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
Maria Hollenhorst
Producer II
Andie Corban
Producer I
Sean McHenry
Director & Associate Producer II
Richard Cunningham
Associate Producer I
Dylan Miettinen
Associate Digital Producer