanks for watching :)
What a lucky girl!!! Really congrats for ur experience and thanks for sharing it!
I will always believe that YG is the best label, no matter what happen
Still sure?
@@heloosh97 very much
This is awesome. Makes YG seem even more better in terms of employment process. This really shows how YG is and why they're so unique in the industry.
And here we are 2 years ago YG news all over the place
I love that being an intern at Eat your Kimchi got you street cred at YG. 😍
+melodramatic7904 right?!! Haha
OMG you worked with Simon and Martina? LOL they are gorgeus!
You must be the TOP TOP person to get into this company
nice.
*Seungri voice* TOP TOP TOP
omg it must be a really good experience😄😄😄 BTW I would like to know more about winner's part😂😂😂
it is great that internships found the idea of yg restaurant and makeup brand
I've always been such strong YG Stan because I personally believe that it is one of the few companies that truly value and appreciate the personality of the people thay work for them like who they are themselves and support that aspect rather than something else and your experience from beginning to end just further strengthened thag belief
you're so lucky to get to have such an amazing experience and I'm glad you enjoyed :) good luck for everything the future has to bring ^_^
Thank you so much!!!
How about now?
YG is one of the worst KPop companies there is 😂😂😂
Ever heard of Blackpink?
THE COMMENTS HERE LMAO
10:38 - 11:09 This is why I have trust Issues.
Bunni Bie that's why I question my existence.
Bunni Bie This honestly changed my view like damnnn
But I think that they still preserve their 'real' personality. They might've just added some for the "professionalism".
Bunni Bie did you not know this already?
Jess Hedges At some point I knew this thing called "professionals". I'm pretty sure that they were taught to act a certain way to look more professional. But the way she worded it, "manufactured" gets me. And pretty sure most people can tell if someone's being fake or not.
the manufactured idols are what I love about kpop 😂 they are not art creators, they are the art.
the second line, I like that thought
Unfortunately just an art not a Creator... creator create a lot of art and made a lot of fortune.....
I feel so happy to hear that they were asking questions about yourself like they're getting to know you! YG Family feels
This video kept popping up in my
recommendations list but I'd been putting off watching it because I thought it would be annoying to listen to, but you are literally one of the most pleasant people I've ever watched on CZcams! I can see why your personality got you an internship ^^
wow thank you!!!! I was hoping I wouldnt come off like I was bragging^^ I genuinely just wanted to share my experience cause i thought it was really unique. Thanks so much!!!!
You succeeded!! Yeah I know how you feel, it would be difficult to not seem like you were bragging about something like this lol, but you did a great job, I didn't get that sense at all!
thank you!!!
Nice coz YG really come up with its own restaurant and make up brand
I think gangnam style blew up because its a dance and you know we love to dance. We love line dancing, trendy dances, all that and plus gangnam style was so fun to do and Psy was just so cool lol.
Stina M gagman 😂👌
alavmafandomss lmao creating new words and shit
Stina M lol cause we all know what dabbing has done to us
Miranda Feng lmao true
What an amazing experience. Thanks for sharing
+LikeLikeThat thanks for watching!!!
Thanks for sharing! You're so sweet! I can clearly see why YG hired you 😊
+봄순수한 *blushes* thank you!!!!
Oh My God. working in YG is my dream and this video made me realize I need to study harder.
+genevieve taray also keep your eyes out for any opportunities that could help you in the future! Studying is great but experience is soooo important!
YG needs to hire more people so we don't have to wait ages for comebacks ugh ...talk more about WINNER please!! are you a fan?
I love Winner!
ME TOO 😂❤️
I love YG artists most esp. 2ne1 because I'm a certified Blackjack. I super love them & I miss them so much. My bias is Dara. I hope they'll have a comeback soon. I think YG is so slow in having comebacks for their artists. Good thing they always slay during such comebacks so the wait is worth it.
See there are only small admin teams etc in yg and some of yg stans and fandom inside yg demand tooooo much!!! this people are humans too yg is not sm and jyp that has lots of admin etc employees. thank you thank you very much for sharing your experience.
what do you mean small admin teams? jyp also have teams managament for every group, 2pm and got7 share the same team. idk if jyp really have lots of admin, employees but they opened some job recruitment a few months ago
I mean the people not devoted to just one team - the people who are responsible for the company as a whole (PR, partnerships, marketing, etc) Its a really, really small team. I don't include managers or personal group staff^^
thanks so much for making this video! im studying to work in the entertainment industry and hope to work over in korea, and this was some really good insite into a little slice of yg! super interesting and im thankful you shared! take care x
Thank you so much and good luck!!!
the cafeteria that jb likes so much HAHHA ikr
so cool, so you're in the same team who came up with moonshot? 😭 you lived the life yg stans are dreaming of. 💕 i hope you'd get more opportunities in the future.
