Overview
- The film marks .Paak’s debut as co-writer, director, producer, and star, with a Friday theatrical release.
- Rolling Stone details how the project grew from pandemic-time collaborations with his son and his one‑quarter Korean background.
- Reception varies, with Variety cited for praising its embrace of Korean and Black cultures and RogerEbert.com criticizing it as slight and celebrity-focused.
- .Paak appears opposite his real-life son Soul Rasheed in a comedy set around a Korean music competition series.
- Production took place in Los Angeles, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia in 2023, followed by a warm premiere at TIFF in September 2024.