"Were there any songs that you really liked listening to?
KAZUHA: I fell in love with K-pop after I first listened to BLACKPINK’s music. I think I randomly saw the “BOOMBAYAH” music video on YouTube. I can still remember how amazed I was when I first saw it. I was like, What is this whole new world? (laughs) And I saw them perform live in concert when they came to Osaka.
Oh, you went to their concert. (laughs)
KAZUHA: When I saw the performance with my own two eyes, it was so impressive and moving that I literally cried. I had seen many ballet performances up to that point, but it was cool in a totally different way from ballet. I think that was when I thought I wanted to be on stage, too. The members of BLACKPINK are cool and pretty at the same time and really charismatic, so I really had this kind of feeling that I wanted to be like that, too. Not the cute girl image, but like a cool woman."