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Canadian-British Kids Series ‘Gangnam Project’ Explores Universal Themes Of Cultural Belonging Via The Phenomenon That Is K-Pop

'Gangnam Project': K-Pop Kids show for CBBC and CBC Canada features in Deadline's Global Breakouts this week.

Bubbly and happy-go-lucky by nature, our protagonist shakes off the doubt and goes on to live every teenage girl’s dream – tutoring idols at Korea ’s elite K-pop training school and ending up as a trainee herself. “Korea is the modern centre of the creative world and K-pop, K-drama and K-cartoons continue to rise in popularity across the globe, especially amongst younger audiences,” says Sarah Muller, Senior Head of Commissioning and Acquisitions 7+, BBC Children’s and Education. Although it has just been over a month since the show was released, Haasz and Chang are hopeful about the reception Gangnam Project has received, and are already planning for a second season, while Federation is selling worldwide.

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