K-Pop Revolution Paperback – April 5, 2022

K-Pop Revolution, the sequel to Stephan Lee’s K-Pop Confidential, takes the reader deeper into the K-Pop industry. The story follows Candace Park, an idol-in-training from New Jersey, as she attempts to reform the high-pressure, formulaic system used by her label S.A.Y. to produce successful boy and girl groups. Candace struggles to balance her Korean background and American upbringing, while also dealing with the competing feelings she has for the boy-next-door trainee YoungBae and global megastar One.J. The author handles the themes of advocating for change, the value of loyalty to family, finding self-acceptance, and the thin line between fame and shame in the social media age with deftness and thoughtfulness.