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This has been a long time coming (like I meant to do this in July) and I'm officially pulling the trigger on PHASE 2 of evolving FORM OF THERAPY.

This is an official calling out to anyone who wants to get involved... 

So I'm recruiting for (temporarily naming it) a STREET TEAM.

The immediate goals are simple, the long term goals... Phew, we'll get to that in a bit.

THE STREET TEAM's purpose is to help keep the ECOSYSTEM of my YouTube and Patreon life, afloat. The tasks are simple.

  • -Requests will be funneled through an official request system (currently being built on a website but I'm hoping to really figure out how to keep it all on Patreon). Sorting through requests, compiling the data, and delivering it to me!
  • -Keeping up to date on K-Pop comebacks and debuts also within its own system. 

I've always really wanted to build a community and I've tried to do it on my own and honestly that's just me being selfish. Movies aren't made by one person, it's a collaboration between people. 

FORM OF THERAPY was always more of a think tank idea. I have to open it up. I'm however going to be incredibly strict because I don't want the ecosystem of all this work going down, ever.

I'm looking for people who can think on their feet, are fast, communicative, and passionate about K-Pop. Above all else, that's literally the MAIN thing I care about.

I've tried to have people in my life do this for me but no one did the work CORRECTLY, because no one did their work ENTHUSIASTICALLY, because they aren't passionate about K-Pop. To them it was such a chore to have to read up about comebacks and interviews, etc. 

I think by now you all know how I feel about K-Pop and the hard work that goes into it and the good it does for the world. I'm looking for people who also believe in that idea! That K-Pop could really heal the world. 

Besides that, the only requirements are:

-18 years older

-The job is remote so no location issues but MUST have access to a computer (laptop/desktop/etc.)

Most importantly, this is a paying gig.

Currently, I don't know how much because it'll depend on how many people we wish to take on. (This is not something you should take on looking for income) But know that this is a part time gig but you'll be compensated fairly and equally. We'll discuss it and come to an agreement!

But I have to make this clear:

While I won't object if you apply purely for work, I highly suggest that you don't. You don't have to be long term or you can be long term if you wish. All I care about is your passion for K-Pop. This is a job where K-Pop is basically your news, it's your music, your hobby--ya gotta love it or else you won't have the innate desire to seek out the information or work on your own.

*ALSO: If I return to livestreaming, street team members will have the option to be stream mods for additional pay as well.

Simply DM us on Patreon with the heading "STREET TEAM". 

  • Name
  • Age
  • Location
  • And let us know what you're interested in, how you'd like to be a part of the team. (helping manage Patreon & YT comebacks and suggestions, long term projects, other ideas, etc.)

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In Closing

Over the years many viewers have helped me passively and actively with various things. I was always extremely grateful but felt undeserving.

Being aware and conscious of my autism now did not help much, because I realize I'm still alone. Blaire does her best, but she's not enough because there's a lot that goes into my work. I need help.

I have always wanted to and fantasized about building a team. A collection of people from all across the globe working towards a common goal.

I learned the past few months that I deal with imposter syndrome everyday. It's really hard for me to feel happy. The moment I even think of filming, I think that I don't deserve to be here and nobody cares to see my videos and this sends me into an anxious down spiral. I feel like a narcissistic asshole for even having such grandiose ideas as building a "community" or making a "movie". Who am I to even dare to dream like this?

You know what always saves me? Filming. Just conquering my fears and my anxiety and doing it. And I feel so much more alive.

You guys want me to keep track of like a TON of groups? 

Fine.

You guys want me to film for like a TON of groups? 

Fine.

I can do it. No seriously. I love doing it truly and it's what I want.

But right now I'm basically treating myself like the on camera talent and the entire production crew and staff & writing team. That's... It's impossible and I'm admitting it.

But I love this. I fucking love this so much but all this extra technical sorting through hundreds of requests a week... It's way too much. I want to stop thinking about it so I can get back to basics. Back before when there WAS no Patreon and it was JUST filming and not worrying about EVERYTHING else.