Thank you hahaha I hope I get to do more in the future too!
omg lol I saw your comment on my video and I follow you on tumblr didn't know you had a youtube channel
omg awesome!!! yeah i just started about a week ago^^
sigh. I wish the kpop groups werent so .. made up .-.
Well if you take the example of Leo from VIXX, he's a really outgoing person known to be super cuddly with his friends and to be super social, but Jellyfish wanted him to play the mysterious shy role. He's coming out of it more now, but in the beginning the act was really obvious. In some cases companies do force you to act a certain way :/
some of my close friends were in dance school with him, so yes I probably know his personality more than most.
cari cakes i understand that someone like leo did take up that introvert image and was (as far as i know & most likely) told to act shy although as you said it was pretty obvious it was set up from the start. i dont know how easy it would be for korean idols to obtain a certain image for years would actually be as if they were to slip up or make it overly obvious that would be likely to cause some controversy which is in most cases is bad for the company and often gives them a bad reputation. that makes me think that a case similar to leos is fairly rare when it comes to korean pop bands. i mean of course you will know more than me but i would have thought it would be a lot easier and safer for the companies to pick people who already have the desired traits and personalities as it allows them to act a lot more natural and not have the extra pressure of putting on a slight character although i wouldnt be surprised if the companies gave the idols some slight idea on how they should act at certain times or may also tell them to emphasize some of their current traits but i guess all companies are different and they may do thinvs differently to others. sorry i wrote so much and i of course have no actual experience with any of this so i dont know exactly what goes down in the depths of YG and other companies but this is my idea and my thoughts on what i would have thought some companies may do, also thank you for the video 😊❤
i just realised how long that was jc
min sunhee I thought Leo is a real introvert person as I know he was also introvert during mydol.... or not? .-.
That "We went to a lot of concert for FREE" part thoooo , let's make it bold, underlined, italic, and highlight, like yeah FREE ya knowww, like every fangirls dream 😂😂😂😂😂😂
hahahah right?! totally wasnt expecting that as part of the internship!
cari cakes yeah it is! How lucky you are, I wish I could be an intership of YG too, it seems difficult yet fun to do, anyway I'm not ready to watch your entire videos because I need to put myself together before seeing the free concert stuff lol, anyway thanks for answering my comment 😁
Omg this is my dream job tbh. I mean not just in YG but ugh this made me so happy. I cant wait to graduate and try this.
Thank you!! and good luck :D :D :D
cari cakes Btw are they still opening for internship?
Not currently, no :/
cari cakes If there is, can you inform me? 🙂 I honestly dont know where to look or find it.
for sure!
wow! that's cool ... cant wait to watch part 2 .. bout dara, and more story bout epik high too.. ^^
Thank youuuu!!!!
wow! so lucky! your timing is like literally goals ahahah. this project sounds so fun i hope YG opens up internships again soon~
you look exactly like Lindsey Stirling
I had to google who she was but i'll totally take that as a compliment!
Now that you said it, yaaass!
omg you are really lucky af you're mentor was the head of your fav band's team project!!!
I was kinda sunrise when i saw this on CZcams! It's really great to hear this experience from you
Btw.. The last part scared me out of hell! My volume was at the loudest😰
+Canny Chen SORRY HAHA
winner!!
:3
I would love to work at a music company in Korea
wow thank you for sharing your experience! it's my dream to work for an entertainment company in korea as well. however i know basically nothing when it comes to speaking or writing korean. do you think that would be a major issue? :)
+Ira Kristelle Solidum Korean would definitely help if you want to work at a company in Korea as more than just an intern :) there are opportunities abroad though like working for MNet America, etc! Good luck!
Thank you for posting this! You telling this story feels like we are just casually hanging out somewhere~ And I love the fact that you just did it with the "why not just try" mentality haha~ You have had some great internships! Really happy you got to experience this all!!
