South Korean idol pop music (K-pop) has been circulated transnationally and has attracted fans globally. Drawing on qualitative interviews with K-pop fans in Spain, this article explores how the geo-cultural difference and distance signified by K-pop are consumed in the Spanish context, in which non-Western cultural forms are often othered and marginalised. The article shows that, while K-pop is stereotyped and racialized as a Chinos (Chinese) commodity in Spain, the fans questions the pervasive association of K-pop with the term Chinos and appropriate K-pop as a cultural resource for engaging with alternative possible lives.