Video Killed the Radio Star The Next Step

Previously on The Next Step...

I'm the dance captain, that's why I deserve to have the best dancer.

I'm tired of the way that Emily's treating me.

I'm just not going to take it anymore.

It's simple. Michelle has to go.

I am dancing terribly.

Riley usually gets nervous.

She's very shy, but she's an amazing dancer.

Is it OK if I step out early?

I don't give special treatments to any of my dancers.

Get back in your spot.

I don't want anyone knowing I have a job.

I don't want anyone to think that I'm not 100% focused on dance.

He's always trying to show off and I'm not falling for it.

All right, from the top, guys.

Right now, what I'm doing is taking the kids through a combo,

getting them ready for a surprise.

I have no idea what this rehearsal is for.

All I do know is that we're dancing to Brighter Brightest,

so it has to be good.

Hold it, hold it, hold it! Nice!

Good job, dancers.

OK. All right, dolphin tail!

THEY MAKE DOLPHIN SOUNDS

-Do you guys like the new song?

-Yes!

-Woo!

-So does anybody know who this band is?

-Brighter Brightest!

-Brighter Brightest.

So, for those of you who do or do not know, I'm actually good

friends with the band and I did their last music video.

And they're actually doing another music video

and they want some dancers. But not just any dancers!

Our dancers.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, hold on, hold on, hold on.

-I'm just joking.

-What?!

No, I'm not! Get excited!

Brighter Brightest coming to the Next Step Studio is a huge deal.

Clearly I'm not as excited as my younger sister,

who is probably their biggest fan.

I'm so excited. Sorry.

Just I can't wait. I can't wait.

How should I act around the band? I mean, I want to be cool, right?

-Yeah.

-Is asking their autograph kind of uncool?

I mean like asking their autograph might be cool, I don't know.

-Just be chill.

-No. I can't just be chill.

Riley is so going to get nervous.

Let's be serious, though. Like, you get nervous sometimes.

Are you kidding me? I do not get nervous.

OK, OK. Practise on me. Ask for my autograph.

I don't need to practise because I don't get nervous.

You'll freeze up. Practise.

Can I have your autograph? See? Perfect.

I'm going to be so cool around Brighter Brightest.

It's not even a question.

Just do it like that. That was perfect.

Honestly.

-Oh!

-Hi. Hi, Chris. Hi.

-Chris.

-We just spoke on the phone.

-Yes, we did.

-Buddy, how are you?

-Derek, Alex, Brighter Brightest.

'They're right there in the flesh in front of me.

'It's all coming true. It's all happening.'

Sha-shamal-shama...

Uhshh-Riley...

Riley is so nervous.

She's speaking a language that hasn't even been invented.

I just start speaking another language because of him.

-It's all James's fault.

-I knew it.

-Er...

-That's a beautiful accent.

-Yeah, is that Swahili? Or...

It's lovely. Yeah.

I feel so sad for Riley. I just want to give her a hug.

-All right, let's see some freestyling.

-Uh...

She's fine, she's...

James, you're up.

Right now, we're just showing Derek and Alex how we dance.

They just need to make sure that we're good enough

to be in their video.

I have so much adrenaline right now.

I'm dancing for this band that is going to put me

in their music video.

I'm like, OK, let me turn it up a notch and just

show them personality and be me.

So I had this whole thing planned out

to dance great and I kind of messed up speaking to them,

but I thought if I show them that I'm a good dancer,

everything will be good again.

Same thing happened. Just like I forgot how to speak,

I forgot how to move.

I dig deep down inside myself and all I pull out is this.

Right now, I am a foreign person

who does really bad cartwheels.

Like really? Really?

-So, Derek, Alex, what do you think?

-We loved it.

That was fantastic! You guys brought it. We're so impressed.

-We're going to make a great video.

-What was I supposed to do?

I thought you were going to impress them. You just froze.

-Can you please stop?

-OK.

You have no idea how hard it is to stand in front of them and dance!

OK, I'm sorry. Just go ask for their autograph.

-Hey! Yoo-hoo?

-Hello!

-In the back!

At the back! A little disruptive.

Listen, you have Brighter Brightest here, it's an opportunity.

How about you show a little professionalism? OK? Come on in.

-Bring it in here.

-Pay attention.

I'm thinking, great, they now caught us doing something embarrassing,

and, of course, it's James's fault again.

Uh-sha... I...

It's... Yeah, anyways,

erm, the song definitely has a lot of chemistry, you know?

It's definitely about a relationship and you guys have a lot of chemistry,

there's something obviously going on back there.

How can I have chemistry with somebody that irritating?

Well, they're right. I just hope Riley sees it.

No. Not at all. No way.

No.

We want you guys to be the focus of the video.

Did you hear that?

Being the focus of the music video, although it may be with James,

it's still amazing! I can't even believe

it's happening right now. Like, it's unreal.

Listen, tall order, it's time sensitive,

we need it all by tomorrow.

All right, you will have it by tomorrow for sure.

-Fantastic.

-Awesome.