Thank you and that's sort of what I was going for! I was scared it would be awkward with me just talking at the camera haha! Thanks again^^
No, it was really nice! I can tell you it is way different from my point than you, as you actually have been talking to a camera haha! btw, what did you study? Or was that irrelevant to the internship?
TiaChii I studied Communications and East Asian Studies but when I studied abroad I mainly focused on Asian Film and Philosophy^^
and thanks again~
It sounds like a wonderful experience! I wish I wasn't so anxious about everything because doing something because "What th hey, why not?" just seems like it'd be great haha
I honestly don't know what came over me. I think this was one moment where I felt like I had literally nothing to lose so I just went for it. Usually I'm not like that^^
Haha, I know what you mean. I very rarely have moments like that, I used to have them more when I was younger, but they almost always turned out nice.
I love the way you tell the story feels so casual and chill.You were lucky,I love working with people that are friendly and kind,it makes the working experience so much easier.Can't wait for your next video~!
wow.. your storytelling makes it seem like I am experiencing it too..
yay i'm glad!! thank you!
Omg!! This is such an awesome experience, good for you. Sounds so much fun..
Thanks for watching! It really was a dream experience :D
Thank you for sharing your experiences! If I knew about Kpop back in my college days, I would've loved to go to Korea and try out for an internship at YG and teach them a thing or two about proper PR and/or promotions of their artists.
+i2ee Nei2 right?! Haha i dont think i helped too much but hopefully theyre improving hahhaha
You seem like so much fun! I'm so happy I found your videos because you give me hope about moving to Korea and actually making it haha. I hope to run into you one day!!
Thank you so much! I hope you're in Seoul one day too~!! If you ever have questions about jobs/moving hit me up!
cari cakes I definitely will!! Thank you so much!
It's so awesome to see your progress Cari 🌟
To think this was the start of everything is just amazing 💗
Thank you for everything, for just keeping it up , and being the sweetest person that you are 💖💖💖
Not really a YG fan, like I used to be back in -12 and -13 maybe?, I'm also indifferent about it now but I've bumped into a lot of the YG managers - and I dunno if they're very different from the other YG staff, but they didn't have that aura going on - not the one you described at least.
I'm not saying this to put anyone down, I don't actually know the people, but I've always had a good 'vibe'-radar and they just didn't click with it. They could also just have been very stressed everytime I met them I really dunno...
But cool story anyway~ I'll check out part 2 as well.
EmmylouBauer how do you bump into YG staff ???? I wanna knoooooow
NamiiCho, sometimes you're just in the right place at the right time. It's also easier if you live in Seoul~
Wow, that's cool to see a company as big as YG doing such a program.
To also experience is great, seems laid back.
As for me, if I was to go through the same thing - favourite artist at YG?
A year ago would have been BIGBANG since they got me into KPop but now, Akdong Musician or Epik High
Little bit late to the party... Thank you for sharing this! You were really at the right place at the right time... Still waiting on my luck lol!
Heyyy I'm gonna be an exchange student to yonsei uni next year!!!! So excited that I found your channel~~ it really helped me a lot~~!! Thank you
+Blair Jiang awesome!!! I also made a vid about my study abroad experience so i hope that helps too :) let me know if you have any questions!!!
it's so cool of you to share this experience :)
thank you!
This was amazing that you got to work in the kpop industry. So happy that you had worked with such positive people.
wow so glad youtube suggested your video for me!! You're sooo lucky!!! Thanks for sharing this to us!!
+Yiwen Feng thanks for watching!!!!
I need you to elaborate more about what you mean by creating the group WINNER. PLEASE!!!!
Nonono I don't think we came up with WINNER at ALL but I just thought it was funny that our marketing plan was 99% WINNER's concept/marketing plan lol
Very Curious! With that being said, so did you guys came up with the "WIN: Who is Next" survival show with Winner as the winner?
Nope, that was totally made up by YG!
if they would ask me who's my favorite artist I would say IKON ❤
same here..!
ha! i've always had the feeling that the members' personalities are "made", not really their true self. every time i tell this to my friends they would think i'm crazy. i'm solely here for kpop because of their cinematography and visual design hahaha
yeah its not 100% of the time but kpop groups are a product and having multiple "types" in the group help more people fall in love and buy their stuff :/
cari cakes whee you replied! anyways, do they still have this YG idealist program? and do i have to be enrolled as Yonsei student to register? i've been dreaming of designing album pacakgings. kpop physical albums are one of the reason why i'm currently taking design for a degree hahaha
They dont offer it anymore but it was open to everyone so if they do it again it shoudl be the same rules^^
Watching this from 2017 and I'm quite sad. I mean since you mentioned they pretty much "manufactured" and WINNER was already decided even before the WIN program, I'm thinking was the crying of team b because they lost is scripted.. waaaah.. that blew my mind..
