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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
So, I saw the live stream of the New York's New Year moment.
The countdown moment.
Yeah.
It was like 2...
In Japan, it was like 2 p.m.
2 p.m.
Of January 1st.
That was the countdown moment.
It was a huge...
It was a...
It was...
There were a lot of people.
A lot of people in Times Square.
Was it like official live streaming?
Yeah, it was done by the New York Times Square channel, I think.
Wow.
They have that channel.
Yeah.
Apparently, they do.
And they had like a show of like 5 or 6 artists.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, they put like a stage on it.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
And I guess that could be like an American version of Kohaku.
True.
But it was so チャラい, you know.
They had Flo Rida on there.
They were singing, you know, My House and all that shit.
And all these like big booty dancers.
Yeah, yeah.
Like bling, bling.
Bling, bling dancers.
They were like...
And Flo Rida was like,
Party people, put your hands up!
All that stuff.
And they were using like the cold counter like,
Do, do, do!
Okay.
And that was so different.
That was so like club vibe.
And I thought that was so different from the Japanese version.
Yeah, yeah.
And that was funny.
Wow.
That's funny.
True.
And then after that, some artists came.
And some legendary artists.
I did not know that person.
But sang Imagine by the Beatles or John Lennon.
And that was the last song.
And after that, it was the ball drop.
I see, I see.
Yeah, it was ball drop.
Like 60 second ball drop.
60 second?
Yeah, it was a 60 second ball drop, yeah.
Is that like, when does the ball start to drop?
So, yeah.
60 seconds before the New Year's.
Okay, okay.
It was like, 23 o'clock, 59 minutes.
At that moment, they would push the button.
It was like a huge button.
Okay.
And they would all click it.
And then the ball starts to drop.
And the countdown starts.
The 60 second countdown starts.
And then...
60?
Yeah, 60.
60 second countdown, yeah.
And then, yeah, boom.
I see, I see.
Yeah.
Wow.
Was that like exciting?
Or like...
Yeah, it was actually...
Yeah, it was a very happy vibe.
People were all, you know, very happy.
Yeah, yeah.
And, yeah.
Yeah, they hug and kiss each other.
Yeah.
Right after it turned into Happy New Year's, the first cut was like a gay couple kissing.
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Oh, yeah.
Right?
And then another couple kissing.
And then another couple kissing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Everybody was kissing, making out.
And then...
Yeah.
That played for like, I don't know, for like 20 seconds.
And then the music changed to...
Yeah.
And that went on for a good, I don't know, like 5, 10 minutes.
And then the show kind of ended.
I see.
The shikaisha went back on stage and were like,
Happy New Year, have a good New Year's, guys.
We'll see you again.
And then the live stream kind of ended.
Wow.
Yeah.
That's the show.
Yeah, it's the show.
Yeah.
Right.
It's quite different from what we do in Japan.
Very different.
Yeah.
Very different.
It's like a party.
Yeah, it's a party.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That were in Times Square, they were wearing diapers.
What?
Diapers.
Omutsu.
Diapers.
Because if they...
There's no bathroom.
Oh.
And if they were to leave the area for the bathroom,
they would be leaving the spot for other people.
They would be giving up the spot, right?
Wow.
So they would have to go to the edge again.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So they can't go to the bathroom.
Wow.
So they were all wearing diapers.
Wow.
Pretty severe shit.
True.
Yeah.
How long you have to wait?
So people started lining up from 8 a.m. from that day.
8 a.m.?
8 a.m.
Yeah.
Until the midnight, right?
Until midnight.
So...
Wow.
That's a very long time.
Yeah, that's a very long time.
Yeah.
Wow.
I didn't know that.
Yeah.
So it's not something that you can casually go and see.
You cannot do that.
You definitely cannot do that.
You're too naive to do that.
Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah.
Amazing.
Right.
I remember when we went to the Times Square and saw the ball.
The ball, yeah.
Yeah.
But, you know, at the moment I didn't know that much about those things.
So I was like, yeah, that's okay.
That's the ball.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
But that was the place, right?
That was the place, yeah.
Yeah.
That's right.
Look at that little corner, like...
Mm-hmm.
Maybe.
I don't exactly know precisely which position it was.
But, yeah, around there.
Yeah, yeah.
Around there.
Right.
Wow.
Was there any, like, dancers?
Yeah.
I mean, Flo Rida.
I mean...
Oh, you mean, like, the street performers?
The street performers, yeah.
None of the street performers were there.
It was just all packed with people.
Wearing some costumes.
Uh-uh.
No Mickey Mouses.
No.
Uh-uh.
No Minnie Mouse.
No.
None like that.
Oh, really?
Yeah, I think so.
Okay.
Right.
Wow.
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I wanted to go to Korea, but I couldn't.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know, I was, like, planning on, like, maybe I would go to Korea for New Year's.
That's true.
That's true.
But no, I couldn't.
I failed to do that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But you watched Times Square.
I did.
The street one.
Yeah, I did.
It was good?
It was good.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
I'm still curious to know what it's like in Korea during New Year's.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True.
Oh, did you know in Georgia, Georgia is known for the peaches?
Yeah.
Yeah.
They do a peach drop instead of a ball drop.
Yeah.
Wow.
Georgia does the peach drop.
Oh, that's a funny joke.
Yeah.
It's a funny joke.
Yeah, that's funny.
Yeah.
They make like this cheap – it's cheap looking.
Cheap looking peach shaped ball.
Yeah.
And it's not even that high.
It's held up by some crane, some construction crane.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And it's not even that high.
It's like a five-story building height.
Slowly go down.
That's funny.
Yeah.
How many people are coming to see that?
Like 500, I guess.
Something like that.
Probably not that much.
Yeah.
Not that much.
Wow.
New York, they said like 1.3 million people.
1.3 million people in Times Square.
Wow.
That's a lot of people, right?
1.3 million?
Yeah.
Wow.
That's a lot of people.
That's a lot.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Wow.
Right.
It must be like very packed.
It is fucking –
And like –
It is fucking crazy.
Crazy.
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow.
Right.
So there you go.
Thanks for sending, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.