Conan O'Brien and Steven Yeun K-pop Style

April 10, 2016 12:38 PM

Conan O'Brien and Steven Yeun go to Korea and end up in J.Y. Park's "Fire" music video along with the Wonder Girls and Twice.

More Conan links from his Korean visit:

Conan Guest Stars In A Korean Soap Opera

Conan & Steven Yeun Enjoy A Traditional Korean Meal

Conan & Steven Yeun Visit A Buddhist Temple

#ConanKorea Outtakes: Behind The Scenes Of Conan's K-Pop Video

posted by needled (20 comments total)

The music video was WTF but I really enjoyed the traditional Korean meal and the Buddhist temple videos. The monk has a Samsung phone AND an iPhone!
posted by tickingclock at 1:02 PM on April 10, 2016

One thing Music Box has shown me is that, per capita, there are more blondes in Korea than in Sweden.
posted by y2karl at 1:04 PM on April 10, 2016

Is there anyone else better at both being exasperated and making other people exasperated than Conan?
posted by Guy Smiley at 1:44 PM on April 10, 2016 [4 favorites]

Stephen Yeun is delightful :)
posted by torisaur at 1:45 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

This is awesome.

If you enjoy Korean-based comedy with Steven Yeun, you should check out "What's Eating Steven Yeun?" where he goes to Korea and tries to become a Mokbang (voyeuristic eating, I guess I'd describe it) star. Also featuring Sandara Park of 2NE1.
posted by thefoxgod at 1:48 PM on April 10, 2016 [3 favorites]

That is not the Korea I knew in 1950.
posted by Postroad at 1:50 PM on April 10, 2016 [4 favorites]

Conan's Rock Star Airport Reception In Korea

The beginning of the clip explains why he went to Korea (and also why there's a large box of snacks on his desk at the beginning of the "Fire" video).
posted by needled at 2:06 PM on April 10, 2016

> That is not the Korea I knew in 1950.

We are thankful for that.
posted by ardgedee at 2:10 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

So, Postroad is a Korean War vet.
*makes note*
posted by y2karl at 2:35 PM on April 10, 2016

I love this video! Steven Yeun is pretty much the best no matter what, and I particularly enjoy perplexed psychadellic transformation Conan.
posted by Secretariat at 3:15 PM on April 10, 2016

I love that this thread has more comments than GnR getting back together.
posted by habeebtc at 3:35 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

Not as good as Jack Black on Muhan Dojeon.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 3:54 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

The DMZ segment was pretty funny but also like kind of stressful. Like I thought there was a non-zero chance that the DPRK would storm the building to kidnap some westerners, or some other kind of international incident.
posted by danny the boy at 3:57 PM on April 10, 2016 [2 favorites]

So, Postroad is a Korean War vet.
*makes note*

Or a Kaiju.
posted by AdamCSnider at 3:57 PM on April 10, 2016 [3 favorites]

It's striking how much different Conan looks with that eye makeup. I think he should keep it.
posted by LobsterMitten at 4:16 PM on April 10, 2016 [2 favorites]

I really like Conan's travelogue stuff. I could see him doing a ~7 episode miniseries based solely around that.
posted by codacorolla at 4:57 PM on April 10, 2016 [4 favorites]

"This is Conan O'Brian saying, 'I've ruined another country.'" (Trigger warning: fake penis, motorbike, octopus)
posted by Guy Smiley at 5:50 PM on April 10, 2016

I'm sure they played it up for laughs, but I kinda love that Yeun is no expert. "What's in this?" "Oh...Whatever my mom put in it? I don't know!" REALISTIC.
posted by wintersweet at 8:38 PM on April 10, 2016 [9 favorites]

Will Conan interview Kim Jong Un in North Korea with Jordan Schlansky translating, because of course Schlansky speaks fluent in Korean. Or was that a movie?
posted by humanfont at 9:54 PM on April 10, 2016

Potato salad continues to be a banchan mainstay, even in Korea itself! YIS Long live potato salad banchan!
posted by ignignokt at 12:31 PM on April 11, 2016