Julie Anne Alkuino This might be out of nowhere but if you're an iKONIC you'd see throught their tears during WIN. It was real, like all of their struggles in that entire survival show. But honestly i got sad on that manufactured thing too. Maybe it's just the image that they were told to portray in public.
I'd love to be an intern at YG :'D ♥
So you're telling me that you participated in all these brainstorming and team projects, while not speaking a word of Korean??? Were they all speaking in English?
how did you get your internship?
Alice in Kpopland I wanna know it too;; she must be so lucky omg
She explained it in the video.
Alice in Kpopland did you not watch the video at all??
ops sorry, I kind of got excited right after she said it and commented this..... but yes I did watch the whole video :)
I comment super early when I'm excited about a video too! Lol
I understand how some people can get upset by the fact that kpop groups basically are formed like factories but honestly i feel like the process of making them must be so fun! And it's not like we hate the kpop groups outcome. Obviously it works a pays off to do what companies do
+Anne Dragon definitely!
Definitely appreciate the Epik High love (althoug my favorite is from SM lol) :3
Sounds like a fun experience!
+APXIII2
Wow! Nice video!
The scary~~ YG building.
I wonder what it would be like during halloween? I know that GD goes to NB2... but like... if they dressed the building up.. inside.. I feel it would be extremely scary.. mwahhahahah
Siobhan
enjoyed watching this! you are so lucky omg
THANK YOU!!!!!
Wow this is so cool! So interesting to see where YG is now
thanks for uploading this video!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for watching~
You are sooo cute! Plus this story was so cool! I enjoyed it and im definitely gonna watch part 2!
thank you so much!!!
Very interesting and informative info! Great to hear. Thanks!
+Tue Nguyen thanks so much for watching!
I am at the moment really searching for an internship in korea and you channel showed up somewhere along the lines. 😍i really love your story and hope that i can also have a great time there
best of luck to you!!!
Thank you for doing this video! I'm thinking of going to Korea and really liked to listen to your experience =)
thank you so much for watching!
can you talk about blackpink? if you guys had any input in their concept, YG actually starting teasing about them by the time you were an intern there.
I didn't know anything about blackpink :) i think some other interns mentioned it because they were curious but YG never told us anything!
I accidentally stumbled upon your video and I found it so interesting! For sure checking out part 2. I do have to say though that I couldn't stop thinking about you look almost exactly like the actress Rose Lesley! Esp. When you smile!
I think the best thing to come out of this video is how many new lookalikes i've gained hahaha so many cool redheads i've never heard about!!! thank you so much for watching^^
omh that lizzie McGuire reference was gold and soo true! you lived a really big dream girl!
its 100% what it felt like hahahah especially this experience: czcams.com/video/AlMtuL_A-Ck/video.html
I would love if SM had an intern program. o_O I would die (as a fan)
+Toomuchlaffing my friend works for woolim and was rejected from SM because she was a memeber of EXO's fan club HAHAHHAHHAA like so sad for her but also so funny
cari cakes wow! LOL that's so interesting to know! xD u'd probably have to delete all proof ur a fan of any artist from SM before getting in! which makes sense considering the... _intensity_ of some fans, they have to be careful o_O
+Toomuchlaffing yeah!! But i know jellyfish hires their volunteers all the time so i guess SM is just extra sensitive haha
this sounds like the best job i could ever have ... ive seriously never been as interested in a job as this internship this sounds amazing & i hope i can get an opportunity like this
thanks for sharing all this precious experience!! although i am a Taiwanese can't understand every each words If it has the subtitle would be totally great!but i'm willing listen to you talk more ! you are a great clearly speaker also very cute!! i really want to have a chance to work in yg i will prepare hard for it
so sad that yg idealist isn't exist now wish i could get a opportunity one day!
Thank you so much for watching^^ Hopefully one day this will be subtitled~
Sooooo I kind of want to sign up for this.. Lol thanks for sharing! I am SO jelly!