For now, I just need a team to help me with managing the Patreon and YT requests, and that's all. I can just focus purely on filming and having time to work on my own personal projects.

Long Term Goals

Though I'll probably do it for a long time, if not forever, Reactions are not the end goals. In fact? I have too many goals!

  • I want the street team to be able to establish some kind of foothold community in the K-Pop American space. I've had a few opportunities to open my own K-Pop store.
  • I want to film a globe trotting K-Pop documentary series (this has been worked on with someone else involved but we need more hands)
  • I want to film a variety series for a K-Pop group
  • I want to produce my own K-drama
  • I want to make an "American K-Drama"
  • I want to make my own movie
  • I want to make my own huge mega franchise
  • I want to move to Korea. Specifically, I want to open up two offices in Seoul and Los Angeles. Honestly, I could have done it many years ago, multiple times, but there were many factors, one of which being that I wasn't ready in my heart.
  • And so many others...

I'm still not. But I'll never be ready unless I've got a team by my side. I have literally scripts, outlines, piles of notebooks I've tossed out for ALL of these. My ideas never stop really and they never stopped during COVID... I just stopped talking about it until I could make them happen.

So even if you're not interested in the Patreon aspect of the street team, if you think you can help out in some way... Let's talk. 

You want and can shoot something but don't have a script? Done. You have a script but no idea how to shoot it? Done. I'm a producer, this is how I operate. I can take care of a lot of heavy lifting in that department and I'm 100% open to collaborating on a project or open to collaborators on any one of my projects. (Mind you, I will be even more picky and strict about the people I choose to work on long term goals and I only have so much time, so I'll be careful with this process. Feel free to shoot your portfolio or work or resume)

And if you'd like to actually help directly and be a part of the FORM OF THERAPY crew? 

Please know that relocating to SEOUL/LOS ANGELES would be a must AT SOME POINT in the future. Costs for the relocation would be handled by us! (being crew is directly working with me and for me on live projects, street team is about management, community, and remote work!)

For people who are interested in long term projects with me however must be a regularly communicative and active participant!

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Sorry for the long read but I wanted to make sure to cover all my bases because this is the most important step for me and my brand. I'm really sick of not being able to handle all this on my own and just letting it always go out of control and loose. I'm forcing myself to get back into it and do it right.

Thank you for considering even supporting FOT, let alone helping or joining us, I appreciate you all and hope you enjoy your week~

Comments

Swan Baek Jo

Honestly, I love Kpop so much and I would’ve loved to make a living out of this passion. Unfortunately I don’t feel up to take on such huge responsibilities. Sometimes I would spend my whole day reading kpop news, watching dramas and listening to new stuff, but sometimes I also like to put all of this on hold. Keeping this balance is critical for me not to become tired of it. But I’m sure you’ll find some motivated people out there, good luck with all your projects PD!

rafael arellano

Just send a DM, I hope for the best with you reaching your goals.

lasgin99wif

Woah this is absolutely huge! As a fan of yours for many years it’s incredible what has come out of you and your channel. While I would love to contribute in some way, I myself am currently on the cusp of beginning a new chapter in life so it’d be irresponsible to take on something like this. I wouldn’t completely be against the idea once I might have established more of a foothold in my current plans so while I won’t be applying now, I’ll definitely keep this in mind just in case. I’m so excited to see what will come from this and see you establishing yourself as one of the cornerstones of the k-pop community from wherever you operate.

