Korean pop culture has taken the world by storm. And not by accident.

A man walks past a commercial poster showing K-pop group BTS members at a shopping district in Seoul on October 15, 2020. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Music from the episode
Hard Up The Bamboos
Chosen Blood Orange
Days To Come Bonobo, Bajka
Moving On Roosevelt
It Hurts (아파) [Slow] 2NE1
Realize Matilde Davoli
The team
Nancy Farghalli
Executive Producer
Daisy Palacios
Senior Producer
Maria Hollenhorst
Producer
Sean McHenry
Associate Producer
Andie Corban
Associate Producer
Richard Cunningham
Associate Producer
Dylan Miettinen
Associate Digital Producer