California Love

California Love

LAist Studios

California Love is a blend of memoir, pop culture analysis and oral history. The newest season, K-Pop Dreaming, is about the rise and history of K-pop in the United States, as told from the point-of-view of the Korean diaspora in Los Angeles. Host Vivian Yoon takes listeners on a journey from K-pop’s origins in Korean trot music and American presence in post-war South Korea to the 1992 LA Uprising and the booming global popularity of K-pop in the present day, all juxtaposed against Yoon’s own coming-of-age as a second generation immigrant in Los Angeles, struggling to fit in and come to terms with her own identity.

In the first season Walter Thompson-Hernández was inspired by Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love"- a love letter and anthem for a generation. Walter invites listeners to join him in his family home, on horseback through the streets of Compton, and up into the sky to examine belonging.

234 - Special Feature: 'How To LA' at KCON
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Episodios

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Special Feature: 'How To LA' at KCON

vie., 25 ago. 2023
233-

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

vie., 09 jun. 2023
232-

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

jue., 27 abr. 2023
231-

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

jue., 20 abr. 2023
230-

K-Pop Dreaming - Bonus #1: Danny Im

jue., 13 abr. 2023