K-Pop Dreaming - Koreatown

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

K-Pop has put Koreatown on the map for a lot of people who might not have known about the neighborhood otherwise. Fans from around the country visit the area for concerts, special K-Pop events, and to find rare or one-of-a-kind merch. Vivian hits up some of these establishments in K-town to see what they reveal about the history of the neighborhood and the music, and how those connections have shaped Korean Americans who have grown up in Los Angeles. Features Ryan Lee Wong, author of the novel, “Which Side Are You On”.
(originally published April 6, 2023)

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0:27.2	LAest Studios
0:30.1	Do you remember all the streets that run north and south in K town?
0:36.9	Western, Oxford, Toronto.
0:40.1	Oh, yes, Toronto.
0:42.0	And then Hobart, Harvard, Kingsley, Hardmore, Normandy.
0:47.0	Normandy, Irolo, kind of like in between.
0:50.8	Sarah, Randy and I are driving through K town on our way to get food.
0:55.0	Being together in the car like this,
0:57.3	it reminds me of our high school days when we would pack into Randy's tiny Hyundai Tiberon
1:01.5	and drive to get Boba while listening to our burn CDs.
1:06.6	A lot has changed since then.
1:08.9	For one, none of us live in K town anymore.
1:12.3	After moving, do you find yourself coming to Karia town still as, you know, often or?
1:18.7	Yeah, come on, once a week.
1:20.3	I come on Saturdays because I have a lot to do in the morning.
1:23.5	After college, Randy moved to San Francisco.
1:26.2	And during the pandemic, I moved up to the Bay Area, too.
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