-OK. All right.

-Thank you so much.

-Thanks a lot, man.

-We're going to make a video!

Yeah, it's happening.

-Ms Kate?

-Hey, Chloe.

-Hi.

I'm not going to be able to make it

to the Brighter Brightest video shoot.

I have a personal commitment.

We're shooting a music video!

If she wants to leave for a personal commitment,

Chloe's not ready for A-Troupe.

I don't want to miss it, there's just something I've got to do.

I can't go to the video shoot

because I have to take a shift at work.

What is it that you have to do?

I can't tell Kate about my job because if you're in A-Troupe,

you should be solely focused on dance.

So, really, nobody in A-Troupe ever has a job. It's really rare.

It's just a personal thing. I...already committed to it.

Well, you're committed to this dance studio as well.

Maybe Chloe's going through a phase where she'd

rather hang out with her friends from school or go shopping

as opposed to be in the studio every night.

But that's what A-troupe is.

You know what? Actually, I'll be there.

-I think I just got the dates mixed up.

-OK, good.

All right. Thanks.

At this point, I'm going to try and find someone to cover my shift

so that I don't have to miss the music video shoot.

I'm just praying for a miracle right now.

All right! Let's get it together, guys.

I'm going to teach you what we'll do for Brighter Brightest

and then we'll have to clean it, OK? We need this ready by tomorrow.

As dance captain, I often have to choreograph routines last minute.

Five, six, seven, eight, one...

Prepare on the five.

Then it's just one, and your hands above the head.

-Can we do a double?

-And you land out of it. No.

We're going to do single.

A single's not as exciting, though, we should do a double.

-But single works for the music.

-But like, it...

The single works for the music! So let's go back.

'It's really just showcasing her, you know?'

It's not really incorporating anybody else's strengths or ideas.

I kind of disagree with Emily, but I'm not going to say anything

because don't want there to be any more drama than there already is.

It goes out, in, out, in.

-Like a circle. Like...

-Kind of girly.

Emily's choreography is boring.

It's Brighter Brightest, not Dimmer Dimmest.

You're pretty dim, so that name would suit you better, wouldn't it?

I've just had enough.

-Do you like any of my ideas?

-None. Ready?

HE MOOS LIKE A COW

-What did you just do?

-Pardon?

That noise you just made.

The reason I mooed was to throw Emily off her game.

Emily, are you OK?

Maybe like the snaps just got you kind of ...

The snaps didn't get to me. You guys are making noises.

HE BARKS

THEY MAKE ANIMAL SOUNDS

When all of the other guys

step up and start making animal noises with me, that's my boys!

HE WHINNIES

They don't realise how important this is.

It has to get done tomorrow.

Either way, they need to get out of my face.

Stop!

If they won't work seriously, then they can't work with me.

-Get out.

-You mean like out of like...

-No. Get out!

-I'm down to get out of this rehearsal.

-You know what? Yeah.

Yo, looks like it's boys against the girls, then.

Exactly how it should be.

THEY MAKE ANIMAL NOISES

They can go act immature and like children somewhere else.

We don't need them in our dance. This is serious.

It's just wasting so much time. We have to get this done.

Try this one, like boom, pop, down.

-Oh, nice. I like that.

-Try it out, bro.

All right. So just come down?

Dude, yo. You almost wrecked my ankle. Wassup, man?

We're in Studio B right now because Emily kind of kicked out

all the boys from Studio A.

I'm Tiffany and I like to...

All right, who am I?

I just really want to fit in.

-Totally Michelle.

-Michelle.

We all have the same sense of humour. It's always a fun time.

What about this one? This one!

Hey, guys, er, sorry I'm late.

-Chloe!

-Chloe!

Oh, I love working with the boys.

They're so chill and so much fun to be around.

We're going to kill it.

OK, let's start rehearsal. Oh, my goodness.

Emily, please! Go out with me!

Please!

I don't think that's a very good impersonation of me.

Yo, man, I don't even care, 'kay?

Oh, James, James!

-Like, I don't even care anymore.

-Oh, you're so good!

Yeah, whatever.

We kind of just impersonated the E Girls

to see how it would go and it was actually really a lot of fun.

I'm not really sure if separating the boys and girls is a great idea.

I don't really think it's going to work.

I think we should work as a team.

Me and James are the focus of this music video

and he is now in another studio completely,

so I don't know what's going to happen with that.

Hey, guys, since you've been working so hard, we got you some pizza.

-Yes!

-Yum.

-But has anybody seen the boys?

I'm not too worried when Kate and Chris asked where the boys are.

I mean, they rebelled themselves.

It's not like it was my fault they mooed.

-So they're horsing around?

-Literally.

Sometimes they get way too out of hand.

-So where are they?

-Studio B.

Studio B. All right. Take this. I'll be back.

-I'm so hungry.

-No! No pizza until the boys get here.

-What?

-But we're hungry!

-No!

Dolphin tail! FUNNY NOISES

That was such a knee slapper, right, guys?