+itsNinaLeeyo thanks for watching ^^
Who else are watching it in 2021
I'm SO glad you shared your story I enjoyed it soooo much!
yaaay!!! im glad :D:D
cari cakes I know it's a Long time from now but I have plans to attend summer school @ yonsei in 2018 tooooo! & your story inspired me so much! Feels like I'm overestimating myself but maybe I'll try to apply for their YG's internship as well hehe fingers crossed!
omg!!!! 2018 isnt that far ;) so excited for you!
YAY! It's so good to hear your experience and I'm so glad it was a wonderful experience! Was the application in Korean too? Did you get a Korean friend to help you and filled in the application in Korea or English? I can't wait for part 2!!!
The application was all in English~ Thank you!!!
When you say all kpop groups are manufactured, I don't think this is how every label in korea works.
at some level they all are, since they're a product of a company not an organically formed group
@@caricakes I agree, kpop groups are not like bands forming in their garage. But I feel like not all labels create personalities and dictate how they act in interviews. So, not all korean companies operate the same way.
I'm pretty sure I said that in the video or description~ Sorry if you didn't understand!
oh my god, so your team come up with the idea of WINNER? SO COOL!!!!!
hahhahah i dont think we did but it was funny that our idea matched so well :)
cari cakes haha, I have to admit that the idea of WINNER is so fantastic! It shows us the energy and power of both teams~favorite show!!!
Shakira and Tablo would be so amazing 😱
Wow this is actually a great business strategy on yg entertainment. pretty much hiring this Cari cakes s a strategy of influencing English speaking counties particularly America
Awesooomeee!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 thanks for sharing
thanks for WATCHING!!!!
great video! you're a great speaker!
Thank you!
I've always said how Kpop should incorporate spanish regeatton or music in general such as Shakira it would be so epic!!
RIGHT?!?!?!? I really need it to happen hahahhaha
Regaeton????? I'd rather kill myself
I'm from San Diego, I grew up on reggaeton hahahaha not that i'd consider Shakira reggaeton...
O.O... I didn't even know there's such thing where have I been.. .__.
Thanks for sharing!! :D
+CLXMin thanks for watching! I didnt know about it either until a fee months before i went~
cari cakes Cool!! Where are you originally from tho? :D
+CLXMin from California!!
This sounds amazinggg!! I've always wanted to do an internship with an entertainment company, especially YG cause kind of a big fan lol. I never thought it was possible but this definitely sparked my hopes and dreams again. If you have any more information for how or where to apply I would appreciate it soooo much ! Also I love your other videos ! I was in Seoul last year and your videos make me miss being in Korea. Definitely need to plan another trip back ~
Thank you so much for watching! Right now I have no new news about the program, but I always keep tumblr updated^^ And I hope you're back in Korea soon!!!!
I never thought YG would allow someone to publicly talk about their company as an employee ...
+ruthjjr why? Haha there were articles published about this program haha
cari cakes I didn't know that lol I just figured since he always likes to keep things private when asked about his idols (according to interviews )
We didnt work on anything too top secret so i think we're safe^^
Vibe casting might actually be effective hahahaha I'm happy for you
+Jess jms thankyou! And yeah after hiring interns myself its definitely about the vibe. As long as theyre good people, you can teach them to work but you cant teach people to be good people haha
How did you communicate with the people there? Did you have to study Korean for this internship?
How did you understand your project tasks or communicate with your group If you couldn't speak Korean?
wow that sounds like it was such a cool experience. sounds like something that would happen to me lol...filling out applications for the heck of it and then not knowing anything once i got hired but having a great time anyway lol! ...so cool.
omg i follow your tumblr didnt even realize this was you!!! how cool!
+Alycia R wahhhh hi~~~~!!!
Congratss and nice to meet yaaa
the only korean song i heard since childhood was gangnam style lmao and since i didnt knew it was korean i also made my own lyrics (misheard lyrics)...that song is really famous among people in my country till now...and when i was into kpop i was really shocked to realize that gangnam style was also a kpop song...haha
wow, its really an awesome journey and video by you. And yg has always been my favourite company. Can you tell me on how i can get an internship placement at there too? Is there any way to apply? Hope to hear from you soon and thank you for the amazing video❤
Right now the internship applications are closed unless you are fluent in Korean (or Japanese for their Japanese office) but I will keep you updated!
aww thank you so much
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