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As a Korean American person who grew up in LAS, I had like a very complicated relationship

with K-pop and I wasn't always loud and proud about my love for it. When K-pop exploded,

I was like, how is this music that I only listened to with other Korean people growing up?

How is it now being embraced by like the rest of the world? I don't understand how this happened.

From LAS Studios, this is How To A Link. I'm Ryan Loss Santos. I'm Vivian Nune,

the writer and host of K-pop Dreaming. And today, we're exploring K-Con.

It's a lot of screaming. It's a lot of like spontaneous dancing.

There's so many fans, so many crowds, so many vendors, booths, people dressed up,

people dressed down like me. Anytime like a recognizable song comes on,

you'll see fans all over the place just like busing out the same choreo. Everybody knows the drill.

It's like very organic flashmob in a way. And we're not just here at K-Con Vivian because of

her core podcasts. She was invited here to lead a panel on how K-pop, K-Drama, All Things K,

have affected Hollywood. K-pop has always been connected to Los Angeles from the very

beginning when it started in the 90s. Unfortunately, that panel got canceled due to the storm last

weekend, but we're still going to be diving into all those juicy details together. So we can get a

sense of what K-Con really means for a land. People come from all over the country and

sometimes even from other countries to express their love and share their love for like Korean culture.

So first things first Vivian, tell me the story of how K-Con was started here in California.

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