Korean American OG - Old Guy - reacts to VCHA "Girls of the Year" M/V [] We gotta hit~

[@Bran-ll5sr]

The first girl you saw is Lexi. She is the leader of the group. She's actually Hmong. The Hmong people are a small Indigenous tribe located in South East Asia. They find their roots spreading from Southern China to Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. The Main vocalist is Camila who is also the oldest, you saw her in the video as the girl in the crowd walking up to the stage. She's ethnically Cuban, but is from Quebec, Canada; so she speaks very good French and Spanish. She was actually a finalist for The Voice Junior Canada. Kendall is the girl you saw in the choreography climbing on the other members. She's half Vietnamese from her mom's side, and white-american on her Dad's side. She's actually be in a commercial for her school before; one of those technical programs that teaches children about sciences. KG is the other main vocalist, the blonde girl. She's from LA California. A very versatile singer who started out actually singing in theater and country pop. She used to be in a band with her brothers. Savanna is the girl with the curly hair. She ethnically is Venezuelan and Trinibagonian. She was originally going to be a gymnast until she was injured, and is one of the lead rappers of the group with Lexi. The Korean girl is Kaylee, the 막내, she debuted very young, only 14 years old compared to the other girls who are all between 16-18. She's actually been to multiple audition programs for survival shows prior to finally making it on A2K. She was teaching the girls Korean phrases when they were training in Korea the past year.

[@cheusingher8734]

Thanks for the in-depth member info! I know already but I didn’t wanna write all of it haha. You’re going to be a big help in this new fandom haha.

[@komerican-og]

I have pretty good knowledge about all the cultures, including Hmong. Like I just told another viewer, tossing balls and how beautiful and agreeable the ladies are. However, I am not sure about Trinibagonian. Is that someone from Trinidad or? Talk about diversity though. Hope they get their dreams.

[@ronamorrisbanuel6292]

Yes it refers to someone who is from Trinidad and Tobago ​@@komerican-og

[@anafrinil6310]

What a fun song! VCHA represents with 3 Asians, 2 Latinas and 1 White girl and all with multilingual skills I don't think shared by any other K Pop group (English, Spanish, French, VietNamese, Lao and Korean). They have family roots in Korea, US, Canada, Spain, Cuba, Laos, VietNam, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. They'll be opening for TWICE's stadium show in Vegas in March.

[@komerican-og]

They would make great travel buddies. So many languages and cultures.

[@cheusingher8734]

Lexi’s language is Hmong(pronounced Hmoob but the language itself is very difficult to learn at the start. Even as a Hmong person myself, I still struggle haha. It’s a dying language). But Lao is close. Hmong people came from China, but traveled to Laos, Thailand during Vietnam war then came to the US, and sometimes other countries, but mainly US. Kendall is half Caucasian and Vietnamese. But yes they’re very diverse and I hope more come out in the future after VCha and other global kpop groups succeed.

[@komerican-og]

@@cheusingher8734 Hmong ladies are known to be very pleasant and beautiful. I don't think they still toss balls to boys in the US but I thought that was cutest festival ever.The ladies are in good hands so I hope they hit it big. ^^

[@cheusingher8734]

I agree. They’re very wholesome, but I’d hope they start making more anthem like bad girl vibes but still trying to send good messages with their songs. So far so good, and wholesome inspirational mv’s and lyrics. I think overtime they will develop a more mature sound and lyricism and have a more girl crush theme every now and then. I think Savanna and Lexi will have that power. You can already see from each video she has a strong gaze and Kendall has the kpop look, especially in her first appearance in the pre chorus. She nailed that part. Can’t wait to see how they do overtime.

[@AlexaAriGo]

you're the first person I've seen on KZbin who's pronouncing both NiziU and Vcha correctly 😂👌 bless

[@ziuni2147]

정확한 분석같네요! VCHA! 가 크게 성공하길 바랍니다!! 응원해요!

[@BABYMONSTER_RORA_RAMI_AHYEON]

SOLID DEBUT !!!

[@zeroestefania1429]

BEST DEBUT EVER!!

[@hss2941]

처음에 한국인 같다고 한 멤버인 렉시는 몽족이라고 합니다. 몽족은 고구려 후예로 알려져 있어요. 고구려 멸망 후 중국쪽으로 이주해서 현재 중국 남부와 동남아시아 산악지형에 많이 살고 있어요. 외모가 정말 한국인처럼 생겼고, 그들의 문화도 한국과 비슷하며, 사용하는 언어도 보면 발음이 한국어와 비슷한 게 많습니다.

[@Zxcvbm1188]

어쩐 비슷하게 생겼더라구요 한국인이랑 오랜 세월에걸쳐 약간 동남아시아나 중국인종과 섞였겠지만 참 친근하게생겼어요 렉시가 그래서 더 정이갑니다

[@uncchristine99]

omg! I am Hmong and never knew that. We have a complicated history with many conflicting origination theories among historians... some with Chinese roots, some with indigenous roots in Russia, some with links to possible shared roots with native Americans. Unfortunately, we don't have much written history. I'd say we look most similar to Chinese today and we have tonal language like Mandarin. I think Lexi looks very Hmong. Other Asians may see her and say she's Chinese.

[@Zxcvbm1188]

@uncchristine99 I just searched about hmong people's origin, like history where you guys were came from. I found out that yes there were many Kokuryeo (that was name of Koreans people called thousands of years ago) ppl that moved to Southern part of china today. So it is really true that some Hmong people are from Koreans and for many years you have different kinds of originalities from other countries and have become as of you now. I see why lexie was very familar looking to me. Now she is even looking more Korean with Korean styling. I love her so much, and she introduced me to study about hmong history.

[@uncchristine99]

@qazxsw722 that is so cool! Thank you for learning about Hmong people. Very happy that Lexi can inspire others to learn about us. We have few famous Hmong people and the whole community is so proud of Lexi to be the 1st Kpop star.

[@Zxcvbm1188]

yes I mean I thank you hmong community who support for our lexie behind. she is not only inspiring hmong community she is inspiring many people all around the world and I am one of them; I just love her geniune , funny, and kind personality and her talent and beauty!! I will learn more about hmong people and it is so interesting to learn new culture.:)@@uncchristine99

[@osimmelo-]

It gives more of 'high school musical' vibe.

[@Nopebrbra]

It doesnt at all, nothing about high school music vibe here

[@osimmelo-]

@@Nopebrbra atleast imo.