Capitol Records has released a soundtrack album for the musical comedy K-Pops!. The album features seventeen songs from and inspired by the film, including tracks by Anderson .Paak who also directed the movie, as well as aespa, G-DRAGON, JID, DEAN, NMIXX, and members of SEVENTEEN, ATEEZ, and i-dle. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A CD version will be coming out on August 21 and is available for pre-order here. A limited vinyl edition is also being released. Listen to several tracks after the jump. K-Pops! is co-written and directed by Anderson .Paak and stars the singer/songwriter himself, Soul Rasheed, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park, Jee Young Han, Kevin Woo and Yvette Nicole Brown. The movie follows a washed-up American musician who discovers his estranged son is a rising K-Pop star and – hoping to reconnect – heads to Seoul and is swept into the cutthroat world of Korean pop.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 27, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher sequel Scream 7 co-written and directed by Kevin Williamson and starring Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Michelle Randolph, Matthew Lillard, Anna Camp, David Arquette, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Mark Consuelos, Jimmy Tatro, Celeste O’Connor, Tim Simons and Joel McHale. The film’s original score is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, A Quiet Place, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker, Hellboy) who previously composed the music for the first four installments. No score album has been announced yet. Several songs from the movie have been released as digital singles over the last two weeks. Check out our previous articles for more information and click here to check out the music team credits of the Paramount Pictures release.
Opening semi-wide in a few hundred AMC theaters this weekend is the comedy K-Pops! co-written and directed by Anderson .Paak and starring the singer/songwriter himself, Soul Rasheed, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park, Jee Young Han, and Yvette Nicole Brown. Emily Bear (Moana 2, The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Dog Gone, Our Little Secret) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be released in the coming weeks. A first song from the soundtrack (but not featured/credited in the movie), Keychain by aespa & Anderson .Paak), was released as a digital single today. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Aura Entertainment.
Emily Bear Scoring Anderson .Paak’s ‘K-Pops’
Composer, singer/songwriter and pianist Emily Bear (The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Dog Gone, The Premise) has recently scored the upcoming comedy drama K-Pops. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Anderson .Paak and stars the singer himself, alongside Soul Rasheed, Jee Young Han, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park and Yvette Nicole Brown. The movie follows a washed-up drummer from LA who attempts to reinvigorate his career by joining the band for a K-Pop competition show in Seoul and discovers that his long-lost son has the chance to front one of the country’s hottest new groups.