The K-pop artist Tiffany Young had an unusual route into the South Korean music
industry having been born and raised in California. She was born Stephanie Young
Hwang in 1989 and as a young teenager growing up on the West Coast she listened
to material by Kwon Bo-ah, one of the leading K-pop artists of her generation.
Hwang's mother died when her daughter was 12 and the young singer had a
difficult relationship with her father which might explain the astonishing
decision she took as a 15-year-old to move to South Korea to be a K-pop star.
Her Korean adventure started when Hwan...