# E1 - The Show Must Go On
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6W4WWQ2R/the-show-must-go-on)
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*Artist Republic Performers.*
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*ARP for short.*
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* A group composed of some*
* of Japan's finest singers and dancers,*
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*aiming to make it big on a global level.*
***SIGN*** Music can change the world.
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Coming!
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Good work today, guys.
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Thanks!
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That went great!
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Thanks.
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I know you guys must be tired,
but there's one more game you have to do.
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A punishment game?
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Why?
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We're actually going to be doing an
interview for the Backstage Pass anime?
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No shit?
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Reiji has to meditate!
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Right now?
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Let me see if I've got clothes...
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That anime thing's been going forward, huh?
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Um...
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Let's start with this:
tell us how you got into ARP.
***SIGN*** How did you get into ARP?
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Well,
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the first thing I want you to know is
that while we're professional performers,
***SIGN*** Performing Arts Department
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we're also students at ISM.
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Who can tell me the 3rd note in this chord?
***SIGN*** Shinji Kanou
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Nobody? Nobody knows?
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Kanou-kun, then.
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Yes.
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Were you paying attention?
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I'm sorry, sir.
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What's the 3rd...
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A flat.
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It's A flat.
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Then... what's the next note?
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G flat.
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Bravo.
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Okay, who can tell me about this next chord?
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I'm home.
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I've studied the violin, piano,
ballet, and many other fine arts
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since I was a child.
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The violin, especially.
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My father was a musician,
so I've even done recitals.
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But... I wasn't able to
live up to his expectations.
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All right.
***SIGN*** I'm waiting in the chairman's office
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A heart?
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Excuse me.
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Shinji Kanou...
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Our top student in terms of both
grades and performing skills.
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Wonderful.
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Artist Republic Performers.
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A group composed of some of
Japan's finest singers and dancers,
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with the skills to compete
on a global level.
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That's ARP.
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Welcome to ARP.
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ARP.
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ARP.
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Rebel Cross's old name was Cross Bone.
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We were a four-man band, based out
of a concert hall in Yokohama.
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Concert halls, street performances...
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We made some money,
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and well, we had some good times.
***SIGN*** Daiya Koumoto
***SIGN*** Reiji Hida
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What the hell's this?
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Some kind of coupon?
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I hope it's for a restaurant.
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What? A fan letter?
***SIGN*** Your concert was great
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Hey, gimme some more noodles.
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Dude, stop ordering extra noodles.
We're broke this month.
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Rock dies the second you start
thinking about money.
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We'll die before rock does. Of starvation.
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Fine by me.
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What do we do now?
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With what now?
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The concerts are going fine.
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We ain't rich, but we ain't dying
in the street, either.
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It's pretty fun too, sure.
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But this isn't it, right?
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Mother Earth can shove global warming up her ass.
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Dude, don't talk smack about Mother Earth.
Is your air conditioner broke?
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Who the hell are you?
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Sorry to intrude. Reiji Hida-kun
and Daiya Koumoto-kun, right?
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Producer?
***SIGN*** Planning & Sales HQ
ARP Producer
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ARP? From those cards?
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So if we go to this ISM place and
study there, we can make it big?
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Yup. You'll be given
scholarships and free tuition.
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You can have rooms
at the dorm too, if you want.
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For free, of course.
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Ow!
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You might not know this, man,
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but we can hit it big any time we want.
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We're at the point where we're throwing
10,000 yen bills in the garbage
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just 'cause we don't have a place to put them.
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Of course. Yeah, I'm sure.
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But I hope you'll consider it.
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It's not a bad deal.
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Debut. Free tuition.
Dorm. And three meals a day.
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Three meals? Three meals a day?
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Um, okay. Three meals a day.
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ISM's got a great cafeteria.
I'll make it happen.
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What's your take, Daiya?
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Debut. Free tuition. Dorm.
And all you can eat 24 hours a day.
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You just said that last one now, right? Right?
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Um, okay.
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If it keeps your mind focused
on your lessons and your concerts,
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that's more than fine with me.
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I can see that you're willing
to roll out the red carpet for us.
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We'll think about it.
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But don't get your hopes up.
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Okay. I hope to hear from you soon—
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Anyway, we have a concert to go to.
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That was a tough negotiation.
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Yeah. We won't have to worry
about money for a while.
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We're gonna hit it big he says, Reiji?
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Yeah. Not that I don't think
the guy's a con man.
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But maybe we can get to the next stage.
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The next stage...
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Yeah. You're right.
**[15:04] ---**
ARP.
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ARP.
***SIGN*** Leon Fujiwara
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I really wanted to be in ARP.
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I saw the other guys singing on the stage,
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and I just thought it was amazing.
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The performance was just incredible.
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So cool.
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I wanted to be up on the stage with them, too.
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Leon-kun makes everything he does look easy.
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He's super-fast when he's recording, too.
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Yeah, he just burns right through it.
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He says, "I wish I could
sing more, but this is fine."
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I see.
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And he has something he's
not very good at, right?
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He does?
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What is it?
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This is a picture he drew, right?
***SIGN*** Thank You
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That's right. Miia-tan.
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Cute, huh?
**[21:10] ---**
Hello there, all you out there
watching *ARP Backstage Pass*.
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Hi there.
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Is anybody actually watching?
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I'm sure there.
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So, ARP's anime, *Backstage Pass*,
has finally begun.
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How did you like it?
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Did you enjoy it?
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I sure did!
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He wasn't asking you.
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Hey, hey, Kanou-kun.
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Kanou-kun...
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What? Wait, are you deliberately
calling me "Kanou-kun"?
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I figured the people watching
wouldn't know who you are.
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They're not gonna recognize the guy
with the glasses and goofy hair.
***SIGN*** Guy with Glasses
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Yes. That may be right, right.
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I'm Shinji. It's me.
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I'm the guy in the glasses.
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Quiet, you.
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Shinji-kun had the goofy hair,
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Goofy hair?
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but what about Reiji-kun
and Daiya-san? Was that okay?
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You shouldn't be allowed to show that.
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No, it wasn't that bad.
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Looking back, it's a little bad, yeah.
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But Leon, your intro
was kind of cheating, right?
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Yeah, that's right.
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They showed Rebel Cross back
when we were still kind of amateurs,
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but Leon-kun's intro was
basically like a promo video.
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It totally felt like I was
the main character.
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Shut up. You don't get to say that.
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Why didn't they show those weird
t-shirts that you always wear?
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That's not fair.
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I don't wear weird t-shirts.
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You sure do!
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You do, actually.
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Anyway, let's move on.
**[22:36] ---**
So this anime will show you the things
you can't see from our stage,
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in other words, our backstage.
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It's documentary-style,
with interviews with us and our friends,
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and dramatic reenactments of things
that really happened.
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You'll be able to see us not just as performers,
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but get to know the real us.
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So yeah, that's fine, but...
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No, it's not fine, it's important.
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Speaking of our friends, Matsumoto.
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He has a lot of screen time.
***SIGN*** Matsumoto-kun
**[23:02] ---**
Yeah, can you let a guy like
that on the screen?
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He's just a normal dude.
**[23:07] ---**
As the interviewer,
he had more dialogue than us.
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That's right.
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But yeah, there'll be lots of characters
like him, or the chairman,
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people who you'd need to get to
know to understand our lives.
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And it's only going to
get more dramatic from here.
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We hope you enjoyed the first
episode of ARP Backstage Pass.
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Episode 2 will feature me, Shinji,
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and show you how I came to make my debut.
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All together...
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Look forward to it!
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See you soon!
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I hope you'll watch every week!