Shayla’s life takes an unexpected turn when both her writing career and her love life fall apart. She takes an odd job behind the scenes of a K-pop show and has a chance encounter with an idol who inspires a huge decision.

Shayla arrives in South Korea only to find out that the job she arranged for herself is not quite what it seemed. Dal, the son of her landlord, is very sceptical about Shayla’s motivations for visiting Korea, wondering if she is yet another Koreaboo.

Shayla hatches a plan to meet Youngjae without being creepy. However, her inability to speak much Korean is a problem…

Desperate for money, Shayla begs Dal to let her do deliveries around town. She also makes a new friend.

Dal shows Shayla around Seoul and the two grow closer.

Desperate to get her writing career off the ground, Shayla explores Seoul to create an essay-worthy scenario for herself. It doesn’t go well.

Shayla helps put on Dal’s first live show in 10 years. Someone unexpected shows up... Youngjae.

While Shayla eagerly waits to hear from Youngjae, her mother makes a surprise visit Korea and is determined to get her to come home. Shayla tells a few half-truths to convince her mum that she’s doing fine…