General editorial

This editorial is an overview of this edition of the Journal of East Asian Popular Culture . It features a guest-edit by Thomas Baudinette and Kristine L. Santos ‘Towards a queer theory of the Korean Wave: Potentiality and paradox’. Five articles explore the role that Korean Wave plays in transmitting queer knowledge to fans and how K-pop fandom has emerged as a space of support for LGBTQ+ individuals around the globe. Two general articles, and an interview with festival director Wang Yi, complement this focus on queerness perceptions among English-speaking fandom and in Japan today. The Book Reviews section features commentary on recently published works.