K-Pop isn’t the only hot ticket in Koreatown — how ‘trot’ is captivating immigrants
LA TimesFans of one of the most famous Trot performers, Lim Young Woong, gather at the Dolby Theater to see Lim in concert in Los Angeles in February. In Kim’s living room, the “Hero Generation” fan club gathers to watch livestreams of Lim concerts. “Oh, it’s Young Woong,” a poster of Lim prompted one fan to exclaim. At Lim’s Feb. 11 show, which had sold out in minutes, fans from Seoul, New York, Sweden and elsewhere waved blue lightsticks and signs — “Starlight-like my HERO,” one read. Some sported pins on their shirts with fan club nicknames like “Dewdrop” and “Honey Voice.” They greeted one another with Lim’s signature gesture, curving their hands at a 90-degree angle with thumbs upward to mean geonhaeng — “be healthy and happy.” “My heart is racing,” said Soyeon Kim, a 54-year-old homemaker from New Jersey.
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