When Chris walks in and catches us making fun of his dolphin tail,

the first thing that came to my mind is, "How did you know?"

Studio A, guys.

If you're going to impersonate me,

you've got to do the dolphin tone right.

HIGH-PITCHED DOLPHIN SOUND

Aw! Looks like the animals came back to the farm.

-At least we don't look like them.

-Oh, seriously?

You have like a unibrow going on here.

The second the guys walked in, it was conflict again.

EVERYONE ARGUES

HIGH-PITCHED DOLPHIN SOUND

Oh, great, you think that's funny.

Any other dancer would kill for this opportunity.

It's being handed to you and you're throwing it away.

Hm? I'm tired of this. I'm tired of this fighting.

So guess what? I'm calling the band and I'm calling it off.

Kate, please!

Oh, no! It's too late to beg!

It is way too late, OK? I'm sick and tired of this.

No music video.

What? Yeah, good job, guys.

OK, well thanks, boys, for ruining it for everyone.

I was looking forward to working with Brighter Brightest.

It's all Emily's fault. She came up

with horrible choreography and it tore us all apart.

It's kind of like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders

cos I wasn't able to find anybody to cover my shift.

This whole thing has been James's fault.

I had a chance to be in Brighter Brightest's music video

and now I don't, because of James.

Ms Kate, I can do this.

Emily, clearly you don't have it under control, OK?

Half the dancers are over in Studio B.

Don't even look at me for that.

Yeah, it might have been my fault a little bit.

-Oh, what did you do, James?

-Well, I mooed in rehearsal.

I knew it was you!

Yeah, I kind of make animal noises when I'm under stress.

I always have, like since I was a little boy.

This month is cow.

He has never made an animal noise before.

I always have.

-And I know you've been under stress.

-She doesn't even know who I am.

-What is wrong with you people?

-Wrong with me?!

-I'm not the one mooing.

-It was kind of a strategic moo.

Just because I felt like she was riding us so hard.

A strategic moo? That's not even a real thing, James.

I just want to do this music video.

The whole team wants to do this music video.

Yeah, but the problem is that she won't consider our ideas.

If we want to do this video, you have to include everyone's moves.

Everyone's mooooves.

I just think she's silly, but she owns the studio, so...

Fine. Consider the mooooves included.

Thank you.

-HE MIAOWS

-Out!

Hurry up.

All right, everybody.

It looks like we will be continuing with the video shoot.

I am so relieved that Emily and James

got the music video back on.

I'm happy I could get the music video back for Riley.

Right now, we're waiting for Brighter Brightest

to come for the music video

and I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to act around them.

All right, listen, I know you can perform

in front of Brighter Brightest.

I don't think so. I mean, every time I see them, I freeze up.

You're tripping out. Just don't concentrate on them so much.

See? You're already more relaxed.

Talking to James, surprisingly, helped.

I don't know, he made me feel a lot better.

Brighter Brightest is in the studio and they're doing

a music video shoot, and I really want to be a part of it.

Hi, um...I'm feeling a little sick

and I'm not going to be able to make it in to my shift.

Yeah, I know, I've had this sick feeling for a while

and I haven't been able to get rid of it.

'It was the only excuse I could come up with under pressure.'

OK, I promise this will not happen again.

'My boss told me that if I miss one more shift, I'll be fired.'

Hello.

-Hey.

-Morning.

-What?

-Hey.

-Wassup, man?

-What's goin' on?

You guys, these are the dancers I was telling you about.

So nice to meet you. I've heard so much about you.

She doesn't speak English.

Pleased to meet you.

I'm never going to be able to convince them

that I'm a normal human being.

I'm just hoping that I don't mess up the video.

Brighter Brightest video. Action!

# Can we get right back

# To where we started from?

# When we were just hanging out at your parents' house, well

# When it's all said and done

# I know you're the one

# Cos I'll be, be hanging onto every word you say

# It's my way back down

# And I'll be waiting just to reach you

# Every day on my way back down to you

# Can we get right back?

# Cos I need something, someone to hold me up for now

# Sometimes I feel so lost, so lost

# So when it's all said and done

# I know you're the one for me

# I'll be, be hanging onto every word you say

# It's my way back down

# And I'll be waiting just to reach you

# Every day on my way back down to you

# To you!

# Can we get right back

# To where we started from?

# I'll be

# Be hanging onto every word you say

# It's my way back down

# And I'll be waiting just to reach you every day

# On my way back down to you

# Every day on my way back down to you

# On my way back down to you! #

-And cut.

-Woo!

Yo.

Why the long face?

I had a chance to talk to Brighter Brightest and I blew it.

They think I'm from another country.

Yeah, that was a little embarrassing.

It's hard for me to keep control of myself

because I kind of have this surprise planned for her.

But, hey, cheer up.

I've got something for you.

What?

This...this is for you.

Thanks so much. Good luck in our country.

Gracias!

Oh, my gosh!

-Ow!

-Sorry.

I think what James did for me was really sweet.

I kind of saw his soft side for the first time.

# Down to you... #

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