‘It was insane’: Anderson .Paak on making his debut film K-Pops! and its family message
K-Pops! explores family bonds through music and was inspired by Paak’s pandemic bonding over K-pop with his son – who now prefers Slipknot
Grammy-award-winning rapper and singer Anderson .Paak is exploring his Korean roots with his directorial debut film K-Pops!, which is due for release in US cinemas on Friday.
“I’m a wholesome kind of guy,” he says in a Zoom interview. “Comedy, laughter, love, music, food, culture have always been the way to cope.”
Distributed by Aura Entertainment, K-Pops! follows a Los Angeles musician and father, played by Paak, who is looking to revive his career by moving to South Korea and joining a K-pop group to compete in a music contest.
After reuniting with his long-lost son, he decides to prioritise his role as a father over his career as the two become closer.
Paak has personal links to South Korea. His mother was born there during the Korean war (1950-53) and was adopted by a black American family in the historically black city of Compton in Los Angeles County, in the United States.