Liv

A brilliant and efficient idea, I have been struggling for the past few years to manage all the groups bc like you said multistan issues but when you talked about respect them by doing sm work it really put it into perspective; I do need this amount of passion and stimulus and interaction to this intense degree with K-pop to stay sane—I go insane over ALL the K-pop to stay sane for everything else

zae

We are so proud of you PD!!!!! this is huge and i’m so excited for what the future has in store for you and the FOT team good luck!!!

kinara

i also sent a dm !! in general this is so exciting and an amazing step for what you want to do like i hope everything goes according to plan fr !! there is only sm you can do on your before you really feel burnout so even having ppl help is amazing and if they can go long term that is exceptional!!

unattae

This is actually so exciting I'm hoping the best for you or!! I sent a DM!! I find this is a golden opportunity to contribute to something I'm so passionate about and hopefully everything goes well!!

skzlover

wow this is amazing!!! can't wait for what's to come, and hopefully i could be a part of it :)

Liv

I also think a great aspect of this is that having so many different people participate will make sure we get an even spread of K-pop, I know that my YouTube and IG feed probably won’t give me the updates on certain groups, like ik I’m biased towards older groups or even newer groups are just the girl groups so having everyone’s interests thrown together will really help

WiseSmellyLegs

Please, never call yourself a narcisstic asshole… You are the queencard/kingcard (choose the one you prefer) and WE want you to be the queencard/kingcard. (Sorry for that weird reference, I’ve just came from (G)i-dle’s concert and I would never thought hearing the whole stadium singing: “My boob and booty is… I’m twerking on the runway” was the thing I needed so much in my life 😅😅).

Klancey Jones

I have sent you a DM, this is an amazing development, and thank you for your consideration!

Brooklyn

So exciting to see you take this step PD! I might send you a dm - still thinking about my own work and mental health situation and what I can commit to. As a musician myself I would love to help out even in small ways, so if you ever need some one-off stuff that is music-specific (like technique, theory, critique, etc) I’d love to help! But in general I am so happy to see you take these actionable steps to make things more sustainable. Think about it like how most creators or streamers have editors and stream mods. The biggest and best teams are just that - teams, with lots of people who help to make things happen! Wishing you luck in this new phase of FOT

Isabella N.

I sent you a DM :) so happy to see you accepting help so you can focus on the work you truly enjoy.

WiseSmellyLegs

I will definitely send you a DM, but I have to think about it more deeply, so I don’t send you some random message, because I want to take it seriously, since those ideas and plans seems to be big and serious as well. One thing I want to point out! I definitely agree Kpop can heal people and in general Kpop has become some kind of “life style”, I guess? It is weird to phrase it like this, but there are so many aspects of it, which are not connected purely to music. Punk is the best example. Punk is not really a genre, although people call it a genre, the genres are for example pop punk and punk rock, but punk is the life style connected to this type of music. Obviously we don’t have Pop Kpop and Kpop Rock 😅, here the “branding” keeps its name, but being a Kpop fan is something that has its own culture around it. And this culture can definitely heal people for sure!

yayasiimsx

i think i will send you a dm soon

Zonas is Okee

I sent you a DM, K-pop is the only content I watch, so if I can help my favorite content creator while watching more K-pop, no better

HanaCARAT💎

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME IDEAS. HOPE ITS OK! # I think it would also be good idea if when u discover a new group that u like and want to check out more of their content pick some consistent shows/type of videos to react to in general during their comeback season or debut time. For example : choreography videos, idol human theatre, 1N2D (highly recommended) it's live # Also i feel like its not possible to react to every comeback or every debut happening, so someone could sort out like HOT debuts, and Comebacks most requested by us followers. That way most of us would have something to look forward to. Right now not having a proper requesting system is the sadest part, but now that PD is working on it i have high hopes. It would be a good idea to give that privilege to a certain tier so that it would be easier to sort through so many requests. Maybe after sorting through u could take a poll voting and select which ones to cover. # As for groups that PD is most into, keep a set schedule for each month like u do now, but only do one type of content at a time (ex: for Seventeen - GOSE for enhypen - EN O'clock, or lesserafim - LENIVERSE etc) and only add more content to these groups during comeback season only. These are just my personal thoughts to have a set limit/minimise number of content for each month, but still satisfy most patrons and also allow PD to get proper self time too. The more u promise to provide the more expectation from us which would be a lot to keep up with for PD. If these are of any help i i would be really glad. I know its not easy with THIS many Patrons, obviously with vastly different taste of music or shows they prefer. Keep up the great work PD. 👏👏 I always appreciate u. Been following you since maybe 2016 from youtube coz of SEVENTEEN reactions. And now i here for SVT + some other groups and variety content. This platform means so much to me. 😊 i am not that good with my English so apologies for any confusion. 😊

