A South African orphan, Elena, is taken to South Korea with her adoptive parents and becomes embroiled in a life of K-pop. Far from the reported glamour it is supposed to be is a world of bullying and social media scandal that Elena seeks to overcome. 

Elena Song, born and orphaned in South Africa, is adopted by wealthy Korean parents. Despite her unusual situation, Elena grows into a confident eighteen-year-old with lots of friends, and an unmatched talent for dancing. Her teenage life in South Africa is just perfect … until her family moves back to Korea and she’s forced to go with them. 

When Elena enrols in KSEA (Korea School of the Elites Academy) she is exposed to a world she’d only ever seen on TV. It’s a glamorous school, with K-pop stars as classmates, constantly publicised for its enviable student life. But behind the walls of KSEA is a dark world of bullying and elitism. And Elena, the new girl on the block and the only black girl in school, finds herself at the centre of it all.

Elena is soon involved in a social media scandal far worse than any K-drama she’s watched, and this is the final straw. She joins hands with another outcast student at school, Nabi, to bring the stormy world of KSEA to public light, and create an everlasting change at the school.