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Anderson .Paak on Directing His Son in ‘K-Pops!’ and His Future With Bruno Mars: ‘Silk Sonic Always Has a Place to Put Out More Music’


Anderson .Paak discussed directing his son, Soul Rasheed, in his feature debut 'K-Pops!' and whether Silk Sonic will make another album.

Anderson .Paak strode into the Variety studio at Toronto Film Festival wearing a radiant smile, and before the cameras started rolling he began spinning a pillow on his finger like a basketball. With a thriving music career (both as a solo artist and as one-half of the four-time Grammy winning duo Silk Sonic), a lucrative alter ego in DJ Pee Wee and a side hustle (if you can call that) as a restaurateur, .Paak is constantly adding items to his resume. In “K-Pops!,” .Paak plays BJ, a washed-up musician who travels to South Korea to work on a pop idol show, where he meets Tae Young (Rasheed), competing to become the country’s next superstar.

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