Artist37

Sent a follow up DM. In addition to what I mentioned there, Kpop content is #1 form of content I follow. I've always wanted a way to turn my hobby/passion into something more. Paid gig or not, I want to share in that passion with others and I want to be a part of making everything as fun and efficient as possible on all channels. Some additional suggestions, for both channel content (CC) and Street Team responsibilities (ST): - (ST) Using Youtube shorts (and/or Reels, TikTok, etc) to share channel updates and Patreon teasers. - (ST) Compiling spreadsheets for Monthly (Up to 2 months ahead if possible) all upcoming debut/comebacks. - (ST) Using Discord/Reddit to prioritize community. (Possible Giveaways, partner with kpop music shops) - (CC/ST) Short Monthly Surveys (for Patreon AND youtube) - (CC) Inclusions of Trivia/Kpop Profiles into Form of Therapy before reaction (providing time-stamps for those that want to skip) (I know you've already mentioned this, but still its something I always wanted to see incorporated) - (CC) Monthly Group/Solo Artist Spotlights (1each for Group and Solo artists) determined by poll. (ex. Marathon 2-3 Reactions including a Throwbacks, Recent releases, and live performances. Even if you have already see the videos it could act as a retrospective where you give your thoughts/opinions on the growth of the artist/group during their active period) This could take the spot of a Bonus Drop for any given week. - (CC) This is more of a return to old-format but I would like to see daily (if possible) reactions return to Youtube (can still do single day of early access on Patreon) Will send in another DM, but I want to post this here for community feedback on these suggestions.

Daniela Hawkins

Sent a Message! Never sent a DM before so hopefully sent it the right way

Ariah Mclean

this is an amazing idea, just Sent a DM!!

taylor

woah so cool... good luck pd!!

Letícia

Sent my DM and I apologize it's quite a long one 😭

Artist37

Thanks, this was just a few I wanted to share, but these are the more simple and key suggestions I think would be important for the short-term channel health.

FroggyMuds

Sent a message! This is so cool that you're doing this pd :)

Alejandra Montes de Oca

Send a message as well, I really love your videos so all the projects you have in mind deserve to see the light!

Diem Doan

Sent you a DM, honestly I don’t even care if it’s paid or not, I just want to support you and Blaire because Kpop and Kculture is also very important to me, and be able to have that in my daily life would be much healing for me 🥹

Otto

PD fighting!

jessie

I’m really excited to see the fot team grow, I know from the comments how passionate everyone is and I think this new street team is gonna take this patreon to a whole new level. Love seeing people have so many ideas for improvement/expansion. If there’s anyone who cares about this shit like you Jaehyuk, it’s us 💪

Chelsea Mascuch

Hi PD, I just sent a DM! Regardless of if you think I'd personally be a good fit, best of luck assembling your team. I hope it works out and helps you get to a more comfortable and joyous place!

Saris

DM!

Dhel

Hi PD, DM Sent!

stay_

Hi PD! I’m a new patron but long time subscriber to the yt channel, just sent a DM and just wanted to say that I’d love to support in any way that I can. Wishing you and the FOT team the best!

Jull Nguyen

I wish I could apply but sadly I hardly have time to keep up with kpop myself since university is kicking my a** right now. But I do wish you good luck PD and I hope you'll find great team!

Audrey

Very interesting idea, I wish you luck on it!

ana maria

i sent the DM :)

Aureolin

I just sent the message! look forward to hearing back from you.

Rey

Hi PD. Sent a DM. But honestly did not see this post. I based my application off of the podcast. So the DM message does not include my name, and location. But I have added a document link which have the updated version.

Hailey

I'm late to seeing this post but I sent a message just in case!