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Introducing California Love: K-Pop Dreaming, from LAist Studios

K-pop disrupted pop culture in South Korea in the early 1990s and quickly the new and electrifying sound found fans across the world.One of those fans was a kid growing up thousands of miles away in Koreatown, Los Angeles.In K-Pop Dreaming, the second season of the acclaimed California Love podcast, host and writer Vivian Yoon takes listeners on a journey to learn about the history behind the music that had defined her childhood. From an occupied Korea in the 1930s and a small hip-hop club in 1980s Seoul to the 1992 LA Uprising and the music’s booming popularity today, the surprising story of K-pop is juxtaposed against Vivian’s own coming of age as a second-generation immigrant, struggling to fit in and come to terms with her own identity.The series premieres on February 23, 2023.

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Secret Fan

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Mixtape

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Trot

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Moon Night

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Solid

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Roots of Rap

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  K-Pop Dreaming - KCON

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Koreatown

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #1: Danny Im

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #2: The Making of Red Velvet's "Psycho"

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #3: Origins of K-Pop

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  Shoes Off: Atsuko Okatsuka Wants Everyone To Feel Sexy

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  K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #4: K-Beauty

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  Prologue

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  Scared Straight